# Problem with compiling (Windows)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990>\
**Category:** The Toolbox\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990 "2018-07-26T12:06:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Jownky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jownky/32/5643_2.png) [@Jownky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jownky)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/1 "2018-07-26T12:06:07Z")

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I’m having a hard time compiling since it’s my first time and I wanted to know how to solve this problem and how to compile/build the game:

I’m currently using Microsoft Visual 2017 as well as a Windows 10 as my OS and I’ve been following the Compile.md instructions on GitHub , I’ve downloaded dependencies , run the batch and moved the files into root folder , installed lua in C:/Windows/System32 as explained and what I don’t catch up to is when it says make a new project as usual like a C++ (Because I’ve never done one) so I just opened the root folder and it started working/running unitl this popped up:

Error CMake Error at C:\Users\Usuario\Desktop\Smthng\Cata DDA mod\Cataclysm-DDA\CMakeLists.txt:314 (MESSAGE): This project requires ncurses to be installed to be compiled in text only mode. Please install the ncurses development libraries, or try compiling with the -DTILES=1 for a graphical compilation. See INSTALL file for details and more info CataclysmDDA C:\Users\Usuario\Desktop\Smthng\Cata DDA mod\Cataclysm-DDA\CMakeLists.txt 314

Thanks for your time and attention! 😃

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**Author:** ![Robik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/robik/32/1349_2.png) [@Robik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Robik)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/2 "2018-07-26T12:17:42Z")

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Try to open \msvc-full-features\Cataclysm.sln instead of the root folder.

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**Author:** ![Jownky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jownky/32/5643_2.png) [@Jownky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jownky)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/3 "2018-07-26T12:29:41Z")

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I’ve just opened it and it popped up a little window that’s trying to make me update the toolset version to 141 , so I think I should tell it that I don’t want any kind of update for the toolset.  
It’s also asking me for a SDK version of Windows , here I’ve got 3 options:

- 10.0.17134.0
- 8.1
- Without update  
Which one should I choose in both ?

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**Author:** ![Jownky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jownky/32/5643_2.png) [@Jownky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jownky)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/4 "2018-07-26T16:03:46Z")

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Okay, finally compiled in Visual Studio and it popped up a mesage telling me this:

1\>Generando código…  
1\>LINK : warning LNK4098: la biblioteca predeterminada’MSVCRT’ entra en conflicto con otras bibliotecas; use la biblioteca /NODEFAULTLIB:biblioteca  
1\>Cataclysm.vcxproj -\> C:\Users\Usuario\Desktop\Smthng\Cata DDA mod\Cataclysm-DDA\msvc-full-features\…\Cataclysm.exe  
1\>Cataclysm.vcxproj -\> C:\Users\Usuario\Desktop\Smthng\Cata DDA mod\Cataclysm-DDA\msvc-full-features\…\Cataclysm.pdb (Full PDB)  
1\>Compilación del proyecto “Cataclysm.vcxproj” terminada.  
========== Compilar: 1 correctos, 0 incorrectos, 0 actualizados, 0 omitidos ==========

Which I think is okay because it tells me that it created a .exe (that is what i want) and also a .pdb (Which I have no idea what it is, then when I started the Cataclysm.exe it popped a little window of an error telling me:

- The execution code can’t continue because it didn’t find SDL2\_image.dll. This problem can be solved reinstalling the program.

- The execution code can’t continue because it didn’t find SDL2.dll. This problem can be solved reinstalling the program.

- The execution code can’t continue because it didn’t find SDL2\_ttf.dll. This problem can be solved reinstalling the program.

- The execution code can’t continue because it didn’t find SDL2\_mixer.dll. This problem can be solved reinstalling the program.

(I vaguely transalted it from my native language , sorry if the English it’s a little weird)

Thanks for your attention! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Robik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/robik/32/1349_2.png) [@Robik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Robik)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/5 "2018-07-26T16:20:30Z")

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There is link to .zip with necessary libraries [somewhere](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/COMPILING.md#windows)… section Dependencies.

Ensure that x64 dlls from the .zip file are in the root folder along with compiled .exe file.

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**Author:** ![Jownky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jownky/32/5643_2.png) [@Jownky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jownky)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/6 "2018-07-26T17:47:35Z")

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Thank you so much! I finally achieved it! Now I’m going to try and test with the Debug system what I added! 😃

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**Author:** ![BrohoKirito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/brohokirito/32/6465_2.png) [@BrohoKirito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BrohoKirito)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/problem-with-compiling-windows/15990/7 "2019-06-18T00:11:38Z")

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Hi, I realize this thread is a bit old however I did have a few questions. I followed the compiling.md for visual studio and I received a few errors I was hoping I could get some help with. I am new to development, just out of college and want to contribute in some way. Attached is a screenshot of the error list on my screen. As well, I am compiling in Visual Studio 2019 Community with all projects in the Cataclysm.sln targeted for Windows 10.0.17763.0 and the Platform toolset is Visual Studio 2015(v140). I also ran the copy\_dll\_to\_bin script and placed the contents in the root folder. So far I am a bit stumped and any help would be awesome. Thanks!

 ![errors](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/c/c852bc3b827ac4952fbf774c82381849003aefed.jpeg)