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Lotro has been successfully working my mac. I downloaded it in a pre made package as crossover games wouldn't work for me. So up until the ROI update it has been working. I patched everything properly while looking in the tips and tricks page and at the end of patch it says FINISHED. Which is what I believe to be correct. But while starting the game it says FINISHED in the output. Is there anyway of adding this to CXG or any other way to get this to work as I am not the best with computers.

Bird

John wrote:

Lotro has been successfully working my mac. I downloaded it in a pre
made package as crossover games wouldn't work for me. So up until
the ROI update it has been working. I patched everything properly
while looking in the tips and tricks page and at the end of patch it
says FINISHED. Which is what I believe to be correct. But
while starting the game it says FINISHED in the output. Is
there anyway of adding this to CXG or any other way to get this to
work as I am not the best with computers.

Since you picked some "package" from an unknown, source to use to install the game, we have no way of guessing what you might be doing or why it doesn't work.

If you use CXG and the CrossTie installer, you should have no problems with the game installation or patching, and you probably won't need to patch as Turbine normally updates their installer within a day or two of the release of a major update.

Other information needed if you have problems using the CrossTIe installer:
... what Mac? What Operating System version? What version of CXG?

I have been trying to install it with crosstie but everytime something doesn't install properly. Do I have to have the full version or do I just need the trial. I always have to skip a step that doesn't work. Any advice on what version to use would be helpful then I will get straight onto the download and give you results. I am on Lion as well. version 10.7

John wrote:

I have been trying to install it with crosstie but everytime
something doesn't install properly. Do I have to have the full
version or do I just need the trial. I always have to skip a step
that doesn't work. Any advice on what version to use would be
helpful then I will get straight onto the download and give you
results. I am on Lion as well. version 10.7

There is no difference between the "demo version" and the "licensed version". You simply register the "demo version" and it becomes the "licensed version."

1- What version of CXG are you using... 10.1.2 is the version which supports Lion.
2- The CrossTie installer should complete with ONLY one "error" -- that error occurs when you terminate the execution of the Turbine Launcher at the end. Any other errors prior to that imply a problem with your environment... most likely a corrupt download because of communication issues. What kind communication link are you using?
3- The PMB download take roughly 6-9+ hours on a 6meg DSL line. This can look like a problem, but it is quite normal... as the download is roughly 10 Gigabytes in size.
4- once downloaded the LOTRO install itself will take another 4+ hours depending upon the speed of you system and the space available on your hard drive.

One final comment.... it is best to clear out your old versions of CXG and LOTRO first.
==
Under Lion, before you try again...

1- open a Finder window.
Select prferences, select the "Sidebar" tab,
make certain that YOUR "Hard disks" is checked.
2- In your Finder window select your hard drive.
Select the Applications folder
Right click on the CrossOver Games and select "move to trash"
(If the application is running quit it first.)
Empty the trash

3- REBOOT your system; un-check the box: Reopen windws when logging back in.

4- When your system has rebooted, log back in. (Assuming you have Automatic
login turned off.)

5- Delete the ENTIRE folder...
"<you>/Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games"
NOTE: under Lion your Library folder is no longer visible.
launch the "Terminal" window -- from the system
Applications/Utilities folder.
In the terminal window type... INCLUDING the quotes:
cd "Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games"
<return>
ls <return> ... you should see something like:

ls
Bottles CrossOverGames.conf.10.1.0 desktopdata
CrossOverGames.conf CrossOverGames.conf.10.1.1 installers
CrossOverGames.conf.10.0.0 CrossOverGames.conf.10.1.2 tie
CrossOverGames.conf.10.0.1 Helpers usage.log

      type:  
          rm -r * <return>  ... this will delete all of  
                       the files and directories found there.  
                       This might take a minute or two depending on how  
                       much "stuff" is found in that folder.  

6- Delete the CrossOver Games preference files
cd<return>
cd library/preferences<return>
ls com.codeweavers.*<return> .... you should see something like:

ls com.codeweavers.*
com.codeweavers.CrossOverGames.plist
com.codeweavers.CrossOverGames.plist.lockfile
com.codeweavers.CrossOverTieLauncher.plist
com.codeweavers.CrossOverTieLauncher.plist.lockfile
com.codeweavers.crossover CD helper.plist

      type:  
          rm  com.codeweavers.*<return> ... this will delete all of  
                          preference files relating to CrossOver Games  

7- Download a fresh (i.e. the latest) copy of CrossOver Games.
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/
Click "Download FREE Trial Now
8- Visit http://www.mcgillsociety.org/PyLotRO/index.html
Especially see the section "Step-by-step Instructions for installing LOTRO and
DDO on the Mac under OSX and CrossOver Games"

9- Go to the Codeweavers LOTRO home page
http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=2869
click the orange "Install via CrossTie button.

You should have no problems from there on out.

At the moment, I do not know if Turbine had updated their "installer" to include the ROI update. If they have, patching will be very fast (that is, not needed). Otherwise, the patch process for ROI takes about 45 minutes.

Thanks you that was so helpful. Will try and download later with the step by step instructions. Thanks for taking the time will give you results in a day or so. But the only problem is that when I do the first step for the terminal this line comes up. I am using the quotes and everything. This is what I have done Joanne-Hawksworths-iMac:~ joannehawksworth$ "Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games"
-bash: Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games: is a directory
Joanne-Hawksworths-iMac:~ joannehawksworth$ <return>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token newline' Joanne-Hawksworths-iMac:~ joannehawksworth$ "Library/Application Support/Crossover Games" <return> -bash: syntax error near unexpected tokennewline'
Joanne-Hawksworths-iMac:~ joannehawksworth$
Can you please tell me where I have gone wrong at the start. Sorry for the trouble.