Compiling GZDoom Builder

Required software:

• Visual C# 2008 Express Edition or newer with .net Framework 3.5 support. You can download it for free from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/. Alternatively, you can use Visual Studio 2008 or newer with .net Framework 3.5 support.

Optional software:

• Subversion command-line client. For example, Tortoise SVN (http://tortoisesvn.net).
  Notice: when installing Tortoise SVN, make sure to select "command line client tools" option.
• 7-zip archiver (www.7-zip.org).
• Inno Setup 5 or newer (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).
• Microsoft HTML Help compiler (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21138).
• SlimDX Developer SDK. You can download it for free from http://slimdx.org/download.php.

Obtaining the source:

The Doom Builder 2 source code is hosted on SourceForge and is available through SVN at the following location:

https://svn.code.sf.net/p/doombuilder/code/branches/GZDoomBuilder

If you don't want to use a SVN client, head to https://sourceforge.net/p/doombuilder/code/HEAD/tree/branches/GZDoomBuilder/ and press "Download Snapshot" button.

Batch files:

GZDB source comes with several batch files, which can be used to automatically compile and package the editor. Before launching a batch file for the first time, make sure to open it and check that variables holding software paths point to the right directories. These variables are always located near the top of the file, after the info block.

• Clean Rebuild.bat - removes project cache files, then compiles it in Release mode.
  Requires Visual C# Express Edition / Visual Studio.


• CompileHelp.bat - compiles "Build\Refmanual.chm". Help source files are located in the "Help" directory.
  Requires Microsoft HTML Help compiler.


• MakeRelease.bat - removes project cache files, sets project version number to match the latest SVN revision, compiles the project in Release mode, generates "Build\Changelog.txt", compiles "Build\Refmanual.chm", creates an installer and places it in the "Release" folder.
  Requires Subversion command-line client, Visual C# Express Edition / Visual Studio, Microsoft HTML Help compiler and Inno Setup 5.


• MakeSVNRelease.bat - removes project cache files, sets project version number to match the latest SVN revision, compiles the project in Release mode, generates "Build\Changelog.txt", compiles "Build\Refmanual.chm", packs the build into 7-zip archive and places it in the "SVN_Build" folder.
  Requires Subversion command-line client, Visual C# Express Edition / Visual Studio, Microsoft HTML Help compiler and 7-zip archiver.