Can't get GZDoom to compile and run (Windows 10)

[RockstarRaccoon]

So, I spent a good chunk of yesterday trying to get the latest release version of GZDoom (3.3.2) to compile from the source on the website. After pouring through the several conflicting documents on how to do so, and even getting help from Rachael herself, I have not managed to build an executable which will actually run. The compilation is unstable and often messes up, and even when it doesn't, the .exe it pops out does not work.

When I attempt to build a debug version, nothing happens when I attempt to run it from the directory, and I get this error when I try to run from VisualStudio's button...
https://s6.postimg.cc/gieeyuvtt/Error.png
"Unable to start program Debug/ALLBUILD"

When I attempt to build a release version, I get the same error when trying to run from VisualStudio, but get this when I try to run it from the directory...
https://s6.postimg.cc/b6zie521d/Crash.png
"Not in a Level"

Does anyone know what I'm missing here?

I'm using VisualStudio 2017 on a relatively new computer, following the CMAKE instructions for that. I know it's the .exe and nothing else because when I drop the one from my actual GZDoom folder in there it works fine.

[drfrag]

First you only need to run the exe from within VS if you want to debug it, with CodeBlocks i can select which target to run/debug from a drop down list. And yes the all target is not configured there either. To debug the target ALL_BUILD in VS you can do what _mental_ said or you can right click on the zdoom target in the right pane to debug zdoom.

To solve this everything you need to do is to set path to executable as debugging command for ALL_BUILD.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kcw4dzyf.aspx

Either compiles or not but i wonder if that code is good. Where was version 3.3.2 released? I could not find it in the repo. You can download the code from that branch @GitHub. But why 3.3.2?

[RockstarRaccoon]

Thanks, I'll try that.

I got it from here: https://zdoom.org/downloads

Edit: It runs now, with this error

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Exception thrown: write access violation.
strrchr(...) returned nullptr.

If I push the debugger through that, I can get into the game, but there are problems related to string recognition.

[_mental_]

The compilation is unstable and often messes up, and even when it doesn't, the .exe it pops out does not work.

Without exact error messages this information is absolutely useless. It works for me just like it works for other devs.
To run from Visual Studio you need to either set debugging command for ALL_BUILD target (path to executable) or use zdoom as startup project.

Edit: It runs now, with this error

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Exception thrown: write access violation.
strrchr(...) returned nullptr.

Post complete callstack please.

If I push the debugger through that, I can get into the game, but there are problems related to string recognition.

What does ‘string recognition’ mean?

[RockstarRaccoon]

Without exact error messages this information is absolutely useless.

Go look at my posts again. They all contain details and even a pair of screenshots of the error messages.

Rachael thought it was either an undocumented step or an unlisted dependency.

[_mental_]

Without exact error messages this information is absolutely useless.

Go look at my posts again. They all contain details and even a pair of screenshots of the error messages.

Rachael thought it was either an undocumented step or an unlisted dependency.

None of those are compilation errors. But you said that compilation is unstable and/or messed up.

[RockstarRaccoon]

Post complete callstack please.

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   gzdoom.exe!DoMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance) Line 947   C++
    gzdoom.exe!WinMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance, HINSTANCE__ * nothing, char * cmdline, int nCmdShow) Line 1357   C++

[RockstarRaccoon]

None of those are compilation errors. But you said that compilation is unstable and/or messed up.

I'd have to go back and recreate whatever the issue was, and we couldn't figure out what it was at the time. I can't find them in my logs either, sorry.

[drfrag]

But is that source package actually verified?
You could try a different package, delete the folder with the source and re-run CMake from scratch.
This one from g3.3maint:
https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom/arc ... 3maint.zip

[_mental_]

Post complete callstack please.

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   gzdoom.exe!DoMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance) Line 947   C++
    gzdoom.exe!WinMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance, HINSTANCE__ * nothing, char * cmdline, int nCmdShow) Line 1357   C++

Weird, this should not happen according to Microsoft docs. What’s the exact version of Windows 10 (build number, edition, bitness)? Are you building 32- or 64-bit GZDoom executable?

[RockstarRaccoon]

Weird, this should not happen according to Microsoft docs. What’s the exact version of Windows 10 (build number, edition, bitness)? Are you building 32- or 64-bit GZDoom executable?

I've tried both with the same results, though it seems to only want to build the Win32 executable, so I'm not sure if I've ever actually tried the 64 bit one.

Windows 10 Home (64 bit)
ver 1709
OS Build 16299.431

But is that source package actually verified?
You could try a different package, delete the folder with the source and re-run CMake from scratch.
This one from g3.3maint:
https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom/arc ... 3maint.zip

Trying that now, thanks.

[RockstarRaccoon]

https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom/archive/g3.3maint.zip

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'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Users\dejui\Desktop\GZDoomDev\build\Debug\gzdoom.exe'. Symbols loaded.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ole32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\combase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winmm.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wsock32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\opengl32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ucrtbase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Unloaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll'
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rpcrt4.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ws2_32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\advapi32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sspicli.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winmmbase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winmmbase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Unloaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winmmbase.dll'
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cryptbase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\user32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgmgr32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bcryptprimitives.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\win32u.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Unloaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32.dll'
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32full.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcp_win.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.16299.431_none_5d750ac5a7e1c779\comctl32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHCore.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shlwapi.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\glu32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shell32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\windows.storage.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel.appcore.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\powrprof.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\profapi.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oleaut32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\imm32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\riched20.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msls31.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
'gzdoom.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\usp10.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
Exception thrown: write access violation.
**strrchr**(...) returned nullptr.

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Exception thrown: write access violation.
strrchr(...) returned nullptr.

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>   gzdoom.exe!DoMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance) Line 947   C++
    gzdoom.exe!WinMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance, HINSTANCE__ * nothing, char * cmdline, int nCmdShow) Line 1357   C++


[drfrag]

Must be a bad installation of VS then? Which Windows SDK?

[RockstarRaccoon]

Must be a bad installation of VS then? Which Windows SDK?

I'm just going to re-install the latest SDK, make sure it's done right. I already tried reinstalling VS, so it should be correct.

Edit: Just tried it again, same problem. Where would I look to check the specific versions of these things though?

[Graf Zahl]

Where does it crash? Post a screenshot of the actual code where it happens in the debugger with some local variables visible. But I have the feeling this comes from some system DLL prematurely aborting the app. If you can, set a breakpoint on WinMain and try to see if it even gets there.