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K A O S Theory · Nov 07, 2011, 11:57 PM // 23:57

New version out!

Anti-Aliasing now works! Along with other graphical fixes.

To update, download the wrapper, then put in your .dat file in place of the one already there.

See video to see where the .dat file is on your system.

Rise of Cpu · Nov 08, 2011, 01:05 AM // 01:05

Wow and I just set up Windows on my Macbook a while back ....

kwinten-luyckx · Nov 14, 2011, 12:04 AM // 00:04

Just installed it, runs good.
Thanks a lot!

kwinten-luyckx · Nov 15, 2011, 03:07 PM // 15:07

I have a problem: I can't type numbers. Only from 6 to 0.
1 to 5 let's me toggle chatchannels..(general/team/guild/etc.)
I can't find an option in the interface menu..

help me please!

K A O S Theory · Nov 16, 2011, 12:17 AM // 00:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwinten-luyckx

I have a problem: I can't type numbers. Only from 6 to 0.
1 to 5 let's me toggle chatchannels..(general/team/guild/etc.)
I can't find an option in the interface menu..

help me please!

Hmm, normally you would have to press shift for the channels to appear. So I don't think its a problem with the game. Its just that the program itself is holding down shift for those buttons for some reason. Try holding shift then hit 1-5. Or more so, refresh the wrapper by right click on the app and show package contents. Click on Wineskin.app, advanced, tools, then refresh wrapper.

Keep me posted on what happens.

Agnostic · Nov 30, 2011, 01:05 AM // 01:05

I just wanted to thank you for this wrapper. It saved me a lot of time and frustration in doing it myself.
Running good on an old macbook. Had to turn off shaders and dx9 to get the speed up, but it's running great.

Agnostic · Jan 03, 2012, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Which engine is better? Currently, the most current versions are WS8Wine1.3.36 and WS8CXG10.1.1.

K A O S Theory · Jan 03, 2012, 01:34 AM // 01:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agnostic

Which engine is better? Currently, the most current versions are WS8Wine1.3.36 and WS8CXG10.1.1.

So far in my testing WS8Wine1.3.36 is extremely buggy, but it can do anti-aliasing. Its what I used in the 1.3 beta version.

WS8CXG10.1.1 is a reliable backup, there are no major bugs in it. Its the same engine Crossover Games uses, but there isn't much development happening on it.

For now I would stay with CXG10.1.1, but if you want to try and debug Wine1.3.36, feel free, you can always go back.

Agnostic · Jan 03, 2012, 10:30 PM // 22:30

Thanks for the quick reply. I thought the crossover engine was less buggy too. I wonder why they don't update it ever.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agnostic

Which engine is better? Currently, the most current versions are WS8Wine1.3.36 and WS8CXG10.1.1.

Lol, I used current twice in the same sentence, lol.

K A O S Theory · Jan 10, 2012, 04:00 AM // 04:00

New beta version up!

Uses the latest wine engine, much more stable than the first beta, however it still has bugs.

If you are really looking for the least amount of bugs, stay with 1.2. However, you will not be able to use anti-aliasing.

Have fun.

dusanyu · Jan 14, 2012, 03:33 AM // 03:33

Nice work Works well on my end (now i can slip in some guild wars at work)

Atlov · Jan 29, 2012, 08:27 PM // 20:27

I'm having a graphics issue when observing or while in guild halls. Sometimes colors fly everywhere (literally a cluster cuss of colors) and I can't move my cursor, and I have to minimize to make it go away. It isn't every time. Other times it's just minor bugs like text messing up when a team captures the flag stand. Almost exclusive to guild halls or observer mode. Once or twice in RA.

I don't know why it would be my graphics card, my macbook pro has a GeForce 9800M. My FPS ranges from 70-120.

Edit: Using the older version seems to have fixed the problem

Meltdown · Jan 30, 2012, 02:44 AM // 02:44

So I'm a PC, but I'm trying to help a new Mac player get started. Can the download client be used to install the game with this or does she need a CD? I'm also about 1200 miles away from her, so the simplest instructions are best

K A O S Theory · Jan 30, 2012, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlov

I'm having a graphics issue when observing or while in guild halls. Sometimes colors fly everywhere (literally a cluster cuss of colors) and I can't move my cursor, and I have to minimize to make it go away. It isn't every time. Other times it's just minor bugs like text messing up when a team captures the flag stand. Almost exclusive to guild halls or observer mode. Once or twice in RA.

