Shadow Kitty

That worked perfectly! Thank you for your effort and patience!

The update.xml is exactly like the launcer.exe which was actually an xml, right? Chrome opened it faster than fast can be. So that indicates that something is blocked for LauncCat. The account I run on is the admin account, which shouldn't really be limited or restrictive.

"That shouldn't even be possible" is one of the immortal sayings of programmers. I remember it fondly from my days as a web developer decades ago. 😀 If I try a clean install, I get a quick succession of errors: Failed obtaining update manifest Ignoring update manifest, ready to launch Failed generating launch script Ready to launch … and then it quits. No CoH folder is created, so there is no Homecoming launcher to start. If I try from a working installation (i.e. the one I managed to create through the workaround above), I get the first two messages, and then the Homecoming launcher starts.

It's an XML file with lots of URLs: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <resurgence> <launchers> <launcher id="dsmacbeta" name="Island Rum.app" md5="fed2e431d018d4d00740847011a0866c" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-mac.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dscatbeta" name="Island Rum.app" md5="fed2e431d018d4d00740847011a0866c" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-mac.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dsmac" name="Island Rum.app" md5="fed2e431d018d4d00740847011a0866c" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-mac.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dscat" name="Island Rum.app" md5="fed2e431d018d4d00740847011a0866c" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-mac.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dswindowsbeta" name="Island Rum.exe" md5="70b52b7d6f7e4a5799437d51d4d96171" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-win.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dswindows" name="Island Rum.exe" md5="70b52b7d6f7e4a5799437d51d4d96171" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-win.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dslinuxbeta" name="Island Rum" md5="a99e1028fc8ea93eb7dc268a5e6df6e9" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-linux.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="dslinux" name="Island Rum" md5="a99e1028fc8ea93eb7dc268a5e6df6e9" version="060120241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/islandrum-linux.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="launchbeta" name="LaunchCat" md5="de20ac0702070e73924dbaeae083fc32" version="060520241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/launchcat.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="launch" name="LaunchCat" md5="de20ac0702070e73924dbaeae083fc32" version="060520241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/launchcat.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="launchlow" name="LaunchCat" md5="de20ac0702070e73924dbaeae083fc32" version="060520241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/launchcat.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="launchlowbeta" name="LaunchCat" md5="de20ac0702070e73924dbaeae083fc32" version="060520241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/launchcat.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="launcholdbeta" name="LaunchCat" md5="de20ac0702070e73924dbaeae083fc32" version="060520241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/launchcat.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="launchold" name="LaunchCat" md5="de20ac0702070e73924dbaeae083fc32" version="060520241"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/launchcat.zip</url> </launcher> <launcher id="hclaunch" name="launcher.exe" md5="" version=""> <url>https://manifest.cohhc.gg/launcher/hcinstall.exe</url> </launcher> </launchers> <manifests enabled="1"> <manifest url="patch.savecoh.com"/> <manifest url="cityofheroes.dev"/> <manifest url="patch.cityofheroes.dev"/> <manifest url="manifest.cohhc.gg"/> <manifest url="cohhc.gg"/> <manifest url="telstar.eekstudio.com"/> <manifest url="islandrum.eekstudio.com"/> <manifest url="manifest.cohcb.com"/> <manifest url="cohcb.com"/> </manifests> <mac name="wine-4.0.1.sierra.bottle.tar.gz" md5="c3377a0821c6d361f78e8728f298bc7a"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/wine-4.0.1.sierra.bottle.tar.gz</url> </mac> <mac5 name="wine.tgz" md5="bddddb29e31965afe8600505a2848c1c" version="wine-5.0"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/wine.tgz</url> </mac5> <mac6 name="wine.zip" md5="d4e15b5f5f7fe8ca0080a4838926acaa" version="wine-8.4"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/wine.zip</url> </mac6> <macl name="wine9.zip" md5="7c2471b37f140471ae77d5e960dc027a" version="wine-9.0"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/wine9.zip</url> </macl> <maco name="wine.zip" md5="d4e15b5f5f7fe8ca0080a4838926acaa" version="wine-8.4"> <url>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/wine.zip</url> </maco> <irvideo>https://launchcat.powermadsoftware.com/movie.mp4</irvideo> <irlink>https://homecomingservers.com/</irlink> </resurgence>

There isn't an error. It creates the folders /bin/win64, places a broken (partial?) 4kb Launcher in it, and then dies without an error.

Thanks for all the help and effort! In the end, I managed to get it working using the following process: Start LaunchCat so that it puts the CoH folder and then fails downloading wine. Download wine9, unpack it and put it in the CoH folder. Run wine9 so that MacOS acknowledges that it can be run. Run LauncCat again so that it makes the bin/win64/ folder and then fails downloading the launcher. Steal the bin/win64/ from the PC Homecoming installation running in Windows/Parallels, and put the content in the bin/win64 folder. Run LaunchCat again. So now it seems to work, for now. Thanks again for all the help and effort. Even if I found another workaround, I hope my failures helped to make a better Launchcat for others, and that my case was a ridiculous edge case.

