Simviation Forum - Creating an auto-installer for FS9 software

Jun 2^nd, 2007 at 9:02pm

MIKE JG Offline
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Probably not the right forum for this, but I'm not sure where to ask this, and mods please feel free to move this to the appropriate forum if there is one.

Does anyone know how to or have experience creating an auto-installer program to use with add ons for FS9. We'd like to create our own auto-installer to install our miltary ai packages and allow us to use that installer to install ai aircraft models, effects, afcad files, scenery files and even Edit Voicepack files. I know some user aircraft designers have auto-installers for their aircraft that they release, Kirk Olsson has one for the F-86 just off the top of my head.

Is there software out there that can help you create this kind of program?

-Mike G.

Military AI traffic packages and scenery for the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.

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Reply #1 - Jun 2^nd, 2007 at 10:28pm

thunderbird5347 Ex Member

I'll help... I usually use Install Creator (Free!!!, if you don't mind their link at the end of your little installer) http://www.clickteam.com/eng/installcreator.php
It's never been troublesome to me!
Good luck Wink

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Reply #2 - Jun 3^rd, 2007 at 1:53am

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If you decide to use the Clickteam Install Creator please disable the Uninstall option when configuring your files. Unfortunately this option is selected by default. Also test the auto-install very carefully before posting your addons.

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Reply #3 - Jun 3^rd, 2007 at 5:51am

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I thought the auto-installers screwed up you'r computer.

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Reply #4 - Jun 3^rd, 2007 at 4:41pm

MIKE JG Offline
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Thanks guys, will do. It's just an option we're looking at right now. I've tried it with a couple AI packages and it seems to work fine so far.

-Mike G.

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Reply #5 - Jun 7^th, 2007 at 4:00am

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I think I tried the Clickteam installer once. I got nowhere with it...

emachines T6212; AMD Athlon64 3800+ (2.40 GHz; Venice core); Allied AL-B500E 500W power supply; 2048Mb PC3200 DDR400; Westinghouse LCM-22w2 wide-screen LCD monitor; eVGA e-GeForce 7900 GS KO X16 PCIe video card; Logitech Extreme 3D Pro flight controller;&&Cyber Acoustics CA-4100 4-channel digital sound with 5 speakers; 300 Gb external hard drive in an enclosure; Windows XP Home; 3 Mb/s AT&T/Yahoo! DSL service; Microsoft Intellipoint trackball; Supergate EC-2000 multi-media keyboard. Epson CX-7800 Stylus all-in-one printer. Canon PowerShot S3 IS digital camera with 1 Gb SD card.&&Next thing: A CH Products USB 2.0 Flight Yoke (for enhanced realism).

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Reply #6 - Jun 7^th, 2007 at 4:19am

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rootbeer wrote on Jun 7^th, 2007 at 4:00am:

I think I tried the Clickteam installer once. I got nowhere with it...

It's actually quite easy to use. You have to know what you're doing & configure the files correctly first. If addons are configured properly they should be easy to install without an auto-installer.

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Reply #7 - Jun 11^th, 2007 at 1:35am

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There's the operative phrase: "You have to know what you're doing," et cetera... I could make neither heads nor tails of the instructions provided. I don't know my path from a hole in the ground...

emachines T6212; AMD Athlon64 3800+ (2.40 GHz; Venice core); Allied AL-B500E 500W power supply; 2048Mb PC3200 DDR400; Westinghouse LCM-22w2 wide-screen LCD monitor; eVGA e-GeForce 7900 GS KO X16 PCIe video card; Logitech Extreme 3D Pro flight controller;&&Cyber Acoustics CA-4100 4-channel digital sound with 5 speakers; 300 Gb external hard drive in an enclosure; Windows XP Home; 3 Mb/s AT&T/Yahoo! DSL service; Microsoft Intellipoint trackball; Supergate EC-2000 multi-media keyboard. Epson CX-7800 Stylus all-in-one printer. Canon PowerShot S3 IS digital camera with 1 Gb SD card.&&Next thing: A CH Products USB 2.0 Flight Yoke (for enhanced realism).

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