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[HOWTO] LOTRO on Mac


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Well here it is. Reply if you need some help or have some suggestions for it.

 

This is what you need to download. Crossover Games. X11 (if you don't have it). Mono Framework (Mac Version) and fakeNET11.reg and LotroLinux.run

 

The last two can be found on the Lotrolinux.com website with the LotroLInux under download (get the standalone version.)

 

Create a new bottle in CXG and call it LOTRO (call it w/e you want but this is what I used.) Select Windows 2000 for the version. Now click run command from the Programs menu and type in regedit and hit Run. Then select Import (from the regedit menu, not CXG) and navigate to the FakeNET11.reg. Now if you somehow still have the setup thing then you can just transfer it, but I actually redownloaded it so I made sure I had the most recent version. You can download it using CXG as it will run in it. Once you have the folder with the .bins and the setup.exe, in Crossover go to the LOTRO bottle and click install software. Select Unsupported Software from the list and select your bottle to use. Then select install from installer file (not folder) and navigate to the setup.exe and it should install. (Unselect any options you see by using a Custom Install.) While it's installing go ahead and install Mono framework and then once LOTRO is installed (unselect all the options you see) click Run COmmand again but this type do the dropdown menu and select Open Shell. This should run some stuff and once it's done type mono then drag LotroLinux.run into that window so it should look something like:

 

mono /Users/[Your User Name]/Desktop/LotroLinux.run

 

That SHOULD open up a fancy little window. Select Lord of the RIngs ONline from the COnfig thing and then you should get an options Window. Make sure you select Crossover Games then Navigate to the Lord of the Rings Folder. It's probably somewhere like

 

/Users/[Your User Name]/Library/Application Support/Crossover Games/Bottles/LOTRO/drive_c/Program Files/ Turbine/ Lord of Rings Online.

 

Once you have the folder SELECTED click open and that should make Game Directory: The Lord of the Rings Online. Then click OK (most of the time I unselect HIgh-Res Graphix) then patch using the dropdown menu (you have to click apply) and once that's done, type in your info and select Login! And you should crash! Woot!

 

Now go to /Users/[Your User Name]/Documents/LOTRO and open up the .ini file in TextEdit. Change AllowFakeFullScreen=False and FullScreen = True then reopen the Launcher and you should be good to go! Now as for Configging your graphics. If you have a BA graphics comp like my Macbook this is what I did for best look and performance. I turned all frills off and then turned pretty much everything else up except for shadows, lighting, and post processing.

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