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K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

25 Jul 2011 at 07:38 - 1

I recently created this client for the mac. It uses Wineskins to create an app out of windows programs. Through testing it works pretty well. I know theres many ports for the Mac but I've found this one to to be one of the simpler ones to use.

Happy Users:

Quote:

Originally Posted by x1Drewx

Hey I just wanted to say on behalf of everyone who downloaded this client... THANK YOU!
It works amazing and I have no lag over 100fps on my new mac, thank you so much, and I just created an account on this site to formally thank you for what you have given us. I have no quarrels with it, and I was looking in how to do a wine of it myself, however I stumbled upon this, and reading several of the comments it seemed that you were not getting the credit you deserve, so once again thank you for a beautiful port of GW.

Things that work well
Load times.
Launcher.
Performance.
Anti-Aliasing.
Windowed Mode.

Bugs:
The Minimize Button. (Creates black screen, to get out, just click on Guild Wars at the bottom left.)
Occasional Texture Issues.
Ping (Personally my latency is higher than on bootcamp, it might just be OS X however.)

Installation:

1. Unpack the .zip
2.Drag/Drop Guild Wars to the applications folder.
3. Open it.
4. It should now start downloading and playing the game normally.

Download:

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Older Versions.

FAQ:

Which client should I choose, Crossover Games, or Wine?

It all matters as to what works better on your system really. If you might notice, the Crossover Games version is sigificantly smaller in filesize. This comes at a cost, however. I have found that overall, I have better performance and graphics when I use Wine over Crossover Games. However, this may not always be the case. My advice is to try both of them, and use the better option.

How to I modify files, add skill templates, get screenshots, etc?

The way to do this is by right clicking the app and going to show package contents. Then, click on the drive_c folder alias. This will bring you to the app filesystem that works just like a normal Windows system. Go to Program Files > Guild Wars, and modify at your leisure.

How do I use command line commands, such as -password and -image?

To do this, you must, again, right click the app and go to show package contents. However, this time, open the Wineskin app. Once it is open, click Advanced. Under EXE flags, put any commands you would like as you would at the end of a shortcut.

The Crossover games version will not let me change my resolution.

To fix, click the "make windowed" button and then set your resolution in-game pressing F11 from there.

My FPS is horrible and skips around alot, what can i do?

Set your shadows to low in options, it did wonders for me.

Big thanks to Doh123 for Creating Wineskins.

lotr829

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2009

US

soul

P/

25 Jul 2011 at 18:25 - 2

Feels a little sketch >.> If it is legit though i HAVE to use this because i usually just turn my mac into a windows but now i can play on my laptop! Im still gonna hold off until someone "facechecks" though so to say

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

25 Jul 2011 at 20:26 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by lotr829

Feels a little sketch >.> If it is legit though i HAVE to use this because i usually just turn my mac into a windows but now i can play on my laptop! Im still gonna hold off until someone "facechecks" though so to say

Yeah I understand the sketchiness about it, new user and everything.

If it made you feel more secure im willing to make a video of it working?

Chrisworld

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

W/

25 Jul 2011 at 22:23 - 4

Someone else did this before a while ago, I tested it and it wasn't harmful. It's just a windows application in a container. I have one for Oblivion in a Cedega container. My mac just sucks too much to game anymore. Need to invest in a new one.

WillTheBeast

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2011

FATE

W/Rt

25 Jul 2011 at 23:45 - 5

Installation onto my mac was smooth and simple, but, initially, Guild Wars wouldn't start up. "Unable to open archived file" was the error I received, and I dug into the files to try and fix it. Refreshing wineskin seemed to do the trick, and Guild Wars was up and running soon after. Ingame textures glitch occasionally, and loads times are horribly slow at first, but it works. My only concern would be an issue with account security. My biggest fear is that the program could possibly steal my account info as I type it in, but I have no way to prove that the program is capable of this. I would appreciate it if someone would put my worries to rest.

