12 Building on Windows

This guide is a WIP. It will eventually explain to users how to setup the PCSX2 repository on their PC, that's it. I know there's already a page on the wiki, but there should really be something up front that's integrated into the repo.

• make sure you use git clone --recurse-submodules

Required Dependencies for QT

If you are developing against the pcsx2-qt solution, you will need to do the following:

• Download the binaries from here https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2-windows-dependencies/releases/
  • tools / symbols are not required
• Extract into the main folder (where the PCSX2_qt.sln file is); you should see a new deps folder after extraction
• Ensure you have opened the *-qt .sln file.

Required Build Applications

• Visual Studio Community
  • Installing just the "Desktop development with C++" workload should be enough, otherwise select individually:
    • C++ ATL for v142 build tools (x86 & x64)
    • MSVC v142 - VS 2019 C++ x64/x86 build tools
    • Windows 10 SDK
• Git for Windows

Other Requirements

Widescreen and No-Interlacing cheats are sourced from a separate repository. You might consider putting them in your working directory to ensure your development environment matches shipping builds:

• Download both .zip files from here: https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2_patches/releases/
• Put them (without extracting) in bin/resources.