Any updated way to install on Mac?

mattnac · #1 03-09-2020, 10:48 AM

I recently got a new macbook running Mojave and for the life of me i can't get EQ to run no matter what i try.
I successfully had it running on my old mac, and i've been running it on Ubuntu for the past 6 months.
So my question: Is there any updated guide to get it working? I've tried the stuff in the Wineskin thread.
Tried installing EQ to a folder using regular wine, then copying the dir into the Wineskin app, i've tried installing it directly in Wineskin (Wineskin always hangs here with either a "Wineskin is currently busy" message or a weird "Oops. no new executable file found" error). And i've tried just running it in Wine without Wineskin.
I even tried running it in a Windows VM [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Been offline for over a week now and this just sucks.

Benanov · #2 03-09-2020, 11:10 AM

Mojave is 64-bit only and afaict won't run 32-bit applications like EQ.

Something wrong with Ubuntu? That's my daily driver and it works great there.

mattnac · #3 03-09-2020, 12:27 PM

Hey, hm that could explain alot! Thanks for the info.
Basically i don't have my ubuntu computer any more and got a new mac, so cant really go back to it :/
Will have to look into some alternatives i guess!

Benanov · #4 03-09-2020, 04:38 PM

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Hey, hm that could explain alot! Thanks for the info.
Basically i don't have my ubuntu computer any more and got a new mac, so cant really go back to it :/
Will have to look into some alternatives i guess!

Bootcamp (reboot into Win 10 or Ubuntu) or Parallels (run a virtual machine to run Win 10 or Ubuntu).

Both should have threads on the forums.

My advice (and the advice of a lot of Linux developers) is to not buy a Mac to install Ubuntu, but it's quite fine to install it in a virtual machine or dual-boot to it to play EQ.

Nirgon · #5 03-09-2020, 04:58 PM

Use normal computer

mattnac · #6 03-10-2020, 04:10 PM

I wound up bootcamping windows 10, seems to be working for now!

Argh · #7 03-10-2020, 09:20 PM

Have you tried this:

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Right click the .app & click Show Package Content

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Click on Wineskin.app

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Click Set Screen Option

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Uncheck Auto Detect GPU info for Direct3D

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Also here's a screenshot of what my config looks like (I moved my eq folder outside of program files), but you want to target eqgame.exe instead of the .bat file:

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paronga · #8 03-12-2020, 06:20 AM

I'm still on High Sierra.

After the latest update, my wineskin broke on me.
I ended up downloading the latest winskin, and getting all of the latest bottles etc.

I copied over the EQ folder from my old wrapper.

Worked well [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think with all this 64-bit stuff, there might be some tough issues. Though I know the folks at code weaver (who work on wine) are doing some great work. Hopefully time will fix it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

https://www.codeweavers.com/about/bl...port-for-macos

virtual machine is also doable, i always find it a bit of a pain though.

Argh · #9 03-12-2020, 10:21 AM

The 64-bit app's not running at all is only an issue on Catalina at the moment, so it shouldn't be OP's problem since he said he is on Mojave.