Compiling TSRE

[denglihong]

After scratching my scalp, I finally successfully built a 64 bit version. You need to configure it this way: first, you need to choose a 64 bit compiler, like this (picture). Secondly, you need to modify your qmake definition. Like this:



CONFIG += console
QT += websockets
LIBS += -lopengl32
LIBS += -lglu32
LIBS += -L"C:\Users\jjxjj\Downloads\glut32bit64bit" -lglut64
LIBS += -L"C:\openal-soft-1.18.2-bin\libs\Win64" -lopenal32

It is important that you choose glut64 (Attached file) and openal32. The other configurations remain unchanged. After building, enjoy 64 bit TSRE.

[eric]

Well, I tried that approach, and am back to a successful build but a failed run....

RUN FAILED (exit value -1,073,741,701, total time: 59ms)

I'm guessing that the MinGW installation (which isn't really detailed by anyone who's offered an installation guide) is behind it.

This is getting frustrating, especially after I had working builds under the original process, but can't seem to get a clean build/run using that anymore, either.

There are also values being held in NetBeans that seem to propagate between uninstall and re-install....

On edit: I can run a build made with 5.7.0 and MinGw530, which is good. 32 bit --> TSRE5-8001-32.zip

That same exact error came up for me when I got a successful build, but went away when I put the 32 bit OpenAL32.dll into the run directory instead of the 64 bit OpenAL32.dll.... So perhaps it's still looking for the 32 bit DLL even in a 64 bit build?....

Trying again, but will probably not know tonight.

[eric]

With a little more time to focus on this, I was able to take denglihong 's config using 5.15.2 MinGW810 and the 64bit glut he provided, and get a 64 bit build to run.

It required a couple changes:

1. Copying over 64 bit versions of the lib* and QT5* dll's from the \Qt\5.15.2\mingw81_64\bin folder
2. adding the platforms folder with qtwindows.dll
3. adding the 64 bit version of OpenAL32.dll

I'll attach it as a zip here to see if anyone's able to launch it on their PC:

---> 64 bit version: tsre-v8.001.zip

You'll know if it runs based on the window title and lack of the black DOS window when running.

This version has a few of the tweaks I'd been working on:

• greater precision for dynamic track curves
• orange highlighting (not blue) for selected objects and terrain tiles
• menu shortcuts that don't duplicate letters for hotkeys
• logs with timestamps (no longer over-writing between sessions)

If you're using multiple monitors... it's forcing itself to the default monitor regardless of where you launch it -- that's to address a problem I haven't been able to figure out on screen positions greater or less than the reported monitor resolution. The Navi box was already doing this, so hopefully this is a decent compromise. Eventually, I'll parameterize the launch location into Settings.

[eric]

Sample size of one....

The 64bit version worked on a PC without any of the development tools (QT, NetBeans, MinGW)....

Happy to hear others experiences.

[yellowdog]

It worked for me! Of course, I still have the developer tools from the original directions installed, so that may make a difference. As a side note, it opens and transitions MUCH more quickly than the last "official" version. I'm assuming due to it being 64bit?

[TrainSimJack]

Tested on a new windows 11 VM with absolutely nothing installed.

Got the windows smartscreen warning since the .exe is unsigned

After that I see this:


Looks like it's working!

[eric]

Thanks.... fingers crossed...

The steps in the original install were mostly the same:

1. Create a {dev folder} to install everything to....
2. Install JDK
3. Install NetBeans with expanded C++ plugin as shown by Peter
4. Install MinGW with these packages:
   mingw-developer-toolkit
   mingw32-base
   mingw32-gcc-g++
   msys-base
5. Install Cygwin64
6. Install QT 5.15.2 with MinGW 810 as shown by Deng
7. Compile the openal32.a file as shown by Peter
8. Download the glut files provided by Deng
9. Clone the repository
10. Configure the properties for the NetBeans project under the Release config (or whatever you want to use that's set to active) as shown by Deng:
    1. Tool Base:
       {dev folder}\Qt\Tools\mingw810_64\bin
    2. Make:
       {dev folder}/MinGW/msys/1.0/bin/make.exe
    3. QMake:
       {dev folder}\Qt\5.15.2\mingw81_64\bin\qmake.exe
    4. C++ Compiler:
       {dev folder}/openal-soft-1.18.2-bin/include
    5. Linker - add library file:
       {dev folder}\openal-soft-1.18.2-bin\libs\Win64\libopenal32.a
    6. QT Properties/Custom Definitions:
       QT += websockets
       LIBS += -lopengl32
       LIBS += -lglu32
       LIBS += -L"{dev folder}\glut\glut32bit64bit" -lglut64
       LIBS += -L"{dev folder}\openal-soft-1.18.2-bin\libs\Win64" -lopenal32
11. Build and Run....

[TrainSimJack]

Eric - it worked for me (I updated the post above with a screenshot)
What's different about this build vs the one we all got running a few weeks back when we first started messing with this?
(Is it the lack of the dos prompt window?)

[eric]

Looks like it's working!

Indeed it is....

Thanks to Peter, Deng, Bill and Goku for helping with input from their own experiences, Jack and Yellowdog for validating the instruction sets, and Pete for documenting the steps in his TSRE manual (which I used as my runbook when I started over last night).

Now the fun begins.

[eric]

What's different about this build vs the one we all got running a few weeks back when we first started messing with this?

Well..... it's portable and others can now use it?...

Change-wise, I'm not going crazy on new features just yet. There are a few low hanging fruit tweaks that a few of us had been looking for.

[R. Steele]

Well..... it's portable and others can now use it?

Does this mean that anyone who wants to run the Consist Editor or use the activity editor portion of TSRE can now use this version?

[TrainSimJack]

Ah that's right - the original ones only worked on the PC's that compiled them!

[eric]

Does this mean that anyone who wants to run the Consist Editor or use the activity editor portion of TSRE can now use this version?

You should be able to try.... I haven't touched any of those functions but it's all the same core code.

[R. Steele]

I appear to have misunderstood what was actually happening here...I thought we'd end up with a new version "branch" of TSRE compiled here, and it would be downloadable in a zip version --- with new releases when new features, or bug repairs where made.

I could not even begin to do what you guys did ---- ZERO coding experience.

[eric]

It will be all of those, Gerry. It's just taken a while for the old programmers to catch up with the new tools...

The steps I outlined in post 143 are only for those looking to change the codebase and build a new executable. Everyone else who uses it just needs the zip with the exe and dlls from post 139.

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