poliva / ggpofba

This repo holds ggpofba source from ggpo.net, as well as updates and info for building it.

ggpofba

These instructions are derived from vctoolkit.txt under src.

Prerequisites

• Windows (I've tested on 32-bit XP and 7)
• cygwin
• DirectX SDK (August 2007)
• Microsoft Platform SDK
• Visual C++ 2003 Toolkit
  • When clicking through to the uploading.com link, be sure to uncheck "Use Download Accelerator", then click "Download for free"
  • Since this probably isn't a high-quality link, you can use Visual C++ 2005 Express, which is free from Microsoft. I have not tried using it but it should work.

Build instructions

1. Install all the prerequisites. Use defaults for everything except for cygwin, where you should also install perl, nasm, and make.
2. Search your system for a file called cvtres.exe.

• The version that works is 8.00.50727.4940
• It might be located here: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
• Copy it to %VCToolkitInstallDir%\bin\

3. Add C:\cygwin\bin to your PATH.
4. Open up a regular command prompt and navigate to wherever you've cloned the source.
5. Run either environment-32.bat or environment-64.bat, depending on whether your system is 32 or 64-bit. This script which will set up some environment variables for your current session.
6. Execute make vc

You should have an fbaa.exe when it's all done.

FAQ

• Where is CPS3 support?
  • The source package provided on ggpo.net, which this repository holds (along with fixes and these build instructions), uses FBA v0.2.96.71, which does not include CPS3 support. CPS3 is not supported until v0.2.96.73. I've emailed Tony Cannon (creator of GGPO) to determine how to get a package that has both GGPO and CPS3. I'll update this when I learn more.
• Why do I have to use such an old version of the SDK/compiler/whatever?
  • Newer versions of the compiler and Platform SDK might work; I haven't tried. But the older DirectX SDK is needed because it has ddraw.h and d3d.h, which are needed for the build. See here and here for more info.