Building

This page shows how to compile the mod.io SDK library. If you are a Game Developer seeking to add mod.io functionality to your project please refer to the Getting Started guide instead.

Windows

Dependencies

Install Visual Studio 2017 and the Visual C++ Redistributable.

Build

Run the following in your command prompt:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" ..

Now open modio.sln in Visual Studio, select Release mode and click the Build button.

The library is now located at build/modio.lib and binary at build/modio.dll

Alternative builds

Our preferred way of building mod.io is with Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64 selection for CMake because it's compatible with UE4.24 and downwards. However, it's also possible to build it the following ways:

• Visual Studio 15 32bits: Visual Studio 15 2017
• Visual Studio 16 64bits: Visual Studio 16 2019 Win64
• Visual Studio 16 32bits: Visual Studio 16 2019

This will generate the import library modio.lib and the dynamic library modio.dll.

Linux

Dependencies

#Debian, Ubuntu
apt install cmake g++ libcurl4-gnutls-dev

#Fedora
dnf install cmake gcc-c++ libcurl-devel

Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

The library is now located at build/libmodio.so.

OSX

Dependencies

Install the build essentials shipped with XCode.

Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

The library is now located at build/libmodio.dylib.

Static linking

CMake will build the SDK dynamically by default. To build it statically you have to add the BUILD_SHARED_LIBS variable flag set to OFF.

cmake -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..

Continue the rest of the building process normally and the modio.lib or libmodio.a static library will be generated instead of the dynamic library.