shell of game app here<\/a>.<\/p>\n2. Extract it – you will have a “ACKGameShell” app (that won’t work yet.). \u00a0Control-click or right-click it and choose \u201cShow Package Contents\u201d<\/p>\n
3. Navigate to Contents\/Resources<\/p>\n
4. In a separate window, find the ACK Launcher app, and control or right-click it and choose \u201cShow Package Contents\u201d<\/p>\n
5. Navigate to the ACK Launcher\u2019s Contents\/Resources folder<\/p>\n
6. Select everything in the ACK Launcher Resources folder, copy, and paste it all into the ACKGameShell’s Resources folder. \u00a0When done, the ACK folder, DOSBox and several other small files should now be in your ACKGameShell\u2019s Resources folder.<\/p>\n
7. Close the ACK Launcher ‘s Contents\/Resources window<\/p>\n
8. In ACKGameShell\u2019s Resources folder, do the following:<\/p>\n
9. Delete \u201cRevolution.icns\u201d, \u201cRevolution.rsrc\u201d, \u201cRevolutionDoc.icns\u201d, and the applet files \u201cc\u201d, \u201cf\u201d, \u201cg\u201d, \u201ci\u201d, \u201cm\u201d, \u201cn\u201d, \u201co\u201d, \u201cp\u201d, \u201cr\u201d, \u201ct\u201d and \u201cx\u201d<\/p>\n
10. Duplicate \u201cdosbox.conf\u201d<\/p>\n
11. Rename the duplicate \u201cgame.conf\u201d<\/p>\n
12. In ACKGameShell\u2019s ACK folder, do the following:<\/p>\n
13. Delete all the folders in the GAMENAME\/ACK\/GAMES folder except for your GAMENAME (whatever your game is called) folder (ie, delete TUTORIAL, BRIGANDS, etc.)<\/p>\n
14. Delete the ACK\/KITS folder.<\/p>\n
15. In the ACK folder, delete ACK.BAT, ACK00.EXE, and ACK04.EXE through ACK10.EXE. (leave ACK01 through ACK03 alone).<\/p>\n
16. Navigate back to the ACKGameShell Resources folder, and open game.conf.<\/p>\n
17. In game.conf change the last line to \u201cACKMOD -r GAMENAME -exit\u201d \u00a0where GAMENAME is the name of your game<\/p>\n
18. Make any other DOSBox configuration changes you\u2019d like as defaults for your game (shader used, etc.) and then save this altered game.conf.<\/p>\n
18. Navigate to Resources\/Scripts\/ and double-click main.scpt. \u00a0This should open up the Applescript editor.<\/p>\n
19. The third line of the script should read:<\/p>\n
set the resources_path to game_path & quoted form of “ACKGameShell.app\/Contents\/Resources\/”<\/p>\n
Change \u201cACKGameShell\u201d in that line to what you want to call your standalone game app (the name of your OS X app). \u00a0Note you need to retain the \u201c.app\u201d after the name. \u00a0E.g. Let\u2019s say your ACK Game is called \u201cZork Space\u201d, you\u2019d change that line to read:<\/p>\n
set the resources_path to game_path & quoted form of “Zork Space.app\/Contents\/Resources\/”<\/p>\n
20. The fourth line of the script should read:<\/p>\n
set the dosbox_path to game_path & quoted form of “ACKGameShell.app\/Contents\/Resources\/DOSBox.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/”<\/p>\n
Change \u201cACKGameShell\u201d to match EXACTLY what you used in the previous line. \u00a0So for your example game, we\u2019d change it to:<\/p>\n
set the dosbox_path to game_path & quoted form of “Zork Space.app\/Contents\/Resources\/DOSBox.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/”<\/p>\n
21. Save your changed main.scr (File –> Save in menu or command-S).<\/p>\n
22. Now navigate back to whatever folder is containing the ACKGameShell itself. \u00a0Rename ACKGameShell to match exactly what you entered as the name in main.scpt (you\u2019re just doing a file rename like you would with any other file in OS X). \u00a0Following our example, you\u2019d rename \u201cACKGameShell\u201d as \u201cZork Space\u201d<\/p>\n
23. Now if you double-click your game app, it should launch DOSBox and your game! \u00a0If this doesn\u2019t work, go back over the steps above and make sure you didn\u2019t miss somthing.<\/p>\n
24. After you have your standalone ACK game app working, if you want to give your app a custom icon, follow the steps here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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