# What compiler is used to create the windows executable?

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**Created:** [August 19, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-compiler-is-used-to-create-the-windows-executable/7126 "2014-08-19T12:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paquito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-compiler-is-used-to-create-the-windows-executable/7126/1 "2014-08-19T12:52:35Z")

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What compiler is used to create the windows executable that people are meant to use to play the game?

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-compiler-is-used-to-create-the-windows-executable/7126/2 "2014-08-19T15:21:23Z")

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mingw or mingw-64. AFAIK that’s just a rebundled GCC.

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**Author:** ![Paquito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-compiler-is-used-to-create-the-windows-executable/7126/3 "2014-08-19T23:45:14Z")

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Thanks! Last time I tried to compile the code using whatever compiler comes with the Code Blocks IDE, I couldn’t seem to get the build to complete.

Are there any contributes that develops on windows? Or is everyone using gcc via cygwin or a linux distro?

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**Author:** ![Paquito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-compiler-is-used-to-create-the-windows-executable/7126/4 "2014-08-19T23:46:11Z")

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> [@Paquito](#):
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> Are there any contributes that develops on windows? Or is everyone using gcc via cygwin or a linux distro?

Derp, that’s what this thread is about:  
[http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=7376.0](http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=7376.0)