From 6867177ebbd26f82e094a44535b63d70056de94b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Cano Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 23:09:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index af6a397..0635116 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +**Please read this before reporting any issues with the code, as it is quite likely to solve your issues!** + # About Code for the book [Game Hacking: Developing Autonomous Bots for Online Games](http://www.nostarch.com/gamehacking). @@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ The exact purpose of each binary will be explained in the book. Some binaries ar # Compiling All of the example code should compile out-of-the-box on Visual Studio 2010, and any newer version. The exception is the two practice binaries for Chapter 1, which rely on the `Allegro 5.0.10` library to be installed with the `bin`, `lib`, and `include` directories properly set up in your Visual Studio paths for additional include directories and additional linker directories. -If you can't compile yourself, all of the binaries are in the `/bin/` directory. Debug binaries are in the `/bin/DEBUG_BUILDS/` directory with included debug databases. +If you can't compile yourself, all of the binaries are in the `/bin/` directory. Debug binaries are in the `/bin/DEBUG_BUILDS/` directory with included debug databases. Specifically, there is zero need to compile the binaries for the labs, and these are the ones likely to give you trouble (because of missing Allegro libs). The remaining code should compile fine, as you can poke it and recompile as much as you'd like. # Usage You may need to grab [this redistributable package from Microsoft](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555) to run the binaries if you don't have Visual Studio. If you get errors about loading fonts or map, move [arial.ttf](https://github.com/GameHackingBook/GameHackingExamples/blob/master/arial.ttf) and [game.map](https://github.com/GameHackingBook/GameHackingExamples/blob/master/game.map) into the same directory as the binary and try again.