A Guide to Running Planeshift on Mac OS X Replies

[Druean]

there are still pitch black areas  on my planeshift they arnt filled with any detail its just black

can anyone help?

[quintiusc]

Two questions just to make sure you didn\'t miss them:

1) Did you replace the vfs.cfg file with the one in the first post?
  1.a) If you have, has the updater been run since you did that/

2) Are you trying to start psclient through the terminal?

3) Are there any error messages in the Console application?



Okay, so I can\'t count.


Edit: This is to santagonewrong.  I didn\'t see the two post on this page.

[Colim]

To Druean

You have to relight the area. Quit when you are in the dungeon.
Open Terminal. Type cd (and a space), drag your planeshift folder to the terminal window. Hit return. Type ./psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient -relight. Hit return. Log on when the window open. Sit back and wait. When the game finally has loaded, then quit and start again by normal double-clicking.
If you do it right, it solves the problem.

[Cha0s]

Note that when you login with \"-relight\" it will take an EXCEPTIONALLY long time to load (times over half an hour have been reported on some of the older computers and bigger areas). This is normal for \"-relight\" and you\'ll have to be patient.

[keatontheman]

when i right click on the vfs file it goes to a website, but it doesnt load all the way.  How can i download this file.

[Cha0s]

Use control-click. Then select \"Download File,\" \"Save File,\" etc. Whatever it is (depends on your OS).

[dying_inside]

Originally posted by ScrollMaker
Did you run Cha0s\' updater and get all the latest updates?

yeah i downloaded everything and moved it back to my planeshift folder.  did the  check thing and replaaced the file.  and  it didnt seem to work .

[Druean]

Thanks Colim and ChaOs

the -relight method worked for me

[Druean]

One more question about relighting  do you have to keep the terminal open ever time you go on planeshift or just when your loading it up after youve told it to relight in the terminal?

[Druean]

sorry to post yet again.

can u use the relight method at any dark area in the game and not just the dungeons?

[Colim]

To Druean
You don\'t have to keep the terminal open once you have relighted and quit planeshift. You start as normal by doubleclicking the program, and the new light are still there.
Yes you can use the relight in any area, but it should not be necessary other than the dungeons.

[Druean]

colim i did wat you said but when i logged bck in the lights were gone and areas were pitch black again  any advice?

[Cha0s]

Try fixing permissions as there may be a permissions problem in your Planeshift 3D folder somewhere preventing the new lightmap from being saved.

To do this, open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Select your hard drive (the second, silver disk in the list; it should be indented). Then click \"Repair Disk Permissions.\" It should run for a few minutes.

Once that\'s done, quit Disk Utility and try relighting again.

[Druean]

ChaOs i tries that \"repairing of disk\" in the disk utility part and re did the terminal thing to relight but again as i loaded planeshift up for the second time, it had changed back to pitch black.

any advice?

[keatontheman]

how do i control click.