Older SDK

Introduction

This is an archive of the changes need to be made so old versions of source would compile under VS 2005. This is for old codebases only SDK code newer than November 2006 does not need any of the following fixes, instead the article to read is Compiling under VS2005.

Requirements (other SDKs and Setup of those)

Necessary steps needed to enable compiling with the Visual Studio C++ 2005 Express Edition:

Files required

Setup

Go to Tools - Options: Projects and Solutions - VC++ Directories

In the upper right drop down box, select "Executable files" and add "...\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin" (replace with the correct path)

Then select "Include files" and add "...\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include" and "...\Microsoft DirectX SDK (December 2005)\Include"

Then select "Library files" and add "...\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib" and "...\Microsoft DirectX SDK (December 2005)\Lib\x86"

Finally, go to the project properties for hl and client and add user32.lib to Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies (with spaces between entries)

Project Configuration

Disabling Deprecated Declaration Warnings

This fix will disable the deprecated declaration warnings, which indeed is only a warning.

It warns that the used functions are old ones and there are new, more secure versions but this can be ignored.

..\public\tier0\dbg.h

add

#pragma warning(disable : 4996)

after #pragma once (new line) to disable old, insecure functions warning.

Disabling /COMMENT Warning

This fix will remove comments from debug obj. since the comment doesn't work in VS2005 it wont be put in anyway.

Find:

#ifdef _WIN32
 	#ifdef _DEBUG
		#pragma comment(compiler)
		#pragma comment(exestr,"*** DEBUG file detected, Last Compile: " __DATE__ ", " __TIME__ " ***")
	#endif
#endif

Replace With:

#ifdef _WIN32
	#ifdef _DEBUG
		//#pragma comment(compiler)
		//#pragma comment(exestr,"*** DEBUG file detected, Last Compile: " __DATE__ ", " __TIME__ " ***")
	#endif
#endif

wchar_t Linker errors

Linker errors with wchar_t as values:

Client->;Properties->C/C++->Language
and set Treat wchar_t as Built in Type to No.

This is because the Valve library vgui_control.lib is compiled with the option - Treat wchar_t as Built in Type - set to No so they need to be the same.

An alternative fix is to recompile vgui_control.lib with the option set to Yes - its found in src\vgui2\controls. Backing up vgui_control.lib is recommended - found in src\lib\public and recompile it with the option set to yes and then copy that to where the original lib was backed up.

Code Changes

General

error C2065: 'i' : undeclared identifier

For the error C2065: 'i' : undeclared identifier, there are two ways to fix this. For one after the other, rightclick client and hl, go to C/C++ -> Language and set

Force Conformance in For Loop to No.

Alternatively fix would be adding the "int"-declaration into code.

Release-Compile configuration

Shared fixes

..\public\vstdlib\strtools.h(90):

inline char*	Q_strrchr (const char *s, char c)					{ return strrchr( (char *)s, c ); }

..\public\vstdlib\strtools.h(93) zu

inline char*	Q_strstr( const char *s1, const char *search )		{ return strstr( (char *)s1, search ); }

..\cl_dll\hud_bitmapnumericdisplay.cpp(159)

if( bStart || digit > 0 || pos <= pow((float)10,numSigDigits-1) )

..\game_shared\baseentity_shared.cpp(251)

char *s = strchr( (char *)szKeyName, '#' );

..\tier1\KeyValues.cpp(800)

char *subStr = strchr((char *)keyName, '/');

Memoverride Linking Errors & Fixes:

memoverride.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __aligned_malloc_base referenced in function __aligned_malloc memoverride.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __aligned_free_base referenced in function __aligned_free

Lines 405 - 430 in memoverride.cpp:

Before:

#if defined(_DEBUG) && _MSC_VER >= 1300
void    __cdecl _aligned_free_base(
        void *
        );
void *  __cdecl _aligned_malloc_base(
        size_t,
        size_t
        );
void * __cdecl _aligned_malloc(
        size_t size,
        size_t align
        )
{
    return _aligned_malloc_base(size, align);
}
void __cdecl _aligned_free(
        void *memblock
        )
{
    _aligned_free_base(memblock);
}
#endif

After:

#if defined(_DEBUG) && _MSC_VER >= 1300
void    __cdecl _aligned_free(
        void *
        );
void *  __cdecl _aligned_malloc(
        size_t,
        size_t
        );
void * __cdecl _aligned_malloc_base(
        size_t size,
        size_t align
        )
{
    return _aligned_malloc(size, align);
}
void __cdecl _aligned_free_base(
        void *memblock
        )
{
    _aligned_free(memblock);
}
#endif

