HOW-TO: Play Project 1999 on a Mac

[Velenia]

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

Does anyone have a solution for this error that I'm receiving? I want to play this game on my Mac so badly. Here's what I've done:

1.) Downloaded/installed the most recent version of Parallels
2.) Installed Windows 11
3.) Downloaded EQ via the link in this Youtube guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj_MMVgJ_Dk (step 2) and added it to my shared desktop
4.) Created the "Patchme" shortcut
5.) Configured EQgame to run as administrator, operate in XP service pack 2, and safe emulation.

Every time I try to join the server, I get this error message. I feel like I'm SO close!

"Unable to load World

EverQuest cannot load the zone file \"load_obj.s3d\" in the directory that you are currently running EverQuest from. The file is present but it may be corrupt."

I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, and patching. Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

i am having the same problem. I was fighting for hours to get this far. It's a nightmare to play on a Mac...

I used to play P1999 a couple of years ago on a windows machine... that was no problem at all.

[Evlpacman]

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

Hello everyone,

i am having the same problem. I was fighting for hours to get this far. It's a nightmare to play on a Mac...

I used to play P1999 a couple of years ago on a windows machine... that was no problem at all.

Were you able to find a workaround for this?

[freezzo]

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

Were you able to find a workaround for this?

There currently is no "WINE" workaround if you are on Catalina or newer. Only option is something like Parallels. This is what im using, as virtualbox/vmware did not allow me to adjust the mouse the way I would like. If you are on an older mac, you can run eq via wine just fine.

[Lange]

Is it impossible to play EQp99 on a mac without using parelles etc programs/Windows

[tranceminus]

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

Is it impossible to play EQp99 on a mac without using parelles etc programs/Windows

I believe that if you are running an older version of MacOS that still supports 32 bit programs (Mojave or earlier), you should be able to run it under something like wine.

Unless I'm misremembering, I'm pretty sure that's the way I played on my mac for a long while, and it was pretty smooth.

The problem is that the most recent versions of MacOS dropped support for 32 bit programs, and that made it extremely difficult if not outright impossible to implement a wrapper that would work. So now your only recourse is bootcamp (on non-M1 macs) or running a VM like Parallels.

[krotar]

This wineskin is not compatible with the latest Mac OS

[freezzo]

Yes. P99 will not run in wine currently. (See https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=371291). This is because of the custom DSETUP.dll file that P99 provides. You can plan on other emulated servers fine, as long as you do not update using the P99 client files.

[Mithu]

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

Yes. P99 will not run in wine currently. (See https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=371291). This is because of the custom DSETUP.dll file that P99 provides. You can plan on other emulated servers fine, as long as you do not update using the P99 client files.

Interestingly enough, it runs fine under Steam's Proton 7.0+. I believe this was a joint effort by the CrossOver team at CodeWeavers, so that may work as well on the Mac side.

I may give it a try myself on my M1 mac to see if it fares better than the Parallels approach.

[freezzo]

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

Interestingly enough, it runs fine under Steam's Proton 7.0+. I believe this was a joint effort by the CrossOver team at CodeWeavers, so that may work as well on the Mac side.

I may give it a try myself on my M1 mac to see if it fares better than the Parallels approach.

What system are you running it on with Proton? I assume not a Mac catalina+? EQ seems to work, at least the eqemu servers on wine as long as you aren't playing on P99. Like I mentioned, there is something up with the DSETUP.dll file that prevents it from running. I confirmed this because I copied everything over a new install from P99 except that file, and was able to get to char select, I just couldn't do anything because it told me I was out of date.

I submitted a ticket a while back with P99 regarding this, and they told me to check with tech support forum, even though I had mentioned I already did. I posted in tech support about this issue and that a p99 dev needs to get involved, and no replies so /shrug

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