Distribution & Packaging

In order to package and distribute a HashLink application, you need to the following files (on Windows):

• hl.exe which can safely be renamed to YourGame.exe
• libhl.dll for the HL runtime
• msvcr120.dll (for the later use either Windows/System32 for HL 64 bits or Windows/SysWOW64 for HL 32)
• yourgame.hl (compiled bytecode) to rename to hlboot.dat so it's automatically executed by hl.exe
• the .hdll files you are using
  • fmt.hdll for PNG/JPG/ZIP/etc. support
  • ssl.hdll for HTTPs support
  • some others (see below)

Other dependencies:

• if you are using Heaps you need openal.hdll ui.hdll uv.hdll as well as OpenAL32.dll (from OpenAL Soft)
• if you are using SDL support (-lib hlsdl) you need sdl.hdll and SDL2.dll
• if you are using DirectX support (-lib hldx) you need directx.hdll and d3dcompiler_47.dll (version 6.3, since version 10.x that comes with Windows 10 also requires Universal CRT)
• if you are using Steam support you need steam.hdll steam_api.dll (from steamworks sdk) and msvcp120.dll (see remarks regarding msvcr120)

You can change the exe icon using rcedit with the following command rcedit YourGame.exe --set-icon myicon.ico