How to install the latest version on Mac OS X

Warning: The game is currently under heavy development, and many features are currently missing. This release is an alpha version, not a completed playable game - please check our site and forums for future updates!

We don't have any binary for Mac OS X as we currently don't have any active OS X developer, so you'll have to compile it yourself following the instructions below. Please help us improve the OS X support by reporting any errors you find, and if you are a programmer please submit patches and if you have knowledge of packaging applications on Mac OS X please assist in making an executable package for Mac.

1. Compiling on OS X

Compiling on OS X

You need two files:

• ​0ad-unix-build.tar.xz (3 MB) or ​0ad-unix-build.tar.gz (5 MB)
• ​0ad-unix-data.tar.xz (99 MB) or ​0ad-unix-data.tar.gz (118 MB)

The .xz files are smaller but may require you to install ​XZ Utils.

Extract both files to the same location:

# Extract .xz version into the current directory:
tar xvJf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz
tar xvJf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz

# Or, if your tar is older than 1.22:
xz -cd 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz | tar xv
xz -cd 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz | tar xv

# Or, if you downloaded the .gz version:
tar xvzf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz
tar xvzf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz

Then follow the build instructions using the files from this release instead of downloading from SVN.