Yma's Guide to Everything

How to download the game on Mac

This guide was written by Devenver. 

As of 3rd May 2024, the intel client launcher should now work.

void 2
Before we start. Please read this instructions clearly and do exactly as they say.  
Its best to copy paste commands to reduce the risk of errors.
Finally Only download files from the official PokeNexus discord. Downloading from anywhere or anyone else is a risk and we cannot guarantee that it will be virus-free by doing so.
 
Step 1

Determine whether you have an intel-based Mac or Apple-silicone Mac. 

At the top-right, click About This Mac

 

About This Mac

You will see a screen which looks like this, which specifies what chip or processor you are using.

Chip apple M
chip intel
 
  • If you have an Apple M1 or M2 chip, you must download the Mac-Metal.zip file
  • If you have a processor which mentions intel or does NOT say Apple at all, then you will download the Mac-Intel.zip file

 

mac set up

The next part may look scary but as long as you have downloaded the file from the official Poke-Nexus Discord it is safe. 

Press on “Continue to Download”

Next: Download the setup.sh file

continue to download
Step 2

Summary: Create the directories for the Launcher file & setup.sh script.

  1. Open in the Finder App
  2. Once open, press command + shift + H to navigate to your Home directory
  3. Create a new folder / directory called PokeNexus
Finder
finder app

4. Unzip the Poke Nexus Launcher.app from the newly downloaded PokeNexus-Mac-[architecture].zip file

Launcher app
 
5. Download the setup.sh if you haven’t already
 
setupsh

 

6. Move setup.sh to the new directory

 

move setupsh
Step 3

Summary: Running commands in the Terminal.app to get the script.sh to run

warning-icon-png-2766

Warning: Advanced instructions ahead!

Follow these steps AT YOUR OWN RISK and EXACTLY as typed

ANY typos could lead to data loss or other unwanted/serious side-effects!

1. Open the Terminal app

 

Terminal app

 

2. Once open you will need to type the following commands

Copy and Paste is HIGHLY recommended for this.

(Do note: Your terminal app will likely look different from the one in this example. That is not important)

Type (or copy/paste) the following commands into the Terminal:

cd ~/PokeNexus  <then press Enter>

and then this command

ls -l <then press Enter>

After running the second command in the Terminal, the terminal should list the following 2 files in the directory:

  • Poke Nexus Launcher.app
  • setup.sh
This part may not be needed
 
3. In order to run the setup.sh script, we need to make it “executable”. (The setup.sh file in my screen shot is not executable, so i needed to run this next step.)
 
Type the following command into the Terminal:
chmod +x setup.sh <then press Enter>
 
Note: There is no need to run the commands in this screenshot. This image just shows that the "chmod +x setup.sh" command was successful.
Note: There is no need to run the commands in this screenshot. This image just shows that the “chmod +x setup.sh” command was successful.

 

4. Next, to run the setup.sh script you have to Copy and Paste exactly what you see here into the Terminal app:

./setup.sh <then press Enter>

Step 4

Summary: Run the Poke Nexus Launcher!

  •  Double-click the Poke Nexus Launcher app
  • Or right-click (or 2-finger click on a trackpad) the file and choose “open”

 

open