http://www.wpiw.net/home.html
The Elder Scrolls Post Install Wizard(TESPI) *Moddified WPI
Skyrim Post Install Wizard(SPI) or
Oblivion Post Install Wizard(OPI) or
Morrowind Post Install Wizard(MPI) or
Fallout3 Post Install Wizard(FPI) or
Fallout New Vegas Post Install Wizard(NVPI) or
... Get the drift...
While Wrye Bash has Wizards for scripted install, these mainly pertain to mods.
The first thing most of us modders/players do is after taking out the game install disk
is to follow up with the utilities/extras etc...
Why not make a custom version of Windows Post Install Wizard(WPI) for Beths Moddable Games.
1. It could run from an extracted download. 7z,rar,zip,etc...
2. It could run from a usb
3. It could be burned to disk.(Ex: Place TESPI(2nd disk) in to continue installation... )
The Idea here is to create a Official/Unofficial Install-It-All Disk and/or Kit
As goes with respecting authors rights, permissions would have to be granted for most
things to be included into a "Compiled" Status(Ex: ready to burn/install/distribute)
So there would be basically 2 supported TESPI's
1. One with granted permissions - ready-to-go
2. A Build all/yourself kit for Additional stuff that can't be included for whatever reasons
This Idea came about a long while ago, back when I cussed FCOM everytime I CTD while playing/changing with my mods.
manually/BAIN of course.
...then I saw this thread and kind of snickered.
Blade of Mercy's 50Steps_To_Stable_FCOM+++ Thread
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1119325-50steps-to-stable-fcom/
BAIN/WizBAIN has progressed a bit since then, so I thought how could installing be made even easier/faster overall...?
Software/Utilities/Ideas to Include List
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-Official Game Patches
-Unnoficial Game Patches
-Wrye Bash Components
Python
wxPython
comtypes
win32
-Blender 2.49b with Nifscripts/PYFFI
-PYFFI
-NifSkope
-Oblivion Mod Manager (OBMM)
-Nexus Mod Manager (NMM)
-Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE)
-Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE)
-BOSS
-TES4Edit
-TES4GECKO
-TES4LODGen
-TES5Edit
-Pluggy
-Constuction Set Extrender
-ENB Stuff / Kit
This/these would have to be downloaded manually and configured since author wont allow redistributions
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Etc,etc,etc...
I would like to hear the communities thoughts/ideas...
How many people would be willing to support the installer setup...
What would you like to see included(kit or otherwise),etc
Note: Other than my personal collection of stuff, This is an thread for collecting infos/ideas
to be able at the very least provide a good full kit to be able to burn a disk... eventually.
Now, On with the comments...