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How do i make an installer for my sfml 2.0 game?
« on: November 05, 2012, 11:10:16 pm »
Good evening   ;D

I just finished my game and i want to show it to my friend.
How do i make and installer for it?

I know how to do it with allegro. i used "Advanced Installer" and i just had to include some redistributable files and some allegro dll. files.

But what should i include with sfml?


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Re: How do i make an installer for my sfml 2.0 game?
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2012, 01:19:01 am »
I just finished my game and i want to show it to my friend.
How do i make and installer for it?
I personally like a simple (7)zip archive for smaller games, which don't need an installation. ;)

i used "Advanced Installer" and i just had to include some redistributable files and some allegro dll. files.
But what should i include with sfml?
The same way but instead of including the Allegro dlls you include the SFML dlls. ;)
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Re: How do i make an installer for my sfml 2.0 game?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 01:28:31 am »
Note that visual studio has some sort of installer creator gypsy wizard but I'm not sure if it's in express or how does it work at all. ;D
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Re: How do i make an installer for my sfml 2.0 game?
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2012, 09:16:20 am »
Inno Setup is very good and also free:

http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

You just have to set up a simple script. The documentation is easy to follow and there are example scripts to use as a basis.

I have used it for both of my PC games (one free, one shareware) with no problems.

Highly recommended.
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Re: How do i make an installer for my sfml 2.0 game?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2012, 08:55:27 pm »
Thanks  :)

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Re: How do i make an installer for my sfml 2.0 game?
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2012, 04:30:43 am »
NSIS also is useful.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/