tixl3d--tixl/Installer

Building a TiXL Installer

We use Inno Setup to generate a .exe installer that includes all dependencies and installs the Windows Graphics Tools.

Quick Build (One Click)

1. Install Inno Setup.
2. Open Installer/installer.iss in Inno Setup.
3. Click the Play button.

This automatically runs build-release.ps1 which publishes the Player and builds the full solution in Release mode before packaging the installer. The output is created at Installer/Output/.

Manual Build (Step by Step)

If you need to build without Inno Setup, or want to run steps individually:

# From the repository root:
pwsh Installer/build-release.ps1

This runs:

1. dotnet restore
2. dotnet publish for the Player (self-contained, win-x64) to Player/bin/ReleasePublished/
3. dotnet build -c Release for the full solution (Editor post-build copies the published Player into its output)

The result is a complete build in Editor/bin/Release/net10.0-windows/.

Dependencies

The build script automatically downloads these into Installer/dependencies/downloads/ if not already present:

• .NET SDK 10.0.201
• Visual C++ Redistributable

The installer bundles them and installs them on the user's machine if needed.