Free Installers? MSI

dejai · Post by **dejai** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:03 am

Does anyone know a good and very easy to use installer that can compress your game into a .msi or similar format, I have seen a couple though they required scripting and I really don't want to waist that much time just to make installers for my demos and games.

Brainsaw · Post by **Brainsaw** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:46 am

Maybe Bloodshed Quickinstall is OK. Haven't tried it yet, so I can't say what it does.

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:37 am

All installers require 'scripting' to some degree. How else would they know what files to include, and what to call the application when it's installed?

I use Inno Setup. The scripting required is very lightweight; you can start with one of the sample templates and have a basic installer done in 5 minutes.

Virion · Post by **Virion** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:53 am

I use Inno Setup too. Really easy to set up a basic installer.

3ddev · Post by **3ddev** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:26 am

I use Nullsoft Scriptable Install System(NSIS) - it is open source and cross-platform. The scripts are easy to code by hand, but I also use HM NSIS EDIT for the useful visual wizards.

Anteater · Post by **Anteater** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:30 pm

7-zip can compress to a self-extracting exe. Not really an installer but it has pretty good compression ratios.

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:27 pm

InnoSetup supports 7-zip compression now.

jam · Post by **jam** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:50 am

Here's about 10 different installers you might want try. I use the Spoon Installer myself.

http://www.thefreecountry.com/programming/setup.shtml

If your on windows XP it should have a msi maker included with it, though it might not be the easiest thing to use.