Peopleperson49 Posted January 11, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 218 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1180 Reputation: 141 Joined: 01/27/12 Last Seen: January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) I have been looking for a good installer program to make a full version of my client with and I have came across several. Some are very expensive and some not so much. I understand that Install Creator Pro works fairly well for installers under 2gb, but what happens when you want to create one over that? Well I looked up several that support larger files, but they tend to be pricey. However, my suggestion is to start a installer fund here on rA where people could donate towards that certain goal. When that goal is reached rA could purchase a license (shared is best so more than one dev can have it) and every month somebody could make a single full version of the latest files. That would eliminate the 3 or 7 or 14 or whatever part downloads. I'm not saying just jump into anything, but if this idea is considered on some level then I suggest that somebody (of authority on rA) take this by the horns and do the necessary research to see if its worth it. It could even contain the latest fulldata files so have it modify the data.ini to include a fulldata.grf also. The possiblities are pretty much endless. Peopleperson49 Edit: Two possible options: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/purchase.html http://www.actualinstaller.com/purchase.html Edited January 11, 2013 by Peopleperson49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphy Posted January 11, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2997 Reputation: 1130 Joined: 05/27/12 Last Seen: June 1, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2013 You can do a lot with InnoSetup, and it's free. o.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peopleperson49 Posted January 11, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 218 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1180 Reputation: 141 Joined: 01/27/12 Last Seen: January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Than maybe that would a good one to use and post a single full installer for everybody to download. Peopleperson49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlongshen Posted January 12, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1302 Reputation: 77 Joined: 12/04/12 Last Seen: September 26, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2013 You can do a lot with InnoSetup, and it's free. o.o hahaha. thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peopleperson49 Posted January 12, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 218 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1180 Reputation: 141 Joined: 01/27/12 Last Seen: January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 I have been testing InnoSetup out. I have tried atleast four times now to make an installer for the entire RO folder. It always fails because the file is larger than 2.1gb. I created my mini-installer worked just fine, however I think I perfer using Install Creator Pro over Inno. Unless I'm doing something wrong then InnoSetup doesn't fit what I was hoping for. I wanted a way to put the entire RO folder in one compressed installer. Peopleperson49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtue Posted January 12, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 92 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 354 Reputation: 22 Joined: 11/17/11 Last Seen: Sunday at 05:05 AM Share Posted January 12, 2013 Smart Install Maker is a good app too, thats what i am using and it did make me an installer for 2.54gb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peopleperson49 Posted January 15, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 218 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1180 Reputation: 141 Joined: 01/27/12 Last Seen: January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) I purchased Smart Install Maker which seems to be working great for my full installer of 2.9Gb (uncompressed). It compresses it down to about 2Gb. I don't have the time to dedicate toward making a new full KRO/renewal installer every month, but it wouldn't be a bad idea for somebody to do. Peopleperson49 Edited January 15, 2013 by Peopleperson49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 18, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2223 Reputation: 593 Joined: 10/26/11 Last Seen: June 2, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2013 An installer for kRO files? or rAthena server files? This sounds kind of like what CalciumKid had been doing with the Miruku client. I forget which program he used to make the multi-part installer that had 3 .cab files). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peopleperson49 Posted January 19, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 218 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1180 Reputation: 141 Joined: 01/27/12 Last Seen: January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I meant the KRO/renewal files. I can make one easily with Smart Install Maker. Works great for my full installer in one part. Compression of around 2.7Gb is like 2Gb. Peopleperson49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syouji Posted January 19, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 70 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1245 Reputation: 392 Joined: 11/19/11 Last Seen: January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2013 FYI most installer programs are limited to 2 GB due to .cab compression size of 2 GB. Like Brian said, the installer would have to utilize multiple cab files for it to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peopleperson49 Posted January 19, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 218 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1180 Reputation: 141 Joined: 01/27/12 Last Seen: January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Smart Installer is limited to 4Gb and there is another program that has much greater compression that can do up to 12Gb. That one is very very expensive but also can compress 12Gb down to 4Gb. Don't remember the name but I don't suggest it. My Full Installer is 2.7Gb and it is only one file. Peopleperson49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feefty Posted January 19, 2013 Group: Members Topic Count: 47 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 175 Reputation: 14 Joined: 11/21/11 Last Seen: April 18, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) just add this under [setup] and then compile it if you're trying to make an installer for more than 2GB. DiskSpanning = yes This is for InnoSetup Edited January 19, 2013 by Feefty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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