====== Compiling MCServer in MSVC 2008 Express ======

===== Installing the studio =====
You need to install the MSVC 2008 Express C++ package. You don't need any other packages from the 2008 Express studio download site.
It is rather difficult to locate the VS2008 Express installation iso image, here's a link that works as of 2013_06_20: http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso
===== Compiling MCServer =====
Open the solution file VC2008\MCServer.sln in the MSVC IDE. Hit F7 to compile, then (if the compilation is successful) hit F5 to run.

By default the solution opens in debug mode, meaning that the generated executable will be larger and slower. To switch to Release mode, open up Configuration manager in the IDE (Build -> Configuration manager) and select Release in the first combobox. Then re-compile.

MSVC 2008 compilation environment is maintained by xoft.