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From: Michael <15317421+ActualMandM@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:34:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Transfer old README to BUILDING.md

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+# Building
+1. Clone **UnleashedRecomp** with submodules (or run `update_submodules.bat` to ensure submodules are pulled).
+```
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/hedge-dev/UnleashedRecomp.git
+```
+2. Place `default.xex` and `default.xexp` in `./UnleashedRecompLib/private/`.
+3. Decompress `shader.ar` and place the resulting file in `./UnleashedRecompLib/private/`.
+4. Open the repository directory in Visual Studio 2022 and wait for CMake generation to complete. If you don't plan to debug, switch to the `x64-Clang-Release` configuration.
+5. Under Solution Explorer, right-click and choose "Switch to CMake Targets View".
+6. Right-click the **UnleashedRecomp** project and choose "Set as Startup Item", then choose "Add Debug Configuration".
+7. Add a `currentDir` property to the first element under `configurations` in the generated JSON and set its value to the path to your game directory (where root is the directory containing `dlc`, `game`, `save`, `update`, etc).
+8. Run or debug **UnleashedRecomp**. The initial compilation might take a while to complete due to code and shader recompilation.