(11-10-2013, 11:42 PM)RachelB Wrote: https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/controlling-global-user-directory/
Thanks for the info [color=green]RachelB[/color]. I guess I can understand the general idea why, but I still don't really like it. I mean, extracting files and copying the 'user' folder from the old version to the newer one is simple enough. I guess for people like me who use Dolphin, this new way is just unnecessary extra hoops to jump through, especially if you move the program around a lot and don't want it in 'Programs and Features'. One thing I am curious about though is wouldn't you have to keep installing and uninstalling every time you want to use a different revision or new update?
(11-11-2013, 03:26 AM)Shonumi Wrote: If you want, it is easy enough to grab VS 2010 and the 4.0.1 or 4.0 source code and compile the program yourself. That way you don't really have to use installer, just grab the binary you compiled yourself along with the necessary folders (which should come with the source code). Since Dolphin is open source, you'd be free to share your binary with others as a sort of "No Install" version for Windows users (just follow the GPL license and make any changes to the actual code public, though if you're just compiling it you shouldn't have to touch anything codewise). You can make Dolphin "portable" as well, see the link RachelB posted for more info.
I know on Linux, I can compile as many revision of Dolphin as I want (Linux has long had the same global user directory as Windows does now) and "installing" Dolphin has always been an optional last step. Usually I just compile the binary executable and run it.
Okay, I could give that a try. I've never done it before though.
(11-11-2013, 03:41 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: If there´s an advantage of making Dolphin to be included with an installer, here it is:
1- Most times, self-extracting files get damaged. It can be when being packed or when the final user extracts them.
I'd have to disagree here because I find that this happens to me rarely, and usually only because they were damaged when they were getting packed.
(11-11-2013, 03:41 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: 2- The installer provides some dynamic libraries (DLLs, that´s it) that some times can´t be detected after the self-extract, and even some files that are missing in your OS in order to run Dolphin correctly.
Perhaps, but personally, I'd rather get OS related stuff from the original source.
(11-11-2013, 03:41 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: I do understand your point Raiden, but that was a decision that the devs took about the emulator. And every Dolphin user should respect that.
Yeah, I know, but my thread was more of a question for why it was done, and if it was the best way.