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First I apololgize if this is the wrng section but i wasnt finding what i needed in the rest of the forum.

Ive tried following the windows compiling instrutions but it doesnt seem to work. i have the code::blocks ide and want to find a way to just open up the sources in there and then compile and run it. and i dont want to go get visual studio i stoped using that back when visual basic was still kicking. if anyone can help or point me in the right direction id greatly aprecciate it. thanks for your time.

ps. Minetest is the shit and i love that it was written in c++ my favorite language.

I just stumbled upon this page : http://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/05-installing-an-integrated-development-environment-ide/

In there is the following text: "If you are developing on Linux (or you are developing on Windows but want to write programs that you can easily port to Linux), we recommend Code::Blocks. Code::Blocks is a free, open source, cross-platform IDE that will run on both Linux and Windows.

Windows users, make sure to get the version with MinGW bundled.

Alternately, some people prefer to use Bloodshed’s Dev-C++, which also runs on both Windows and Linux."

Is the bold, underlined text what you need?

i already know c++ and have the code::blocks ide. when i read the windows compiling instructuons since im using windows it talk about using mingw at the command line or using microsoft visual studio and i remember somewhere else it saying minetest is built in visual studio. I personaly dont like visual studio and use code::blocks. so what i want to do is go into my ide and load the sources then build the project and run it but it doesnt want to work either. so if anybody knows how to do it from here thats the help im looking for but i appreciate the help.