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Manual Content: Build Menu page should specify that 'Create Executable and Launch' will not launch executables packaged as installers #4706

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cameron-home opened this issue Feb 13, 2024 · 1 comment
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The Build Menu manual page's section on 'Create Executable and Launch' should specify that if executables are packaged as installers, the installer will be created but the executable will not be launched. It should be specified that using 'Create Executable and Launch' is the same as using 'Create Executable' when specifically selecting 'Package as Installer'.

It is suggested that the section could be rephrased to something like this:
"This will create an executable, just like the option above, and if it's a suitable package format that the game can be run without an installer to follow first, it will launch the game automatically on the target platform. This command is the same as pressing the Create Executable and Launch button in the IDE. If there is an installer to follow first, the game will not launch automatically and the command will be the same as pressing the Create Executable button in the IDE."

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https://manual.gamemaker.io/beta/en/IDE_Navigation/Menus/The_Build_Menu.htm

@cameron-home cameron-home added the docs-bug GameMaker Manual Bugs label Feb 13, 2024
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stuckie commented Feb 14, 2024

We will change it so that the Windows installer is invoked.

gurpreetsinghmatharoo added a commit to YoYoGames/GameMaker-Manual that referenced this issue May 7, 2024
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@github-project-automation github-project-automation bot moved this from Backlog to Done in Team Workload May 7, 2024
@gurpreetsinghmatharoo gurpreetsinghmatharoo moved this from Done to Ready for QA in Team Workload May 7, 2024
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