Help! Installed on a macbook and game won't load

nwin · #1 10-31-2013, 04:09 PM

Ok, so I followed the steps in Avatar/Phobus' thread and when I go to load the game, the icon does the 'jump' in the dock, indicating I selected it, but then nothing. No screen pops up, no nothing. I've tried starting it from the Applications folder as well, and nothing. It will allow me to force quit-but that's it. When I click and hold on the icon, it says "Program is not responding".

The only hang up I had in this install was the following:

I have the .iso files of the discs. On a mac, in order to mount them, I dragged each disc to the desktop. However, when I went into WINE to load the program, it wouldn't recognize the disc mounted as an option to select it. So what I did was I copied all the files on each disc and put them each in a folder (ie, CD 1 was named eq1 on the desktop, cd2=eq2, etc.). This seemed to work fine on the install and everything went through the paces it seemed and I got the successful message on EQ that EQ had been loaded successfully.

The first time I loaded it up, I accidentally selected whatever the Default path to install was. Noticing this was incorrect, I went into setup.exe on the first CD and selected the Uninstall Option. I then went through the Install program again, making the path C:\P99 (same as the folder I named in Project99 Application). There was only one difference to note in both installs: The first time, it asked me fore each disk. The second time, it just loaded everything up without asking.

Any help would be appreciated. I used to be pretty good with PC's, but mac's I'm a lost cause!

lawll · #2 10-31-2013, 04:10 PM

Did you download the newest version of wine from their website?

nwin · #3 10-31-2013, 04:17 PM

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Did you download the newest version of wine from their website?

Negative. I just downloaded the Project99 thing in Step2 of Phobus' post located here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/lt...oject+1999.zip

That has the winewrapper in there, so I thought that was good? It lets me run the install of EQ just fine.

lawll · #4 10-31-2013, 04:19 PM

My eq install did the same thing to me the other day but was working fine before. Soon as I downloaded the new version and reconfigured the app it started working for me.

nwin · #5 10-31-2013, 04:20 PM

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My eq install did the same thing to me the other day but was working fine before. Soon as I downloaded the new version and reconfigured the app it started working for me.

Got a link to the new version?

lawll · #6 10-31-2013, 05:01 PM

http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php

nwin · #7 10-31-2013, 06:28 PM

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http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php

SUCCESS! THANK YOU!

shdwdrake8 · #8 03-28-2014, 03:10 AM

I have this exact same problem on my wife's Macbook. I did what you said and updated Wine and still when I launch the app I get a big fat nothing. No window comes up. Please help. I followed the installation instructions set forth by both guides to the T and redid it 3 different times. I did it another time after updating Wine. Please advise... I want to play with my wife...

Edit: I did a lot of stuff but the thing that made the most difference was changing the resolution. Almost anything besides what is provided in the "make your own eqclient.ini" worked. 800x600 worked and was small, 1400x800 worked. So yeah, hope this helps someone someday.