MAC - Running two EQ windows on Wine

Tewaz · #1 05-07-2014, 11:11 PM

Have any Mac users been able to run two instances of EQ in the Wine wrapper? I want to try out red and I would love to play with two windows open.

Tewaz · #2 05-09-2014, 10:47 AM

r00t · #3 05-09-2014, 11:32 AM

Are you getting conflicts or errors or just wondering if its possible? I've never used a mac but it should be fine.

Tewaz · #4 05-09-2014, 11:40 AM

I just have no idea how to make it open another instance of the program. It was pretty easy to do in Windows, but a Mac just takes you to your current window whenever I try to get another screen going.

Zapatos · #5 05-09-2014, 01:30 PM

duplicate the application

Tewaz · #6 05-09-2014, 03:54 PM

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duplicate the application

Okay, I will try this.

r00t · #7 05-09-2014, 05:24 PM

try this command replacing 1024x768 with your preferred window size. It should force a new window

Code:

taskset -c 0x0 wine explorer /desktop=EQ,1024x768 "/path/to/eqgame.exe" patchme

I added the affinity fix too assuming mac has taskset.. you can change the 0x0 to 0x1, etc (depending on number of cores on your processor) to have the game bind to different cores for different instances

Tewaz · #8 05-10-2014, 01:12 AM

-bash: taskset: command not found

r00t · #9 05-10-2014, 12:18 PM

yea I looked into it and os x doesnt expose any APIs in its task scheduler for dealing with the threads of the processor

try the command starting at wine

Tewaz · #10 05-13-2014, 05:49 PM

I don't know how to start it at wine.

On another note, copying the program and opening the second version worked.