From 1574e5dcce85c1e4f745c757b54b1146d7dcd212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noelle Leigh Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:09:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] README: Add instructions for uxnemu on Windows When compiled under the MSYS2 environment, the executible that is produced expects the SDL2 library to be available at runtime. When running outside MSYS2, that may not be the case, and the emulator may crash on startup with a message about missing SDL2.dll, or sometimes without a message at all. This patch adds some guidance for this scenario by guiding the reader to download the precompiled SDL binaries for Windows and make them available for the emulator's use. --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0c7e24d..628859c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ cd uxn ./build.sh ``` +To run the emulator _outside_ of the MSYS2 environment, download the [SDL runtime binary for Windows](https://libsdl.org/download-2.0.php) and place the `SDL2.dll` file in the same directory as the emulator (`bin/`). + ## Getting Started ### Emulator