HOW-TO: Play Project 1999 on a Mac

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Derubael's note: Another user has created a youtube video explaining Mac setup for Project 1999. If you would prefer those instructions, they can be found here. (http://youtu.be/_xfNbEUVweM)

Even though I'm new here, I've already come across some of the familiar "How can I play on my Mac?" requests. The replies usually follow the same pattern: One person suggests buying Crossover Games. Someone else suggests installing and configuring a Wine port. Another person suggests installing Windows into a VM, or using Bootcamp. And then there's the inevitable troll who belittles you for choosing a Mac to begin with. :rolleyes:

In response, I thought it might be useful to put together a downloadable Wine wrapper that requires only minimal configuration to get Project 1999 up and running on your Mac. This requires no additional installations since Wine is embedded in the wrapper. Note that EQ itself is NOT included in this download.

Note that you MUST play in Windowed Mode for my method to work. Playing in Fullscreen mode seems to cause the mouse cursor to stick in the middle of the screen. Feel free to tinker with the settings however, and report your findings!

Here's the skinny, so listen up. As I already mentioned, this wrapper download DOES NOT include any Everquest files at all. You have to bring your own EQ installation to this party. If you've already got a copy of EQEmu running on a Windows install somewhere, then a simple copy and paste will get you started. Otherwise you need to purchase the compatible install discs (EQ Titanium, etc.).

Ideally, you've already set up EQEmu and can connect to Project 1999.

Another important note is that I've only tested this on my personal Mac. It's a mid-2010 Macbook Pro running OS X 10.7.2 (Lion). My video card is an Nvidia 330M. I can't vouch for any Macs running ATI cards, but I'd love to hear your results. I used the copy/paste method from a Windows machine and haven't fully tested installation from CD. Again, I'd love to hear your results.

**A great tip for any Windows users would be to run EQ and set all the graphic options where you want them BEFORE you copy over to your Mac. Be sure to set the game to run in Windowed mode and choose a Window size that will fit comfortably on your Mac's screen resolution. This will eliminate a few of the steps below. Again, be sure that your EQ installation is already set up to work with EQEmu and Project 1999.

UPDATE: Phobus has created alternate instructions for installing Project1999 from scratch. http://www.project1999.org/forums/showpost.php?p=544877&postcount=37 **Download the updated Wine Wrapper from below instead of the one linked in Phobus' post**

STEPS
1. Download the Project 1999 Wine Wrapper from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz58wddkaf30eh (Updated 2-12-12: CoreFonts added to package)

2. Extract the app into your Applications folder

3. Right click on the Project 1999 app and choose "Show Package Contents"

4. Inside the Package, you should see three things. A folder name "Contents", a shortcut named "drive_c", and a program named "Wineskin".

5. Copy your EQEmu installation into the "drive_c" shortcut folder. I didn't put it inside of "Program Files" just to keep the path short and sweet.
(If you are not copying/pasting, skip to Step 7 to see notes on installing from CD)

6. Rename your freshly copied EQ folder to "P99" (for the purposes of this tutorial). So far, your window should match the screenshot below:

http://i.imgur.com/6xbKH.png

7. Now it's time to launch "Wineskin"
(If installing EQ from CD, first select "Install Windows Software" and load the setup file from the CD in the following window. Install EQ into C:\P99 and then come back when install is complete and you have configured it for EQEmu.)

UPDATE: Phobus has created alternate instructions for installing Project1999 from scratch. http://www.project1999.org/forums/showpost.php?p=544877&postcount=37
**Download the updated Wine Wrapper in Step 1 of this post instead of the one linked in Phobus' post**

http://i.imgur.com/g6umY.png

8. Choose "Advanced"

9. The Windows EXE path should say "/P99/eqgame.exe". Verify that this path is valid. If you named your EQ folder something else, then replace the "P99" with that name. If you installed inside of Program Files, then be sure to add that to the path.

10. EXE Flags should say "patchme", otherwise EQEmu will not launch.

http://i.imgur.com/t4bvE.png

11. Click "Done" and then "Quit". That should be all the configuration you need to verify for the Wineskin application.

Set Windowed Mode in eqclient.ini

12. Next, navigate into your P99 installation folder and open eqclient.ini. The in-game Options tool works somewhat, but to create custom resolutions, you'll have to edit the ini file directly.

13. Be sure to set "WindowedMode=TRUE" and define your Window Size using the [VideoMode] settings. Since it MUST run in a Window, you'll want to select a size that is slightly smaller than your full resolution. This way the OS X menubar and dock won't get in the way. In the screenshot below, I am using a 1280x800 window on a 1440x900 desktop. I ended up settling on a 1400x800 window to fill the screen up more.

14. Save the eqclient.ini and then close all your open Finder windows. Navigate to your Applications folder and launch Project 1999!

**The first time you run, it may crash when you click Accept on the EULA. Relaunching seems to fix this as I was not asked again to Accept.

Enjoy playing Project 1999 on your Mac!

http://i.imgur.com/enMfx.png


TIPS AND TRICKS
1. Pushing mouse modifying key combinations through wine to EQ: http://www.project1999.org/forums/showpost.php?p=551373&postcount=55 (Tagabomb)

2. Increasing gamma (for dark screens): http://www.project1999.org/forums/showpost.php?p=551380&postcount=56 (Tagabomb)


Confirmed Working Systems
Please post your specs if you have success setting this up.

2011 Macbook Pro i7 2.2 GHz with a AMD Radeon HD 6750M card
Mid-2010 Macbook Pro - OS X 10.7.2 - Nvidia 330M
Mid-2009 MacBook (2.13 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo) - OS X 10.6 / 10.7 - Nvidia 9400M
Macbook Pro (2.4GHz) - OS X 10.7.2 - Nvidia 8600M GT
2007 Mac Book pro, intel 2.2 core duo, 2G ram, GeForce 8600 GT

Late-2006 iMac - OS X 10.6.8 - Radeon X1600
iMac (2.4Ghz core 2 duo) - Unknown OS and Video Card

[Dfn]

Got it set up, but the graphics don't seem to be registering. It's just a mumble of black/pink lines and shit. I can press buttons around and get to the options though and when it says to select your video card nothing comes up.

Any idea what went wrong?

OSX 10.5.8
It's a mini mac with graphics Intel GMA 950

I know it's integrated graphics but it ran WoW, it's just not detecting the graphics or something.

[Rogean]

Stickied

[Uthgaard]

Got it set up, but the graphics don't seem to be registering. When I open EQ it's just a jumble of pink and black lines with the warning text from the EULA all fucked up - can't even see the EULA.

Any idea what went wrong?

Make sure the color, bit depth, refresh rate, and resolution of the game and wineskin options are all the same as - or a coherent multiple of - your desktop settings.

[Dfn]

Yeah, will check those settings in a bit. I'm a macnoob so learning as I go, no idea how to even access half the things lol.

[Avatar]

The in-game Options menu doesn't detect my 330M either, but I could still click Next and set character models, etc. I'd definitely recommend going through the eqclient.ini file and lowering as many graphic options as possible.

Just out of curiosity, did you copy the EQ directory over or install it from disc?

[Dfn]

I installed it from disc. Just noticing now that my eq folder size is a few gigs bigger than hers and the eqclient.ini file has ton more things - hers only had like 8 or 9 lines in it and I had to manually add the windowed mode.

I'm going to try copying it from my computer to hers.

[Dfn]

Ok, so I reinstalled from the beginning, made sure everything was according to the directions step by step. This time I copied it from my computer and edited the eqclient and everything beforehand.

Same thing. I get the black screen with pink lines and it says E U L A. Definitely a graphical error. Now, I closed it and tried to open it again... and it won't even open. It bounces up and down retarded-like then the icon sits still and I get nothing opening.

[Avatar]

You need to open up Wineskin and kill the process in the Advanced settings (or just reboot the computer).

I don't have a system running 10.5.8 to do any tests... I get the feeling it may be due to older drivers. You may want to try changing the engine from WS8WineCXG10.x to one of the older WS8WineCXG9.x engines. Shot in the dark.

Sometimes changing the engine will screw up the whole wrapper though, so you may want to make a copy of it before trying.

[Taagamb]

Thank you!!!!

I will give this a try when I get home today. I have a mid 2009 macbook polycarbonate unibody. I will post full specs and a report of the whole process if people would like.

[Avatar]

I'd definitely like to hear your results... Thanks!

[Jagmarr]

would boot camp do the trick? only thing that comes to mind.

[GreenPete]

im having extreme difficulty getting things running right now. i have a mac pro 2010, i have the iso files for the titanium CDs, also downloaded your wine skin, plus i have playonmac to open the eqinstaller. anyone help would be appreciated, i dont have windows. thanks.

**edit: ive installed eq now with playonmac, but i cannot find the file where i am to add the "patchme" into it in order for it to work with p99

[Mcbard]

would boot camp do the trick? only thing that comes to mind.

Yes.. bootcamp works fine. This thread is about using it with wine.

[phobus]

Nice, thanks for this!

I just installed it following your instructions and it works great. I'm using a late-2006 iMac with the Radeon X1600 running 10.6.8. I had been running EQ under a Parallels VM, which is alright but this seems faster.

I did run into one issue: the stock fonts were horrible. I did some digging around, and was able to fix it:

- Open Wineskin, and go to the Tools tab
- Click the Winetricks button
- Under fonts, check the box for corefonts
- Click the Run button
- Once it's done downloading and installing, close Winetricks
- Click the "Kill Wineskin Processes" button and restart the P99 Wine wrapper

Now you should have the expected in-game fonts.

[loopholbrook]

Hmmm, it seemed to be working perfectly, but once I tried to connect to the server it just froze. It's done it multiple times, any ideas to what I did wrong?

[Ghaniba]

Working awesome for me:
Macbook Pro 2.4GHz 15"
4GB 667 ram
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 256MB
on OSX Lion 10.7.2

My only issue is the text of my ui is a bit ugly. Font issue, I'm sure. The normal text fonts for chat are just fine.

Thanks for the hard work!

Dave
EDIT:
Copied the fonts from c:\windows\fonts to the c drive shortcut\windows\fonts and the fonts are perfect for mobs and menus, etc. Any idea how to show exactly which font was needed? That was 635mb of fonts. :P

[phobus]

This is what I have in my \windows\Fonts directory after performing the steps above that fixed my font problem:

AriBlk.TTF
Arial.TTF
Arialbd.TTF
Arialbi.TTF
Ariali.TTF
Comic.TTF
Comicbd.TTF
Georgia.TTF
Georgiab.TTF
Georgiai.TTF
Georgiaz.TTF
Impact.TTF
Times.TTF
Timesbd.TTF
Timesbi.TTF
Timesi.TTF
Trebucbd.ttf
Verdana.TTF
Verdanab.TTF
Verdanai.TTF
Verdanaz.TTF
Webdings.TTF
cour.ttf
courbd.ttf
courbi.ttf
couri.ttf
trebuc.ttf
trebucbi.ttf
trebucit.ttf

Not sure which are actually used in-game, but it's only 5MB total.

