Ryzom

Following the instructions at http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/nel/wiki/CompilingOnWindows to compile the NeL libs prior to attempting to compile the server, client, and tools.

Everything going fine until i get to the the step:
Compiling NeL Network Service (NeLNS)
Go in c:\code\nelns\
Double-click on services.sln (it'll launch Visual Studio)
Select "Release" configuration
Press F7 to build NeLNS

Compile fails for nel_launcher:
6>------ Build started: Project: nel_launcher, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
6>Compiling...
6>StdAfx.cpp
6>c:\code\nelns\login_system\nel_launcher_windows\stdafx.h(19) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
6>Build log was saved at "file://c:\code\nelns\login_system\nel_launcher_windows\obj\Release\nel_launcher\BuildLog.htm"
6>nel_launcher - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Investigating, it appears that stdafx (including afxwin) are part of MFC, and not included in the EXPRESS edition of VC++.
It was last night, very late (or early depending on how you look at it), I was scouring the sites for every bit of info I could find on this project. I specifically remember reading somewhere in all of this that the VC++ EXPRESS could indeed be used to compile the project with one incompatibility (which I remember it saying there was a workaround for).

So... was I delusional? I cant find that page today....
If I am sane, is this the incompatibility it referenced, and if so.... please direct me back to that page so I can attempt the workaround :)

Otherwise.... help! This looks like a fun project to learn on and play with, but I cannot justify buying the full version of VC++ for it, unfortunately.