I don't know why it would be my graphics card, my macbook pro has a GeForce 9800M. My FPS ranges from 70-120.

Edit: Using the older version seems to have fixed the problem

Yes, the old version is much more stable for most people.

I think the reason for it is because the newest version of wine enables multisampling, which allows for Anti-Aliasing. But it creates ALOT of graphical bugs. So its really whatever version works better for you.

Personally the new version has very little graphical issues on my Macbook.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Meltdown

So I'm a PC, but I'm trying to help a new Mac player get started. Can the download client be used to install the game with this or does she need a CD? I'm also about 1200 miles away from her, so the simplest instructions are best

The client downloads itself, no CD required. Just download, drop into apps, and run it, the client will do the rest.

Agnostic · Jan 30, 2012, 11:33 PM // 23:33

Do you have any tips on how to get mods such as GwDressUp to work in the skin? I made a custom EXE using the creator, and pathed it to the mod GwDressUp.exe that I put in my skin's program files folder. All it does is quit out of Guild Wars when I try to open it.
Is it because my GMA 950 graphics card doesn't support dx9? I tried it with and without the -dx8 command, and no luck either way.

K A O S Theory · Jan 31, 2012, 05:05 AM // 05:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agnostic

Do you have any tips on how to get mods such as GwDressUp to work in the skin? I made a custom EXE using the creator, and pathed it to the mod GwDressUp.exe that I put in my skin's program files folder. All it does is quit out of Guild Wars when I try to open it.
Is it because my GMA 950 graphics card doesn't support dx9? I tried it with and without the -dx8 command, and no luck either way.

I've been trying this too, so far in my view I dont know if its possible. I believe it is because the custom EXE runs the app, just with different settings. Because of this, opening gwdressup, then opening The GW client will shutoff GW dressup and open the GW client, due to you not being able to run the same app twice (to my knowledge).

There may be a workaround, I remember being able to use gwdressup with the client once on my mac, don't remember what I did though. I'll keep you posted.

Killed u man · Jan 31, 2012, 08:55 PM // 20:55

The minimize button (or alt tabbing) doesn't work. Clicking on the "guild wars" button at the bottom doesn't seem to do anything, and afaik the only way out of it is CMD+Q.

Is there also any way to -image the intire game? I need to download 30K files which will easily take an hour or 2, but because I can't tab out, it's kinda annoying not being able to use my mac for 2 hours

Good job though!

K A O S Theory · Jan 31, 2012, 11:50 PM // 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killed u man

The minimize button (or alt tabbing) doesn't work. Clicking on the "guild wars" button at the bottom doesn't seem to do anything, and afaik the only way out of it is CMD+Q.

Is there also any way to -image the intire game? I need to download 30K files which will easily take an hour or 2, but because I can't tab out, it's kinda annoying not being able to use my mac for 2 hours

Good job though!

For Minimizing:
Yes, it will black the screen out when you minimize sadly, at least for me, when i double click the GW icon in the bottom left, it goes back in. But yes, in general, stay away from that button
I havent tried this myself, but if it happens again, try hitting "Command+Alt+A" may help.

For the Image command:
If you downloaded 1.3, then simply go the app,right click, open package contents, and open the Image app. That will image it for you.

If not, then you want to hit the wineskins app instead, go advanced, and in EXE flags, put -image. Run the app, take it out when done.

Mio Glesin · Feb 01, 2012, 10:25 PM // 22:25

I have never been able to get texmod to work in Crossover and I have been using it for years. Recently am trying Wineskin and cant figure it out either - would be nice if you post the instructions on getting texmod to work in either of these since you guys state that you can ....

Mac user for 5 years

thanks for the work on this K A O S

K A O S Theory · Feb 02, 2012, 04:36 AM // 04:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mio Glesin

I have never been able to get texmod to work in Crossover and I have been using it for years. Recently am trying Wineskin and cant figure it out either - would be nice if you post the instructions on getting texmod to work in either of these since you guys state that you can ....

Mac user for 5 years

thanks for the work on this K A O S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTpSMhcM5B0

PM me with any questions.