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Updated Easy Raylib Setup for Windows with Visual Studio (markdown)
Jeffery Myers
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## Download Visual Studio 2019
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Get Visual Studio from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
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The community edition is free and is perfectly suited for game development with raylib.
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## Install Visual Studio
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Run the installer to put Visual Studio 2019 on your computer. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/vscpp-step-0-installation?view=msvc-160 for more info.
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Be sure to install the Desktop development with C++ and Universal Windows Platform development workflows.
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## Create a folder for your game
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Create a folder for you game. It can be anywhere on your computer.
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## Download the Raylib Sources
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Download the raylib source code, from
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https://github.com/raysan5/raylib
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You can get the zip file or clone the repository in git, both will work the same.
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## Copy Raylib into your game folder
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Extract the zip file, or copy the cloned raylib repository into a folder named raylib in your game folder. source code.
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This folder should contain all the raylib
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## Download Premake5
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Download premake version 5.0 from https://premake.github.io/
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Put the premake5. Exe into your game folder.
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## Download the premake5.lua file from raylibExras
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Download the premake5.lua and premake-2019.bat files from
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https://github.com/JeffM2501/raylibExtras/tree/index/Premake/Game
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Copy them into your game folder.
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## Create a folder for your game source code
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Make a folder for your actual game’s source code. In this case we will be starting with the “advanced game” template from the raylib sources, since it is a great place to start any project from.
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## Setup premake5.lua file
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Open the premake5.lua file in notepad++ or some other text editor (regular notepad is fine).
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Find the two instances of “YourGame” and replace them with the name of your game project.
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Save the file and close it.
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## Run premake-2019.bat
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Double click the premake-2019.bat file, or run it from a console. This will generate all the visual studio project files for the game. You will end up with a .sln file for your game in the root folder.
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The same premake system can be used on linux, just use the command premake5 gmake instead of premake5 vs2019
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## Open your .sln file
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Double click the sln file to open your game project in Visual Studio. It will include both your game files and the raylib library, all ready to build.
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## Develop your game.
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You can now build, debug, and run your game from Visual Studio.
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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/322174/107885060-de6c4580-6eac-11eb-87a5-9a209cb03a7a.png
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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/322174/1078850
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