Building macOS Games

Before you can run your game on a macOS computer, you must ensure the shader compiler \(located in the `lumberyard_version\dev\Tools\CrySCompileServer\x64\profile` directory\) is running on your PC. For more information, see Building Shaders for macOS Games.

To build your game for macOS

1. On your Mac, in a Terminal window, navigate to the root directory of your Lumberyard installation \(`lumberyard_version/dev`\).

2. To generate an Xcode project and prepare the Lumberyard build system to build your app, run the following command: sh lmbr_waf.sh configure xcode_mac Note
   Metal is the default renderer.

3. Do one of the following to build your game:

   • Use a command line to build various targets of your game:
     • To build debug, run the following command: sh lmbr_waf.sh build_darwin_x64_debug -p all
     • To build profile, run the following command: sh lmbr_waf.sh build_darwin_x64_profile -p all
     • To build release, run the following command: sh lmbr_waf.sh build_darwin_x64_release -p all
   • Use Xcode and the generated solution located in the Solutions folder in the directory where you installed Lumberyard to build your game.