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

26 Jul 2011 at 00:00 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillTheBeast

Installation onto my mac was smooth and simple, but, initially, Guild Wars wouldn't start up. "Unable to open archived file" was the error I received, and I dug into the files to try and fix it. Refreshing wineskin seemed to do the trick, and Guild Wars was up and running soon after. Ingame textures glitch occasionally, and loads times are horribly slow at first, but it works. My only concern would be an issue with account security. My biggest fear is that the program could possibly steal my account info as I type it in, but I have no way to prove that the program is capable of this. I would appreciate it if someone would put my worries to rest.

Hmm, the "unable to open archive" bug troubles me a bit. I have never had that problem myself, so I want to see if anyone has the same problem before I go on to fix it.

As for your fear of keyloggers, I understand your suspicion and you are right to have these suspicions, I will see if I can get a virus total scan on the program, it may be hard to get a reliable one though.

EDIT: Sorry, I tried Virustotal and NoVirusThanks, they both have a 20MB file limit.

weemanpow3

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

We Farm Your [트두므s]

Mo/

26 Jul 2011 at 00:15 - 7

Setup and install was easy. I just transferred over my gw.dat file from bootcamp to get in an play right away. Launching and loading is as fast as bootcamp. FPS is lower, varies a lot 45-58fps. Compared to bootcamp consistant 60fps. Their are quite a few graphic glitches, which is annoying. Also gamma adjustments don't work. Can't really complain though as it does what it's supposed to do, run Guild Wars on a mac. It's good for seeing who's online, maybe do some trading/selling in town. Otherwise I will switch to bootcamp for runs with the guild etc... and longer periods of play.

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

26 Jul 2011 at 01:05 - 8

Thanks for the feedback guys.

A new version is out. I installed a d3d9 fix into the app. The file size is bigger, but it should make the FPS MUCH more stable.

More feedback would be much appreciated.

Download link is in original post.

isamu kurosawa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Kingdom

Me/

27 Jul 2011 at 00:41 - 9

I have been using wineskin over crossover games for a few months now and find performance/startup time to be much faster.

You can also get texmod working in wineskin, which is nice.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

27 Jul 2011 at 03:45 - 10

There's a cider wrapper over here, install procedure is similar. Preliminary tests were giving me about the same FPS so I don't know if one's better or not, but something else out there for Mac users to try.

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

27 Jul 2011 at 03:54 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoxBat

There's a cider wrapper over here, install procedure is similar. Preliminary tests were giving me about the same FPS so I don't know if one's better or not, but something else out there for Mac users to try.

Yes, I have tried that one in order to gain comparisons. Performance on that one was on level with this container. Install was not as simple as this one, but it is still very simple of an install. The only thing I didn't like about that one is how they have a non existent loader, all they show you is a picture when the launcher is up. But otherwise it is a good port.

Il Heavens Soul Il

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2011

Seraphics Of The [Mist]

E/

27 Jul 2011 at 05:59 - 12

I'm running it on my mac with Crossover Games 8 I believe it is... I've helped a few people set it up, don't download anything thats even the littlest bit suspicious.

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

27 Jul 2011 at 06:58 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Il Heavens Soul Il

I'm running it on my mac with Crossover Games 8 I believe it is... I've helped a few people set it up, don't download anything thats even the littlest bit suspicious.

Ok, I have a few things to say about this comment.

1. Crossover games is a paid program. 20-30$ I think. (Unless you pirated it.)

2. This wrapper uses the same engine as crossover games, along with fixes so this works BETTER than crossover games.

3. There have already been tests by previous posters, I assure you it is clean.

And as a final note, I used the crossover games trial, it was unsatisfactory, that made me look for alternatives, and I found wineskins, free, and more powerful than crossover games.

Sorry for the brash shout out, but I really want to get this out of the way.

EDIT: Crossover Games is $39.95, I never thought it would be that high

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Hey guys, I made a video to help you out with installing whatever you want to use such as texmod and to also hopefully answer some questions. The video is my first time commentating so be nice. And yes I know I sound like a stoner.

Yae Mozs

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2011

...

Zombies Of The Abyss [ZoA]

Mo/

28 Jul 2011 at 04:27 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by K A O S Theory

3. You cannot use Texmod, KSMod, or any other modification with crossover games, with this you can.

Texmod works on Crossover Games... Just putting it out there

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

17 Oct 2011 at 06:06 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yae Mozs

Texmod works on Crossover Games... Just putting it out there

Ahh really? I didn't think it would, my bad for the misinformation.

