Noob Question : exe

[_D.R_projects]

hello everybody

we're new and we would create a visual novel
and we have a question : when your game is finished, how to create/transforme it in .exe (install = executable)

we're french and german, so excuse us for the langage errors
thanks for your futur answers, bye

[Koveras]

If you follow the manual (see the wiki) and compile the game with Tools->Build distributions, the .exe will be generated automatically. That's for Windows systems, and the compiler also makes executables for Linux and Mac, I think.

Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn: die .exe wird automatisch generiert.

[_D.R_projects]

Thanks for this answer
i'm going to find out how to do it

ps : Danke Schön

[DaFool]

Build Distributions creates zip file. If you need a full installer exe you can use third party program such as nsis.

[Koveras]

Ah, so you meant the installer. Sorry, I thought you meant the game executable to run it without Ren'Py. In that case, as DaFool said, when you build the distributions, Ren'Py generates a ZIP archive with all necessary files to run the game. You can make a self-extracting archive out of it but it's not necessary, because ZIP support is integrated into all modern Windows versions. You also don't really need a proper installer for Ren'Py games since they don't register themselves in the system registry.

[PyTom]

That being said, a proper installer is often nice. (People use installers 10:1 when one is available.)

You can find instructions on building an installer here:

http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/cookbook/NSIS