Installation

Installation files for the Vortex® Studio family of products are available from the CM Labs Account Page (https://www.cm-labs.com/account/).

Vortex Studio can be installed either on Windows or Linux.

• On Windows, the user only needs to download the VortexSetup.exe.

• On Linux, the tar.gz file is required. 

Activating my installation

See the Licensing chapter for information on how to activate your installation.

Installation on Windows

Vortex Studio Setup (VortexSetup.exe) is an executable that simplifies the installation of Vortex Studio. It can download the necessary components and install them without interruption.

This executable scans its current folder for any installer file created by CM Labs and executes them in the proper order; inter-dependencies are managed without the user's intervention.

Building an installation package is as simple as gathering the installers (.msi or vxpackage files ) into a single folder.

Vortex Studio Setup can install Vortex Studio either on a desktop computer or on a distributed simulator (computers in the same network participating to the same simulation).

The installation packages must be fetched from the Manual Process section. After copying them into the same folder as VortexSetup, VortexSetup will work normally.

The latest version of VortexSetup works properly.

Installation of Windows runtime redistributables

Users who install Vortex Studio for the first time may need the Visual Studio Redistributables package for Visual Studio 2015.

The Vortex Setup application offers installation of the redistributables.

However, users without an internet connection might need to get the packages themselves from the internet.

This documentation will help users get those packages by themselves.

How to get the Visual Studio Redistributables

When starting Vortex Setup, if the Visual Studio redistributables required packages are not installed on the system, the user will be prompted to do the following:

The Vortex Setup is capable of installing the packages. It will ask if you want to download and install them; an internet connection and administrative privileges are required. You can also get them from the Microsoft website and install them on your own. 

Getting the redistributables from the Microsoft website

Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2015

This package is required by Vortex Studio. The software cannot run without it and Vortex Setup will not let you continue if this package is not installed.

1. Go to the latest supported Visual C++ downloads webpage

2. Scroll down to Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019

3. Select the x64 package

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4. Clicking on the vc_redist.x64.exe link will trigger a download

5. Execute the downloaded file and follow the steps.

Installation on desktop computer

1. Launch the Vortex Studio Setup file (VortexSetup.exe) to start the setup application.

2. In the next window, click Install on Desktop.

3. After reading the license terms and conditions, select the agreement box and click Next.

4. In the next window, you will see a list of components available to install. Select all the components you want to install and click Next. Vortex Studio is the basic component that needs to be installed.

   • You will also see a list of currently installed components that you can choose to uninstall.

5. On the following Summary window, double-check your selections, then click Confirm.

6. A status window appears, displaying global and partial progress.

At the end of the process, a summary is displayed.

Installation on a multiple computers simulator

Simulator installation is used to set up a complete distributed simulator. Vortex Studio Setup will make certain that all computers in a distributed simulator have the same Vortex Studio components installed. This is usually done on the instructor station of a distributed simulation.

1. Launch the Vortex Studio Setup file (VortexSetup.exe) to start the setup application.

2. In the next window, click Install on Simulator.

3. After reading the license terms and conditions, select the agreement box and click Next.

4. In the next window, you will see a list of components available to install. Select all the components you want to install and click Next. Vortex Studio is the basic component that needs to be installed.

   • You will see a list of currently installed components that you can choose to uninstall.

5. Select the computers from the chosen network interface where you want to install Vortex Studio. On remote computers, a window indicates that the Vortex Studio Setup client is communicating with the Vortex Studio Setup server.

6. Click Select.

7. Confirm the choice of components

8. A status window appears, displaying global and partial progress.

After installation, a summary is displayed.

Installation on Linux

See Vortex Studio on Linux - Installation