Hi Thomas,
Actually the extra meg or so that I was saving per game was all of the library
files not from the install program itself as the cab files are compressed as
well.
BFN
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Hi Jim,
Well, about saving space using a self extractor program verses a full
blown installation it really depends on the installation wizard you use.
For example, Microsoft's Setup Installation wizard, msi, is bloated and
you don't really seam to save much space when packing your game files
using it.. However, Inno Setup 5 has a feature that will allow you to
compress as you pack the files which acts not only as an installation
wizard, but as it packs them it uses similar compression methods as self
extractor, and does save loads of space.
I don't have a comparison between self extractor and Inno's compression
methods, but I can say Inno's compression is typically quite exceptable
for most developers and is widely regarded as pretty good.
Anyway, I've got allot of nice updates to my Vista compatibility chart
including some work arounds for playing the BSC games under Vista which
allot of user's will want to read.
Jim
No I am not talking to myself again, I am talking to the voices.
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