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K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 03:28 AM // 03:28

Hey i use a mac and have recently brought guildwars nightfall and i am waiting for windows xp to arrive in order to run it through parallels.
But in the meantime is there a shell or something i can download in order to get it running for my mac it is intel with mac osx

please help.

l)l2UNl( · Nov 15, 2006, 04:30 AM // 04:30

my first question is WHY did u buy a mac? IMO they are not as useful as PC but i guess they do have the multimedia programs that come along with them.

im not positive but i dont think they have a mac version of the game nor do they have a mod to run it however, you could always attempt to DL a pc emulator but GL with that...

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 04:40 AM // 04:40

well no they dont have a mac version but thats where parallels comes it is an advanced emulator but i need windows xp for it, plus scine i edit movies on a mac, macs a by far got the top softwear for that plus not alot of bugs.

i need just something in the meantime to run it like a shell or something downloadable

combatchuck · Nov 15, 2006, 04:41 AM // 04:41

The first thing you should know is that Parallels will not run Guild Wars. You will either need to run Boot Camp or Wine. Wine is the free option, and with the new update it's supposed to work quite well. I'll dig up some links to guide you through that, and edit this post. Don't believe people when they say you should just return it, they don't know what they're talking about.

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5903 - How well you can expect Guild Wars to work in Wine.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwine/ - The Mac-specific distribution of Wine.

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=237910 - The Darwine help forum.

As far as compatibility goes, your best bet is to run in Boot Camp. I cannot stress enough, Guild Wars will not work in Parallels. Parallels has no 3D acceleration. Boot Camp is just a boot loader that will allow Windows to run on your Mac, complete with video drivers and no Mac OS. If that's what you want to do.

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 04:44 AM // 04:44

how come parallels wont its pretty much exatly the same and with this link your going to give me will it be all downloadable?

l)l2UNl( · Nov 15, 2006, 04:46 AM // 04:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by combatchuck

The first thing you should know is that Parallels will not run Guild Wars. You will either need to run Boot Camp or Wine. Wine is the free option, and with the new update it's supposed to work quite well. I'll dig up some links to guide you through that, and edit this post. Don't believe people when they say you should just return it, they don't know what they're talking about.

oh yea totally 4got bout wine...

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 04:55 AM // 04:55

is wine a stand alone program which will run it or does it require other things?

combatchuck · Nov 15, 2006, 05:02 AM // 05:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by K-fox

how come parallels wont its pretty much exatly the same and with this link your going to give me will it be all downloadable?

Parallels has no 3D acceleration. Guild Wars requires 3D acceleration. At best, you will get 2 fps. At worst, you will get a blue screen.

If you want to run Guild Wars in a window, Wine is your best bet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by K-fox

is wine a stand alone program which will run it or does it require other things?

Wine is a pretty unique program. It's sort of a standalone program. What it does is intercepts all the commands that a Windows program sends out, and translates them into something OSX (or Linux, or BSD, or whatever) can understand. It's basically "emulating" the fact that there is a Windows computer running, when in fact there isn't.

edit: Oh, and Wine is totally free. There are some catches, though. You'll mostly be on your own for setup and support, and it's not anything close to a Mac-like user experience. If you're not comfortable wading around in config files and command lines, just wait for your copy of XP and use Boot Camp.

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by combatchuck

The first thing you should know is that Parallels will not run Guild Wars. You will either need to run Boot Camp or Wine. Wine is the free option, and with the new update it's supposed to work quite well. I'll dig up some links to guide you through that, and edit this post. Don't believe people when they say you should just return it, they don't know what they're talking about.

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5903 - How well you can expect Guild Wars to work in Wine.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwine/ - The Mac-specific distribution of Wine.

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=237910 - The Darwine help forum.

