It kept coming up that people would like a windows installer, so I've started work on one.

To test on Windows, download nsis from http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ and install that.
On Debian and friends, install the nsis package.

Download my install files here: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dmaz/NexuizNSIS.zip

Read "Install" for building instructions.

Working Features:

- Uninstall option to backup custom pk3's, screenshots, demos, videos
- Installer now downloads the game instead of containing it.
- All files from the zip are now installed (Why not?)
- Creates Desktop shortcut and Start Menu entries
- Creates uninstaller, and is also uninstallable through Add/Remove Programs
- Creates shortcuts to start Nexuiz using wgl or SDL, and Pro Mode, and to the documentation in the Start Menu
- Configures Windows Firewall to allow Nexuiz
- Kills any Nexuiz processes running during uninstall

To Do:

- Add custom, Alientrap/Nexuiz branded graphics to replace placeholders
- Need a Game Definition dll for the Games Explorer
- Need a redirection link that will always point to the latest version of the game.

Features nearing completion:

- Adds Nexuiz to Vista's new Games Explorer (Blocked by inclusion of the GDF)

Nice work.. seems easy to integrate it into the Nexuiz build script. Hopefulle this will help some of the windows users

omg...


Ok, I'm just in a bad mood, don't even listen to me...

whoa...this is difficult.

If I ignore you, then that means I'm following your suggestion, which means I paid attention to what you wrote and then I wasn't ignoring you.

esteel wrote:Nice work.. seems easy to integrate it into the Nexuiz build script. Hopefulle this will help some of the windows users

is it so hard to unpack and doubleclick an .exe file?
wait, windows users usually don't understand words like `unpack' or `.exe'...

Blµb wrote:is it so hard to unpack and doubleclick an .exe file?
wait, windows users usually don't understand words like `unpack' or `.exe'...

MS tried hard to hide those facts from the user so why expect them to know? Though i think most of them grap the concepts..

People wanting an installer aren't unique to Windows:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ost2756630

Huh??? Ubuntu users asking for an installer? Tell them to use apt-get to install nexuiz.. damn what has happend to the world if people with one of the best package manager ask for an installer.. The end is near, better get ready..

I created an installer a long time ago for Nexuiz 2.2. I had planned on releasing one for 2.3 this week and continuing it without lapse from now on. Should I continue, or would you like to do it?

Is it possible to make a downloading installer that automatically checks which version is most current on sourceforge and then downloads and installs that one?

divVerent wrote:Is it possible to make a downloading installer that automatically checks which version is most current on sourceforge and then downloads and installs that one?

In order for such a thing to happen sourceforge.net would have to have a itemized list(possibly a .csv) that could be accessed or an rss feed containing the files of each release. Then the installer would have to be set up to connect to that list/feed and download it.
The feature your speaking of is basically the same theory as podcast aggregators so it could work. I do believe that the installer would have to be built from scratch as a program in itself.

So the nullsoft scripting doesn't suffice for that? Can't be. It for sure allows including custom DLLs and calling functions from them. An idea would be a DLL that contains the code to extract that information from the sourceforge HTML pages (or, we could even use a redirect link we put on alientrap.org). I would volunteer to write that DLL, but I have no idea about this NSIS stuff.

Good for two reasons: (1) a more dynamic script would need less updating and (2) the lower file size would make testing and distribution much easier

I'll look into using nsisdl ( http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/NSISdl/ReadMe.txt )

And I quote from the NSIS User Manual "The NSIS distribution includes a set of plug-ins that allow you to download files from the internet, make internet connections, patch existing files and more."

Could an NSIS-based patcher be installed as something like a start menu icon during the installation?

Kamisamanou wrote:And I quote from the NSIS User Manual "The NSIS distribution includes a set of plug-ins that allow you to download files from the internet, make internet connections, patch existing files and more."

Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to.

Found my files for this today, got distracted and added some stuff.
Now testing on Windows Vista, meaning I'm now going to incorporate the Games Explorer.

As far as a patcher, I'm thinking it might as well update using the full release, since updating just data.pk3 won't always fully work without the latest engine as well, and latest libraries are nice to have too.

One other thing that's needed for this would be a simple redirection page, like http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/installer that would redirect to the latest zip on Sourceforge. I've got it hardcoded to 2.3 at the moment.

Maybe over the holidays I'll find the time to add the polish necessary to release this under the prestigious Dave label. Until then, I'll not post a binary, lest it get into the wrong hands.

I was thinking of maintaining a Windows installer as well, but using InnoSetup instead

I don't like NSIS much :/

Aww, I hate InnoSetup... No way to unpack without installing or using tricky programs that don't work for random reasons