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64-bit – Driven by need
With 64-bit only macOS Catalina around the corner and therefore the imminent loss of 32-bit, I had to sort out my toolchain where Wine is still playing a major role.
I therefore rebased my build-environment on macOS High Sierra and XCode 9.4.1. That is the last combination where I can compile both architectures of Wine in one run. As Clang 32-bit is already removed in macOS Mojave. I was able to install the command line tools of XCode 9.4.1 on it, but in the end, I opted for a clean solution. As the already heavy bending of environment variables to build self-contained versions of Wine got to an all-new level with multiple versions of XCode installed :).
But moving up to High Sierra has its price. The new builds will only run on machines with High Sierra or newer. (Let me know if you still need to run WineBottler on older versions of macOS, it might be possible to move one or two incarnations back. Possibly not as far as the now really outdated WineBottler 2.0 or WineBottler 1-8 did. They were still built on OS X 10.6.8 and had a spectacular range of OS versions supported :D).
I therefore rebased my build-environment on macOS High Sierra and XCode 9.4.1. That is the last combination where I can compile both architectures of Wine in one run. As Clang 32-bit is already removed in macOS Mojave. I was able to install the command line tools of XCode 9.4.1 on it, but in the end, I opted for a clean solution. As the already heavy bending of environment variables to build self-contained versions of Wine got to an all-new level with multiple versions of XCode installed :).
But moving up to High Sierra has its price. The new builds will only run on machines with High Sierra or newer. (Let me know if you still need to run WineBottler on older versions of macOS, it might be possible to move one or two incarnations back. Possibly not as far as the now really outdated WineBottler 2.0 or WineBottler 1-8 did. They were still built on OS X 10.6.8 and had a spectacular range of OS versions supported :D).
- Aug 13, 2019 With 64-bit only macOS Catalina around the corner and therefore the imminent loss of 32-bit, I had to sort out my toolchain where Wine is still playing a major role. I therefore rebased my build-environment on macOS High Sierra and XCode 9.4.1. That is the last combination where I can compile both architectures of Wine in one run.
- Jan 23, 2020 Download the latest versions of the best Mac apps at safe and trusted MacUpdate. Before I download Wine 5.0, Was curious if it now runs on Catalina?
- Run your Windows based Programs on your Mac with these vanilla Wine Builds. They are compiled from the sources of winehq.org and they come as a neat.app with my custom starter. For more info on how these Wine.app Builds are generated, have a look at the Tech Specs. If you need something more powerful, try WineBottler.
Download Beta 2019-12-15. SPR for Mac will not work on MacOS Catalina. This means that Flashpoint for Mac does not support Shockwave games on Catalina. MacOS Big Sur (Mac OS 11.0). Installing Wine. Running games in Wine is not yet supported, but we hope to add support for this in a future build. CNET Download provides free downloads for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices across all categories of software and apps, including security, utilities, games, video and browsers.
16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit
Back to today: The new builds of Wine.app for WineBottler are based on Wine 4.0.1 and come as shared WoW64 builds. They feature the 32-bit and the 64-bit Wine. Even 16-bit programs still work with the current setup. Further, the builds do include Mono (which was already bi-arch) and both architectures of Gecko.
I did some groundlaying work to include 64-bit support into WineBottlers app-building, already: You can easily select the correct operating-system / architecture combination. But things need to get a little bit smarter still to manage the two possible versions of prefixes that are required. I still consider this build preliminary work. Id est I did not test the setup with macOS Catalina, yet. But I plan on moving all my 32-bit Windows-based programs to their 64-bit counterparts anyway, so I'm not concerned with 32-bit too much.
Fixes
Finally, we have landed some UI fixes, too. They remove glitches on macOS Mojave, especially in Darkmode. Further, we have addressed missing icons and problems when selecting the exe to be run.
Look out for the new builds at winebottler.kronenberg.org
Cheers Mike
Flashpoint's Mac support is heavily experimental. This page provides information about the current Flashpoint for Mac package.
Please join our Discord and provide your feedback: http://discord.gg/S9uJ794
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Latest Package
Download Beta 2019-12-15:
Changelog:
2019-12-15: Added
'wmode':'direct'
to the default SWFObject parameters. This fixes certain 3D Flash games which previously did not work properly.2019-12-14: First beta available!
Installation Instructions
- Download and unzip the latest package using the link above.
- Double-click
StartFlashpoint.command
to open Flashpoint.- Do not forget this step! You must use
StartFlashpoint.command
, otherwise Flashpoint will not work properly.
- Do not forget this step! You must use
Troubleshooting
If Flashpoint does not work after installation, follow the steps below:
- Click the Apple menu and open System Preferences.
- Click 'Security & Privacy,' then click the 'Privacy' tab.
