This should no longer be needed due to a fixed installer but has valuable info that may help others in the future
MAC OSX

1. run the installer to install PlaneShift
2. find the folder /Applications/PlaneShift in finder
3. Right click [control click] on the file updaterinfo.xml and go to "open with" open the file with "textedit"
4. find the line that reads
<config active="false">to <config active="true"> then save the file
5. if you have 10.4 or 10.5 download http://www.psmirror.org/repo/psupdatermacosx.zip , unzip put the updater in your ps folder and REPLACE the one that is there already.
if you are have 10.3.9 download http://www.psmirror.org/repo/psupdatermacosx1039.zip , unzip put the updater in your ps folder and REPLACE the one that is there already.
6. run the updater, it does _not_ have a gui so you will see it bounce in the dock a few times as it updates, to track the progress you can open console and see what it is doing
7. Run your psclient and verify that it will let you ingame, if it does not due to not being updated repeat step 6 till it will let you in.

These Directions are for the LAST release 0.4.01 NOT what is now available on the download page 0.4.02, Current Release for PlaneShift is 0.4.03 the following is here to help others if they have issues in the future.
WINDOWS
1. install  Planeshift like any other program
1.a if on Vista do _not_ install in program files folder
2. in windows explorer find the folder you just installed ps in
3. right click on updaterinfo.xml
4. go to open with
5. open with "wordpad"
6. find the line that reads
<config active="false">to <config active="true"> then save the file
7. run the updater, it may take a few times to update the full client, the updater at this time has no gui.
8. run psclient and verify you can log into the game, if this fails try step 7 again

if you have issues with starting the game after running the updater from the cmd line [start run cmd]
"C:\your\path\to\where\ps\is\installed\psupdater.exe" -repair
LINUX
1. install PlaneShift like any other program with an installer
2. make sure premissions are set correctly
3. find the file updaterinfo.xml in your ps folder
4. open that file with any text editer
5. find the line that reads
<config active="false">to <config active="true"> then save the file
6. run the updater, it may take a few times to update the full client, the updater at this time has no gui you can run it in console/terminal to view the status
7. run psclient and verify you can log into the game, if this fails try step 6 again

You may need to be root to edit the file if you did not set your permissions correctly

if you have issues with starting the game after running the updater from terminal/console
./psupdater -repair

MAC OSX

1. run the installer to install PlaneShift
2. find the folder /Applications/PlaneShift in finder
3. Right click [control click] on the file updaterinfo.xml and go to "open with" open the file with "textedit"
4. find the line that reads
<config active="false">to <config active="true"> then save the file
5. if you have 10.4 or 10.5 download http://www.psmirror.org/repo/psupdatermacosx.zip , unzip put the updater in your ps folder and REPLACE the one that is there already.
if you are have 10.3.9 download http://www.psmirror.org/repo/psupdatermacosx1039.zip , unzip put the updater in your ps folder and REPLACE the one that is there already.
6. run the updater, it does _not_ have a gui so you will see it bounce in the dock a few times as it updates, to track the progress you can open console and see what it is doing
7. Run your psclient and verify that it will let you ingame, if it does not due to not being updated repeat step 6 till it will let you in.

if you have issues with starting the game after running the updater from terminal
start the terminal app from your Applications/utilities folder
cd /Applications/PlaneShift
./psupdater.app/Contents/MacOS/psupdater_static -repair


I have made a new effect [slightly modified] for Rock Armor.

you can view the change here http://planeshift3dmod.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/planeshift3dmod/Caarrie/movies/rockarmor.mov?revision=48&pathrev=48

to apply this you need to override the existing rock_armor.eff in data/effects/spells with the following one http://planeshift3dmod.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/planeshift3dmod/Caarrie/data/effects/spells/rock_armor.eff?content-type=text%2Fplain

I will not host the art for effects i modify unless they are not under the ps license.

Come on people please search the forum. I would love in the morning to wake up and find there are almost no new posts as people decided to search the forum

Please take a few moments and search the forum before making posts we have a search feature for a reason.

Please run the updater to get the new mac client. you can not connect to the official server with the old client.
If you run into issues with some keys and the mouse check http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=31746.0

Yes the updater has no gui just run it as you have before. as far as i know there is no package to download for this update so follow the directions for the last client to update to get this one.

in the 0.4.02 release go in options keys and select the proper keys for the brightness correction.

The Testing team is looking for new members. We are looking for those that have built planeshift from source, dont mind bugs and the ability to work well with others. If you have not built planeshift from source but would like to try, join #planeshift-build on freenode [irc] and ask for some help. We are in need of testers on Windows XP, Vista and Mac testers on Tiger or Leopard. If you are on linux/unix we can still use your help but right now we are more in need of testers on other os's. If you wish to help out or get more information you may look for Lanarel, Peeg, Vornne, Caarrie, ThomPhoenix, Mrokii, F-rd, Weltall, Ligh on irc or pm them on here on the forum. You must be able to build planeshift from source on your machine to be considered for the testing team. We are working on more and better ways to help with getting bugs fixed along with the dev team. If you have ideas and can build planeshift contact one of the team members to help out us and the game. You need atleast 4 hours a week or more to donate to the team and active testing and confirming of bugs. Lanarel is the team leader. Being on the testing team might not be an easy job but we are making progress in helping the game become better for the players.