[Installing the new Homecoming Launcher on a Mac (LaunchCat)]

On 10/15/2020 at 4:45 PM, GM Manga said:

Anyone who had issues using Method 2:  Download it again.  It's been replaced with a new installer that will try and set the correct coh folder permissions whether you like it or not!  That should put an end to the Launcher being unable to write to its folders.

 

 

Mmh I'm still receiving the same attached permission error with Method 2, no clue what's up. I made sure I had a clean uninstall before trying. 

 

Thanks for your help on this!

[Installing the new Homecoming Launcher on a Mac (LaunchCat)]

Thanks for keeping the fun going! I'm having a different error when using method 2. Any help would be appreciated

 

I seems to get through the install fine until I'm clicking the CoH icon in my application folder to launch,

• then a window pops up "select a folder to install the Homecoming client into."
  • I'm not very computer savvy, I'm unclear where to save it.
• I tried to save it here: Z:\Applications\CoH\homecoming\Homecoming but receive an error:
  • "An error occurred copying the launcher program files. This may indicate the interference of anti-virus or other security software that does not recognize the launcher as a trusted executable"
    • what I've already tried to fix this: allowing incoming connections from the CoH app through my firewall, and allowing it through my Security & Privacy settings

Background info that might be helpful:

• I'm on a Macbook Pro mid2012, running 0S Catalina 10.15.7
• prior to this new launcher, I had recently (unclear when) started receiving an error at launch with Island Rum: Program Error popup window: "We were unable to locate the game data files. It is likely that your installation is corrupt and needs to be repaired. The game will now exit."
  •  After that error started, I tried a reinstall to fix it but think I had issues completely uninstalling and reinstalling following this guide: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/21598-install-city-of-heroes-homecoming-on-mac-catalina/?fbclid=IwAR00asHkshTH-Vt818_ILmHIkfzWEtQDMLF-x5JXNFhbh0aVHOhpeqjeVsA
    • to uninstall, I dragged what I thought was everything to the trash and emptied,
    • during reinstall at two different points I saw "_____ is already installed, would you like to reinstall it?" each time I said yes, and Idk if that may be affecting things, or how to make sure I do a clean uninstall and reinstall.
• I just started playing again in early September/late August after 10 years!  Installed using this guide: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/584-dredds-guide-to-loading-city-of-heroes/?fbclid=IwAR1S-xEl9SvRP-rfTg4IcUJW-_1-rjIClFSJNbLP2YZU7t8YXqCXLv1FCuk

Thanks for any pointers on how to fix this!