Can we create standalone installers with Wwise 2016.1?

Question

In previous versions, the Wwise installer has provided the option to create a standalone installer.  I don't see any obvious way to do that with the new Wwise Launcher.

 

Any way to do something similar in 2016.1?

 

My goal is to have the authoring components installed automatically onto dev machines by our build pipeline (without any user interaction).    So the ability to run Wwise Launcher in a headless mode to install the authoring components would work for me too.

Answer 1

There are many ways to deploy the Wwise Authoring on several computers:

Source Control

1. Copy the Authoring folder to your source control (Perforce, SVN, git) and let your users sync it

Downloaded Files #1

1. Use the save downloaded files option in the Wwise Launcher
2. Place the downloaded files on a shared location
3. Have people install the Wwise Launcher, and use the Install from previously downloaded files

Downloaded Files #2 - Automated

1. Use the save downloaded files option in the Wwise Launcher
2. Place the downloaded files on a shared location
3. Write a script that use the xz toolset to unzip the downloaded files at the location of your choice

In any case, ensure you have the following dependencies installed:

 - Redistributable VC 2013:
   https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/E/6/2E61CFA4-993B-4DD4-91DA-3737CD5CD6E3/vcredist_x64.exe

   https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/E/6/2E61CFA4-993B-4DD4-91DA-3737CD5CD6E3/vcredist_x86.exe
 - .NET 4.0 (if you use File Packager):

   https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe