How to build on Windows (experimental)

These instruction are still under review

You can use anything besides Desktop\src\GtkRadiant, just replace subsequent directory names throughout this guide

1. Clone https://github.com/mfn/GtkRadiant to e.g. Desktop\src\GtkRadiant
2. Go into Desktop\src\GtkRadiant and execute git checkout mfnexperiment
   This actually switches to the mfnexperiment branch.
3. Download http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/files/radiant/developer/1.6.1/GtkR-deps-1.6-3.zip (they're linked from http://www.qeradiant.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/ZeroRadiant ) and unzip them into Desktop\src. The directories must read Desktop\src\gtk2, Desktop\src\jpeg-6b, etc.
4. Download further dependencies from https://github.com/downloads/mfn/GtkRadiant/GtkR-deps-1.6-4.zip and unzip them into Desktop\src too, so the directories read Desktop\src\expat_2.0.1-1_win32, etc.
5. Open Desktop\src\GtkRadiant\radiant_VC9.sln in VS C++ 2008
6. In VS C++ 2008 start Build / Build Solution (or hit F7)
   Some warnings will be displaying during the compile stage, but as long as it ends with ... 0 failed ... it's ok.
7. Now the compiled binaries (q3map2.exe and radiant.exe) are in Desktop\src\GtkRadiant\install. They won't run yet because they depend on a lot of DLLs which have to be copied into the directory first. There's a batch script Desktop\src\GtkRadiant\copy_dlls.bat which does that. There's one possible catch here: it also requires the file msvcr90.dll whose source path is installation dependent. If the provided path (look into copy_dlls.bat) fails, you've to manually locate and copy it into Desktop\src\GtkRadiant\install. The file is part of VS C++ 2008 so it's there somewhere.

At this point, the radiant.exe can be started. But this guide doesn't include any game environment setting which is required to actually use it!