need help for dolphin coding!

[Mad_]

hi im new to this but i have experience in programming with java and C++.
first of all i want to know how to get the uncompiled SVN releases (where to download them) and how to get them into my Visual Studio 2008 (any plugins, special tools that i need?) and how this system of newer versions works . First thing i wanna do is simply compile an existing version.

thx!

[Hard core Rikki]

Dolphin SVN Compiling Discussion

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you may want to start from here :
dolphin-emu - Google Code

and especially here :
WindowsBuild - dolphin-emu - How to do SVN builds in Windows. - Google Code

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[Mad_]

thx guys! next questions will probably come soon ^^

[Mad_]

ok when i try to compile it, it says: "Executable For Debug Session" and i have to put in an executable file, but i dont know which one...
i set the includes-, executables- and library paths.
i set Release and Win32.
did i do something wrong?

[raksmey1309]

Good luck mad i am just the fan of dolphin maybe u can make something big in the future! =]

[Mad_]

thx, i thought about implementing netplay, or at least try to, as i have experience in networking at least in java, shouldnt be that different in c++

[Mad_]

k compiled successfully now. stupid question: where did it compile it to ?

[Super Empra]

Originally Posted by Mad_

k compiled successfully now. stupid question: where did it compile it to ?

It will be in the "Binary" folder.

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[Mad_]

ok, now is there any way to find out how this is working? there are so many classes, i would like to know what they do, or at least the most important ones, i bet there are a bunch of classes which are not that essential for the whole thing. for example, whats the class for the mainframe or whats the main class...
is there a tutorial or can someone explain shortly?
an UML or something like that would be great aswell

and another question: is there a possibility to not compile the whole Dolphin if i only changed a little thing, cause compiling takes quite long.

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Last edited by Mad_; January 29th, 2009 at 11:41..

[John Peterson]

Originally Posted by Mad_

ok when i try to compile it, it says: "Executable For Debug Session" and i have to put in an executable file, but i dont know which one...
i set the includes-, executables- and library paths.
i set Release and Win32.
did i do something wrong?

That means you didn't select a project that produce an executable binary file as the default project. To do this you can right-click the DolphinWX project and select "Set as StartUp Project", than it will be marked in bold and will run after you press the Play button or press F5. But for that to work propery you also need to change its default directory. To do that right-click on the DolphinWX project again, then change > Configuration Properties > Debugging > Working Directory to for example "../../../Binary/win32", you may also add the Command Argument "-d" if you want to open the debugging window. If you are building the Release build without Debug Info you can also change the Debugger Type to "Managed Only" to avoid the dialog box you will get about it otherwise.

Originally Posted by Mad_

ok, now is there any way to find out how this is working? there are so many classes, i would like to know what they do, or at least the most important ones, i bet there are a bunch of classes which are not that essential for the whole thing. for example, whats the class for the mainframe or whats the main class...
is there a tutorial or can someone explain shortly?
an UML or something like that would be great aswell.

Without any official training in this I would say that classes are basically a way to organize the code. It's like a combination of a namespace and a function. So it's hard to say that any class is more important than another class. If you removed one class without changing anything else the program would not work because they are interlinked. When talking about essential and nonessential code it's better to think about it from how the projects are organized. You can see that in the Solution Explorer that you should be able to find next to the Class View in the left hand tab on a default Visual Studio installation. I rarely use the Class View to browse around the code, I almost always use the Solution Explorer instead.

Originally Posted by Mad_

and another question: is there a possibility to not compile the whole Dolphin if i only changed a little thing, cause compiling takes quite long.

Visual Studio seems to have a fairly good way of knowing which files has to be rebuilt or not. So it will try to build as little as possible given the code that has been changed. Also, if you are working actively with the code you can uncheck projects from building from Build > Configuration Manager. For example all projects that reside in the Externals folder, or plugins that you use infrequently. To make sure they are not built you can also right-click on DolphinWX and unselect them from its Project Dependencies. It may be a good idea to at least unselect the wxCore28, wxBase28 and wxAdv28 projects from building. Otherwise they will unnecessary rebuild if you select Rebuild Solution or Clean Solution (since their code is never changed it's in most circumstances unnecessary to rebuild them).

A general suggestion I can make if you get build errors is to try to locate the Project and perhaps the file that doesn't build. Then try to compile those files or build those projects one at a time until you solve the build errors.

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Last edited by John Peterson; January 29th, 2009 at 23:45..