Getting the source to compile (MSVC)

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I'm trying to get the source code to compile so I can begin editing or messing around or whatever. I've followed the instructions on INSTALL.txt, but obviously I went wrong somewhere along the line. Here's what I've done so far:
- Installed git and dowloaded the source code with the contributing libraries (using $ git clone git://gitorious.org/crawl/crawl.git and then $ git submodule update --init)
- Installed Strawberry Perl
- Installed MSVC 2012
- Ran gen-all.cmd
! Compiled Contribs.sln in MSVC
! Built crawl-ref.sln.

Now, those last two steps are where I encountered all the problems, and they probably originated from me setting something up improperly. Specifically in the case of choosing whether to compile as 32-bit or 64-bit, I really have no idea. I'm running 64-bit Windows 7, so I chose Release (x64) in MSVC for compiling contribs.sln and crawl-ref.sln. But maybe that's not where I made the mistake, and perhaps the console outputs will be a lot more telling:

Contribs.sln Error List

Warning 1 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'double' to 'time_t', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sqlite\sqlite3.c 12427 1 sqlite
Warning 2 warning C4101: 'auth' : unreferenced local variable C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sqlite\sqlite3.c 60692 1 sqlite
Warning 3 warning C4101: 'xAuth' : unreferenced local variable C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sqlite\sqlite3.c 69097 1 sqlite
Warning 4 warning C4334: '<<' : result of 32-bit shift implicitly converted to 64 bits (was 64-bit shift intended?) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\lua\src\ltable.c 323 1 lua
Warning 5 warning C4334: '<<' : result of 32-bit shift implicitly converted to 64 bits (was 64-bit shift intended?) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\lua\src\ltable.c 376 1 lua
Warning 6 warning : The referenced project '..\..\..\zlib\projects\visualc2005\zlib.vcxproj' does not exist. C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.Targets 1395 5 libpng
Warning 7 warning C4267: 'function' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\video\wincommon\SDL_syswm.c 223 1 SDL
Warning 8 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngwutil.c 218 1 libpng
Warning 9 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngwutil.c 1575 1 libpng
Warning 10 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngwutil.c 2103 1 libpng
Warning 11 warning C4334: '<<' : result of 32-bit shift implicitly converted to 64 bits (was 64-bit shift intended?) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\lua\src\lgc.c 288 1 lua
Warning 12 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'unsigned int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\lua\src\ldump.c 70 1 lua
Warning 13 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngwtran.c 256 1 libpng
Warning 14 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngwio.c 56 1 libpng
Warning 15 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 731 1 pcre
Warning 16 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 824 1 pcre
Warning 17 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 825 1 pcre
Warning 18 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 826 1 pcre
Warning 19 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 1052 1 pcre
Warning 20 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 1207 1 pcre
Warning 21 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 1208 1 pcre
Warning 22 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 1209 1 pcre
Warning 23 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 1481 1 pcre
Warning 24 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 2066 1 pcre
Warning 25 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 5774 1 pcre
Warning 26 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 5775 1 pcre
Warning 27 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 5801 1 pcre
Warning 28 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_exec.c 5802 1 pcre
Warning 29 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 474 1 pcre
Warning 30 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 491 1 pcre
Warning 31 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 527 1 pcre
Warning 32 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 742 1 pcre
Warning 33 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 743 1 pcre
Warning 34 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 765 1 pcre
Warning 35 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 773 1 pcre
Warning 36 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 782 1 pcre
Warning 37 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 786 1 pcre
Warning 38 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 797 1 pcre
Warning 39 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 804 1 pcre
Warning 40 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2222 1 pcre
Warning 41 warning C4244: 'function' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2293 1 pcre
Warning 42 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2304 1 pcre
Warning 43 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2331 1 pcre
Warning 44 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2332 1 pcre
Warning 45 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2333 1 pcre
Warning 46 warning C4244: 'function' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2384 1 pcre
Warning 47 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2396 1 pcre
Warning 48 warning C4244: 'function' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2417 1 pcre
Warning 49 warning C4244: 'function' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2469 1 pcre
Warning 50 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2486 1 pcre
Warning 51 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2494 1 pcre
Warning 52 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2558 1 pcre
Warning 53 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2559 1 pcre
Warning 54 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2560 1 pcre
Warning 55 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2611 1 pcre
Warning 56 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_dfa_exec.c 2612 1 pcre
Warning 57 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 2183 1 pcre
Warning 58 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 2209 1 pcre
Warning 59 warning C4244: '+=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 2747 1 pcre
Warning 60 warning C4244: '+=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 2865 1 pcre
Warning 61 warning C4244: 'function' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 3070 1 pcre
Warning 62 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4108 1 pcre
Warning 63 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4129 1 pcre
Warning 64 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4197 1 pcre
Warning 65 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4306 1 pcre
Warning 66 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4327 1 pcre
Warning 67 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4415 1 pcre
Warning 68 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4486 1 pcre
Warning 69 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4629 1 pcre
Warning 70 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4825 1 pcre
Warning 71 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4859 1 pcre
Warning 72 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 4989 1 pcre
Warning 73 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 5153 1 pcre
Warning 74 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 5177 1 pcre
Warning 75 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 5982 1 pcre
Warning 76 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 5996 1 pcre
Warning 77 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 6011 1 pcre
Warning 78 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 6013 1 pcre
Warning 79 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 6068 1 pcre
Warning 80 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'pcre_uint32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 6626 1 pcre
Warning 81 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'uschar', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 6697 1 pcre
Warning 82 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\pcre\pcre_compile.c 6752 1 pcre
Warning 83 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'DWORD_PTR' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\cdrom\win32\SDL_syscdrom.c 174 1 SDL
Warning 84 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'DWORD_PTR' to 'DWORD', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\cdrom\win32\SDL_syscdrom.c 342 1 SDL
Warning 85 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngtrans.c 210 1 libpng
Warning 86 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngtrans.c 223 1 libpng
Warning 87 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngtrans.c 236 1 libpng
Warning 88 warning C4244: 'return' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\stdlib\SDL_string.c 1246 1 SDL
Warning 89 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngset.c 591 1 libpng
Warning 90 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngset.c 903 1 libpng
Warning 91 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 1087 1 libpng
Warning 92 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 1203 1 libpng
Warning 93 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 2880 1 libpng
Warning 94 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 2895 1 libpng
Warning 95 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 2913 1 libpng
Warning 96 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 2938 1 libpng
Warning 97 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 3294 1 libpng
Warning 98 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 3302 1 libpng
Warning 99 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 3307 1 libpng
Warning 100 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrutil.c 3322 1 libpng
Warning 101 warning C4267: 'function' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 126 1 SDL
Warning 102 warning C4267: 'function' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 151 1 SDL
Warning 103 warning C4267: 'return' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 340 1 SDL
Warning 104 warning C4267: 'return' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 350 1 SDL
Warning 105 warning C4244: 'return' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 392 1 SDL
Warning 106 warning C4267: 'return' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 412 1 SDL
Warning 107 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from '__int64' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\file\SDL_rwops.c 417 1 SDL
Warning 108 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrtran.c 1683 1 libpng
Warning 109 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngrtran.c 1697 1 libpng
Warning 110 warning C4267: '-=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngpread.c 592 1 libpng
Warning 111 warning C4267: '-=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngpread.c 608 1 libpng
Warning 112 warning C4267: '-=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngpread.c 778 1 libpng
Warning 113 warning C4267: '-=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'png_uint_32', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\pngpread.c 802 1 libpng
Warning 114 warning C4603: 'PNG_NO_EXTERN' : macro is not defined or definition is different after precompiled header use C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\libpng\png.c 14 1 libpng
Warning 115 warning C4244: 'function' : conversion from 'WPARAM' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\video\windib\SDL_dibevents.c 599 1 SDL
Warning 116 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'WPARAM' to 'Uint16', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl\src\video\windib\SDL_dibevents.c 616 1 SDL
Warning 117 warning : The referenced project '..\..\libpng\projects\visualc8\libpng.vcxproj' does not exist. C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.Targets 1395 5 SDL_image
Error 118 error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'png.h': No such file or directory C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\contrib\sdl-image\IMG_png.c 72 1 SDL_image

