Main Repo for the OpenVic2 Project

• Godot 4 Beta 16
• scons

1. Install Godot 4 Beta 16 and scons for your system.
2. Run the command git submodule update --init --recursive to retrieve all related submodules.
3. Run scons in the project root, you should see a libopenvic2 file in game/bin/openvic2.
4. Open with Godot 4 Beta 16, click import and navigate to the game directory.
5. Import and edit.
6. Once loaded, click the play button at the top right, if you see Hello GDExtension Singleton! in the output at the bottom then it is working.

1. Build the extension with scons or scons target=template_debug. (or scons target=template_release for release)
2. Open game/project.godot with Godot 4 Beta 16.
3. Click Project at the top left, click Export.
4. If you do not have the templates, you must download the templates, there is highlighted white text at the bottom of the Export subwindow that opens up the template manager for you to download.
5. Click Export All:
   • If you built with the default or debug target you must export with Debug.
   • If you built with the release target you must export Release.
6. Files will be found in platform specific directories in game/export:
   • On Windows run game/export/Windows/OpenVic2.exe.
   • On Linux x86_64 run game/export/Linux-x86_64/OpenVic2.sh.

1. If in a clean build, build the extension with scons.
2. Build with scons dev_build=yes.
3. Setup your IDE so your Command/Host/Launching App is your Godot 4 binary and the Working Directory is the game directory.
4. Start the debugger.