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Has anyone here gotten BG1 to run in Wineskin on a Mac? I'm new to the whole Wineskin thing, and just installed the current version (engine v1.7.10, wrapper v2.5.12). I can get the the game installed just fine, and it does actually run, but the display is very static-y and flickers too much to be playable -- when it flickers, I can see the desktop through the game window. I'm assuming I need to tweak some settings , but have no idea where to start.

Anyone run into the same issue and get it fixed? Any advice?

FYI, I'm running things on an '09 MB Pro with a 9600M GT GPU, if it makes any difference.
Solved my own problem, apparently. FYI, for people with similar problems, it looks like some GPUs require tweaking the Wineskin settings before BG1 will play properly. See the instructions here:

http://portingteam.com/files/file/7032-baldurs-gate-tales-of-the-sword-coast/

I haven't tried the wrapper the page links to, but just changing the two Winetricks settings did the trick, and the game seems to play without any issues.
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pwned: Solved my own problem, apparently. FYI, for people with similar problems, it looks like some GPUs require tweaking the Wineskin settings before BG1 will play properly. See the instructions here:

http://portingteam.com/files/file/7032-baldurs-gate-tales-of-the-sword-coast/

I haven't tried the wrapper the page links to, but just changing the two Winetricks settings did the trick, and the game seems to play without any issues.
I have that same model of MBP / video card. I run Linux on it now, but last I heard you still needed to explicitly tell wine to use the mac video driver (in OS X) in order to get it to work correctly. Otherwise you get that graphics flickering. The Wineskin guy should really update the wrapper so that it's not a manual step, but I know there's a limit to what one guy can do in his free time. :^)