Pyromaniac Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Hello!I've just completed 0 A.D. Portable. Its the same as the original game, except it has been compressed and packaged in PortableApps.com Format. The source code can be found in Other\Source\0ADPortableLauncher.nsi.You can see the main post here:http://portableapps.com/node/24356Enjoy! Edited September 21, 2010 by Pyromaniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 i would very much like to see an official portable version of the game.would be truly cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hello!I've just completed 0 A.D. Portable. Its the same as the original game, except it has been compressed and packaged in PortableApps.com Format. The source code can be found in Other\Source\0ADPortableLauncher.nsi.You can see the main post here:http://portableapps.com/node/24356Enjoy!I don't understand. Portable, like on an iPhone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribez Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 I don't understand. Portable, like on an iPhone? from http://portableapps.com/about/what_is_a_portable_appPortable App Definition A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind. No Special Hardware - Use any USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod/MP3 player, etc No Additional Software - Just download, run the portable installer and go No Kidding - It's that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) i refer to beeing able to play the game without needing to install it.i dont fully understand if portable apps need to be installed or not, but i have opened portable apps on one computer and taken the app folder to another computer and used the appso i dont know if needn't installationbottom line, id like to not have to install the game.like 75% of my apps are portable which makes the computer run faster.having to install games and apps really bloats up my computer, and especially an under-development game Edited September 18, 2011 by ricmetal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Falcão Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I disagree, at least in my computers, the use of flash drives (wich we call pendrives, by the way) makes the processes slower, as the USB interface bus can't be compared to my Hard Disks' IDE/SATA2 bus. My Hard Disks upload an average of 100-400 MB/s to my memories, while the flash drives only achieve splendid 10 MB/s, so it's not faster, unless your hard disk is full and very fragmented or you use a netbook (which doesn't have HDs, but Flash Drives as Long-term storage devices). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) i am saying having the portable app on the computer's hdnot on a flash drive.regards Edited September 20, 2011 by ricmetal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historic_bruno Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Portable, like on an iPhone? That would be a feat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 i am saying having the portable app on the computer's hdnot on a flash drive.regardsA simple copy/paste install would be kinda awesome. I think *eh hem* someone did this with Starcraft 1, but I wouldn't know anything about that! No, sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historic_bruno Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 My preference would be two install options on Windows, "Typical" which goes to Program Files and has an uninstaller (you might need admin permissions), and "Portable" which extracts the files wherever you choose and is self-contained as described in this thread. I still don't believe that we need to use AppData Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janwas Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 The question is whether we value the Windows Software Logo requirements, which very explicitly forbid writing data in Program Files and demand Appdata instead:http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3859 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historic_bruno Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 The question is whether we value the Windows Software Logo requirements, which very explicitly forbid writing data in Program Files and demand Appdata instead:http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3859Oh, I think some things like cache should be in AppData and maps/logs/etc. in My Documents (like this discussion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janwas Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 Yeah, I think we agree on that (cache in appdata, everything else that's writable/generated in my documents).I was just pointing out that the Program Files option is going against the rules and intent.If you are thinking along the lines of making modding easy (hence everything in Program Files) - is that desire covered by the current option of checking out via SVN and having the entire game tree reside in one directory? I imagine that's what most people do who are seriously inclined to tweak and play around with things.Those two options might suffice, without requiring any additional logic in the installer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 Why is Program Files against the rules again? I've installed plenty of programs to Program Files on my Win 7 machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantumstate Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 (edited) Why is Program Files against the rules again? I've installed plenty of programs to Program Files on my Win 7 machine.I think that for the game to modify anything in the program files folder is against the rules. So only the installer should be touching program files. This is good for security since it means stuff won't be touching program files without admin permissions so your program can't get subtly modified by a virus. So the games cache isn't meant to go there since it will be modified after install. Edited September 26, 2011 by quantumstate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 I think that for the game to modify anything in the program files folder is against the rules. So only the installer should be touching program files. This is good for security since it means stuff won't be touching program files without admin permissions so your program can't get subtly modified by a virus. So the games cache isn't meant to go there since it will be modified after install.Okay then, put the cache in AppData, screenshots and mods in My Documents, and the binaries in Program Files. Fix'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historic_bruno Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 Those two options might suffice, without requiring any additional logic in the installer.I think the point of this thread was that even people who aren't developers (and don't want to mess with SVN or wait for an extra multi-GB download), should be able to use a simple installer and have a portable install. They wouldn't have to extract the files to Program Files, it could be the Desktop or a thumb drive or whatever But at least the paths issue needs to be fixed, it's a higher priority IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Falcão Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 I experienced problems by having other games at the Program Files folder, some games couldn't even save! So i'm installing every game i own in a folder specific for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 A23B portable version http://www.mediafire.com/file/m4qts5h9a7xak3i/0ADPortable_Alpha_23b.paf.exe/file 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Would anyone be interested in a lite version of 0AD with only one civilization ? This way it would be very lite and ideal for small events on little USB keys. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, stanislas69 said: Would anyone be interested in a lite version of 0AD with only one civilization ? This way it would be very lite and ideal for small events on little USB keys. Interesting. Perhaps 2 civs to showcase the potential variety and pose an interesting historical scenario. Spartans and Persians for instance. Use only the Spartan menu background as well. Strip out all the non-greek and non-persian music. Only 2 skirmish maps, a Greek one and a Desert one, stripping out the other biomes and maps. Good idea. Edited December 24, 2018 by wowgetoffyourcellphone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PwrSrg Posted April 27, 2022 Report Share Posted April 27, 2022 I just stumbled on this game, and immediately landed here looking for the same thing. Has this still not been done? If not, can someone please portablize the latest A25 version? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted April 27, 2022 Report Share Posted April 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, PwrSrg said: I just stumbled on this game, and immediately landed here looking for the same thing. Has this still not been done? If not, can someone please portablize the latest A25 version? Thanks! Hey, as I said here It seems portable apps have no interest whatsoever in adding the game to their portable app repos. You can however install it on some machine and copy the files elsewhere. If you pass -writableRoot it'sll be 100% portable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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