[Hammertime]

Hey works great for me, UI is sketchy, and also my sky is all black not sure what's the deal.. also controls are very different help!

[Rmele09]

I have this setup, but the sky is black and the screen is really dark, also I am getting this odd flicker of the graphics. Any help with this? I am playing on a Macbook Pro with 330m graphics

[Taagamb]

I just successfully installed P99 onto a 13" mid-2009 MacBook

2.13 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB
Mac OSX 10.6

I opened EQ on my windows machine, set all the display settings the way I would want them on my macbook. Closed EQ. Installed the zip file from the OP to my applications folder, transferred my EQ folder to the P99 package as instructed. Renamed the folder from Everquest to P99. Verified the settings. Opened the program with no trouble except for the aforementioned font issue.

I then UPDATED TO LION FROM 10.6 and after the updated P99 still ran just fine.

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I then installed P99 onto an iMac:

2.4Ghz core 2 duo, 3GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM -- Runs fine except the font issue.

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Followed Phobus' steps to correct the font issue. Now my P99 is running on both macs with correct fonts, and they are both running great. In fact it runs a lot faster than my PC did.

THANK YOU!!!!

(Merry Christmas To Me)

[Lenas]

First of all, to the OP, thanks for the great post. It's really hard to find any current resources regarding EQ and OSX.

Now, I'm sorry this doesn't exactly pertain to P99, but does anyone have current-day EQ running in OSX?

I'm using an early 2010 MBP, Radeon HD 6750m, 8GB ram, i7 2.2Ghz running OSX Lion 10.7.2

I've followed the tutorial completely, but every time I try to run it with my setup, I get a crash with eqgame.exe. If I set the target to EverQuest.exe instead, the patcher will launch and update files okay, but then after clicking login I get the same error. I assume it has something to do with the different client files, but I haven't yet been able to find a fix. Works 100% fine in Boot Camp, I'm just a lazy bastard and don't wanna reboot to play!

This is all I get:
http://f.cl.ly/items/22231h1v3a0m3H0A1N1A/Screen%20Shot%202012-01-02%20at%203.03.51%20PM.png

Hoping this is a solvable issue. Thank you very much to anyone ahead of time!

[Taagamb]

I just successfully installed P99 onto a 13" mid-2009 MacBook

2.13 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB
Mac OSX 10.6

I opened EQ on my windows machine, set all the display settings the way I would want them on my macbook. Closed EQ. Installed the zip file from the OP to my applications folder, transferred my EQ folder to the P99 package as instructed. Renamed the folder from Everquest to P99. Verified the settings. Opened the program with no trouble except for the aforementioned font issue.

I then UPDATED TO LION FROM 10.6 and after the updated P99 still ran just fine.

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I then installed P99 onto an iMac:

2.4Ghz core 2 duo, 3GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM -- Runs fine except the font issue.

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Followed Phobus' steps to correct the font issue. Now my P99 is running on both macs with correct fonts, and they are both running great. In fact it runs a lot faster than my PC did.

THANK YOU!!!!

(Merry Christmas To Me)

Update:

The game is actually very dark. It's sometimes difficult to play. The sky also does not render. I haven't played with the wine settings at all yet. This is happening on all of the macs that I put EQ on.

[ownrage]

i had this problem on my macbook air as well was using crossover games, which is basically WINE

[phobus]

For you guys who suddenly have a black sky, and maybe other things that don't render, you are missing files in your Resources directory.

It seems like when you copy a folder over an existing folder in OS X, rather than merging the contents of both, you replace the old one (and all its contents) with the new.

In other words, when you copied Resources from eqchangesv20.zip, you wiped out all the existing stuff under that folder and were left with just the new GlobalLoad.txt.

This isn't really what I was expecting to happen. Luckily, I had a backup and was able to just add the new files to that, and that fixed my sky rendering issues.

[Taagamb]

Thank you, Phobus. I will try that now.

[Sentioch]

I had the black sky issue as well. I followed Phobus' advice and I was indeed missing a bunch of files from the Resources folder. For reference, you should see a couple of folders in there. One is named "Sky". If you're missing yours, you probably have the same problem. I just re-ran the installer and did a Repair and it added the files back. If you do it this way, you'll want to go through all the EQEMU/Project 1999 steps again because some of the files will get reverted back to the original.

Also, don't be a doofus like me and forget to change the sky setting in options back to "Simple" or "Complex" after you do this.

[oddibemcd]

Also, don't be a doofus like me and forget to change the sky setting in options back to "Simple" or "Complex" after you do this.

Thanks for making this post. I was also a doofus until I read it.

[Taagamb]

I now have a sky, weather, and a brighter game. I increased the gamma through the wineskin options after correcting my resource folder.

Everything seems to be working great! Thanks again!

[Legit]

I am having issues getting this to work on my 2006 MacBook. After following the instructions, copying my eq folder from my virtual drive, and launching P99, I am stuck with a blank/black window and the cursor in the middle of the screen. Any suggestions?

[Pendorpergon]

Hello, I'm attempting to get this working on my macbook, but i am having no luck, i do everything that is stated, and change the resolution and everything. The program opens to a black screen and just sits there. Any help would be appriciated. I can't even log in, its just a black screen.

My specs are
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz

[nagmarr]

First of all, to the OP, thanks for the great post. It's really hard to find any current resources regarding EQ and OSX.

Now, I'm sorry this doesn't exactly pertain to P99, but does anyone have current-day EQ running in OSX?

I'm using an early 2010 MBP, Radeon HD 6750m, 8GB ram, i7 2.2Ghz running OSX Lion 10.7.2

I've followed the tutorial completely, but every time I try to run it with my setup, I get a crash with eqgame.exe. If I set the target to EverQuest.exe instead, the patcher will launch and update files okay, but then after clicking login I get the same error. I assume it has something to do with the different client files, but I haven't yet been able to find a fix. Works 100% fine in Boot Camp, I'm just a lazy bastard and don't wanna reboot to play!

This is all I get:
http://f.cl.ly/items/22231h1v3a0m3H0A1N1A/Screen%20Shot%202012-01-02%20at%203.03.51%20PM.png

Hoping this is a solvable issue. Thank you very much to anyone ahead of time!

Well you've gotten further than i have. I cant get anything to launch. I'm getting the same error as you. If you or anyone has figured this out that would be great, or if anyone would be willing to take the time and maybe walk me through the install via skype that would be amazing!! thank you. would love to play some everquest on my mac and dont want to do the botcamp route.

[entmike]

Well you've gotten further than i have. I cant get anything to launch. I'm getting the same error as you. If you or anyone has figured this out that would be great, or if anyone would be willing to take the time and maybe walk me through the install via skype that would be amazing!! thank you. would love to play some everquest on my mac and dont want to do the botcamp route.Are you running through WINE? I had to run Wineskin and kill tasks then ran Project 1999 then it generated an eqclient.ini file which I then set the WindowedMode to TRUE.

[nagmarr]

yeah running wineskin followed the instructions to a ti did what you said still not working. i'm on a macbook pro2009 it's an intel

[phobus]

I'd love to try and help you guys, but the power suppply in my Mac blew up a couple days ago and I'm waiting on a replacement.

In the meantime, though, I can tell you that most of the issues I've run into with the game not starting properly stemmed from windowed mode not being set correctly in eqclient.ini. For starters, open that file in a text editor and see that you have lines that look like this:

WindowedMode=TRUE

WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768

If the height/width numbers are different, that's probably fine. Any resolution you want should work. I think all that matters is that both resolutions match, and that WindowedMode is set to true.

[Avatar]

Hi everyone. Sorry I've not been around to help field questions. I had some RL issues come up that have kept me fairly restricted. I'll update the thread soon with a new version to download (with core fonts installed) and I will also update the compatibility list.

Special thanks to Phobus for being so helpful here! He seems to be much more knowledgeable on troubleshooting this stuff than I am anyway. :)

[phobus]

Okay, so I did some troubleshooting today to see if I could figure out why people were having problems on new installs. For some reason, when you run EQ for the first time under WINE, it doesn't create an eqclient.ini. Those of us who copied an existing install were unaffected, but anyone trying to do a fresh install crashed. It seems you can get started by creating a barebones eqclient.ini with only the following:

[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0

While I was at it, I documented the steps to do a new install from the discs under WINE. Here's the minimum of what you need to do to run EQ under Mac OS X using Avatar's WINE wrapper:


If this is your first time setting up Project 1999, complete steps 2 and 3 (only!) on http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=PlayGuide to setup your accounts.
Download the Project 1999 Wine Wrapper from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz58wddkaf30eh
Extract the app into your Applications folder
Right click on the Project 1999 app and choose "Show Package Contents." Inside the Package, you should see three things. A folder name "Contents", a shortcut named "drive_c", and a program named "Wineskin".
Open Wineskin.
Click the button that says “Install Windows Software”
Insert disc 1 of Everquest Titanium, or if you backed up your discs to ISO files, double-click the first one and it’ll mount on your desktop.
Navigate to disc 1 and choose setup.exe.
Follow the installation instructions. When prompted for a destination to install to, change it from the default to C:\P99.
Continue following the installation instructions, inserting/mounting the next disc when prompted.
Once the install is complete, Wineskin will ask you for the main executable. Make sure eqgame.exe is selected and click OK.
Choose “Advanced”
The Windows EXE path should say "/P99/eqgame.exe". Verify that this path is valid. If you named your EQ folder something else, then replace the "P99" with that name. If you installed inside of Program Files, then be sure to add that to the path.
EXE Flags should say "patchme", otherwise EQEmu will not launch.
Click the Tools tab.
Click the Winetricks button.
Under fonts, click the checkbox next to corefonts.
Click the Run button. When prompted if you wish to run Winetricks, click Run.
When it’s done, click Close.
Click "Done" and then "Quit". That should be all the configuration you need to verify for the Wineskin application.
Go back to the Finder window where you were looking inside the Project 1999 package. Open the the drive_c shortcut, and then navigate to your P99 folder. Remove (drag to the trash) the following files:
arena.eqg
arena_EnvironmentEmitters.txt
lavastorm.eqg
nektulos.eqg
Nektulos_EnvironmentEmitters.txt
Download and extract http://www.project1999.org/files/P99Files30.zip (if this link does not work, go to http://www.project1999.org, download the latest patch, and continue with these instructions. Also, PM me a reminder to update this post:)). Copy the following files into your P99 folder. You will be asked if you wish to replace the existing files; say yes.
dbstr_us.txt
dsetup.dll
eqhost.txt
spells_us.txt
spellsnew.eff
Copy Resources/GlobalLoad.txt and Resources/loadscreen.jpg from that zip file into your Resources folder, replacing the existing files. DO NOT just copy the Resources folder from the zip file. You will overwrite your existing Resources folder and lose a bunch of needed files, and you will have to start over from the beginning.
Copy everything from within the uifiles/default folder of that zip file to the uifiles/default folder within your P99 folder, replacing any existing files.
Open TextEdit and paste the following:
[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
Under the Format menu, choose “Make Plain Text.” Save it to your P99 folder (easy way to avoid having to rifle through your system: in Finder, drag one of the files in the P99 folder to TextEdit’s Save As window), and save it as eqclient.ini. Make sure “hide extension” is unchecked.


That should get you into the game. I also suggest installing the updated textures from here (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2482) as well as replacing the loading and login server screens with Classic versions from here (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2651). Of course, you can also install any custom UI you want.

All you guys having issues with black screens, crashing on startup, etc. please try installing from scratch using these instructions and let us know the results. Good luck. =)

[entmike]

Everything is running pretty good for me, except that the game (or Wine) will not trap my mouse cursor so when I mouse look, it only will work for so long until I it drags outside of the Wine window. I've tried sizing the window to the same size as my desktop resolution however it has no effect. I can't seem to find any Wineskin tweaks for this. Any suggestions?

[phobus]

I have a similar problem; I never actually see the mouse cursor, but it does stop me from panning in one direction after a while, as if the mouse cursor had reached the edge of the screen. I still have enough room to spin around a few times, so it's never really bothered me.

[Connador]

I now have a sky, weather, and a brighter game. I increased the gamma through the wineskin options after correcting my resource folder.

Everything seems to be working great! Thanks again!

How did you manage to change the gamma through wineskin? The game is soo dark -_-

Works pretty well except for:


Sound only turns on or off, slider does nothing.
Using mouselook, the game stops at 180 degrees. This could potentially be fixed with MouseWarpOverride settings in Winetricks but I remember the outcome being that your mouse cursor cannot be released after pressing right click so I wouldn't do it unless you'd like to prove me wrong.
Game is incredibly dark, gamma setting in-game does nothing.
f keys will only activate the shortcut they're assigned to (volume up/down etc) and using the function key does not work.


Mid-2010 17" MBP (330m, 2.53 GHz i5)

[Blorris]

Heya,

I got this working on my 2007 Mac Book pro, intel 2.2 core duo, 2G ram, GeForce 8600 GT. It's really nifty and thanks for the good work! Now its just like eq mac, except on an authentic classic server! My one comment is that it seems to run slow in a weird way. the framerate is fine, but its like my toon runs slower, casts slower, even jumps slower, than on my PC. For instance, when casting a spell, the casting time slider will go down slower than on my PC, and the spell will actually land with the slider still not finished yet - as though the server knows it should land then, but my end is displaying things too slowly! Anyone else get this? Anything to do about it?

thanks

[Connador]

Heya,

I got this working on my 2007 Mac Book pro, intel 2.2 core duo, 2G ram, GeForce 8600 GT. It's really nifty and thanks for the good work! Now its just like eq mac, except on an authentic classic server! My one comment is that it seems to run slow in a weird way. the framerate is fine, but its like my toon runs slower, casts slower, even jumps slower, than on my PC. For instance, when casting a spell, the casting time slider will go down slower than on my PC, and the spell will actually land with the slider still not finished yet - as though the server knows it should land then, but my end is displaying things too slowly! Anyone else get this? Anything to do about it?

thanks

It sounds like EverQuest doesn't have window focus? Although it should since you're playing it.. What is your ping?

[Blorris]

70ish when on my broadband, don't think that's it. Oddly, 170 ping on my tethered android is feeling better in terms of this "video slowdown" problem. Maybe coincidence :>

Oh, could this be a dual-core issue? Says "slow movement" can be a symptom of it in the other thread.

[Connador]

70ish when on my broadband, don't think that's it. Oddly, 170 ping on my tethered android is feeling better in terms of this "video slowdown" problem. Maybe coincidence :>

Oh, could this be a dual-core issue? Says "slow movement" can be a symptom of it in the other thread.

It wouldn't hurt to try, there's a dual core fix option in there. I thought that was mostly characterized by warping/intense moments of speed but you should definitely try it. :)

[Gwynraven]

Followed everything in this guide,

I end up launching eq , and all I get is a black window with eq cursor. playing on a macbookpro 2.4 coreduo


any advices ?

[dusk883]

Thank you, OP. Will be trying this out for sure soon.

[Silentone]

gwnraven download DuxaUi all in one fix ..and it gives u option to fix resolution in set up. that will fix the black screen... there is a manual way to do it too..but i like duxa and its clean =)

[phreekbird]

Got it set up, but the graphics don't seem to be registering. It's just a mumble of black/pink lines and shit. I can press buttons around and get to the options though and when it says to select your video card nothing comes up.

Any idea what went wrong?

OSX 10.5.8
It's a mini mac with graphics Intel GMA 950

I know it's integrated graphics but it ran WoW, it's just not detecting the graphics or something.

Taken from WineHQ, there is something wrong with (linux+wine+eq) that I fixed related to graphics bugs... you could try this and see if it fixes it.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2939
In Game Options

You must change some options in eqclient.ini in order to run the game properly. If a setting is missing, like TextureCache, just enter it into the appropriate section. If you use the default file, VertexShaders are already TRUE, but so is TextureCache which needs to be FALSE.

- You can log into any zone you have previously zoned into and also any small zone like the guild lobby. If you log into one that you have never been in before, you get fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_CreateVertexBuffer Out of memory! (TextureCache)

- If your first toon on char select is a Drakkin, the animation is broken except for the primary and secondary weapons/shield move. If you select any other character at char select, the game crashes. (TextureCache)

- Game crashes at char select. (VertexShaders)

[Defaults]

VertexShaders=TRUE
TextureCache=FALSE

[Gwynraven]

got everything to work, thanks for this guide.

any idea on how to multibox with that set up ?

[falkun]

Multi-boxing doesn't exist on this server. You are IP restricted to 1 account per server per IP for P99 & R99 (so you can play one character on P99 and one character on R99 concurrently, but not 2 accounts on the same server). If you have another real life person on the same IP as you, such as a roomate or spouse, apply for an IP exemption in the Petitions & Exploit (http://www.project1999.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25) forum, following the IP exemption request (http://www.project1999.org/forums/announcement.php?f=25) guidelines. Once you have an IP exemption, there are also repercussions for being caught multi-boxing.

TL;DR: Play 1 character at a time on P99/R99.

[Gwynraven]

Sir, I also play on other servers thats why I'm asking

[falkun]

In that case, I would recommend you connect with the EQEmu community for more general information. Since you posted on P99/R99 forums, I assumed you wanted to multibox on these servers. Here is the EQEmu homepage (http://eqemulator.org/index.php). If you drill down into Server List (http://eqemulator.org/index.php?pageid=serverlist) and then select "View" under View Information column (The Hidden Forest Example (http://eqemulator.org/index.php?pageid=serverinfo&worldid=792)), you will find the homepage for the specific server you wish to multibox on. You may also ask your question in the Forums section of EQEmu (http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/index.php). Those are more appropriate places to ask about multiboxing on other EQEmu servers.

[Taagamb]

This thread is getting to the point where it may need to be rebuilt and expanded into two threads:

Installing P99 on a Mac
Troubleshooting P99 on a Mac

If only to keep the information organized and easy to follow. It still is if you read the thread from start to finish, but it would be nice to have it in a pretty presentation.

I will post instructions on increasing gamma through wine.

I will also post instructions on how to use wine to simulate a three button mouse with a single button mouse. IE: OSx allows you to use control, option, and command but EQ does not using the default installation instructions.

I work support for a software company, so I could probably do this for the community.

Phobus and Avatar if it is okay with you for me to repost your work (with credit of course) I will do so.

--

In short:

We have a basic setup guide that gets EQ loaded, logged in, and essentially functional. There are some particulars scattered throughout the thread that should be in the initial guide.

[Taagamb]

There should also be different patching instructions for macs.

The EQchanges will have to be extracted, the folders opened, and the contents placed in the appropriate directories to prevent breakage.

[Taagamb]

Pushing mouse modifying key combinations through wine to EQ:

(aka how to right click on a macbook in EQ)

I keep my P99 icon docked.

Ctrl click the icon, options> show in finder

Ctrl click P99, show package contents

Open Wineskin

Click Advanced

Click Options

Check "Emulate three button Mouse (Alt+Click = Middle click, Cmd+Click = Right click)

Click Done

Click Advanced

Click Kill Wineskin Processes (and click Yes to confirm)

Click Done

Click Quit

Launch P99

[Taagamb]

To increase gamma through wineskin for P99

Caveat Emptor: I have not actually tested this to see if it makes any noticeable difference in-game. But this is how you increase gamma for wineskin.

I keep my P99 icon docked.
Ctrl-click the icon, options>show in finder
Ctrl-click the icon, show package contents
Open Wineskin
Click Set Screen Options

Check out that sweet "Extra Gamma Correction" slider!

I put mine right in the middle.

Click Done
Click Advanced
Click Kill Wineskin Processes
Click Done
Click Quit
Launch P99 and away you go!

[machinocide]

Works great on my late 2011 Macbook Pro i7 2.2 GHz with a AMD Radeon HD 6750M card.

Still haven't figured out how to get past the full screen issue though.

[Avatar]

Updated Wine Wrapper download with CoreFonts installed. Also linked to Phobus' alternate instructions and Tagabombs Tips & Tricks. Thanks!

[phobus]

You can guys can consider my walk-through public domain. Duplicate it in your own posts, modify it if needed, whatever. =)

[ownrage]

Anyone know if Crossover Games is better per se? I've heard some reports that EQ runs faster through Crossover Games versus other programs using WINE.

Since Crossover Games is based on WINE, shouldn't the performance be pretty close to other programs like wineskin?

[goalie]

workin on my

2011 Macbook Pro i7 2.66 Ghz with Nvidia GeForce GT 300M w/ 4 Gigs ram

even with the gama fix and in game gama, and screen brightness all cranked, its still a bit dark.

Might continue booting to win7 bootcamp to play on this laptop.

[Taagamb]

The information in this guide works extremely well, and I can recommend it wholeheartedly.

I have no experience with crossover games.

[Taagamb]

workin on my

2011 Macbook Pro i7 2.66 Ghz with Nvidia GeForce GT 300M w/ 4 Gigs ram

even with the gama fix and in game gama, and screen brightness all cranked, its still a bit dark.

Might continue booting to win7 bootcamp to play on this laptop.

Verify that your resource directory has all necessary files.

[goalie]

Verify that your resource directory has all necessary files.

i copied the game dir from my bootcamp partition where i play successfully.

I have changed nothing in it.

Please advise

[Taagamb]

Try adjusting gamma within wineskin.

[Ishirey]

Hello all!

Just to add my experience with this too. Just found that thread about it, but I'm using that easy way to play EQ on all my Mac.

