CODEX Installer + build tools

This repository contains the code for the CODEX installer and the tools required to build it

Directory Structure

• tooling/: Contains necessary tools and dependencies.

  • InnoSetupEE/: Enhanced edition of Inno Setup with additional features.
  • UltraARC/: Tool used for compressing files to bin files.
  • InnoUnp/: Tool that lets you unpack other InnoSetup installers.

• installer/: Inno Setup scripts for creating custom installers.

  • src/: Contains the source code for the installer.

Getting Started

1. Using Inno Setup Enhanced Edition:

   • Navigate to tooling/InnoSetupEE/.
   • Run Compil32.exe to open the enhanced edition of Inno Setup.
   • Go to File -> Open and navigate installer/src.
   • Open setup.iss and now you can modify the installer.

2. Testing and Compiling:

   • To test your changes you can press F9 or click the Run button.
   • To compile the installer, you can press CTRL+F9 or press the Compile button.
   • If you want to modify one of the styles in src/installer/Include/Style, you need RAD Studio.

3. Adding the Game Files:

   • In the code, change the defines like Game, GameExe, NeedSize and so on.
   • Compile the Setup, it will show up in DISTRIBUTABLE.
   • Add additional crack files to DISTRIBUTABLE/CODEX if needed.
   • Otherwise delete it or make it empty.
   • Navigate to tooling/UltraARC/ and run UltraARC.exe.
   • Select the game folder as Source folder.
   • Select DISTRIBUTABLE as First Volume Content.
   • Choose some Output folder where the finilized bundle will go.
   • Switch to the Options tab and under Methods, check LZMA.
   • Switch to the Output tab and change Archive Prefix to setup- and Extension to bin.
   • You can play with some options here and there to achieve better compression.
   • If you select CD Image to bundle into .iso, you can add an icon in Options -> CD Image.
   • The icon can be found in the root of the project.

4. IMPORTANT:

   • UltraARC may split one of the bins into two or more parts aka setup-2a and setup-2b for example.
   • If this happens, you have to fiddle with the Thershold Percent option under Output tab.
   • The installer doesn't know how to deal with parted archives.

5. Additional Information:

   • You can easily switch between different group graphics.
   • In setup.iss change Style to PLAZA/RUNE.
   • There are more styles to choose from in src/installer/Include/Style.
   • Change GroupName to the same.
   • Don't forget to change the crack direcotry name.
   • Set LogoGroup to 7 and IconGroup to 2 for PLAZA.
   • Set logo to 8 and icon to 3 for RUNE.
   • You can also change the music to PLAZA/RUNE by changin MusicGroup.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute by submitting pull requests or reporting issues in the repository.

Credits

All credits goes to the amazing guys from FileForums

• Rinaldo: Original Code
• Jiva: Fixed CODEX version used in this repo
• Razor12911 Fixed the Enhanced Edition and added several features