Posted December 15, 2013
For whatever its worth I'm making an attempt to update to one of the unofficial patches on the Mac version of FO:2. Using Killap's Fallout 1.02+ (1.02.27.1) patch found at No Mutants Allowed (and using a random .rar file extractor found in the apps store) I found the instructions to be pretty close, but not exactly, correct for the install.
When you open the readme.txt it gives you an incorrect location to place the patch000.dat file. Instead of Contents/Resources/GameData (which does not exist for the current version) I went to Contents/Resources/Drive_C/Program Files/GOG.com/Fallout 2 and replaced the file there.
While I understand that this is not the most 'up to date' patch for FO:2 I'm still expecting it to be significantly better then what I remember playing approx. 15 years ago. I don't know exactly what is or isn't compatible with the Mac version so I wanted to stick to something which explicitly states its compatibility.
If you all don't hear back from me in the next hour or so it should be safe to assume that this is a working method and I'm enjoying the game. Wish me luck!
(awhile later)
Well fwiw she works flawlessly. No compatibility errors, no coloring issues, no further tweaking needed at all. All it took was installing the game, installing X11 (I needed to get around to it eventually anyway, though I don't know if it was explicitly needed for the game) and dropping the new patch000 file into the right spot and it's gtg.
When you open the readme.txt it gives you an incorrect location to place the patch000.dat file. Instead of Contents/Resources/GameData (which does not exist for the current version) I went to Contents/Resources/Drive_C/Program Files/GOG.com/Fallout 2 and replaced the file there.
While I understand that this is not the most 'up to date' patch for FO:2 I'm still expecting it to be significantly better then what I remember playing approx. 15 years ago. I don't know exactly what is or isn't compatible with the Mac version so I wanted to stick to something which explicitly states its compatibility.
If you all don't hear back from me in the next hour or so it should be safe to assume that this is a working method and I'm enjoying the game. Wish me luck!
(awhile later)
Well fwiw she works flawlessly. No compatibility errors, no coloring issues, no further tweaking needed at all. All it took was installing the game, installing X11 (I needed to get around to it eventually anyway, though I don't know if it was explicitly needed for the game) and dropping the new patch000 file into the right spot and it's gtg.
Post edited December 15, 2013 by Taluric
