Posted October 21, 2011
Well, I finally got this working. The solution was pretty simple, so I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. Here are some rough directions for anyone else wanting to do this. I'm going to assume you know how to use the things in the "Prerequisites" list. If you don't know how to use them, go to their respective websites and read about how to use them before proceeding.
Prerequisites
You will need:
1. Wineskin (http://wineskin.doh123.com/)
2. Copies of BG1 and BG2
3. A bootcamp partition on your Mac with a version of Windows installed
4. MacFuse (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/) and NTFS-3G (http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/) should be installed on your Mac so you can both read and write to the bootcamp partition.
5. The latest version of Baldur's Gate Trilogy (http://spellholdstudios.net/ie/bgt)
Instructions
1. Create a new Wineskin wrapper. Name it whatever, but "Baldur's Gate Trilogy" would seem appropriate. I used the WS8WineCXG10.1.1 engine, but ymmv. Try other ones if you have problems once you get to the end of these instructions.
2. Install your copies of BG1 and BG2 into the Wineskin wrapper.
3. Navigate to the Baldur's Gate Trilogy Wineskin app and right-click on it. Click "Show Package Contents" and then navigate inside of "drive_c" to the place where you installed your BG1 and BG2 installs.
4. Copy the BG1 and BG2 installation folders to a location on your bootcamp partition (e.g., c:\temp).
5. Reboot your Mac into your Windows partition. From inside Windows, install Baldur's Gate Trilogy and any other mods you would like to install.
6. Reboot back to OS X.
7. Copy the original BG1 and BG2 folders from inside your Wineskin wrapper to a safe place (just in case you need to start over). Then delete the BG1 and BG2 folders that are within the Wineskin wrapper.
8. Copy the modified BG1 and BG2 folders from your bootcamp partition into the Wineskin wrapper.
9. Make sure that the Wineskin wrapper is set to launch BGMain.exe from the BG2 folder.
10. Launch the Wineskin wrapper and play Baldur's Gate Trilogy!!!
This is all working for me and I've got BGT plus a few other mods installed, including the Widescreen mod. Just remember to apply all mods over in Windows, because the Weidu that comes packaged with BGT and other mods doesn't like the Mac filesystem and will only install correctly on Windows.
Prerequisites
You will need:
1. Wineskin (http://wineskin.doh123.com/)
2. Copies of BG1 and BG2
3. A bootcamp partition on your Mac with a version of Windows installed
4. MacFuse (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/) and NTFS-3G (http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/) should be installed on your Mac so you can both read and write to the bootcamp partition.
5. The latest version of Baldur's Gate Trilogy (http://spellholdstudios.net/ie/bgt)
Instructions
1. Create a new Wineskin wrapper. Name it whatever, but "Baldur's Gate Trilogy" would seem appropriate. I used the WS8WineCXG10.1.1 engine, but ymmv. Try other ones if you have problems once you get to the end of these instructions.
2. Install your copies of BG1 and BG2 into the Wineskin wrapper.
3. Navigate to the Baldur's Gate Trilogy Wineskin app and right-click on it. Click "Show Package Contents" and then navigate inside of "drive_c" to the place where you installed your BG1 and BG2 installs.
4. Copy the BG1 and BG2 installation folders to a location on your bootcamp partition (e.g., c:\temp).
5. Reboot your Mac into your Windows partition. From inside Windows, install Baldur's Gate Trilogy and any other mods you would like to install.
6. Reboot back to OS X.
7. Copy the original BG1 and BG2 folders from inside your Wineskin wrapper to a safe place (just in case you need to start over). Then delete the BG1 and BG2 folders that are within the Wineskin wrapper.
8. Copy the modified BG1 and BG2 folders from your bootcamp partition into the Wineskin wrapper.
9. Make sure that the Wineskin wrapper is set to launch BGMain.exe from the BG2 folder.
10. Launch the Wineskin wrapper and play Baldur's Gate Trilogy!!!
This is all working for me and I've got BGT plus a few other mods installed, including the Widescreen mod. Just remember to apply all mods over in Windows, because the Weidu that comes packaged with BGT and other mods doesn't like the Mac filesystem and will only install correctly on Windows.
Post edited October 21, 2011 by gammaleak