Thanks. The game is a remake of uncharted waters2.

The site libsdl.org offers a few options (SDL1 or SDL2, Runtime Binaries or DEV Libraries ). How should I choose?

I downloaded SDL1's DEV Libraries to 'E:\A Downloads\SDL DEV\SDL-1.2.15' and modified Build.PL in Alien-SDL-1.446 as shown in the following code.

Line 160 was added because SDL_config.h appears under 'E:\A Downloads\SDL DEV\SDL-1.2.15\include' instead of 'bin\sdl-config'.

Result: SDL_INST_DIR could be recognized but SDL_config.h couldn't.

###### code change in Build.pl ########

148  $ENV{SDL_INST_DIR} = 'E:\A Downloads\SDL SOURCE\SDL-1.2.15';
  
160  elsif($rv = check_config_script(File::Spec->catdir(@sdlinst, 'inc
+lude'))) {
        push @candidates, $rv;
      }
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###### log ########

checking SDL_INST_DIR env var... yes, E:\A Downloads\SDL DEV\SDL-1.2.15

checking for config script... no

checking for config script... no

checking for config script... no

checking for config script... no

checking for prebuilt binaries... no

You have the following options

1 Quit installation

The site libsdl.org offers a few options ...

There are SDL binaries for Strawberry Perl available at http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/sdl
I've used the oldest packages there to successfully install 32-bit and 64-bit builds of Alien-SDL-1.446 and SDL-2.546 on Strawberry Perl in the past. I think your best bet would be to grab the most recent package which is http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/sdl/64bit_SDL2_20130305.zip (or http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/sdl/32bit_SDL2_20130305.zip if you have a 32-bit build of Strawberry Perl).

Looking at my old build scripts I can see that I had to set $ENV{SDL_INST_DIR} to point to the correct directory, but I can't see that anything particularly tricky was required.

Cheers,
Rob

My Strawberry Perl is 64 bit. I downloaded 64bit SDL1 from the site you provided (SDL2 couldn't be recognized). After runnning 'perl Build.pl', I got the following response:

########### log 1 ############

E:\A_Downloads\alien\Alien-SDL-1.446>perl Build.PL
Welcome to Alien::SDL module installation
-----------------------------------------
checking operating system... MSWin32
checking for gcc... yes
checking build system type... MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
checking platform specific module... using 'My::Builder::Windows'
checking SDL_INST_DIR env var... yes, E:\A_Downloads\SDL1_STRAWBERRY
checking for config script... yes, E:\A_Downloads\SDL1_STRAWBERRY\bin\
+sdl-config

no
checking for config script... no
checking for pthread... no
checking for SDL... no
checking for z... no
checking for jpeg... no
checking for tiff... no
checking for png... no
checking for SDL_image... no
checking for ogg... no
checking for vorbis... no
checking for vorbisfile... no
checking for SDL_mixer... no
checking for freetype... no
checking for SDL_ttf... no
checking for SDL_gfx... no
checking for pangoft2... no
checking for pango... no
checking for gobject... no
checking for gmodule... no
checking for glib... no
checking for fontconfig... no
checking for expat... no
checking for SDL_Pango... no
checking for prebuilt binaries... no

You have the following options:
[1] Already installed SDL ver=1.2.14 path=E:\A_Downloads\SDL1_STRAWBER
+RY\bin\..\


[2] Quit installation

What way do you wanna go? [1 ]1
Using already installed SDL ver=1.2.14 path=E:\A_Downloads\SDL1_STRAWB
+ERRY\bin\.
.\

Created MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Alien-SDL' version '1.446'

E:\A_Downloads\alien\Alien-SDL-1.446>


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There was a new file created called Build.bat. I ran it and got the following:

############ log 2 ##############

E:\A_Downloads\alien\Alien-SDL-1.446>Build.bat
Build option used:
        Already installed SDL ver=1.2.14 path=E:\A_Downloads\SDL1_STRA
+WBERRY\bin
\..\

Building Alien-SDL

E:\A_Downloads\alien\Alien-SDL-1.446>

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