HOW-TO: Play Project 1999 on a Mac

[Rebalancer]

I finally got my macbook pro (retina, mid 2012, mojave 10.14.2) to run the game, after MANY tinkering attempts with wineskin.
EULA and log in screens look normal, but when I get to character selection and loading the actual game zone, most of the graphics don't load. Characters seem to be fine, and the odd tree or door, but nothing more. Just basic background colour etc. Screen shot is taken INSIDE an inn! Any advice, please?

[paronga]

Originally Posted by Rebalancer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I finally got my macbook pro (retina, mid 2012, mojave 10.14.2) to run the game, after MANY tinkering attempts with wineskin.
EULA and log in screens look normal, but when I get to character selection and loading the actual game zone, most of the graphics don't load. Characters seem to be fine, and the odd tree or door, but nothing more. Just basic background colour etc. Screen shot is taken INSIDE an inn! Any advice, please?

Damn man.....

[pizzasuit]

Originally Posted by Rebalancer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I finally got my macbook pro (retina, mid 2012, mojave 10.14.2) to run the game, after MANY tinkering attempts with wineskin.
EULA and log in screens look normal, but when I get to character selection and loading the actual game zone, most of the graphics don't load. Characters seem to be fine, and the odd tree or door, but nothing more. Just basic background colour etc. Screen shot is taken INSIDE an inn! Any advice, please?

these are from a few posts back as a possible fix for a similar problem:

Originally Posted by Lulz Sect [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i meticulously copied the contents of v52 subfolders to the subfolders within the wineskin wrapper one folder at a time

only then did this finally work via macOS Mojave 10.16 supplemental 2

Originally Posted by bporter721 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have been able to log in, but all I see is the sky/rain, and no floor/walls - they are all grey. Anyone have a fix for this?

Originally Posted by Cbaci [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you need to install updates file by file. if you try to update by cnp entire directories they will overwrite, not just replace the new files. You are now missing files. re-install old titanium, then add the update at the file by file level, not at the directory level.

[paronga]

Nice spot! I know the got me once or twice. That issue also stopped a mate of mine from playing. He just couldn't understand what was happening. I think I'll make a guide about this soon... with pictures. It's a real issue!

[Rebalancer]

Thank you pizzasuit! I had a feeling it had to be missing files, that's certainly what it looks like, but was sure i went into the directories and pasted only the files, not the folders. Must've made a mistake along the way. Hopefully if i make a duplicate wrapper the setting that work will remain and I can reinstall the game without the extra tweaking again.

[paronga]

Originally Posted by Rebalancer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you pizzasuit! I had a feeling it had to be missing files, that's certainly what it looks like, but was sure i went into the directories and pasted only the files, not the folders. Must've made a mistake along the way. Hopefully if i make a duplicate wrapper the setting that work will remain and I can reinstall the game without the extra tweaking again.

I've had good luck using the same wrapper again and again and changing the EQ files. Should work. I usually keep a duplicate EQ.app that I know works. Especially when there are patches, I make plenty of stupid mistake [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Catfish Stevens]

I just tried installing again last night and it worked. I just wanted to confirm that you need to be meticulous when copying the p99 patch files into the Sony directory, make sure you do it at the file level, not folder. Now to decide which class to play this time around...

[camdog]

Guys - for Nyme's step #5, install Titanium, could I install from a current directory already on my machine or does this have to be the original disc?

[camdog]

WOOHOO! I am in, but it is a bit dark. Let me know if you figure anything out, Pizza.

Question - when I made my wrapper I copied in a working EQ directory, but now I can't find it. I found the runnable wrapper in Launchpad, but where is my EQ directory that is actually running?

[camdog]

NM - hidden directory - ./Applications

Pizza - I made another wineskin wrapper and upped gamma 75% while creating the wrapper. That really helped for me.