Packaging: Best way to bypass UnSetup.exe's registry checks?

Legacy UDK Programming and UnrealScript
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Can anyone who has successfully packaged their UDK game onto Steam tell me how they bypassed or fixed UnSetup.exe’s registry checks. It performs a registry check for the EULA and crashes when the game is launched on other PCs since it wasn’t installed using an UDK installer. I am using Feb 2014 version of UDK.

Also for dependencies UE3Redist.exe launches a big UI which I don’t think can be hidden anyway. From what I see it’s VC++ 2010 and DirectX 9.0c which are available in Steam itself. Are there any other dependencies that i should know of? Will Steam’s own Redist’s work fine?

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The way I do it (may not bee the best way but this is my 2nd steam game using this process …) is I install the game on my PC then I have steam via the build app do a compare for files and it uploads and creates a depot in steam.

You then can let steam download and install the game into the steam folder for the player.

I let steam handle the whole process. If I want a new update into steam I uninstall the game from my pc reinstall into the same folder, run the app build process again which compares changed files with whats in steam and it uploads a new depot which the player can download once you authorise it. I replace the EULA with a copy of mine instead of the UDK EULA as its the game not UDK that gets installed.

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Which version of UDK are you using? This problem was introduced after 2013 something version. You might be using the older builds so you are not getting the problem.

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July 2012, wasn’t aware there’s an issue with later versions, if you install the way I do through steam I wouldn’t expect you to get an issue, you don’t use the udk setups or package.

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It’s a confirmed issue:

There is a memory leak in your build btw:

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Thanks for the info, yeah just tried and it took a while but the leak did occur. Something else for me to consider …

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You could at-least tell me about the dependencies though.

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In the steamworks page see the installation tab and under there you can select the redistributables and have steam install them

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Yeah i know that but which ones are required?

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I’m using the 2014 UDK release, and i haven’t encountered this issue.

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TBH, I’ve never asked that question, I ticked the Direct x and 2010 dist based on what I thought UDK was installing.

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Are you testing on your own PC? Then the issue won’t pop up because the registry keys are activated on your PC. You should make a copy of the game files and uninstall the game installation and then try launching the .exe from the copy.

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My current game has been installed on other peoples pc’s after they downloaded and installed from steam. I also used the same method to release another game on steam prior to my current game.

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You have the older UDK version when it worked without problem.

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So did anyone manage to find a solution to this? My game is asking players to agree to the terms each time i push new updates.

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Did you give them the installer made from Unreal Frontend or the game files directly?

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@chimera201 It’s the game files directly i’m uploading to steam. Everytime I push an update, it forces all player to agree to the EULA again, and it registers a new app in every players programs list:

It’s pretty annoying and several players have complained about it.

Anyone know how I can fix this?

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Which UDK version are you using? I don’t know how that’s possible if you directly giving them the game files. Maybe something changed in a later UDK version? Did they screw it up more?

There are like 3 ways of going about my original problem.

  1. Use Unsetup.exe of an older UDK version when it didn’t have the registry check
  2. Create a blank exe manually and use it as UnSetup.exe
  3. Manually edit the registry keys through a script.

I think i’m going to use the blank exe approach whenever my time comes to ship. I hope it doesn’t violate any Epic’s rights.

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How did you package your game in 122MB ? :confused: