© 1999-2009 by Peter Eastman

Art of Illusion will run on any computer that supports Java 5 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 10.4 or later with all software updates installed.
  1. Download the Art of Illusion installer.
  2. Double-click it to mount the disk image, then copy the "Art of Illusion" folder to your Applications folder.
  3. (optional) Download the Java Media Framework. When it asks you to choose a platform, select Linux then download the "Cross-platform Java" version. After you download it, find the file jmf.jar and move it to /Library/Java/Extensions. The rest of the downloaded files are not needed, and can be deleted. (This step is not required, and most of Art of Illusion will work normally without JMF. You will not be able to save animations in Quicktime format, however, if it is not installed.)
  4. To launch the program, double-click the Art of Illusion icon.

Windows

 Art of Illusion requires Java 1.5 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. If you do not already have one, download and install a Java virtual machine.
  2. Download the Art of Illusion installer.
  3. Double-click the installer to run it, then follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. (optional) Download and install the Java Media Framework. (This step is not required, and most of Art of Illusion will work normally without JMF. You will not be able to save animations in Quicktime format, however, if it is not installed.)

Linux

 Art of Illusion requires Java 1.5 or later. Your computer may already have an appropriate Java version installed. If it does not, you will need to download one. Art of Illusion does not work correctly under gcj, which is preinstalled in many Linux distributions.
  1. If you do not already have one, download and install a Java virtual machine.
  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.
  4. (optional) Download and install the Java Media Framework. (This step is not required, and most of Art of Illusion will work normally without JMF. You will not be able to save animations in Quicktime format, however, if it is not installed.)

Unix/Other
  1. Download and install a Java virtual machine that supports Java 1.5 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. (optional) Download and install JOGL. (This step is not required, and Art of Illusion will work normally without JOGL, but OpenGL rendering will be disabled.)
  4. (optional) Download and install the Java Media Framework. (This step is not required, and most of Art of Illusion will work normally without JMF. You will not be able to save animations in Quicktime format, however, if it is not installed.)
  5. To launch the program from a command line, go to the ArtOfIllusion directory and execute the following command:

    java -Xmx512m -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.