buzz installer

[mute]

not tryin to steal rp's thunder or anything , but i've been meaning to make my own version of a buzz installer and i've finally done so..

http://www.plosive.net/buzz/install.html

It'll change quite a bit. Right now it's a rather simple installer/uninstaller, no PVST, no Overloader.

btw, the disclaimer about posting it on other websites is only for the time being until I finish a final version that does everything I want.
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[ld0d]

WHERE ARE THE MACHINE DEVELOPMENT FILES?! WE NEED THE MACHINE DEVELOPMENT FILES!

(dev/ in the original buzz distro. nowhere to be found. really, is there really no single good distro with all the important stuff in it? might be the reason why people find it hard to install a good, working version of buzz.)

other than that, way to go mute!

uh, another problem: screamwaver is included but it doesn't work (no overloader, right?).

[e-client]

well... to put in my stuff:

i tried to install ye olde bm massive pack the other day on my new comp, without success... i tried -EVERYTHING-... without success...

then i decided to go and try to install it the oldschool style, 1.04 -> 1.1 -> 1.2 -> 1.2 new exe -> overloader and so on...

after all that i just took the gear folder of my old buzz installation on the other comp and just put it in the new one.

know what? it worked... no buzz crashes so far, no machine failing, hell i even did not have any noise bursts so far.

pretty weird, but well... maybe that is useful info for you, since all other installers that mess around in registry and installation routines have failed, say bm massive packs, lasers buzzxp installer and every other there is around.

yo
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[nool]

hey nice job mute, i installed it here, and it worked first time, no compat mode or anything else, also the installation mechanism (is transparent which i like unlike xinod's...)

did u see my thread about a machine pack ?

http://www.buzzchurch.com/viewtopic.php?t=170

i carefully sorted out alot of buzz gens/effs ...

maybe possible to add here ?
i can clean up that machines dir somemore ...

maybe two versions of installs ? big / basic (current) ?

just some ideas...
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[nool]

also about the .txt

does buzzformat still exist ? worth the mention ?

oh but wait what is this ?

coming soon 'mute's articles' ?
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[nool]

here is some possible adds for the tips.txt

http://web.hibo.no/~mva/board.php?p=35374
http://web.hibo.no/~mva/board.php?p=35375

almost all the tips from buzzmachines.com

of course the crappy ones have to be removed =p
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[usr]

register those packs with the buzzwiki, along with a description along the lines of "pack for ppl who don't want unnecessary magic to happen" or so...
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[mute]

there's several things i need to fix with that install already which is why i wanted to put it out while im still working on it.. a bunch of ppl have already pointed out some helpful things i mistakenly did. nevertheless.. it's going to change alot. thnx for the links..

i'll check out the packs you guys've worked on, clarion and paniq mentioned something about it earlier too..

as for screamwaver, it doesn't require overloader.. does it? i didnt think it did. didnt actually mean to include it in this install, at least not without an option.

but yeah there's alot more work to be done. when i make one im happy with for myself i'll start work on a couple others to satisfy other users and a barebones no frills version.
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[e-client]

[nool]

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[Xenobioz]

It seems to be very common that people give up the idea of using buzz, since they think you need to be a rockets scientist get it work.
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[e-client]

[mute]

http://web.archive.org/web/20020611061659/www.303.org/buzz/installs/

same as the original jeskola download page but different colors, i had this online for a few years.
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[nool]

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[e-client]

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[Suckow]

are you running XP and the new service pack? cause that kept things from working on my new computer until I made it so buzz ran in some non default mode.
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[D Tox]

I hope is better than the other installer, coz buzz is not working anymore since I installed the l8est version of it on my pc
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[intoxicat]

mute - what is the current status of your installer?

[mute]

im working on it right now actually, and im going to split it into a couple of different branches.
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[nathansnider]

Don't know if anyone alse has this problem, but using this installer, I get some serious memory leakage issues. I notice this slow, steady climb in memory allocated to Buzz. If I leave Buzz running for a couple days (not unusual, since I'm lazy that way), it'll crash the system hard (I'm running 2K, in case you're curious). And exiting Buzz doesn't kill the process - I have to go do it manually in Task Manager or else it'll keep gobbling up memory. I've never had this problem with any other install, and even with a fair bit of experimenting, I still can't figure out what causes it.

Thought you might be interested.

-n

[magmavander]

Hi,

I use the same buzz install since some years now.

So, for those who have a Buzz running fine, do like this :
Burn on a cd your Buzz directory, as it is.
If one cd is not enough, just zip the different biggest folder (I have a VST folder that is very, very big - 1 Gig!! I made two zip with it) and burn them on more than one cd.

When you have a new computer, just drag and drop your original buzz folder (or unzip) to the place where you use to have Buzz installed. That's all!!

It works like a charm, for me at last.

I have done that 5 or 6 times these last years (under Win 95, Win98, Win98 second edit, Win XP Pro) and I never, yes never, had problems of re-installing Buzz!!

Many people forget that Buzz doesnt really need install.
But what is doing mute is a good idea too, of course. Coz there is a lot of people having problems.

Hope that helps

Bye
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[usr]

well, as long as we are talking about a new computer, i would not expect any problems related to visual c runtime version 7.

but anyway, some people might say otherwise because the buzz-fu is already so deeply rooted in their brains, but buzz is not easy. it's just not as impossible to get to run as those in the dark might think it is.

but expecting out-of-the-box performance like even most commercial software (without the added difficulty of lost source) does not give is like comparing the maintenance intervals of a toyota family car with those of a racing car in active duty.
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[errorist]

any yet, the toyota beats the formual 1 car .
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[nathansnider]

[usr]

[definition: "buzz output driver" is one of those wo_*.dll files]

are you using the same sound card driver (not buzz output driver) or notebook chipset driver as before?

well possible that the dx buzz output driver (which can be a bitch at times, like most buzz output drivers) fucks up with a certain version of the sound card driver, could even be a different one on the cd that came with the computer than the one that was installed on the hd
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