Building & cross compiling experience

[Domarius]

Yes, you're lucky... after releasing the source code, I've found that building on different environments is like HELL.

Haha, now we know why people invent frameworks like Love2D - one dedicated team focuses solely on getting that framework to run equally well on all different platforms, while everyone else can focus on making games!

Same makefile, same sources, but different Ubuntu versions throw building and/or runtime errors whereas others run flawlessly.

Yes, I've learned there's usually the choice between 3 different versions of Ubuntu at the moment - 18.04, 17.10, 16.04. Using Linux Mint I've learned that I need to choose the 16.04 option when presented with this selection when downloading a particular software version, as that's the Ubuntu version that Linux Mint is officially based off of.

So at least it's just those 3 versions you need to test on, hopefully.

I finally have running builds for each platform, uploaded to itch.io too. People should give feedback, as they may work on mi build environments but fail in others.

Ok I downloaded the Win32 option off Itch.io. I opened the Platformer.sln in Visual Studio 2015, and it did a one-way upgrade. It halted on Tilengine.cs:422 "DllNotFoundExeption was unhandled". Is there an extra step I have to do regarding making the dlls available? Here's the exception detail;

Code:

System.DllNotFoundException was unhandled
  Message=Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
  Source=Platformer
  TypeName=""
  StackTrace:
       at Tilengine.Engine.TLN_Init(Int32 hres, Int32 vres, Int32 numlayers, Int32 numsprites, Int32 numanimations)
       at Tilengine.Engine.Init(Int32 hres, Int32 vres, Int32 numLayers, Int32 numSprites, Int32 numAnimations) in E:\Libraries\Tilengine_windows_win32\samples\csharp\Tilengine.cs:line 422
       at Platformer.Main(String[] args) in E:\Libraries\Tilengine_windows_win32\samples\csharp\Platformer.cs:line 59
       at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
       at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
  InnerException: