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Just copy pasta from my post to the "Playing Banished on a Macook?" thread:
Try the following steps:
- install wineskin winery
- download banished (x32, x64 did NOT work for me)
- Extract banished.zip
- Create new wrapper with Wineskin unsing the latest WS9Wine1.7.12 engine and Wineskin-2.5.12 Wrapper Version
- Drag the banished installation file (*.msi) onto created wrapper (or double-click wrapper and choose install software) Make sure that you selected ANYWHERE in System&Prefs - Security and Privacy (Allow apps downloaded from)
- Follow installation steps
- Right click on wrapper and show package contents
- Delete or rename VideoDX11-x32.dll in drive_c/Program Files/Shining Rock Software LLC/Banished
- Enjoy
Alternatively, you could try to use this fix for playing with DX11 but I have not tried that yet.
No sound for me, but the game works fine!
You might want to check out Wineskin: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
It's an app wrapper that allows you to use many Windows games and Apps on a Mac without Boot Camp or Virtual Machine.
What you are trying to do is relatively complex. Getting angry at the world will not encourage people to help you.
If you don't know what a wrapper is, you should read the wineskin manual. Read it carefully.
An alternative commercial solution is Crossover, this isn't free but will probably work better.
Why is Boot Camp not an option?
Yes! You can play using wine. If you haven't heard of wine before, I would recommend using wineskin unless you're very computer savvy. http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php Just download wineskin, create a new wrapper, and install the game files (you can get a copy of the game from GOG, it goes on sale fairly often). I believe you also need to use the HD mod to get around copy protection, but I don't really remember (you'll probably want to be using the HD mod anyway though). Also you might have to disable rootless if you're on a new-ish operating system... I'm not entirely sure why, something about X11 I think. If you try to get it set up and can't figure something out, I can help.
No, it will be less efficient than bootcamp but more efficient than software like virtual box.
(alternatives for playonmac are wineskin, and crossover (payed version of wine), personally, I prefer both more than playonmac)
A great place to find wrappers is the portingteam.
For those on the Mac and thinking about getting Unreal Tournament GOTY - I just tested it with Wineskin 1.7 and it works fine. (OS X 10.9.2, OpenGL works better for me)
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
I've spent a ton of time working with Spelunky on Mac so I should be able to help you out.
First, you'll want to download the latest version of WineSkin Winery.
Then, press the button with a + sign on it. That'll prompt you to download an engine, I use WS9Wine1.7.14, it works for me.
Then, click on the button "Create New Blank Wrapper".
Name it windows steam or something like that, then click ok.
Some configuration will happen, then you'll get a message saying your wrapper is finished. You'll want to click "view wrapper in finder".
Double click on the new wrapper you've just created, it should open up a wineskin options application with the buttons "Install Software", "Screen Options", and "Advanced Settings".
Click on the button labeled "install software".
Now, you'll need to grab your steam setup executable. Find it here, grab the one labelled "windows". Once that's downloaded head back into wineskin, and hit "choose setup executable". Select the steamsetup.exe.
Go through the process of setting steam up. When it begins to download the steam update, shut it down.
You should be presented with a window asking you which executable to launch with. Select the link ending in "Steam.exe".
Now you should be good to go! Close down any remaining wineskin windows you have open, then re-open your steam wrapper. It should download the steam update and prompt you to login. Login, then navigate and download spelunky. Once it's downloaded you should be able to launch and play natively from the windows version of Steam.
Hope that helps!
The current OS X client is just a wrapped up version of the Windows client. I can't remember exactly, but I think they're using Cider. So in terms of development, other than tweaking the wrapper, I expect the OS X client isn't getting much love. The good news is you can wrap it yourself and get much better performance. I put the Windows client in a Wineskin wrapper and after some tweaking, I'm getting better FPS and improved general performance.
IMO what you want to make is a Wineskin wrapper.
Look on the forums for an existing wrapper: http://portingteam.com/frontpage
Make your own using Wineskin: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
Unsure about tutorial but I'm sure "wineskin tutorial" will bring you some hits.
FWIW an alternative route would be to use a virtual machine. Find a copy of VMware fusion or parallels, a copy of Windows. Install anarchy online like normal. You'll need >4GB of ram for this route to work well.
I did the wrapper myself using Wineskin. Download the software at http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php, open it, then create a wrapper. Using the created wrapper, launch the installer by linking the wrapper to the executable file of the installer. After the installation, link the Skyrim launcher as the wrapper's executable. Viola!
I could make a more detailed instruction on how to do it but I'm currently at work right now.
I actually used Wineskin, not Winebottler. I'll give you a quick run through of how I set it up.
1.) Open wineskin
2.) Hit plus to add an engine
3.) Choose whatever's the latest version of Ws9wine, right now its 1.7.40. Hit Download and install.
4.) Click on create new wrapper and name it Cogmind. This might take a few minutes. You may get some prompts from wine to install missing components. Just OK through these to install them.
