HOW-TO: Play Project 1999 on a Mac

[goalie]

Originally Posted by Viprous19 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey guys,
First of all I wanna say huge thanks for putting this together. Followed Phobus instructions to the letter and all worked out, however I do have one question, I wanna get Vert UI working, but everytime I try to load the UI it fails and auto loads the default, any suggestions?

Thanks

when in game, go to your EQ options (eq button) and there is an option to load the ui which should list them. Or you can just /load the name of the ui dir, example my ui dir is duxaui so i /load duxaui

[Viprous19]

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

when in game, go to your EQ options (eq button) and there is an option to load the ui which should list them. Or you can just /load the name of the ui dir, example my ui dir is duxaui so i /load duxaui

Yes I know how to load UIs, that's not the problem, but the issue is with it failing on my Mac but works on my PC, wondering if there is a fix to this, or if Vert UI just doesn't work with Macs.

Thanks

[agentjayd007]

Alright so I can launch the Project1999 app, I log in, select my character, then while it is loading it says my client may have crashed. I did all the steps you said yet I am still having trouble getting into the game. I have tried logging in with multiple characters but nothing works, any advice?

Also I tried installing the latest update files that are on the project1999 homepage, but it won't me me extract to the P99 folder. The only way I know how to access that folder is buy right clicking on the Project 1999 app, but it is grayed out and won't let me. How do I extract these files to my P99 folder? Assuming that is the problem.

[Eiam]

Well I rebottled wine with winery, used the latest engine & released versions... mouselook still stuck at 180. I applied the override force and yes, the mouse is just stuck in the center of the screen. disabling or enabling it doesn't change that you are locked at 180. I've seen several issues on the winehq forums but they all have been fixed (and I assume integrated into the latest Wine, which I just tested with)

So long story short, I can confirm p99 works on the latest Wine via WineSkin wrappers, but the mouselook (viewport stops turning after 180 degrees and you have to unclick, reclick and drag again for the next 180, rinse & repeat) issue still exists.

[Eiam]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30473

I'm going to see about trying it in Cider or using the CX engine.

edit: Tested on CX11, mouselook issue still exists.
I suspect the mouse look issue has to do with running in window mode instead of fullscreen. Can anyone that has bootcamp or some
Method of running fullscreen see if when they go window mode their mouse look stops when they get to the edge of the screen instead of continuing?

[goalie]

Still haven't solved the problem of the game being so dark in OSX. Can hardly see [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Wish it wasn't tho, i hate to have to load up my win7 bootcamp just to play.

[viscompt]

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

Still haven't solved the problem of the game being so dark in OSX. Can hardly see [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Wish it wasn't tho, i hate to have to load up my win7 bootcamp just to play.

Find yourself a copy of Gamma Control. It is what I use and it works VERY well. I run an i7 27" iMac 16gig ram etc and run EQ in either bootcamp (rarely) or most often through Parallels.

[DevGrousis]

The link for the required file changes in Phobus's guide doesn't work [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Where can these be acquired?

[Panade]

Does anybody knows where i can change the keyboard layout in wineskin? Or is there a way with the lproject folders in the resources folder of winesskin. There is a folder for different languages but only in the english folder are files included. Perhaps this is the problem? Need german keyboard layout because it's really hard to play when a lot of characters are on another position. e.g. y and z

[phobus]

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

The link for the required file changes in Phobus's guide doesn't work [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Where can these be acquired?

Download http://www.project1999.org/files/eqchangesv22.zip instead. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

(Also updated my post with the link to the new version)