Compiling on Windows (Visual Studio Solution)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 with Solution

1. Download/install the required software

To compile on Windows, you will need to download and install:

• Git
• Visual Studio 2026 Community (compiler and english language pack)
• vcpkg (package manager)

2. Set up vcpkg

Make sure to follow full installation of vcpkg, per Official Quickstart execute the following in Powershell:

To open Powershell navigate to your desired directory e.g. C:\ and choose Open PowerShell window here (shift + right click).

Then you can safely proceed with configuring vcpkg:

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
cd vcpkg
.\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
.\vcpkg integrate install

Execute the following command in Powershell with Administrator permission to set vcpkg environment variable:

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('VCPKG_ROOT','C:\vcpkg', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

3. Download the source code

cd C:\
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mehah/otclient.git

4. Install libraries

The libs are installed automatically following the next step.

5. Build

1. Open vc17\otclient.sln. This should launch Visual Studio.

2. Choose build configuration from the drop downs (Release and x64).

3. To start compiling go to the menu Build and choose Build Solution.

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