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WOTgreal Installation

Colin Basnett edited this page Oct 3, 2023 · 6 revisions

WOTgreal is the de-facto IDE for programming in UnrealScript.

IMPORTANT: We now recommend using VS Code with the UnrealScript extension instead of WOTgreal.

This guide is left here for posterity.

Installation

  1. Download and run the WOTgreal 3.005 installer.
  2. Run WOTgreal.
  3. Select Cancel when presented with the WOTgreal Setup Wizard.
  4. Select Options>Preferences....

Configuration

Game Information

Add Game Type

  • Select Edit Game Types.
  • Select Add.

  • Input the following values:
Field Value
Display Name DarkestHourDev
Game Exe Name RedOrchestra
Default UCC Name DarkestHourDev
Map File Filter Red Orchestra Map Files (*.rom)
Map File Extension .rom
Menu Name DarkestHourDev

  • Select OK.
  • Select Close.
  • For Game Type, select DarkestHourDev.
  • Input the following values:
Field Value
Run Commandline -mod=DarkestHourDev
Game INI File <RODIR>\DarkestHourDev\System\DarkestHourDev.ini
User INI File darkesthourdevUser.ini
UCC.exe File <RODIR>\System\UCC.exe
Test Map <RODIR>\DarkestHourDev\Maps\DH-Target_Range.rom

NOTE: Replace <RODIR> with the path to your Red Orchestra directory (eg. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Red Orchestra).

Editor

Many of these settings can be based on preference; however, there are a select few settings that must be set as follows:

Style

Field Value
Tab Width 4

Options

Field Value
Cursor Past EOF No
Cursor Past EOL No
Tabs to Spaces on Load Yes
Trim Whitespace on Save Yes
Tab Key inserts tab char No
Smart Tab (Q) No

Compiling & Debugging

Pre-Compile

Field Value Path
Use WOTgreal to select the packages and then prepare the System directory No N/A
Use WOTgreal to select the packages, but leave the System Directory Alone No N/A
Run this program/batchfile/command line to prepare for compilation No N/A
Do nothing for pre-compilation (my compiler probably does it for me) Yes N/A
Run this program/batchfule command line after pre-compilation is done No

Compile

Field Value Path
Allow editing while compiling Yes N/A
Use WOTgreal's built in interface to UCC for compiling No N/A
Run this program/batchfile/command line to compile Yes <RODIR>\tools\make\make.bat
Prompt for UCC Parameters Never N/A

Post-Compile

Field Value Path
Activate WOTgreal (bring it back to the front) when compiling is finished Yes N/A
Let WOTgreal parse log file and display results in Compile Results window Yes N/A
Show Compiler Error/Warning Help when available Yes N/A
Suppress Missing UCC log message No N/A
Log name if different from UCC log message N/A <RODIR>\System\UCC.log
Run this Program after compilation is over No

NOTE: Replace <RODIR> with the path to your Red Orchestra directory (eg. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Red Orchestra).

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