# What is compiling and how do I use it? **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Created:** [July 26, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606 "2022-07-26T14:36:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/1 "2022-07-26T14:36:43Z")
Okay. I know this is probably obvious to everybody, but I have been searching the forum and online and I have drawn a blank. So a few questions: What is compiling? Why would I need to use it? How do I compile my game? How do I upload a compiled game on Dashingdon? This is in reference with my problems with the softly save system, but I thought I might a well make a different topic. ---
**Author:** ![Loudbeat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/loudbeat/32/115975_2.png) [@Loudbeat](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Loudbeat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/2 "2022-07-26T14:52:01Z")
1. Compiling: convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed. So in essence, it packages all up into one independent executable. 2. To distribute your game outside the mediums that CoG/HG offer? (Though you need to do it for free, I recommend you to read the legal terms first). I don’t know of another use for it, and I’ve never used it myself other than to see what the game would look like when I was learning all this CoG stuff, but maybe there’s more uses for it I’m not aware of. 3. You can compile it placing your files into the corresponding folder ( /web/mygame/scenes) and then running the compile executable (compile.html) from here. [GitHub - dfabulich/choicescript: ChoiceScript is a language for developing multiple-choice games.](https://github.com/dfabulich/choicescript) 4. I’ve never used Dashingdon, I need to learn that soon, but I can’t help you with that yet. ---
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/3 "2022-07-26T14:59:48Z")
> [@Loudbeat](#): > > You can compile it placing your files into the corresponding folder ( /web/mygame/scenes) and then running the compile executable (compile.html) from here. > [GitHub - dfabulich/choicescript: ChoiceScript is a language for developing multiple-choice games.](https://github.com/dfabulich/choicescript) How do I run it? Remember, I don’t know much computer speech. ---
**Author:** ![Loudbeat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/loudbeat/32/115975_2.png) [@Loudbeat](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Loudbeat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/4 "2022-07-26T15:11:42Z")
1. Download the program 2. Extract all the files on your preferred folder ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/3X/1/a/1a8b9960f877c62c6debd06edcd932f89b4b23d6.png) 3. Go to the folder “web/mygame/scenes” and delete all the files there and put all your files instead. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/3X/5/8/581f2af41236f4f594fc1576770713c5be5da0d1.png) 4. Go back to the main folder and run “compile.html” ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/3X/2/7/27602da62798b13fad0be1e53240d506dd776620.png) 5. If it ask you to choose a folder pick the main one in which all those files are (by default it’s named “choicescript-master”) 6. You should see this message ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/3X/7/c/7cd09e46477511f9c551e950a35eb108f83cdb83.png) Click “here” and download the compiled game. That’s all ---
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/5 "2022-07-26T15:13:21Z")
Thank you! I thought you meant that I could run it from the site, not just download it. Sorry, misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![Loudbeat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/loudbeat/32/115975_2.png) [@Loudbeat](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Loudbeat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/6 "2022-07-26T15:16:11Z")
Ohh sorry, I didn’t express myself clearly. I’m so used to get my hands on this things that I forgot some people doesn’t know. Hope it helps, if you need anything else just ask. ---
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/7 "2022-07-26T15:29:43Z")
No worries, thank you! Now that I did it, I remember doing it back in the days before Dashingdon, I had just forgotten. My brain is just overloaded by trying to resolve the save bug, so everything feels weird. ---
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/8 "2022-07-26T15:35:30Z")
This topic can be closed now, if the moderators wants to. ---
**Author:** ![Zahr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@Zahr](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Zahr)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/9 "2022-07-26T17:31:29Z")
Also, something to keep in mind: compiling tool _only_ packages scenes that are in the \*scene\_list. If you have a couple stray text files that are called by \*goto\_scene and \*gosub\_scene and not in the startup list, then those will be missing and the game will throw errors at people. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/3X/e/f/efe1497a762edecdb6d569a1c4abee87508bf002.png) [@system](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-is-compiling-and-how-do-i-use-it/122606/10 "2022-07-27T17:31:39Z")
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