Mac X/ 2.0.8 patch question

Etaoin Shrdlu · #1 March 9th, 2004, 02:10 AM

How many people out there on Mac OS X successfully installed the 2.0.8 patch the first attempt? I'm clearly missing something... The problem arises with one file that has the same name and extension (dominions2.app) so it ends up trying to replace the main file (not allowed, fortunately). What am I doing wrong? Additionally I see a Unix executable that displays the ever- un-helpful "Nagot Gick Fel" when launched.

Perhaps I'm trying to go from 2.0.2 straight to 2.0.8 without going through the now-unavailable-on-the-Mac-side-but-still-necessary 2.0.6? Any other possibilities???

Psitticine · #2 March 9th, 2004, 02:17 AM

If I'm not mistaken, you need to allow that main app file to be overwritten. The changed code is compiled into the new main executable.

Johan K · #3 March 9th, 2004, 11:05 AM

Here are the instructions.

------- How to patch Dominions for Mac OS X -------

Download patch for Mac OS X. Unzip file, control-click on it, and select "Show Package Contents". Then open up your dominions application in the same manner and replace all the individual files (not entire folders) in the dominions application with their corresponding equivalents from the patch.

Etaoin Shrdlu · #4 March 9th, 2004, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Psitticine:
If I'm not mistaken, you need to allow that main app file to be overwritten. The changed code is compiled into the new main executable.

Made the main app file over-writable, and the same-name file gladly over-wrote it. The same-name file *was* the package... oopsie. Wound up replacing a 199 MB program with a ~4MB object.

Reinstalled. The Unix executable refuses to have anything to do with the main file.

The other files in the package didn't have equivalents in the 2.02 Version to be replaced, so they came over without a hitch. Next suggestion please?

st.patrik · #5 March 9th, 2004, 10:19 PM

erm, can you just erase the whole thing, re-install from the cd (I assume we're dealing with the full game here), and then patch the right way, i.e. as Johan said? Or is it more complicated than that? I don't know what you're talking about with the 'unix executable' - I'm running OS X 10.2.8 but am not familiar with this.

Psitticine · #6 March 9th, 2004, 11:55 PM

Oops . . . sorry 'bout that . . .

Etaoin Shrdlu · #7 March 10th, 2004, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Johan K:
Here are the instructions.
Download patch for Mac OS X. Unzip file, control-click on it, and select "Show Package Contents". Then open up your dominions application in the same manner and replace all the individual files (not entire folders) in the dominions application with their corresponding equivalents from the patch.

The worst thing about this is it ought to make perfect sense, but in the situation at hand it doesn't exactly apply...

In the package contents screen I see:
MacOS folder with the Unix executable (~3M) and nothing else;
Resources folder with a bunch of things that weren't loaded in from the CD on original install so they don't "replace" anything;
Some subfolders in the Resources folder with more new files (the Orania map for one).
When I launch the Unix thing this happens:

/Users/daniel/Dominions2/dominions2; exit
N?got gick fel!
myloadmalloc: can't open ./guiborder2.tga
N?got gick fel!
myloadmalloc: can't open ./guiborder2.tga
Abort trap
logout
[Process completed]

This a clue for anyone?

Johan K · #8 March 10th, 2004, 01:09 PM

Put individual patch files into old application. Now you have to start Dominions2 from the directory it's located in e.g.

$ cd games
$ dominions2.app/Contents/MacOS/dom2 -wd

(wd starts it in a window and with extra debug info)

Otherwise doubleclicking on dominions2 should work too of course.

BTW, we are looking into using iPatch to create the next OSX patch, That should make the process much easier.

[ March 10, 2004, 11:11: Message edited by: Johan K ]

Etaoin Shrdlu · #9 March 10th, 2004, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Johan K:
Put individual patch files into old application. Now you have to start Dominions2 from the directory it's located in e.g.

$ cd games
$ dominions2.app/Contents/MacOS/dom2 -wd

(wd starts it in a window and with extra debug info)

I assume this refers to the Unix executable (its icon is the dark gray rectangle). Just making sure I'm understanding so the next misadventure is due to something other than me completely missing the point...

Quote:

Otherwise doubleclicking on dominions2 should work too of course.

See below for what happened... about 2 Posts ago... And what about this 'guiborder.tga' item that it couldn't open? I did a search for it... no sign of it. Should that be happening?

Quote:

BTW, we are looking into using iPatch to create the next OSX patch, That should make the process much easier.

Oh goody.

Kristoffer O · #10 March 11th, 2004, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Etaoin Shrdlu:
See below for what happened... about 2 Posts ago... And what about this 'guiborder.tga' item that it couldn't open? I did a search for it... no sign of it. Should that be happening?

There should be a guiborder.tga in dominions2.app/Contents/Resources. If there isn't then something has gone bad.