Build Instructions for Windows GUI Version on Windows

Preparation

1. Install Visual Studio — Visual Studio Installation for ASCII and Windows GUI Version Development.
2. Clone Repository — Clone Repository in Visual Studio.

Build

1. Open GnollHack Solution in Visual Studio.
2. Install Tile Sets and FMOD Sound Banks
3. Choose the x64 solution platform in the menu bar.
4. Select Debug as your solution configuration. You can also use Release, when you plan to build a release build.
5. Right click on the GnollHackW project and choose Rebuild.
6. You should now be able to find GnollHackW.exe at [directory path of your GnollHack repository]\bin\Debug\x64. Double-click on it to play.

Debugging

Debugging Properties

You need to set a few debugging properties in GnollHackW → Properties:

• In Debugging:
  • Working Directory should be $(BinDir).
  • If you want to debug in Wizard Mode, you should set Command Arguments to -D -u wizard.

Start Debugging

After building the solution according to the above instructions (using the Debug solution configuration):

1. Set GnollHackW as startup project.
2. Hit the green Start button to debug the program.

Troubleshooting

If the game reports clang_rt.asan_dynamic-x86_64.dll was not found when starting in the Debug mode, you need to add C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.44.35207\bin\Hostx64\x64 to PATH in your system environmental variables:

• Please see Add New Path to PATH Environment Variable on Windows for how to do it.
• Please also check that the path exists on the disk and that the MSVC version number is the same on your system.