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Building MultiPatcher

This document explains how to build MultiPatcher using Meson, Ninja, DOSBox, and Turbo C++ 3.

Prerequisites

Required:

  1. Meson
    pip install meson

  2. Ninja
    pip install ninja

  3. DOSBox or DOSBox-X
    Download DOSBox

  4. Turbo C++ 3
    Download Turbo C++

Optional (recommended):

  1. Mesonconfig
    pip install mesonconfig

Instructions

  1. Run mesonconfig on the project directory.

  2. Go to the "External Tools" menu.

  3. Change "Path to DOSBox executable" to the path where the DOSBox executable is located, including the executable filename. The following is an example for Linux: (/usr/bin/dosbox) Path to DOSBox executable

  4. Change "Turbo C++ directory" to the path where Turbo C++ is installed. (The path must contain BIN, INCLUDE, etc) The following is an example for Windows: (C:\\TURBOC) Turbo C++ directory

  5. Run meson setup <output_directory> --native-file local.conf. The following is an example command:

    meson setup builddir --native-file local.conf

  6. Run meson compile -C <output_directory> to build MultiPatcher. The following is an example command:

    meson compile -C builddir

    The ISO image will be generated as <output_directory>/MultiPatcher.iso

Manual Configuration (Without mesonconfig)

  1. In the root of the MultiPatcher directory, create a new file named local.conf.

  2. Add the following configuration (use double backslashes for Windows):

    [project options]
dosbox = '<dosbox-file>'
tcc = '<tcc-folder>'

    • <dosbox-file> must point to the path where the DOSBox executable is located, including the executable filename. The following is an example: dosbox = 'C:\\DOSBox-X\\DOSBox-X.exe'

    • <tcc-folder> must point to the path where Turbo C++ is installed. (The path must contain BIN, INCLUDE, etc)

Then continue from step 5 in Instructions.

Building MPC for Windows VB4

You will need a copy of Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit to compile this application. Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0

  1. Open Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit
  2. Open the project in source/VB4
  3. Make necessary modifications and compile it using the File menu in VB4.
  4. Copy the compiled .EXE file as source/BASE/Patchg16.exe along with the DATA/ folder.
  5. Recompile the whole project using meson.