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Rejoice!, ClickTeam installers need no longer annoy you...
rsc204 posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
Many, many years ago after I started using mods for SC4, I soon became hugely frustrated with the sheer number of god-awful ClickTeam installers. What is a ClickTeam installer?, well it's simply an application a modder can use to package their content into an Installer program. You can recognise them by this icon: Yes, other installer systems exist, for example NSIS which I use personally, but all of those can be opened by 7Zip or similar, so if you have say 20 downloads, all containing a single DAT file, you can just pull them out like you would if they were .zip files. But, ClickTeam installers are properly hateful, until now, there has just been no way to get at the files inside. Coupled with the fact that they are the most abundant type of installer in our community, they have literally been a scourge and like zombies, should be shot in the head on sight, don't forget the Double-Tap! Not to take anything away from the efforts to repackage these files on the exchanges, which will still hopefully become a thing. Today I found a command-line tool that just sodding extracts the files inside the installer on GitHub: https://github.com/Bioruebe/cicdec No GUI as yet, plus I'm too lazy to test this on more than one such installer for the time being, so no guarantees either. However first impressions are I no longer have to click 7 times, when I can just run a command and be done. Huge thanks to cicdec for this wonderful little tool.- 17 Replies
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The ultimate goal of this project is an automated way to process the Mega Zip into a new Mega Zip with organized folders and zero '.exe Installers with the hope this could replace the original Mega Zips for downloading.© Handyman
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To get this topic started I would like to explain why. This project was started when @xxdita began to release his Mega Zips on the LEX. I had extra time because of the Covid19 shutdown and was looking for another project to further my java knowledge. (Full disclosure: I am not a professional programmer, this is a hobby for me). My first goal was to expand all the zip files into a folder structure that was consistent and easy to use. This was harder than first thought because of all the different ways files are presented within the zips. This part is now complete and the first two pictures below demonstrate this. This first picture shows the zip structure. This second picture shows the resulting file structure. So this part works well now and I also use this process to create a list of all the ".exe Installers' in the Mega Zip. During this time I read many posts regarding the general dislike for the '.exe Installers' So I went on to find out what work had gone into a solution and if there was some way to do it programmatically. I found nothing I could use but came across information about a java robot method. This led to updating a process I used many years ago. The attached video shows the last few cycles of the robot process. The complete process took about 14 minutes to run 65 installers. RobotClip3.mp4 The ultimate goal of this project is an automated way to process the Mega Zip into a new Mega Zip with organized folders and zero '.exe Installers with the hope this could replace the original Mega Zips for downloading. My personal opinion is that some '.exe installers', like NAM and CAM, should remain as is and maybe select others as well. Is this of interest to anyone else or just me? Your thoughts?
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