General Questions

[The Albatross]

I am currently following the guide to build a MaNGOS zero server and it was going well until these 2 parts:

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Save this file, the move back up a folder level to ace_wrappers.

Open the ACE_wrappers_vcXX.sln file for the version of VS you are using.

NOTE: For Visual Studio 2010/2012 or 2013 use the _vc10 one.

In the Solution Explorer Window right click on ACE, then select Build. Do this for both Debug and Release configurations.

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Is it okay that the builds had Errors?

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For the box labelled 'Where to build the binaries', Select the folder c:/MangosZero/sourcefiles

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There is not a folder called 'sourcefiles' in the MangosZero folder I created even after doing the Git Bash part.

[antz]

Is it okay that the builds had Errors?

Absolutely not, the ACE libraries are a vital part of the project.

Can you post what the errors were ?

For the box labelled 'Where to build the binaries', Select the folder c:/MangosZero/sourcefiles

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There is not a folder called 'sourcefiles' in the MangosZero folder I created even after doing the Git Bash part.

This folder is not created until the cmake 'Generate' has completed

[antz]

Did you get this resolved ?

[The Albatross]

Absolutely not, the ACE libraries are a vital part of the project.

Can you post what the errors were ?

This folder is not created until the cmake 'Generate' has completed

Ok. Thank you. I will have to do the builds again and it wasn't created even after the 'Generate' got to 100%.

EDIT: I did the builds again with no errors but the sourcefiles folder still isn't being mad after the 'Generate' completes.

This is the error I get when I Generate the MangosZero/server part of the instructions.

CMake Error: Cannot open file for write: /CMakeCache.txt.tmp
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:31 (if):
if given arguments:

 "C:/MangosZero/server" "STREQUAL"

Unknown arguments specified


Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
CMake Error: Cannot open file for write: /CMakeCache.txt.tmp
CMake Error: : System Error: Permission denied
CMake Error: Unable to open cache file for save. /CMakeCache.txt
CMake Error: : System Error: Permission denied
CMake Error: : System Error: No such file or directory
CMake Error: Unable to open cache file for save. /CMakeCache.txt
CMake Error: : System Error: No such file or directory

Another set of errors I got while trying it a second time.

Could NOT find Doxygen (missing: DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE) 
Visual C++ 2012 detected.
CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:108 (message):
Could NOT find ACE (missing: ACE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:315 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
cmake/FindACE.cmake:87 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
CMakeLists.txt:461 (find_package)


Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

I tried one third and final time before giving up by making a folder called 'sourcefiles' inside the MangosZero folder and put that in the 'Where to build binaries:' field and I got this error when Configuring:

CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:108 (message):
Could NOT find ACE (missing: ACE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:315 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
cmake/FindACE.cmake:87 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
CMakeLists.txt:461 (find_package)

[The Albatross]

Bump!

[antz]

can you try running cmake as administrator as it seems by default cmake does not have write access

[The Albatross]

I did the entirety of Part 3 of the Guide over again and ran CMake as an Administrator and I got this Error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:31 (if):
if given arguments:

 "C:/MangosZero/server" "STREQUAL"

Unknown arguments specified


Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

[antz]

very odd, not seen that error before.

Can you give some details of your OS etc. and build tools ?

[The Albatross]

very odd, not seen that error before.

Can you give some details of your OS etc. and build tools ?

I can to the best of my ability.

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate - Service Pack 1. My processor is an AMD 18-6600K APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3.90 GHz.

I have 8.00 GBs of Installed RAM and 7.20 GBs usable. It is a 64-bit operating system.

The build tools I am using are...

- Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop

- I have Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable & (x64) version, MS V C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.21022, 9.0.30729.6161, x86 9.0.21022, x86 9.0.30729.6161

- I also have MS V C++ 2010 x64 and x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219

- I also have MS V C++ 2012 x64 and x86 Redistributable - 11.0.61030

- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x64)

- Bzip2 library

- ZLib

- ACE v6.0.8

- MySQL 5.6 with 64 Bit Version

- Open SSL 1.0.1e (32-bit)

- CMake 2.8

- GIT Version 1.8.5.2-preview 20131230

Keep in mind I honestly don't know what I am doing other than following the guide.

[antz]

Ok.... So VS2012 is the build we're aiming for....

Lets try and fix the ACE_Wrappers problem.

Did you create a file called config.h in the ACE_Wrappers/ACE folder and add the line

#include "ace/config-win32.h"

to it ?

Can you post the error(s) you get when building ACE ?

[The Albatross]

Yes. I created it with WordPad like suggested and when I built the ACE I got no errors.

Should I start this over again? What would be the best way to do that if I decided to?

Because I want to just go through the instructions again, but I am not sure how to reverse everything I already did.

[antz]

You shouldn't need to go back to the start again.

Ok, so ACE compiled ok with no errors and you've copied the files to the program files/ace.... etc. folder

When you open cmake and click on the advanced checkout could you post the screen (normally has lots of red on in)

[The Albatross]

You shouldn't need to go back to the start again.

Ok, so ACE compiled ok with no errors and you've copied the files to the program files/ace.... etc. folder

When you open cmake and click on the advanced checkout could you post the screen (normally has lots of red on in)

[antz]

Very strange, it should look like this....

The second image is the contents of the source folder location from cmake shown in explorer

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[The Albatross]

Here is what the inside of my MangosZero folder looks like, I cannot get those red bars to show up anymore though they used to which may be important to know:

[antz]

Oh hang on....

look at where you are building the output folder.

let me see what that may have broke

[antz]

I would definitely change that output/build folder, it has the potential to break cmake

[The Albatross]

Oh hang on....

look at where you are building the output folder.

let me see what that may have broke

I would definitely change that output/build folder, it has the potential to break cmake

Ok. I am not sure what you mean by that, sorry.

[antz]

If you look at this image, the Where to build the binaries folder - is the actual Cmake program folder. I normally have it as something off the root of the drive.

- This may have already corrupted cmake somehow.

[The Albatross]

Ok. So in the guide it says to have it as...

For the box labelled 'Where to build the binaries', Select the folder c:/MangosZero/sourcefiles

Can I just make a temporary folder called that even if it is empty and put it in that field?

[antz]

Yes, any folder will do