Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Member Made Tutorials => Miscellaneous Tutorials => Topic started by: leda on March 20, 2020, 12:58:33 am

Title: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on March 20, 2020, 12:58:33 am: More than a few people have had issues running good ol' FH on mac computers using playonmac, as playonmac has become more and more outdated.

This is a second solution featuring porting kit, and it is a safe program that I've used myself! Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll try to add some screenshots to each step if need be.

1. Just in case it doesn't automatically download this version of wine for you, go ahead and download this https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/5.0/wine-5.0.tar.xz If you can't open tar.xz files, you can get the Unarchiver download opener for free here https://theunarchiver.com/ . I use it, it's super fast and helpful and safe. If the Unarchiver doesn't work for you for any reason, PM me and I'll try to zip up the wine version for you!
You don't need to do anything with the installed wine version files or folder, it's just there for porting kit in case it doesn't automatically download your selected wine 5.0 version.

2. Next download theportingkit here http://portingkit.com/download . When you open it, you may get a message about the porting kit needing to update itself, I believe most people get this message and you can ignore it.

3. Upon downloading, open and click library and then click New Custom Port, naming it whatever your heart desires or just FeralHeart. (I already have FH installed so i've named it feralheart2)
(https://i.ibb.co/cYz4Tx6/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-51-32-AM.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/9rh94Bs/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-51-48-AM.png)

4. Keep clicking next until installation advanced settings. Do not select any dependencies, leave the window system to your mac driver, and this part is most important, click on the engine drop down menu and click WS9Wine5.0, only this version! Not staging!
(https://i.ibb.co/64fFk65/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-52-16-AM.png)
(see the 5.0?? just click that! nothing else!)

5. It'll then ask you about the install location. The default location that it has set should work fine, however I would maybe make sure you've uninstalled your playonmac version first. Click next.

6. Next it will ask you to select your feralheart installer. You should have this downloaded already, but if not just fetch it from the downloads page here on the site. Go to downloads and select the installer.
(https://i.ibb.co/6v5ZbTM/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-53-51-AM.png)

7. After all is installed, it will ask you select the feralheart executable, the file that will actually start the game. It should open the now installed feralheart folder for you, so all you need to do is click feralheart.exe !
(https://i.ibb.co/8dfYmZ3/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-55-13-AM.png)

8. And look at that, installation was successful. Now feralheart should show up in your porting kit libraries tab.
(https://i.ibb.co/pQv4NC4/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-55-22-AM.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/5KBYmt3/Screen-Shot-2020-03-21-at-10-55-28-AM.png)

To open the C drive (exports, media etc for markings installations and such) all you need to do is click that tiny down pointing arrow at the bottom right of the feralheart tab you see there, and click open C drive, then install things as normal (: If you can't see the arrow, try right clicking the game too.
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Ame88 on March 20, 2020, 02:44:25 am: Moving this over to Miscellaneous tutorials board~

Thank you for this, Leda! I'm sure it'll help a lot of members that have issues with FH on their macs =)
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on March 20, 2020, 03:50:10 am: Thank you, wasn’t sure where to put it !
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: SpicyDirt on March 20, 2020, 01:01:37 pm: Ahhh very wonderful Leda! This will help out quite a few people! Thank you!
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: l3irdie on March 20, 2020, 01:56:36 pm: God bless u Leda
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Hakumi on March 20, 2020, 06:59:01 pm: A true saint. Bless you !
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: alcoholicpanda on March 21, 2020, 03:31:17 am: How do I get the wine (WS9Wine5.0) to be an option for the PortingKit? I opened up the Wine folder, and I see all these files and such. I am not sure what to do with them. Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Tutorial: Running FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on March 21, 2020, 04:50:41 pm: Quote from: alcoholicpanda on March 21, 2020, 03:31:17 am
How do I get the wine (WS9Wine5.0) to be an option for the PortingKit? I opened up the Wine folder, and I see all these files and such. I am not sure what to do with them. Any help would be appreciated.
(answering here in case others have the same problem)
You needn't do anything with the downloaded wine version (: It just needs to be there just in case whilst installing the feralheart file you need to select it.
I'm going to upload screenshots and edit the tutorial now to make it more explanatory, so hopefully that'll help if you give me a few moments!
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on March 21, 2020, 05:06:00 pm: Updated with screenshots!
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: alcoholicpanda on March 21, 2020, 06:17:49 pm: The screenshots helped immensely, thank you. The only problem I keep running into, is that when I load porting kit and make an FH folder, I go to the advanced thing. It only gives me two options for the engine drop down bar for some reason.
Please see attached screenshot

https://imgur.com/vLTe3wJ (https://imgur.com/vLTe3wJ)

