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#4345346 - 03/19/17 05:21 AM Installing WOFF UE/PE/BH&H2 on a Mac (WineSkin and BootCamp)  
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IMPORTANT: this WoFF-on-Mac post, including the equivalent post on the CombatAce forums, as well as the supplementary file linked to within this post, to extra info. regarding Mac-WoFF installs -- are no longer being maintained or updated regularly, but the info. included in them is still largely relevant and should be of help to those interested in installing WoFF of any recent vintage on an Intel Mac, possibly also in Linux. This particular note was included in this post on Apr. 1, 2022. There will be no further alterations or additions to this post.

Included below are the steps to take if interested in installing WOFF Ultimate or Platinum Editions, as well as BH&H 2, on a Mac. The procedure is similar to "bottling" of CFS3.1, the ETO and PTO expansion packs, also First Eagles 2 for the Mac, and of course RB3D, but somewhat more "complicated" since several more winetricks are required...the process is at any rate a slow one and requires patience, but is convenient if you want to have everything running on the same operating system. For supplementary info. to this installation instructions post, please see the following link:

https://SimHQ.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4567076/supplementary-info-to-woff-on-a-mac


INSTALL INFO. FOR WOFF UE/PE (updated May 3, 2021)

STEP ONE: go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/wineskin/ and download the latest wineskin winery (ver. 1.7 as of this writing) via the green "download" button there

STEP TWO: double-click on the program; in the menu that opens click on the plus sign to the left of "new engines available," and in the list that then opens choose WS9Wine1.7.7, download it, and then - when you're back in the main menu - choose "create new blank wrapper" (now wait about 3-4 minutes for your Mac to make the custom wrapper; once finished, the wrapper will be placed in an Applications folder that has been made inside your user folder on OS X and/or macOS)

STEP THREE: go to the WineSkin wrapper that's just been made and double-click on it; in the window that opens, choose "set screen options"; in the window that then opens choose "override" instead of automatic, and choose "rootless (windowed)," then "virtual desktop at" (whatever resolution suits you), then "use these settings" instead of force normal windows; once happy with your choices, click on "done" at the bottom of that window

STEP FOUR: back on the main menu, choose "advanced"; in the window that opens click on "tools"; this will then open another window in which you should click on "winetricks"; in the window that then opens, type in the winetricks listed below and install them in the order listed; don't forget to click in the box to the left of each winetrick to select it, and to click on "run" located towards the bottom of that top screen of the window you're currently in, so that WineSkin can install the selected winetrick; once the process finishes it will say "done" in the text window that is visible in the bottom half of that same window; finally, click on the "close" button at the very bottom of the window, and you're taken back to the "wineskin advanced" menu (close that advanced menu by clicking on the close button in its menubar)


INSTALL WINETRICKS IN ORDER LISTED BELOW:

wmp9 (then find on the internet "l3codeca.acm" and "wmp.dll" and place into drive_c/windows/system32 of the WineSkin app that you made for WOFF Ultimate Edition)
msxml3
msxml6
ie6 (okay if falls back to ie5.01)
corefonts
d3dx9_36
wmp10

to run key bindings in the WOFF menu, you also need to do this tricky part...

under "advanced: tools: winetricks: custom" in WineSkin, type the following and click on "Run" (to enable the key bindings driver):

wine regsvr32 dx7vb.dll (then find on the internet "DX7VB.DLL" and place into drive_c/windows/system32 of your WineSkin app created for WOFF Ultimate Edition)

now register the key bindings driver in WineSkin by going to "advanced: tools: command line shell" and typing the following (don't forget to hit "return" after typing in the command):

regsvr32 C:\OBDSoftware\WOFF\ToolBox\VB_Runtimes\dx7vb.dll


STEP FIVE: double-click on the wrapper once again and choose "install software" in the main menu; then "choose setup executable" in the next window that opens and locate your exe file for WOFF Ultimate Edition that you purchased; now let the wrapper do its thing to install the game

STEP SIX: once installed, the wrapper will go back to the main menu and you can click "quit" (it may also prompt you to locate the program before it drops to the main menu, the program in this case being the exe file of the game that was just installed - best thing at this point is just to leave this alone and close that window, if it doesn't drop to the main menu automatically)

STEP SEVEN: once the wrapper has quit, don't double-click on it but "right-click" it and choose the option in the popup menu on OS X and/or macOS that says "show package contents" (this will open the wrapper's folder and should list something like a contents folder, the alias to its c drive, and an app/icon called WineSkin); double-click on the app named WineSkin and you will open the main menu window again, of the wrapper, and choose "advanced"

STEP EIGHT: under the advanced menu, to the right of the box called Windows EXE (that contains a file path), click on "Browse"; this will open up your finder on OS X and/or macOS, and then you can scroll into the "drive_c" of the wrapper into which you've just installed WOFF Ultimate Edition; in "drive_c", look for "OBDSoftware" and scroll into there and keep digging until you find "WOFF.exe," and choose that (click "choose"); then you're back in the WineSkin advanced menu with the proper file path for the game's exe now listed in the box near the top of the window (while you're there you might want to give a name for your freshly created Mac program in the "menubar name" box, something like WOFF or WOFF ue, and also, later, don't forget to rename your wrapper/app to WOFF, for consistency, if you haven't done so already)

STEP NINE: now close that advanced menu window, and double-click the program you just created (not the WineSkin icon in the window that popped open when you right-clicked and chose "show package contents," but the actual, main wrapper that is in the custom Applications folder that was created in your user folder on OS X and/or macOS) - see if the game works, and if all is well, then double-click the WineSkin logo that is visible in the window once you right-click the main app wrapper to "show package contents"; once you're in the WineSkin menu again, click on "screen options" one more time and choose "fullscreen" instead of "rootless (windowed)," also choose your desired resolution in the box below that and leave the other options at 24 bit for color depth and 0 sec. for switch pause; also choose "use these settings" and "override" (RECOMMENDED IS THAT YOU CHOOSE THE SAME RESOLUTION AS YOUR MONITOR NATIVE RESOLUTION FOR BEST FRAME RATES - don't scale the resolution down thinking that it will improve frame rates, since WOFF does not work that way)

STEP TEN: since you've now run the game successfully (in windowed mode), you will find a WOFF-related folder located in your Documents folder (of your user folder under OS X and/or macOS); in that folder your screen captures from WOFF are saved, if you take screenshots; also recommended at this point is that you cycle into the "drive_c/windows/profiles/user/Wineskin/Application Data/OBD_Games/OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields" directory of the WineSkin app into which you installed WOFF (see STEP SEVEN for how to cycle into that directory, or any of the folders for that matter) - and edit the WOFFKeys.xca file locate there in TextEdit, to set key bindings manually if you prefer this to the in-game key bindings menu (don't forget to save the file)

STEP ELEVEN: all user mods should be installed using the JSGME program (this program should be installed into the same wrapper where you have installed WOFF); and the program can be chosen by setting the right file path as indicated for the game itself in STEP EIGHT (don't forget to re-set the file path to WOFF.exe once you're done tinkering with your mod installs in JSGME)

NOTE: Von S makes no guarantee that following such steps will recreate the goodness of WOFF Ultimate Edition on your Mac, but careful following of the directions listed above should work in most cases

NOTE 2: the game can of course be run in windowed mode, as indicated in the earlier steps above....at say 1600 x 900...but why keep such a lovely game windowed - full screen is better for it, but remember to match your monitor's native resolution for best frame rates, as mentioned in STEP NINE above


INSTALLING WOFF BHAH 2 IN (CLASSIC) WINESKIN ON A MAC AND/OR THEN TRANSPLANTING THE ENTIRE INSTALL TO WINDOWS 10 BOOTCAMP (info. added May 3, 2021)

Directions below should be followed, first to install WOFF BH&H 2 in WineSkin on a Mac, and then (optionally) to transplant the OBDSoftware\WOFF folder to Windows 10 in Bootcamp. This will allow for a BH&H 2 install to co-exist with previous WOFF installs in Windows, and also makes use of the same settings/keys file, to minimize installation and tweaking hassle for us Mac-heads.

The steps below assume that you already have an older version of WOFF running in WineSkin on your Mac - because such an older install in WineSkin is necessary to have for the full installation, and testing, of BH&H 2, to complete itself (otherwise the install will fail). These steps also assume that you are familiar with the installation steps, instructions, jargon, etc., located under this long WOFF-on-a-Mac post that is available under the WOFF threads on SimHQ.

