Mac OS Package!

[Cha0s]

Originally posted by shifthappens
Cha0s:

I don\'t know.  I just double clicked the updater.jar file and it worked.  Am I just kidding myself that it worked without a hitch.  Should I go back and read your previous posts?  I think I will.  Might as well, got plenty of time.

Originally posted by Cha0s
The updater will not (\"should not\", I should say) crash when run normally. The updater probably will crash if you run it from the terminal with \"zipentries\" as an argument (Exception being if you are on Windows or are running the Tiger prerelease).

All clear now?

[evilweezul666]

About how long does your unofficial updater take to update? I would like to know, because its about 12 am my time, and the time readout says 5 hours. now, i know that you posted a new time readout thing but i forgot to download it, and i do have school tomorow. lol. so basically, will it take longer or shorter than 5 hours is what i want to know.

[Cha0s]

If it says 5 hours, it should take about half an hour (if you have the old version).

Now, important update: I\'ve been screwing with the zip entry stuff and whatever I did screwed it up, so DO NOT use the zipentries argument as I messed it up somehow and it will not work (except to possibly yield corrupted files). I\'m reuploading a new version with this feature disabled. I\'ll try to work it out tomorrow and put it back in for those that want to give it a try. For now just use the normal and nogui modes. Sorry for the bug!

[Kinou]

You\'re welcome defryer ! And thanks for all the work you\'re doing for us. Can we help you with doing something ?

I\'ve forgotten to say that it\'s working but only when launching it from the command line like this :
cd /Applications/PlaneShift\\ 3D && ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient 1>/dev/null &

1>/dev/null stands for not displaying the normal output on the terminal (not always understandable), juste the errors output if they are any.
The & is to be always able to use the terminal. It launchs psclient in the background.
So if you don\'t want to launch it in the background or you don\'t want to hide the normal output just try this :
cd /Applications/PlaneShift\\ 3D && ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient

if you want to redirect all the outputs to a file (for sending the bug to someone for example) you can do that :
cd /Applications/PlaneShift\\ 3D && ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient >error.log 2>&1 &

and to read the error.log when the psclient is launched
tail -f error.log

to finish someone was asking how to kill psclient for example without killing the terminal.
So in a terminal try this :
ps -aux | grep psclient

you\'ll see a thing like this :

Kinou    10484  86.3  8.2   326108  64164 std  R     7:16AM   0:06.02 ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient
Kinou    10488   0.0  0.0    18644    100 std  R+    7:17AM   0:00.00 grep psclient

and you just have to make :
kill number_after_your_login
In my example :
kill 10484


Cha0s I\'ve searched the sources of your application but I haven\'t found them ! Perhaps could I help you with Java Coding if you need ?

[antoniofg]

Hello Im another Mac user in the same launch problem situation...
I have some doubts that I gain reading the last chaos post , Im not expert with computers but if someone give  some more detailed  information about the solutions in each of the 3 problems  i will be a happy man...


Problem #1:

 the executable bit was not set for psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient

Solution: Use BatChmod or Terminal (cd to psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/ and do \"chmod 755 psclient\" (thanks to Kinou for this)) to set the executable bit



obs:Ok ... I don\'t know the operation to turn the executable...
i need only type \"chmod 755 psclient\" in TERMINAL???


Problem #2:

 vfs.cfg file was broken.
Solution: Replace it with this one: Link from dfryer\'s post


obs: Here I only do a copy in the link \"dfryer\'s post\" and paste in the program \"textedit\" and rename de file to \"vfs.cfg\" ??



Problem #3:

 libcal3d.11.dylib is missing from /usr/local/lib/
Solution: Copy it from psclient.app/Contents/Resources to /usr/local/lib/



obs: Here everything was going well  ... I copy the \"libcal3d.10.dylib\"     (      didn\'t have this one ...  libcal3d.11.dylib )
but when  I was going to search \"usr\" in finder like Chaos said... I didn\'t found nothing .... no files ... what I do to search invisibles files??

That\'s my problem ... I can\'t even begin to solve any of this problems....
If someone have the patience to explain me where I go... What  I do ...
this topic wouldn\'t have got here in pag 15 !


