Building Modules (duck for cover)
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| Eek. I know there have been loads of posts about this but I cant get it working. I've got this at hte top of my bmx file I've also made a directory in BlitzMax\mod\pub.mod\profile. Now I've read that you save the bmx in this directory and then build modules from the IDE - but my build modules option is greyed out...there are a couple of tutorials on this but none seem to work for me. Can anyone point me in the right direction? |
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| Moduleinfo etc are within a Rem - EndRem block. To build modules: Install MingW Add the MingW\bin directory to the paths environment variable Add the MingW directory to a new environment variable called MingW |
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| I'm only building modules from BMax code - thought you only had to install MingW if you were making modules from C etc? |
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| sorry, which version of MingW do I need to install if I need to install it? MingW Runtime I guess? or MingW utilities..there are few listed here.. http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml#hdr2 |
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| http://blitzmax.com/Community/posts.php?topic=53442 click on http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe?download |
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| Ant: Yes you need it to build C source ... the problem is many of the BM core modules already import c sources ;-) |
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| ok thanks guys - Diablo, link doesnt work ;-( |
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| strange. neither* of them? if you cick on the second one it should bring up a sourceForge - server download list. if the first one dont work... PC users wishing to build their own modules will need to install the MinGW C/C++ compiler package. * Download and install MinGW 3.1.0 from www.mingw.org The current download can be found here: prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe?download Note: Do not use a later version of MinGW. Due to ongoing issues with C++, you may have trouble linking with 'prebuilt' modules if you do. * Edit your PATH environment to include the MinGW/bin directory. * Create a MINGW environment variable that points to the MinGW root directory. And that should be it! You should now be able to use the 'build modules' feature in the IDE. Bye, Mark Sibly WinXP, DX9.0b, P4/3G, 512M, Radeon 9800 MacOS10.3, G5/1.8G, 768M, GeForce 6800 Ultra |
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| ok, guys got he 2nd to work. Right I got the build modules option working - No i'm not sure whether I clicked rebuild all by mistake, but that is what it appears to be doing. Can I not just build my own module? BTW this is the tutorial I've been following: http://www.blitzmax.com/Community/posts.php?topic=42290 |
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| no - it will build all the modules first time round (and when you snyc modules). use ctrl-d shortcut in case you think your going to hit the wrong option. |
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| I'm saving the module in this directory: C:\Program Files\BlitzMax\mod\pub.mod\bot.mod\firstmodule.mod and telling it to build which it is, but the files that are being built are not being built in the same directory as the bmx files.....? |
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| umm. it shouldnt build. i bet the output is saying Building Modules Process complete ^- That means it hasnt built anything, which it cant in your case. copy bot.mod folder into bmax/mod folder and then it should build it and output somthing like this: Building Modules Compiling:firstmodule.bmx flat assembler version 1.64 3 passes, 469 bytes. Archiving:firstmodule.debug.win32.a Compiling:firstmodule.bmx flat assembler version 1.64 3 passes, 301 bytes. Archiving:firstmodule.release.win32.a Process complete your bmax/mod folder should look like this:  WHY WOULDNT IT BUILD because it doesnt build modules in a third generation module folder, i dont think it even looks thier. |
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| OK thanks guys it works! So all my own modules have to go in this directory - you cant put them in the pub.mod? Thanks again for the help and patience. |
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| you can but your problem was that the actual module source code was in a folder like: BlitzMax/mod/pub.mod/bot.mod/myfirstmoudle.mod <- here if it was like blitzmax/mod/pub.mod/myfirstmodule.mod <- here that would be fine and will work. as i said, it doesnt compile third gen modules (for no better way of putting it). i.e. yourmodulestuff.mod/amodule.mod <- two gens pub.mod/amodule.mod <- two gens |
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| It does gen third gen modules without any problem. The module declaration only has to be correct. module pub.myfirstmodule or module bot.myfirstmodule for the above (and the core bmx file must be myfirstmodule.bmx within myfirstmodule.mod) |
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| Your saying that code in BlitzMax/mod/pub.mod/bot.mod/myfirstmodule.mod/ compiles. if you are - it doesnt on my computer - no matter how i declear the module. module pub.bot.myfirstmodule module pub.myfirstmodule <- that would never work module bot.myfirstmodule [edit] In fact it doesnt even know anything about any source code in myfirstmodule.mod/ i could type a load of rubish and it wouldnt have any errors. AND yes i have tested it [/edit] |
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| The structure must be: /mod/pub.mod/myfirstmodule.mod/ OR /mod/bot.mod/myfirstmodule.mod/ Within this there must be a file myfirstmodule.bmx This file must have the following line at top module pub.myfirstmodule OR module bot.myfirstmodule Your mentioned method above won't work, it only accepts modserv.modulename for naming. |
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| oh i see you count mod/ as a gen. pub.mod/bot.mod/myfirstmoudle.mod/ |Gen 1 | Gen 2 | Gen 3 | thats how i looked at it. |
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