Tralfazz, help! Homebrew installation gone wrong!

[Tralfazz]

I just want to add that nothing about the procedure in this thread...
https://forums.lotro.com/forums/show...pler-procedure
...makes any changes to your "Mac Download" version of the game (i.e. the Windows version of LOTRO) or the old version of WINE associated with it. All the procedure in that thread does is install a more modern version of WINE, the latest wine-stable, and then run the Windows version of LOTRO which is already installed by the "Mac Download" version of the game.

So nothing that is done in the procedure outlined in that thread should have any effect on your ability to run the "Mac Download" version of LOTRO. It is possible to run LOTRO using both versions of WINE (but not simultaneously), the WINE bottle associated with the "Mac Download" is not changed in any way and the installation of the Windows version of LOTRO is not changed in any way except by LOTRO's own patching mechanisms.

[Anaxapart]

Many thanks, Tralfazz.

Just completed a 2.5 GB OS update, now installing wine-stable.
I'll report back when it's all done!

[Anaxapart]

OK, steps 1-6 completed:
???? wine-stable was successfully installed!

[Anaxapart]

Continuing with steps E and F, I am still having trouble launching with "LotroLauncher.exe". What it seems to do when clicked on is briefly open and activate the Kekka application, which is a file decompression utility (!). Baffling...

So, trying again to launch the game via the old lotro client, the same result as reported earlier: after choosing a world, you get the text message "getting in line to connect" flashing by, then nothing.

Here btw is the principal Terminal feedback for the installation of wine-stable:


==> Downloading https://github.com/Gcenx/macOS_Wine_...wnload/7.0/win
==> Downloading from https://objects.githubusercontent.co...uction-release
############################## ############################## ############ 100.0%
==> Installing Cask wine-stable
==> Moving App 'Wine Stable.app' to '/Applications/Wine Stable.app'
==> Linking Binary 'appdb' to '/usr/local/bin/appdb'
==> Linking Binary 'winehelp' to '/usr/local/bin/winehelp'
==> Linking Binary 'msiexec' to '/usr/local/bin/msiexec'
==> Linking Binary 'notepad' to '/usr/local/bin/notepad'
==> Linking Binary 'regedit' to '/usr/local/bin/regedit'
==> Linking Binary 'regsvr32' to '/usr/local/bin/regsvr32'
==> Linking Binary 'wine' to '/usr/local/bin/wine'
==> Linking Binary 'wine64' to '/usr/local/bin/wine64'
==> Linking Binary 'wineboot' to '/usr/local/bin/wineboot'
==> Linking Binary 'winecfg' to '/usr/local/bin/winecfg'
==> Linking Binary 'wineconsole' to '/usr/local/bin/wineconsole'
==> Linking Binary 'winedbg' to '/usr/local/bin/winedbg'
==> Linking Binary 'winefile' to '/usr/local/bin/winefile'
==> Linking Binary 'winemine' to '/usr/local/bin/winemine'
==> Linking Binary 'winepath' to '/usr/local/bin/winepath'
==> Linking Binary 'wineserver' to '/usr/local/bin/wineserver'
???? wine-stable was successfully installed!

[Tralfazz]

Restart your Mac.

Open two Finder windows.

In the first window, navigate your way to your /Applications folder.

In the second window, navigate your way to the ~/Library/Application Support/com.standingstonegames.lotro/common/wineprefix/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/StandingStoneGames/The Lord of the Rings Online folder.

Inside the ~/Library/Application Support/com.standingstonegames.lotro/common/wineprefix/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/StandingStoneGames/The Lord of the Rings Online folder, look for the LotroLauncher.exe file. Make sure it is the actual file, not some alias or some other odd thing that you accidentally created during your failed attempt earlier.

Inside the /Applications folder, look for the Wine Stable application.

Drag the LotroLauncher.exe file on top of the Wine Stable application. This should run LotroLauncher.exe in the version of WINE, WINE 7.0, that you just installed. (Please be careful when dragging the file on top of the application. You do not want to move the LotroLauncher.exe file into your /Applications folder. Be sure you drop it ON TOP OF the Wine Stable application.)

[Anaxapart]

OK. When I do the above actions. nothing appears to happen. However, the gold LOTRO ring appears on the dock.
Mousing over it reveals "wine-preloader".
Right-clicking it reveals a check mark alongside "The Lord of the Rings Online TM"; but clicking on that leads to a grey screen, then back to desktop.

Also: when I first tried to activate the wine application, I came up against the usual Mac error "application from unknown source". So I had to "open" it manually in order to force the computer to accept it. This in turn opened up an error window with a long text, which I have copies. The opening text is as follows:

Process: wine [691]
Path: /Users/USER/*/Wine Stable.app/Contents/MacOS/wine
Identifier: org.winehq.wine-stable.wine
Version: 7.0 (7.0)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: wine [691]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2022-06-13 20:37:44.603 +0300
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.6 (17G14033)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 3857713C-938F-59A2-4755-B8AD013BAA07


Time Awake Since Boot: 180 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: DYLD, [0x4] Symbol missing

Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _objc_opt_new
Referenced from: /Users/USER/*/Wine Stable.app/Contents/MacOS/wine (which was built for Mac OS X 10.15)
Expected in: /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 dyld 0x0000000100036256 __abort_with_payload + 10
1 dyld 0x0000000100035bc8 abort_with_payload_wrapper_int ernal + 89
2 dyld 0x0000000100035bf5 abort_with_payload + 9
3 dyld 0x0000000100009482 dyld::halt(char const*) + 354
4 dyld 0x00000001000095a9 dyld::fastBindLazySymbol(Image Loader**, unsigned long) + 170
5 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff59e67292 dyld_stub_binder + 282
6 ??? 0x0000000100003ac8 OBJC_METACLASS_$_MyDelegate + 40
7 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff59e67015 start + 1

[etc]

[Tralfazz]

OK. When I do the above actions. nothing appears to happen. However, the gold LOTRO ring appears on the dock.
Mousing over it reveals "wine-preloader".

Sounds like it was running. Did you wait? I find that since the u33.0.5 patch on 2022-05-25, when using open-source WINE to run LOTRO, it takes 15 seconds between the time I invoke the LOTRO Launcher application and the time its window appears. Give it a full minute next time before giving up or doing anything. And if you think it's not working or stuck, restart your Mac before trying again.

Right-clicking it reveals a check mark alongside "The Lord of the Rings Online TM"; but clicking on that leads to a grey screen, then back to desktop.

Don't do that.

Also: when I first tried to activate the wine application, I came up against the usual Mac error "application from unknown source". So I had to "open" it manually in order to force the computer to accept it.

Normal. It's an unsigned application so MacOS wants you to jump through some security hoops in order to allow it to run. You only have to do that once.

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