Added an option (USE_DEBUG_CONSOLE) to cmake file to disable the console for debug builds on windows. If set to false all debug output is redirect to the debug output of Visual Studio.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ option(USE_MPG123 "use mpg123 + libsndfile for sound" ON)
 set(MORROWIND_DATA_FILES "data"
     CACHE PATH "location of Morrowind data files")
 
+if (WIN32)
+    option(USE_DEBUG_CONSOLE "whether a debug console should be enabled for debug builds, if false debug output is redirected to Visual Studio output" ON)
+endif()
+
 # We probably support older versions than this.
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 
@@ -299,3 +303,24 @@ option(BUILD_ESMTOOL "build ESM inspector" ON)
 if (BUILD_ESMTOOL)
   add_subdirectory( apps/esmtool )
 endif()
+
+if (WIN32)
+    if (USE_DEBUG_CONSOLE)
+        set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
+        set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
+        set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_DEBUG "_CONSOLE")
+    else()
+        # Turn off debug console, debug output will be written to visual studio output instead
+        set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")
+        set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")
+    endif()
+
+    # Release builds use the debug console
+    set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
+    set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_RELEASE "_CONSOLE")
+    set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
+
+    # TODO: At some point release builds should not use the console but rather write to a log file
+    #set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")
+    #set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")
+endif()

apps/openmw/main.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 #include <components/misc/fileops.hpp>
 #include "engine.hpp"
 
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_CONSOLE)
+#include <boost/iostreams/concepts.hpp> 
+#include <boost/iostreams/stream_buffer.hpp>
+
+#  if !defined(_DEBUG)
+#  include <iostream>
+#  include <fstream>
+#  endif
+
+// For OutputDebugString
+#include <Windows.h>
+// makes __argc and __argv available on windows
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#endif
+
 using namespace std;
 
 /// Parse command line options and openmw.cfg file (if one exists). Results are directly
@@ -80,6 +96,7 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char**argv, OMW::Engine& engine)
 
 int main(int argc, char**argv)
 {
+
     try
     {
         OMW::Engine engine;
@@ -97,3 +114,71 @@ int main(int argc, char**argv)
   
     return 0;
 }
+
+// Platform specific for Windows when there is no console built into the executable.
+// Windows will call the WinMain function instead of main in this case, the normal
+// main function is then called with the __argc and __argv parameters.
+// In addition if it is a debug build it will redirect cout to the debug console in Visual Studio
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_CONSOLE)
+
+#if defined(_DEBUG)
+class DebugOutput : public boost::iostreams::sink
+{
+public:
+    std::streamsize write(const char *str, std::streamsize size)
+    {
+        // Make a copy for null termination
+        std::string tmp (str, size);
+        // Write string to Visual Studio Debug output
+        OutputDebugString (tmp.c_str ());
+        return size;
+    }
+};
+#else
+class Logger : public boost::iostreams::sink
+{
+public:
+    Logger(std::ofstream &stream)
+        : out(stream)
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::streamsize write(const char *str, std::streamsize size)
+    {
+        out.write (str, size);
+        out.flush();
+        return size;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::ofstream &out;
+};
+#endif
+
+int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
+{
+    std::streambuf* old_rdbuf = std::cout.rdbuf ();
+
+    int ret = 0;
+#if defined(_DEBUG)
+    // Redirect cout to VS debug output when running in debug mode
+    {
+        boost::iostreams::stream_buffer<DebugOutput> sb;
+        sb.open(DebugOutput());
+#else
+    // Redirect cout to openmw.log
+    std::ofstream logfile ("openmw.log");
+    {
+        boost::iostreams::stream_buffer<Logger> sb;
+        sb.open (Logger (logfile));
+#endif
+        std::cout.rdbuf (&sb);
+
+        ret = main (__argc, __argv);
+
+        std::cout.rdbuf(old_rdbuf);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#endif