- Click 'Full Disk Access' and add Terminal to the list if it is not already there.
MacOS Catalina
Because Flashpoint's applications are from an 'unidentified developer,' if you're using Catalina, you'll need to approve each application before it can run. Open your system preferences, click 'Security & Privacy', then allow each of the following applications to run: StartFlashpoint.command, Flashpoint Launcher, swfbbox, and SeaMonkey.
Because Adobe Director Projectors are 32-bit applications, SPR for Mac will not work on MacOS Catalina. This means that Flashpoint for Mac does not support Shockwave games on Catalina.
MacOS Big Sur (Mac OS 11.0)
Big Sur is currently in Beta but Flash applications have been successfully tested and are working. To use Flashpoint with Big Sur, a few modifications are required. Follow the steps below:
- Download SeaMonkey 2.53.4 for MacOS x64 from here: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
- Copy the newest 'SeaMonkey.app' file downloaded by searching in Finder under 'This Mac'.
- In the Flashpoint Infinity Launcher folder, paste the copied file into the FPSoftware folder and replace the original SeaMonkey.app file with the new download.
For this to work properly, Adobe Flash must already be installed on your Mac, which can currently be installed on some browsers here: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
Installing Java
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To add support for Java games, you'll need to install the Java Development Kit. Follow the steps below:
- Download JDK version 8u212 from here: https://github.com/frekele/oracle-java/releases/download/8u212-b10/jdk-8u212-macosx-x64.dmg
- Open the DMG file and run the installer. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the JDK.
Installing Wine
Running games in Wine is not yet supported, but we hope to add support for this in a future build. If you'd like to contribute to our efforts, you can download an installer here.
Technologies
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Currently, only Flashpoint Infinity is available for Mac. However, as explained here, both PHP and Apache are included with MacOS. This means it should be fairly simple to create a Flashpoint Ultimate package for MacOS as well. Let us know in our Discord if you can help!
No equivalent to the Flashpoint Redirector currently exists for MacOS. MacOS also does not provide any native way to set per-application proxy settings. In Flashpoint for Mac, the proxy settings for each supported technology must be set separately. This rules out using the Flash projectors, since they do not have configurable proxy settings. In Flashpoint for Mac, all Flash games run in a browser.
The Flashpoint FAQ contains a list of all web game technologies ('Platforms') supported in the Windows version of Flashpoint. The Mac version currently supports a small subset of these platforms. This is explained in detail below. The list of supported platforms includes an unscientific estimate of the percentage of games supported by our method.
Supported Platforms
- Flash: Supported using the SeaMonkey web browser, with a Flash plugin included. Games that use a Flash Player version other than 32 are not yet supported.
- ~95% of games supported.
- Shockwave: Supported with SPR for Mac. Because LeechProtectionRemovalHelp is only available for Windows, the majority of Shockwave games will not work properly.
- ~30% of games supported.
- Requires a 32-bit compatible OS; Catalina is not supported.
- HTML5: Supported using the SeaMonkey web browser. WebAssembly support is enabled in Flashpoint's SeaMonkey profile, so it should be compatible with nearly all of the same games as Basilisk.
- ~99% of games supported.
- Java Applets: Supported natively using the JDK. Java in the browser is not supported yet.
- ~99% of games supported.
Unsupported Platforms
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- Unity Web Player: Has not been attempted yet. We would need to track down the Mac builds of all 12 versions of Unity Web Player that we support on Windows. Needless to say, this would be a huge challenge.
- PopCap Plugin: As far as we know, there is no version of PopCap Plugin for modern Macs.
- Authorware Web Player: Authorware is incompatible with all Intel Macs.
- GoBit Plugin: As far as we know, there is no version of GoBit Games Plugin for modern Macs.
- Silverlight: Silverlight for Mac is available here, but as explained in this StackExchange answer, Microsoft Silverlight for Mac is 32-bit only, even though the Windows version has 64-bit and 32-bit versions. This is a problem because no major browser for MacOS has a 32-bit version, and MacOS Catalina drops support for 32-bit programs entirely. As such, Silverlight is unusable on Mac.
- 3DVIA Player: As far as we know, there is no version of 3DVIA Player for modern Macs.
- 3D Groove GX: 3D Groove is incompatible with all Intel Macs.
- ActiveX: ActiveX is a Windows-only technology.
- ShiVa3D: The Windows version of the ShiVa3D Player is available in the free ShiVa Web Edition; this is where we obtained it. However, no Mac version of the ShiVa Web Edition is currently available, so we haven't been able to find a Mac version of the ShiVa3D Player. It's possible that we could extract a Mac version of the player from a Mac version of a ShiVa3D game. Or maybe we could obtain the Mac runtime from the Windows version of ShiVa3D Web Edition, since it has the capability of publishing for Mac.