Client fixes (client.dll)

Linking Errors & Fixes:

Added msvcrt.lib and user32.lib to Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies (separated each with a space(" "))

Added LIBC to Linker->Input->Ignore specific library

Added /FORCE:MULTIPLE to Linker->Command Line->Additional Options

HL fixes (server.dll)

..\dlls\vguiscreen.cpp(69)

char *s = strchr( (char *)szKeyName, '#' );

..\dlls\TemplateEntities.cpp(298)

int iMax = pow((double)10, (int)(strlen(ENTITYIO_FIXUP_STRING)-1)); // -1 for the &

Changing function-run to function-link (error C3867)

..\dlls\hl2_dll\weapon_rpg.cpp

* (150)  SetTouch( &CMissile::MissileTouch );
* (153)  SetThink( &CMissile::IgniteThink );
* (256)  SetThink( &CMissile::SeekThink );
* (311)  SetThink( &CMissile::AugerThink );
* (435)  SetThink( &CMissile::SeekThink );
* (881)  SetTouch( &CAPCMissile::APCMissileTouch );
* (916)  SetThink( &CAPCMissile::BeginSeekThink );
* (925)  SetThink( &CAPCMissile::AugerStartThink );
* (938)  SetThink( &CMissile::AugerThink );
* (945)  SetThink( &CAPCMissile::ExplodeThink );
* (955)  SetThink( &CMissile::SeekThink );
* (2058) pLaserDot->SetContextThink( &CLaserDot::LaserThink, gpGlobals->curtime + 0.1f, g_pLaserDotThink );

..\dlls\hl2_dll\weapon_physcannon.cpp

* (2480) SetContextThink( &CWeaponPhysCannon::WaitForUpgradeThink, gpGlobals->curtime + 6.0f, s_pWaitForUpgradeContext );
* (2502) SetContextThink( &CWeaponPhysCannon::WaitForUpgradeThink, gpGlobals->curtime + 0.1f, s_pWaitForUpgradeContext );

..\dlls\hl2_dll\weapon_crossbow.cpp(324)

SetThink( &CBaseEntity::SUB_Remove );

..\dlls\hl2_dll\npc_BaseZombie.cpp(160)

static int s_iAngryZombies = 0;

..\dlls\baseentity.cpp(57) You should insert this at the end of the #includes

#include <ctype.h>

Linking fixes

Added msvcrt.lib and user32.lib to Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies (separated each with a space(" "))

Added /FORCE:MULTIPLE to Linker->Command Line->Additional Options

Debug-Compile configuration

Linking Errors & Fixes

Added msvcrtd.lib and user32.lib Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies

Added /FORCE:MULTIPLE to Linker->Command Line->Additional Options

Client

...\public\tier0\memoverride.cpp line 405-430 (410-435 if you added functions above (release hl))

Remove "_base" from those functions and add it to return-var. Looks then like this:

(406/411)

void    __cdecl _aligned_free(

(410/415)

void *  __cdecl _aligned_malloc(

(415/420)

void * __cdecl _aligned_malloc_base(

(420/425)

    return _aligned_malloc(size, align);

(423/428)

void __cdecl _aligned_free_base(

(427/432)

    _aligned_free(memblock);

HL

...\dlls\ai_behavior_follow.cpp(2090)

//ASSERT_INVARIANT( sizeof(FollowerListIter_t) == sizeof(AI_FollowManagerInfoHandle_t) );

Linking Errors & Fixes:

Added user32.lib to Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies

Added /FORCE:MULTIPLE to Linker->Command Line->Additional Options

Added LIBCMTD to hl->Properties->Configuration Properties->Linker->Input->Ignore Specific Library

Other fixes

Note:In the end these were not needed...

STRDUP

The problem with strdup doesn't happen in debug mode since Valve overrides strdup with their own strdup func. The heap error only shows itself when using the debugger in release mode. I believe it's because strdup() in the C library that comes with 2005 express uses new() instead of malloc(). So when Valve frees the memory using free() it gives the error. Here's the fix I hope...

