Changing EXE name of game

Construed · Sat 03/05/2014 22:14:35

I know it says you can't but there must be a way with a hex editor or something?

Crimson Wizard · Sat 03/05/2014 22:57:04

You can. Simply change game's folder name.

Ryan Timothy B · Sun 04/05/2014 18:54:29

Is this a new feature? I don't recall this being possible before.

Crimson Wizard · Sun 04/05/2014 20:26:18

Quote from: Ryan Timoothy on Sun 04/05/2014 18:54:29
Is this a new feature? I don't recall this being possible before.

Tested with AGS 2.56 right now (oldest AGS I have on my computer). It works.

monkey0506 · Sun 04/05/2014 21:04:24

Uhm, yeah. The folder name has always set the name for the compiled EXE. And also, nothing has ever prevented you from renaming the EXE. I don't understand what is going on in this thread...

Crimson Wizard · Sun 04/05/2014 21:08:10

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 04/05/2014 21:04:24And also, nothing has ever prevented you from renaming the EXE.

AFAIK winsetup will still be looking for old exe.

monkey0506 · Sun 04/05/2014 21:29:22

Ah, well, yeah. That's true. But all winsetup does is call "gamename.exe --setup", so you could just as easily set up a shortcut instead. I generally either edit acsetup.cfg by hand or use the parameter.

Ryan Timothy B · Mon 05/05/2014 00:01:56

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 04/05/2014 21:04:24
Uhm, yeah. The folder name has always set the name for the compiled EXE. And also, nothing has ever prevented you from renaming the EXE. I don't understand what is going on in this thread...

Well, it certainly isn't common sense that's for sure. The reason I thought it was a new feature was that I could've sworn this "feature" had been requested numerous times before, but after doing a quick search it seems it was only asked a few times but always given the solution.

But now that I think of it, I believe it may have been the few beginner's AGS games I had downloaded, where people manually renamed the EXE without realizing the setup doesn't point to it anymore. Which likely lead me to believe it wasn't possible to change the EXE name.

Crimson Wizard · Mon 05/05/2014 08:59:29

When you create a new game in AGS 3.+, there's a warning saying you can't change exe name in the future. This is very misleading. Also, I don't think it would be difficult to add exe name to project settings and use that instead of folder name.

Grim · Thu 10/07/2014 23:22:08

You guys are great:) I was just looking for this. Problem solved. Thank you"