SETTING UP PSYQ

There are three main parts to setting up psyq: Unzipping it, setting
environment variables in the autoexec.bat file and editing the
psyq.ini file.


1. UNZIPPING

This is the easiest part which you should already know how to do or if
not you can download winzip at www.winzip.com and it should have an
easy enough GUI to get you unzipped.  You will want to extract the
files with the directory structure intact. There should be an option
in your unzipping program.  The way my files were unzipped is: The
include files are in the directory called "Include", the libs are in
the directory called "Lib" and the compiler + other programs are in
the root of that directory.  Some other configurations may have the
compiler + other programs in a directory called "Bin".


2. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

Environment variables are usually not common place to people who only
use windows and have never heard of Disk Operating System (DOS).
Using environment variables was obsoleted by the introduction of a
registry into windows 95.  Psy-Q, however,  is a dos program which
doesn't use the registry so it must set environment variables.  The
easiest way for most people to set environment variables is to put the
declarations into the autoexec.bat file because as its name says it
automatically executes each time the computer is started.  Now open
c:\autoexec.bat in your favorite text editor or just choose run from
the start menu and type in "sysedit" to bring up the System
Configuration Editor.

You will need to add the line: set PSYQ_PATH=c:\psyq\bin 
(or whatever the path is to ccpsx + etc. is stored)

And you will need to change your PATH= line to include the path to c:\psyq\bin
							   (or your equivalent)

Here's a sample autoexec.bat file

set PSYQ_PATH=c:\psyq\bin
PATH=c:\psyq\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM


3. PSYQ.INI

This file should be in your psyq directory and you can open it with
your favorite text editor.  Mine looks like this:

[ccpsx]
stdlib=libgs.lib libgte.lib libgpu.lib libetc.lib libapi.lib libsn.lib libc.lib libcd.lib libmath.lib
compiler_path=d:\psx\psyq\bin
library_path=d:\psx\psyq\lib 
c_include_path=d:\psx\psyq\include
cplus_include_path=d:\psx\psyq\include


stdlib is the libraries that get compiled everytime you compile.

compiler path is where ccpsx + other files are

library path is where the .lib files are

c include path is where the .h files are

cplus include path is most likely the c include path


FINAL NOTES

Make sure you reboot so your autoexec.bat file is run again after you have edited it.


-Gabriel Knight