..\tier1\stringpool.cpp(73)

CHANGE

	pszNew = strdup( pszValue );

TO

	#ifndef _debug
		pszNew = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(pszValue) + 1)); // Use Valve's malloc instead of strdup
		strcpy(pszNew, pszValue);
	#else
		pszNew = strdup( pszValue ); // Use Valve's debug strdup
	#endif

..\cl_dll\c_baseflex.cpp(921)

CHANGE

	g_flexcontroller[g_numflexcontrollers++] = strdup( szName );

TO

		#ifndef _debug
			g_flexcontroller[g_numflexcontrollers] = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(szName) + 1)); //Use V's malloc instead of strdup
			strcpy(g_flexcontroller[g_numflexcontrollers++], szName);
		#else
			g_flexcontroller[g_numflexcontrollers++] = strdup( szName ); //Use V's debug strdup
		#endif

BotPutInServer Linker Failures

(worked for me, didn't have to do this with SP)

Various BotPutInServer lines will fail to link in DEBUG mode. Commenting the BotPutInServer lines out works just fine. This may have some negative affect on bots. I quite frankly have not looked into that stuff at all, other than to see that it breaks the build.

Fix: A better way would be

	adding hl2mp_bot_temp.h and hl2mp_bot_temp.cpp 
	to the HL project under the Source Files->HL2MP folder.
	hl2mp_bot_temp.h and hl2mp_bot_temp.cpp can both be found in yourmod/src/dlls/hl2mp_dll folder.

Warnings

..\public\tier0\memoverride.cpp

(107)

__declspec(restrict) __declspec(noalias) void *malloc( size_t nSize )

(111)

__declspec(noalias) void free( void *pMem )

(116)

__declspec(restrict) __declspec(noalias) void *realloc( void *pMem, size_t nSize )

(121)

__declspec(restrict) __declspec(noalias) void *calloc( size_t nCount, size_t nElementSize )

add this function to line 136 (i don't get what this is for???)

void *_calloc_impl( size_t nCount, size_t nElementSize )
{
return calloc(nCount, nElementSize);
}

comment out _heap_init() and _heap_term(), means, (i don't get what this is for???)

comment out everything from line 298 to line 303 (these lines are these lines if you added the function *_calloc_impl (which is 4 lines long) to line 136.

Remaining error list

Here is a list of warnings not fixed yet. Though it's not defined whether they have to be or should be fixed or not.

SP Debug Client

..\public\tier0\commonmacros.h(29) : warning C4005: 'ARRAYSIZE': Makro-Neudefinition
pathto\microsoft platform sdk\include\winnt.h(950): Siehe vorherige Definition von 'ARRAYSIZE'

..\public\tier0\memoverride.cpp(413)(418)(418) : warning C4565 (I should be able to fix that, will check that again later...)

LINK : warning LNK4075: ignoring /INCREMENTAL due to /FORCE specification.

LONG LIST of .obj files, all with warning:

warning LNK4224: /COMMENT is no longer supported; ignored.

msvcrt.lib(MSVCR80.dll) : warning LNK4006: _free already defined in "memoverride.obj"; second definition ignored

.\cl_dll___Win32_HL2_Debug/client.dll : warning LNK4088: image being generated due to /FORCE option; image may not run.

SP Debug hl

..\public\tier0\memdbgon.h(83) : warning C4996: 'strcpy' (can stay like that...)

same for 'wcscpy' and 'strtok'

+some new double-definitions (LIBCMTD.lib, ...)

+the errors of SP Debug Client (LNK4224: /COMMENT, warning C4005: 'ARRAYSIZE')

Older SDK

Contents

Introduction

Requirements (other SDKs and Setup of those)

Project Configuration

Disabling Deprecated Declaration Warnings

Disabling /COMMENT Warning

wchar_t Linker errors

Code Changes

General

error C2065: 'i' : undeclared identifier

Release-Compile configuration

Shared fixes

Memoverride Linking Errors & Fixes:

Client fixes (client.dll)

HL fixes (server.dll)

Changing function-run to function-link (error C3867)

Linking fixes

Debug-Compile configuration

Linking Errors & Fixes

Client

HL

Other fixes

STRDUP

BotPutInServer Linker Failures

Warnings

Remaining error list

SP Debug Client

SP Debug hl

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Older SDK

Introduction

Requirements (other SDKs and Setup of those)

Project Configuration

Disabling Deprecated Declaration Warnings

Disabling /COMMENT Warning

wchar_t Linker errors

Code Changes

General

error C2065: 'i' : undeclared identifier

Release-Compile configuration

Shared fixes

Memoverride Linking Errors & Fixes:

Client fixes (client.dll)

HL fixes (server.dll)

Changing function-run to function-link (error C3867)

Linking fixes

Debug-Compile configuration

Linking Errors & Fixes

Client

HL

Other fixes

STRDUP

BotPutInServer Linker Failures

Warnings

Remaining error list

SP Debug Client

SP Debug hl

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