XI Installer by Scott Lassen & John McClelland

Development Setup

1. Download and include the full (not web) Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017 runtime installers. Rename them VSxxxx.exe as appropriate (Ex. VS2010.exe for the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2010 x86). Links are included in the next section.
2. Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and name dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe.
3. Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5. and name dotNet45.exe.
4. Download and install NSIS.
5. Download the NSIS 7z plugin.
6. Drop the downloaded /Plugins/x86-ansi/nsis7z.dll into the /Program Files (x86)/NSIS/Plugins/x86-ansi directory.

Development Depencency Resource Links

Resource	Download
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2010 x86	https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x86.exe
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 x86	https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/B/16B06F60-3B20-4FF2-B699-5E9B7962F9AE/VSU_4/vcredist_x86.exe
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 x86	http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/6/056DCDA9-D667-4E27-8001-8A0C6971D6B1/vcredist_x86.exe
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 x86	https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/F/93FCF1E7-E6A4-478B-96E7-D4B285925B00/vc_redist.x86.exe
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 x86	https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/F/E/1FEBBDB2-ADED-4E14-9063-39FB17E88444/vc_redist.x86.exe
Microsoft .NET Framework 4	https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2	https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/2/1/E21644B5-2DF2-47C2-91BD-63C560427900/NDP452-KB2901907-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe

Development

• Update registry entries. You will need to collect registry entries which may be outdated in the future or have been changed if you have an old install of FFXI on an archived hard drive. Registry entries can be updated in Script.nsi. Search for ;Register with Windows and update that section with the appropriate values from your retail install.
• Add a background. You'll need to add a background image for the installer with the .bmp format. This should be named background.bmp. Place this in the root folder of the project. (The same folder you find Script.nsi).
• Add an icon. You'll need to add an icon for the installer with the .ico format. This should be named installer.ico. Place this in the root folder of the project. (The same folder you find Script.nsi).
• Add a license. You'll need to add a text file for the installer with the .txt format. You can include anything you want to display to the user that they must accept before continuing through the setup process. This could be anything from disclaimers to rules. This should be named license.txt. Place this in the root folder of the project. (The same folder you find Script.nsi).
• Include data to be bundled with the installer. This will be the entire content of what is moved to the install directory the user chooses. It should include any data to play the game, and optionally, bootloaders or programs to use with the game. This should be compressed with a program like 7z into a archive named data.pak. Place this in the root folder of the project. (The same folder you find Script.nsi).
• Right click Script.nsi and then click "Compile NSIS Script" and then click "Test Installer" to see if it works.

How to install

1. Ensure you have both the installer.exe and data.pak files.
2. Double click the installer.exe file and follow on screen instructions. Do not skip or cancel the automatic installation of dependencies.
3. Finally, reboot your PC and you should be good to go!

Disclaimer

We are not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Square Enix, Final Fantasy, FFXI, or any of its subsidiaries. All FFXI content and images copyright 2002-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd.

License

Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Eden Server

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.