Hi,
Ah, that helps bounches. Now I understand. Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any MOTA Beta 8 feedback?
Hi Kevin,
Well, first of all, the game is constantly undergoing changes. Not just
the game but the manual, sound effects, speech files, etc. As a result
some files might be added, some removed, and the directory structure might
change slightly between releases. The net effect is that if you install or
upgrade one version over another there is going to be a bunch of extra
junk left over that isn't being used, and is just waisting space. Not to
mention successive upgrades can cause problems that might not show up in a
clean install.
As it happens you probably don't know even Microsoft recommends that you
perform a clean install of Windows instead of running the Windows upgrade
cd when upgrading to a new full release of Windows. However, they do offer
the upgrade cds simply because some people aren't able to do a complete
install on their own, or there is some technical reason like they need
special drivers that aren't provided with the full retail version. Still
that doesn't undermine the fact it is usually better to do a fresh install
of Windows when upgrading rather than to buy the upgrade cd.
Anyway, as a developer I always live by "it is better safe than sorry."
Most developers know upgrading is bad, a clean install is best, so that is
what I make my testers do.
As far as the setup tool I use, Inno Setup, it can do upgrades, but I've
noticed it doesn't always work correctly.I've personally seen times where
it fails to overwrite some file, for some reason or other, and that ends
up generating a nasty bug in the game you wouldn't have had if it was just
installed clean. So that reason is just one more example why upgrading an
existing installation can be bad.
HTH
Kevin Weispfennig wrote:
Hi,
I think this question has been aksed, but why do you have to uninstall
the game first before installing the first one?
And, can't the Installer that installs the game do it?
Thanks,
Kevin
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