Beatifull work Chaos .. but your language is for computer GMs ...
 didn\'t understand nothing ...

finally ... daniel great job doing a big game for MAc users i\'ve been decades looking for a free ( non-capitalism game)  MAc mmorpg... and after everything I read in the main page ... Im here desasperate to play the game !  


good luck for everyone!

[Willfon]

Originally posted by antoniofg
obs:Ok ... I don\'t know the operation to turn the executable...
i need only type \"chmod 755 psclient\" in TERMINAL???

If you are that new to Terminal (no offense) I\'d better give you a tip:

• Open terminal
• type \"chmod 755 \" without the brackets, ending on a space
  
• drag the psclient.app into the terminal window (that sounds deadly;)) - this should insert the path to psclient.app
• extend the path you got so that it continues .../Planeshift\\ 3D/psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient - you type what is green
  

but when  I was going to search \"usr\" in finder like Chaos said... I didn\'t found nothing .... no files ... what I do to search invisibles files??

/usr is per def not visible in Finder, but if you use go to folder you see what is in it. It should contain several folders but they might be invisible as well. The best thing here is to use terminal to make sure there is a /usr/local using ls -la /usr/ . It should look something like this:

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wik.uio.no# ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   11 root  wheel    374 13 Sep  2003 .
drwxr-xr-x   59 root  admin   2006  4 Feb 01:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x    8 root  wheel    272 15 May  2004 X11R6
drwxr-xr-x  639 root  wheel  21726  3 Feb 08:13 bin
drwxr-xr-x  193 root  wheel   6562 10 Aug 11:18 include
drwxr-xr-x  194 root  wheel   6596  3 Feb 08:12 lib
drwxr-xr-x   63 root  wheel   2142  3 Feb 08:11 libexec
drwxr-xr-x    4 root  wheel    136 17 Jan 17:12 local
drwxr-xr-x  205 root  wheel   6970  3 Feb 08:13 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   45 root  wheel   1530 23 Jan 17:05 share
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel    102 15 Nov  2003 standalone


If you dont see any local there, you can create a new folder there through the GUI. As you can see, I didn\'t install Planeshift until Jan 17.th.

Beatifull work Chaos .. but your language is for computer GMs ... didn\'t understand nothing ...

It sounds greek in the beginning, but if you wan\'t to do more than use iLife you will find that a rudimentary understanding of UNIX is a Good Thing on mac. You can probably find a few hundred introductions to UNIX through Google

--
Willfon thinks BBCode makes way too much air between lines.

[Kinou]

But, even if thoses problems are solved, the version number is always not the good one? So we can\'t play at the moment.

[Cha0s]

Kinou\'s first post: Thanks for the offer to help, but I think I\'m alright. The main library I\'m working with (java.zip) is a pain in general, but I\'m pretty sure I know how to fix the bug (it has to do with Java not being \"technically\" able to modify zip entries). It\'ll just require a bit of recoding. If all goes well, the Updater should be back up with \"zipentries\" working (it may still have that fatal crash, though :\\) by this afternooon.

As for the usr folder, Willfon is right. Just pull down the \"Go\" menu in Finder, then select \"Go to Folder...\" and type \"/usr\". From there, double-click local and THEN lib. There is a lib folder in /usr but that\'s the wrong one. If local or the local/lib does not exist, you can create them the same way you create a normal folder.

As far as the incorrect cal3d version goes, you just need to update Planeshift to get a newer one.

Kinou\'s second post: That\'s odd. I can double click psclient.app and it runs fine for me (except for that version mismatch thing ).

[hmjensen]

Hello!

I have downloaded the game, istalled it, moved the file to usr/local/lib, copied the correct texy to the vfs file, and it still will not run.

after typing ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient i get:
Crystal Space for MacOS/X 0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
Ported to MacOS/X by Eric Sunshine

crystalspace.maploader: Could not get model converter
crystalspace.maploader: Could not get model crossbuilder

