Create macOS projects in Lumberyard


This feature is in preview release and is subject to change.

You can use Lumberyard to build macOS applications. Lumberyard includes four macOS-supported sample projects that you can use to learn how to build assets for macOS games using the Asset Processor, build shaders using the remote shader compiler, and build and deploy macOS applications using the Lumberyard build tools.

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Prerequisites

To build games for macOS or iOS, Lumberyard requires the following on your Mac:

Lumberyard Mac Support Files
Xcode 11 or later
macOS Mojave or later

Note
Lumberyard Editor requires Windows 10 to edit levels. You must have access to a PC with Lumberyard installed and be able to navigate and run commands from Terminal on your Mac.

Setting Up Your Mac

After you download and extract Lumberyard on your Mac, you must run Lumberyard Setup Assistant to install the third-party software that is required to run the game and compile the game code, engine, and asset pipeline.

To run Lumberyard Setup Assistant

Open the directory where you extracted Lumberyard and navigate to the /dev/Tools/LmbrSetup/Mac directory. Run the SetupAssistant.
Verify that the engine root path is correct.
On the Get started page, select the following and then click Next:
- Run your game project
- Compile the game code
- Compile the engine and asset pipeline
- Compile the Lumberyard Editor and tools Note
  Lumberyard Editor is not supported on macOS. Selecting this option enables the ability to build the asset processor and resource compiler only.
- Compile for iOS devices
- (Optional) Compile for Android devices Note
  Select this option if you are developing for Android devices. You must have the Android SDK installed on your Mac.
Follow the instructions onscreen to complete the installations for any third-party software or SDKs that you need. For more information about using Lumberyard Setup Assistant, see Using Lumberyard Setup Assistant to Set Up Your Development Environment.
Open a command line window and navigate to your Lumberyard dev directory.
To initialize the build system, run the following command: sh lmbr_waf.sh configure
In the Finder, open the user_settings.options file (located in the /lumberyard/dev/_WAF_/ directory).
Verify that enabled_game_projects is set to your game project. For example, you can set this option to SamplesProject. If enabled_game_projects is not set correctly, edit and save the user_settings.options file and then run the configure command (sh lmbr_waf.sh configure) again.