#WINESKIN ENGINE INSTALL#
To enable the high performance graphics features of these engines, you will need to ensure some settings using the Config Utility (winecfg) tool from the Tools menu of each Wineskin wrapper you install this engine for.
#WINESKIN ENGINE DRIVER#
Check Use Mac Driver instead of X11 if you are having performance issues with the Wineskin X11 driver (last built in 2012!) When using this setting it may take several seconds to actually appear launched on the taskbar.Automatic Screen settings - the best option, especially if experiencing crashes in SW:TOR on character select screen using 1.7 engine.wait a few seconds for the new Engine to be installed, then check your Screen Options and winecfg settings (next).
Select the new engine you wish to switch to and click OK.click Change Engine Used button (right-most column, last button).Use OS X to Show package contents of an existing Wineskin wrapper, then:.Create a new Wrapper and select the engine.Download and copy the engines you wish to use into ~/Library/Application Support/Wineskin/Engines.WS9Wine1.9.7z - compiled against native 10.11.5 X11 libs and SDK only works on El Capitan 10.11.x at this time.WS9Wine1.7.44-StagingSWTOR.tar.7z - contains patches to run SWTOR natively (without swtorfix.exe) and reduce volatility of the map/quest bug.You will need to install the additional Wrapper dylib to get support for these updated libraries. libpng.16 png library and texture compression library libtxc_dxtn.Specifically Star Wars: The Old Republic works with these engines without needing swtorfix.exe. additional thread.c routines that consistently updates a network timing segment used by some programs to authenticate usage or handshake with a server.Notice all engines contain the following patches: Most of these are compiled from the wine-staging releases found here: Engine Patches Performance is excellent as of the recent updates to Wine 1.9, especially on post-2012 Mac hardware with AMD or nVidia graphics chips.ĭisclaimer: do not expect success with lower end Apple systems, especially older Air or mini models that rely entirely on Intel integrated graphics.
I've tested these successfully on 10.9.5, 10.10.3 and 10.11.5 specifically with online games Star Wars: The Old Republic, Everquest II and Neverwinter Online. Wineskin-engines wineskin prepared engines optimized for OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 El Capitan