I just downloaded both of the newest versions of dwarf fortress for mac onto my 2008 Imac from the Bay 12 Games website and an application I didn't even know existed called Archive Utility expanded it into a folder that is unplayable. How do I download and play it?
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1What do you mean by "both of the newest versions"? What do you mean by "a folder that is unplayable"?– WriggleniteFeb 12, 2017 at 18:30
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@DanmakuGrazer the 64 bit and the 32 bit versions, and the folder has all the resources in it but no way to play it.– AnonymooseFeb 12, 2017 at 18:31
2 Answers
According to the game wiki, you need to execute the launch script called df
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To start the game execute the launch script "df". Launching "dwarfort.exe" by itself will not work
Also:
On OS X 10.8 and above, you will need to download XQuartz to run Dwarf Fortress, which is no longer bundled with OS X by default.
And:
On OS X 10.11 and above, you will need to update the SDL library
(Download links for the libraries are available on the wiki)
Archive utility is a program that decompress archives so you can access them. Archived file mostly have the .zip, .tar.tz extensions. In this case, the files where in a .tar.bz2 archive. So when the programm launched , it did not expand it into an unplayable folder, it gave you access to those file in an easier, uncompressed way.
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@Fambida I got it to work, but it is uber complicated. The main slogan is 'Losing is fun' Feb 14, 2017 at 0:23
- open terminal.
- navigate to your df_osx directory. ( see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9547730/how-to-navigate-to-to-different-directories-in-the-terminal-mac )
- now that you are in the dwarf fortress directory in terminal type
./df
and press enter. this runs the file named 'df' inside the current directory './'.