Compiling under VS2003

Visual Studio compilers:

VS2002

VS2003

VS2005

VS2008

VS2010

VS2012

VS2013

VS2015-2022

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This page was written for Source 2007 or earlier. It may not be applicable to newer versions of the Source SDK.
For more up-to-date information, see Compiler choices.

Introduction

The following is a general guide to getting HL2 compiling under VS 2003.

Compiling

• Open Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.
• Choose Open Project from the File menu.
• Navigate to the directory where you installed the source code. In our example, it would be C:\MyMod\Src.
• Open the game_sdk.sln file.
• Choose Rebuild Solution from the Build menu.
• Wait for the source code to build. You should now have two DLLs in your C:\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\MyMod\bin folder (depending on where your Steam is installed and what name you entered for your mod in the Create a Mod dialog). One is called client.dll and the other is called server.dll.

See also

• Compiling under VS2002
• Compiling under VS2005