Anyways, new version out, holding ctrl or alt, and clicking should work now, for when you want to select an ally/foe in a group.

Way2dead

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2010

Me/

18 Oct 2011 at 12:08 - 16

thanks , so far works fine with me

nvm, didn't watch the whole vid lol

Marimba Junkie

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2011

Mo/

27 Oct 2011 at 05:27 - 17

Been running this for about a week now. Fast and good quality overall. Today I've had issues though. The game itself will not load when I open it. The guild wars screen comes up and it says connecting to arenanet.
So I went and watched the video you just posted and I took an in depth look at the package contents. My drive C folder is completely empty and I cannot open it. So I want to redownload everything now but I cant open the link for the download for some reason. Any help is greatly appreciated.

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

28 Oct 2011 at 03:53 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marimba Junkie

Been running this for about a week now. Fast and good quality overall. Today I've had issues though. The game itself will not load when I open it. The guild wars screen comes up and it says connecting to arenanet.
So I went and watched the video you just posted and I took an in depth look at the package contents. My drive C folder is completely empty and I cannot open it. So I want to redownload everything now but I cant open the link for the download for some reason. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hmm, thats wierd, I haven't taken the file off of my dropbox. Also the DL link looks fine to me, but that might just be because I'm the owner. Try to see if you can DL it again, if it doesn't work I'll upload a mirror on mediafire. Also, the wipe of drive c is interesting, I've never heard of that before. Did you happen to click on "Rebuild Wrapper" in the advanced options menu of wineskin.app? That would wipe the app as you describe.

Marimba Junkie

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2011

Mo/

28 Oct 2011 at 06:13 - 19

The problem resolved itself. I found the rest of my drive C located in a different file within the gw files. The download link now works. My apologies I believe it had something to do with my router and a firewall issue. Thanks anyways for the help

Cool Down

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2009

Denmark

E/

28 Oct 2011 at 15:36 - 20

I will try this out for sure, if it I can make it work it will definitely make me play the game some more since I always carry my macbook pro on me.

Wauw, it works just fine for me, no problems at all

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

07 Nov 2011 at 23:57 - 21

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

trollin in hong kong city

[Jwlz]

Mo/A

08 Nov 2011 at 01:05 - 22

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

kwinten-luyckx

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2008

Dutch Elite Army[DEA]

E/Me

14 Nov 2011 at 00:04 - 23

Just installed it, runs good.
Thanks a lot!

kwinten-luyckx

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2008

Dutch Elite Army[DEA]

E/Me

15 Nov 2011 at 15:07 - 24

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

16 Nov 2011 at 00:17 - 25

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

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Impenetrable Mountain Fortress

I Spank For [EcTo]

A/

30 Nov 2011 at 01:05 - 26

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

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Impenetrable Mountain Fortress

I Spank For [EcTo]

A/

03 Jan 2012 at 00:18 - 27

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

K A O S Theory

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

03 Jan 2012 at 01:34 - 28

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

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Impenetrable Mountain Fortress

I Spank For [EcTo]

A/

03 Jan 2012 at 22:30 - 29

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

10 Jan 2012 at 04:00 - 30

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

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Illusion of skillz [Iz]

W/E

14 Jan 2012 at 03:33 - 31

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

Atlov

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sharks And Penguins

W/

29 Jan 2012 at 20:27 - 32

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

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2012

30 Jan 2012 at 02:44 - 33

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

30 Jan 2012 at 03:29 - 34

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

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Impenetrable Mountain Fortress

I Spank For [EcTo]

A/

30 Jan 2012 at 23:33 - 35

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

31 Jan 2012 at 05:05 - 36

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

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

31 Jan 2012 at 20:55 - 37

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

31 Jan 2012 at 23:50 - 38

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

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

N/Mo

01 Feb 2012 at 22:25 - 39

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

California

The Royal Dragon Riders [TRDR]

D/A

02 Feb 2012 at 04:36 - 40

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.