(Those who do not have a previous version of WOFF installed in classic WineSkin, which is necessary for all of the steps below to be completed, are recommended instead to try either a direct install of BH&H 2 in Win10 on the Bootcamp side/partition of a Mac, or to try installing BH&H 2 into newer WINE wrappers available via the unofficial and newer WineSkin fork available at https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer.)


STEP ONE: go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/wineskin/ and download the latest classic, wineskin winery (ver. 1.7 as of this writing), via the green "download" button there

STEP TWO: double-click on the program; in the menu that opens click on the plus sign to the left of "new engines available," and in the list that then opens choose WS9Wine1.7.7, download it, and then - when you're back in the main menu - choose "create new blank wrapper" (now wait about 3-4 minutes for your Mac to make the custom wrapper; once finished, the wrapper will be placed in an Applications folder that has been made inside your user folder on OS X and/or macOS)

STEP THREE: double-click on the wrapper once again and choose "install software" in the main menu; then "choose setup executable" in the next window that opens and locate your exe file for WOFF BH&H 2 that you purchased; now let the wrapper do its thing to install the game

STEP FOUR: once installed, the wrapper will go back to the main menu and you can click "quit" (it may also prompt you to locate the program before it drops to the main menu, the program in this case being the exe file of the game that was just installed - best thing at this point is just to leave this alone and close that window, if it doesn't drop to the main menu automatically)

STEP FIVE: once the wrapper has quit, don't double-click on it but "right-click" it and choose the option in the popup menu on OS X and/or macOS that says "show package contents" (this will open the wrapper's folder and should list something like a contents folder, the alias to its c drive, and an app/icon called WineSkin); double-click on the app named WineSkin and you will open the main menu window again, of the wrapper; and choose "advanced"

STEP SIX: under the advanced menu, to the right of the box called Windows EXE (that contains a file path), click on "Browse"; this will open up your finder on OS X and/or macOS, and then you can scroll to your desktop or downloads folder on your Mac; look for the latest patch for WOFF BH&H 2 that you should have downloaded separately, from the official WOFF website, and choose that updater exe installer (click "choose"); then you're back in the WineSkin advanced menu with the proper file path for the update patch's exe now listed in the box near the top of the window; now quit that WineSkin preferences window and go back to the main WineSkin app that you previously created - and then double-click on the main WineSkin app icon so that a window opens and which will allow for an installation of the latest update patch to happen (follow directions that pop up in the relevant window, to install the WOFF BH&H 2 update patch); once the process has completed, quit the main WineSkin program again, if it does not close automatically

STEP SEVEN: right-click on the main WineSkin wrapper once again, choose "show package contents," and then double-click once more on that secondary WineSkin icon/wrapper mentioned in STEP FIVE above; under its "advanced" menu, to the right of the box called Windows EXE (that contains a file path), click on "Browse"; this will open up your finder on OS X and/or macOS, and then you can scroll into the "drive_c" of the wrapper into which you installed WOFF BH&H 2 and then patched it to its latest version; in "drive_c" look for "OBDSoftware\WOFF" and scroll into there, and keep scrolling until you find "WOFF.exe," and choose that (click "choose"); then you're back in the WineSkin advanced menu with the proper file path for the game's exe now listed in the box near the top of the window; now close that secondary WineSkin wrapper window

STEP EIGHT: copy or move the now updated OBDSoftware\WOFF folder that resides in that WineSkin wrapper to your desktop; the WOFF folder is found by right-clicking on the main WineSkin wrapper and choosing "show package contents"; the package is located within the "drive_c" folder, by the way

STEP NINE: now locate the WineSkin wrapper for your earlier edition of WOFF, double-click on it and select "show package contents," and navigate to the relevant "drive_c" directory to locate the OBDSoftware\WOFF folder that corresponds with that older variant of WOFF; rename that folder to something like OBDSoftwareOld\WOFF and move it to your desktop; now copy over, to that location instead, the fresh OBDSoftware\WOFF folder that corresponds with BH&H 2, from your desktop

