Creating a Windows EXE is proving difficult

LongSean on 2011/09/18 07:15 of pyflux

Might have to make due without one. We tried PyInstall and Py2exe. We've been less then successful.
Going to try : http://www.pyweek.org/d/882/ . Hopefully the exe is short in coming.

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Hugoagogo on 2011/09/18 07:28:

I use cx_freeze

pufuwozu on 2011/09/18 07:50:

I had to change the resource loading logic to specifically target py2exe for it to work.

LongSean on 2011/09/18 07:55:

@Hugoagogo: do you have a good tutorial handy ? Maybe it is too much to to create a window's exe form linux ??

LongSean on 2011/09/18 07:56:

P.S. Thanks . @Hugoagogo && @pufuwozu

Archy on 2011/09/18 12:08:

What are the benefits of delivering an exe file? I'm on windows and I don't care if I have to click on an exe or a pyw file.

dotteri on 2011/09/18 12:41:

@Archy the exe use a custom static or dynamic python lib and will use the modules stored in the same directory.

Archy on 2011/09/18 12:46:

Ah, thanks. So it wouln't even require python to be installed? Thats useful. We have only python as a dependecy so all the judges should be fine :)

mauro on 2011/09/18 18:54:

It is our and we didnt want other people to have problems running the game. We also hope is not much of a problem :)

LongSean on 2011/09/18 19:42:

Considering that it is finalists that are performing the judging, I can't imagine a judge not having python configured and working. So long as we don't have esoteric dependencies everything should be fine.

Hugoagogo on 2011/09/19 06:00:

Also if the default script for creating exe files dosent work gui2exe is worth a look