dunno then, all i know is i tried the trimmed package iq_132 as is and all i got was a syntax error and also it wouldn't work with an older fba version source that i got.
but when i extracted the older mingw and then extract iq_132's package to overwrite the old files in that mingw, it compiled fine without a hitch.
something had to be missing for me to be able to compile it as i do use active perl and the rest of that list should be in iq_132's trimmed package with the exception of the nasm which i already had in my system32.
using Environment variables is really optional but i perfer it since thats what i did before for the older fba and its working for even the new one. if that bat would work for me i would use it but it just keeps giving me that error even if my fba source folder was in mingw's.
Edit: the bat now works since the mingw is ok now but i'll still keep the Environment variables setting