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[Guide] Running FH1 Fear and Hunger on OSX
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Hello. I bought this game for mac, and I got it running with save files:

  • Download the mac build for the game, unzip it note: We will source the game files from here
  • Download the latest nwjs.io https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.76.0/nwjs-v0.76.0-osx-x64.zip, unzip it note: This is the 64bit executable that osx requires, we will copy the game contents on to here
  • Copy over 'Downloads/Fear & Hunger_MAC/Game.app/Contents/Resources/app.nw' to 'Downloads/nwjs-v0.76.0-osx-x64/nwjs.app/Contents/Resources/'
    • Optional: Download pixi.js v4.8.9 https://pixijs.download/v4.8.9/pixi.js
    • Optional: Copy it to 'Downloads/nwjs-v0.76.0-osx-x64/nwjs.app/Contents/Resources/app.nw/js/libs' and choose replace when OSX asks.
  • Open TextEdit use it to edit 'Downloads/nwjs-v0.76.0-osx-x64/nwjs.app/Contents/Resources/app.nw/package.json' note: You can use the shortcut Cmd+O then Cmd+Shift+G then copypaste the whole file path
    • Replace the line name: ""
    • It should now instead say name: "fh1"
    • Save and close.
  • Rename 'Downloads/nwjs-v0.76.0-osx-x64/nwjs.app' to FH1.app or something you'd like and move it to the Applications folder (/System/Applications) or your local user apps folder
  • Click the Apple Menu on your top left, Open System Preferences, then open Security & Privacy. Leave that window open
  • Open our recently made FH1.app. Decline OSX's offer to Send it to Trash
  • Move back to the Security & Privacy window, and click the new button that appeared as Open Anyway. Confirm again in the prompt shows up
  • OSX might ask to activate notifications for the game. I blocked them, and discovered later that notifications might cause crashes.

After all that, I finally managed to get the game functional and with savefiles 🎉

Afterthougts:

I originally tried with nw.js versions 0.29.4 which i thought FH1 originally used. Then tried again with 0.50.3, both had some popups reporting errors. v0.79.0 is the one that had a readable error message and was easily trackable to the docs [4] While searching on how to do update nw.js versions I stumbled with a comment saying pixi.js 4.8.9 had better performance, so I updated it to check it out. But I dont think it's needed. Savefiles I didnt understand what was the issue until I tried changing the settings and saw a screen similar to this[5]. I don't know the specifics, but I'm guessing some OSX security feature moves applications to some read-only folder unless they are on a Applications folder [6] I also found some nwjs binaries for m1 macbooks [2] but I had no way to test them

A very involved process overall, but totally possible!

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