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Builds the 32-bit Debug or Release executable and copies it into the local Run directory.

Install Visual Studio 2022 with the Desktop development with C++ workload, a Windows SDK, CMake 3.23 or newer, and Git for Windows. The repository’s docs/BUILDING.md covers toolchain details and options.

The renderer is a vendored dependency, so a clone that did not fetch submodules has to fetch them before configuring. Configuration stops with instructions if they are missing.

PowerShell
git submodule update --init --recursive
cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A Win32
cmake --build build --config Debug

The Debug build copies GameD.exe, its symbols, map file, and the matching Language.dll into Run/. Use --config Release to produce Game.exe instead.

After supplying the required game data in Run/, launch the selected executable from that directory:

PowerShell
.\Run\GameD.exe

Building one configuration after the other replaces Run/Language.dll with the matching configuration’s copy. Every string and dialog the engine displays is read from that library, so a Language.dll supplied by a localized or edited installation is overwritten by the build and none of its text reaches the screen.

Authoritative files

Linked at revision 59fae722af8c.