Easy-Build Environment for Xbox

[empyreal96 5]

Easy-Build for XBOX Original

What is it?

A tool in testing for compiling xbox code. Easy to Update script.

https://github.com/Empyreal96/easy-build-xbox

How to use:

• Have easy-build-xinit.cmd on the ROOT of a drive e.g: D:\easy-build-xinit.cmd
• Open easy-build-xinit.cmd
• Setup the Xbox trunk in your Drive root as specified in easy-build-xinit (VHD users are already set up)
• Let the script apply Team Complex patches (These allow the xbox trunk to be built)
• Once that's done, follow onscreen instructions until Razzle loads
• Type into razzle: easybuild
• You can now build from the Easy-Build mainmenu
• Built binaries will be in %DriveRoot%\xbox\xboxbuilds\fre{dump}

Any issues or suggestions please open an issue ticket so I can look into it

Information

 

• Windows XP - 10 x86

• Fixed issues with mstools/idw folders incorrectly being set

• Basic Options for compiling

• 'Unofficial' binplace script 'xcopybins.cmd' to place some built files

• Added 'xmakesamples.cmd' which builds the XDK Sample CD.

• Added a WIP script to set off the XDK build see XDK below
• Fixed %_BUILDVER% not being set on razzle-easybuild handover
• Changed menu colours (I may change back depending on feedback)
• Small update to some 'dirs' files that adds folders to the build process that can build successfully
• Separated easybuild.cmd (mainmenu) to public/tools/
• Actual easybuild.cmd shows correct Razzle Tool Path now, starts xcopybins.cmd as postbuild

XDK Building 

InstallShield Professional 6.2 is required for this: I have included my currently in progress script to try and build the Xbox SDK. Currently it fails compiling the InstallShield specific XDK Setup scripts..

• To run the script, load Easy-Build, drop to Razzle prompt and type "private\SDK\setup\xsdkbuild.cmd"

If you want to help the development of Easy-Build, have some issues join the Matrix chat!

https://matrix.to/#/!febkSwamiedCsfevDe:matrix.org?via=matrix.org

NOTE: This is VERY early stages.. It is lacking in many features that Easy-Build-NT5 has.. If I get time I will eventually figure out more of the build system, any and all help is greatly welcomed!!

[empyreal96 5]

Theres been a small update, mainly to test the log outputs and placing another thing from the src

• Postbuild scripts now have 'basic' logs in the %_NT386TREE% folder

• Added copying 'HVS Launcher Test' files (not sure what this is)

• Added two more buildable directories in "private\sdktools\factory"

[ShamedSalmon 1]

This is awesome work!

I fetched your git tree and vhd last night and attached it to my Win XP vm and had no issues (beyond the warnings you mentioned) doing a clean build.

I'm sure you have looked around too, but to get some info out there, it appears that the installer for IS Pro 6.20 and 6.21 were likely distributed as "InstallShieldProfessional620.exe" and "InstallShieldProfessional621.exe", while 6.22 may have been distributed as "IPSE622.exe". The installer was probably around 95mbs in size. This is all speculation based on archives of warez pages from twenty years ago.

While I still can't find the installer itself, here is some information on how to crack it when you do.

Edited January 15 by ShamedSalmon

[empyreal96 5]

7 hours ago, ShamedSalmon said:

This is awesome work!

I fetched your git tree and vhd last night and attached it to my Win XP vm and had no issues (beyond the warnings you mentioned) doing a clean build.

I'm sure you have looked around too, but to get some info out there, it appears that the installer for IS Pro 6.20 and 6.21 were likely distributed as "InstallShieldProfessional620.exe" and "InstallShieldProfessional621.exe", while 6.22 may have been distributed as "IPSE622.exe". The installer was probably around 95mbs in size. This is all speculation based on archives of warez pages from twenty years ago.

While I still can't find the installer itself, here is some information on how to crack it when you do.

Thanks!! I'm glad it runs on XP fine, I only tested it myself on 10 x86

 

Yeah I actually found a copy of InstallShield 6.2 on archive org (I think it was archive .org) it works but it seems the actual IS script we compile is either incomplete or files for the XDK building are missing but I plan on messing with Installshield at some point to learn about these 'Language Independant Intel 32 Files' and why they appear to be missing..

 

Let me know if you test any of the xbe's and ISOs created with the tool

[KaosEngineer 725]

Does your InstallShield installation have the Setup.exe [??? template (is it a template don't know 4 sure) ???] file in the Redist\Language Independent\i386\ folder?

[KaosEngineer 725]

There is a file, IS622PROSTD.zip (google it), out there on the Internet (includes serial number).  Don't know if it works have not installed it.

[empyreal96 5]

1 hour ago, KaosEngineer said:

Does your InstallShield installation have the Setup.exe [??? template (is it a template don't know 4 sure) ???] file in the Redist\Language Independent\i386\ folder?

I think so yeah, I will double check this weekend as got my new laptop today so I can crack on with this and NT5

 

I think it is like you think though with some template files missing

[ShamedSalmon 1]

3 hours ago, KaosEngineer said:

There is a file, IS622PROSTD.zip (google it), out there on the Internet (includes serial number).

Welp, I'm embarrassed for not checking there first, since I had fetched a few other things from that site earlier, lol. Thank you so much for pointing this out! It would appear that this is one and the same as the binary I was searching for in those dead warez archives, down to the matching password and serial number.

