EDIT UPDATED 04/08/13Here is a short guide for Installing Fantasy Grounds II on OS X using the free software WineSkin. WineSkin effectively allows you to run Windows applications under Linux and OS X including the latest version Mountain Lion (10.8.x). As the name suggests WineSkin is built atop of the opensource package Wine. It works by creating a wrapped runtime environment that mimics a common Windows environment. No licenses including operating system (aside from OS X) are required. WineSkin simplifies Wine engine and wrapper setup enabling a great variety of Windows applications to be easily installed, operated and managed.Note: 10.8.x OS X (Mountain Lion) no longer incorporates the X11 package after Apple decided to drop it in favour of the independent X11 project package XQuartz; XQuartz 2.7.3 or higher is required to be installed before following the steps below.

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Installing WineSkin 1.7. Open the downloaded Wineskin Winery.app Version 1.7.zip file to unzip it. Drag the extracted Wineskin Winery.app app to your Applications folder. Delete the.zip file. That's it, nice and simple.Installing Fantasy Grounds II. Launch the Wineskin Winery.app from Applications (either from the Dock or Finder).

Open Safari or another Web browser and download the from the Fantasy Grounds web site (Downloads page). Note the location of the downloaded file (on my systems its /Downloads). In Wineskin Winery, add a Wine engine by clicking the + symbol and select from the available Wine engine releases in the new dialog, click Download and Install.

I have tested FGII with both Wine 1.4.1 and 1.5.13 (latest version). Select 1.5.13 unless you really prefer 1.4.1.Everything worked up to here. Although the most recent version is 1.5.16, I tried.13 first and only then.16. Both turned out the same. Back in Wineskin Winery update the Wrapper version to Wineskin-2.5.8 (latest version). Once updated, click Create New Blank Wrapper.

In the new dialog that opens, enter a name for the.app file we are about to create (note by default the.app file is created in /Applications/Wineskin/). Enter something like Fantasy Grounds II. Click OK. The wrapper file is now being created; you may see a couple of dialogs complaining that Mono and Gecko are not installed, prompting you to do so. You can safely click cancel for both of these. Mono implements a.NET 2.0 framework whilst Gecko is Wine's alternative to IE.

Hey, trying to get it to install but every time I do I get the same 'No new executables found' message. I'm running a 2011 macbook with the same specs as yours listed above (although im only running OSX 10.7.5 so that may have something to do with it). I'm not too used to running things through wineskin, so that may also be the problem. Then I reopened the wineskin wrapper and the game window popped up and began downloading assets. Note: this took over my screen and was unable to move away from this screen. No new executables found! Maybe the installer failed.? If you tried to install somewhere other than C: drive (drivec in the wrapper) then you will get this message. Hey guys, I know this shouldn't really be posted here, as it is wineskin not wine, but I wasn't getting an answer on the forums over there. And reopened, but on reopening, it just crashed after 2 seconds. I then saw a new window saying 'No new executables found! Maybe the installer failed.? If you tried to install somewhere other than C.

Both of these components are not required to run FGII. Once completed, a dialog will appear stating the wrapper creation has finished.

Click OK. Close the Wineskin Winery.app. Navigate to /Applications/Wineskin in Finder. Right Click the file and select 'Show Package Contents'.

Open the Wineskin.app file contained withinAnd here's where the major issue occurs. Wineskin is a folder at this stage, not an app, so there is no 'Show Package Contents' option. The file I named 'Fantasy Grounds II' is inside the folder, and if select 'Show Package Contents' for that, I can find a Wineskin app to open.

Whether I do that or open Fantasy Grounds II directly, the same thing happens (with two 'Wineskin' icons in the dock - one labelled Wineskin and the other Fantasy Grounds II). and click the Install Software button when the dialog appears. Click the 'Choose Setup Executable' button, navigate to the downloaded FGWebInstall.exe file you downloaded earlier and select it. The FGII EULA should appear. Read and then Click 'I Agree' to continue.

A second dialog window will open entitled Settings. Enter your license/upgrade key information into the appropriate fields - this is not mandatory step as not entering any key information will result in an Unregistered install. Make sure the 'Cross-platform compatibility mode for Linux and Mac' option is checked.

If you have a registered account on the FGII forums/store, click the Update button. A small username/password window will appear.

