Create a windows installer for the final 2.70 release

[ETLegacyTeam]

Author: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2012-05-31
Redmine Issue: 39, https://dev.etlegacy.com/issues/39

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Related issue(s): #92

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Related commit(s):
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[ETLegacyTeam]

From: muessli (muessli)
Date: 2012-05-17T23:06:03Z

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Hi IR4T4,

what kind of Installer would you prefer?

mfg mॆअआॆअ

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From: @JanSimek (Radegast)
Date: 2012-05-18T00:45:31Z

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Windows: We will eventually support CMake as our build system and CMake has a module for the "NSIS installer":http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page, so it would be 90% automatic job. I don't know if there is anything better (and most importantly free) than NSIS (?)

Mac: see above. CMake is able to create Mac bundles.

Linux: I think there are only two options: either "MojoSetup":http://icculus.org/mojosetup/ or bash script with the binary inside it ...and we will have native packages for 6 most popular linux distributions (automatically generated through "Open Build Service":http://www.open-build-service.org/) as well.

There is a cross-platform installer packed with features called "BitRock":http://installbuilder.bitrock.com, but unfortunately I don't have spare 1000$ to buy a license for it at the moment. If you have experience with creating installers for any of the mentioned platforms then we will be glad for your help or advice.

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: muessli (muessli)
Date: 2012-05-18T10:55:49Z

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Hi Radegast,

that looks/sounds very good!!
AFAIK NSIS had a "nsi-File"!? So everyone could adapt the ETL-Setup!?
For Linux, i would prefer native Packages (deb/rpm).

thx, mॆअआॆअ

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From: @JanSimek (Radegast)
Date: 2012-08-10T12:21:33Z

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Basic NSIS installer is finished: https://github.com/etlegacy/etlegacy-tools/blob/master/etl.nsis

{TODO}

1. either check for W:ET installation and copy the required files from there
2. DONE: or download pak0.pk3, pak1.pk3, pak2.pk3 and mp_bin.pk3 from the internet (because of legal reasons we cannot ship them inside our installer)
3. let the user select fs_homepath - see user:Jacker 's "solution":http://www.etlegacy.com/issues/59#note-9 - and create a shortcut to it
4. (optional) migrate user's @etkey@

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From: @JanSimek (Radegast)
Date: 2012-08-12T15:44:01Z

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{UPDATE} Installer has an option to download required pk3 files (pak*.pk3 and mp_bin.pk3) and creates desktop/start menu shortcuts

Edit: the new installer is https://github.com/etlegacy/etlegacy-tools/blob/master/etl-installer.nsi

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: muessli (muessli)
Date: 2012-10-15T20:28:08Z

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Hi Radegast,
is there any ZIP-File, that contains all the Stuff, to compile the etl-installer.nsi
without any File: . -> no files found-ErrorMessages?
(for Example: wolfet.ico, COPYING.txt, libfreetype-6.dll and so one...)
I dont mean *.pk3-Files!
mfg muessli

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From: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2012-10-26T09:11:06Z

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muessli,
for editing installer features you don't have to have the real files. Just create some dummy txt files and rename them. Currently there is no zip or path created.

I do suggest to we'll add 2 pathes in misc folder: 'win' & 'linux' for those files.

{UPDATE} installer is updated to create new ET:L structure.

{TODO}

add etlded to windows menu

rename this "ET: L" in installer options to ET: Legacy v2.70

add +set fs_game legacy to etl and etlded

add option to set fs_hompath

add options to complete install (missing genuine files)

• do a search for installed W:ET and get the files from
  -- search by key
  -- search by user input path
  --- if install is found
  ---- add option to use key
  ---- copy mp_bin.pk3, pa0.pk3, pak1.pk3, pak2.pk3 to etmain
  -- ask to download and install genuine files
  --- run installer again
  --- worst case points to http://www.etlegacy.com/projects/etlegacy/wiki/Windows

add omnibot files to installer options (default: true)

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: @JanSimek (Radegast)
Date: 2012-11-02T11:46:17Z

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I created a new installer based on the Inno Setup. It lets user to either select etmain directory of an existing W:ET installation and then it copies the required files or downloads them from our website. Game path could be extracted from the registry, however, I wasn't able to find the correct regkey. As discussed on the IRC, W:ET data files are distributed in Debian and OpenSuse repositories and the distribution by downloading from the internet is not against W:ET's license (bundling is).

{TODO}

• fixme: missing file icons (add ader10's new icons)
• fixme: windows text is scribbled on the Download page
• (option) import etkey from W:ET 2.60b installation
• (option) install omnibot files

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From: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2012-11-02T13:06:11Z

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Try this regkey to find ET install path: HKLM "Software\Activision\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory"

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From: @JanSimek (Radegast)
Date: 2012-11-02T14:07:23Z

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IR4T4 wrote:

Try this regkey to find ET install path: HKLM "Software\Activision\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory"

Found it, thanks. I have 64 bit Windows, so the key is HKLM "Wow6432Node\Software\Activision\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory"

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From: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2012-11-10T14:13:13Z

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Installer is created.