I'll pick the installer apart with unshield and some other stuff to see what we've got, but I did just finish installing it in an XP vm. My directory tree sounds a little different from yours though. Below is a tree view of some files that I believe we may be talking about, though I'm not entirely sure yet. I've gotta run now, but when I get home tonight, I'll sit down and start combing over those build warnings. (And of course, deep apologies if I'm not providing any helpful information. If need be, let me know and I will certainly cut this out.)

Folder PATH listing for volume Root

C:\Program Files\InstallShield:

    +---Professional - Standard Edition
    |   +---CABData
    |   +---Dialog Sampler
    |   +---Examples
    |   +---GeneralData
    |   +---GeneralLink
    |   +---Include
    |   +---Objects
    |   +---Program
    |   +---Redistributable
    |   |   +---Compressed Files
    |   |   |   +---0009-English
    |   |   |   |   +---Intel 32
    |   |   |   |   \---OS Independent
    |   |   |   \---Language Independent
    |   |   |       +---Intel 32
    |   |   |       \---OS Independent
    |   |   |           \---Corecomp.ini
    |   |   +---Uncompressed Files
    |   |   |   +---0009-English
    |   |   |   |   +---Intel 32
    |   |   |   |   \---OS Independent
    |   |   |   \---Language Independent
    |   |   |       +---Intel 32
    |   |   |       \---OS Independent
    |   |   \---Web Files
    |   |       \---Language Independent
    |   |           +---Intel 32
    |   |           \---OS Independent
    |   \---Script
    \---Professional - Standard Edition Setup Files
        \---Disk1
            +---Setup.exe
            +---Setup.ini
            \---setup.inx

In short, are you two referring to Setup.ini and binary Setup.inx, or maybe to the Corecomp.ini, or possibly even something else I'm not seeing?

7 hours ago, empyreal96 said:

Let me know if you test any of the xbe's and ISOs created with the tool

Absolutely, I will! I'll get to some testing this weekend.

Thanks everyone!

Edited January 15 by ShamedSalmon

[empyreal96 5]

3 hours ago, ShamedSalmon said:

Welp, I'm embarrassed for not checking there first, since I had fetched a few other things from that site earlier, lol. Thank you so much for pointing this out! It would appear that this is one and the same as the binary I was searching for in those dead warez archives, down to the matching password and serial number.

I'll pick the installer apart with unshield and some other stuff to see what we've got, but I did just finish installing it in an XP vm. My directory tree sounds a little different from yours though. Below is a tree view of some files that I believe we may be talking about, though I'm not entirely sure yet. I've gotta run now, but when I get home tonight, I'll sit down and start combing over those build warnings. (And of course, deep apologies if I'm not providing any helpful information. If need be, let me know and I will certainly cut this out.)

Folder PATH listing for volume Root

C:\Program Files\InstallShield:

    +---Professional - Standard Edition
    |   +---CABData
    |   +---Dialog Sampler
    |   +---Examples
    |   +---GeneralData
    |   +---GeneralLink
    |   +---Include
    |   +---Objects
    |   +---Program
    |   +---Redistributable
    |   |   +---Compressed Files
    |   |   |   +---0009-English
    |   |   |   |   +---Intel 32
    |   |   |   |   \---OS Independent
    |   |   |   \---Language Independent
    |   |   |       +---Intel 32
    |   |   |       \---OS Independent
    |   |   |           \---Corecomp.ini
    |   |   +---Uncompressed Files
    |   |   |   +---0009-English
    |   |   |   |   +---Intel 32
    |   |   |   |   \---OS Independent
    |   |   |   \---Language Independent
    |   |   |       +---Intel 32
    |   |   |       \---OS Independent
    |   |   \---Web Files
    |   |       \---Language Independent
    |   |           +---Intel 32
    |   |           \---OS Independent
    |   \---Script
    \---Professional - Standard Edition Setup Files
        \---Disk1
            +---Setup.exe
            +---Setup.ini
            \---setup.inx

In short, are you two referring to Setup.ini and binary Setup.inx, or maybe to the Corecomp.ini, or possibly even something else I'm not seeing?

Absolutely, I will! I'll get to some testing this weekend.

Thanks everyone!

No problem! I kept forgetting it existed but  now I rely on it  

 

Yeah that's the same tree I worked with just installed as was in the source setup, with the different installation path, just modify "xbox\private\SDK\setup\xsdkbuild.bat" 

It has paths set for the "Default" they used with the source so we can change it to where ever if needed

 

And the files I think are in the "xbox\private\SDK" folder somewhere, I think it was called setup.rul or something, that folder has the IS Build script and specific XDK setup libraries and headers

Edited January 16 by empyreal96
Missed a section

[empyreal96 5]

For anyone interested I have been looking at the SDK building.. I think it requires a lot of external files.

In "xbox\private\SDK\setup\file groups\" it different lists of files to pull, these look in several places it seems:

- "Binaries.X86FRE" which is related to NT builds (possibly the NT 5 Workstation/Beta 2 codebase)

- "Extras\D3DIM\Tools\Maya25" this at face value seems like a tool for Direct3D (need to look in to it more)

- "3dsmax" it needs source files from 3DSMax

- "DMUSProducer" this a Direct Media Producer? (Need to look into this too)

- "VisualStudio" some binaries and source files/headers from Visual Studio (not sure on version yet)

 

Most look in an "sdkfiles" folder which compared to "private\SDK\sdkfiles" is missing quite a lot.. but it could be reconstructed I imagine