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Any plans of making an .msi or .exe release? #961

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NonVolatileHuman opened this issue Jan 7, 2024 · 6 comments
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Any plans of making an .msi or .exe release? #961

NonVolatileHuman opened this issue Jan 7, 2024 · 6 comments

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@NonVolatileHuman
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NonVolatileHuman commented Jan 7, 2024

Basically title, makes the installation process more user-friendly than having to use a CMake program, and allows users who aren't tech-savvy to be able to use the tool to run their older games

@NonVolatileHuman NonVolatileHuman changed the title Any plans of making a binary release? Any plans of making a binary release? .msi or .exe? Jan 7, 2024
@NonVolatileHuman NonVolatileHuman changed the title Any plans of making a binary release? .msi or .exe? Any plans of making an .msi or .exe release? Jan 7, 2024
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kcat commented Jan 8, 2024

I'd need to look into how to make an installer for Windows that can put DLLs into global directories, with proper ways to update and uninstall them as needed. Though even with them installed, apps may need to be configured to use OpenAL Soft devices if it's not picked by default, which may or may not be easy depending on the app.

@NonVolatileHuman
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Yeah, I see your point, the advantages of the installer would be to eliminate friction in the installation, maybe in the future someone may contribute the necessary code. Thanks for taking the time and replying to this issue, you may close it if you see fit.

@TheBestKmanEver
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TheBestKmanEver commented Jan 10, 2024

this would def be nicer than having to fumble about in the mess of all the different GUIs to build from source to get the files you need. where with Linux you can just do it all from the terminal

@mirh
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mirh commented Jan 15, 2024

than having to use a CMake program

What does the build tool have to do with anything?

@NonVolatileHuman
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What does the build tool have to do with anything?

Isn't it necessary to configure the tool for windows?
Or is there a more user-friendly way to install the software?

@mirh
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mirh commented Jan 16, 2024

Cmake is used for compilation...
Configuration everywhere just uses alsoftrc.sample

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