Hi Philip, that was a very good article, and straight to the point. I've encountered the same issues as you discuss, and at the moment that's why I host the full DirectX runtime on my website. Still I'd be very interested in your Inno Setup scripts so I can update XAudio2, X3D, etc in the background as I'm likely going to be using those components in the Genesis 3D engine myself in the not too distant future. Like you I'd rather not have to depend on people figuring out if they have the right versions of the libraries installed and just do it. In fact, I need to do this with the Visual C++ runtimes as well as I'm getting a bit tired of people not having them and e-mailing support for help when I could just bundle them in as a silent install.
Cheers! On 3/6/11, Philip Bennefall <phi...@blastbay.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been following the recent discussions about the best way to either > automatically upgrade DirectX, or check in the setup program whether the > necessary components are installed. There seemed to be some confusion > regarding this, so I spent some time yesterday evening researching it. The > following article is the result: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5121962/DirectX.txt > > I would like to know what you all think of my approach, especially other > developers. > > I will include this article as part of the BGT package, probably with an > example InnoSetup script that sets up the components that BGT uses which are > XAudio2 from the June2010 SDK, and X3dAudio from the February 2010 SDK. > These are the latest versions available to date. > > Kind regards, > > Philip Bennefall > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > 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/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.