The Mod User's Best Friend - the Mod-Switcher

**Encaitar** · 07-12-2005, 03:20

Can RMOD run .bat files as part of the install process?

For me:tw for instance, there are a few bat files that are run during the install process. They're not all completely necessary, but without them the download size would increase from about 60MB to over 160MB.

**Vercingetorix** · 07-12-2005, 22:14

You can, in the advanced options you have "Install executable" and "Uninstall executable". Just put the appropriate .bat filenames in the boxes. One thing you should be aware of is that the .bat files must be placed in the data\ folder of your mod so that they're copied on install, they are also run AFTER the install/uninstall process.

If you have any questions or problems please ask.

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 07-27-2005, 20:38

Question - does Mod-Switcher support command line switches? Like -show_err?

If it doesn't, could support be added in a future release? Pretty please?

**Monkwarrior** · 07-27-2005, 20:49

In my experience ModSwitcher was very useful, but I used a mixed installation. The rmod file contained only the files that replaced the original ones. All the other files were installed in a "classical" way (due to compression questions). Those files, the rmod and even ModSwitcher were included in a self-installer (.exe) file, able also to uninstall the mod.
The shortcut of the game will be shared by all the mods, so it would contain the commands you put in it (ex. -show_err).
Probably, the final release of the mod will have the same structure, without ModSwitcher if it is already popular enough.

**Epistolary Richard** · 07-27-2005, 22:27

That sounds like a good combination, what were the compression questions you mentioned?

**Monkwarrior** · 07-27-2005, 23:29

I wasn't sure if rmod had any compression at all, or if it would be compressed in the self-installer file.
In that way I was sure that the final file was not too large. (Perhaps I'm wrong, it would be necessary to test if rmod is compressed by the common installer programs

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**Epistolary Richard** · 07-28-2005, 09:32

I don't believe the RMOD has any compression, but my experiments with my own files showed that a zipped RMOD was the same size as a zip of the regular files.