How to build VCMI (Windows/Cmake)

Prerequisites

• HoMM 3 (can be bought at gog.com)

• CMake download
• Git or git GUI, for example, SourceTree download

• Qt5 bundle download
• Boost libraries download
• SDL libraries
  • libSDL2 download
  • libSDL2_image download
  • libSDL2_mixer download
  • libSDL2_ttf download
• ZLib download

Build boost

• Unpack boost archive
• bootstrap.bat gcc
• b2 toolset=gcc --without-python --stage
• copy stage/lib to [VCMIBUILD_DIR]/boost/lib
• copy boost dir to [VCMIBUILD_DIR]/boost/boost

So, you should get

• [VCMIBUILD_DIR]
  • boost
    • boost
    • lib