[bearen]

Hello there!

I am currently trying to set up my Visual Studio 2010 so I can start programming plugins for L4D.
Having followed this guide I am now experiencing problems creating a Custom Build Rule as shown in item 6 since there is no "Custom Build Rules..." in the drop-down list.

I have already browsed the internet for a solution but didn't find anything helpful hence my question:

How do I set up a Custom Build Rule in Visual Studio 2010?

Thanks in advance!

-bearen

[Slyke]

I had this problem too and posted on these forums and Steam forums. No help so far .

I use same alias here as Steam forums: Slyke if you wanna check for replies!

[BAILOPAN]

You don't need Visual Studio to write SourceMod plugins.

[Slyke]

Care to elaborate? I would use another compilier if I knew of one.

[API]

I'll elaborate. Visual Studio is called an IDE, or Integrated Development Environment. It doesn't relate to the actual compiler in SourcePawn's case, since the compiler is a stand alone file packaged with the release (addons/sourcemod/scripting/spcomp.exe)

You can also use compile.exe to batch compile all .sp files in the current directory. Good luck.

[Slyke]

Please forgive my lapse in memory. I am used to calling it a compilier (But you are right, it is an IDE).

I will research into this thanks!

But yes, knowing how to do custom builds in VB2010 would be good too .

Pawn Studio seems to be the best viable option.

[psychonic]

Notepad++

[Zylius]

Pawn Studio

[bearen]

Thank you very much for all of your answers.

I'll switch to one of the mentioned IDEs to avoid those Build Rule troubles.

-bearen

[naris]

Originally Posted by Slyke Pawn Studio seems to be the best viable option.

Not really. It is very unstable (crashes often) and is no longer supported by anyone

I use gVim to edit the code, mainly because I use vim (on solaris) at work all day and have been for a very long time. If I use other editors, I wind up putting extra i and r characters all over the place

Then I use compile.exe (that comes with SourceMod) to compile it.

The syntax highlighting for gVim, Notepad++ and other editors can be found in the snippets section. http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=120037