Already used Virtual PC (with Vmware Fusion) to play Everquest, was pretty easy and worked perfectly since last Fusion update so switched to this.

Now using Wine and everything is perfect to me.

You can add my configuration to your list:

-iMac, early 2009
-3,06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
-OS X Lion 10.7.3
-NVDIA GeForce GT 130

and

-MacBook Pro, mid 2009
-2,8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
-OS X Lion 10.7.3
-NVIDIA Geforce 9600M GT

Just have a question for user of this method: anyone knows how to enable the auction tracker from Tristantio (ahungry.com/eqauctions) with Wine? Would like to continue to contribute to that :)

Thx all and happy hunting in Norrath!

[goalie]

Try adjusting gamma within wineskin.

hey there,

i have done this. even maxed out, still dark

[Taagamb]

Can you post comparative screenshots from your mac and your pc?

[goalie]

Can you post comparative screenshots from your mac and your pc?


I tried to do it, and screenshots are coming out way darker in both cases than they actually are on my screen, not sure why..

[MammothMafia]

I mac 2.7Ghz intel core i5
4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1

Success!

[Vexed]

Hi All,

I am having the following "problem", which seems to me is my inability to see something simple: I can run EQ excellently given that it's the first run following the steps provided on the first page. However, after quitting the program (Project 1999 via the Applications Menu), it will bounce in my dock when I try to start it again until the application no longer responds (and requires a "force quit").

Things I've Tried
(1) Killing All Wine Processes
(2) Restarting the Computer

Again, everything is working great. Indeed, I can even make things work again if I unzip the Project 1999 wineskine and copy/paste the EverQuest folder back with my current settings into the freshly unzipped skin. I merely wish I could run the program a second and third time without repeating all the initial steps.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Darksinga]

If you use Crossover, which is super simple and have gamma issues, kill your crossover application, start up Terminal and copy this

defaults write com.codeweavers.CrossOver AllowGamma always

[Viprous19]

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

[goalie]

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]

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]

How did you manage to change the gamma through wineskin? The game is soo dark -_-

Works pretty well except for:


Sound only turns on or off, slider does nothing.
Using mouselook, the game stops at 180 degrees. This could potentially be fixed with MouseWarpOverride settings in Winetricks but I remember the outcome being that your mouse cursor cannot be released after pressing right click so I wouldn't do it unless you'd like to prove me wrong.
Game is incredibly dark, gamma setting in-game does nothing.
f keys will only activate the shortcut they're assigned to (volume up/down etc) and using the function key does not work.


Mid-2010 17" MBP (330m, 2.53 GHz i5)

Anyone ever come up with a better fix for the mouse look thing? Drives me a bit nuts only having 180 degrees.

[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 :( Wish it wasn't tho, i hate to have to load up my win7 bootcamp just to play.

[Xadion]

Wow, works great and runs FASTER than the same imac in bootcamp windows 7 ent

It is a new iMac27 2.7 core i5
ATI Radeon HD 6770m

only thing I changed was in the settings I changed to overwrite the gpx settings, with out I was just getting a black screen- and minor + gama corrections

thanks!

I hate the reverse scroll on osx...ffs....and magic mouse is a piece of shit

[DevGrousis]

The link for the required file changes in Phobus's guide doesn't work :( 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]

The link for the required file changes in Phobus's guide doesn't work :( Where can these be acquired?

Download http://www.project1999.org/files/eqchangesv22.zip instead. :)

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

[Torrinn]

Someone work out a way to get the Macintosh version for PowerPC to connect to the EQEmu servers and then get back to me.

[Binsfelthakis]

CRASH ERROR :(

So I launch p99 and get to character screen this messege pops up with Yes or No:

Everquest has detected your client has crashed, would you like to let them know aabout it etc.

Anyone know why this is happening would love any help! :)

[phobus]

Does it happen every time?

I get the same error once out of every 20 logins or so. But restarting the client and trying again always works just fine, so I haven't looked into it.

[Binsfelthakis]

Everytime, will try reinstall.

[zschwarzmiller]

If anyone has updates to this please let me know; I am going to test it on my 2011 Macbook Air:

2011 Macbook Air
Mac OS X Lion - Version 10.7.4 / VMware Fusion Windows XP Professional
1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB 133 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB

[viscompt]

Still haven't solved the problem of the game being so dark in OSX. Can hardly see :( 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.

[zschwarzmiller]

I seem to be having two issues:

When I recreate the eqclient.ini file the original file is still in the folder as you can see via this screenshot:

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/555629_247221905389674_920521935_n.jpg

The issue I am having is when I attempt to launch "Project 1999" I am receiving an error message "The program eqgame.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Attached is a screenshot:

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/535007_247223298722868_505875981_n.jpg

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[zschwarzmiller]

I am unable to do this:

Under the Format menu, choose “Make Plain Text.” Save it to your P99 folder (easy way to avoid having to rifle through your system: in Finder, drag one of the files in the P99 folder to TextEdit’s Save As window), and save it as eqclient.ini. Make sure “hide extension” is unchecked.

When I uncheck "hide extension" it automatically adds .txt to it... Is there a way to prevent this?

[phobus]

I am unable to do this:

Under the Format menu, choose “Make Plain Text.” Save it to your P99 folder (easy way to avoid having to rifle through your system: in Finder, drag one of the files in the P99 folder to TextEdit’s Save As window), and save it as eqclient.ini. Make sure “hide extension” is unchecked.

When I uncheck "hide extension" it automatically adds .txt to it... Is there a way to prevent this?

You can just change the ".txt" part of the filename to ".ini". At least, I can. If you can't for some reason, save it as whatever and then just rename it in Finder. Make sure the file extension isn't hidden, though, or that will change what the actual filename is as far as EQ is concerned.

Once you have your eqclient.ini setup properly, the game should load. I think the reason it's crashing for you is that the file doesn't exist.

[zschwarzmiller]

You can just change the ".txt" part of the filename to ".ini". At least, I can. If you can't for some reason, save it as whatever and then just rename it in Finder. Make sure the file extension isn't hidden, though, or that will change what the actual filename is as far as EQ is concerned.

Once you have your eqclient.ini setup properly, the game should load. I think the reason it's crashing for you is that the file doesn't exist.

Should I delete the original eqclient.ini?

[phobus]

Should I delete the original eqclient.ini?

Sure, there's really no harm in that. All you should need to be able to run the game for the first time is an eqclient.ini with the barebones settings I listed in my post. Once the game runs for the first time, it'll write out its own version with its full list of settings.

The important thing is that the true filename is "eqclient.ini". If your OS thinks the file should have a .txt extension and is hiding that from you, you might think it's named eqclient.ini when in fact it's really eqclient.ini.txt, and the game won't see it. You can click on the file in Finder and use File -> Get Info to check on this. Look under "Name & Extension".

[zschwarzmiller]

Sure, there's really no harm in that. All you should need to be able to run the game for the first time is an eqclient.ini with the barebones settings I listed in my post. Once the game runs for the first time, it'll write out its own version with its full list of settings.

The important thing is that the true filename is "eqclient.ini". If your OS thinks the file should have a .txt extension and is hiding that from you, you might think it's named eqclient.ini when in fact it's really eqclient.ini.txt, and the game won't see it. You can click on the file in Finder and use File -> Get Info to check on this. Look under "Name & Extension".

Flawless! Thank you so much! I AM IN!!!!! :)

[zschwarzmiller]

My compass is all over the place... Has anyone had experience with this?

[norova]

My compass is all over the place... Has anyone had experience with this?

Crazycompass is probably due to your sense heading skill being very, very low. Mine doesn't dance around, but that may be the UI I'm using? Not sure. I think it's normal, though.

[phobus]

Level your sense heading. :)

Once it's maxed, the compass will always be accurate. Until then, any time you're able to successfully sense your heading, your compass will work for a short time and then it'll start to go crazy again.

You can level it quickly by creating an extra hotbutton bar with a bunch of sense heading buttons. Then go into your key bindings in-game and add all your commonly-used keys (the ones bound for movement, auto-attack, etc) as bindings for those buttons. It'll warn you that the key is bound to more than one action, but that's what you want. Now whenever you hit one of those keys, you'll attempt to use sense heading (if it's not cooling down) as well as do the normal action for that key. Train a couple points to get started (those first 20 or so points take forever to get) and you'll have it maxed around level 10.

[zschwarzmiller]

Great info! Thank's guys! Forgot you had to level basic skills like that!

[zschwarzmiller]

Greetings;

I am getting this message rite now:

"Eror 1017: Cannot login to the Everquest server. You may need to re-run the Update Patch Repeatedly seeing this message indicates a loss of connectivity to the Patch Server. This is usually temporary"

Now when I launched P99 on a windows it ran the patch for me every time... but on my mac it does not run any patch for me automatically - I must have to do this manually? How do I go about doing this if so?

-- UPDATE:

Odd, it seems to work fine now...

[Kasilis]

problem solved..

[phobus]

problem solved..

What was it? :)

And, are you having issues applying the patch by manually copying the new files?

[Kasilis]

No, the opposite. Came back from break and EQclient didn't start after patching with EQEmulauncher. Copied a vanilla copy in and patched manually.

Everything working perfectly now. Just running a bit slow. Guess i have to look into the multi core problem.

macbook pro (mid2009).

Thanks for the wrapper <3.. impossible to play in Parallels with my mac. It's way too slow.

edit: patched with EQEmulauncher in VM

[thedutchbison]

P99 was running fine on my Macbook Pro 10.7.2 install.

After upgrading to Mountain Lion (10.8.2) it will not start and I have to force quit. Beware :/

[alsa]

I have the same problem with 10.8.2. It worked fine with shipped OS, but after latest update it stopped working. I am thinking about install it again to see if it were one of the patches that made the problem

[Chokan]

The issue has to do with Wineq. You need to upgrade it to 2.5.8 I believe. I'm not at home to check but I think that's correct.

[alsa]

The issue has to do with Wineq. You need to upgrade it to 2.5.8 I believe. I'm not at home to check but I think that's correct.

Did a quick search on wineq turned up almost nothing. If we have to update it, how is it done? I think most of us downloaded the wine package and followed the steps. So kinda clueless at this point on how to update it.

[oddibemcd]

Anyone know why P99 would run much darker on my mac compared to my PC?

[thedutchbison]

Did a quick search on wineq turned up almost nothing. If we have to update it, how is it done? I think most of us downloaded the wine package and followed the steps. So kinda clueless at this point on how to update it.

I think he meant Wineskin.app (inside Project 1999.app) needs to be updated. I used Wineskin Winery (http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads) to update it. The engine I updated to: WS9WineCX11.2.0 with the wrapper: Wineskin 2.5.8. After updating these two things and launching Project 1999.app it worked just fine again.

[alsa]

thank you, that was it. Updated and all work again.

[Nixus]

Thank you all for the posts, working like a charm on my '11 MB Air

[Rataxes]

Thanks for the guide! Works superb! Back on P99 now on my macbook pro! it's been a almost a year! See you all in game!

