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Title: Playing on a MAC
Post by: thunderdan36 on May 19, 2015, 05:40:50 PM: Hey guys,

I'm trying to download W2 and play on my mac. Can't get it to work. Can anyone help me?

I need this nostalgia!!
Title: Playing on a MAC
Post by: EviL~Ryu on May 19, 2015, 07:38:58 PM: Quote from: thunderdan36 on May 19, 2015, 05:40:50 PM
Hey guys,

I'm trying to download W2 and play on my mac. Can't get it to work. Can anyone help me?

I need this nostalgia!!

Use Wine Bottler emulator or bootcamp windows. Bootcamp recommended imo.

Parallels could also work...

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Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Howl on May 20, 2015, 06:28:08 AM: I recently managed to run war2 using this guide:
marzzbar.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/how-to-play-classic-blizzard-games-on-mac-os-x-mountain-lion/

Its for mountain lion but it worked on yosemite as well. The only problem were messed up colors in the chatroom.
Title: Playing on a MAC
Post by: EviL~Ryu on May 20, 2015, 09:25:14 AM: Quote from: Howl on May 20, 2015, 06:28:08 AM
I recently managed to run war2 using this guide:
marzzbar.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/how-to-play-classic-blizzard-games-on-mac-os-x-mountain-lion/

Its for mountain lion but it worked on yosemite as well. The only problem were messed up colors in the chatroom.

Can you post SS of this?

Or video explaining the process??

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Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Howl on May 20, 2015, 03:28:16 PM: maybe over the weekend i will manage to create a tutorial with screenshots and post it here
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: EviL~Ryu on May 20, 2015, 04:38:12 PM: Quote from: Howl on May 20, 2015, 03:28:16 PM
maybe over the weekend i will manage to create a tutorial with screenshots and post it here

So u can play it perfectly? With out no change in game speed? That was my biggest problem when using WINE emulator.

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Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Howl on May 20, 2015, 05:05:08 PM: yes, just needed to adjust settings and it runs normally.
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Delete mine too on May 20, 2015, 07:03:14 PM: Howl make a thread and it will be stickied most likely.
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: EviL~Ryu on May 20, 2015, 08:26:15 PM: Quote from: tupac on May 20, 2015, 07:03:14 PM
Howl make a thread and it will be stickied most likely.

Yes! This is a common problem, MAC is as popular as windows is now. This will open doors for many new people.

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Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: EviL~Ryu on May 24, 2015, 03:44:47 PM: Quote from: Howl on May 20, 2015, 03:28:16 PM
maybe over the weekend i will manage to create a tutorial with screenshots and post it here

Any update on this?

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Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: mousEtopher on May 24, 2015, 04:32:44 PM: Quote from: Howl on May 20, 2015, 03:28:16 PM
maybe over the weekend i will manage to create a tutorial with screenshots and post it here

That'd be nice, it can be added to the tutorial page on the site.
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Howl on May 26, 2015, 03:14:48 PM: sorry didn't manage to do this last weekend. Currently I'm travelling abroad, gonna do it when I'm back in the upcoming weekend.
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: EviL~Ryu on June 07, 2015, 01:53:17 PM: Quote from: Howl on May 26, 2015, 03:14:48 PM
sorry didn't manage to do this last weekend. Currently I'm travelling abroad, gonna do it when I'm back in the upcoming weekend.

??

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Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Freek on March 22, 2016, 04:57:46 PM: Hello, after about 10 frustrating hours puzzling I got it working on my mac (OSX 10.8.5, bit old).

This is what I did:
(1) Install VMWare fusion. (I used v6.0.2 which is also a bit old).
(2) Install Windows 7 Home premium SP1 32bit. (Also tried WinXP, but this caused major graphic problems.)
(3) Install War2Combat.
(4) Adjust VMWare fusion settings: Settings, Display, turn off Accelerate 3d graphics. (See screenprint "VMWare fusion settings".)
(5) Adjust Windows 7 screen resolution settings: Screen resolution, Advanced settings, Display, set Number colors to High colors (16 bits). (See screenprint "Win7 screen resolution settings".) (Not sure anymore if this step was necessary.)
(6) Adjust War2 exe file settings: Warcraft II BNE.exe, Properties, Compatibility, Access level, select "Run this program as administrator". (See screenprint "War2 exe file settings".) (Also not sure anymore if this was necessary.)
(7) Use the Win7 Colorfix tool from War2DotRuSlashDownloads to start War2Combat with the following settings: Window class name: War2Class, Window caption name: Warcraft II. (See screenprint "Win7 Colorfix settings".)

I tested by playing a multiplayer game with only computer opponents on the War2.ru server and did not find any problems (for example no graphic problems). This also works fine with the Warcraft II Battlenet edition from an old dvd on the Battlenet server. Finally, I can confirm that it does not work to install from dvd directly to Mac ("Classic games not supported").

Hope this helps. :)
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: shesycompany on March 22, 2016, 07:15:45 PM: or just uninstall macs os and install win7 :P they are pc's now..or use win98/me/2000 hella lot smaller but gj!!!
:o forgot u got to have the old ru the new version doesnt work for some reason!

and do display drivers they are more trickier** xp shoulda worked :/
oracle virtualbox here.

bsplayer to get to 640 reso.
we could do dosbox but the networking is such a pain!!

whatever is new keeping it from 9x one could build a standalone with a modified 95 image(im shure it has to do with anti hack) :(
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: mousEtopher on March 22, 2016, 07:48:22 PM: Good info, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: Delete mine too on March 22, 2016, 10:54:48 PM: Dude put this in the server.war2 section then sticky it. He need to create a new thread so he is OP.

Never mind this is just a VM hahahaha
Title: Re: Playing on a MAC
Post by: shesycompany on March 23, 2016, 07:53:48 AM: vm is cool though, just hate he/she had to go to win7 just for war2.
he/she has ways now to play his/her fav game!