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Mac Guide

lulzBoB's guide to Setup WoW Reforged on Macintosh

 

 

Prerequisites:

Download the needed game files from the wow reforged homepage:
https://www.wowreforged.com/page/connect
Download the latest stable release of Unofficial WineSkin Winery from here:
https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer/releases
Download the latest Wine-Mono .msi file from
https://dl.winehq.org/wine/wine-mono/
 

Now to the actual setup process:

- Unzip WineSkin and install the app. If you get a warning from MacOS just right-click on the app icon and select open.
- After installation is complete open Wineskin and you will be greeted with this screen. https://imgur.com/a/PQqzgMb
- Now we need to add a custom Wine Engine to be able to use x32 apps. This unofficial version of WineSkin comes with 4 pre-compiled Engines:
WS11WineCX64Bit19.0.1-1 (10.9 > 10.15)
WS11WineCX19.0.1-1 (10.9 > 10.15)
WS10WineCX64Bit18.5.0 (10.9 > 10.14)
WS10WineCX18.5.0 (10.9 > 10.14)
 
I have tested all 4 Engines and all 4 work for me but for the sake of a simple "it just works" approach we gonna stick to WS11WineCX64Bit19.0.1-1. To add an engine you have to click on the + symbol. Scroll down and select WS11WineCX64Bit19.0.1-1. https://imgur.com/a/nQwVAAy Click download and install and wait until the process is finished.
 
- If you never installed wine before the wrapper version should be blank - "No Wrapper Installed". To change that just click on update and click okay. There is not much to choose there and not much you could do wrong.
 
- Unzip the game files you downloaded from the reforged website. The location is irrelevant since after we are finished we can remove the unzipped wow folder.
 
- After unzipping switch back to the Winery app and click on create new blank wrapper and give it a proper name like WoWReforged. Click okay and wait until the process finishes. This can take some minutes. After the initialization is finished you can find your blank wrapper under the path "/Users/*your MacOS username*/Applications/Wineskin/". A tip you can navigate to the location easily by pressing the cmd + shift + g keys together and enter the path (don't forget to change your username).
 
- After navigating to your newly created blank wrapper open it by simply double-clicking it and select install software. Chose the "copy folder inside" option and select the previously unpacked wow folder. Wait till the process finishes this again can take several! Minutes. Even if it seems like the program crashed (Wineskin window went blank and can't be moved etc.) just let it do the work and go grab a drink. It has to copy the 5+ GB of data.
 
- After the copy process is complete you have to select an executable. In the dropdown menu we select the WoW Reforged Launcher.exe. Now we have the option to change some advanced setting under... well advanced. Under Configuration, you can change the name, icon etc. Under advanced you can set to map option as alt and command as control (default its on so if you are wondering why your keys work differently).
 
- Under Tools -> Config Utility (that's a config tool for windows specific settings) -> Graphics tick the "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows" to avoid problems... well in full screen mode with your mouse.
 
- A last step is required to be able to use the Launcher provided by the reforged team. And that is to install the wine-mono package. To do so just press the "Install Software" button and select the .msi file you downloaded from the winehq homepage. Installation should work automatically and after finishing we are done and you can close the wine config menu!
 
- To launch the game / launcher navigate to your wrapper "/Users/*your MacOS username*/Applications/Wineskin/" (or maybe you are still there) and just double-click on the wrapper we have set up!
 

Known Problems:

- After closing wow the launcher icon gets stuck in the dock and the wine preloader seems to not close itself properly. You have to force close the Wine-preloader app before you can start the launcher again.
 

Good to Know :

- If you want to change the config after you have everything setup just right-click on your wrapper and click show package content. A finder window will open up and you should see a wineskin program inside. Open it and you will be greeted with the config menu!
 
If you encounter problems it might be due to SIP beeing enabled on catalina. I just realized that I have disabled it on my mac for other reasons.
How to disable SIP: https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-turn-off-mac-os-x-system-integrity-protection-rootless-3638975/
This step is also listed as required as required on the Wineskin github page.
 
If there are any questions feel free to PM lulzBoB#0390 on Discord.
Cheers!

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