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Expand Up @@ -81,19 +81,23 @@ <h3>Building from source - Windows</h3>

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<em><b>Note:</b> By downloading the .zip file (or cloning the repostiory) you agree to the terms
of the Hercules <a href="herclic.html">Q Public Licence</a>.</em>
<em><b>Note:</b> By downloading the .zip file <i>(discouraged)</i>
or by cloning the repository <i>(recommended)</i>
you agree to the terms of the Hercules <a href="herclic.html">Q Public Licence</a>.</em>
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<li>
Hercules for Windows is built using the Microsoft Visual C (MSVC) compiler.
Refer to file <a href="https://github.com/sdl-hercules-390/hyperion/blob/master/readme/README.WIN64.md">README.WIN64</a> for details.
Note: Fish also has updated VS2015/VS2017 instructions
on his <a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com/hercules-vs2015-build.html">MSVC Hercules Build Instructions</a> web page.
Hercules for Windows is built using the Microsoft Visual C/C++ (MSVC) compiler.
Fish has updated manual build instructions for VS2015 and greater (as well as VS2008too) on his
<a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com/hercules-vs2015-build.html">MSVC Hercules Build Instructions</a>
web page, although as mentioned above, the <i>by far</i> easiest most reliable way to build Hercules
on Windows is to use Bill Lewis's
"<a href="https://github.com/wrljet/hercules-helper-windows"><b>Hercules Helper for Windows</b></a>"
tool, which is designed to build Hercules using much more current versions of Visual Studio.
<br /><br />

<li>Be sure to read the <a href="https://sdl-hercules-390.github.io/html/hercrnot.html">Release Notes</a>
with every new release, which contains important late-breaking information about each new release.
with every new release too, which contains important late-breaking information about each new release.
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<li>Download one of the
<a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com/hyperion.html#prebuilt">pre-built binaries</a>
from <a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com">SoftDevLabs</a>.
<a href="https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion/releases">pre-built Official Release binaries</a>
from
<a href="https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion">GitHub</a>.
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<li>(Optional) You might also want to install Fish's
<a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com/hercgui">Hercules GUI for Windows</a>.<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com/hercgui">Hercules GUI for Windows</a>
and/or one or more of his other <a href="http://www.softdevlabs.com/index.html">Hercules products</a>.<br /><br />
</ol>

<h3>Building from source - Mac OS X</h3>
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