/ Rataxes 51 Wood Elf Druid

[Tavrin]

Anyone have any ideas on how to get the game to run at normal speed?

Everything works running it in my Mac, but I move way slower. Similar to the multicore proc issue in windows. Is there a way to run the wine instance single core?

Edit: disregard. There is an option in Wineskin -> Advanced -> Options to force single core.

[Vile]

Anyone have an issue with the mouse look? I feel like I turn 90 degrees to the left and it just stops there... have the let go of mouse button and try to force it to turn 180 degrees (if that makes sense...)...

[phobus]

Anyone have an issue with the mouse look? I feel like I turn 90 degrees to the left and it just stops there... have the let go of mouse button and try to force it to turn 180 degrees (if that makes sense...)...

Yeah, it's a known bug: see here (http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29844). Supposedly it's fixed if you use wine 1.5.11 or later, and Xquartz instead of the X11 server included with Wineskin. I played with that last week and it seemed to still have the same bug (as well as some texture issues). I haven't had time to try and do any more troubleshooting.

[vexorile]

Anyone have any luck running it full screen yet?

[ForeverLost]

I just installed everything and changed the text files; but now Project 1999 itself will not start. It just bounces on my dock...

EDIT: Okay I let it bounce for a couple minutes and it started up, but then I immediately got this:
http://i49.tinypic.com/35kncc7.png

EDIT 2: I got it, had the .ini file saved as .txt.

[Personus]

Hi, I followed Phoebus' instructions to the T. When I open P99, I get a black window with the EQ cursor within.

Here is my LOG.

fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ebf0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32eef0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:imm:ImeEscape (0x127b90, 2064, 0xffe7): stub
fixme:imm:ImeEscape (0x127b90, 2065, 0x37): stub
fixme:keyboard:X11DRV_ActivateKeyboardLayout 0x4090409, 0000: semi-stub!
XIO: fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":464"
after 263 requests (263 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

[sdp00888]

I just installed the titanium disk using winskin and I have no idea how to launch everquest? Sorry I'm horrible with software. Help!

[sdp00888]

My main questions is about the eqclient.ini file. I already have a eqclient.ini file do I just replace the current file with the eqclient.ini that is posted in the instructions? I have followed the instructions to a T 3 different times and still can not get the game to launch. Anyone have any advice?

[sdp00888]

and in the instructions when it says "extract files" from the downloaded files into your new p99 files. Do I just drag and drop or do I need to download a program to extract the p99 files to replace the old p99 files?

[phobus]

My main questions is about the eqclient.ini file. I already have a eqclient.ini file do I just replace the current file with the eqclient.ini that is posted in the instructions? I have followed the instructions to a T 3 different times and still can not get the game to launch. Anyone have any advice?

If you have a working eqclient.ini you can use that.

and in the instructions when it says "extract files" from the downloaded files into your new p99 files. Do I just drag and drop or do I need to download a program to extract the p99 files to replace the old p99 files?

Dragging and dropping is fine to copy the files over. But don't drag and drop folders; the contents of the destination folder will be removed and replaced with what you dragged. P99 updates only include the new files, so you have to make sure those are updated without losing any of the existing files.

[sdp00888]

So I've tried to do a fresh install of eq about four times now and I still can NOT get p99 to launch. I have done every step, and I'm begging for someone to help!! I've gone through this whole process 4 times!!

[phobus]

After you have it setup, you can launch it by opening the app you extracted into your Applications folder (i.e., Avatar's wine wrapper that you downloaded from http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz58wddkaf30eh). Is that not working for you? What happens? Any error messages?

[sdp00888]

The project 1999 icon pops up on my doc and the app just freezes, no error menus, just nothing happens besides that app showing up on the dock. BTW just want to thank you for helping me phobus!

[phobus]

Take a look at ForeverLost's post at the top of the page. Sounds like you are having the same symptoms. Is your eqclient.ini named correctly?

[sdp00888]

Yea I named it correctly. Just checked

[sdp00888]

Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong?

[khanable]

Just tried this out on my 2012 15" macbook pro w/ retina

Works fine once I update the wine engine/wrapper

Looks like shit due to scaling, but works :P

Thanks!

[sdp00888]

So just updated wrapper and got p99 running after a week! Thanks khanable!

[ben14142001]

Hmm, I've tried everything suggested here and I'm still getting the error message. I've updated the wrapper and engine. I've replaced the eqclient.ini with a barebones one and followed all other instructions, just can't seem to get it working.

[ben14142001]

Got it working to the point of getting to the character screen, but it throws an error every time.

[godlovesninjas]

When I click the Project 1999 app the title bar comes up at the top of the screen, then it just kinda sits there doing nothing and needs to be forced quit. Not sure what is going on.

[khanable]

I can now confirm this works on my hackintosh as well

3570k
16gb 1600
660ti

mouse look still has the 90 degree issue, which makes playing a bard impossible lol

gamma is still somewhat jacked, too :(

[Trinidy]

This works perfect on my mac....As a matter of fact I was running this in boot camp and all the errors I had in bootcamp this fixed. no more laggy slow motion, and the graphics are more crisp!

On a side note, some of they keyboard functions dont work, such as the F keys and the num pad.

Strafe does not work with control either... is there a way to fix this or remap?

13 years of everyquest key layout is going to be a hard habit to break.

[Driffit]

Can someone please explain how to update the wrapper and the engine? I tried to follow the post but the wine-skin still says it is version 2.5

Thanks

[Driffit]

Got it working now, the wrapper can be updated via the advanced settings and tools.

[Driffit]

Got it running now, but still need some finetuning with gamma and resolution.
My Specs:
15' MacBook Pro Retina
2,7 Ghz i7
16 GB DDR3L
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1 GB GDDR5
Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Thanks for this guide!

[Heywood]

Up before today, I have never touched wine, wineskin, winery, or any other type of "wine" program.

That being said, I have carefully read and followed the instructions on Phobus' post and the Project1999 program seems to not want to open. I checked the eqclient.ini file and it definitely doesn't have the .txt extension. Other than winery/wineskin, do I have to download some other type of wine program?




EDIT- Updating Wineskin did the trick.

[Zapatos]

Has anyone figured out how to fix the mouse turning lockup?

[Danimoth]

I have a 2008 Macbook. I have tried installing and reinstalling with all the correct steps. Once I get in and select my server, the game tries to load(not showing the background picture, just the loading bar with its text) and once it gets to character select I can see the UI buttons but no background or character. At this point its crashes. Any help?

I have also Updated the Wineskin Wrapper to 2.5.8 and the engine to WS9CX11.2.0 and the same problem still exists.

After a full reinstall, after Wineskin was updated, the game now loads into the character select. Now it says my spell files are out of date. I have downloaded the newest spells files according to the page http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84589&highlight=patch+info
Still not working.

[vinnidel]

I seem to encounter a problem similar to those posted before--when I attempt to open "Project 1999" it bounces on the dock and needs to be "Force Quit"ted. The apparent solution to this problem was to update Wineskin, but when I go to Advanced>>Tools>>Update Wrapper, I am presented with the following error notice:

"There is an error with the installation of your Master Wrapper. Please update your Wrapper in Wineskin Winery (a manual install of a wrapper for Wineskin Winery will work too)"

Any idea what I've done wrong/how to fix this? Thanks.

[youshoes]

I seem to encounter a problem similar to those posted before--when I attempt to open "Project 1999" it bounces on the dock and needs to be "Force Quit"ted. The apparent solution to this problem was to update Wineskin, but when I go to Advanced>>Tools>>Update Wrapper, I am presented with the following error notice:

"There is an error with the installation of your Master Wrapper. Please update your Wrapper in Wineskin Winery (a manual install of a wrapper for Wineskin Winery will work too)"

Any idea what I've done wrong/how to fix this? Thanks.

I experienced the "nothing happens" thing just today. After various attempts to work through the problem, I finally go to the message you've indicated, telling me I cannot update the Wineskin. I looked online and found the "Wineskin Winery" application, made for Mac, installed it. I updated the "Installed Engines" box with "WS8WineCX11.0.0 (I also installed the engine our "project 1999 wrapper" claims it is using). I updated the second box "wrapper version" to the most current version.

This got me into the game and stopped the "non-action" i was getting for the most part of the day.

[khanable]

Lowering max frame rate adjusts how wide of an angle you can mouse look before it goes to shit.

Would sell my soul for a complete fix to that.

[falkun]

Lowering max frame rate adjusts how wide of an angle you can mouse look before it goes to shit.

Would sell my soul for a complete fix to that.

Please explain "goes to shit"? Using Linux, the issue I've been having with mouse-look is that I cannot continuously mouse-look. I can do X-degrees (I think somewhere around 140deg mouse-look turn), and then the turn angle locks and it switches over to zooming the camera in and out. I don't know why it does it, it didn't do it on Windows, and its annoying. I'd like to be able to perpetually mouse-look turn as long as I'm holding down the right mouse button. Is this the same issue you are having?

[khanable]

Please explain "goes to shit"? Using Linux, the issue I've been having with mouse-look is that I cannot continuously mouse-look. I can do X-degrees (I think somewhere around 140deg mouse-look turn), and then the turn angle locks and it switches over to zooming the camera in and out. I don't know why it does it, it didn't do it on Windows, and its annoying. I'd like to be able to perpetually mouse-look turn as long as I'm holding down the right mouse button. Is this the same issue you are having?

This is the same issue I am having, somewhat. On the OSX side I can mouselook left/right for about 180 degrees before my cursor leaves the EQ Window, which removes focus from it/requires me to reclick/restart mouselook.

I've noticed that the x degrees is tied to width of the EQ window and also to the max FPS. Maxing EQ as wide as my monitor's native resolution and putting it down to 30 max fps allows me to turn 360+ degrees continuously, but still has the previously mentioned issue with anything past that.

edit: also the "mouse sensitivity" setting is tied to the amount of degrees. Low sensitivity = low degrees. I have mine at 100 which does not change the actually sensitivity of the mouse, heh

[sdp00888]

So if there was a patch like there was today and I dont have EQMU launcher set up on my mac ( think its windows only?) how do i do update the files that need to be updated? Is it as simple as clicking on the files from p99 homepage and copy and pasting them in my p99 folder? Thank you !

[phobus]

So if there was a patch like there was today and I dont have EQMU launcher set up on my mac ( think its windows only?) how do i do update the files that need to be updated? Is it as simple as clicking on the files from p99 homepage and copy and pasting them in my p99 folder? Thank you !

Yes. Sort of.

The only thing you need to be careful of is, if you copy one folder over another in Finder, everything in the existing folder will be removed and you will only have the contents of the new one.

Sometimes the patches include files with in the Resources folder, so you have to be careful otherwise you'll end up deleting stuff inadvertently.

[Chokan]

This happened to me today. Is there a way for me to restore what I need in the resources folder?

