Building from source yields empty elemen
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Title: Building from source yields empty ElementClasses.h in generated folder.
Environment: Windows 10, Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition
Build Procedure: https://powdertoy.co.uk/Wiki/W/Compiling_tpt%2B%2B_with_Visual_studio.html
Following the steps (including putting required libs into source) yields successful build. However when looking at generated/ElementClasses.h only this line is contained:
#error "Please install python and run generator.py. Also, make sure you downloaded and extracted Required Libraries.zip"
Again, I can run the main function no problem but this "bug" is odd and doesn't allow me to just follow the wiki on creating custom elements 1:1 (getting my feet wet and familiarizing myself with the code-base atm)
Any pointers on what I might be doing wrong perhaps? non-nullptr much appreciated
PS: I will (just for good procedure) go over the wiki once again and build everything form scratch
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You can delete the generated/ folder, it's not necessary anymore. If it's still included in the Required libraries.zip file, that's my mistake.
We don't use generator.py anymore, instead, you only need to edit ElementNumbers.h. The guide for creating an element is a bit out of date. I recommend starting with ACID.cpp or whatever as a base, and copy it to a new file. Then just update ElementNumbers.hEdited once by jacob1. Last: 8th Apr 2020 -
Thanks. When I got my stuff down on the source I'll be happy to contribute to the dev-wiki since I love good, up-to-date documentation.
How do you guys like to communicate on "Issues" and discuss things? Metadiscussions here on the forum and specific discussions on Github via Issues? Sorry I might just have to look around in the wiki for the standards of communication. Also I guess I should open a new Topic instead of chaining my question... Anyway thanks for new. Suggestions have been taken :)
