I've been looking through threads on how to compile the latest version of LCS - followed several instructions, but failed miserably.
Would somebody be so kind as to just give me a brief step by step method on how to manage to compile the latest source code of LCS ?
I am really shocked on how easy it is to program and mod, but how abysmal the difficulty to properly compile the damn thing is.
I must say thou, while I understand basic coding and what libraries are, I really have no idea how to properly set up the compiler, so a step by step would be greatly appreciated!
I am interested in helping. Unfortunately Liberal Crime Squad is... badly programmed. The bulk of it is cobbled together by amateur programmers who learned how through other badly programmed parts of Liberal Crime Squad.
Worse, the programming language C++ has its origins 45 years ago when C was invented, and it's designed to still use much of the architecture and syntax from back then.
When I first got it to compile, I was using Visual Studio 2012, which was not compatible with the Visual Studio 2010 project file, and so I needed direct step by step directions on the conversion.
Then Visual Studio 2015 was released, and I had to figure that one out on my own, since Microsoft doesn't really allow downloads of older versions.
Microsoft recently released Visual Studio 2017, and dropped support for VS 2015. I'm still using VS 2015 and the last person to try was unable to get the project file to compile with VS 2017.
tldr; it will take dedication to get it to compile.