Installer options and parameters

This article describes the options available in the installer UI and what parameters may be supplied to the installer when run from the command prompt (also referred to as cmd line).

Installer UI installation options

Installer UI

  • Install Simplygon Grid <version>
    Whether to install Simplygon Grid that entails the Server, Agent and Admin Utility features.
    Having this option checked while having the Perform Express Installation option unchecked will present additional installation options per Simplygon Grid feature during the installation process.

  • Install Simplygon Tools <version>
    Whether to install the Simplygon Tools package that entails Simplygon Batch and the Simplygon UE4 integration.
    Having this option checked while having Perform Express Installation option unchecked will present additional installation options per Simplygon Tools feature during the installation process.

  • Install the Simplygon plug-in to to detected 64-bit Max/Maya plug-in folders
    Whether to install (copy) the Simplygon Max/Maya plug-in and dependencies to any detected Max/Maya plug-in folder (detected via Max/Maya registry entries).

    Note

    The various Simplygon Max/Maya plugins are always installed to %userprofile%\Documents\Simplygon\8\UI\Max and %userprofile%\Documents\Simplygon\8\UI\Maya regardless of the checked state of the option, enabling manual copying of Simplygon Max/Maya plug-ins to desired folder targets.

  • Update settings files (uncheck if the home directory is on a network share)
    Whether to update certain setting/config files.
    This options shall always be checked unless it prevents the user from writing to user directories such as %localappdata%, whereby manual configuration of these setting/config files is required since the installation process will avoid writing to these directories.

  • Perform Express Installation
    The installation process will display additional per-product options if the Perform Express Installation option is unchecked.

Installer parameters

To show all available installer parameters run the installer from the cmd prompt using the /? parameter: /? showing available installer parameters

Please see the Installer products and features article for per-product installer parameters that can be used in conjunction with the installer parameters.

Example 1

The following example will install Simplygon SDK 8.3 with minimal UI (no user interaction) without the Simplygon Grid and Simplygon Tools products:

SimplygonSDK_8.3.317.5902.exe /passive InstallSimplygonGrid=0 InstallSimplygonTools=0

Example 2

The following example will install Simplygon SDK 8.3 without presenting the installer UI and without the Simplygon Grid Server feature:

SimplygonSDK_8.3.317.5902.exe /quiet InstallSimplygonGridServer=0