How do i make a game compatiable for mac?

General Discussion
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Im googling and i cant find anything :frowning:
or where i can even learn how to

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I haven’t built for Mac myself (that I recall), but I presume that it would be much the same as your build process on whatever platform you’re currently using.

I think that this is covered fairly well in the manual, in section three. (I won’t link to specific pages since I don’t know what sort of distributable you’re creating–installer, web-based or executable-plus-download.)

If you’re creating an installer, then you should, I think, be able to simply pass the appropriate keyword to pdeploy. I’m less confident about the other two types of distributable (I use them far less often), but I think that a web-build shouldn’t require even that.

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Lol im trying to do it for exe

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What do you mean by “do it for exe”? Do you mean building an installer that sets up your game, or a single executable that just runs your game with no installation?

As far as I’m aware, Panda’s provided distribution tools offer the following options:

  • Build a p3d file; the user the installs the Panda runtime, which allows them to play the game. This is likely not what you’re looking for.
  • Build a p3d file, then embed it in a web-page via the web-player. Again, this is likely not what you’re looking for.
  • Build a single executable–but one that automatically downloads and installs the runtime to the player’s computer (and thus requires an internet connection when first run). This… might be what you’re looking for.
  • Build an installer that includes everything–runtime included–and can thus set up the game on a user’s computer without access to an internet connection. This… is possibly what you’re looking for.

If you want a simple executable–no installation, no internet connection, no automatic download of the runtime–then you might be stuck doing it yourself; you might want to look into Python executable builders. This isn’t an issue specific to the Mac platform, as far as I’m aware–it’s related to Panda’s approach to distribution.

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I have run into the same problem. Any code I generate for Mac doesn’t work. I posted a question about this, but it appears that recent changes in their OS might be incompatible. Anyone else know anything about this?

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Yes, it’s Apple removing old APIs, curse them. The upcoming 1.9.0 release of Panda will fix this.

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I have all the folders and files just want to make an application with the game

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Im trying xcode but i have no idea where to learn this stuff