Installing
The studio is one download for Windows. It needs nothing else: no Python, and no other tool for the game.
Download
Get the latest version from the download page. There are two files, and the page links straight to both:
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
ProjectIGIStudio-Setup-<version>.exe | The installer. Recommended. |
ProjectIGIStudio-<version>-win.zip | The same program without an installer, to unpack and run anywhere. |
Run the installer
- Double-click
ProjectIGIStudio-Setup-<version>.exe. - If Windows shows Windows protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway. See below for why.
- Pick a folder, or keep the one it suggests, and finish.
It installs for your Windows account only, so it does not ask for an administrator. You get a Start menu entry and a desktop shortcut called Project IGI Studio.
Why Windows warns you
The installer is not signed yet, so SmartScreen does not know who made it and says so. Releases will be signed once SignPath Foundation accepts the project; the code signing policy says how. The source code of every release is on GitHub, and the installer is built from it by GitHub Actions.
The portable zip
Unpack the zip into any folder you can write to and run Project IGI Studio.exe. It is the same program; it just has no Start menu entry and no uninstaller.
Space on your disk
| What | Where | About |
|---|---|---|
| The program | the folder you chose | 400 MB |
| The reference copy of the levels, and the level data | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectIGIStudio | 250 MB |
| Each mission you put into the game | the game's own folder | 250 to 300 MB |
A mission's slot in the game is a copy of the level it is built on, which is why each one takes about as much as a level.
Updating
The studio does it for you. A few seconds after it starts, it asks GitHub whether there is a newer version, and if there is, downloads it quietly. When the download is done it offers to restart; if you would rather not, the new version installs when you close the studio. Help, Check for updates asks straight away.
The portable zip cannot replace itself, so it only tells you a new version is out and opens the download page. Unpack the new zip over the old folder, or anywhere else.
To stop the studio looking, untick Look for a new version when the studio starts in Settings, Updates. You can still install a new version by hand, by running its installer.
Either way your missions, settings and level data are kept: they live in your own folder, not in the program's.
Uninstalling
Use Settings, Apps in Windows, or the uninstaller in the program's folder. It removes the program and leaves your folder alone, so your missions are still there if you install again. To remove everything, delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectIGIStudio as well.
Missions you applied stay in the game until you take them out. Do that from the studio before uninstalling it (Removing a mission from the game), or delete the game's missions\location0\level15 (and up) folders by hand.
Next: connect your game.