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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# this script is intended to be run in MSYS2 CLANG64
+#
+
+VERSION="5.15.2"
+
+# system update
+pacman -Syu
+
+# install deps
+pacman -S zip git mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-{clang,cmake,ninja,curl-winssl,libpng,libjpeg-turbo,freetype,libogg,libvorbis,sqlite3,openal,zstd,gettext,luajit,SDL2}
+
+# prepare to compile
+curl -Lo luanti.tar.gz https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/archive/refs/tags/${VERSION}.tar.gz
+gunzip luanti.tar.gz
+tar -xf luanti.tar
+cd luanti-${VERSION}/
+
+# configure
+cmake . -G Ninja -DRUN_IN_PLACE=TRUE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE
+
+# compile
+ninja -j$(nproc)
+
+# bundle DLLs
+cp ../bundle_dlls.sh util/
+chmod +x util/bundle_dlls.sh
+
+./util/bundle_dlls.sh bin/luantiserver.exe bin/
+
+# build the zip archive of luantiserver
+mkdir luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64
+cp -r bin/ builtin/ games/ mods/ textures/ worlds/ luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/
+zip -r9 luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64.zip luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/
+
+# clean up
+mv luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64.zip ..
+cd ..
+rm -rf luanti{.tar,-${VERSION}}
+
+echo "done"