STEP TEN: copy and replace the OBDSoftware\WOFF\OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields\campaigns\CampaignData\Pilots folder in your fresh BH&H 2 folder (that should be in the older WineSkin wrapper by now, as explained in the previous step) with the same folder from OBDSoftwareOld\WOFF that is now on your desktop (this is an important step; otherwise, BH&H 2 will not open in WineSkin unless this older Pilots folder transplant is done)

STEP ELEVEN: now close all unnecessary WineSkin windows and double-click the main WineSkin wrapper icon for your earlier edition of WOFF but that now contains the newer OBDSoftware\WOFF folder with the transplanted CampaignData\Pilots folder; allow BH&H 2 to open; recommended is to fly one quick combat mission or one of the other instant missions available, to allow all necessary files to populate successfully in your install; congratulations!, you now have a successful WOFF BH&H 2 install running in (classic) WineSkin; you may now quit WOFF BH&H 2

STEP TWELVE: optional at this point, if you like, is to copy the now functioning and tested WOFF folder that resides in your BH&H 2 WineSkin install (the one located at OBDSoftware\WOFF), to a Windows 10 partition on your Mac, or perhaps to another Mac (or Windows machine) where you already have an older version of WOFF installed; there will be no need to un-install that older version of WOFF that resides in Windows; simply rename that older version to something like WOFF UE or WOFF PE, in order to run BH&H 2; if you want to run the older version of WOFF again, rename the newest WOFF folder to something like WOFF BH2, and the older one simply to WOFF, and the old version then becomes functional; both installs will coexist happily, and will also use the same keys/settings located under AppData\Roaming\OBD_Games\OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields (recommended, however, is to map extra keys for Lewis gun loading/reloading into the older WOFFKeys.xca file that you have, for full, functional use of that gun in BH&H 2)

NOTES: Don't forget to swap back your older OBDSoftware\WOFF folder into your WineSkin WOFF wrapper, on your Mac, if you will not be running BH&H 2 in WineSkin but only in Windows; or, make a copy of your functional WineSkin install instead, place the older WOFF folder into that wrapper, and enjoy running multiple versions of WOFF that way too, directly in OS X/macOS (recommended is to give the multiple WineSkin wrappers different names, to avoid confusion, if you choose such a setup); no guarantees that the instructions posted above will result in a stable install of WOFF BH&H 2 on your Mac, but there is a fine chance that careful following of the instructions will result in a good install; for a brief, illustrated guide to "bottling" of WOFF BH&H 2 on a Mac, please see the "Addendum" section located towards the bottom of the following link (https://combatace.com/forums/topic/...on-a-mac-in-wineskin-and-win10-bootcamp/)


Happy flying,
Von S smile

Last edited by VonS; 04/02/22 02:00 AM. Reason: Post reviewed and important note included towards the top of the post.

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#4345354 - 03/19/17 06:58 AM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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Wow; that's quite the process! Thanks for posting


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#4345357 - 03/19/17 07:25 AM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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FAQ material here VonSmokehausen thumbsup

#4345386 - 03/19/17 12:24 PM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: ArisFuser]  
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The Debakey of WOFF...........wish I had a super Mac to run it on....thx

#4345506 - 03/19/17 11:04 PM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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Thanks for the kind words gents. I have no objections to this post being stickied into the FAQ section for WOFF, should OBD/Polovski decide that it's worth it - to gain more Mac users.

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#4345815 - 03/21/17 09:53 AM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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Great many thanks for the step-by-step information VonS, I will surely make it a sticky in the FAQ sub forum and add it to the FAQ. Edit:done

Obviously we cannot give support to anyone running on a MAC but at least there's a way to do it.




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#4567067 - 05/03/21 08:22 PM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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Wo that's turned into a mega post now. Anyway we can just have the MAC instructions here, and link to "extra information" for the rest of it VonS?


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#4567256 - 05/05/21 05:05 AM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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WOFF-on-Mac post now contains only installation instructions for WOFF UE/PE and BH&H2 - supplementary material regarding how to optimize one's install, what files to re-check after installing patches, etc., has been moved to a separate post, with a link to the supplementary material provided in the installation instructions post.

Cheers,
Von S

Last edited by VonS; 06/13/21 05:53 PM. Reason: Edited post.

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#4567340 - 05/05/21 03:56 PM Re: Installing WOFF ue on a Mac (using WineSkin) [Re: VonS]  
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Excellent many thanks VonS.


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