How to SOD on a MAC [WINE]

[Nebi]

Instructions if you do not want to install the wine application

Playing if you already have a EQ Titanium Install --
#1 - Download the EQ Wine Wrapper located here - http://www.shardsofdalaya.com/SoDMac.zip
#2 - Move the app file into your applications folder
#3 - Right click the SodMac app and "Show Package contents"
#4 - Copy your Titanium install into drive_c >> SOD (all files must be in the SOD folder)
#5 - In the advanced tab make sure EXE FLAGS says patchme
#6 - Click Done / Quit
#7 - Edit the eqclient.ini file (drive_c >> SOD >> eqclient.ini) and make sure to set "WindowedMode=TRUE". The game
must be run in windowed mode for it to work.
#8 - Download the patch files located here http://www.shardsofdalaya.com/patch_files.zip
#9 - Extract the files into drive_c >> SOD
#10 - Play everquest

Playing if you are doing a fresh install
#1 - Download the EQ Wine Wrapper located here - http://www.shardsofdalaya.com/SoDMac.zip
#2 - Move the app file into your applications folder
#3 - Select Install Windows Software (if you have ever used Daemon tools on windows its similar to this)
#4 - Install application to drive_c >> SOD
#5 - In the advanced tab make sure EXE FLAGS says patchme
#6 - Click Done / Quit
#7 - Edit the eqclient.ini file (drive_c >> SOD >> eqclient.ini) and make sure to set "WindowedMode=TRUE". The game
must be run in windowed mode for it to work.
#8 - Save and exit eqclient.ini
#9 - Download the patch files located here http://www.shardsofdalaya.com/patch_files.zip
#10 - Extract the files into drive_c >> SOD
#11 - Play everquest

Note: You might crash the first time opening the application as something is wrong when you accept the eq eula. Normally
just restarting the program fixes this.


Instructions if you have wine installed
** Coming soon

 

[Nebi]

Questions Asked -

Hey Nebi,

I was wondering is it possible to install the files on a pc then transfer the install folder over to the wine client I downloaded in the applications folder?

Thats exactly what I did. I just had a random install on a thumb drive and just passed it into wine and it worked flawlessly.

 

[DernipDaGnome]

So I've been trying to get SoD running via wine and have had no success...

I copied a fully patched version of SoD to the wine folder. The game will load and I can log in however at the character select screen I encounter a level 0 warrior named 'load' in The Eternal Well. So odd. Did anyone else encounter this whilst attempting to get SoD to run via wine?

Also, I have the .exe file set to eqgame.exe - is this correct? Both this shortcut and the Everquest.exe will load but both encounter the same problem I spoke of above. I tried setting the .exe to sodpatcher.exe however it will not patch and gets stuck right off the bat.

 

[AaronSoD]

I got this running without any problems. Didn't quite understand at first that the programs should be in a folder off the root called SOD rather than in the program files. Thank you for the wrapper. I haven't experimented yet but is it possible to run two instances and if so, how do I switch between them?

 

[Ziera]

I just use VMware to run SoD in Windows on Mac. I think this is the best and easiest solution.