Cannot compile JS Engine, it says "Lime is not existing"

[Poopsys]

Describe your bug here.

I basically cannot even compile JS Engine, I've reinstalled Haxe, git, the JS Engine source code and the file in /setup/windows.bat but when I run lime test windows, it constantly says "lime is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

What version did the bug occur?

JS Engine v1.50.1 latest commit

Did you check if the problem occurs in the latest build?

Yes

Commit build or Release build?

Commit Build of latest version.

Did you check if this issue is already known?

Yes

Did you check for any similar issues?

Yes

Command Prompt/Terminal/Crash logs (if existing)

"Lime is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" when I run lime test windows

Have you identified any steps to reproduce the bug?

Do everything as normal following the instructions then when running lime test windows, it says "lime is blah blah"

Are you modding a build from source or with Lua?

Source

What is your build target?

Windows

Did you edit anything in this build? If so, mention or summarize your changes.

Nope, not at all, I tried to add an option in gameplay changer substate but redownloading = gone

[moxie-coder]

Because you didn’t run haxelib run lime setup which installs the Lime command

[Poopsys]

thanks! I hope I do not get another error but wait lemme keep this open incase I get an error again during compiling

[Poopsys]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Creating E:/Rayo/FNF/FNF-JS-Engine-main/build/release/windows/obj/obj/msvc64-fast-nc/__pch/haxe/hxcpp.pch.. 'cl.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, Error: Could not create PCH does it require C: space but I did it all on E: drive, a virus is eating my C: disk space so

[moxie-coder]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Creating E:/Rayo/FNF/FNF-JS-Engine-main/build/release/windows/obj/obj/msvc64-fast-nc/__pch/haxe/hxcpp.pch.. 'cl.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, Error: Could not create PCH does it require C: space but I did it all on E: drive, a virus is eating my C: disk space so

You need Visual Studio, or the build tools. Mainly the C++ build tools

[Poopsys]

oh yeah, for some reason (I think it's installed through curl) the visual studio 2019 build in the visual studio installer visible misses the CMake tools while the 2026 one has Cmake tools, SDK and latest MSVC tools

[JordanSantiagoYT]

you need to run windows-msvc.bat

[Poopsys]

let's wait again until JS Engine compiles before closing this issue

[Poopsys]

:( still the same error
Creating E:/Rayo/FNF/FNF-JS-Engine-main/build/release/windows/obj/obj/msvc64-fast-nc/__pch/haxe/hxcpp.pch... 'cl.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Error: Could not create PCH
it could be the source being the problem

[JordanSantiagoYT]

It's not the problem with the source.

[Poopsys]

my visual studio got a new update, let me download that then hope to god that the game compiles

[JordanSantiagoYT]

try to search for "Developer Command Prompt for VS".
if that doesn't work, then you need to download the Visual Studio installer, open it, click Modify on your install, and check the "Desktop development with C++" workload.