Building BlitzmaxNG

[Baggey]

So ive been on another steep learning curve ive almost got it working!?

Then i can make some petit changes 

Baggey

[Baggey]

Ive got this far but seem to be running around in circles.

I have no idea what im doing 

Baggey@DESKTOP-BSMI19A MINGW64 /c/BlitzMax_NG/bin
$ git clone git@github.com:blitz-research/blitzmax.git
Cloning into 'blitzmax'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 3409, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 3409 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 3403 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (3409/3409), 41.74 MiB | 14.42 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (967/967), done.
Updating files: 100% (2272/2272), done.

Baggey@DESKTOP-BSMI19A MINGW64 /c/BlitzMax_NG/bin
$ cd blitzmax

Baggey@DESKTOP-BSMI19A MINGW64 /c/BlitzMax_NG/bin/blitzmax
$ bmk makeapp -v blitzmax.bmx
-bash: bmk: command not found

Baggey@DESKTOP-BSMI19A MINGW64 /c/BlitzMax_NG/bin/blitzmax
$ ./bmk.exe makeapp blitzmax.bmx
-bash: ./bmk.exe: No such file or directory

Baggey@DESKTOP-BSMI19A MINGW64 /c/BlitzMax_NG/bin/blitzmax


Kind Regards Baggey

[Jackdaw]

You have two choices:

• Use the full path to your bmk executable.
• Try adding the location of your bin directory of your BlitzMax installation to the system path.

You'll find that it will work then. And don't try to build it inside of any posix terminal. This means that you will have to have a MinGW installation set in your system path.

[Baggey]

Ahhh!

Is this the correct place for the actual build? https://github.com/bmx-ng/bmx-ng

.bmk is recognising commands?

[Baggey]

i think im almost there.

Baggey@DESKTOP-BSMI19A MINGW64 /c/bmx-ng-master/bmk-master
$ /c/BlitzMax_NG/bin/bmk makeapp bmk.bmx
[ 17%] Processing:bmk_bank.bmx
Compile Error: Unable to find overload for compress(Byte Ptr,ULongInt,Byte Ptr,U
LongInt). Argument #2 is "ULongInt" but declaration is "UInt Var".
[C:/bmx-ng-master/bmk-master/bmk_bank.bmx;20;0]
Build Error: failed to compile (-1) C:/bmx-ng-master/bmk-master/bmk_bank.bmx

[Jackdaw]

Ahhh!

Is this the correct place for the actual build? https://github.com/bmx-ng/bmx-ng

.bmk is recognising commands?

That it should be, but frankly trying to build BlitzMax-NG is something of a black art. There's no clear instructions, and there's build files scattered all over the place, as well as modules all over.

My earlier statement of not using a posix terminal could be wrong. You could try and use MSYS2 with it's MinGW tools. And try to use the build script in https://github.com/bmx-ng/bmx-ng, but here's the killer. You need to be able to use a working BlitzMax install inside the MSYS2 terminal.

If there was actual proper bootstrap sources for Windows, then it would be a doddle.

It's one of the reason that I never bothered trying to write a proper build script like their is for Cerberus-X.

[Baggey]

apparently i need a brl folder which isnt there?

[Baggey]

Just came across this 

Now lets see if it actually works 

Baggey

[Jackdaw]

Just came across this 

Now lets see if it actually works 

Baggey

It won't. That's for vanilla BlitzMax. And I will be surprised if it actually works the latest version of Windows.

[Baggey]

Im going round in circles here 

Just to build the vanilla would be good. But im giving whats in the video a try and ill report on it. 

[Henri]

Hi,

to build BlitzMaxNG from source you need a stable release as a base for building bmx tools from source first (bmk and bcc). Download bmx-ng folder structure from Github as your new BlitzMaxNG, create a bin folder and copy the tools there. Finally create a mod folder where you can download all the basic mods + others.

Alternative you can use install bat script found here https://github.com/HenriVi/BlitzMax-Install-Script#

-Henri

[Baggey]

Hi,

to build BlitzMaxNG from source you need a stable release as a base for building bmx tools from source first (bmk and bcc). Download bmx-ng folder structure from Github as your new BlitzMaxNG, create a bin folder and copy the tools there. Finally create a mod folder where you can download all the basic mods + others.

Alternative you can use install bat script found here https://github.com/HenriVi/BlitzMax-Install-Script#

-Henri

Hi thanks for the info im determined to get this to work 

I want to make my own bespoke version 

Baggey

[Baggey]

Hi,

to build BlitzMaxNG from source you need a stable release as a base for building bmx tools from source first (bmk and bcc). Download bmx-ng folder structure from Github as your new BlitzMaxNG, create a bin folder and copy the tools there. Finally create a mod folder where you can download all the basic mods + others.

Alternative you can use install bat script found here https://github.com/HenriVi/BlitzMax-Install-Script#

-Henri

Bisou! Bisou!

[Baggey]

@Henri thanks for .bat

So @midimaster created mima audio, For me to use.

Where could i add the mima.mod folder so it will be built into BlitzmaxNG automatically! 

The Utube video works spot on! But it is for old blitzmax Vanilla  

Kind Regards Baggey

[Baggey]

This is turning into more off a work log now.

I have compiling working. I have changed stm.ccp to accept a range which isnt working?

Ive also changed window_icon.png to something else and again its as if nothing has been altered or touched 

So for the minute i dont know whats going on?

Ahh looking through the files it seems window_icon.png is only for linux that could explain why im getting no change 

I have no idea what im doing but im getting there! 

Well Bugger me it worked