This thread is for all those who own a Mac (unlike the hoi polloi) and refuse to defile their silver baby with Windows via Bootcamp or emulators. The procedure below will allow you to play both RtR Modded and Pitboss games.
Main installation
Wrap your Civ in Wine. You can make a wrapper yourself using Winery, or download someone else's (as usual, downloader beware): For the CD version, follow instructions here while for Steam, try here.
That's all.
Mods
Install mod as per normal into the /Mods/ folder.
For EitB,
i) Right-click your wrapped Civ IV and click "Show Package Contents"
ii) Open "Wineskin"
iii) Install Eitb into C:/Program Files, then move the folders into the correct /Mods/ folder
Pitboss
There are a couple of optional changes that are useful for Pitboss:
1) Update your hosts file: detailed here.
2) Pause without a Pause button: use AutoHotKey to map another key, say 'n' to the Pause button (again caveat emptor):
i) Right-click your wrapped Civ IV and click "Show Package Contents"
ii) Open "Wineskin"
iii) Install AutoHotKey into the package
iiii) Make a suitable script through Textedit and save it as 'pause.ahk' in the package, eg:
Now whenever you want to Pause,
iv) Under "Advanced" in Wineskin, launch Task Manager under "Tools" and use it to activate the script. (File, Create New Task, C:\Program Files\{Folder}\{script name}.ahk)
v) Pause using the hotmapped key.
Edit-
Main installation
Wrap your Civ in Wine. You can make a wrapper yourself using Winery, or download someone else's (as usual, downloader beware): For the CD version, follow instructions here while for Steam, try here.
That's all.
Mods
Install mod as per normal into the /Mods/ folder.
For EitB,
i) Right-click your wrapped Civ IV and click "Show Package Contents"
ii) Open "Wineskin"
iii) Install Eitb into C:/Program Files, then move the folders into the correct /Mods/ folder
Pitboss
There are a couple of optional changes that are useful for Pitboss:
1) Update your hosts file: detailed here.
2) Pause without a Pause button: use AutoHotKey to map another key, say 'n' to the Pause button (again caveat emptor):
i) Right-click your wrapped Civ IV and click "Show Package Contents"
ii) Open "Wineskin"
iii) Install AutoHotKey into the package
iiii) Make a suitable script through Textedit and save it as 'pause.ahk' in the package, eg:
Now whenever you want to Pause,
iv) Under "Advanced" in Wineskin, launch Task Manager under "Tools" and use it to activate the script. (File, Create New Task, C:\Program Files\{Folder}\{script name}.ahk)
v) Pause using the hotmapped key.
Edit-
(May 24th, 2016, 23:55)Alhazard Wrote: OK I just got AHK working and I need to update the precise instructions for the next player.
goto https://autohotkey.com/download/ and downlonad the standalone executable, not the installer. Unicode 32-bit works for me.
Put this executable in any folder. I named mine "Autohotkey"
When "installing software" choose "Copy a folder inside" and choose to copy the folder you put autohotkey.exe in.
Now in step 2) iv) name your script "AutoHotkey.ahk" then place this in your my documents folder. To be precise, "show package contents" of your wineskin wrap then drive_c folder -> users -> "yourname" -> My Documents folder.
To use the script:
Start Civ through the wrapper then use "show package contents" to open the wineskin app inside your wrapper
Hit "Advanced" then "Tools" then "Task Manager"
Run AHK: File, Create New Task, C:\Program Files\Autohotkey\Autohotkey.exe (If you originally named the folder where you copied the exe from differently than me, look for that one)
If you see the Greenbox with "H" in it in the Wine Systems Tray, you're good to go.
