Mac OS Package!

[thimok]

...just wait....if you havent noticed....your options are to build the project yourself....or wait........just wait.....stop asking questions that have already been answered.....just wait.....sorry ayendaliss, this isnt just for you....its for all the new mac people that make us look bad by not following directions....

...im freakin out man....

my apologies...

[MacPower]

Sure, I\'m waiting....

[Jerutix]

help, i can\'t get planeshift to work! this ruins my life. plus, i\'m low on reading skills so i can\'t check the other posts that say no one else can play! i don\'t know what to do. ahhhhhhhhh

seriously everyone, read the posts and quit asking about when everything is going to get done. patience is a virtue.

[Toleran]

*sigh* I wish I just knew the rel story. I did the whole resource thing and  now the game works. Yay! And I got my account. Yay! But whats this...not the right version? Hmmmmmm...I wanna play with my friend who just downloaded it. O well, from what I understand I just have to wait for the new mac version to come out. Hope it happens soon.

[sinclair44]

Big and bold so hopefully this won\'t be asked again:

The Mac version works, but is not new enough to log onto the server. There is no newer binary version, and the updater is broken anyways. The maintainer is working on it, but hasn\'t made a new release yet. Give him time, it\'s a difficult job.

Your options are:
 - Wait. This is the best option for most people. There will be a new version at some point, and it will most likely be announced in this thread.
 - Build it from source yourself. If you can\'t discern how to do that from the earlier posts (esp. on page 7) then this option is not for you... it\'s a very intricate (and, to an extent, difficult) UNIX-y procedure.

Sorry to yell... hope this is clear enough it isn\'t asked again.

[Cha0s]

Hey everyone. I have created an updater that can be used temporarily until dfryer gets the normal one working. There are caveats though, so let\'s get those out of the way first:

1. The updater I\'ve made (hereafter, \"the updater\" ) is a Java app and requires version 1.4.2, so you need Mac OS 10.3 and an up to date version of Java (if you use software update this should be no problem). If you haven\'t been keeping up to date, just run software update (clear inactive updates, if any) or grab it from apple.com: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/javaupdate142.html
2. The updater is in no way affiliated with the Planeshift team. It is an UNOFFICIAL updater. The Planeshift team has nothing to do with it, so make no complaints to them about it.
3. As for complaining to me, I\'m not responsible for anything that happens when you use the updater. By using the updater you agree not to take any legal action against me because of the updater. Use at your own risk!
Feel free to report bugs and request features, but understand that I make no warranties and promise no support or fixes.
4. The updater is a bare-bones app. It doesn\'t have all the nice PS updater features (it completely ignores the updater configuration XML file). Also, do to a bug in Java 1.4.2 (resolved in 1.5.0 I believe, which will be released with Tiger), the app has trouble updating certain individual zip entries listed in the repository (there were about 10-20 it had problems with... corrupt entries perhaps?). Unfortunately, this problem causes the app to crash immediately, no error catching, etc. This means that if there is any change in a zip file, the whole file must be redownloaded. Obviously this is a big pain, but the error is in Java itself, so I can\'t do anything about it.

Ok, enough of that stuff. On to the instructions: The app is double-clickable (GUI mode) or runnable via command line. Either way, first step is to download the Updater.jar file and drop it into your Planeshift3D folder.

If you\'re going the GUI route, just double-click the JAR file and then press the \"Start Update\" button. You\'ll get two status bars and a slew (i.e. a lot) of information about what\'s being updated.

If you want to run the updater via the command-line, open Terminal, cd to the Planeshift3D directory, and type: \"java -jar Updater.jar nogui\". The update will start immediately with minimal progress reports (i.e. not very many) in the Terminal window.

And now, finally, the link: http://www.world-of-cha0s.hostrocket.com/PSUpdater/Updater.jar

I hope this is helpful to people who are having trouble with the updater and if people find it useful I might be able pull together the effort to add features and make it better. Maybe.

P.S. As has been mentioned, this isn\'t that useful right now as the current client binary is broken. You can download the rest of the updated game files, however.

[solubacni]

I\'ve posted this in the Building PS on the Mac thread already, but I thought I ought to cross post it here as well:

I have posted a mini-walkthrough (more like a log of what I did) on how to build planeshift. I am currently downloading art, so we\'ll see how well it works.

http://muddy.ath.cx/planeshift-install.txt

I will be updating it as I go, so I\'d rather not post it here for the interest of saving myself time in editing two copies.  I will give support as time permits, but largely you are on your own to make things work.  Just have patience, look at the clues and put stuff together.  Good luck!

regards,
solubacni

[Saton]

THIS SOO ANOYING IM STUCK ON 271MB AND ITS NOT CHANGING WHATS HAPPENING

[cresus]

I just tried using your updater and it downloads everything beautifully.  When I try and start psclient however it immediately quits.

Console lists this:

ERROR: csInitializer::SetupConfigManager failed!
Is your CRYSTAL environment variable set?
SCF_WARNING: class planeshift.sound.soundmanager (from /Applications/PlaneShift 3D/pssound.csplugin) has already been registered in the same context `app\' (in /Applications/PlaneShift 3D/psclient.app/Contents/Resources/pssound.csplugin)
Crystal Space for MacOS/X 0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
Ported to MacOS/X by Eric Sunshine

Is this a problem with the updater or the version?  Thanks for working on this though.