Any ideas on how to fix this?
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on March 21, 2020, 06:29:51 pm: Try using the non-64 bit one/the lower one and see what it tells you then, if you're able to install. If it asks you to select try seeing if it'll let you select your downloaded wine 5.0

edit: also try seeing if more options come up if you select X11?
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: alcoholicpanda on March 21, 2020, 06:34:33 pm: Unfortunately, it won't let me select X11 at all. Do you think it could be because I am on OS Catalina? I may have to disable the SIP like it is saying in their forum thread when I open Porting Kit.
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on March 22, 2020, 12:13:07 am: If this tutorial wasn't helpful you can also try the wineskin method. https://feral-heart.com/smf/index.php?topic=67872.0 Best of luck, fellow mac-sufferers !
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: kanso on April 10, 2020, 10:29:26 pm: Would this work with the latest patch download on the download page? It's right under the setup one.
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: leda on April 11, 2020, 12:20:22 am: All you need to do is open the directory and replace the previous .exe file, not completely install that new .exe. If I misunderstood your question though, I apologize! Best of luck.
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Morgra on April 11, 2020, 03:12:14 am: This was very well done. Thank you for making this for our Mac users, leda. ^^
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Oddonelynx on April 11, 2020, 04:05:35 am: Very helpful, should help many players!
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Amaranthe on August 25, 2020, 04:13:47 am: I don't know why but I followed all the steps and it won't play :( I think I'm getting stuck at the select EXE part, there's so many folders. I tried 4 different applications to play this and none of them are working.
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: krokodil on May 17, 2021, 08:51:03 am: hey there! im having the same problem as panda. everything is fine up until the point of selecting which wine program to use. 5.0 isn't an option, and ive downloaded it three times. please help!
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Security on May 17, 2021, 03:31:34 pm: Quote from: krokodil on May 17, 2021, 08:51:03 am
hey there! im having the same problem as panda. everything is fine up until the point of selecting which wine program to use. 5.0 isn't an option, and ive downloaded it three times. please help!
heres a video i found on how to download on mac. though it might be a bit outdated an i am not a mac user myself. i'll check if im able to find anything else. https://youtu.be/R6hGJ_dXp3w
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: BloodWinsAll on May 17, 2021, 05:08:03 pm: Quote from: Security on May 17, 2021, 03:31:34 pm
Quote from: krokodil on May 17, 2021, 08:51:03 am
hey there! im having the same problem as panda. everything is fine up until the point of selecting which wine program to use. 5.0 isn't an option, and ive downloaded it three times. please help!
heres a video i found on how to download on mac. though it might be a bit outdated an i am not a mac user myself. i'll check if im able to find anything else. https://youtu.be/R6hGJ_dXp3w

So, this looks to be an unofficial download created by that Youtuber, I would be careful in installing it.

Typically making a new thread in the Game Help boards will get you a quicker answer, but I'll do my best to work off this. I use Play On Mac and I believe this thread came out before the POM application updated to work with Catalina, I would recommend using POM but I'll see if I can get this method to work on my own before I try and figure out what the problem is.
Title: Re: updated with screens: Get FH on Mac without PlayOnMac
Post by: Security on May 17, 2021, 05:32:14 pm: Quote from: BloodWinsAll on May 17, 2021, 05:08:03 pm
Quote from: Security on May 17, 2021, 03:31:34 pm
Quote from: krokodil on May 17, 2021, 08:51:03 am
hey there! im having the same problem as panda. everything is fine up until the point of selecting which wine program to use. 5.0 isn't an option, and ive downloaded it three times. please help!
heres a video i found on how to download on mac. though it might be a bit outdated an i am not a mac user myself. i'll check if im able to find anything else. https://youtu.be/R6hGJ_dXp3w

So, this looks to be an unofficial download created by that Youtuber, I would be careful in installing it.

Typically making a new thread in the Game Help boards will get you a quicker answer, but I'll do my best to work off this. I use Play On Mac and I believe this thread came out before the POM application updated to work with Catalina, I would recommend using POM but I'll see if I can get this method to work on my own before I try and figure out what the problem is.
ah, ok! thanks for pointing that out. i wasn't totally sure on the video. isnt easy finding tutorials on how to download feral heart on mac that is recent..or one that works for others.