View Full Version : Any updated way to install on Mac?
mattnac
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 :(
Been offline for over a week now and this just sucks.
Benanov
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
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
03-09-2020, 04:38 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!
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
03-09-2020, 04:58 PM
Use normal computer
mattnac
03-10-2020, 04:10 PM
I wound up bootcamping windows 10, seems to be working for now!
Have you tried this:
Right click the .app & click Show Package Content
https://i.imgur.com/Y8YpKyN.png
Click on Wineskin.app
https://i.imgur.com/QUOUSNI.png
Click Set Screen Option
https://i.imgur.com/ekKe2u1.png
Uncheck Auto Detect GPU info for Direct3D
https://i.imgur.com/l7ZSp3U.png
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:
https://i.imgur.com/0Pz1pZw.png
paronga
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 :)
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 :)
https://www.codeweavers.com/about/blogs/bmathieu/2018/5/7/in-cider-info-codeweavers-working-on-64-bit-support-for-macos
virtual machine is also doable, i always find it a bit of a pain though.
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.
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