5.) When it's done, click view wrapper in finder
6.) On the newly created Cogmind app, right click and go to Show Package Contents
7.) Drag your COGMIND folder into the drive_c folder here
8.) Open the Wineskin app in the same package folder
9.) Hit advanced, on windows exe, click browse and find the COGMIND folder and choose COGMIND.EXE
10.) Go to options and check option key works as alt
11.) Close the wineskin app
The wrapped game is now ready. Let me know if you have any trouble with this. Once a wiki is set up somewhere, I'll add these instructions.
Honestly, the official Mac version runs extremely shitty for me in general with constant freezes and general slowness. Which is probably because it requires 1GB of Video RAM (the Windows version only requires 512MB.), which my MacBook doesn't have.
So far I've just been running the Windows version in Wineskin (winehq link that describes required winetricks packages and commandline to have it launch) and it runs completely golden with it for me at least.
Thanks OP! Now I can play Terraria again! Ever since I ditched windows, I've been craving for Terraria and the console version has not been updated to 1.2. The problem is I encounter xAudio issue with this wrapper.
Microsoft xAudio2 CPU does not meet minimum requirements. Streaming SIMD extensions support required.
I'm on a late 2012 MacBook (Mavericks). I don't enjoy playing Terraria without sound, so I dig around to see if this issue can be fixed. I was able to fix the audio issue by updating the wineskin engine to 1.7.10.
Here are the steps for anyone who encountered this problem:
- Download and install Wineskin Winery: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
- Run it and install WS9Wine1.7.9 (hint: click the '+' button)
- Go back to your Teraria Wineskin Wrapper (using Finder), right click on it and select (Show Package Content).
- Run Wineskin app in that folder. Go to Advanced -> Tools and Click 'Update Wrapper'. Wineskin will update itself and close.
- Run Wineskin app again. Go to Advanced -> Tools and Click 'Change Engine Used'. Select WS9Wine1.7.10. Exit Wineskin after update finished.
Next time you run Terraria, go to Settings -> Volume and max it up!
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I play RCT1 and RCT2 through Wineskin by Urgesoftware on Mac OSX 10.6.8. Both versions of RCT are digital downloads from GOG.com.
I followed this tutorial, which is in the sidebar.
This is the options menu that I am referring to: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+4.4+Advanced+-+Configuration
You can find it by navigating to you application in Finder. Right click the application and select Show package Contents. You will see an application with the Wineskin icon. Double clicking should display the Advanced Configuration from above.
After that, play around with the "Set Screen Options" menu. However be aware, if you have been using a plain Wineskin install you might be missing drivers etc.
I use winery to create a wrapper. http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php Install that, open it, make sure that you have an engine called WS9Wine2.16 or higher selected (if not, press the + to add it), and press "Create blank wrapper" Name it something like "Cuphead" and create (give it a few minutes). Press "View wrapper in finder" when it's done. then, right-click the "Cuphead.app" file, and press "Show packaged contents". open "Wineskin.app"
Press "Advanced", select the "Tools" tab, and press "Winetricks". Press "Update winetricks" in bottom, then in the top expand the "apps" listing, and select "steam" in the list. press "Run" and it'll walk you through installing steam. When steam is installed, close it, and the console in winetricks should say something like "Winetricks command finished".
Press "close", and go to the "Configuration" tab. Next to the Windows EXE: textfield press the "Browse" button, navigate: Program Files -> Steam -> Steam.exe and press "Choose". Close wineskin, go back up one folder and open the Cuphead.app normally. You should now have a working steam where you can install Cuphead and play.
BTW if if asks you at some point about mono and gecko, just let it install it. Can't remember when exactly this prompt comes.
Quick google search says either emulate Windows or use WineSkin. Hammer doesn't seem to have a versions for mac or linux.
Maybe someone else here uses mac and knows something better. You could try to find someone like that in the discord chat.
There already is a Mac version! The only problem is that the Mac Lackey software currently does not work with OSX Sierra. If this is your operating system, you have a couple of options:
If you can, revert to an older version of OSX. The mac version of LackeyCCG should run fine on it.
Download the windows emulator wineskin: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php. The windows version of LackeyCCG has been reported to run on this emulator.
I don't have any experience with BrawlBuilder, but you might want to try creating a wrapper for it with Wineskin Winery, where you can install some Windows libraries that might be missing from your standard Wine install.
Although if you're looking to just get a Brawl ISO, then I'd just try looking for one online. We're not allowed to link you to one here, so just google it (get the one from the youtube video that pops up as the first result under "super smash bros brawl iso"), and know that it's much more likely for you to find a legitimate Brawl ISO than an illegitimate one.
If you have access to a Mac, try using Wineskin. It takes a few tries to figure out how to get everything configured properly, but over all it is fairly easy to do. Link: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
I'd recommend wineskin. If you just make a "wrapper" with it (it will walk you through this, pretty much clicking through "okay" prompts), that wrapper will be an application that can open pretty much any .exe without ever having to move things around/install/do anything other than select open with
To be honest, especially if you are saying "The budget is irrelevant" it matters much less than you think.
Laptop vs Desktop: Are you going to want to use your computer in more than one place? If so, get a laptop. If not, it doesn't matter very much.
Windows vs Mac: Some programs built for windows don't run natively on OS X. Usually, you can use programs like wineskin to run them. Sometimes this won't work, and you will have to dualboot your machine and make a windows partition with bootcamp. Mac computers also usually come with less powerful GPUs, but not all of them. However, even the ones without powerful GPUs will be enough for learning 3D modeling and animation. If you run into the problem where you don't have good enough hardware to do what you want, you're probably doing things poorly, and should change your technique rather than get better hardware. In the end, there's one thing that matters above all else: what machine do you feel most comfortable using? If it's windows, get that. If it's mac, get that. If it's your favorite brand of linux, get that.
I installed SC4 and SC3000u on my Mac yesterday, actually. Your best bet is to download this app called Wineskin. You need a PC copy of the game, though.
You can download it here: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
Wine is an application that runs Windows programs natively on Mac and Linux. You can actually get most games to run, more or less, with it. Wineskin makes the process easier by offering a gui for most features.
I highly recommend reading the FAQ as it explain the different engines and how to go about installing games. Feel free to ask me any questions though!
If it doesn't make it through greenlight, very likely not. If it does, then it's far more likely. They're using an older version of the source engine that doesn't support OS X, however, the hope is that if it gets put on steam, valve might let them use a newer version that does support OS X.
Someone other commenter on another thread mentioned that it might work using wineskin which is a "port" of the open source windows compatibility layer software, wine.
Wineskin Winery should do the trick - it's the best version of WINE for OSX in my opinion. Make a new wrapper using the latest WINE engine. Open the wrapper and use Winetricks to install IE7. It won't be as stable as a VM though -- Virtualbox is free.
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
Use Wineskin to create a wrapper for whatever Winlink program you want. It'll feel almost like it's a native app. The fans seem to spin a lot less using Wineskin than they do with Virtual Box or VMware, too.
If you' only need to run a single piece of software, you should try this first. This basically creates a wrapper around a Windows program so it appears to you as a normal mac OS app and runs as one too.
I cannot guarantee it, since the game was developed on a Window computer and the only computers I've had available to me were PC's. However, I might try to port it in the future.
For now, maybe you can try using Wineskin?
Here are the instructions for running TAC under mac (or linux)
Download steam for windows: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe
download wineskin winery: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
run and create new blank wrapper
right click to open package contents -> start wineskin.app to config the wrapper
Under tools -> utilites -> winetricks -> enter "steam" in search and activate steam in apps
install software -> choose steamsetup.exe
close steam and start wineskin.app again
choose the exe it via "configuration" -> /program files/steam/steam.exe -> test run
now download civ iv: colonization via steam
close steam
download http://download.civforum.de/civ4col/TAC/INSTALL_MANUELL_TAC%202.03_final.zip unzip and rename the folder TAC 2.03_final to TAC
again in package contents of your wrapper, now go to /program files/steam/steam apps/common/Civilization IV Colonization/ create the folder Mods and move TAC into it
start wineskin.app again -> Advanced -> Windows Exe -> /Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Civilization IV Colonization/Colonization.exe
and EXE flag -> mod=/TAC
- now press test run, now TAC should start (with different menu background)
if fullscreen switching makes problems you can use cmd+option+a to switch back/reset the resolution
one caveat though... sometimes it crashes while initializing a game, but never during a game - so just close wine and try again. Also i made the experience that starting a new game and then loading a save game was usually more successful
The option mentioned by /u/Linux_Jesus is called virtual desktop. Here's how you can use it in Wineskin on Mac:
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+4.2+Screen+Options
To access that Wineskin settings view:
Go to the game directory by right clicking (or CTRL+click) and picking "Show Package Contents" from context menu. Then start Wineskin.app and pick "Screen Options"
A whooooole bunch of nerd crap:
Trying to get PD2 running even just "okay" on Mac via a Wine-based program called Wineskin. So far it's "meh" at best: seems to not have multiplayer support (it tries, but errors out) because I not only can't join a match but was playing a round of "Protect the Safehouse" online" earlier by myself for 20 mins or so and not even one person attempted to join in meaning anyone who tried also likely had an error. It also freezes, crashes, and just often lags; this is with everything at the lowest settings + resolution @ 1024x640 while my native resolution is 1440x900. Wine used to be able to handle it, but not so much any more :(
An as-of-yet-only-remotely-working-but-nowhere-near-functional project related to Wineskin. It's driven me insane at least twice already.
Rocket League...sigh. Ever since the latest update it's been crashing both itself and Steam, and one time just itself. After days talking to multiple "support" staff and providing a new crash log almost every day (5 in total) my request was finally, supposedly, sent to someone higher up. Since then I haven't heard a damn thing; at least the useless support staff were talkative.
Working on some writing about gaming on Mac using Wine. My first "article" is probably done (I used an online tool to help with some grammar mistakes), but @ almost 1800 words and 10,770 characters already and that part only being the equivalent of a small introduction, it's already seeming more like a book.
More nerd projects; currently on hold because of the busted one above. A couple computer programs that I want to make + another I've already made that I want to update + a small script/program that needs updating so that it may actually be useful for others.
Sofa king mentally drained. I need to go Shang Tsung-mode and suck out someone's life force, brb.
How about you? Any fun stuff lately?
If you don't want to buy a copy of Windows you can give Wine a try.
You can install Steam using Wineskin.
Edit: <em>Someone has written this up!</em> I haven't verified these instructions myself but they look pretty close to the song and dance I went through.
What I consider the best way is also a little difficult and requires some patience to get right. You can use Wineskin to create a Wine wrapper, and install the GOG version into it.
I believe that will work pretty well out of the box, but if you then want to include the restoration project and get high resolution support, that's going to require some more finagling with Wine's configuration.
I can't remember the exact steps I went through to get it functional, otherwise I'd provide an exact write-up. But here's proof of what's possible: http://imgur.com/a/sUHRY
One way to do this is download and install Wineskin: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
Then install an engine, and Create a New Blank Wrapper. It will ask you to choose a setup executable, so choose the RCT2 one from the disk in your drive. Setup should proceed normally.
Once it's done, open your home folder, and then the Applications folder (NOT your top-level Applications folder with all the system apps), then Wineskin, then right-click the Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 one and click "Show Package Contents." Then navigate to drive_c, Program Files/Infogrames Entertainment etc or wherever the installed files are and move them out of that folder. Then you can delete the .app bundle in the Wineskin folder.
(hopefully these instructions are enough to get you going, if you need more detail let me know)
edit: I tried to write instructions specific to a Mac that don't involve use of the terminal. However I see now that the unshield instructions on the wiki are probably the way to go.
Instead of using a VM in VMware or VirtualBox, you could try with Wineskin.
It's sad to see that Bethesda didn't port FOS on OS X/macOS and Linux. I hope they will one day.
After all, it's not like if porting an iOS game to OS X was the hardest thing ever.
Very welcome :)
Another thing you may enjoy is a program based on Wine like Wineskin, PlayOnMac, or CrossOver. If you're good with highly technical console programs you could try just Wine itself. Wine is a program that basically translates Windows-specific code to it's nearest Linux/Mac equivalents and will allow some games which otherwise wouldn't run on those OSes (such as Tomb Raider 2013 for me, and Fallout: New Vegas, and Deadpool, and..so many more). The important thing though is that you do not need a Windows key/demo copy unlike with virtual machine software such as VirtualBox, Parallels, or VMWare Fusion. Wine - and other programs based on it - can run at speeds comparable to native games but for me personally it hasn't done so with most games. My computer is quite terrible though and barely meets requirements on many games I've tried. Wine is a work-in-progress though and as such it has many issues & can cause problems in games that would otherwise not occur. GTA IV I can't play because of render lag & a very strange issue with cars: the body is about a foot off of the frame and if you hit a car they get further off, and it's clipped to the body still so you can hit frame or body..lmao. Tomb Raider I had missing texture issues that made some dark areas nearly impossible (final tomb I just kinda ran around in near-complete darkness), but it was still playable. Some games just simply won't run, some take a lot of small work to fix issues (FO: NV), and some work like a charm. If you want to try http://portingteam.com and the wineskin homepage would be some good places to look.
Hey I would love to play this on my mac! Seeing you already have a linux build I don't think it would be that much more trouble but I understand you are a small team and your time is limited. You can also take a look at wineskins (http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php), with this I would recommend just write a quick setup guide and it will done much faster.
A lot of popular games are on Mac and you can try your luck with Wineskin, but it isn't the same as owning a Windows PC. Bootcamp would be your best option if you don't mind forking out the money for a Windows licence (I am talking about Mac users here.) I own a Macbook Pro and I can play most popular titles on low settings without many problems.
TL;DR: Gaming on Macs is most definitely a thing but the library is going to be much smaller, even with Wineskin.
Instructions:
Download Escribe from Evolv's website.
Download Wineskin http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
Install that, update it, let it install WINE, etc.
Create a new blank wrapper. Name it EScribe.
Double click on the new wrapper it creates. It will give you a menu that allows you to install software into it. Select the Escribe installer. Let it do it's thing. Uncheck the boxes to create the desktop icon and the other thing... the monitoring thing. Once it's done, make sure to tell the Wineskin wrapper thingy to use the EScribe.exe file (it won't be the first choice in the dropdown, so don't be like me and accidentally choose DEScribe.exe because that won't work)
The finished wrapper will be in /user/Applications/Wineskin
Make an alias and copy the alias to your desktop for ease of finding it later.
Double click on the Escribe wrapper and the software will run.
It's just creating that .bat which does the job of the Windows shortcut that we cannot run. The wineskin which contains Steam and the game is then set up so that when you double click its icon, it launches the .bat file. There's also a technique to be able to run other .exe's, like the patch installer for example.
Sorry, I'd have helped you earlier but I've been far, far away. ^_^
This is an issue with running the game through a VM, specifically VMWare Fusion. Normally for gaming I'd recommend Parallels, but in the case of Nox it works fantastic in a Wine wrapper.
Get Wineskin and then install Nox the same way as you did in my quasi-tutorial you linked above. Remember to use the right executable when running it, I think it's the "No-CD" file that's in Program Files after you install it (vs. game.exe, iirc).
If you get stuck, reply here and I'll do my best to get back to you!
Paging /u/Imagine_Penguins, since he's also interested.
SupCom 2 is supported by Wine, so you can simply make a Wineskin of the Windows version.
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http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
You need to rewrap the whole game in Wineskin to get it to work half way decently. Cryptic did a poor job in porting STO over to Mac, The cider program they use does a poor job of running Windows code. Its going to take you a few minutes to get this working properly but afterwards you shouldn't suffer any issues at all.
AoE3 is no longer supported (for multiplayer) on Mac, and there's no telling how much longer the OS will support it either, as the game is no longer being patched.
Alternatively, as some have mentioned in this thread, you could play via either bootcamp (installing the Windows OS on your Mac) or WineSkin (essentially emulating a Windows environment and thereby running the game natively on the Mac OS). I'm sure there are many people here who could help you get bootcamp working and the Windows OS installed, but this method isn't cheap. :P
Personally, myself and many others use WineSkin (http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php) to run the game. With WineSkin you can install Steam, and download the game there. I'm not entirely certain if the game would be buggy at all if you're using the Steam version through WineSkin (though I've heard from others that it works fine), as I use the retail version. In any case, if you're interested in using WineSkin, I could help you set it up, it's not very complicated. Maybe I'll consider just writing a new thread for this somewhere for other Mac users... that might be a good idea. :P
Hmm, I'm afraid I won't be much help as I use a PC. I know it can be done though, I think people often use Wineskin but again I don't have a lot of experience with it. I suggest you make a new post about it and the experts will likely chime in!
Yes, you can set it up quickly with Wineskin (Takes like ~10 minutes)
ggRO on Mac
Download Wineskin Winery: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
Open Wineskin Winery -> Hit the + -> Install the latest Engine
Create New Blank Wrapper -> Name it [NAME]
Wine will request to install a few files -> Let it do so
After it is finished, click “View Wrapper in Finder”
Select your Wrapper named [NAME] -> Show Contents Package
Open Wineskin
Hit Install Software -> Select your ggRO.exe -> Let it install
Advanced -> Tools -> Winetricks (This will take a few minutes)
Select Games -> Check the Ragnarok Online box
Hit Run
Wineskin will request to install some more files -> Let it do so
Reopen Wrapper named [NAME]
After it is installed, hit Browse in your Wrapper and select the ggRO Patcher.exe (Default path is probably /Program Files/ggRO/ggRO Patcher.exe)
Hit Test Run and the patcher should pop up
Enjoy~
I am on windows 7, but your best bet would be running wine in some variety. When I had a macbook, I used http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads to run many windows programs on OSX.
This thread was extremely helpful, but a bit out of date.
I PMed the OP of that thread, and he linked me to this page as a replacement for the Wineskin stuff. I used WS8Wine1.5.0 and the most up-to-date "Wrapper Version".
I just realised, though, that I was doing this on Mountain Lion. I don't remember now whether I've tried it on Mavericks or not. I'll give that a go now and get back to you.
Hi, I know of this problem and how to fix it. It is actually caused by the fact that you have a new MBP (more specifically, an Ivy Bridge/Haswell CPU). This was a bug in old versions of WS9Wine not able to give proper instructions to the CPU. Here are the steps you can do to fix it.
- Install wineskin winery
- open wineskin winery and download WS9Wine and wrapper
- open up your wrapper (right click>show package contents)
- open the wineskin app in your wrapper, select the tools tab
- from here, under wrapper tools, you have to try newer versions of the engine and wrapper, unfortunately I'm not certain of which version of the wrapper will work 100%, I know that the latest version of the wrapper, 1.7.18, will not have the sound bug. But on some machines, you will get this horrible bug in it's place. Its a bit of a guess and retry.
There are various implementations of Wine which are customized specifically for compatibility with gaming, you might have better luck with that approach.
I recommend trying Wineskin. It allows you to create standalone app bundles packaged with individual PC programs, using a choice of 'engines', of which the CX series are known for working well with gaming technologies such as DirectX, etcetera.
These were mentioned by people on r/key_visual_arts. I can't confirm if anything works as I don't have a Mac but it may be of some help.
Try the following steps:
- install wineskin winery
- download banished (x32, x64 did NOT work for me)
- Extract banished.zip
- Create new wrapper with Wineskin unsing the latest WS9Wine1.7.12 engine and Wineskin-2.5.12 Wrapper Version
- Drag the banished installation file (*.msi) onto created wrapper (or double-click wrapper and choose install software) Make sure that you selected ANYWHERE in System&Prefs - Security and Privacy (Allow apps downloaded from)
- Follow installation steps
- Right click on wrapper and show package contents
- Delete or rename VideoDX11-x32.dll in drive_c/Program Files/Shining Rock Software LLC/Banished
- Enjoy
Alternatively, you could try to use this fix for playing with DX11 but I have not tried that yet.
No sound for me, but the game works fine!
I suggest taking a look at Wineskin, it's a lot more user friendly than Wine, and they have pretty good forums to get you going. You can also download pre-made "wrappers" for games, thus minimizing how much work you have to put into playing Borderlands (or any other game that's been "ported").
You might instead try starting with a blank wrapper using Wineskin Winery. After creating a new blank wrapper, it works exactly like the instructions (double click the new blank wrapper, install Windows software). The AppDB says that Wine version 1.4 and above (I would try 1.4.1, the latest stable version, first) works without any special tweaking such as winetricks installs, which that guy might've done and caused some sort of problem.
Ah ok. I use Wineskin Winery for Rejuv and the like, works pretty well despite being a bit outdated at this point. Here's the steps to set it up:
-Download Wineskin Winery here: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
-Download the Windows version of Rejuv and unzip it, and move the folder to your desktop (or somewhere else where you can find it easily)
-Open up WW, you'll get a window that looks like this. Click the + to download a new engine if you don't currently see any, then with an engine selected, click "Create New Blank Wrapper".
-Name it whatever you want, then hit OK. It'll take a minute or two to set up, hit "View Wrapper in Finder" and drag it to the desktop when you're done.
-Find it on the desktop, double-click it and select "install software".
-Click "Move a Folder Inside"
-Find the downloaded Rejuvenation folder from before, confirm that, hit "ok" on the next screen, then quit and relaunch, and you should be good to go.
you could try using Wineskin, it works for pretty much every exe file you just gotta learn how to use it. (btw remember to force windowed mode on screen options) http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
ut99, i was using bootcamp, and this was fine. but annoying swapping os just to play a few games, and then flipping back.
so i found a decently distributed version for osx, and this worked fine, and now follwimg updates, it broke.
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so.., wineskin winery http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
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you "create a wrapper" which is about 500mb, and then when its done, find the file it created, then right click and "show package contents" and then double click wineskin, click install software, and then navigate to your windows ut99 and wait.
I managed to get Star Wars Galaxies to run on my old 2012 macbook through Wineskin. And you might get the Old Republic working through it as well. Especially The Old Republic seems very, very similar to World of Warcraft. At least when I played it last.
Wineskin requires some time to get used to, but in the end it can behave like a native mac app that you just open with a simple click. I managed to play dozens of games throughout the years and the support should have grown in the last few years. It depends on what Mac OS version you have installed. High Sierra for example might cause problems.
Nonetheless its definitley worth a look if you want to game on your mac and have a almost native enviroment from where to organise and start your games.
Crossover makes use of Wine which is open source and available for free.
Instead, give Wineskin a try.
Few basic tips for using Wine/ Wineskin/ PortingKit on Mac
- Go to your Applications/ Games folder where PortingKit creates "wrapper" Apps.
- Right click your App and choose "show package content".
- Inside you will see the c: drive which is basically your "Wine PC" that has folder structure just like the real PC. You can then manage, copy, add and delete folders or files to your "Wine PC" anyway you want using Mac Finder.
- Inside you will also see Wineskin app which you can use for managing anything about your "Wine PC" wrapper. More in Section 4 - using Wineskin App: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual
- Use Winetricks for installing different Windows components
- On the "Tools" tab of Wineskin app advanced options you have nice little utility "Custom EXE Creator" which you can use to create shortcuts to different Windows apps inside your wrapper and then just put those aliases to MacOs Dock to run different Windows games from the same wrapper like any other Mac app. http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+4.5+Advanced+-+Tools
It can look little bit overwhelming, but once you familiarize yourself with Wine/ Wineskin/ PortingKit you will enjoy easiness of managing, creating and destroying this "PCs" inside your Mac :)
> If you have a Mac, you'll have to run a Windows virtual machine or dual boot.
Winewrapper is an easy way to run Windows programs without needing to actually have Windows. They don't always run well (or at all) but usually worth checking out.
On Linux, regular Wine is the best option.
Winlink Express will work on Mac when using CodeWeavers Crossover for Mac (a commercial version of Wine). You can also try Wineskin.
If you mean, is there software that will run on Linux that will let you run Mac applications, then not that I am aware of.
If you mean, is there something like WINE for MacOS, then yes. Do you want commercial ($$$) or free?
Commercial: Codeweavers Crossover
Free: Wineskin (which appears to be WINE repackaged for MacOS)
ohh right I don't have a mac totally forgot it uses wineskin, I normally invoke wine through a terminal where you basically launch it like
cd /application/directory && wine program.exe -add-arguments-here
this might help http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+4.4+Advanced+-+Configuration
alternative option is make a batch script and invoke it with
wine cmd batchscript.bat
edit. figured it out from those pictures, go to the Configuration tab and add -no-cef-sandbox to EXE Flags
Virtualization software like Parallels still requires hard drive space for the install so you won't be saving the space on your drive that you think you will. Virtualization also comes with significant performance hits. It is great for running business software and anything that isn't graphically intensive but bogs down significantly when you try to do something with the graphics card.
It is pretty much the worst solution possible for playing Windows only games on Mac OS. If you absolutely will not use Boot Camp, take a look at Wineskin which will allow you to get many Windows apps to run on MacOS.
You might also hit up /r/macgaming if you have more technical questions about getting games to run on your Mac
If it works, Wineskin would be a free alternative. The game will probably require installing d3dx11_43 through the winetricks panel.
I have VMs set up on my computer already, and I still find Wine more convenient. Booting Windows is slow, and interacting with the VM is more awkward than using the app in Wine.
It's also easier to set up Wine with Wineskin than to install (and maintain) an entire Windows OS.
For Tygem, that is. A lot of Windows apps are difficult or even impossible to get running well in Wine.
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+2.1+Updates
I followed this. You should have Wineskin Winery on your computer if you did it the same way I did.
I am running latest expansion perfectly on macOS Sierra 10.12.13.
simple, use something like Wineskin or Porting Kit or anything like that to make your addon Mac compatible. usually addons are not that resource heavy and can be ported easily.
Good luck and I'll see you in Game.
If you just want to download it: follow this GitHub tutorial on how to create an appmanifest. It will trick Steam into thinking that the download was already started and is paused, and it won't care that it's not compatible with your system.
If you want to actually play: Try using a Wine-based program, or Wine itself. WINE "basically" runs Windows programs as though they're native apps on Mac/Linux and some other non-Windows OSs. There are third-party programs that simplify Wine such as Wineskin and PlayOnMac. Wineskin is less friendly but usually has the most recent Wine engine(s) available; POM is somewhat more friendly, but also makes it harder to access some of the advanced functionality of Wine than Wineskin does.
You can of course use the Mac Steam client to download the game and then transfer it into a Wineskin "wrapper" - a Mac .app with Wineskin & it's components inside, somewhat similar to a virtual machine; it will also contain anything you install into the wrapper. I'm not sure if it would be possible to transfer the game install data into whatever it is that POM uses with this trick, but it should be (although it would likely be simpler to just download it using POM).
Here is a link to the program I used to make a CDDA wrapper: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads. I just followed the directions for making a wrapper. Once I figured out how to do it, it was pretty routine. I haven't made an update in several months, but I doubt anything has changed that will make this program not work.
Wine is a Windows compatiblity layer for *nix (Linux, OS X) systems. Wineskin is a neat wrapper application for OS X that you can use to magically create Mac Apps from Windows programms.
You can get Wineskin here
I used this tutorial for my Windows Warcraft 3 installation, any other software should be done the same way (probably).
Not really. MV uses the same standard wrapper for every game and the game folder has a fixed defined structure.
If you are set on using WINE have a look at Wineskin Winery. That makes configuring WINE on the Mac easier.
Read through this, https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/169f6c/ive_got_another_little_something_for_any_mac/
Here's another, which is on the sidebar http://paulthetall.com/age-of-empires-2-mac/
There's of course other methods like a virtual machine or bootcamp, but install wineskin, then follow the instructions on the threads I linked you. It might get a little complicated, and I can't find the exact thread I had, but you should have downloaded something called AOE2 Wrapper+Patch and a couple others.
I used to run it with Wineskin but it was a few years ago and the version was different, so I'm not sure if it's going to work with the latest. Give it a try and let me know!
I use Parallels for some games on my hackintosh, but it really depends on how demanding the game is (and I think it can't play anything higher than DX10 games). Wineskin Winery is nice and easy to use with a lot of applications and seems to give better performance for a lot of WINE games (like Skyrim for example).
Otherwise I'd recommend just sticking with a dual boot setup and going back and forth as needed.
Winebottler might do the job, though it's not specialized for things like games. It's more of a general use kind of deal. Wineskin, on the other hand, is specialized for games and other complicated .exe's that use lots of graphics and sound.
If you use GOG or a disc or the like, I'd recommend wineskin, but if you plan to use steam I'd recommend using this team's wrapper. It's a nice team of dedicated people. You have to make an account for this one but there's clean instructions and it's tested by at least someone.
Ninja edit: It's also worth noting that if you use wine or anything built with it your fallout might be finicky, wine behaves differently on different hardware and it might take some work with settings to get it running smoothly.
I found it was actually relatively easy to get the GOG version to work using Wineskin.
Just download the installation file directly from the GOG website (not using the galaxy client) and install Wineskin Winery. Then create a new "wineskin" using the latest engine. When you run the skin it should pop up a menu with the option to install a program. Choose that option and then from the pop up menu direct it to the KODP installation file. It shouldnt have any problems installing the game from there.
The only part that I found kind of tricky was getting it to run the game later, after this initial installation session. I'm pretty new to using this emulation software, so there may be a very simple option that I'm overlooking, but here's how I managed to do it. Just go to where you have the wineskin saved in finder, then choose "show package contents." Then go to the "drive_c" folder, then "GOG Games" then "King of Dragon Pass" and then the "KoDP.exe" file. Right click on that file, and choose "open with." From that menu, choose the wineskin that you previously made. You can set this to open using that program by default to make it easier later.
If you have any problems with any of this, feel free to ask or message me on here. It really is a great game if you're at all into this type of strategy game, so it's totally worth the minor inconvenience of having to use this.