crawl-ref.sln Error List

Error 1 The OutputPath property is not set for project 'dat.csproj'. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project. Configuration='Release' Platform='AnyCPU'. This error may also appear if some other project is trying to follow a project-to-project reference to this project, this project has been unloaded or is not included in the solution, and the referencing project does not build using the same or an equivalent Configuration or Platform. dat
Warning 2 warning C4267: 'return' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_page.cc 101 1 tilegen
Warning 3 warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'const double' to 'unsigned char', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 245 1 tilegen
Warning 4 warning C4800: 'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 378 1 tilegen
Warning 5 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'const unsigned int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 412 1 tilegen
Warning 6 warning C4800: 'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 515 1 tilegen
Warning 7 warning C4800: 'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 544 1 tilegen
Warning 8 warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 715 1 tilegen
Warning 9 warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'const unsigned int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 751 1 tilegen
Warning 10 warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'unsigned int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 806 1 tilegen
Warning 11 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from 'unsigned int' to 'const float', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 1441 1 tilegen
Warning 12 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from 'unsigned int' to 'const float', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_list_processor.cc 1457 1 tilegen
Warning 13 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from 'float' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_colour.cc 110 1 tilegen
Warning 14 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from 'float' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_colour.cc 111 1 tilegen
Warning 15 warning C4244: 'initializing' : conversion from 'float' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile_colour.cc 211 1 tilegen
Warning 16 warning C4267: 'return' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile.cc 58 1 tilegen
Warning 17 warning C4800: 'Uint32' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning) C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\rltiles\tool\tile.cc 397 1 tilegen
Error 18 error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'SDL_image.lib' C:\Git\crawl\crawl-ref\source\MSVC\LINK tilegen
Warning 19 warning C4005: 'constexpr' : macro redefinition C:\Program Files (x86)\MSVC\VC\include\xkeycheck.h 180 1 crawl
Error 20 error C1189: #error : The C++ Standard Library forbids macroizing keywords. Enable warning C4005 to find the forbidden macro. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSVC\VC\include\xkeycheck.h 242 1 crawl

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Obviously the fatal errors mean that I'm not getting any results here. From what I can gather it seems like there are some missing files... so maybe it's something I did wrong with the git setup. But really, I don't know.
So -- is there anything telling in the error lists? I'm no expert, so a push in the right direction would be awesome

[pubby]

I don't know much about MSVC, but have you considered trying MinGW or cygwin? They are better supported.

[Siegurt]

I've never been able to get x64 to compile properly.

Use the x32 version, that has worked for me in the past, although for some reason if I get a messed up build like that, it seems to bork everything until I clean out the object directory.

Nowadays I just compile using mingw (it's less fiddly) and just use VS as a pretty syntax-highlighting editor that knows how to follow C++ declarations.