HOW-TO: Play Project 1999 on a Mac

[rkanon]

So this is exceedingly annoying but I have it working. I downloaded Vile's, updated it manually by adding files and then put a copy of the package in a spot. Now, every time I open it I get one instance per install. i simply copy and paste a new instance on my desktop each time I want to open, go through mac's security check and viola!

Not sure why it will only work once but that is how it has happened now consistently. if anyone can help figure out what is happening between one instance and the next I'm all ears!

[tranceminus]

Anyone tried getting this working on the MacOS Catalina beta? I get a black screen, then kicked back to desktop with all of my apps reset, like I’ve just logged in.

I downloaded Vile’s package and updated it manually, autodetect GPU is set to off.

[Lewkeng]

anyone know why it won't open at all game at all to change eqexe files?

[Maiden_in_Black]

Been away from p99 for a few years, so I thought I'd try and get back into it prior to Green launch, but having difficulty getting it to work on my Mac (running Mojave). I was able to download Vile's wrapper and launch p99 and login, but got the spells out of date message. Once I patch the wrapper, it doesn't launch anymore.

I have Titanium as well and tried to go that route with the wineksin wrapper, but it won't launch either (with or without the patch), so it doesn't generate a client log file.

Short of buying an old mac off of kijiji, I'm running out of ideas.

[kabouter]

Since the latest patches, wineskin doesn't work with Mojave anymore.

I'm using parallels myself now and that works fine for me (parallels 13).

[BlackBellamy]

Just want to say that I've been running EQ on my MacBooks no problem using Bootcamp. I know this entire thread is about running EQ in the native OS, but Bootcamp is free, and so is Windows 10 (you don't have to register it to run EQ). I hold Option during boot, select Windows, and I have a full Win10 machine right there.

[Rexin]

I'm so bummed I can't play anymore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Atychiphobia]

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

Just want to say that I've been running EQ on my MacBooks no problem using Bootcamp. I know this entire thread is about running EQ in the native OS, but Bootcamp is free, and so is Windows 10 (you don't have to register it to run EQ). I hold Option during boot, select Windows, and I have a full Win10 machine right there.

Yes this is the best way to do it. I played a few months as a newbie on mac with wineskin but didn't realise my gamma was fucked. Although I did experience the game in original dark mode when it was night [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I did not do Bootcamp, but just got my old windows laptop from 2012 going again with windows 10. Game is old so literally anything with windows can run it.

[kabouter]

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

Just want to say that I've been running EQ on my MacBooks no problem using Bootcamp. I know this entire thread is about running EQ in the native OS, but Bootcamp is free, and so is Windows 10 (you don't have to register it to run EQ). I hold Option during boot, select Windows, and I have a full Win10 machine right there.

True the biggest downside being of course that you have to restart every time you want to play EQ. Especially for us actually working in MACOS it is more than just an inconvenience.

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

I'm so bummed I can't play anymore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Did you try bootcamp or parallels?

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

Yes this is the best way to do it. I played a few months as a newbie on mac with wineskin but didn't realise my gamma was fucked. Although I did experience the game in original dark mode when it was night [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I did not do Bootcamp, but just got my old windows laptop from 2012 going again with windows 10. Game is old so literally anything with windows can run it.

Strange I was able to change the gamma in wineskin before. Actually now that I'm running in windows I can't seem to change the gamma anymore, the only thing that works is just increasing the brightness of my screen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

The good thing about the game being so old is that it runs fine in a virtual machine, while gaming performance usually sucks in parallels.

Anyways if you want the best experience (or have an extremely old mac): bootcamp

If you still want to run EQ within MACOS try parallels.

And yes windows 10 you can download the ISO from the microsoft website, but technically you still have to activate it (and some functions will not be available till you do).

[Jahdu]

Regarding gamma...

right click on your shortcut, go to Show Package Contents, double click on the Wineskin file. The Wineskin window opens up. Click on Set Screen Options. Here you can set the gamma if the game is opening up too dark for you.