[Chokan]

Can someone send me a good resources folder so I don't have to re-install?

[MammothMafia]

Hey I'm hoping someone can help me. I am on a mac and have had similar probs as others with wineskin not opening and whatnot. have spend days updated wrappers and skins ect. and given up for about 3 months. well I'm trying again and it seems i may have made some progress. I got the wineskin to give me a window with cursor stuck in the middle of screen with what appears to be a functioning first screen. now i understand i need my eqclient to have Windowedmode=true. problem i am having is that my eqclient file only reads 1 line, Sound=TRUE. since i reinstalled multiple times i am sure i wiped any and all of my custom specs so how do i go about getting my Windowedmode=true? anyone have a working copy of that file i can load or how else can i go about this?

[sdp00888]

Yes. Sort of.

The only thing you need to be careful of is, if you copy one folder over another in Finder, everything in the existing folder will be removed and you will only have the contents of the new one.

Sometimes the patches include files with in the Resources folder, so you have to be careful otherwise you'll end up deleting stuff inadvertently.

So when it ask to save over, say no just to be clear?

[Chokan]

Unzip the files, then copy the ones from inside the resources folder to inside of yours. Don't replace the whole folder.

[sdp00888]

So unzipping on a mac means? I suck when it comes to computers lol, need it broken down Barney style.

[Not_Kazowi]

OK. So i followed every little step to install EQ from scratch and directed it to the right eq.exe file and everything.

When i go to open the game it pops up on the dock and then nothing happens, no window ever opens at all. I have created the ini file to use window mode and everything. No clue what to do here.

Any help would be really appreciated, thanks dawgs

[MaximiusM]

OK. So i followed every little step to install EQ from scratch and directed it to the right eq.exe file and everything.

When i go to open the game it pops up on the dock and then nothing happens, no window ever opens at all. I have created the ini file to use window mode and everything. No clue what to do here.

Any help would be really appreciated, thanks dawgs

I am actually encountering the same issue. Repeating the process now just in case i screwed something up.

[MaximiusM]

installed in a winXP vm just now and updated via EQEMU. Copied the directory over to the OSX side into the package. same behavior. any ideas?

[dma550]

Hey guys

newb here, I installed from these instructions on my rMPP. It works soso, I don't like the mouselook, so I tried it on parallels. It works better over there IMO.

what still gets me, and maybe this is just EQ behavior and I don't remember it, is sometimes I get into this wacky always mouselook state, which means while I am trying to loot I do this crazy nauseating disorienting spin and end up looking straight up.

Is there a way to make it never mouselook unless R Click is held down, or is this just a mac thing? I too am finding that when I get in this mode, sometimes I accelerate out of the window and lose focus too. It's a royal PITA.

[Not_Kazowi]

I am actually encountering the same issue. Repeating the process now just in case i screwed something up.

I had to update the wineskin and its wine tricks or whatever, because the one that comes with the download is not fully compatible with OSX 10.8.2

Try updating wineskin that should fix it, fixed it for me

[dma550]

ok, I found it. It was parallels "smartmouse" which uses some sort of algorithm to determine where the mouse is. It jumps all over the place, and is the bane of fps gamers too. I turned it off, smooth as butter, no more staring at the sun.

Hey guys

newb here, I installed from these instructions on my rMPP. It works soso, I don't like the mouselook, so I tried it on parallels. It works better over there IMO.

what still gets me, and maybe this is just EQ behavior and I don't remember it, is sometimes I get into this wacky always mouselook state, which means while I am trying to loot I do this crazy nauseating disorienting spin and end up looking straight up.

Is there a way to make it never mouselook unless R Click is held down, or is this just a mac thing? I too am finding that when I get in this mode, sometimes I accelerate out of the window and lose focus too. It's a royal PITA.

[MaximiusM]

I had to update the wineskin and its wine tricks or whatever, because the one that comes with the download is not fully compatible with OSX 10.8.2

Try updating wineskin that should fix it, fixed it for me

wineskin winery is what was messed up. took a while to narrow that down. it wasnt pulling down new wine versions. i had to manually install them then update the wineskin in the package, works great now although i sometimes crash when zoning into high pop zones.

im also having an issue with mouselook that I haven't been able to resolve... the X axis look is effected by the mouselook sensitivity section but the Y axis is not

[Matasata]

2. Extract the app into your Applications folder

I just got my mac air yesterday. I am not sure what step 2 means. I have copied the file to the applications folder. Before I got the entire eq directory copied over when I opened project 1999 it would open the wineskin options thing. Now that the entire eq directory is copied over from a working folder on my PC when I open project 1999 nothing really happens. If I try to open eqgame.exe with project 1999 nothing happens.

Not sure what to do. :confused:

[Lyra]

2. Extract the app into your Applications folder

I just got my mac air yesterday. I am not sure what step 2 means. I have copied the file to the applications folder. Before I got the entire eq directory copied over when I opened project 1999 it would open the wineskin options thing. Now that the entire eq directory is copied over from a working folder on my PC when I open project 1999 nothing really happens. If I try to open eqgame.exe with project 1999 nothing happens.

Not sure what to do. :confused:

Step 2 just means to copy the file to the applications folder, which you did.

My daughter just loaded EQ on her mac, had issues, but figured it out. I didn't pay enough attention. I'll ask her to look at your question if no one answers prior.

[Matasata]

Ok, been poking around learning a bit and I managed to update the wrapper. Now when I click to start project 1999 I get what looks like a window trying to open in the upper left corner. I also get a glimpse of what appears to the the little red/yellow/green dots in that flash of a window.

After that nothing happens but I can quit with out force quitting the app.

Still new to the whole mac thing but I am learning. :D

[Matasata]

I did a test run and got this. I have no clue what it is, but I figured it wont hurt.

fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:d3d:init_driver_info Unable to find a driver/device info for vendor_id=0x8086 device_id=0x166 for driver_model=2
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ebf0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:init_driver_info Unable to find a driver/device info for vendor_id=0x8086 device_id=0x166 for driver_model=2
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32eef0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
XIO: fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":4387"
after 6217 requests (6217 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

[Lyra]

That is what happened to her also. I think it has to do with the resolution. I think if you search resolution in this forum you might find something helpful. Again, if not resolved I'll get you help later today.

[Matasata]

I got it to work. I needed to redo the client.ini. I used the barebones posted here.
[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0

Than you Lyra for pointing me in the right direction :)

[Aprisle]

Not working on my brandnew Macbook Pro, did everything correctly from instructions. Copied my working EQEmu folder from my Win7 x64 desktop and when I try to run it, it puts it in the bottom bar and doesn't load anything. Going to sift through all of these posts I guess.

If anybody knows what the problem could be any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I updated Wineskin and still not working.

[Aprisle]

I updated Wineskin, now I'm getting hte problem Matasata had. It shows in top left corner, then flashes 3 colors real fast and crashes.

My error log looks like this:


fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot
fixme:d3d:init_driver_info Unable to find a driver/device info for vendor_id=0x10de device_id=0xfd5 for driver_model=2
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ebb4,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:init_driver_info Unable to find a driver/device info for vendor_id=0x10de device_id=0xfd5 for driver_model=2
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32eeb4,0x00000000), stub!
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 1280x720x32 @0! (XRandR 1.2)
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 1280x720x32 @0! (XRandR 1.2)
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 1280x720x32 @0! (XRandR 1.2)
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0xfffffffc at address 0xf6f0ce (thread 0009), starting debugger...
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event Unknown thread
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0008:0009: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0008:0009: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)

does this line 5000 times^^

[Aprisle]

Nevermind I got it to work. For some reason 3 times I updated the EQClient.ini it removed the [Defaults] line. I had to repaste it with the attributed text or whatever

[sellawiz]

Can you please rewrite this or update it? It doesn't work at all for newer macs, and the software you used isn't available.

[Derfie]

Can you please rewrite this or update it? It doesn't work at all for newer macs, and the software you used isn't available.

Bump, Up and running with old tutorial...

Crashes about 10-15 in game.:confused: If Mac has a fresh restart I can play longer.

Wrapper Version: Wineskin 2.5.9
Engine: WS9WINE1.5.28

MacBook Pro
Retina, Mid 2012
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NIVIDA Geforce GT 650M 1024 mb

[brewtulus]

Having similar issues, 2013 macbook pro with 8g ram.
followed the guide, pretty sure i did it right.
Start up p1999 and no window opens. the program shows up on my dock, but thats it.

[Lyra]

I suggest making a new thread in the tech forum with your specific problem. I think you will get more attention.

[Vile]

Having similar issues, 2013 macbook pro with 8g ram.
followed the guide, pretty sure i did it right.
Start up p1999 and no window opens. the program shows up on my dock, but thats it.

Need to update your wineskin

[elmedir]

Having similar issues, 2013 macbook pro with 8g ram.
followed the guide, pretty sure i did it right.
Start up p1999 and no window opens. the program shows up on my dock, but thats it.

Having the same problems with a brand new retina display macbook pro. Any updates or ideas?

Followed the guide exactly and the program shows at the bottom of the dock but does not display anything on the screen. Any help would be appreciated!!

[elmedir]

Need to update your wineskin

I'm at the latest version and it's still not working. Any other suggestions?? :confused:

[brewtulus]

So how do I update my current wineskin when the whole P99 seems to be to wrapped in the current wineskin DL on this thread? I have whatever version is linked from this thread.
Thanks, Brewt

[falkun]

Do you *have* to update your wineskin?

On Ubuntu, I use a virtual drive with my P99 folder. If I update wine, I just move the pointer for P99 back to the virtual drive for P99 again.

You could also save your P99 folder to a different location (eg: USB), remove your wineskin, and reinstall (update to newest wineskin) and then move P99 back within your wineskin.

[constelllations]

i'm getting a "spells file" error. now what? i thought i was up to date.

[purplehays]

2013 macbook pro retina problem resolution.

At first I couldnt even get a window to open upon launching the program. This was fixed after updating the wineskin wrapper and engine

1 -- download http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads
-- get the latest engine and updates from the latest tool, then open the wineskin configured for EQ and update the wrapper and engine from the tools menu

2 -- get the updated textures http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2482
personal preference

3 -- install directx9 from wine tricks menu
required to get part the char select screen

4 -- use this in eqclient.ini:
[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0

BAM.. You got that oldschool EQ back again. go get pwned by lockjaw or sgt slate

[raags]

Trying to get this to work.

Updated Wineskin Wrapper to Wineskin 2.5.9 and am using the W9SWine1.6-rc1x engine. When I run Project1999 or do a test run it flashes three times in the top left and crashes.

My EQClient.ini is correct as per what others have posted... have also tried using the WS9WineCX12.1.2 engine which just means the app sits in dock and doesn't do anything.

Any help would be appreciated

[raags]

Tried a few different engines now, all with the same problem. WS9WineCX12.1.2 and a few other recent ones, and some older ones.