On successful verification, you should see a list of FGII products appear in the Products window. Make sure the 'Live' option is selected under 'Mode' - this will install the latest general release of Fantasy Grounds II (currently 2.9.1). Click OK, the FGII updater window will open and it should automatically begin downloading the latest updates. The initial setup will take a few mins as all the base rulesets and latest binaries are downloaded. Once completed the familiar Fantasy Grounds II Launcher window will appear.Next problem, and the most serious. Apart from the fact that I don't know what the window will look like (I'm brand new, so it's not familiar at all), instead I get:'Error loading dataCould not load ruleset root file (base.xml)Do you want to try reloading the data?' There's a Yes and a No box, but it only does anything if I click No.

At this point I get a 'Choose executable' window saying, 'The program's executable file currently set in Wineskin is not found' and I have to choose between three files in /Program Files/Fantasy Grounds II/. Either /FantasyGrounds.exe/, /FantasyGroundsUpdater.exe/ or /UpdaterEngine.exe/.If I choose the former (which seems the most reasonable), I get sent back to:. and click the Install Software button when the dialog appears. Click the 'Choose Setup Executable' button, navigate to the downloaded FGWebInstall.exe file you downloaded earlier and select it.At which point the Updater window reappears, but doesn't start automatically: I have the three buttons Settings, Update and Close at the bottom. Settings takes me to the Settings box again. Update runs through the updates quickly, checking that they're all there and finishes with 'Update check complete'.

Hitting Close shuts down the Fantasy Grounds II icon and the Wineskin one puts up a window saying, 'Oops! No new executables found! Maybe the insaller failed? If you tried to install anywhere other than C: drive.' As far as I know I did.Help?

And here's where the major issue occurs. Wineskin is a folder at this stage, not an app, so there is no 'Show Package Contents' option. The file I named 'Fantasy Grounds II' is inside the folder, and if select 'Show Package Contents' for that, I can find a Wineskin app to open. Whether I do that or open Fantasy Grounds II directly, the same thing happens (with two 'Wineskin' icons in the dock - one labelled Wineskin and the other Fantasy Grounds II):OK, I will amend the guide to clearly state the full path '/Applications/Wineskin/Fantasy Grounds II.app'. Thanks for pointing it out. Next problem, and the most serious. Apart from the fact that I don't know what the window will look like (I'm brand new, so it's not familiar at all), instead I get:'Error loading dataCould not load ruleset root file (base.xml)Do you want to try reloading the data?'

There's a Yes and a No box, but it only does anything if I click No. At this point I get a 'Choose executable' window saying, 'The program's executable file currently set in Wineskin is not found' and I have to choose between three files in /Program Files/Fantasy Grounds II/. Either /FantasyGrounds.exe/, /FantasyGroundsUpdater.exe/ or /UpdaterEngine.exe/.If I choose the former (which seems the most reasonable), I get sent back to:.

and click the Install Software button when the dialog appears. Click the 'Choose Setup Executable' button, navigate to the downloaded FGWebInstall.exe file you downloaded earlier and select it.At which point the Updater window reappears, but doesn't start automatically: I have the three buttons Settings, Update and Close at the bottom. Settings takes me to the Settings box again.

Update runs through the updates quickly, checking that they're all there and finishes with 'Update check complete'. Hitting Close shuts down the Fantasy Grounds II icon and the Wineskin one puts up a window saying, 'Oops!

No new executables found! Maybe the insaller failed? If you tried to install anywhere other than C: drive.' As far as I know I did.Help?Ignore the cannot find base.xml error. Select No.When the new dialog opens; the options the dialog should offer should be:. /Program Files/Fantasy Grounds II/FantasyGrounds.exe. /Program Files/Fantasy Grounds II/FantasyGroundsUpdater.exe.

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/Program Files/Fantasy Grounds II/UpdaterEngine.exeNote there should be no leading character in the path.The first option above is the correct one to select. When you are returned to Wineskin.app, simply select Quit. You should be able to now execute the FantasyGrounds II.app you created in /Applications/Wineskin/. Launch the FantasyGrounds II.app file and when the FGII Launcher appears click the check for updates button to force an update.

