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Update the Visual Studio project files. These files were produced by Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 8.1.
author John "Elwin" Edwards
date Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:23:56 -0400
parents 4ef27dfe0492
children d0f652010675
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--- a/README.txt	Thu Aug 13 17:17:40 2015 -0400
+++ b/README.txt	Tue Aug 18 13:23:56 2015 -0400
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
 
 To install on Windows:
 
-Use the included Visual Studio solution files.  Warning: they have not been 
-tested recently.
+Visual Studio solution and project files are included.  They are still being
+tested but should work with Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 8.1.
+
+You will need pdcurses before you can build.  Create a folder called 'pdcurses'
+in this folder and copy into it curses.h, term.h, and pdcurses.lib from the
+pdcurses distribution.
 
 You can also build on Windows using MinGW.  Make sure pdcurses is installed.
 You will have to go into the '/lib' folder and copy 'libpdcurses.a' to
@@ -37,8 +41,8 @@
 It is recommended to run 'configure' with the '--disable-logfile' option, and
 'make' with the 'LDFLAGS=-static' option.
 
-The games should all build with MinGW and run, but Super-Rogue has problems
-with restoring saved games.
+Note that Super-Rogue has problems with restoring saved games on Windows,
+whichever build system is used.
 
 See the individual games' subdirectories for further documentation.  Some of 
 the manpages may be outdated, but the guides to playing should be accurate.