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n3xuiz

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starsector mac setup questions
« on: January 20, 2021, 04:12:24 AM »

let me preface this with i'm a windows user and have little experience on mac.


i'm trying to set up my current starsector install on a mac. i already downlaoded the mac version and written down the key. i made a copy of my windows starsector folder with the mods and saves.

1)can i just copy the mods/saves into this .app archive with 7zip in windows?
2) same thing for the vmparams file since i run lots of mods?


anything else i need to do / be aware of?

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Wyvern

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Re: starsector mac setup questions
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2021, 07:31:22 AM »

Right-click on Starsector.app, select show package contents, there are mods and saves folders inside just like you'd see on other platforms - you should be able to copy things in just fine. (I don't personally recommend 7zip over just using the standard .zip format, but whatever works for you - the important part is that you get the files moved, not what format they're in when you're moving them. Just remember to decompress them again at the destination.)

The vmparams file is a bit different, though; you'll want to edit Contents/MacOS/starsector_mac.sh - or, at least, that's how I've always made my changes to vmparams.
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Re: starsector mac setup questions
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2021, 07:34:28 AM »

thanks for the quick answer! i'll check the .sh file out and see if it works :)
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