Windows compiling guide needs to be updated

[Mateos81]

Hello,

I'm going though the "Compiling GtkRadiant on Windows" page and it needs some updates (and also I get a Scons error ^^')
https://icculus.org/gtkradiant/documentation/windows_compile_guide/
SVN -> Take the non-Edge release
Scons -> The latest Scons release supporting Python 2.7 is 2.5.1
Source: https://scons.org/scons-251-is-available.html
Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scons/files/scons/2.5.1/

When I run C:\Python27\Scripts\scons.bat target=setup I get:

scons: Reading SConscript files ...
ImportError: No module named request:
File "E:\src\git\GtkRadiant\TTimo\GtkRadiant\SConstruct", line 10:
import utils, config
File "E:\src\git\GtkRadiant\TTimo\GtkRadiant\config.py", line 10:
import urllib.request

I haven't ran any git submodule command fyi

What am I missing/doing wrong?

[jdolan]

#674

[jdolan]

If that works for you, I'll go ahead and merge. I thought this issue was maybe macOS specific... interesting that you're seeing it on Wintoons.

[Mateos81]

Nope, still not:

scons: Reading SConscript files ...
ImportError: No module named urllib3.request:
File "E:\src\git\GtkRadiant\TTimo\GtkRadiant\SConstruct", line 10:
import utils, config
File "E:\src\git\GtkRadiant\TTimo\GtkRadiant\config.py", line 10:
import urllib3.request

[Mateos81]

That line changed in 9d02fd9 seems to be a Python 3 thingy according to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24652074/importerror-no-module-named-request

Edit: OK so I guess we're supposed to use Python 3 instead of 2.7 now 5039305

[illwieckz]

Ah yes, better try python3!

[Mateos81]

Alright, so here are all the steps that changed:

Updating Compiling GtkRadiant on Windows

SVN -> Take the non-Edge release

Install Python 3 (x64 is fine): https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
Install Scons through Python pip (normal cmd, pip install scons)
Run the installed scons.exe (AppData) in the radiant-work\GtkRadiant folder with target=setup

Install Windows SDK 8.1: https://developer.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windows/downloads/sdk-archive/

If you install VS 2019, make sure to install XP v141 component through Individual components VS Install tab

(Perhaps also retake a screen capture of VS :P)