MacroQuest64

deda wrote:warning LNK4099: PDB "detours.pdb" was not found with
"..\Detours\lib\detours.lib" or at "C:\detours.pdb"

that should explain it right there if you understand english

i know it means the file isnt there, but there is no "detours.pdb" file in the detours maps after i compiled the src.

just want any help on fix this problem.

The PDB file is just for debugging. Ignore the warning, it won't affect the functioning of MacroQuest in any way. Even if you ARE debugging, you won't be debugging detours anyway.

Ok, i ignored the warning and indeed mq works.
However, when i use mq (no macro running) my ping as indicated by the first digits of the lagmeter goes beserk.
Normally i have a ping arround 80, now this number keeps tumbling between 80 and 200. It doesnt disconnected me tho.

Anyone else having this problem?

Others are having this problem, it's being addressed in a different thread. It's not related to the missing detours.pdb file though.

Quick Step Tutorial: (Lets assume the zip is more current than cvs)

0. Install visual c++ 6.0 or visual studio 6.0
1. download the zip from the downloads page or here: MQ2 Latest Source Zip
2. unzip it in C:\MQ
3. go to the newly created folder C:\MQ and DoubleClick the Macroquest2.dsw file (or the MacroQuest2.sln if you have vs7)
4. It will open up in Visual studio.
5. Go to the menu called Build and click on it
6. On that menu Select Batch Build click on it...
7. On the window that pops up, click Build
8 you will get it compiled, then exit Visual studio
9. Go to the C:\MQ\release folder, and doubleclick macroquest2.exe
10 You are done.

****** THIS IS HOW YOU TEST IF MQ WORKS ******
1. Start everquest.
2. When you are in game, type /filter macros all in your eq chatwindow (you know the one you type /who and /yell in...) and press enter, this will make sure you see all macro commands.
3. Type /help macro and press enter
if you get a list with a bunch of MQ commands, your copy of mq is working and you can start using it.
There are some sample macros in your C:\MQ\release\macros folder, you can try the follow macro for example:
****** Example of how to run a macro *******
Target another player or a mob, then type /macro follow.mac and press enter
If your character starts following your target, you have successfully run your first macro.
You end macros by typing /endmacro (and press enter)
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******************* CVS and its usage... ********************
The steps below are for people that want to use the cvs to get the source.
(but as it is nowdays, the zipfile on the downloads page is often newer)
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1. First of all get a decent cvs client, I use Wincvs 1.2 which you can find if you do a google search for Wincvs and download
2. Install it by running setup.exe and click next next and so on...
3. Run it.
4. When it starts open Admin -> preferences and on the General tab paste in: in the 'Enter the CVSROOT' field

5. In the Authentication field choose the '"passwd" file on the cvs server' option
6. Now click on the Globals tab and check the box at the bottom which says: 'Checkout textfiles with the UNIX LX (0xa)'
7. Click ok
8. Goto menu Admin -> Login and when it asks for a password just press enter
9. Goto menu Admin -> Command Line... and paste in and press Enter
10. the source will now be downloaded to you computer...

----now exit the cvs client and follow the compile steps at the beginning of this post...

this works if you have VS 6.0 installed, havent tried with VS 7.0 but I would assume it would work as well and it took my machine about 30 secs...


YOU NEED TO HAVE VISUAL STUDIO INSTALLED (OR VC6++)

10. cd macroquest\eqlib
11. nmake
12. cd ..
13. nmake
14. cd Release
15. run macroquest.exe

dumb question but WHAT does nmake do? that a windows command or what is it? where do you type it in?

(trying to learn this thing so please don't flame)

Godiwa

I have Microsoft Visual C++ installed and everything.

When I type in nmake, it says command not found.

I couldnt find any help on the Microsoft site.

Look for help on vcvars32.bat (or vsvars32.bat for vc7.0).

Ok, got the nmake command , but I get an error when it tries to make it:

NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make '".\Release\EQLib.obj"'
stop.

nmake.exe is part of the visual studio 6 (and 7)
if you install visual studio 6 (or 7) the installation *should* place the correct directories and so on in your PATH statement, and then you should be able to start nmake from *anywhere*

YOU NEED TO HAVE VISUAL STUDIO INSTALLED, JUST GETTING A COPY OF NMAKE.EXE AND TRY TO COMPILE WILL FAIL!

note that if you DO have vs6 (or 7) installed allready and nmake doesnt work, you most likely have a PATH statement problem, where the VS path is pointing wrong, that can be tricky to fix if you are a lamer, so just uninstall VS then remove any referenses to visual studio from the PATH statement (it can be found by right clicking and selecting properties on my computer -> environment settings) Then install VS again.

Edit X3

Fixed that Dll file error. Now i get this:

Cannot Open file windows.h

Its in the include directory with TChar and all the others...

Im using Win98 if thats any help

running vcvars32.bat will set the environment variables correctly for building. After that you can just type nmake.

Says out of Environment space.