Installer

[zkxs]

The manual installation steps aren't that bad, but we've seen a few people having trouble with getting files in the correct places. The obvious solution is to build an automatic installer.

Things this could do:

• Set up the symlink hack on linux installs
• Fix the issue with Windows blocking the dll files
• Create a shortcut or batch file with the -LoadAssembly argument set up correctly

[rampa3]

Do we want a mostly same code approach e.g. custom C# or different language program cross-compileable to both Windows and Linux, or platform specific solutions? For Windows, I have been just for fun messing around with NSIS-based web installer. Also a question is degree of automation requested... Otherwise I have it in a way that if you give it Neos install root, it will set everything up with freshly downloaded latest versions, create a shortcut with NML, shortcut for mods folder and an uninstaller. Not sure how to prevent Windows from blocking the DLLs though...

[zkxs]

Not sure how to prevent Windows from blocking the DLLs though...

Oh this is some real bullshit.

This flag only gets set on files that are directly downloaded from the internet. So for example, your browser sets it on everything it downloads. This means if you're doing your own downloading, you can just not set the flag.

[rampa3]

Oh... Forgot about this one. 😅 NSIS does not set this flag.

[EIA485]

Afak the mod manager @XDelta has been working on has or will have an installer.