NSIS 2.0.6

[sam]

Hey, I downloaded NSIS 2.0.6. Can someone tell me how to get it to make an installer for my game please. I've got an NSIS script from the install packager.

[bluemonkmn]

If I recall correctly, once you have NSIS installed, you simply right-click on the NSI file created by the install packager and choose Compile or Build or something.

[sam]

Yah, I was able to figure that much out from the included NSIS Users Manual. After I did that the screen came up with all the code and the title (of the window) says "MakeNSISW - Compile Error: See Log for details". So I saved the log by clicking the save button in that window. Then I double clicked the log file (Output.txt) and Notepad comes up displaying this:

!define: "MUI_INSERT_NSISCONF"=""

Changing directory to: "C:\Program Files\GameDev\Squishy"

Processing script file: "C:\Program Files\GameDev\Squishy\EDIT.NSI"
!include: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\MUI.nsh"
!include: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Contrib\Modern UI\System.nsh"
NSIS Modern User Interface version 1.72 -

[bluemonkmn]

The install packager was designed for NSIS 2.0, not 2.0.6.  But this thread might help:
http://gamedev.comdel.net/index.php?topic=527.0

Otherwise, see if you can get a hold of version 2.0 instead of 2.0.6.  If you figure out how to fix the script to work with 2.0.6, let us know.  I'm too exhausted to do any more debugging today, I think.  But the NSIS documentation should explain exactly how to write script for it, if you're up to researching how to use it, and what might be wrong.

[sam]

I finally got around to downloading NSIS 2.0. It works good and everything but isn't it suppose to make an exe file of the game?

[bluemonkmn]

It makes an EXE file that installs the game.

[sam]

ohhhhhh...the installer is the exe. Thanks.