Download Universal Simulator

Download Universal Simulator for

• Universal Simulator 3.0.13 for Windows (5 October 2023).

• MacOS (working on that)

  • Note: The MacOS version awaits that my Apple Developers Licence becomes functional. So far, I've had no luck.

• Linux (working on that)

Double-click the downloaded file to install Universal Simulator and then follow the getting started instructions.

Additional software

You will also need

• R
• or R Studio

At the Universal Simulator prompt, type libr l to get a list of the R packages that you will need to have installed to handle output from Universal Simulator:

> libr l
# R packages needed by Universal Simulator
library("colorspace")
library("ggplot2")
library("ggpubr")
library("gridExtra")
library("lubridate")
library("plyr")
library("reshape2")
library("scales")
library("splines")
library("stringr")

Copy and paste the lines above into R to pinpoint any packages missing. Then type libr i and copy and paste into R the lines needed to install any missing packages:

> libr i
# R packages needed by Universal Simulator
install.packages("colorspace")
install.packages("ggplot2")
install.packages("ggpubr")
install.packages("gridExtra")
install.packages("lubridate")
install.packages("plyr")
install.packages("reshape2")
install.packages("scales")
install.packages("splines")
install.packages("stringr")

On Windows, it is convenient to use the Notepad++ editor to edit boxscripts:

• Notepad++

Source code

The Universal Simulator source code can be found on

• GitHub/NielsHolst/UniSim3

Click the Latest button and follow the link to download all the source code (C++, boxscripts, R, Qt make) as a zip file; or if you are a hacker, apply your git magic.

Qt Creator

The Universal Simulator source code is tailored for the Qt Creator IDE (Integrated Development Environment). As we are making open-source software only, we are entitled to use the free version:

• Qt Creator

Follow this excellent video, how to install Qt Creator on Linux, Mac and Windows.

On a Mac, as shown in the video, you need to install XCode besides Qt Creator. If the installation of XCode seems to take forever, leave it working overnight! See discussion on lengthy XCode installation.