© 1999-2015 by Peter Eastman

Art of Illusion will run on any computer that supports Java 8 or later. Given below are instructions for installing and running it on various operating systems

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Mac OS X

 Art of Illusion requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later with all software updates installed.
  1. Make sure you have Java installed. You can get it from the Eclipse Foundation Adoptium Project. Homebrew users can do "brew install --cask temurin". Other JRE/JDKs should also work fine. Java 9.0 is the minimum required version.
  2. Download the Art of Illusion package.
  3. Double-click the package to mount it, then copy the "Art of Illusion" folder to your Applications folder.
  4. To launch the program, double-click the Art of Illusion icon.
Important Note: AOI is an unsigned application. By default, starting with macOS 10.8 or so, a mac may tell you that the file is damaged. To run AOI, you must move the application from the DMG to a place on your computer. You may also need to go to the "Security and Privacy" tab of System Preferences, and select the option to allow running of applications from "anywhere."

Windows

 Art of Illusion requires Java 8 or later. Your computer may already have an appropriate Java version installed. If it does not, the first time you try to run Art of Illusion you will be directed to a web site where you can download one.
  1. Download the Art of Illusion installer.
  2. Double-click the installer to run it, then follow the on-screen instructions.

Linux

 Art of Illusion requires Java 8 or later.
  1. If you do not already have one, download and install a Java virtual machine. Your package manager will usually list this as java or java-desktop.
  2. Download the Art of Illusion installer and expand the archive using the unzip command or a similar program.
  3. Execute aoisetup.sh, then follow the on-screen instructions.

Unix/Other
  1. Download and install a Java virtual machine that supports Java 8 or later. To find an appropriate virtual machine, consult the operating system vendor.
  2. Download Art of Illusion and expand the archive using the unzip command or a similar program.
  3. To launch the program from a command line, go to the ArtOfIllusion directory and execute the following command:

    java -Xmx16g -jar ArtOfIllusion.jar

    This command may vary slightly depending on the operating system, and how Java is installed. For example, you may need to give a full path to the "java" executable.

Source Code

 Art of Illusion may be freely distributed and modified under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's General Public License. Click to download the source code in ZIP format or as a tar.gz archive.