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Support => Mac OSX Specific Issues => Topic started by: chickenlover on February 10, 2007, 06:08:23 am

Title: Bronze Door problem
Post by: chickenlover on February 10, 2007, 06:08:23 am: I downloaded the 3.018 nd so far everything is running ok. The problem started when i tried to enter Bronze Door. Previous version 3.017 allowed me to enter BD if i run the java application called Startplaneshiftfullbright.jar

The new client i downloaded does not have this..so i am back to admiring BD from afar. I triend command line with the "-fullbright" option but it says "no directory".

Help, anyone?
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: dfryer on February 10, 2007, 08:45:24 am: The proper command is now (from within the directory where psclient.app is located):

./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static --fullbright

Please only use it to get around the bronze doors loading problem since it takes some of the fun and mystery out of dark areas.
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: chickenlover on February 10, 2007, 04:23:12 pm: Thank you dfryer. And thank you again for a mac client. very good job.
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: Unnamed_Source on February 11, 2007, 03:06:03 pm: The terminal window reads,

XXXXXXXXXX:/Applications/Juegos/Planeshift3D/psclient.app XXXXXXXX$

I type in, ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright

which reads,

XXXXXXXXXXXXX:/Applications/Juegos/Planeshift3D/psclient.app XXXXXXXXX$ ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright

And I get,

-bash: ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static: No such file or directory

What am I doing wrong?
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: Nyramael on February 11, 2007, 03:09:29 pm: instead of ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright

try just Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright or /Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: Unnamed_Source on February 11, 2007, 03:46:19 pm: Quote from: Nyramael on February 11, 2007, 03:09:29 pm
Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright

That did it, and to think one little / does so much...

thanks..
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: dfryer on February 11, 2007, 06:51:26 pm: Better yet, start in /Applications/Juegos/Planeshift3D/ and then ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static -fullbright , then you're less likely to encounter strange errors.
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: koori on February 20, 2007, 05:34:39 pm: Hi folks,
I've searched topics where that could be well explained, but i haven't found exactly how the -fullbright stuff works. I mean, how it's supposed to allow the entrance in the Bronze Doors region without crashing and what is the exact thing to do to start PS in -fullbright. If there's a topic about this that i would have missed in my search, could someone give me the link? Otherwise, could someone give more info about this? Thanks.
koori
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: Cha0s on February 21, 2007, 03:11:03 am: The easiest way is to use PSClientCMD (from the Guide sticky) and just put in the command "-fullbright" (there are instructions in the Guide).
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: koori on February 21, 2007, 11:41:29 am: Alright, thanks Chaos. I have the PSClientCMD now. So, the thing i've got to do to hopefully enter the Bronze Doors without crashing is to launch the client with -fullbright before i go to the loading region?
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: danveld on February 21, 2007, 08:30:51 pm: Quote from: dfryer on February 10, 2007, 08:45:24 am
The proper command is now (from within the directory where psclient.app is located):

./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient_static --fullbright

Please only use it to get around the bronze doors loading problem since it takes some of the fun and mystery out of dark areas.

My Mac is too slow to run the game with shadows (G4 1,2 Ghz), fullbright is actually only way how to have PS playable (and enjoyable). BTW what Mac it takes to have the game smooth without fullbright? I guess new intel could do...
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: dfryer on February 22, 2007, 03:34:53 am: The lightmaps (in bronzedoors especially) cause slow performance on the Mac because of the way they are uploaded to the graphics card. This varies by card type, and the severity varies with level. We're looking at some other approaches that might sidestep this problem.

Also, I do this on a 700mhz G4, so I have no idea what kind of a mac it takes to get good performance :)
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: eldoth_terevan on February 22, 2007, 07:18:10 am: Oh, my extra graphite tower will work then? Cooooool....
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: sthyran on June 14, 2007, 06:36:00 pm: errr, i'm really sorry but i can't figure out how this command works... What am i supposed to do ? Open the Terminal, drag and drop the psclient.app in there and type the command ?
Title: Re: Bronze Door problem
Post by: Cha0s on June 15, 2007, 01:56:35 am: Please don't resurrect ancient threads! There's a better way of doing this outlined in the Guide. Please see the P.P.P.S. section in the guide. iLock.