Installer

These are the Inno Setup scripts (.iss) and assets used to compile the various types of installers that the Special K team provides.

• The main packaged Special K installer can be downloaded from https://special-k.info/.
• The other packaged installers from their respective location.

About the repository

Note that this repository includes the core framework required by the installers — it does not include all required game/mod/software files, folders, and dependencies to build a specific installer as such files are outside the scope of this repository. Inno Setup users should therefor not expect to be able to build a specific installer using solely the files in this repository. The scripts are provided primarily for historical as well as educational purposes.

Inno Setup Script	What it does
SpecialK.iss	Builds a combined installer of Special K, SKIF, and SKIFsvc.
SKIFdrv.iss	Builds an installer for SKIFdrv.
Mod.iss	Builds installers for the game mods: - TBFix for Tales of Berseria - TVFix for Tales of Vesperia - UnX for Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster
Mod_TSFix.iss	Builds installers for the game mods: - TSFix for Tales of Symphonia
ValvePlug.iss	Builds an installer for Valve Plug.
SpecialK_Shared.iss	Shared helper code, procedures, functions, and logic used by the build scripts.
CodeDependencies.iss	Shared dependency handler: Inno Setup Dependency Installer

Building the installers

1. Download Inno Setup from https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
2. Clone the whole repository.
3. Create the necessary input and output subfolders based on which installer is being build:
   • Main Special K installer uses Source as the input folder and Builds as the output folder.
   • Game-specific installers uses Source_<ModName> (e.g. Source_UnX) as the input folder and Builds_Mods as the output folder.
   • SKIFdrv (the kernel driver installer) uses Source_SKIFdrv as input and Builds_SKIFdrv as the output.
   • ValvePlug uses Source_ValvePlug as input and Builds_ValvePlug as output folders.
4. The source folders are structured identically as the desired post-install folder state should be (except for untouched game files, of course).
   • The easiest way to set a source folder up is to just extract the relevant .7z archive of said mod/package straight into it, and then add/remove files as wanted.
   • Note that SpecialK.iss and Source requires combining the compiled versions of Special K, SKIF, and SKIFsvc in their relevant places/subfolders.
5. Right click the relevant Inno Setup Install Script (.iss) file, and click Compile.
   • See the section above on which file corresponds to which installer.
   • Mod.iss is shared between multiple installers -- edit the file and (un)comment the appropriate #define <ModName> at the top of the file to select which installer to build.
6. Once the installer has been built, perform an install and uninstall for testing purposes to verify that everything works as intended.
   • Uninstalls of game-specific mods are intended to restore the original untouched game state as much as possible (e.g. restoring original LAA-unaware executables).

Third-party code

• Features the music track Stargazer by Centurion_of_war, licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

• Uses Inno Setup Dependency Installer, licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02.

• Includes various snippets of code from Stack Overflow, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.