Neep help with Mac PLEASE

[MrCables]

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

It says workflow failed. Can you take a screenshot of your to see what I'm doing wrong? Or alternatively can you tell me what I would have to do in terminal?

Here's a screenshot of the app I made with automator, pretty much identical to yours, except for the changes I noted above.

Make sure the paths are correct for your machine. When you run yours in Automator, what errors are you getting in the log at the bottom?

[loopholbrook]

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

Here's a screenshot of the app I made with automator, pretty much identical to yours, except for the changes I noted above.

Make sure the paths are correct for your machine. When you run yours in Automator, what errors are you getting in the log at the bottom?

Dude I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, like I said I'm not very computer savvy. When I click get info on the actually file the path is: "/Users/loopholbrook/Desktop/Neverquest.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest" is somehow that the wrong path? I've tried everything I can in automater and it's not working. The error says no such file or directory, so -_-.
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] added patchme to the end, just forgot at first

[Mcbard]

If it helps at all, your script is pointing at your ever quest directory and not the eqgame.exe executable itself.

Also, f Automator, just bring up a terminal and use vi to write scripts IMO.

Cables, I'm not sure how to fix those mouse issues nor am I in a position to really test it, like I said I use a vm to play.

[Mcbard]

Loophol, assuming your wine service is located in the same spot as Cables' try the following script:

#changes your current working directory to your everquest directory
cd /Users/loopholbrook/Desktop/Everquest.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/EverQuest
#issues a command to start eqgame using wine
/opt/local/bin/wine start eqgame.exe patchme

[loopholbrook]

So everything was right, except apparently wine isn't located anywhere on my computer. Do I not just follow the path in get info under the "where:" section? If not where would I get the path for wine?
Are either one of you willing to skype with me and I'll share my screen so you can tell me what I'm doing wrong? If so send me a message, or email.

[corradojeff]

I got this working but I used the "Crossover Games" version of wine. Check This Link and if you have any issues post there and I will help as best as I can.

[MrCables]

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

So everything was right, except apparently wine isn't located anywhere on my computer. Do I not just follow the path in get info under the "where:" section? If not where would I get the path for wine?
Are either one of you willing to skype with me and I'll share my screen so you can tell me what I'm doing wrong? If so send me a message, or email.

Hi Loop,

Sorry, I could have been a little more clear... we're talking about two different things it seems. The "Where:" line you are looking at is showing you the path to the Automator script that you setup, not the path to the EQ or Wine binary files, which you need to reference in the script. I don't have a Skype account, but I can list a few things that might help you further.

First, we need to find the paths to wine and eqgame.exe, since we still haven't pinned that down yet. For this, we'll use the terminal, so open it up and type the following:

find /Users/loopholbrook | grep eqgame.exe

This should locate the eqgame.exe binary as long as it's somewhere in your home folder. If it is, you should see the path print out in the terminal, so write that down. On my machine, it looks like this:

cables@localhost ~$ find /Users/cables | grep eqgame.exe
/Users/cables/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/Project1999/eqgame.exe

Next, you need to find where Wine is. Just type "wine" in the terminal and hopefully you see something like the following:

cables@localhost ~$ wine
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit

If so, you're in good shape... so type the following to find the exact path to the wine binary:

which wine

This is how it looks on my machine:

cables@localhost ~$ which wine
/opt/local/bin/wine

Just fyi... if the last part where you just typed "wine" at the prompt didn't work, this won't either.

So, just to put it all together, here's what it looks like on my machine:

cables@localhost ~$ find /Users/cables | grep eqgame.exe
/Users/cables/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Sony/Project1999/eqgame.exe

cables@localhost ~$ wine
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit

cables@localhost ~$ which wine
/opt/local/bin/wine

So, once you have the two correct paths, go back to automator and add them to the run shell script action like my previous screenshot (using the paths from my examples in this post):

cd /Users/cables/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Sony/Project1999
/opt/local/bin/wine start eqgame.exe patchme

Also, it's very important that you handle path's with spaces in the correctly (like the "Program Files" folder, for example). If there is a space, you need to put a backslash ( "\" ) right before the space. Please take notice of where I placed it above as an example.

Also, just incase you were wondering the difference from here and my previous screenshot, the "~/" is basically a shortcut for "/Users/cables"

Hopefully, this should set you straight. I'll have a look back later on tonight, after the Bruins win the cup [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] , to see how you're getting on.

[Neaena]

follow these easy to use steps to play teh box

1. pick up baseball bat
2. repeatedly swing bat @ mac
3. throw pieces of mac into trash
4. go buy or build a real computer
5. download box and have fun!



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[loopholbrook]

I think there's something up with wine on my computer because it all has worked swimmingly except for every part that has to do with wine.
The second step terminal says "-bash: wine: command not found"
I guess I'll redownload it and see if that helps if not, I shan't edit this post and you'll see that wine is messed up. If wine is indeed messed up, I'll just run vmwarefusion or something similar, unless you have one more magic trick up your sleeve. I appreciate all the help that you have done and I need to find a way to repay you, so if there is ever anything you need, I'll try my best to help.
Also, I saw that your Bruins won, congratz.

[corradojeff]

Loop, look at my post. I now have EQ running on MAC OSX very well using a version of wine called "CrossOver Games". It is VERY easy to set up. Let me know if you have any questions or issues with it.