xsdk-base

An SDK compatible with multiple Windows versions of Source Engine.

Downloading / cloning:

git clone <repo> --recursive If files / submodules appear to be missing after pulling new commits, update with git submodule update --init --recursive

Building

CMake

1. Open your build directory

mkdir build
cd build

2. Configure a 32-bit or 64-bit build (depending on the game)

# This will use the default architecture
cmake <xsdk-base-folder> -D XSDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=1
# This will use 32-bit, specifically
cmake <xsdk-base-folder> -D XSDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=1 -A Win32

3. Build a debug or release binary

# This builds the default config (Debug)
cmake --build .
# This builds a release binary with debug info. This improves the symbols in stack traces.
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo

Visual Studio

There are a couple options.

• A: Open the CMake project with VS, or
• B: Perform the CMake steps 1 & 2 to generate the VS project files
  • This should use Visual Studio's CMake Generator by default. If not, you will have to add a commandline argument to set VS as the CMake Generator.