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dczanik
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Windows Installer Questions
« on: December 30, 2012, 09:34:01 am »

Not so much a technical issue (yet?), but I'd like some advice for Ur-Quan Masters HD.

Or windows programmer has disappeared on us, so the task of making the Windows installer falls on my shoulders. I've never made a windows installer that downloads additional files off the internet. We're 24? hours away from releasing the game, and I'm afraid I might delay things for the Windows guys... Embarrassed

How do you guys do it? Suggestions? Anything I should worry about?


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Re: Windows Installer Questions
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 02:14:14 pm »

UQM's regular installer is made with NSIS. There's an .nsi script located at trunk/build/win32_install/uqm-installer.nsi which can be compiled into an .exe using the makensis tool (IIRC, makensis ./uqm-installer.nsi; on windows, you can probably rightclick on the .nsi file in Explorer and click "compile"). The .nsi script contains a few functions for picking a random mirror and doing the downloading/handling of packages.


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