Legacy Windows setup

WARNING: SMCE has not been tested on Windows < 10

Shortcut:

(Since SMCE-gd v1.3.3-rc1)

If you would like to install all the dependencies without thinking about them, simply open a PowerShell console and invoke the following script:

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iwr https://github.com/ItJustWorksTM/libSMCE/releases/download/vignore/InstallToolchain.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex

Once you see "Setup successful", you can skip directly to step 2.

Step 0: Get a package manager

We recommend using Chocolatey to install the dependencies. Click on this sentence to find the installation guides; the most suitable one is likely "Basic Chocolatey Install".

Note: To open an administrative PowerShell, Click Start, type "PowerShell", right-click "Windows PowerShell", and then click "Run as administrator".

Step 1: Install dependencies

Then, in an administrative PowerShell window, invoke:

choco install cmake -y --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'
choco install arduino-cli openssl -y
choco install visualstudio2022buildtools -y --package-parameters "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended --passive --locale en-US"

Step 2: Install SMCE-Godot

Once done, go on our releases page, and download the latest .msi installer. Run it, disregarding SmartScreen security warning (see this picture if you do not know how to ignore SmartScreen once).

Step 3: Contemplate success

You should now find the "SMCE-Godot" app in your start menu.