Paintball 2 Compile Problem

[cusoman]

--------------------Configuration: ref_gl - Win32 Release--------------------
Compiling...
Error spawning cl.exe

paintball2.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

This is the warning i get when trying to compile the paintball 2 source in VC++. I have changed nothing, just tried compiling it and dont understand whats wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
-Cusoman
PS Is this in the right section of the forum?

[Eiii]

Google to the rescue!

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9603

[cusoman]

Well thanx for the link Eiii, but now i have another problem.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.YOUR-DC3E0B8F38\Desktop\Nicks Junk!!\paintball2\ref_gl\gl_local.h(22) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
Error executing cl.exe.

paintball2.exe - 61 error(s), 0 warning(s)
i have an error in every .h and .c file i have trying to compile!!
ahh
pls help if you can. Thankyou.
-Cusoman

EDIT: I was able to fix the old error tho.
EDIT2: I fixed this error but a new similar error pops up saying
Error executing cl.exe.

paintball2.exe - 76 error(s), 2 warning(s)

[y00tz]

Windows Platform SDK is installed correctly?

PS Is this in the right section of the forum?

Not really.

[Eiii]

Yeah, you need the Windows SDK to compile paintball.

[cusoman]

I thought vc++ already came with the windows sdk. where am i to download it, i cant find it at microsoft.com or using google.

[y00tz]

Did you try searching for exactly what I wrote?

http://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+Platform+SDK+&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

Check the top result.

[XtremeBain]

I'm feeling lucky!

[Eiii]

Yeah, google is a useful site. It can solve a lot of your problems! You should maybe use it more. A lot more.