Is there a step by step guide on how to run this on Windows 11?

[The-Architekt]

I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to trying to install this, would someone please be able to help?

[xxxmf]

for windows:

Step 0: read this: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Building_Blender/Windows

Step 1: make sure all the requirements are properly installed, if you skipped any instruction like adding git and cmake to path then "make update" wont work Step 2: create an empty folder, run cmd and cd to that empty folder then run "git clone https://github.com/dillongoostudios/goo-engine.git" . make sure the folder is empty step 3: cd to the new "goo-engine" folder, run "make update", if asks to download type "y" press enter. repeat this step TWICE step 4: in this new folder run "make" not nmake. it will create a new folder called "build_windows_x64_vc17_Release", inside you have a folder called "bin", after the compilation is done you will find final blender files inside you can copy paste it somewhere else. first compilation takes a long time even if you have a good cpu and during complation your pc may become unusable. step 5: if something errors and above steps dont fix it then delete everything and start over step 6: to update simply repeat "make update" and "make", update compilations should be quick step 7: if anything errors or breaks, delete everything and start over.

at the end your empty folder should have 3 folders like this:

goo-engine build_windows_x64_vc17_Release lib

you can find blender files, like the ones you download, inside yourfolder/build_windows_x64_vc17_Release/bin/Release/

the whole process take 15+gb of space with over 80000 files, ssd is recommended

if you can spare 5$ at https://www.patreon.com/dillongoo to get a download link i think its really worth it because this is too much trouble for most people especially how easy it is to mess it up you can easily lose days trying to build it, but if you have no other option then - good luck!

[pftq]

Also just in case it saves anyone else time, make sure to:

1. install Git for Windows, not Github for Windows - not the same thing and won't work without Git for Windows.
2. install VC 2019 (for now). More of a precaution, as I had trouble compiling with version 2022 and read it as a suggestion in the thread here https://github.com/dillongoostudios/goo-engine/issues/4#issuecomment-1310779710

[Zo0m4ek]

for windows:

Step 0: read this: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Building_Blender/Windows

Step 1: make sure all the requirements are properly installed, if you skipped any instruction like adding git and cmake to path then "make update" wont work Step 2: create an empty folder, run cmd and cd to that empty folder then run "git clone https://github.com/dillongoostudios/goo-engine.git" . make sure the folder is empty step 3: cd to the new "goo-engine" folder, run "make update", if asks to download type "y" press enter. repeat this step TWICE step 4: in this new folder run "make" not nmake. it will create a new folder called "build_windows_x64_vc17_Release", inside you have a folder called "bin", after the compilation is done you will find final blender files inside you can copy paste it somewhere else. first compilation takes a long time even if you have a good cpu and during complation your pc may become unusable. step 5: if something errors and above steps dont fix it then delete everything and start over step 6: to update simply repeat "make update" and "make", update compilations should be quick step 7: if anything errors or breaks, delete everything and start over.

at the end your empty folder should have 3 folders like this:

goo-engine build_windows_x64_vc17_Release lib

you can find blender files, like the ones you download, inside yourfolder/build_windows_x64_vc17_Release/bin/Release/

the whole process take 15+gb of space with over 80000 files, ssd is recommended

if you can spare 5$ at https://www.patreon.com/dillongoo to get a download link i think its really worth it because this is too much trouble for most people especially how easy it is to mess it up you can easily lose days trying to build it, but if you have no other option then - good luck!

Please help! When I trying to run "make update", cmd showed me "There are spaces detected in the build path "E:\GameDev\build blender\blender\goo-engine", this is currently not supported, exiting....". How to solve this?

(P.S. Folder isn't empty, idk what I need to do with this...)

[pftq]

Try renaming your "build blender" folder to "build-blender" so there is no space.

[Zo0m4ek]

Try renaming your "build blender" folder to "build-blender" so there is no space.

Thanks a lot.

[Zo0m4ek]

Well, I have another problem...

"E:\GameDev\blender_build\goo-engine>make No explicit msvc version requested, autodetecting version. ** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt v16.11.12 ** Copyright (c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation [vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x64' Compiler Detection successful, detected VS2019 Cmake not found in path, required for building, exiting..."

The problem is solved. Just needed to restart PC after installing CMake.

[Zhongli0401]

Well, I have another problem...

"E:\GameDev\blender_build\goo-engine>make No explicit msvc version requested, autodetecting version. ** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt v16.11.12 ** Copyright (c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation [vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x64' Compiler Detection successful, detected VS2019 Cmake not found in path, required for building, exiting..."

The problem is solved. Just needed to restart PC after installing CMake.

ahh dude use choco to install this and add to system path

choco install cmake --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'

[Axis4s]

this should have pre-built builds instead of having to build manually

[Zhongli0401]

this should have pre-built builds instead of having to build manually

i builded it its in my repos if you want you can have it

[pftq]

It's pre-built and available to download on the Patreon page. It's a soft incentive to support their dev team. https://www.patreon.com/dillongoo

[Axis4s]

It's pre-built and available to download on the Patreon page. It's a soft incentive to support their dev team. https://www.patreon.com/dillongoo

It's nice to support the devs and all but then why release the code and leave users to troubleshoot for hours and possibly with no build, Blender do have a guide to compile it but Alot of things can to wrong in the process

[pftq]

Probably it should be made clear on the readme/github homepage. The main link to this is https://gooengine.org/ which does point to the Patreon as the main download (and github only if you want the source).

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It's pre-built and available to download on the Patreon page. It's a soft incentive to support their dev team. https://www.patreon.com/dillongoo

It's nice to support the devs and all but then why release the code and leave users to troubleshoot for hours and possibly with no build, Blender do have a guide to compile it but Alot of things can to wrong in the process

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[Zhongli0401]

It's pre-built and available to download on the Patreon page. It's a soft incentive to support their dev team. https://www.patreon.com/dillongoo

oh i didnot know that