Create a windows installer

[zrfisaac]

When I download Godot I always think why such a wonderful program like Godot does not have a windows installer?

I know very well and know how to use a open source script tool to create windows installer called NSIS

My Idea is to create a friendly Godot installer

What do you guys think ?

[Mickeon]

How to install Godot (as of currently):

1. Download the Godot executable from the official website.
2. Done. Once it's extracted it can be run right out of the box. I don't believe it can be any simpler than this.

Alternatively, it's on Steam too. No worrying about installing, or manually updating to the latest version this way.

[Calinou]

There's already a proposal tracking this: #1432

See my comment at the end of the proposal for an update.

[zrfisaac]

Thanks I will have a look! 🙌

[ghost]

I've already made one... IN GODOT!

[anderlli0053]

Also... There is also Inno Setup ( https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php ).... the rival of NSIS, which is mostly script-based...

[fire-forge]

Why does Godot need an installer? What would the installer do differently than what we have now? I've never had any problems downloading a ZIP file from the Godot website or GitHub, extracting, and running the exe.

[Calinou]

The proposal I linked gives some reasons as to why an installer can be useful over a ZIP archive: #1432

Installers provide better system integration, especially for people less knowledgeable with doing this kind of stuff manually (or using Scoop).