Error log from WineSkin looks like:
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0008:0009: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0008:0009: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0008:0009: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)
err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0008:0009: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)

A million times.

[t0lkien]

I understand most people want a wrapper to emulate Windows, but honestly, I have Bootcamped a separate SSD (swapped out the DVD drive for it - it's a fairly simple process), and am running "native" installs of both Windows 7 and OSX. As a gamer who also loves Macbook Pros, it's the only option IMO. Solves all the issues you guys are having here, and you get the best performance the machine is capable of as there is no overhead.

You can also just partition the default drive and Bootcamp the partition (Mac's Disk Drive utility is great and has no trouble with this).

[Joeyo1471]

Hello. I'm on a mac, and I did all of the steps, including the "[Defaults]
WindowedModeXOffset=1
WindowedModeYOffset=1
WindowedMode=TRUE
[VideoMode]
Width=1024
Height=768
WidthWindowed=1024
HeightWindowed=768
WindowedWidth=1024
WindowedHeight=768
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0" things. I tried updating it many times, but no matter what it does, it stays on the dock for about three seconds and then simply quits. Could I please have some advice/help?

[Mejelic]

Anyone have an issue with models not showing up?


Edit:
Nevermind, I swapped to the WS9WineCX12.1.2 engine and everything seems to work!

[Joeyo1471]

I think that, with 20 pages of updates, we're going to need to have an updated guide.

[Cyrano]

This used to work fine for me but then I updated to OSX 10.8.4 and now it won't even open unless I do a test run which messes things up.

[Boptop]

Hi, trying to get this installed. I'm following the directions on the guide. I have Titanium downloaded, and wine in my apps folder. Where do I get the installation for eq emu? I think that was step 5 on the guide, and that is where I am stuck.

[whukes]

Hi, I have a 2013 15" Macbook Pro Retina on 10.8.3.

I was having issues using the Project 1999 Wine Wrapper the OP provided. I have created an updated wrapper that should work for everyone.

Follow the same instructions only substitute this file on step 1.

File: http://whukes.com/Project%201999_v2.zip

[Cyrano]

Thanks Whukes, this fixed everything for me once I did a fresh install.

[Babayaaga]

I understand most people want a wrapper to emulate Windows, but honestly, I have Bootcamped a separate SSD (swapped out the DVD drive for it - it's a fairly simple process), and am running "native" installs of both Windows 7 and OSX. As a gamer who also loves Macbook Pros, it's the only option IMO. Solves all the issues you guys are having here, and you get the best performance the machine is capable of as there is no overhead.

You can also just partition the default drive and Bootcamp the partition (Mac's Disk Drive utility is great and has no trouble with this).

Windows installations aren't always viable these days, especially when we are talking about precious SSD space.

This is naturally the ideal option if you aren't running one of the skinnier sized SSDs, but most models are shipping with SSDs and the most popular capacity is 128-256GB. Pile on your regular Mac applications, personal storage (photos, video, music), and the idea of devoting 60GB+ to Windows for a game installation becomes impossible to embrace.

I'm of course talking about default configuration machines, and you aren't running the default configuration. Many people aren't aware that you can retrofit a second drive in place of the superdrive in the standard Pro models. This of course, isn't even possible with the Air and Retina models, but I am quite positive that any MacBook model 2009+ can run this game.

[Babayaaga]

Using the wine wrapper provided in Whuke's post: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...&postcount=195 and following Phobus' guide: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...7&postcount=37, I was able to get it up and running flawlessly.

Phobus' guide is perfect as of August 2013 with the exception of the wine wrapper (likely out of date). First page post should be updated to reflect these changes.

[nagus69]

Confirmed - works like a charm.

[Rastignac]

Hey guys, having trouble using Whuke's wrapper with Phobus' guide. You guys followed the guide exactly? I am having fatal error right after clicking the client.

I am attempting this on a 2012 11" Mac Book Air. OSX 10.8.3

[nagus69]

Yes, on Retina 13" with OSX 10.8.4. Can't adjust gamma but its bright enough.

[vmulot]

hi there,
it works well with the wrapper updated, but i didn't see any information about keyboard. How can i switch from qwerty to azerty ? (i used to play in azerty mode on my windows computer and i'm french :p)

thanks for the nice work and this tuto.

[nagus69]

Anyone tried with 10.8.5 yet?

[nagus69]

Works fine with 10.8.5, too.

[agentjayd007]

I made it all the way to the step where I have to change the eqclient.ini file, yet when I open it in TextEdit the only thing listed on the file is

[Defaults]
Sound=TRUE

Literally, that is all hah. Did I get a faulty download or something?

[kingthumper]

Hi everyone. Thanks so much for making this happen. I'm an EQMac refugee and I'm trying to get p99 up and running:)

I've gotten as far as the character selection screen. Everything looks good menu wise, log-in wise, but all that is displayed is the sky and tiny little pixels which float and jump around. I'll try to attach a screenshot.

Any Ideas?

PS Finally! I've been wishing for a boxless server for years on EQMac. So happy to be here:)

[spoils]

OS X Mavericks just came out...any compatibility issues yet?

[nagus69]

Yea just wanted to ask that!

[Babayaaga]

Installing Mavericks right now. Will let you know how it turns out!

[Babayaaga]

Hi everyone. Thanks so much for making this happen. I'm an EQMac refugee and I'm trying to get p99 up and running:)

I've gotten as far as the character selection screen. Everything looks good menu wise, log-in wise, but all that is displayed is the sky and tiny little pixels which float and jump around. I'll try to attach a screenshot.

Any Ideas?

PS Finally! I've been wishing for a boxless server for years on EQMac. So happy to be here:)

System specs? Looks like a rendering issue to me...

[Ailleian]

Ive done all of the steps, it runs but it doesnt run for p99 yet because when i go to replace all of the files that are required to be replaced it just crashes when i try to run it again... The files im referring to are the Files V.30 now with the latest patch

Edit-I read some later posts which i should have done in the beginning and i will see if what i found to be fruitful... Yep that worked, if anyone else had such issues i just copied each individual file that were in the subfiles of the latest patch and pasted them in the existing file so it didnt replace the whole file that was already in my EQ folder

[Babayaaga]

Installing Mavericks right now. Will let you know how it turns out!

Runs just as it did in Mountain Lion. No issues!

[Babayaaga]

Ive done all of the steps, it runs but it doesnt run for p99 yet because when i go to replace all of the files that are required to be replaced it just crashes when i try to run it again... The files im referring to are the Files V.30 now with the latest patch

Edit-I read some later posts which i should have done in the beginning and i will see if what i found to be fruitful... Yep that worked, if anyone else had such issues i just copied each individual file that were in the subfiles of the latest patch and pasted them in the existing file so it didnt replace the whole file that was already in my EQ folder

Sounds like you are missing key files. I assume at some point you copy/pasted entire folders (either during original install or with patch items). Maybe you did it correctly with the patch file, but perhaps not with the original install.

1) Make sure you replace all of the files as outlined in the original post. Do NOT just copy over the folder, you have to go IN to the folder, copy the items, then copy them IN to the correct folder. Just copying over folders replaces entire contents (containing key files to run the game).

2) Once you have done that, repeat for the new patch files and folder (again, replacing contents within the folders, not replacing the folders by a simple copy/paste).

Start over. I made this mistake myself but doing it carefully a second time and it worked just fine.

[JayN]

Mac noobie here, can I get any of this method working on iphone or ipad?

[nagus69]

No.

[kingthumper]

System specs? Looks like a rendering issue to me...

Engine Used: WS9Wine1.7.4
Hardware:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.13f3
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Graphics/Displays:

Intel GMA 950:

Chipset Model: GMA 950
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x27a2
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes

Thanks!

[nagus69]

Just to confirm, Mavericks and P99 work along very well.

[kingthumper]

Good news: I now have my characters displaying. HOWEVER, it is extremely slow and my log spams this error [fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage] until I quit.

[Vile]

anyone have a copy of the resources files so i cant get my skies back? :(

[nagus69]

Your skies are gone too? What files exactly are missing, what folder?

[Vile]

Got them... just dump these into your /Resources/ folder in your WineSkin package contents...

http://vilesyntax.com/Resources.zip

[nagus69]

Finally!

Thanks!

[spoils]

Updated to mavericks...wine launcher not working...

I launch the program then nothing happens although it says it's active...

Arg...

[kingthumper]

I realized it could be one of two errors that are spamming my log:

fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:buffer_internal_preload Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting

Anyone else having this issue? Runs at about 1FPS.

edit: Here's the last error spammed. It really alternates between the three errors. The log is massive. fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x10.

update: fixed! i ran these Winetricks: glsl=disabled multisampling=disabled vsm=hardware, I don't know which was the fix.

everything looks so smooth now. i'm going to try zoning in now and if it all goes well, i will soon be up all in you, everquest.

also, I had to turn off vertexshaders and shading in my client to get any models or textures to appear. did both of those at the same time. don't remember which fixed which issue.

[phobus]

If your sky's missing, you probably were not careful when applying the latest patch. In a nutshell, if you copy one folder over another in Finder, you will replace the old one rather than merge the contents of the two.

To safely apply the patch, you need to copy the contents of each folder separately.

[Salient]

Hello. I apologize if this isn't the proper place for my question. I do own a mac and like what this server has to offer. I played on the Al'kabor server for a brief spell but paused due to a hectic schedule. I'm excited about P99s classic environment and the player engagement it fosters.

The EQemu Mac installation guide here seems straightforward enough. However, finding a reasonably priced version of EQ Titanium seems presently unrealistic. I've internet searched and the results have been far and few between. The cheapest used price on Amazon is about $70ish. And I'm not sure about the viability of purchasing a used version from a private party. Since a downloaded version is unacceptable, I'm hoping someone here might be able to direct those of us needing the mega installation CD set to to an agreeable retail haven. :D

I normally would not post questions such as these but I've been hard pressed locating physical discs that aren't exorbitantly priced. :eek:


Thanks for your time, Salient

[Tewaz]

I am having an interesting problem on here. My EQ runs fine except when I turn with my mouse. I will turn like 180 degrees and it won't let me turn any further. Then I can turn the other direction 540 degrees and it hits a similar wall.

[phobus]

I am having an interesting problem on here. My EQ runs fine except when I turn with my mouse. I will turn like 180 degrees and it won't let me turn any further. Then I can turn the other direction 540 degrees and it hits a similar wall.

This is a long-standing bug in WINE. I've never been able to find a build that didn't exhibit this bug, but I've mostly gotten used to it.

[Tewaz]

Okay, thanks for the reply.

I wish we could box on this server, my Macbook Pro would make it super easy.

[nwin]

Hi. Mac user needs some help on Step 5 of Avatar's guide, where it says to Copy your EQEmu installation into the "drive_c" shortcut folder.

I don't have any install CD's. I play on EQMac for just shy of a year and got that by just going to Sony's Website and doing it that way.

