Mac OSX: S.O.L?

[Rathel]

I know that the original EQ game won't run on Mac, but I figured I would ask about this emulator. I have a newer Macbook pro with OSX.

Am I just shit outa luck?

[Zakaton]

Originally Posted by Rathel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know that the original EQ game won't run on Mac, but I figured I would ask about this emulator. I have a newer Macbook pro with OSX.

Am I just shit outa luck?

If you have an Intel CPU (I would think so), you can run Bootcamp
which would probably be the best choice, or you could use emulation with Parallels, Crossover Mac, or Wine.

[Rathel]

Ok, thanks. Now I just need a free copy of windows somewhere.. lol

[Rael]

Confirmed EQ works with crossover games

[corradojeff]

Originally Posted by Rael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Confirmed EQ works with crossover games

How did you get the .exe not to patch when you ran it through CrossOver?

[cadiz]

you need to append "patchme" to the run options like you'd do with Windows or Linux (Wine) like you do with the shortcut.

[corradojeff]

Originally Posted by cadiz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you need to append "patchme" to the run options like you'd do with Windows or Linux (Wine) like you do with the shortcut.

I know thats what I need to do but I do not know how to do it. With CrossOver on Mac you never get then chance to see the "Everquest" shortcut icon because there is no wirtual desktop with a shortcut on it. When you install EQ it all goes in to a "bottle" and you just tell CrossOver to run that bottle and it opens the .exe for you.

You can open the program, which is in this bottle, in to a windows like file tree but when you get to the .exe file there is no way to add "patchme" anywhere. Like in windows you would right click and add patchme to the "target box" but when I right click on the eqgame.exe I only get the MacOS options and in these options I cannot find where I would add patchme.

I do have EQ running in a bootcamp windows partition but I would rather run it in Mac OS. I would appreciate if anyone could give me some instructions on how to make it not patch.

[Chrushev]

I play EQ on my Macbook Pro all the time via Bootcamp (winxp)

[Mcbard]

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[Mcbard]

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Parallels.

Edit: This solution is still going to rape your battery, because you're running two operating systems at the same time. The best way I can think of playing, for battery life, would be to either get it running using Wine or something like crossover games. Virtualization isn't the best option for battery life, and as you pointed out, Windows has horrid battery management when compared with OSX.

If I'm using parallels I get about 2 hours of battery life on my 13 inch MBP when I'm unplugged. Bootcamp was similar.