As far as compatibility goes, your best bet is to run in Boot Camp. I cannot stress enough, Guild Wars will not work in Parallels. Parallels has no 3D acceleration. Boot Camp is just a boot loader that will allow Windows to run on your Mac, complete with video drivers and no Mac OS. If that's what you want to do.

ok so i have downloaded darwine SDK 0.9.10 is there anything else i need to do?

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 05:08 AM // 05:08

ok would you be able to post me a clear list of instructions pretty much what ineed to do?

combatchuck · Nov 15, 2006, 05:10 AM // 05:10

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Originally Posted by K-fox

ok so i have downloaded darwine SDK 0.9.10 is there anything else i need to do?

You don't want the Software Development Kit, you want the binary release of the client, from this link.

Sadly, after that point, you're going to be on your own. I don't own an Intel Mac, and have never seen Darwine install. If you need some help, I would suggest #macintosh on the DALnet IRC network. They've always been helpful to me, they should be willing to help you. As long as you ask nicely, of course.

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

alright man thanks for all that hopefully ill be able to have a play round and get something working if i need any more help i just post so keep a little eye on this post thanks!

combatchuck · Nov 15, 2006, 05:14 AM // 05:14

I'll do the best I can, and I hope you post back your results! I am planning to buy a Mac soon, it would be excellent to know if I could get Guild Wars working on it.

K-fox · Nov 15, 2006, 05:19 AM // 05:19

ok i have darwine x86-0.9.12 download i have chucked guild wars in and clicked on setup in the guildwars disc. the message that comes up is unable to locate x11.app. make sure its been installed?

l)l2UNl( · Nov 15, 2006, 06:03 AM // 06:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by K-fox

ok i have darwine x86-0.9.12 download i have chucked guild wars in and clicked on setup in the guildwars disc. the message that comes up is unable to locate x11.app. make sure its been installed?

its not darwine's prob u gotta install the x11 from the Tiger dvd u got heres a more detailed explanation
http://raymo.wordpress.com/2006/05/26/darwine-how-to/

friday9x · Nov 15, 2006, 07:15 PM // 19:15

Hey, wow, what a bunch of jerks.

Parallels will not run Guild Wars, very well

2fps LOL!!!

Use Bootcamp, Its free for now and it is fantastic. Dont void your apple care by installing some weird program. Use the Beta..
TRUST ME!!! IT WORKS FOR ME!!

Dont try to help people when you DONT know what your talking about. I have a macbook and im running nightfall right now.

Im running Mac OS 10.4.7 with XP SP2 installed and I can help you out in any way possible, I have sucessfuly done bootcamp on 10 diffrent computers and I use guild wars nightfall. One thing that you have to watch out for there are some compatibility issues with bootcamp and not using full screen mode.. It does a BSOD when ever a mission starts.

Message me ingame at <<<< or you can email me with questions at Friday9x(At)gmail(dot)com

friday9x · Nov 15, 2006, 07:19 PM // 19:19

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...68#post2224968

Erudition · Nov 15, 2006, 07:44 PM // 19:44

I managed to get Guild Wars runnign under Wine on linux a few weeks ago.. but that was quite hard work. Besides now it's supposed to work wuite well.
Also, WINE (= Wine Is Not an Emulator) isn't an emulator, unlike what was stated above. It's an API that can handle windows requests on other OSs, mainly Linux.

K-fox · Nov 16, 2006, 12:06 AM // 00:06

ok heres the situation i dont have xp and i am waiting to try get it so boot camp will have to wait for a while and i have darwine 86 one but i cant seem to get it working i have followed all instructions on this link please look at it and check out my post at the bottom of the page

http://raymo.wordpress.com/2006/05/26/darwine-how-to/

really need help on getting this darwine thing to work with guild wars

l)l2UNl( · Nov 16, 2006, 05:15 AM // 05:15

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Originally Posted by Erudition

I managed to get Guild Wars runnign under Wine on linux a few weeks ago.. but that was quite hard work.

he said its hard but i really cant help u much further as i have never tried this on MAC. but if u followed all those directions it should work... are you still getting error message?