If you make a click game with InstallShield that includes CNCS232.DLL & you test it out, then uninstall it. I noticed it wiped CNCS232.DLL out of my Windows/System folder & apperently MMF dont run anymore! Might want to be care bout that! Of course add it back in, but I dont think other people would like it very much. "DONT UNINSTALL MY GAME OR I WILL REMOVE UR CNCS232.DLL!!!"
Yes, a very useless post, but I thought it was pretty humerious & something I should share with DC.
Umm... so... use Clickteam's Install Creator?
Install Creator is actually a damn good install program, and produces better results than I've seen anywhere else.
You can, you just have to tell InstallShield to ask the person before, basicly ask them if they want to remove CNCS232.DLL, if they do this may cause problems with other programs that need it.
Anyway, to be honist, InstallShield is ALOT better then InstallCreator & PatchMaker put together, not to say they arent good. Because they are, I'm just saying, InstallShield is just so much more flexable, more features, & such, it just needs a little more work to get what you want. Its basicly like MMF as, if you want to make a Sonic game, its possable to do it in a program that makes a Sonic game, or you can use a program more flexable, MMF, & make a better Sonic game, but it requires more work. (Not the best example, but it gets the job done.)
but when trying to run a company, its not as clean. Its just more clean to go make an installer that u can have installing the game, click uninstall & its off.
What features does InstallShield have that InstallCreator doesn't have, which also come in handy for installing Click games? Personally I haven't used Install Creator, so I don't know, but I find Install Creator apps much smoother and more professional - cleaner look, no flicker between screens, simple and easy to use...
If you want to have an install program that does what you want, you probably should write it yourself, any professional company would do that or use one of the pro's. (you know them installshield, ghostinstall, msi package)
Oh what's neat to is a self-extracting cabinet file.
Try start -> run (or win+r) and type "iexpress" without the quotes.
Et voila you have a professional setup maker.
With InstallShield u can also customize every single aspect of the dialogs, create new ones with templates or from stratch, take dialogs out, & seems to compress better then InstallCreator. I just like InstallShield alot better then InstallCreator thats all.
As far as I know Install Creator does all that: you can customise any dialog and remove any dialog, plus it has only about a 50kb overhead and compresses files so it makes pretty small files too.
By the way, MSI sucks. It takes about a minute just to load the damn thing.
What's that installer called that gives you the details of the extraction in a black box with green writing? Those ones are the sexiest. I hate InstallShield.
DON'T use an installer with a click program, unless it's a fully-featured app. I don't want your shitty games clogging up my start menu or desktop, okay people? Unless it's something orgasmic like iPublish, use a bloody archive file.
Ive tried InstallShield Dev X & 9 and its severe overkill for nearly all projects, it has a massive over head and is rather slow, 90% of the features you wont use. And really you shouldnt be warezing $900+ applications for something as small as a click game o_O. Just get Install Creator unregistered thats all i need for "orgasmic" iPublish
There are still plenty of free install makers about, unless youre rolling out your 50Mb app with the .NET framework accross a Server 2003 based Active directory domain its pretty redundant
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Of course add it back in, but I dont think other people would like it very much. "DONT UNINSTALL MY GAME OR I WILL REMOVE UR CNCS232.DLL!!!"
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