Any suggestions where I need to copy files from on my computer?

[Lyra]

While I did help install the game on a mac, the user did most of it and I don't understand Macs. I don't read this thread.

Feel free to make a new post in the forum if you are not getting answers here.

I've PM'd a few of you regarding Titanium.

[Lyra]

Hi. Mac user needs some help on Step 5 of Avatar's guide, where it says to Copy your EQEmu installation into the "drive_c" shortcut folder.

I don't have any install CD's. I play on EQMac for just shy of a year and got that by just going to Sony's Website and doing it that way.

Any suggestions where I need to copy files from on my computer?

You need a fresh install of Titanium. I PM'd you with instructions.

[Lyra]

Hello. I apologize if this isn't the proper place for my question.

I sent you a PM.

[nwin]

Followed all the directions. However, when I go and click on Project99, nothing loads. I'm able to force quit it, but nothing shows up. I've tried restarting the mac, but nothing.

Any ideas?

Edit: One mistake I made was I installed Titanium to the default directory that pops up the first time. However, I went back and used the /remove feature in Disc1, then reinstalled to C:\P99.

[Salient]

I'm going to post wine error messages and a screen shot to hopefully help determine what wrong.
Here's my Wine Settings:
4306
4307

Setting the screen resolution to match my eqclient.ini added the "Windows" border to this next image, which use to just be a black screen with the pink and white EULA.
4304

Lastly, here's my last run Wine logs.
4308
4309

That's it. Thanks for you time and advice

[Salient]

Sorry, I didn't meant to link the Wine run logs that way. Here's an easier way to view them.

LastRunWine
fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ebf0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32eef0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:imm:ImeEscape (0x127d38, 2064, 0xffe8): stub
fixme:imm:ImeEscape (0x127d38, 2065, 0x3f): stub
XIO: fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":3854"
after 40 requests (40 known processed) with 2 events remaining.
XIO: fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":3854"
after 258 requests (258 known processed) with 5 events remaining.


LastRunX11
WineskinX11: main(): argc=12
Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.
WineskinX11: do_start_x11_server(): argc=12
Attempting to use pixel depth of 24
[438020.993] WineskinX11 starting:
[438020.993] X.Org X Server 1.13.0
[438020.993] Build Date: 20120921
[438020.994] _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created.
[438021.002] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[438021.002] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[438021.002] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[438021.002] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[438021.002] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[438021.002] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension PseudoramiX
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[438021.003] Initializing built-in extension GLX
[438021.004] x: 0, y: 0, w: 1440, h: 878
[438021.005] x: 1440, y: 138, w: 800, h: 600
[438021.072] (II) GLX: Initialized Core OpenGL GL provider for screen 0
[438021.701] noPseudoramiXExtension=0, pseudoramiXNumScreens=2
Engine Used: WS8WineCXG10.1.1
Hardware:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.17f0
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Graphics/Displays:

Intel GMA 950:

Chipset Model: GMA 950
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x27a2
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 800 x 600 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: HVBP627439
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported

[kingthumper]

You need to install the most current Wine Engine. That solved this exact same problem for me. Also, update Wine itself, and update to the newest Winetricks before you use any. If you messed up starting over is really easy and recommended.

[Salient]

You need to install the most current Wine Engine. That solved this exact same problem for me. Also, update Wine itself, and update to the newest Winetricks before you use any. If you messed up starting over is really easy and recommended.

I'm pretty sure I did that. When I select the update wrapper function it alerts this message before asking if I want to force an update anyways.

"Your wrapper version matches the master wrapper version... no update needed. Do you want to force an update?"

Did you look at the numbers? Is there a later wrapper?

Not sure that it matters but I am running OSX 10.6.8.


Thanks. I will check the Wine site again to make sure I have the latest wrapper.

[kingthumper]

So the wrapper is the newest. I don't keep release versions in mein noggin.

Use the newest engine here (at time of post it's 1.7.4): http://www.mediafire.com/wineskin#u3ekk5q5y3fb1

If that link doesn't work, go to: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php -> click "Downloads" in the box -> The find "Mediafire.com Wineskin download location" -> http://www.mediafire.com/wineskin -> find the newest one

*also download newest Winetricks from the advanced menu

[Zapatos]

Here's my video walkthrough for making your own p99 game from scratch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xfNbEUVweM&feature=youtu.be

This is on a 2012 macbook air using version 10.8.5
If something was explained wrong, let me know and I'll do a better take!

[Salient]

Here's my video walkthrough for making your own p99 game from scratch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xfNbEUVweM&feature=youtu.be

This is on a 2012 macbook air using version 10.8.5
If something was explained wrong, let me know and I'll do a better take!

I followed your great tutorial to the letter but unfortunately I ended up with the same black screen containing a rectangle of pink & white letters; but this time it didn't say EULA. I am on OSX 10.6.8 if it matters.

I did notice that in the UI folder of the wrapper mine has "default" and an "old default" folder, which yours did not contain. I tried temporarily moving the "old default" and starting the program but it was the same.

I really appreciate all the time and effort that many of you have given to help us Mac users out. I'll check back in when I have more time to dedicate to finding a fix.


Thanks again.

[Salient]

So here's the Wine Logs I'm getting after following the tutorial.

LastRunWine.log
fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32ebf0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32eef0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting
err:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_Reset Cannot change the back buffer format yet
[ERROR] - Mouse Wheel supported = TRUE

LastRunX11.log

WineskinX11: main(): argc=12
Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.
WineskinX11: do_start_x11_server(): argc=12
Attempting to use pixel depth of 24
[732710.321] WineskinX11 starting:
[732710.322] X.Org X Server 1.13.0
[732710.322] Build Date: 20120921
[732710.322] _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created.
[732710.477] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[732710.477] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension PseudoramiX
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[732710.478] Initializing built-in extension GLX
[732710.479] x: 0, y: 0, w: 1440, h: 878
[732710.479] x: 1440, y: 138, w: 800, h: 600
[732710.505] (II) GLX: Initialized Core OpenGL GL provider for screen 0
[732716.227] noPseudoramiXExtension=0, pseudoramiXNumScreens=2
Engine Used: WS8WineCXG10.3.0
Hardware:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.17f0
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Graphics/Displays:

Intel GMA 950:

Chipset Model: GMA 950
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x27a2
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 800 x 600 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: HVBP627439
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported

As a last note: As you may have observed, I am using a macbook pro but have a secondary monitor (Syncmaster) that I use as my main monitor. Not sure if the issue is truly graphics related but I thought it should be clarified if it's part of the equation.

Seem to be getting allot of these:
fixme:d3d:buffer_PreLoad Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting

Thanks

[kingthumper]

I did notice that in the UI folder of the wrapper mine has "default" and an "old default" folder, which yours did not contain. I tried temporarily moving the "old default" and starting the program but it was the same.

Yo. In the video they clearly show that they are using the same outdated engine that you are using. You are on an older Mac, as am I.

I solved THE EXACT same issue you are having by upgrading the ENGINE, not the WRAPPER, to the most current version.

The dude that made the video above did not have this issue, so good for him. But I did, and you are now, and I posted several times on how I solved the issue.

I imagine since we are on similarly aged systems, this is an issue for us, and not the dude with the tutorial.

Use the wrapper download included at the beginning of this thread, and upgrade the engine as I have suggested. THIS IS A SEPARATE DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION PROCESS which I gave links to in a previous post (and you'll have to upgrade the wrapper too if you are starting fresh).

I got all of my tips from the WineSkin forums. They have a compatible gaming database. I cross referenced my errors with their current support forums for games to find glitch parallels.

After you install everything as I've instructed, come back and ask me how to get rid of the d3d lag issues, messed up pointer, how to upgrade the textures and whatever else you need.

[Lyra]

I will be so happy if you can get him in the game, kingthumper. Thanks for helping.

[Rail]

Got this working on my 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo MiniMac on 10.6.8

Thanks for the great guide!

[dankzilla]

Followed the guide step by step and when I open the Project 1999 file it opens but never actually does anything.

I'm new to mac having only borrowed this computer from my family, and have only downloaded the files in this thread, do I need to download another program to emulate windows or should I be alright with only the files in this thread. As well as my EQ Titanium install.

[twgmot]

Followed the guide step by step and when I open the Project 1999 file it opens but never actually does anything.


same issue here. I click on it, shows on my dock. Nothing. Have to force quit eventually.

Are you using Phobus' guide or the Youtube video? I'm using Phobus.


MacBook Air running 10.8.4

[kingthumper]

dankzilla and twgmot

What engine are you using? What wrapper are you using?

[dankzilla]

same issue here. I click on it, shows on my dock. Nothing. Have to force quit eventually.

Are you using Phobus' guide or the Youtube video? I'm using Phobus.


MacBook Air running 10.8.4

Im using Phobus' guide and followed it step by step.

I'm using the wrapper found from step 2 in his guide
--Download the Project 1999 Wine Wrapper from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ltz58wddkaf30eh

Im running Mac OS 10.7.5

[kingthumper]

In that case you need to click the download latest wrapper in your Wineskin, and also, as I mentioned about eight posts back...

--->>>Download the latest engine from the wine website.<<<---

When I made my build a month ago the latest engine was WS9Wine1.7.4 but I'm sure it's advanced because the developer's are in a state of rapid micro-updates solving one issue at a time. They're great, read their forums.

There are other things you'll need to tweek once you get it running. I posted links and more details in my previous posts.

Good luck doodz

-spankh

[dankzilla]

In that case you need to click the download latest wrapper in your Wineskin, and also, as I mentioned about eight posts back...

--->>>Download the latest engine from the wine website.<<<---

When I made my build a month ago the latest engine was WS9Wine1.7.4 but I'm sure it's advanced because the developer's are in a state of rapid micro-updates solving one issue at a time. They're great, read their forums.

There are other things you'll need to tweek once you get it running. I posted links and more details in my previous posts.

Good luck doodz

-spankh

Updating the wrapper from the Advanced Options -> Tools appears to have fixed my problems. Thank you

[Alde]

Thanks for the great guide! I managed to set everything up on a 13" Retina MacBook Pro.

I only have one issue/question. How do I change the default keyboard layout in Wine for EQ. Any help would be much appreciated.

[kingthumper]

If you're wondering about Wine's choice of key combos for right-click, center-click, etc., I believe it's hardwired into the software. ie The key choices can't be changed (at this time).

Here's their tech forums, I don't recall where I read the above bit but feel free to look around.

http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1

[Alde]

If you're wondering about Wine's choice of key combos for right-click, center-click, etc., I believe it's hardwired into the software. ie The key choices can't be changed (at this time).

Here's their tech forums, I don't recall where I read the above bit but feel free to look around.

http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1

Thanks! My issue is that my Y and Z keys are switched. I suspect it's because Wine is loading qwerty keyboard layout instead of qwertz (which is my system default). I tried to search their forums with no luck.