Launch game Via Mac

[Kyros97]

Cant seem to launch the game via mac

 

[Ernesto]

First basic question. Are you using Island Rum (select correct one based on your OS version) and have you moved it from Downloads to Applications?

 

Secondly, some of the instructions are out of date, you don't need to do anything with Wine as Island Rum will handle all of that for you.

Edited May 19, 2020 by Ernesto

[Johnny Dynamo]

I'm having the same challenge. I'm using Island Rum, and I did (finally) successfully move Island Rum into the Applications folder. Island Rum is launched and says "Ready To Play" with a filled blue progress line and a blue arrow to the bottom right. It shows in small print "Catalina Version 040520202" above that arrow. When I click the arrow, a green check mark appears and it says "Launching Homecoming (64-bit)" above the blue progress line. That lasts about 10 seconds and then nothing happens and it reverts back to ready "Ready To Play". 

 

I've never gamed on my MacBook and relatively new to this (Windows user for years). I'm using macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Anyone have any useful suggestions to share? 

[Ernesto]

So it looks like Island Rum has successfully downloaded the game, etc but something is going wrong when it tries to launch City of Heroes

 

Go to Finder, in the menu choose Go -> Go To Folder and paste "~/Library/Logs/Powermad Software/Island Rum/" in the box that pops up, in there you should see a file called "Player.log", open it in a text editor and have a look at what it says, especially towards the end.

 

If that does not help you, reply with the contents of the log file (in spoiler tags please)

[Johnny Dynamo]

I was able to view the log, but not sure what spoiler tags are so I didn't copy and paste here... 😞

[Ernesto]

 

Useful to collapse a large block to text, so people don't have to scroll all the way past it if not interested, or just attach the log file or link it via pastebin. (Prefer first or last option, people are sensibly reluctant to download random files off the internet)

[Johnny Dynamo]

Spoiler

Mono path[0] = '/Users/ronaldbarryjr/Desktop/Applications/Island Rum.app/Contents/Resources/Data/Managed'
Mono config path = '/Users/ronaldbarryjr/Desktop/Applications/Island Rum.app/Contents/MonoBleedingEdge/etc'
Loading player data from /Users/ronaldbarryjr/Desktop/Applications/Island Rum.app/Contents/Resources/Data/data.unity3d
Initialize engine version: 2019.3.7f1 (6437fd74d35d)
[Subsystems] Discovering subsystems at path /Users/ronaldbarryjr/Desktop/Applications/Island Rum.app/Contents/Resources/Data/UnitySubsystems
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
2020-05-20 13:00:59.861 Island Rum[519:5057] Color LCD preferred device: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Plus Graphics 640 (low power)
2020-05-20 13:00:59.861 Island Rum[519:5057] Metal devices available: 1
2020-05-20 13:00:59.861 Island Rum[519:5057] 0: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Plus Graphics 640 (low power)
2020-05-20 13:00:59.861 Island Rum[519:5057] Using device Intel(R) Iris(TM) Plus Graphics 640 (low power)
Initializing Metal device caps: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Plus Graphics 640
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
- Completed reload, in  0.113 seconds
The referenced script on this Behaviour (Game Object 'WebCoreInputController') is missing! 
(Filename:  Line: 334)

UnloadTime: 1.415391 ms
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.4 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Data Path: /Users/ronaldbarryjr/Library/Application Support/com.powermad.island-rum 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Basic Original Path: /Applications/coh/ 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Beta Original Path: /Applications/coh 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

IdlePhase 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

DetectGameClient 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Winepath: /Applications/coh/wine/4.0.1/bin/wine64 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Wine Client Found 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Migration Checking For /Applications/CoH.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/Program Files/coh 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

WINE Client Detected 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Final originalPath: /Applications/coh/ 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Update Process 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Manifests Allowed 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

This Verison: 040520202 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Current Verison: 040520202 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

File Selection Phase 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

DetectGameClient 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Winepath: /Applications/coh/wine/4.0.1/bin/wine64 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Wine Client Found 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Migration Checking For /Applications/CoH.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/Program Files/coh 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

WINE Client Detected 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Final originalPath: /Applications/coh/ 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

OriginalPath: /Applications/coh/ 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

ManifestLoad https://patch.savecoh.com/manifest.xml
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

ACTUAL Manifest Selected 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Local Wine Enabled 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Commandline: /Applications/coh/wine/4.0.1/bin/wine64 "/Applications/coh/hc-bin64/cityofheroes.exe" -patchversion 20200417_1390 -auth 51.161.76.201 -patchdir homecoming 
(Filename: ./Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

Wine cannot find the FreeType font library.  To enable Wine to
use TrueType fonts please install a version of FreeType greater than
or equal to 2.0.5.
http://www.freetype.org
Wine cannot find the FreeType font library.  To enable Wine to
use TrueType fonts please install a version of FreeType greater than
or equal to 2.0.5.
http://www.freetype.org
Wine cannot find the FreeType font library.  To enable Wine to
use TrueType fonts please install a version of FreeType greater than
or equal to 2.0.5.
http://www.freetype.org
0009:err:module:attach_dlls "winspool.drv" failed to initialize, aborting
0009:err:module:attach_dlls Initializing dlls for L"Z:\\Applications\\coh\\hc-bin64\\cityofheroes.exe" failed, status c0000005
Setting up 2 worker threads for Enlighten.
  Thread -> id: 700005bd5000 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 700005cfe000 -> priority: 1 
 

 

[Ernesto]

I've seen that error reported before ("winspool.drv" failed to initialize), but unfortunately its not one I know how to fix 😞

[GM Tock]

winspooler.drv is a Print Spooler for any print command in Win apps you run on Wine.  It should be safe to ignore.

[RogerWilco]

I got my IslandRum fixed by editing /Applications/coh/islandrum.sh

 

There were garbled characters in the first line. I removed those, so the file starts with #/bin/sh as it should.

Then made the file read-only to prevent IslandRum from overwriting it again.

 

Then I could start the game.

 

Your mileage might vary, as I have a somewhat non-standard setup, but this fixed it for me.