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Question - Adding plugins to existing mq2 build??
- Thread starter kevman5
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I may be wrong haven't done my own compile in years but I believe the following is correct.
plugins are specific to the version of MQ they are complied with, so you can't drop a pre-complied plugin with RG's vanilla MQ compile. If you have the source code of the plugin, then you can download the source for MQ of the RG build and compile VV and the plugin together.
plugins are specific to the version of MQ they are complied with, so you can't drop a pre-complied plugin with RG's vanilla MQ compile. If you have the source code of the plugin, then you can download the source for MQ of the RG build and compile VV and the plugin together.
Well, this is RedGuides, so your typical build would be the build created by RG, and you wouldn't go adding some outside plugins to it. You could enable/disable the plugins included with RG and also purchase the paid plugins available through RG.
If you're building MQ for yourself, and you wanted to add some plugin to your build, you would right click the solution in VS -> Add existing project/solution -> navigate to the vcxproj or whatever it is file for the plugin you want to build.
Maybe be more specific about the plugins you're missing, and define your "old compile" and "new compile". Are these referring to some old and new install of redguides or are you really compiling MQ yourself?
If you're building MQ for yourself, and you wanted to add some plugin to your build, you would right click the solution in VS -> Add existing project/solution -> navigate to the vcxproj or whatever it is file for the plugin you want to build.
Maybe be more specific about the plugins you're missing, and define your "old compile" and "new compile". Are these referring to some old and new install of redguides or are you really compiling MQ yourself?
BTW it's just MQ now as MQ2 was discontinued and new MQ took it's place.
If those plugins are from MQ2 even if you had the original source code, they would not work with the current version of the new MQ as it was rebuilt for the most part from the ground up. They would need to be updated to work with MQ.
Dumb question but how do I know if I have mq or mq2??
if you have redguides you have MQ. MQ2 doesn't exist anymore outside of emu and even then its on its way out. If its been more than a couple years then this old build you're referring to was probably MQ2.
Are these plugins you maintained? Plugins that were available before and just don't seem to exist anymore? Plugins that are still maintained somewhere else but just not in VV?
Are these plugins you maintained? Plugins that were available before and just don't seem to exist anymore? Plugins that are still maintained somewhere else but just not in VV?
the MQ that is at and supported at RG is "MQ", MQ2 is no longer supported or available.
What you downloaded here is "MQ" or just "MacroQuest" it is the latest version of macroquest, which was macroquest -> macroquest 2 -> back to macroquest as far as naming goes. it is still "macroquest" just with a major overhaul and thousands of fixes/updates/additions.
if you were self-compiling with our "Open Vanilla" you would just add something to your build, and build it.
RG doesn't have anything like the old MQ builder had where you just "add your own" - but you can self compile
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RG also doesn't carry any "active" hacks, even for the EMU build. if you're looking to go that route you would want to self compile.
So if I self compiled would it work?the MQ that is at and supported at RG is "MQ", MQ2 is no longer supported or available.
What you downloaded here is "MQ" or just "MacroQuest" it is the latest version of macroquest, which was macroquest -> macroquest 2 -> back to macroquest as far as naming goes. it is still "macroquest" just with a major overhaul and thousands of fixes/updates/additions.
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if you were self-compiling with our "Open Vanilla" you would just add something to your build, and build it.
RG doesn't have anything like the old MQ builder had where you just "add your own" - but you can self compile
RG Creators / OpenVanilla · GitLab
project moved: https://github.com/RedGuides/openvanilla
RG also doesn't carry any "active" hacks, even for the EMU build. if you're looking to go that route you would want to self compile.
if you self-compiled and added whatever plugin you wanted to the build you're building, assuming it was proper MQ code that matched and compiled, then yep.
you can't just willy-nilly slap that old-ass mq2 plugin to a new mq build - it wouldn't match and it would not work.
It is possible that the old plugin source code will work with the existing MQ source code with little or no changes.
It is also possible it will require significant modifications.
It really depends on how complex the plugin is. What parts of the MQ plugin API are used. For example does it have a UI or export a TLO ? if so it will require remapping some of the code.
Can send me a DM on discord if you'd like me to take a look at it.
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