Installation / Patching games [SOLVED]

Started by simulacra, Wed 04/05/2005 19:32:14

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simulacra

I have two questions:

1. Does anyone know a good installation program? I would like to distribute the game as a single compressed file, that can be uninstalled using the Control panel. I'd prefer a gratis tool.

2. Is there an efficient way to distribute patches for the game without having to redistribute the full game again. I am thinking along the lines of a utility that compares old files vs. new files and makes a record of changes, then you allow the utility to change the installed game files. Or do every file of the distribution (game.001, game.002 ...) change if I make a minor bug fix?

Pumaman

1. Inno Setup is a good freeware installer: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

2. Patch Maker by Clickteam can do this, but it's shareware: http://www.clickteam.com/English/patch_maker.htm

By the way, this isn't an AGS Technical question so it doesn't really belong in this forum.

simulacra

Right on! Thank you. And sorry for posting in the wrong forum.

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