Mac OS X build of OpenTTD 1.0.1

[Melebius]

*Update: Now available for 10.4 as well; see the next post down*

For those wanting to use OpenTTD natively on Mac OS X, there is a Universal Binary build downloadable here:
http://openttd.eisbox.net/files/openttd ... osx-ub.zip

This version is quite current and has been built with the latest Mac OS X native developer's tools. It should run on Intel and PPC macs running 10.5 or later. The majority of the bugs should not affect gameplay, but that being said, use at your own risk. The usual caveats about OpenTTD being unsupported on Mac OS X apply.

If you get a crash when switching between windowed and full-screen mode, please post details of your experience at the bug tracker here: http://bugs.openttd.org/task/3651

Hi, thanks for compiling the new version of OpenTTD for Mac. I’ve just tried it and I’ve got no problems. However, I wonder, why this file is still not available on the OpenTTD site while it’s been ready for more than a month?

[planetmaker]

why this file is still not available on the OpenTTD site while it’s been ready for more than a month?

Simple: it's not an officially released one.

The problem is not the ability to compile OpenTTD (the compile farm of OpenTTD can) but the ability to support and test on OSX. Thus no official binaries.

[Rocco85]

Great that you continue developing this game for MacOS. But unfortunately it doesn't work on my Mac, running 10.4. I double-klick it but nothing happens...? What can be the reason?

/edit:
Intel-Mac "Late 2007"

[DeletedUser6]

Get same problem as guy above. Running 10.4 on PPC.

[Rubidium]

Most likely because the creator of the build did not make an universal build that supports your PowerPC processor.

[Rocco85]

Maybe... but i have an Intel.

[planetmaker]

then his build doesn't support 10.4 either as it seems and he used the wrong SDK for universal builds anyway.

[DeletedUser6]

Yes, but he said/wrote

...Universal Binary...Intel and PPC...10.4...

Hmmm.....

[Wintersoldier]

Then that just means that he thought he successfully compiled a universal binary.

[KingRobot]

If either of the two folks above who were unable to run OpenTTD on 10.4 are willing, I've had it tested sucessfully on 10.4, so I'm wondering if they can provide more information...

Please make sure you downloaded the later version built for 10.4 and not the earlier one built for 10.5... better yet, there is now a build of 1.0.3:
http://openttd.eisbox.net/files/openttd-1.0.3-OSX.dmg

Please open Terminal.app, run the following commands, and tell me what the output is.

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# cd /Applications/OpenTTD.app/Contents/MacOS/
# ./openttd 

Thanks in advance.

[Rocco85]

Thanks for your help! Here you go:

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dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libpng12.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/username/openttd/OpenTTD.app/Contents/MacOS/./openttd
  Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap

[KingRobot]

Thanks for your help! Here you go:

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dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libpng12.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/username/openttd/OpenTTD.app/Contents/MacOS/./openttd
  Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap

Looks like you don't have X11 installed... but really, you shouldn't have to. I've created a new build that shouldn't require the X11 libraries (they are built in) Still has all the same goodies as before; lzo, universal binary, 10.4 support, etc.

http://openttd.eisbox.net/files/openttd-1.0.3-OSX.dmg

[Rocco85]

Well, but X11 is installed on my Mac, and it works fine

Anyway, thank you for this version, it works perfektly

Thank you very much!

[audigex]

Any chance you could give some more info on how exactly you made this build?

If you gave a guide to how you did it, others may be able to post more recent builds or builds with patch combinations for OSX users. I'd certainly be willing to have a go if I knew how to do it (unfortunately I've only owned my MacBook for all of 2 days, so I'm not particularly well versed with it yet - some basic C programming in XCode is as far as I've got)

[mylo78]

Hi,

I've just downloaded the game on this thread (v1.03) and was just wondering if you could write about how to compile it? I'm a developer, but have never done anything other than Java on OSX and wouldn't mind a quick primer on Xcode with this game.

That would be awesome if you could,

Cheers
mylo

[Eddi]

have you checked this? http://wiki.openttd.org/Compiling_on_Mac

[sonofmof]

Just wanted to add a comment about another site (I'm not self promoting) with builds for Intel machines on 10.5 and 10.6

I've been using the 64bit builds for 10.6 and had no problems on 3 different models of iMac (2007 white, 2009 silver and 2010 silver)

still not official but perfectly stable for me.

All credit to the guys compiling these un-official builds, your doing a great service to many many players.

THANKS !

[planetmaker]

Please, when you distribute OpenTTD, comply with its license. That means that the COPYING / license information as well as the credits must be kept.

Use make bundle_zip or make bundle_dmg to create your bundles and your problem is solved and you're out of trouble.

[mylo78]

Please, when you distribute OpenTTD, comply with its license. That means that the COPYING / license information as well as the credits must be kept.

Use make bundle_zip or make bundle_dmg to create your bundles and your problem is solved and you're out of trouble.

Good call. The wiki page doesn't mention this at all, only make bundle - the wiki page should be amended to convey this info - probably with a note at the top to highlight it. Anywhere to create a ticket?

Cheers
Mylo

[Yexo]

It's a wiki, which means everyone can edit it. Please go right ahead and add this information yourself.