game developer Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Ok, we are game developers and making our PC game made with XNA into a release on CD. It is required we provide a "windows installer" so we provided the Windows Installer 3.1 Redist V2 and we found a problem when we try to load the disk and install the game on the Windows Vista machine it comes up with error while trying to load this program stating "not enough space available" which isn't accurate and we have 160gb of space. I assume this is a conflict of some sort.I have read where Vista comes with Windows Installer 4.5, so how or what can we put on disc that installs the Windows Installer for XP yet doesn't come up with error during the Vista install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 If there are complications between installers then won't there be a Vista alternative?You could put a readme file on the disc too for Vista users to read and know why the game won't install and how to install it a different way rather than the second installer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game developer Posted March 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 If there are complications between installers then won't there be a Vista alternative?You could put a readme file on the disc too for Vista users to read and know why the game won't install and how to install it a different way rather than the second installer.But problem is the disk will autorun and we don't want every single user of Vista to crash their install after putting in the disk. Microsoft must provide an alternative, just don't know what it is.Why can't vista see this and just say "already have one installed, no need to install". Is there another version that Vista can recognize and still work on XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Then edit the autorun file to show the menu with two installers - XP and VistaOr, what does the autorun run exactly? The usual autorun menu or the game's splash window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I don't understand why you need to distribute the Windows Installer. Every Windows installation already has a version of the Windows Installer, even though it may not be the newest one.What you need is the Windows Installer SDK to build your installer package; on the target systems the Windows Installer itself should already be installed.P.S. Windows Installer 4.5 is for XP (SP2, SP3), Windows Server 2003, Vista, and Windows Server 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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