HOW-TO: Play Project 1999 on a Mac

[Bristletoe]

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

Having the same issue as Duncanator583. I can get the game to load but when I do, I only see the sky, none of the ground textures are loading.

Figure anything out? It's doing it for me too

[Cbaci]

Getting this upon launching Project 1999.app from applications folder

ERROR! cannot write to Info.plist, there are permission problems, or you are on a read-only volume.

This cannot run from within a read-only dmg file.

[91Fresh]

I set everything up but my gound isn't appearing right. It's completely gray.

[Ssylent]

Wish I checked out compatibility before loading up Catalina on my Mac. I've tested Nyme's wrapper, added the patch files individually as suggested in previous posts, tossed the Wineskin into my applications folder, etc -- but it simply won't launch on Catalina. It'll prompt you to approve security settings but nothing happens after you approve it and attempt to launch the Wineskin.

If anyone makes progress with using this method on Catalina, please post!

[liquidki]

Noticed some people talk about replacing files folder by folder when applying a new patch. I found a simpler way using the rsync command (which copies files and folders, but it doesn't overwrite folders, it copies the contents of them).

Open Terminal app and run this command:
$ rsync -av ~/Downloads/P99Files52b/ /Applications/Project\ 1999.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/P99/

* ~/Downloads/P99Files52b/ is the path of the unzipped patch files
* /Applications/Project\ 1999.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/P99/ is the path to the P99 directory inside Wineskin wrapper app

[kingpinner]

Having trouble getting Wineskin to open after I add in patch files...

I haven't played in a few months since right before Green was released. I tried to open today with no luck.

I uninstalled everything and reinstalled according to the standard YouTUbe video I've followed about a dozen times to do this. But this time, when I get the patch files installed, Wineskin opens shortcut menu but just sits there for 15-20 minutes, then it closes with nothing happening.

When I start the wineskin up before adding patch files to get the client.ini file to be created, it starts up as usual. It's only after I add the patch files that it doesn't seem to do anything for me.

Any suggestions?

[renarin]

Has anyone had success getting this to run on macOS Catalina w/ the wineskin? I'm hoping to avoid creating another VM to run p99!

[bporter721]

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?

[Cbaci]

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.

[camdog]

It looks like with Catalina the default shell has been changed to zsh instead of bash. The Wineskin package I've been running must use bash and when I run it throws a message about zsh. It looks like it's possible to change the overall default shell back to bash and I think it might run but I'm wary of changing basic settings on my Mac to run this game. Anyone have any thoughts? Would the correct approach be for a Catalina version of Wineskin-EQ be made using zsh?