Tested with OS X 10.8.4, Xcode 4.6.2. I haven't played it extensively but it builds and runs.
Not sure if it compiles with older OS/XCode versions.
This worked for me, your mileage may vary.
(The font looks a little weird in the SDL version. Not sure why).
todo: make it work with sdl libs, i.e. non-framework sdl installed via macports, homebrew... this would be most similar to the linux build, just different locations for search paths.
- ncursesw and gettext. Use fink, homebrew, or macports, or build them (see below).
- SDL framework: http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.15.dmg
- SDL_ttf framework: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL_ttf-2.0.11.dmg
Copy SDL.framework and SDL_ttf.framework to /Library/Frameworks or /Users/name/Library/Frameworks.
The --prefix=$HOME/opt/catdda paths below are just examples. If --prefix= is omitted, the prefix will be /usr/local, and 'make install' should be replaced with 'sudo make install'.
ncurses: http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
From the ncurses source folder:
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/catdda --enable-widec --enable-ext-colors --enable-sigwinch
$ make
$ make install
gettext: http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.18.2.tar.gz
From the gettext source folder:
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/catdda --with-libncurses-prefix=$HOME/opt/catdda
$ make
$ make install
--with-libncurses-prefix=is where ncurses was installed above, or if you already have it installed elsewhere, as long as it has wide character support.- You may see prompts asking if you want to install Java; dismiss them.
From the Cataclysm-DDA source folder:
$ make NATIVE=osx TILES=1 RELEASE=1 OSX_MIN=10.6 LIBEXT=1 LIBEXT_DIR=~/opt/catdda
$ ./cataclysm
$ ./cataclysm-tiles
Options:
NATIVE=osx - Build for os x.
TILES=1 - Build the SDL version, omit for ncurses/console version.
RELEASE=1 - Build an optimized 'release' version.
OSX_MIN=version - Sets -mmacosx-version-min= (mine needs to be 10.6 to compile), omit for 10.5.
LIBEXT=1 - Search for libs somewhere else (defaults to /usr/local)
LIBEXT_DIR=~/opt/catdda - Path to search for libs. This should be where ncursesw and gettext are installed.
I use ~/opt/catdda to keep it out of the way.