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Posted July 10, 2015
Are we going to get a port to Mac for this game anytime soon? Or am I going to have to resign myself to figuring out how to use a wineskin?
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Posted July 11, 2015
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acthornt: Are we going to get a port to Mac for this game anytime soon? Or am I going to have to resign myself to figuring out how to use a wineskin?
wineskin is your best bet - it is an old game, and runs fine on linux. Mac is just linux so, wineskin is the way to go.
Posted July 11, 2015
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ArgentumRegio: Mac is just linux
Absolutely not ;)

But yes, wineskin is probably the way to go. There’s a native Linux client for NWN, but I’ve never heard about a Mac OS one.
Posted July 11, 2015
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ArgentumRegio: Mac is just linux
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vv221: Absolutely not ;)

But yes, wineskin is probably the way to go. There’s a native Linux client for NWN, but I’ve never heard about a Mac OS one.
Mac underpinnings are largely BSD linux.

but to the point...

http://www.amazon.com/Neverwinter-Nights-Mac/dp/B0000A33ZM

shows it did exist...

http://nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Mac_OS_X

tells why it is no more and,

http://paulthetall.com/neverwinter-nights-mac/

purports to tell how to make NWN run on mac.

Best wishes to all.
Posted July 11, 2015
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ArgentumRegio: Mac underpinnings are largely BSD linux.
Oh, I see where you got mixed up: Linux and BSD are two distinct kernels with very little in common.

Anyway, thanks for your links, I guess acthornt should find anything he/she needs to play NWN on Mac OS in there ;)
Posted July 11, 2015
While I am sad that there doesn't seem to be a mac port on the way, I am grateful for all the helpful replies. Thanks gang!
Posted November 24, 2015
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vv221: Absolutely not ;)

But yes, wineskin is probably the way to go. There’s a native Linux client for NWN, but I’ve never heard about a Mac OS one.
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ArgentumRegio: Mac underpinnings are largely BSD linux.

but to the point...

http://www.amazon.com/Neverwinter-Nights-Mac/dp/B0000A33ZM

shows it did exist...

http://nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Mac_OS_X

tells why it is no more and,

http://paulthetall.com/neverwinter-nights-mac/

purports to tell how to make NWN run on mac.

Best wishes to all.
You can also try the Wineskin instructions here.

You will not be able to use the NWN toolset though.

Regards
Posted November 25, 2015
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acthornt: While I am sad that there doesn't seem to be a mac port on the way, I am grateful for all the helpful replies. Thanks gang!
I can vouch for both NWN1 and NWN2 running fine on a Mac via Wineskin. Be sure to get the latest Wineskin wrapper if you use OS 10.11 (El Capitan), as it broke earlier versions.

I seem to recall that NWN1 required a little tweaking of the nwn.ini or nwnplayer.ini file, something related to intro movies I think, in order to get up and running. I don't recall details and could be mistaken, though--it's been a long time and now I just keep backups of my .ini files in case I reinstall. If you have any problems I'd be happy to send them.

Best wishes.
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