byond stopped shipping with embedded vsc++ dlls, installer doesn't install vsc++

ID:2908829
 
Jan 18, 11:00 am
BYOND Version:515.1615
Operating System:Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Web Browser:Firefox 115.0
Applies to:Dream Seeker & Dream Daemon
Status: Open
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Descriptive Problem Summary:
Since byond 1615 byond has stopped including the embedded vsc++ dlls, and the installer doesn't seem to install vsc++ redist

I've had players complain about the game not being able to start and even a server that failed to start over this.

The solution is installing https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe but i understand that most software that requires this just has the installer make sure its installed.

Jan 18, 6:18 pm
The installer is supposed to detect if this is needed and download it if so. The way it does this is by trying to run Dream Seeker with a test command after the installation, which should fail if the appropriate DLLs aren't present.

I haven't been able to find another solution for detecting if the redistributables are installed. If you have any other ideas I'm happy to give them a try.
Jan 18, 9:14 pm
Your current method doesn't seem to work, I'm not even seeing it trying to run Dream Seeker after the installer finishes.

I think every version of the redist packages create a unique registry entry when installed, you can probably check for those inside of the installer since you're only needing a specific version to fire.

They're under 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[version]\VC\VCRedist