Launcher Issues
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A number of Flashpoint Launcher issues affect the experience of using Flashpoint Launcher on MacOS. Unfortunately, none of our Launcher developers currently have access to a Mac, so updates for the Mac version of Flashpoint Launcher will not be available in the foreseeable future. We will be unable to release a Mac version of Flashpoint 7.0 until a new version of the Launcher is built for MacOS. If you have access to MacOS and are able to build Flashpoint Launcher, please let us know!
The current issues with the Mac version of Flashpoint Launcher are listed below.
- Errors are shown in the log when services are missing from the
services.json
. These services are unnecessary for Flashpoint on Mac, so the errors can be ignored. - Flashpoint Launcher cannot find its own Version file, even if it is present in the Launcher's folder and app package.
- The Theme dropdown menu on the Config tab does not work properly. To select a theme, you must manually type the path to the theme's CSS file.
- A popup appears if the user attempts to start a Windows executable from Flashpoint. This popup tells the user to install Wine, and points them to the Linux Support page, even though the Launcher is running on Mac.
- If a shell script is specified in
execs.json
as an alternative to a batch script, the Launcher will attempt to launch the shell script defined for Linux, even if a different shell script is defined for Darwin (MacOS). - Flashpoint Launcher attempts to load the hidden resource forks of certain files as separate files. These files are not visible in the MacOS Finder, and have filenames beginning with
._
.- If any Platform XML has a resource fork, all of the Platform XMLs will fail to load, causing a 'No games found' error.
- If any localization JSON file has a resource fork, a 'NotValidJSON' error will appear in the logs.
- When Wine is started from Flashpoint Launcher, it uses >70% CPU for several minutes without ever starting the intended executable. This is despite Wine working fine when started from the terminal. This issue needs to be investigated and solved before Flashpoint can support launching games through Wine.
- By default, Flashpoint Launcher will attempt to read and modify
config.json
andpreferences.json
inside its own app package. Since Mac applications are not allowed to modify their own app packages, this will fail. For this reason, Flashpoint Launcher must be opened with a shell script commandStartFlashpoint.command
. This script sets the current directory to the Flashpoint Launcher folder so that the Launcher accesses theconfig.json
andpreferences.json
in the correct location. However, this unusual way of opening the Launcher may be the cause of the previously mentioned Wine bug.
Other Notes
- Flash games with URLs pointing to filenames with special characters will not work. This is because
nosamuEmbedSWF.sh
does not properly handle special characters when it converts URLs to paths, so it cannot copy the game's HTML to the correct location inhtdocs
. - Some Shockwave games may not close when you quit them from the menu. If this occurs, click inside the Message Window next to the game. Then type
quit
and press Enter to close the game. - Flashpoint for Mac uses exec mappings to determine what native executable to run based on the specified Windows application path. For example,
flashplayer_32_sa.exe
is mapped tonosamuEmbedSWF.sh
for MacOS. To add more exec mappings, navigate to Flashpoint'sData
folder and openexecs.json
in a text editor. The exec mappings use 'darwin' to refer to MacOS. - Flashpoint for Mac uses
swfbbox
to determine the width and height of an SWF file.swfbbox
is part of theswftools
homebrew package. To installswftools
, first install homebrew. Then typebrew install swftools
in the terminal. - Flashpoint for Mac requires that PHP and cURL are enabled on your system. These components should be enabled by default.
Packaging Flashpoint for Mac
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Here are some steps to keep in mind when packaging Flashpoint for Mac. This assumes that you are using the current package as a base and modifying it.
- You can follow these instructions to update Flashpoint's XMLs to the latest version.
- You can follow these instructions to update Flashpoint Router to the latest version.
- Use
update-spr.sh
in theFPSoftware
folder to update SPR to the latest version. To get the latest version of SPR for Mac, see SPR for Mac. - If you would like to distribute a modified SeaMonkey profile, be sure to clear the cache, cookies, and other data. In SeaMonkey, click
Tools -> Clear Private Data
. - If you would like to add a plugin to SeaMonkey, first install the plugin normally. Then, follow these steps:
- Navigate to
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
in Finder and copy the files for the plugin you want to add. - Navigate to Flashpoint's
FPSoftware
folder. Right-clickSeaMonkey.app
and choose 'Show Package Contents.' - Inside the app package, navigate to
/Contents/Resources/plugins
. Paste the plugin files that you copied in Step 1.
- Navigate to
- Before running or distributing Flashpoint, you should run the
dot_clean
command inside the Flashpoint folder to remove resource forks. Flashpoint Launcher may not work properly if Flashpoint files have resource forks, as explained in Launcher Issues.
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