LOTRO GAME DOWNLOAD MAC INSTALL
The best way to do that is to install the most recent stable-release version of WINE which is what the procedure below is all about, once you complete the procedure below you will be able to use LOTRO's 64-bit client and will not see those nags anymore.ģ- I am aware that there are versions of open-source WINE which also include the 32/64-bit conversion layer and other components which can get LOTRO running in post-Mojave versions of MacOS. If you stick with the old version of WINE included with SSG's "Mac Download" you will also get browser window/tab nags about installing updated versions of Microsoft C++. This is mainly because the 32-bit client is extremely limited in its ability to address RAM. The game is playable with the 32-bit client but you will experience issues in the more recently developed areas of the game (which make heavier use of advanced graphics than the older areas of the game) and in areas where there are many players running around at the same time. The 64-bit client requires Windows components which are not included in the old version of WINE which SSG installs as part of the "Mac Download" version of the game. (Remember that SSG's "Mac Download" version of LOTRO is the Windows version of LOTRO packaged with a very old version of WINE, it is not a native Macintosh application.) Codeweavers Crossover gets around this with a proprietary version of WINE which includes a 32-bit to 64-bit conversion layer which means LOTRO will run in versions of MacOS more recent than Mojave with Crossover but not with open-source WINE.Ģ- The "Mac Download" version of LOTRO (the Windows version of LOTRO packaged with an old version of open-source WINE) will work on Macs running MacOS Mojave, but will be limited to the 32-bit client.
The reason this will not work for Macs using any version of MacOS more recent than Mojave such as Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey is because there is no 32-bit application support in post-Mojave versions of MacOS and both LOTRO and WINE itself have 32-bit components.
And I can't guarantee that it will work on anything earlier, I have tested it with MacOS Mojave 10.14 only. So this was a good opportunity to develop a simpler procedure based on the procedure I developed last year.īefore beginning this procedure, please keep the following things in mind:ġ- This will work only for Macs running MacOS Mojave 10.14 or earlier. Crossover was an option but my friend opted to not try it.
LOTRO GAME DOWNLOAD MAC MAC
Her Mac is old enough that it can't have MacOS Monterey 12 installed, she has some old 32-bit Mac-native applications she still likes to use, and so she wants to stick with Mojave for now. Using remote access, I helped a friend set up an old Mac running MacOS Mojave 10.14 so that it could run LOTRO better. This past week I had the opportunity to try to trim down that procedure a bit. A number of people have followed that procedure successfully.
LOTRO GAME DOWNLOAD MAC HOW TO
which detailed how to install the latest stable version of open-source WINE so that SSG's "Mac Download" version of LOTRO can use the 64-bit client instead of being stuck on the 32-bit client (and also prevent the opening of web browser windows or tabs with nags about installing Windows components that a typical Mac user of SSG's "Mac Download" version of LOTRO doesn't have the ability to install). Back in June of 2021 I posted this thread.
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