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
LOG_ANY flag deactivated.
LOG_WEATHER flag deactivated.
LOG_SPAWN flag deactivated.
LOG_CELPERSIST flag deactivated.
LOG_PAWS flag deactivated.
LOG_GROUP flag deactivated.
LOG_CHEAT flag deactivated.
LOG_LINMOVE flag deactivated.
LOG_SPELLS flag deactivated.
LOG_NEWCHAR flag deactivated.
LOG_SUPERCLIENT flag deactivated.
LOG_EXCHANGES flag deactivated.
LOG_ADMIN flag deactivated.
LOG_STARTUP flag deactivated.
LOG_CHARACTER flag deactivated.
LOG_CONNECTIONS flag deactivated.
LOG_CHAT flag deactivated.
LOG_NET flag deactivated.
LOG_LOAD flag deactivated.
LOG_NPC flag deactivated.
LOG_TRADE flag deactivated.
LOG_SOUND flag deactivated.
LOG_COMBAT flag deactivated.
LOG_SKILLXP flag deactivated.
LOG_QUESTS flag deactivated.
LOG_SCRIPT flag deactivated.
Bus error

and after running the updater I get:
Crystal Space for MacOS/X 0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
Ported to MacOS/X by Eric Sunshine

WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.kernel.vfs\'
Couldn\'t load VFS plugin \"crystalspace.kernel.vfs\"!
ERROR: csInitializer::SetupConfigManager failed!
Is your CRYSTAL environment variable set?

What is wrong? Please help?

By the way great job all, even though I am not able to run the game so far ;-)

[evilweezul666]

Chaos, are you saying that we should not use the updater yet because of the .zip files? I as well as some others here, lack even a basic understanding of UNIX, and am not a major computer junkie (As i\'m sure you have figured out already)

[Willfon]

Originally posted by evilweezul666
Chaos, are you saying that we should not use the updater yet because of the .zip files?

I think it is prudent to say not to expect to be able to log in at all now. There is, if I understand the conversation on IRC correctly, no way to log in at the moment. The server has once again a difference between the servers. Someone said you could get in if you compiled the client from the files in CVS two days ago, but since compiling PS from scratch takes a minor aeon on my 2x600 MHz PIII Linux-box I cannot verify that as of yet

Monday. Or, as someone else could have said it: Next year, on Laanx.
--
Willfon

[dfryer]

If a couple people who can successfully run either the updater or Cha0s\'s Java updater and let me know if the psclient.app that it downloads works/doesn\'t work, that would be great.

[Smiler]

Thanks Buddha for the reply.
I wish I was more savy on the Unix front and able to help with smoothing the glitches. Thanks to Dfryer and everyone who is helping out.
I\'ll be the parasite who just hangs around until you lot have figured it all out and created an idiot-proof version for us morons (;
Good luck! We\'re all counting on you! (;
I\'ll go back to mudding while I\'m waiting.

[Kinou]

I\'ve just update with the Cha0s updater

The window with the title and the version on top is opening fine, but nothing is display inside (usually it displays the 4 characters and the tower)

And 5-10 seconds after the opening of the windows, the client crashed. Here is the log :

pingus:/Applications/PlaneShift 3D Kinou$ ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient
Crystal Space for MacOS/X 0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
Ported to MacOS/X by Eric Sunshine

WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.motion.manager.default\'
crystalspace.maploader: Could not get model converter
crystalspace.maploader: Could not get model crossbuilder

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
LOG_ANY flag deactivated.
LOG_WEATHER flag deactivated.
LOG_SPAWN flag deactivated.
LOG_CELPERSIST flag deactivated.
LOG_PAWS flag deactivated.
LOG_GROUP flag deactivated.
LOG_CHEAT flag deactivated.
LOG_LINMOVE flag deactivated.
LOG_SPELLS flag deactivated.
LOG_NEWCHAR flag deactivated.
LOG_SUPERCLIENT flag deactivated.
LOG_EXCHANGES flag deactivated.
LOG_ADMIN flag deactivated.
LOG_STARTUP flag deactivated.
LOG_CHARACTER flag deactivated.
LOG_CONNECTIONS flag deactivated.
LOG_CHAT flag deactivated.
LOG_NET flag deactivated.
LOG_LOAD flag deactivated.
LOG_NPC flag deactivated.
LOG_TRADE flag deactivated.
LOG_SOUND flag deactivated.
LOG_COMBAT flag deactivated.
LOG_SKILLXP flag deactivated.
LOG_QUESTS flag deactivated.
LOG_SCRIPT flag deactivated.
Bus error

[chase_roy]

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