Hi Charles, Generally speaking yes that is what a person should do anyway by default. Especially, in a case where the new version isn't backwards compatible with a prier release. This was definitely one of those cases as I had just redesigned the engine from scratch in C++ and had nothing in common with beta 10 and earlier. Someone should have realized from the start that they might get a screwed up install trying to upgrade the existing code. Even Microsoft has to tell people to do a complete reinstall if his/her software is too far out of date. Take Windows 7 for example. It will not upgrade Windows XP in any way, shape, or form. You do a complete from scratch installation using the full retail version or you don't install it at all. That's because there are way too many differences between XP and Windos 7 to make an upgrade possible. Same holds true for MOTA beta 11 and beta 10. There simply not compatible enough for an upgrade to be made remotely possible. However, one of the features Advanced Setup Installer has if I can figure out how to use it is the ability to check for previous installs. If there is one installed it will prompt you to uninstall version x before installing version y. I think this would come in handy and help prevent human error in this case. Of course, it will only work if the previous version used the same installer. So even if I start doing that for version beta 12 it might not know about a version using Inno Setup which could be a problem.
HTH On 4/14/10, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > Shouldn't the previous installation be uninstalled before the newer one is > installed? That way, you know that you have a clean installation. Other > than when installing a patch, that's what I do. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
