MOD Installer

[Tunch Khan]

I would like to know if anyone knows of any good and user firendly program that makes installation of mods easier. Basicly I have a mod for download and it's large in size which makes it possible to upload only in 2 seperate parts. It may even get larger in the near future. So I am loking for a program to have this mod automaticly install in the right directories. I can find other webspaces to host the original files if necessary. Thanks.

 

[Jecrell]

Look near the bottom of the page, and find the thing that says "Upload File". You can upload up to 3mb to there. Here is the link in case you can't find it: http://www.civfanatics.net/upload.html

vbraun's post above really helped me with uploading my modification on my Carthage mod thread concerning uploading files.

 

[AlanH]

Google for a free installer generator called Inno Setup. We used it to create the Civ3 mod installers for Game of the Month. The largest is a total of 25 MBytes for a vanilla installer that had to populate a lot of different directories. There's a link to that installer in my sig.

It's main oddity is that it isn't Windows Installer compatible. It's a standalone installer system. It can be scripted in Pascal to do advanced stufff, but I didn't try any of that. The basic installer can be configured using straightforward GUI facilities. Can't beat the value for money

PS For maximum distribution of your creations, you might also want to consider providing a straight ZIP file containing all the files and folders in the correct hierarchy. Reason is there will be a Mac version of C-IV next spring, and Mac players will not be able to run a Windows installer. But a ZIP file as I've described will work fine with my Drag'n'Drop Mod Installer.

 

[Tunch Khan]

Thank you very much to both of you for the information. I'm working on them right now.