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Question - IDE Safe to run the Gamemaker installer to upgrade?

toxigames

Member
When starting Gamemaker 2 I get a message that a newer version available and if I'd like to download? I say yes and it downloads a Gamemaker 2 installer. Running the installer I get this popup box. Is this a safe way to upgrade Gamemaker 2? It says that it will remove the old version... I'm guessing that I won't lose my settings through this... right?


Why are there no integrated update feature in Gamemaker 2? Is this a planned future feature? Or do devs intend to keep it this manual way of downloading and upgrading?


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Hyomoto

Member
This is indeed the proper method. I think SOME versions don't require a reinstall but it seems most of them do. It may be annoying but it works fine. It won't affect your project files or anything though some updates DO add new options and those might be toggled on by default.
 
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