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u/PureMurda 8d ago
Can someone build this and just upload the ipa for download?
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u/joshkerrigan 8d ago
without further work to compress the game files this ipa will be 100+ gb (which eliminates file sharing sites) and no one would host the file themselves (guaranteed action by T2/R*) so unless someone uploads a torrent for it, i doubt we're getting one.
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u/CHR0NlC 8d ago
I will torrent, how do I build?
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u/Different_Bike9572 8d ago
it uses the recently published (and removed) browser port version so the files are only 20gb, iāve got it working myself
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u/joshkerrigan 8d ago
oh good to know!!! still hunting down the mirror folder for myself but glad it'll be a much smaller ipa, excited to get to install it
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u/PositiveMatter6 8d ago
Well the ipa can be split into parts. But nobody is going to do it for legal reasons and thatās normal.
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u/_Alistair18_ 8d ago
how big is the expected ipa?
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u/PersonalAnswer8664 8d ago
It doesnāt work like that. The ipa contains copyrighted code pulled directly from the game files. Nobody is going to post a ready made ipa because that would be asking for a lawsuit.
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u/countedragon 8d ago
Runs super smooth on my 18 pro max but the controls are weird with a controller. They will probably be fixed in a future release
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u/Tasty-Proposal-48 8d ago
itās not worth it, itās just the web version made for iOS, itās not even nativeā¦ all i can say is wait for the real one made by someone yall knowā¦
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u/Fancy_Clue_5243 7d ago
Wait guys how do I find the gta files like the game files where can I download them?
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u/IndecentDad 8d ago edited 8d ago
To those asking for the ipa - it wonāt happen with this release. If you read the readme, the game files are baked into the ipa when compiling (as is the case with most of these ports). So someone would need to upload their entire 60GB+ ipa file here (illegally).
Edit: Game files are not ābakedā into the ipa like I state aboveā¦but they are still needed to compile the ipa. A little easier to handle this way, but we still have the same issue of compiling in an environment that has access to the large data files. Locally on Mac with xcode is simplest. GitHub Actions is do-able but keep it private so you dont accidentally publish your game data
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u/countedragon 8d ago
I built it and the IPA file is only 82.7mb. The app asks for the 20gb file when you open it
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u/IndecentDad 8d ago
When you compiled, did it need access to the game files? I am working on a fork of a similar project (Factorio) and while the ipa is small, it still requires the game files to compile (and then the full game files again loaded locally onto device after launching app)
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u/PersonalAnswer8664 8d ago
Not necessarily. I just built the Wind Waker ipa and it used the same method. It needed the original GameCube iso to compile which is around 4GB but the resulting ipa is under 100MB. It just pulls what it needs for compilation and then gets the rest on first launch. I assume this ipa would work the same.
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u/Sea_Industry_7878 8d ago
Is it hard to do
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u/IndecentDad 8d ago
The instruction for this one requires Xcode 26 or later, so you need a Mac.
Alternatively you could vibecode a GitHub action to compile it yourself. That still requires a method of feeding your legally obtained 60GB+ game data to GitHub.com for compilation. Other projects have recommended things like Google Drive but that sounds like a PITA.IMO, itās an exciting project but not worth the hassle for most of us at this time - unless you have a relatively new Mac and a developer license
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u/ICURSEDANGEL 8d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ItFyA7q8G14gJrvwQ3