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Instructions for downloading and installing Inherit the Earth

For Windows 10 and 11

Step 1: When you click on the download button, your browser will begin to download the file InheritTheEarthTrial.zip.
Step 2: Locate the downloaded file on your computer. You can either unzip it somewhere, or use Windows' feature that allows viewing the contents of a zip file by double-clicking on it and seeing the files inside. In either case, you should now have access to InheritTheEarthTrial.msi and ReadMe.txt.
Step 3: For a more detailed explanation of installation and first-time run of the game, read the text file. Or just proceed to installation by double-clicking on the InheritTheEarthTrial.msi (Microsoft Installer) file to start the process.
Step 4: During the install, you will be asked if you want the app (the installer) to make changes to your device (computer). Click the Yes button. Follow through the rest of the steps to complete the install.
Step 5: Launch the game. Once you have configured a few game settings. you are ready to play the demo. If you like it, purchase a registration key to complete the game!

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For MacOS Catalina (10.15) or Later

Step 1: When you click the download button, your browser will begin to download a disc image containing the trial.
Step 2: Wait until the download is complete. If your web browser and system are properly configured, your Mac will mount the disc image. If the disc image doesn't automatically open when your download completes, locate the file InheritTheEarthTrial.dmg and double-click on it to mount the disc image.
Step 3: A new Finder window will appear containing an icon named "Inherit the Earth". To install simply drag the icon to your Applications folder (or whatever other folder or disk you'd like to run the game from).
Step 4: Once the software is installed, you can safely "eject" the virtual disk (and dispose of the .dmg disc image if you choose).
Step 5: Double-click the "Inherit the Earth" icon in its new location to play the trial.
Step 6. If you like it, purchase a registration key to complete the game!

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For Linux 6 AMD/Intel or Later

Important: If you have a previous release of Inherit the Earth you downloaded from this website installed on your system, we recommand uninstalling that release first. See the README.TXT file in the current installation directory for instructions. Uninstalling the old release will not affect your saved games, settings or registration.

Step 1: When you click the download button, your browser will begin to download an archive containing the installation software.
Step 2: After the download is complete, locate the downloaded archive file InheritTheEarthTrial.tar.gz on your hard drive. Open a terminal window and change directory to the location you want the game installed.
Step 3: In the terminal type tar xzf <download-directory>/InheritTheEarthTrial.tar.gz to extract the archive. Replace "<download-directory>" with the location of the archive; e.g. ~/Downloads. This will create a directory named InheritTheEarth.
Step 4: Once the trial software has been extracted, you can safely delete the archive file if you desire.
Step 5: Change directory the the nexwly created InheritTheEarth directory.
  • You can immediately start playing by runing the command ./play
  • Alternately, you can run the command ./install-games.sh to make it earier to run the game from any terminal and/or run the command ./install-desktop.sh to add an icon to your Applications dock.
More information can be found in the README.TXT file. Game instructions can be viewed by opening manual.html in a web browser.

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