Source Project Setup

This project was setup with VS 2019

Download or clone the source from a git client of your choice

Boost

Manually

• Goto https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_72_0.html
• Download Boost 1.72.0 Binaries
• Follow instructions at https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#or-build-binaries-from-source
• Install Boost into /OpenVR-MC/third-party

Qt

• Goto https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer
• Download Qt
• Run the Qt installer (Install it to "c:\Qt"). Install at least version msvc2017_64 (5.14.1)

Qt VS Tools

• Open Visual Studio 2019
• Go to the menu Extensions and click Manage Extensions
• Click "Online" in the left tab
• In the search box in the upper right type in "Qt"
• Find "Qt Visual Studio Tools" in the results and click the download button
• Close Visual Studio

Setup Solution

• Open 'VRMotionCompensation.sln' with Visual Studio 2019
• Menu-bar: Extensions -> Qt VS Tools -> Qt Options -> Make sure that the Default Qt/Win version is msvc2017_64 and that it points to your install dir. If not, select the wrong entry, Click Delete. Then Click Add -> Version name: msvc2017_64, Path: \Qt\5.14.1\msvc2016_64 -> Click ok. Then choose this new entry in the drop down and click "Ok".
• Go to menu Build and click Build Solution

Scan Qt Dependencies

• open a command prompt got to <project_root>/client_overlay/bin/
• run windeployqt.bat
• ensure there is a qtdata folder and qt dlls in <project_root>/client_overlay/bin/win64/

Create installer

• go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%202/2.33/
• download and run the nsis-2.33-setup.exe
• go to <project_root>/installer/
• right click the installer.nsi file and Compile NSIS Script
• the installer exe will be built into <project_root>/installer/binary