Hmm, I'm far from a Wine expert and don't use Linux so I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this! Are you using the latest Wine engine?
My successful wrapper is using the WS9Wine1.7.50 engine and Wineskin 2.6.1. However, it looks like Wineskin Winery is Mac-only so I'm not sure how the Linux equivalents work…
Sorry I can't be of more help but good luck!
Hmm...I'm using wineskin engine WS9Wine1.7.47 and selected the XQuartz option as there was no "Use Mac driver instead of X11" in advanced options > options. Only "Force use of system installed XQuartz instead of using built in WineskinX11" (http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+4.6+Advanced+-+Options). Is that not the right setting?
Only thing I could find on system reqs is: http://www.gamehotspot.org/hyper-light-drifter-story-specifications.html ...but they seem rather speculative.
It should work via Wine, which is fairly easy to set up. Check out Wineskin, it's a really simple and straightforward way to make self-contained packages of Windows games (or other software) that will run on a Mac.
I am playing on a mac and found three solutions to play:
either use the mac version, which, as stated by ReallyBigRock, doesn't include tiles (which is a shame since the CDDA community created really nice graphics)
use wineskin (http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php) to emulate the Windows version (it worked really easily on OSX 10.6.8, I can help if you need). This way you can play with tiles and the windows version you want but it will be a little bit slower when hard drive access is necessary.
use a linux dual boot (not easy to set up...) which allows you to compile CDDA yourself fairly easily and get the latest experimental builds. Useful for modding etc...
The easiest way imho is to use Wineskin and the windows version. Compilation of CDDA on OSX is doable with homebrew and OSX 10.7 or later for SDL2 support but I still run OSX 10.6.8 and didn't try it myself !
Okay, so the easiest way to download new engines is to download Wineskin Winery. Copy it to your applications folder, open it, click + and look for WS9WineCX. This should then present itself as an option in the other wrapper.
Wineskin is a wrapper for Wine, which is a tool that basically translates Windows programs into their Mac or Linux equivalent. The Wineskin wrapper contains the Wine environment, which is like a really small, customized Windows install without any unnecessary garbage.
[http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php](Wineskin Winery) is used to make a Wineskin wrapper, which you then can install programs into.
CrossOver is slightly more user-friendly, but is paid software whereas Wine is free. You can get a trial (and even make it an endless trial), but it usually doesn't work much better than Wineskin, and it limits your access to what often ends up being some important advanced settings you need to access.
I can upload a wrapper to help simplify it a little, but you'll have to install the game & possibly install a no-CD patch.
I'll try to see if this works when it's being run in a windows bubble on a mac, server and client. Should be interesting enough to try out. I'll post again when I've done it.
Right now I'm running Steam through wine to get it on my Mac.
I used Wineskin Winery to wrap the steam installer then just installed like it was windows. Works well since it uses the Unity3D engine.
I had problems until I updated my Wine version, using Wineskin Winery. I can't remember what link I followed to get it all sorted, though.
Downloaded it from here: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
Sure, although I'm by no means an expert. Fantasy Grounds was written for Windows, and was not ported to Mac by the developers. So the only way to run it on the Mac OS is to use an emulator, called wineskin which is like a wrapper around the .exe program files that creates a virtual Windows-like environment for the application to run within. Since Windows and Mac have a lot of differences in file structure and operating procedures, the emulation sometimes has problems and needs to be debugged or customized. TL;DR: all this really means is that the program is not native to the Mac, and may have compatibility issues.
Pretty late to this thread but looks like theres a wine wrapper out for it http://portingteam.com/files/file/3584-blade-runner/
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
haven't personally tried it with this game but wine wrappers do work if theyre stable etc. and its free so worth a shot.
Well, I don't know about these particular games, but there are programs, like Wineskin, that will allow you to run Windows programs on a Mac.
I've never used one before, but I've seen them mentioned on reddit a few times.
Edit: If Wineskin doesn't work, there's another one just called Wine. Good luck!
Try with Wineskin http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
It has a gold status in Wine (which means it is working very well): https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=11847
I'm not too sure if WineBottler is the same program, but I'm using Wineskin and followed these steps:
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Manual+6.1+Wrapper+for+Wine+Notepad
Except instead of 'installing' the .exe, you should 'copy folder' the entire keySAV folder (for example the keySAV folder on your dad's computer, that way you won't lose the decryption files).
Wine supplies windows programs with the dll's and other stuff they need to run on OSX or linux. I like to use Wineskin which is a pretty user friendly way to create the wrapper.
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
I basically just use Wine to run steam for windows and the games launch from there.
You can run Warcraft 3 using Wine. I couldn't figure out how to get the movies to play right, so I renamed the movie folders and watched the movies in VLC. Other than that it plays fine.
Try Wineskin, it's able to port most Windows applications and games to Mac. Get back to me and tell me if it works, and if it doesn't I'll try to search up something else for you.
Free Solution:
Download Wineskin Winery, and create a blank wrapper. Then download the PC version of Steam, and install an instance of Steam within the wrapper. Install your games from there, and copy the files onto your Windows partition. If you need step-by-step help with this, I'll be glad to elaborate.