*sad kitty*

There is definitely something strange going on, and I think it is both downloads and permissions. MacOS would not let Launchcat run wine because it came from the internet, until I had run it manually at least once. There is a file coh/bin/win64/launcher.exe but it is just 4k, which sounds too small. When Launchcat tries to launch the launcher, Launchcat closes and then nothing happens. Except for the launcher.exe and the wine9 (which I had to download manually), there is also a launch.se. Other than that, there is nothing in the coh folder. There is also a LaunchCat.plist in Documents. I think the internet just hates me.

I am not even touching it. It runs its thing until stops. When it stops, it looks like this: And nothing happens if you click the play button.

There's some kind of progress: after downloading wine.zip, putting it in the CoH folder, and unpacking it there, LaunchCat creates a subfolder "bin/win64" with the file "launcher.exe". Then it stops, "Self Update Download failed or cancelled/File Cancelled." Is there a way to get a log out of LaunchCat if that could help?

No, it didn't work. I get the error message "MD5 mismatch wine9.zip". It's just there for half a second, and replaced by "Failed Downloading Mac Client" and "no URL's available". Launchcat creates a folder CoH and puts a file "wine9.zip" in it, which is 4 just kb. It feels as if it is way too small. If I run it again, I get the error messages "Mac Client Download failed or cancelled" and "file cancelled" Thanks for helping anyway.

That didn't work. No new folder was created, and I got the error "Download failed or cancelled".

The new version doesn't crash, but it got stuck while fetching the HC launcher. It doesn't quit nicely either: you have to command-click the icon in the dock and stop the process to run it again. I'm running it on an M3 max Macbook pro, if that is of any help.

My workaround was to run the PC client in Parallels, but performance is severely lacking.

When I run LaunchCat it crashes. I don't know if it helps, but here is part of the report: ------------------------------------- Translated Report (Full Report Below) ------------------------------------- Process: LaunchCat [2711] Path: /private/var/folders/*/LaunchCat 4.app/Contents/MacOS/LaunchCat Identifier: com.powermad.launchcat Version: 1.0 (1) Code Type: X86-64 (Translated) Parent Process: launchd [1] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2024-05-20 21:18:40.3276 +0200 OS Version: macOS 14.4.1 (23E224) Report Version: 12 Anonymous UUID: 71E214E2-6D5F-DFAB-FC5D-CC82072BF9D8 Time Awake Since Boot: 190 seconds System Integrity Protection: enabled Notes: PC register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x7FF897DB6A78) Crashed Thread: 15 .NET ThreadPool Worker Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 6 Abort trap: 6 Terminating Process: LaunchCat [2711] Application Specific Information: abort() called Error Formulating Crash Report: PC register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x7FF897DB6A78) Thread 0:: tid_103 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 ??? 0x7ff897db6a78 ??? 1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff807b203ce mach_msg2_trap + 10 2 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff807b2ec88 mach_msg2_internal + 84 3 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff807b27510 mach_msg_overwrite + 653 4 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff807b206bd mach_msg + 19 5 CoreFoundation 0x7ff807c3d359 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 143 6 CoreFoundation 0x7ff807c3bdcc __CFRunLoopRun + 1371 7 CoreFoundation 0x7ff807c3b2a9 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 557 8 HIToolbox 0x7ff812b26829 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292 9 HIToolbox 0x7ff812b26636 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 665 10 HIToolbox 0x7ff812b26381 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 66 11 AppKit 0x7ff80b204be5 _DPSNextEvent + 880 12 AppKit 0x7ff80bb14fe9 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1273 13 AppKit 0x7ff80b1f6005 -[NSApplication run] + 603 14 AppKit 0x7ff80b1c9ff1 NSApplicationMain + 816 15 AppKit 0x7ff80b47d299 _NSApplicationMainWithInfoDictionary + 16 16 UIKitMacHelper 0x7ff82236ad8f UINSApplicationMain + 1329 17 UIKitCore 0x7ff918daf2f9 UIApplicationMain + 144 18 LaunchCat 0x104f04a2a xamarin_UIApplicationMain + 58 19 LaunchCat 0x10530dcb9 do_icall + 345 20 LaunchCat 0x10530c793 do_icall_wrapper + 291 21 LaunchCat 0x1052feb3f interp_exec_method + 3295 22 LaunchCat 0x1052fc493 interp_runtime_invoke + 259 23 LaunchCat 0x105165008 mono_runtime_invoke_checked + 136 24 LaunchCat 0x10516bcec do_exec_main_checked + 92 25 LaunchCat 0x105287732 mono_jit_exec + 354 26 LaunchCat 0x104f2d173 xamarin_main + 787 27 LaunchCat 0x1053de7a4 main + 52 28 dyld 0x205e0d366 start + 1942 Thread 1:: com.apple.rosetta.exceptionserver 0 runtime 0x7ff7ffcea494 0x7ff7ffce6000 + 17556 Thread 2:: tid_1303 0 runtime 0x7ff7ffd0894c 0x7ff7ffce6000 + 141644 Thread 3: 0 runtime 0x7ff7ffd0894c 0x7ff7ffce6000 + 141644