Posted July 30, 2020
OK I fixed it and here is how (note that I haven't done an extended play yet but this works to get into the game)
First, I got the game from GOG but if you run it using the GOG Galaxy it will at best not work and at worst it will completely crash your X server (or whatever the MacOS calls it?). The Mac GUI recovers but any programs you had open will have been shut down which is a bit annoying.
To get around that you need to get a copy of Paul the Tall's Porting Kit (likely Crossover will work too but I haven't tested that).
Then download the "offline installer" from your GOG account.
Now in the Porting Kit create a new Wrapper and select the WS11WineCX64Bit19.0.1 engine.
Install the game using the .exe downloaded from GOG.
Next, go to the options for the new Wrapper in Porting Kit and select "Wineskin Tools->Launch Wineskin"
From here go to "Advanced" and select "Winetricks". (note: I had to do it this way because if you simply select "Install Winetricks" from the wrapper menu the Porting Kit will complain about not being able to find a DISPLAY and ask you to install Zenity.
Install the Winetricks "directplay" and "ddr=gdi"
The game should now work, although "directplay" may not have actually installed since when I check "Port Details" from the Porting Kit wrapper it doesn't list directplay there...anyway that's what I did.
Also when I was playing around I did select "Wine Configuration" and changed the Windows version to XP but not sure if that makes a difference too.
First, I got the game from GOG but if you run it using the GOG Galaxy it will at best not work and at worst it will completely crash your X server (or whatever the MacOS calls it?). The Mac GUI recovers but any programs you had open will have been shut down which is a bit annoying.
To get around that you need to get a copy of Paul the Tall's Porting Kit (likely Crossover will work too but I haven't tested that).
Then download the "offline installer" from your GOG account.
Now in the Porting Kit create a new Wrapper and select the WS11WineCX64Bit19.0.1 engine.
Install the game using the .exe downloaded from GOG.
Next, go to the options for the new Wrapper in Porting Kit and select "Wineskin Tools->Launch Wineskin"
From here go to "Advanced" and select "Winetricks". (note: I had to do it this way because if you simply select "Install Winetricks" from the wrapper menu the Porting Kit will complain about not being able to find a DISPLAY and ask you to install Zenity.
Install the Winetricks "directplay" and "ddr=gdi"
The game should now work, although "directplay" may not have actually installed since when I check "Port Details" from the Porting Kit wrapper it doesn't list directplay there...anyway that's what I did.
Also when I was playing around I did select "Wine Configuration" and changed the Windows version to XP but not sure if that makes a difference too.