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[Double A]

Right, I have a MacBook with OS 10.4.11. I tried downloading DF from the main page by clicking on the button saying "Mac." The file unzipped, and now I have no idea what to do.

Please help.

[Double A]

Is this even in the right place?

[dorf]

IIRC, there's a script called "df" somewhere.
Run it.
In command mode that's done by typing in:"./df"

Of course, I could be completely wrong.

[leftycook]

well, when you opened it, what did you find? Surely theres a run file somewhere, or something? I dont use macs, so I cant tell you what to do, but since you own a mac surely you can find the executable? Ignore the "durrhurr maclol" types, theyre just idiots.

[Snook]

"The fire unzipped"

Well there's your problem.

[ibot66]

it should be on your desktop, i have a mac too. if its not, search for it using the finder.

[Double A]

IIRC, there's a script called "df" somewhere.
Run it.
In command mode that's done by typing in:"./df"

Of course, I could be completely wrong.

There was a black rectangle (ie, no application, and wants me to use an existing application to run it) with df under it. I just don't know how to make it its own application.

it should be on your desktop, i have a mac too. if its not, search for it using the finder.

Yeah, it's on my desktop.

well, when you opened it, what did you find? Surely theres a run file somewhere, or something? I dont use macs, so I cant tell you what to do, but since you own a mac surely you can find the executable? Ignore the "durrhurr maclol" types, theyre just idiots.

Like I said, the game file is there, but the computer wants a program to run it. The Mac is bad at acknowledging that the program is in the damn file already, and you want to install it.

If this helps, there are 4 text files (command line, file changes, readme, and release notes), 4 files (data, libs, raw, and sdl), and 3 black rectangles with some green word in the top left corner (df, dwarfort.exe, and README.linux).

[ledgekindred]

There's no real Mac "launcher" for it like native mac apps.  One of the files should be named just "df".

Double click it in finder and the app should run.  If you are comfortable using Terminal, change to the directory it unpacked into and type "./df" from the command prompt.  If it still doesn't work, at least double-clicking the "df" app should open up a Terminal window with some kind of messages in it that would help figure out why it's not running.

Hmm, might be a good project for me over the long weekend to see if there is any way I could make a simple .app package for the Mac that would make it easier to figure out.

[Double A]

My problem, though, is that when I do click on df, I get this:

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There is no default application specified to open the document "df".

(Cancel) (Chose Application...)

Same thing with "dwarfort.exe" and "README.linux".

[ibot66]

Do you have a linux or power PPC? latest version or 40d? what version of mac?

[PlumpHelmetDwarf]

Open "df" with Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.app

[Kanddak]

Unlike the rest of these posters I'm an actual mac-using DF player who can tell you what to do.

You can't easily run the game by double clicking on anything except Terminal, which you need to open.
If the df_osx folder is on your desktop, you need to type either

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~/Desktop/df_osx/df or

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cd ~/Desktop/df_osx/
./dfSubstitute the path to wherever you put DF as necessary.
If you've put it in, for instance, your Applications folder, it'll be

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/Applications/df_osx/df

You can also drag the df file onto an open terminal window. Terminal doesn't seem to want to let you drag it onto the application itself or pick it from the "open" window.

If you feel like being moderately clever, you can also rename the dwarf fortress folder to "MacOS", put it inside a folder named "Contents", and put that inside a folder named "df.app". Then it'll run when you double-click that folder (which will take on a generic application icon).

[JmzLost]

Unlike the rest of these posters I'm an actual mac-using DF player who can tell you what to do.

What kind of forum would this be if we didn't have a dozen people talking out their ass before somebody gave a useful answer?

JMZ

[ibot66]

I am also a mac using person. Thing is, I think toady might have made the new versions unusable on some macs. my power pc cannot run the new version.

[TealThanatos]

After careful assessment I have found the issue you have with playing the game.

You're using a Mac. You're supposed to be doing graphic design or writing poems or something, not playing games.

Solution:

Step 1. Get some hair on your chest.
Step 2. Buy a PC, now that you're a man.

*giggles like a schoolgirl*