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I was experiencing the same install issues that many seem to be with Windows XP SP2/x64, so I decided to create a new installer using the Nullsoft Install System.

It is a little fiddly (as I'm only providing the script, you'll need to compile it yourself), but it does install the game and it runs without issue afterwards.

I can provide the HDFRAMES.DAT file, which gets created by the Westwood installer when a full install is performed, but I don't have enough space to host it (RAR'ed it is 236MB!).

So, here it is: http://greenwest.actewagl.net.au/blade_nsis.zip

Instructions are included, but if there are any issues, feel free to contact me.

Excellent job Orffen! I've been hoping for some geek to make a x64 compatible installer... gonna try it out soon. Also sticking your topic.

How do we contact you? I don't have a copy of HDFRAMES.DAT or Blade.ini, if you can provide those (through AIM filesend...or however you can) that'd be most excellent.

Hi, I've tried what youve said and it isn't working for me, I get the following message in the compiler window:

!define: "MUI_INSERT_NSISCONF"=""

Changing directory to: "C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\My Documents\BASE"

Processing script file: "C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\My Documents\BASE\BLADE.NSI"
Name: "Blade Runner: The Game"
OutFile: "D:\BLADE\Setup Blade Runner.exe"
InstallDir: "$PROGRAMFILES\Blade Runner"
InstProgressFlags: smooth=0, colored=0
Page: directory
Page: instfiles
UninstPage: uninstConfirm
UninstPage: instfiles
Function: ".onInit"
File: "System.dll"->"$PLUGINSDIR\System.dll" [compress] 6029/10240 bytes
Plugin Command: Call kernel32::CreateMutexA(i 0, i 0, t "Blade Runner: The Game") i .r1 ?e
Pop: $R0
StrCmp "$R0" "0" equal=+3, nonequal=
MessageBox: 48: "The installer is already running."
Abort: ""
FunctionEnd
Section: "Installer"
SetOutPath: "$INSTDIR"
File: "BASE\*.*" -> no files found.
Usage: File [/nonfatal] [/a] ([/r] [/x filespec [...]] filespec [...] |
/oname=outfile one_file_only)
Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\My Documents\BASE\BLADE.NSI" on line 30 -- aborting creation process

Could you please help me?

Ok so I fixed that problem, I didn't create the folder "BASE" and it could not locate it. Anyways now I have a new problem:

Processed 1 file, writing output:
Adding plug-ins initializing function... Done!
Processing pages... Done!
Removing unused resources... Done!
Generating language tables... Done!
Generating uninstaller... Done!

Output: "D:\BLADE\Setup Blade Runner.exe"
Can't open output file
Error - aborting creation process

I tried changing the "D:\BLADE\Setup Blade Runner.exe" to "C:\BLADE\Setup Blade Runner.exe" as I dont have a D drive but this did not work.