Mac osx question

[Mr_Robot]

So it says that I need a vanilla version of the game to run openxcom, but no mac version exists of the original game !?!?!! And there are apparently an openxcom version for mac?
How do I get this to work?

Please someone help me, I have missed this game for far to long now.



Yes I know, first post and he is already crying.

[yrizoud]

The adjective "vanilla" means the original game, straight as distributed (ie: Without any third-party maps, graphic replacements, etc.)
Three different versions are known to be ok for use with OpenXCOM, see here:
https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Installing_%28OpenXcom%29

[Mr_Robot]

Thanks for the reply.

I get the part that openxcom is an add-on the original game, but I'm on a mac so non of the original versions of the game can be installed.
The installation guide on the openxcom site just says i need to dump the files into a folder but what good does that do me when I don't have the game.

[yrizoud]

You can't run any of those, but you should still be able to see the files and directories.

[Falko]

easiest way would be buying the game on steam and ..
.. install it in macos
if thats not possible
.. install it on a win pc of a friend and copy the files via net/usb stick to your mac

[Mr_Robot]

So what I need is all the game files from a windows version, and then add openxcom, shake and then viola?

[Warboy1982]

So what I need is all the game files from a windows version, and then add openxcom, shake and then viola?

DOS version, technically, but yes.