Set up a Windows build machine

Prerequisites

You need the following software:

• Visual Studio 2010
• MinGW

Optionally, the build machine can use the following:

• Microsoft Xbox 360 SDK, for Xbox 360 development
• SCE ProDG Visual Studio Integration, for PlayStation®3 development

Install software

Install Python

• Download and install ​Python 2.7
  • install for all users
  • choose a better installation directory, such as c:\Program Files\Python27\

Add the following to ~/.profile:

PATH="$PATH:/c/Program Files/Python27"
PATH="$PATH:/c/Program Files/Python27/Scripts"
export PATH

Install the Python setuptools

Unfortunately Python’s easy_setup does not work with SVN 1.7.5, and previous SVN versions have a bug that causes our build scripts to fail. So we need to first install an older SVN version.

• download and install ​Subversion 1.6 from WANdisco
  • do not install the Subversion server if you don’t have a use for it
  • do not install TortoiseSVN if you don’t have a use for it
• download ​ez_setup.py from the setuptools package page
• install setuptools with python ez_setup.py
• upgrade setuptools with python ez_setup.py -U setuptools

Install the Bitten slave

• install Bitten using easy_install http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/bitten/trunk/
• uninstall Subversion 1.6 from Configuration Panel → Programs and Features
• download and install ​Subversion 1.7 from WANdisco

Create a bitten machine file

[os]
name = Windows Seven amd64
version = 0
family = windows

[machine]
name = *********
processor = amd64

[authentication]
username = *********
password = *********

[msvc]
version = 10

[xdk]
version = 2.0.20675.0

[ps3sdk]
version = 410

Run the build slave

Authenticate at least once using the commandline:

svn ls svn://svn.zoy.org/lolengine/trunk

Then run the slave:

bitten-slave -f bitten-config.ini http://lol.zoy.org/builds