my experence with trying to complie a qvm on xp

[cactusfrog]

I have a full qvm(not complied yet) and a patch i would wish to add on to it so i combined them(by just pasting them together) .Then i needed to turn the .patch into a qvm, First i googled "how to patch a qvm" and got no useful guides. Then i searched the forums and found a thread saying this is the best guide for compiling a qvm is "The short and sweet guide to compiling SVN 895 on Windows".  I tried following the steps and got lost on step 9. Then i sent it to a friend twice as smart as me and even he couldn't understand it. I want to know  three things: what program i can use to compile a qvm, how best to patch in the new data into my qvm (do i just paste it in near the other comands or what!), and in the future if i have trouble like this where can i find simple guides .

[Bissig]

A patch usually consists of a DIFF between the original source and the patched source. You need to find a patching tool to patch the patch in - duh. And for compiling you use a c compiler.

[David]

Bissig:  Before you post, stop and think if your post adds anything to the discussion.  I know this may affect your post count and e-penis, but it will bring much joy to the rest of us when there are threads that don't have you being condescending in them.

cactusfrog:
I would recommend using Lakitu7's qvm, it has all the good features and most servers out there use it or a variant of it.
Compiling is a total bitch on windows, its totally not worth the effort, as there's no gain.
http://patches.mercenariesguild.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=192

[Bissig]

He obviously doesn't know anything about patching nor what a patch is. I don't see you clearing it up and your useless post counter is surely not in the lower ends either.

If he doesn't know how to patch and is not willing to look it up there is no point in directing him to a qvm.

Also:

Compiling is a total bitch on windows, its totally not worth the effort, as there's no gain.

Aha, and directing him to a qvm is going to fix that?

[David]

Directing him to a pre-made qvm solves the problem of not being able to compile quite nicely.
And he did try to look it up.  If you bother to read his post he searched both this forum and google.
I am unable to answer his question, (I don't have access to a windows box) so I provided an alternate solution that may or may not solve his underlying problem.
If you are able to help, then why don't you?  If you can't, kindly STFU.

[Bissig]

F.e. Information like this might help him getting the idea of how to patch:

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/HOWTO_Patch

Compiling:

http://articles.thewavelength.net/406/

Problem you may run into with the attached .bat file:
http://forums.thewavelength.net/index.php?showtopic=6008

Also a bit brief:

http://code.google.com/p/tremulous-amanieu/wiki/Compile

And:

http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=587.0
 
And:

http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=3408.msg64047#msg64047

[cactusfrog]

thanks these links really help