Almost everything you need to compile Eggman Hates Furries from its source project file is available in the “EHF Compiling Kit” tool in the resources section.

Compiling this game requires upgrading the Game Maker 7 installation to the Pro version. The online DRM to do so is no longer functional, but a crack is available, which is usually named “GM70_DrXJ.exe”. I cannot verify the safety of this software, and as such it could have additional malicious payloads. Modern antivirus software WILL quarantine it, either before or after performing the crack. (Consequently, it is not included in the “EHF Compiling Kit”; please contact me privately.) I only recommend executing this file from within a secure, disposable virtual machine. (Windows 10 Professional’s “Windows Sandbox” feature is a dead simple way to do this.)

You should run Game Maker 7 in “Advanced Mode” when opening any EHF project files.

Because Game Maker 7 queries the operating system to render fonts when compiling executables, you will need to install the fonts in the “fonts” folder in order to compile the game with the fonts intact. (There are two versions of “SF Foxboro Script”: “v1” was used in the original release and is the most readable, and “v2” was used in version 2 and is included for completeness.) You will also need to disable the system‐wide “font smoothing” effects when compiling, or else they will be blurry in the compiled executable. You can find this option under Control Panel → System and Security → System → Advanced system settings → “Advanced” tab → “Performance” section “Settings…” button → “Visual Effects” tab → “☐ Smooth edges of screen fonts”.

The current codepage must be set to 1252 for the fonts to render correctly. (Running “chcp.com” in a terminal will tell you the active codepage.) Windows 10 and later may set this to 65001 by default (UTF-8). You can change this at Control Panel → Clock and Region → Region → “Administrative” tab → Change system locale… → “Current system locale” dropdown. Setting this to English (United States) will work. On Windows 10 and later, you must also uncheck “☐ Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support”. This requires a restart to take effect (note that this means Windows Sandbox cannot compile an executable with proper extended ASCII support for fonts).

Game Maker does not let you compile a debug mode executable directly to a file, but you can click “Run game in debug mode” and then copy the .exe file from %TEMP% while it’s running (it’ll be in the folder starting with “gm_ttt_” that was created when Game Maker 7 was first opened).

When dealing with the Speedrunning Edition project file, the state of compatibility mode and debug mode are controlled by the first code execution event in the “Game Start” event of the “presentation” object. The feature to log errors to “game_errors.log” is set in Global Game Settings → “Errors” tab → “☑︎ Write error messages to file game_errors.log”.