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Using Torsion in an automated build process

by James Terry · in Torsion · 04/12/2007 (2:37 pm) · 3 replies

Hello, I am trying to create an automated build process solution using Torsion's precompile all feature.

Currently I have a batch file I run after grabbing a fresh copy from sourcesafe and running precompile all with Torsion, it deletes all the cs and dso files and renames my executable, etc, etc

I was wondering since Torsion precompiles your CS/GUI files using our executable, if it would be easy to come up with an automated way (i.e. a script file) that would achieve the same effect.

I have experimented a bit with creating a new main.cs that has 

compile("common/main.cs");
compile("game/main.cs");
compile("game/server/game.cs");
...
...

Anyone have any ideas?
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Associate Tom Spilman
Sickhead Games
#1
04/13/2007 (12:09 pm)
Hey James.

If you look in your Torsion directory you'll see a torsion_precompile.cs file. This is the base script file used by Torsion to do the precompile step. You can see how stupid simple it is...

// Start the console logger in a "open, write, close" mode.
setLogMode( 1 );
 
// PRECOMPILE_START
// PRECOMPILE_END
 
function onExit()
{
   // This is just here to keep the thing
   // from bitching... curious that it does
   // not appear in the function dump.
}
 
quit();

Torsion copies this script to the project working folder then adds compile() lines for each script to compile between the PRECOMPILE_START/END comments. Then it launches your EXE with torsion_precompile.cs on the command line.

And that's it... stupid simple.

Torque Owner James Terry
#2
04/13/2007 (1:29 pm)
Hmm, guess I'll have to whip something up in C++ or torquescript to grab all the files and call compile on em, seems simple enough

thanks,

James

Torque Owner James Terry
#3
04/23/2007 (3:58 pm)
Ended up using your starter with http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=4736

to get all the files compiled, hardest part was removing the %dir @ :/*.cs" and making it 

function CompileFiles(%dir)
{
   compileCSFiles(%dir);
   compileGuiFiles(%dir);
}

function compileCSFiles(%dir)
{
   %search = "*.cs";
   for(%file = findFirstFile(%search); %file !$= ""; %file = findNextFile(%search))
      if(fileBase(%file) !$= "config.cs" && fileBase(%file) !$= "prefs.cs")
         compile(%file);
}

function compileGuiFiles(%dir)
{
   %search = "*.gui";
   for(%file = findFirstFile(%search); %file !$= ""; %file = findNextFile(%search))
      compile(%file);
}

and it ends up going through all the game directories and finding cs and gui files, and compiling them, works like a charm now :)