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[JacksMafia]

thanks you very much pakrat2k2 for advise it worked for me
but i still have problem in installing the game i used this code for compressing

arc a -r -ep1 -w.\ .\Disk1\Data3.bin -mprecomp042:v+srep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8 "%choice1%\*"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto arcfail

which means that i used precomp and srep in compressing -long time to do it i know- now when i install the game what code should i write in setup.ini?
i use this
FreeArcFile3={src}\Data3.bin;DestDir:{app}\GameAss ets;Disk:1;PrecSrep:1;Lang:en

but when installer reach for bin 3 it just freeze and don't do any thing should precomp be in setup.cab ? or what is the right code to write in setup.ini?

this the last step
helpppppppppppppp

[BAMsE]

Originally Posted by JacksMafia

FreeArcFile3={src}\Data3.bin;DestDir:{app}\GameAss ets;Disk:1;PrecSrep:1;Lang:en

You don't need it since it's used for old precomp+srep method. If you're compressing via commandline and in one step, then all you need is

PrecompVer=inside

in setup.ini

[JacksMafia]

yeah i'm compressing via commandline but it's not one step this is the 3 step but only for data3 i used this
arc a -r -ep1 -w.\ .\Disk1\Data3.bin -mprecomp042:v+srep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8 "%choice1%\*"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto arcfail

the first 2 bins just used this
-srep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8
and i have tried what you said and nothing when it comes to extract the data3 it just stop no error massages or any thing else only the first 2 bins extracting perfect
i also tried
PrecompVer=0.42
didn't work
please save my day

EDIT: i have found the problem and solve it thanks every one for helping me

[Andre Jesus]

Originally Posted by yener90

delete TextBG.png from Setup.cab

Originally Posted by REV0

Also, you can use same TextBG.png just resize it via setup.ini

Originally Posted by BAMsE

Andre Jesus it's just PNG with some transparency (setup.cab\setup\textbg.png)

Thank you dears.

But my script is not based on the script Yener.
I'm doing it manually, so it needed to know how to make inno setup call this picture as the background of the text.
Is possible put this transparent background text, making a play MP3 music during the install mode, put the splash image, change the color bar progress .... only using inno setup? Or this is only possible if i based on the script Yener?

Please see attached an example of what I'm trying to do.
Teste 1.7z

[pakrat2k2]

Originally Posted by JacksMafia

yeah i'm compressing via commandline but it's not one step this is the 3 step but only for data3 i used this
arc a -r -ep1 -w.\ .\Disk1\Data3.bin -mprecomp042:v+srep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8 "%choice1%\*"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto arcfail

the first 2 bins just used this
-srep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8
and i have tried what you said and nothing when it comes to extract the data3 it just stop no error massages or any thing else only the first 2 bins extracting perfect
i also tried
PrecompVer=0.42
didn't work
please save my day

EDIT: i have found the problem and solve it thanks every one for helping me

post how you fixed it. so others have this information, incase they run into same problem.

[JacksMafia]

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

post how you fixed it. so others have this information, incase they run into same problem.

what the problem was?
will i can't say that i'm stupid but -anyway- i was using CI 8.3.5.1 which had precomp v 0.42 i compressed the game with it but it just stop when it comes to extracting and then i notice that new version of CI 8.5 has precomp too the same version but the size of it was different
in CI 8.3.5.1 size was 768 kb -as i remember-
in CI 8.5 size was 1.42 mb
so i took a wild guess that the error was in precomp and i start compressing again with the big one and after a lot of hours i found that i was right about precomp version there is some thing wrong about CI 8.3.5.1 and the percomp version inside it

that's all -sorry for late replay-
Jacks

[yener90]

i hope you are using the precomp executable inside the "include" folder for compressing using commandline...
installer gets problems if you use an other version

[JacksMafia]

yeah i was using it when i did the compression -the failed one- and then i just replaced it with the new one from v 8.5
and that worked like charm
BTW thanks for your work i couldn't done this if you didn't create this great app
you really made my day mate
thanks

[JacksMafia]

guys what about if a want to use 7z+ serp for compression what code should i write in bat file?
and what about arc.ini what i should write if using 7z+ serp?
also
-msrep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8
is this the best compression serp can do? if not then what is?

thanks

[NamelessOne]

Here's my question. Let's say I want to add some optional mods to my installation. How to add them to the installation and how to make backups of possible overwrited files? I'm guessing this belongs to the [Components] section but I don't have much time at the moment to experiment by myself, hence my question here

[Brazilica]

Hi. I want to make a conversion but i'm stuck at the setup.exe. I want to modify the setup.exe in order to ask me when to insert the second disk. if i don't modify the setup file i will receive an error "error, the file is not on thie disk" (something like that) but if i'll insert the second disk and press ok the instalation will continue.
The folder looks like that:


You can download the setup file from here

[REV0]

According yo yener's script (and assuming every exe has same system) the information you're looking to change was actually created WHEN bin files were created by setup.

So, to simplify the explanation, for example;

If you have 3 bin and setup.exe which were created bt script, the installation will check these 3 bin files during installation. If you put 2 bin files instead of 3, setup will ask 'Insert disk1', if you put 4 or more instead of 3, setup will continue to install without asking it.

When some setups are saying only 'insert next disk' some of them are demanding correct bin files and disk numbers. I suggest to re-create or convert your game instead of editing (if it's easy to do)

[Brazilica]

I made a 3xDVD5 conversion. Everityhing is ok except that the setup ask for disk1 instead of disk2 and disk3, but this is not a major problem.

Thx. Have a nice day

[JacksMafia]

Originally Posted by Brazilica

I made a 3xDVD5 conversion. Everityhing is ok except that the setup ask for disk1 instead of disk2 and disk3, but this is not a major problem.

Thx. Have a nice day

your problem is in setup.ini you have to modify it so the setup ask you for disk 2 so if you have 3 data files on first disk make the forth like this

FreeArcFile1={src}\Data4.bin;DestDir:{app};Disk:2

so Data4.bin is on disk 2 notice Disk number in the last of the line

that's all have fun

[muzz]

Hey i made my own setup.cab with all the files but no background and other things are coming