Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

How to install Cataclysm DDA

To install the latest stable release of Cataclysm DDA to your profile, execute nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -iA cataclysm-dda. For the curses build (build without tiles), install cataclysmDDA.stable.curses. Note: cataclysm-dda is an alias to cataclysmDDA.stable.tiles.

If you like access to a development build of your favorite git revision, override cataclysm-dda-git (or cataclysmDDA.git.curses if you like curses build):

cataclysm-dda-git.override {
  version = "YYYY-MM-DD";
  rev = "YOUR_FAVORITE_REVISION";
  sha256 = "CHECKSUM_OF_THE_REVISION";
}

The sha256 checksum can be obtained by

nix-prefetch-url --unpack "https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/archive/${YOUR_FAVORITE_REVISION}.tar.gz"

The default configuration directory is ~/.cataclysm-dda. If you prefer $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cataclysm-dda, override the derivation:

cataclysm-dda.override {
  useXdgDir = true;
}

Important note for overriding packages

After applying overrideAttrs, you need to fix passthru.pkgs and passthru.withMods attributes either manually or by using attachPkgs:

let
  # You enabled parallel building.
  myCDDA = cataclysm-dda-git.overrideAttrs (_: {
    enableParallelBuilding = true;
  });

  # Unfortunately, this refers to the package before overriding and
  # parallel building is still disabled.
  badExample = myCDDA.withMods (_: []);

  inherit (cataclysmDDA) attachPkgs pkgs wrapCDDA;

  # You can fix it by hand
  goodExample1 = myCDDA.overrideAttrs (old: {
    passthru = old.passthru // {
      pkgs = pkgs.override { build = goodExample1; };
      withMods = wrapCDDA goodExample1;
    };
  });

  # or by using a helper function `attachPkgs`.
  goodExample2 = attachPkgs pkgs myCDDA;
in "badExample                     # parallel building disabled
# goodExample1.withMods (_: [])  # parallel building enabled
goodExample2.withMods (_: [])    # parallel building enabled

Customizing with mods

To install Cataclysm DDA with mods of your choice, you can use withMods attribute:

cataclysm-dda.withMods (mods: with mods; [
  tileset.UndeadPeople
])

All mods, soundpacks, and tilesets available in nixpkgs are found in cataclysmDDA.pkgs.

Here is an example to modify existing mods and/or add more mods not available in nixpkgs:

let
  customMods = self: super: lib.recursiveUpdate super {
    # Modify existing mod
    tileset.UndeadPeople = super.tileset.UndeadPeople.overrideAttrs (old: {
      # If you like to apply a patch to the tileset for example
      patches = [ ./path/to/your.patch ];
    });

    # Add another mod
    mod.Awesome = cataclysmDDA.buildMod {
      modName = "Awesome";
      version = "0.x";
      src = fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "Someone";
        repo = "AwesomeMod";
        rev = "...";
        hash = "...";
      };
      # Path to be installed in the unpacked source (default: ".")
      modRoot = "contents/under/this/path/will/be/installed";
    };

    # Add another soundpack
    soundpack.Fantastic = cataclysmDDA.buildSoundPack {
      # ditto
    };

    # Add another tileset
    tileset.SuperDuper = cataclysmDDA.buildTileSet {
      # ditto
    };
  };
in
cataclysm-dda.withMods (mods: with mods.extend customMods; [
  tileset.UndeadPeople
  mod.Awesome
  soundpack.Fantastic
  tileset.SuperDuper
])