Originally posted by Cha0s
Hey everyone. I have created an updater that can be used temporarily until dfryer gets the normal one working. There are caveats though, so let\'s get those out of the way first:

1. The updater I\'ve made (hereafter, \"the updater\" ) is a Java app and requires version 1.4.2, so you need Mac OS 10.3 and an up to date version of Java (if you use software update this should be no problem). If you haven\'t been keeping up to date, just run software update (clear inactive updates, if any) or grab it from apple.com: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/javaupdate142.html
2. The updater is in no way affiliated with the Planeshift team. It is an UNOFFICIAL updater. The Planeshift team has nothing to do with it, so make no complaints to them about it.
3. As for complaining to me, I\'m not responsible for anything that happens when you use the updater. By using the updater you agree not to take any legal action against me because of the updater. Use at your own risk!
Feel free to report bugs and request features, but understand that I make no warranties and promise no support or fixes.
4. The updater is a bare-bones app. It doesn\'t have all the nice PS updater features (it completely ignores the updater configuration XML file). Also, do to a bug in Java 1.4.2 (resolved in 1.5.0 I believe, which will be released with Tiger), the app has trouble updating certain individual zip entries listed in the repository (there were about 10-20 it had problems with... corrupt entries perhaps?). Unfortunately, this problem causes the app to crash immediately, no error catching, etc. This means that if there is any change in a zip file, the whole file must be redownloaded. Obviously this is a big pain, but the error is in Java itself, so I can\'t do anything about it.

Ok, enough of that stuff. On to the instructions: The app is double-clickable (GUI mode) or runnable via command line. Either way, first step is to download the Updater.jar file and drop it into your Planeshift3D folder.

If you\'re going the GUI route, just double-click the JAR file and then press the \"Start Update\" button. You\'ll get two status bars and a slew (i.e. a lot) of information about what\'s being updated.

If you want to run the updater via the command-line, open Terminal, cd to the Planeshift3D directory, and type: \"java -jar Updater.jar nogui\". The update will start immediately with minimal progress reports (i.e. not very many) in the Terminal window.

And now, finally, the link: http://www.world-of-cha0s.hostrocket.com/PSUpdater/Updater.jar

I hope this is helpful to people who are having trouble with the updater and if people find it useful I might be able pull together the effort to add features and make it better. Maybe.

P.S. As has been mentioned, this isn\'t that useful right now as the current client binary is broken. You can download the rest of the updated game files, however.

[Cha0s]

Thanks for giving it a try. I\'m glad it\'s coming to good use. As far as the error goes, I think that has to do with the crystal space and/or it\'s supporting plugins.

As for the current binary in the repository though, it is known to be broken (psclient doesn\'t even launch when I try :\\ ). As soon as dfryer updates the repository with the latest build it should work fine. Sadly there is only one guy working on the Mac version, but all things considered he\'s done a great job!

[Willfon]

Originally posted by Cha0s
Thanks for giving it a try. I\'m glad it\'s coming to good use. As far as the error goes, I think that has to do with the crystal space and/or it\'s supporting plugins.

According to postings in the Linux installer thread there is now a newer version of the client in the CVS repository than the version of the server, so now we might find that there is a 0.3.007 client version that you are compiling when you try to make the client by yourself, while the server still only is 0.3.006. What goes around comes aground

--
Willfon

[Deado]

Originally Posted by Saton
THIS SOO ANOYING IM STUCK ON 271MB AND ITS NOT CHANGING WHATS HAPPENING

If nothings happening:
1) You can try and download it again
2) Check whatever you use to unzip/unstuff the file\'s with is the most up-to-date version. Standard on Mac is Stuffit Expander - check your software update.

I recommend option 1)...it might suck if you\'re on modem though.

Originally posted by ayendaliss
Last thing; I am not even sure I am capable of running it at all, I just have a crappy little iBook.
iBook Mac OS X Version 10.3.5
800 MHz PowerPC G4
384 MB DDR SDRAM

As for the speed, I don\'t think it\'s an issue, my hardware\'s:
1.6Ghz G5 iMac
Mac OSX Version 10.4
512 MB DDR SDRAM

so...I don\'t think it\'s a hardware issue. Just stick with the developments, or try and build your own source code:

Originally posted by Mathious
..i believe the link you seek on how to build from source code is
http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thre...30&page=1#4

[dfryer]

I think that people with functional updaters can try running the updater from the command line and see if it gets a working client.  No promises, since I\'ve only tested it with a clean installation!

Most of the maps etc. have changed slightly and the updater at various times has had .. issues.  Some of these issues have been fixed in the current version of the updater.  A complete, new distro should be available from the website *soonish*

Thanks,
Daniel

[Willfon]

Originally posted by dfryer
I think that people with functional updaters can try running the updater from the command line and see if it gets a working client.  No promises, since I\'ve only tested it with a clean installation!

updatingupdattingupdateing and done!

Starting... Noo! Bus error!

(clean install and restart )

--
Willfon

[Sonikusan]

I sat there and waited, and waited, and you know what? It began updating

It takes lot\'s of time (3min.)