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I headed over here to see if anyone had any advice on some of the issues I have been experiencing running FGII with XQuarz / WineBottler lately. I saw this thread straight away and though might was well see how WineSkin compares before trolling the forums.Simple install, and FGII runs smoothly without any of the issues I had with my previous setup.Thanks DrZuess for your excellent How To, and bringing WineSkin to my attention. I would certainly recommend it to any Mac users running FGII. Your welcome. Unless I'm missing something about Wineskin, you'll still have problems running character converter which is a.Net application.

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I had the same problem a couple of days ago but managed to get it working by installing the Mono for Windows winehack (mono210) under the.wine prefix. You can do this by opening the wine menu (find the winebottle icon in your status bar when Wine.app is running) and selecting change prefix and then winehacks.Using this method generates an error every time you launch the program about the App Data path missing from the registry. I believe you can safely ignore it as long as you just export to an xml file that you then upload using FG proper. At least it imported a Hero Labs Pathfinder druid almost perfectly. Unless I'm missing something about Wineskin, you'll still have problems running character converter which is a.Net application.

I had the same problem a couple of days ago but managed to get it working by installing the Mono for Windows winehack (mono210) under the.wine prefix. You can do this by opening the wine menu (find the winebottle icon in your status bar when Wine.app is running) and selecting change prefix and then winehacks.Using this method generates an error every time you launch the program about the App Data path missing from the registry. I believe you can safely ignore it as long as you just export to an xml file that you then upload using FG proper. At least it imported a Hero Labs Pathfinder druid almost perfectly. Yes, WineSkin effectively still uses Wine which is constrained in its.NET support, therefore any.NET 3.0/4.0 apps will not work. Most.NET 1.0/2.0 apps work though if you install the.NET 2.0 SP2 framework.I find Mono support to be patchy - some apps work with it some don't.

Hey, trying to get it to install but every time I do I get the same 'No new executables found' message. I'm running a 2011 macbook with the same specs as yours listed above (although im only running OSX 10.7.5 so that may have something to do with it).

I'm not too used to running things through wineskin, so that may also be the problem.could you check the wine drive-c/Program Files/ to see if there is a renegade folder in italso with these system specs you wont be able to run renegade x smoothly expect about 10 fps. Hey, trying to get it to install but every time I do I get the same 'No new executables found' message.

I'm running a 2011 macbook with the same specs as yours listed above (although im only running OSX 10.7.5 so that may have something to do with it). I'm not too used to running things through wineskin, so that may also be the problem.No offense to you Apple noobs, but why on EARTH would you play this game using such inferior Gaming hardware and software?No Offense to you Troll noob WHY ON EARTH will you Prevent this game to be Spreaded more? ON SUCH platform are like 4% of the player Community ( mostly more i will say are the most accurate stats i have is steam )I guess they are 20% and Linux are like 10%( or even more i dont know )Still i see Only Positiv thingsin your Post i see only stupidity sorry ( and sorry devs for the rude ness from me are this is actually one post of full crap ).PS: i play on Windows and ever did just saying. Hey, trying to get it to install but every time I do I get the same 'No new executables found' message. I'm running a 2011 macbook with the same specs as yours listed above (although im only running OSX 10.7.5 so that may have something to do with it). I'm not too used to running things through wineskin, so that may also be the problem.No offense to you Apple noobs, but why on EARTH would you play this game using such inferior Gaming hardware and software?No Offense to you Troll noob WHY ON EARTH will you Prevent this game to be Spreaded more?

ON SUCH platform are like 4% of the player Community ( mostly more i will say are the most accurate stats i have is steam )I guess they are 20% and Linux are like 10%( or even more i dont know )Still i see Only Positiv thingsin your Post i see only stupidity sorry ( and sorry devs for the rude ness from me are this is actually one post of full crap ).PS: i play on Windows and ever did just saying.just wanted to say thank you. Hey, trying to get it to install but every time I do I get the same 'No new executables found' message.

I'm running a 2011 macbook with the same specs as yours listed above (although im only running OSX 10.7.5 so that may have something to do with it). I'm not too used to running things through wineskin, so that may also be the problem.No offense to you Apple noobs, but why on EARTH would you play this game using such inferior Gaming hardware and software?I know it won't run well, I was just seeing if it would run at all. I am well aware my specs are garbage. You must have such a fun life going around making fun of mac users.

I bet you make TONS of friends like this.