Updated instructions for Windows building

README.md

@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ SameBoy is an open-source project licensed under the MIT license, and you're wel
 SameBoy requires the following tools and libraries to build:
  * clang
  * make
- * Cocoa port: OS X SDK and Xcode command line tools
+ * Cocoa port: OS X SDK and Xcode command line tools [OSX Only]
  * SDL port: libsdl2
  * [rgbds](https://github.com/bentley/rgbds/releases/), for boot ROM compilation
 
 On Windows, SameBoy also requires:
  * Visual Studio (For headers, etc.)
  * [GnuWin](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/)
- * Running vcvars32 before running make. Make sure all required tools and libraries are in %PATH% and %lib%, respectively.
+ * Running vcvars32 before running make. Make sure all required tools and libraries are in %PATH% and %lib%, respectively. (see [Build FAQ] (https://github.com/LIJI32/SameBoy/blob/master/build-faq.md))
 
 To compile, simply run `make`. The targets are `cocoa` (Default for macOS), `sdl` (Default for everything else), `libretro`, `bootroms` and `tester`. You may also specify `CONF=debug` (default), `CONF=release`, `CONF=native_release` or `CONF=fat_release`  to control optimization, symbols and multi-architectures. `native_release` is faster than `release`, but is optimized to the host's CPU and therefore is not portable. `fat_release` is exclusive to macOS and builds x86-64 and ARM64 fat binaries; this requires using a recent enough `clang` and macOS SDK using `xcode-select`, or setting them explicitly with `CC=` and `SYSROOT=`, respectively. All other configurations will build to your host architecture. You may set `BOOTROMS_DIR=...` to a directory containing precompiled boot ROM files, otherwise the build system will compile and use SameBoy's own boot ROMs.
 

build-faq.md

@@ -4,4 +4,58 @@ When building on macOS, the build system will make a native Cocoa app by default
 
 # Attempting to build the SDL frontend on macOS fails on linking
 
-SameBoy on macOS expects you to have SDL2 installed via Brew, and not as a framework. Older versions expected it to be installed as a framework, but this is no longer the case.
+SameBoy on macOS expects you to have SDL2 installed via Brew, and not as a framework. Older versions expected it to be installed as a framework, but this is no longer the case.
+
+# Windows build process
+
+For the various tools and libraries, follow the below guide to ensure easy, proper configuration for the build environment:
+
+#### clang
+
+This may be installed via a Visual Studio installer packages instead of built from source.
+
+#### SDL Port
+
+[libsdl2](https://libsdl.org/download-2.0.php) has two separate files that must be downloaded
+  1. The `-x86` Runtime Binary (e.g., `SDL2-2.0.12-win32-x86.zip` (as of writing))
+  2. The Visual C++ Development Library (e.g., `SDL2-devel-2.0.12-VC.zip` (as of writing))
+
+For the Runtime Binary, place the extracted `SDL2.dll` into a known folder for later.
+
+- `C:\SDL2\bin\SDL2.dll` will be used as an example
+
+For the Visual C++ Development Library, place the extracted files within a known folder for later.
+
+The following examples will be referenced later:
+
+- `C:\SDL2\lib\x86\*`
+- `C:\SDL2\include\*`
+
+#### Gnuwin
+
+Ensure that this is in %PATH%.
+
+If errors arise (i.e., particularly with the `CREATE_PROCESS('usr/bin/mkdir')` calls, also verify that Git for Windows has not been installed with full Linux support. If it has, remove `C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin` from the SYSTEM %PATH% until after compilation.
+
+### Building
+
+Within a command prompt in the project directory:
+
+```
+vcvars32
+set path=%path%;C:\SDL2\bin
+set lib=%lib%;C:\SDL2\lib\x86
+set include=%include%;C:\SDL2\include
+make
+```
+Please note that these directories (`C:\SDL2\*`) are the examples given within the "SDL Port" section above. Ensure that your `path`, `lib`, and `include` paths are updated appropriately with the SDL2 downloads.
+
+#### Error -1073741819
+
+If encountering an error that appears as follows:
+
+> make: *** [build/bin/BootROMs/dmg_boot.bin] Error -1073741819
+
+Simply run `make` again, and the process will continue. This appears to happen occasionally with `build/bin/BootROMs/dmg_boot.bin` and `build/bin/BootROMs/sgb2_boot.bin`. It does not affect the compiled output.
+
+