Running Tests

This page describes the current automated test setup for BodySlide and Outfit Studio.

Overview

The top-level CMake build exposes an optional Catch2-based test target named BSOSTests.

Tests are disabled by default. Enable them by configuring CMake with:

-DBSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON

The current top-level test target covers the Starfield material parsing and database helpers.

Requirements

• CMake 3.16 or newer
• Catch2 3.x available to CMake
• A build tree configured with BSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON

If you already configured the project without tests, rerun CMake with BSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON before trying to build or run BSOSTests.

Windows example

Using the same vcpkg-based dependency flow as the Windows CI build:

.\vcpkg\vcpkg.exe install catch2:x64-windows-static wxwidgets[debug-support]:x64-windows-static

$toolchain = "C:\path\to\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake"

cmake -S . -B build\windows-x64-relwithdebinfo `
  -G "Visual Studio 18 2026" `
  -A x64 `
  -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$toolchain" `
  -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-static `
  -DBSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON `
  -DBSOS_ENABLE_FBXSDK=OFF

cmake --build build\windows-x64-relwithdebinfo --config RelWithDebInfo --target BSOSTests --parallel
ctest --test-dir build\windows-x64-relwithdebinfo -C RelWithDebInfo --output-on-failure

Linux example

On Ubuntu, install the same core test dependency used in CI:

sudo apt install catch2

Then configure and run tests:

cmake -S . -B build/ubuntu-gcc-relwithdebinfo \
  -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
  -DBSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
  -DBSOS_ENABLE_FBXSDK=OFF

cmake --build build/ubuntu-gcc-relwithdebinfo --target BSOSTests --parallel
ctest --test-dir build/ubuntu-gcc-relwithdebinfo --output-on-failure

What CMake enables

When BSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON is enabled, the build does the following:

• finds Catch2 3.x
• enables CTest
• builds the BSOSTests executable
• registers discovered Catch2 tests with catch_discover_tests(...)

Optional Starfield material fixture

One test uses an optional real-data fixture controlled by the SF_MATERIAL_CDB_FIXTURE environment variable.

If the variable is not set, that fixture-backed test is skipped automatically. This is normal and does not mean the rest of the test suite failed.

Example on Windows PowerShell:

$env:SF_MATERIAL_CDB_FIXTURE = "D:\path\to\materials.cdb"
ctest --test-dir build\windows-x64-relwithdebinfo -C RelWithDebInfo --output-on-failure

Example on Linux:

export SF_MATERIAL_CDB_FIXTURE=/path/to/materials.cdb
ctest --test-dir build/ubuntu-gcc-relwithdebinfo --output-on-failure

Troubleshooting

CMake says Catch2 was not found

Install Catch2 for the same toolchain and architecture as the rest of the build, then rerun CMake.

No tests are discovered

Make sure the build directory was configured with BSOS_BUILD_TESTS=ON. If not, rerun CMake and rebuild BSOSTests.

One test shows as skipped

Check whether SF_MATERIAL_CDB_FIXTURE is unset. That specific fixture-backed test is optional.