Hi there,
Does anyone try out Smart Packer Pro www.smartpacker.nl/smartpackerpro.html or know if it supports Unity projects? Files are stored within a virtual filesystem so maybe this could be a helpfull tool.
Cheers,
Mark
i second this,useful for bigger project
Decided to give it a try and tested the Island Demo.
It works great. 
and whats the problem with using it in the pro version?
looks a lot like Molebox Solution to me to tell the truth (or better its original forms molebox and molebox pro, but with a new skin), which already supported .net and mono applications just fine
There is no problem
It has more features then Molebox, easy to use gui and a better price 
Will do some more tests.
the pro costs the same as molebox pro has cost through its whole lifetime.
I’ve some doubts that it can compete with molebox solutions but as mentioned to me it looks like the devs of molebox just rebranded the old stuff, gave it a new skin and rereleased
Molebox Pro is not available anymore so Smart Packer Pro costs less. 
Checked both and they are not the same products :lol:
I know that pro is no longer available.
originally it was molebox + mb pro, then it was mb pro + mb ultra and then all was left was ultra, rebranded to mb solutions (shows how long I’ve been using that thing hehe)
Yet the software above has a hell a lot of resemblance with the original mb and mb pro offering especially when it comes to the feature delta etc.
it just has a much more userfriendly editor than mb had.
thats what I meant with my words above.
but what I don’t get is the part about support.
unity creates normal mono .net executables, which should work fine given that thing doesn’t fuck up relationships
@Dreamora - Can’t remember what I paid for MoleBox Pro but sounds like I’ve been using it as long as you. Zero issues with it so far, whether running on XP, Vista or W7. How about you?
@MrFix - Would regular SmartPacker work also or only the Pro version?
Never had any issues either. I originally bought the pro for usage with BlitzPlus / Blitz3D to package in all the DLL with the exe etc instead of clobbering systems.
Don’t know if regular Smart Packer would also work. Did not test it.
Seems to be officially supported.
I’m trying to use Molebox for my project, everything gets packed into a single .exe file, great!
But the problem is when I run my .exe Unity still complains about there needing to be the data folder containing all my unpacked data!
How do I get around this?
Ensure to disable logging in Unity or you will need to place the empty data folder next to it. Reason is that the files in the packed exe are not writable anymore yet Unity will try to do so and fail
Since Unity 2.6 or so the player settings luckily contain a checkbox to disable it, but I think the command line flag to enforce it is still there too
Thanks Dreamora, the solution works for Molebox
To answer the OP based on my experiences with Smart Packer, I have two big issues with it.
1.) AVG anti-virus (used by millions) shows a Trojan horse warning when running the packed executable. I contacted Smart Packer support about this and they say AVG is known for false positives. Well when your game is being run by some random kid or parent and they see a virus threat popup, they’re not going to go and research if your executable is a false positive or not. They’re going to think they downloaded some dodgy software and immediately uninstall it… and possibly never download another game from your company. That alone is a deal breaker for me.
2.) When i tried to run the packed .exe (after disabling AVG), I got a Windows .exe kernel exception popup. Their support wants me to send in my project (which I’m not prepared to do as I got Molebox working now).
So in summary, Molebox seems to be a solution that works for Unity without any problems. I also didn’t notice any performance hits on my game running the packed .exe.
Hi folks,
Smart Packer Pro v1.9 is now available!
This version has some nice new and improved features:
- Windows 8 compatibility is improved
- Unity3D and GLBasic compatibility
- External parameters
- Compatibility level mode
More information and trial version is available here.
Regards,
Mike