Request: Prebuilt macOS .app bundle for OpenGothic (M1/M2 support)

[Attilar576]

Request: Prebuilt macOS .app bundle for OpenGothic (M1/M2 support)

Hi everyone,

I’d really like to use OpenGothic on my MacBook Air M2 (macOS 15.5 Sequoia), mainly to play “Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos”.

I’ve already attempted to build the project from source using vcpkg, cmake, ninja, and all dependencies. However, I ran into a series of build errors (especially related to doctest's CMakeLists.txt and other policy/version conflicts) and eventually had to give up after several hours.

So my question is:

👉 Is there a prebuilt .app version for macOS that I could simply download and run?
Even a dev build would be great, just to be able to test and explore.

Alternatively:
Would someone from the community be willing to build and share a .app or .dmg package? I’d be happy to provide feedback or testing help in return.

Thanks a lot in advance – and massive respect for the work on this amazing project!

Best regards,
Attilar

[Try]

Hi, @Attilar576 !

There is a MacSource ports project, that distributes prebuilds of open-source games for mac:
https://www.macsourceports.com/game/gothic2

mainly to play “Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos”.

I'm afraid that wont "just work": Archolos uses custom made .dll, that are windows only and many other things, that block it from running.

[Attilar576]

Hi, @Attilar576 !

There is a MacSource ports project, that distributes prebuilds of open-source games for mac: https://www.macsourceports.com/game/gothic2

mainly to play “Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos”.

I'm afraid that wont "just work": Archolos uses custom made .dll, that are windows only and many other things, that block it from running.

Hey Try,

many thanks for your fast response! The Prebuild you share is the one, I'm currently playing with. As you can see here, I've already created some very basic workarounds/patches for some mods to work properly. Do you have an idea, if there is a way to play Archolos with a rather simple workaround approach like mine?

Best regards, Attilar

[Try]

I actually forgot, that there is already nightly builds in CI:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Try/opengothic/branch/master/job/xrxv3mf4q7qyebr4/artifacts

Do you have an idea, if there is a way to play Archolos with a rather simple workaround approach like mine?

This is very large topic, mostly described in here: #231
In short OpenGothic already has a small subsystem to emulate memory heap of win32 and some of LeGo api. It's enough to start the game and talk with a few characters on the ship, but not much more.

[from worldofplayers.de] Auch ein paar Rüstungen glitchen etwas

Should be mitigated already by 8d8d11d

Fight.dat

Since this is very common bug in almost all mods - I'm considering now to have engine-level workaround for it with something like GothicKit/ZenKit#107

[Attilar576]

I actually forgot, that there is already nightly builds in CI: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Try/opengothic/branch/master/job/xrxv3mf4q7qyebr4/artifacts

Do you have an idea, if there is a way to play Archolos with a rather simple workaround approach like mine?

This is very large topic, mostly described in here: #231 In short OpenGothic already has a small subsystem to emulate memory heap of win32 and some of LeGo api. It's enough to start the game and talk with a few characters on the ship, but not much more.

[from worldofplayers.de] Auch ein paar Rüstungen glitchen etwas

Should be mitigated already by 8d8d11d

Fight.dat

Since this is very common bug in almost all mods - I'm considering now to have engine-level workaround for it with something like GothicKit/ZenKit#107

Oh wow, thanks a lot for the thorough response 🥇

Do you know a way, I can use the Nightly Build with the Mac Ports Shell? Simply copying it into it causes it to crash, unfortunately :(

[Try]

Do you know a way, I can use the Nightly Build with the Mac Ports Shell?

No, unfortunately. Do you maybe have a crash.log file? Does the game runs from command-line?

[Attilar576]

It took me some time but I managed to start it from command-line. Even Archolos worked! Unfortunately it's still pretty buggy, e.g. you can't save at all (except for F5), you can't open the chest on the ship with the scroll, and many others. Compared to the stable Source Port Build, the Nightly Build shows other bugs, like too low resolution (the start menu is way too big, can't even navigate), some NPCs pants are gone, some animations are laggy... But thank you anyways for supporting me in trying it out ! :) Why is it, that Archolos kinda works with the Nightly Build, and others, like Legend Of Ahssun, won't?

crash.log

[Try]

like too low resolution (the start menu is way too big, can't even navigate)

I think resolution is not relevant here. What you probably experiencing is that not game-ui respects system-wide scaling factor in windows and macos. So on retina UI should become about 2x big - what is good for cleanly installed game. However, if you already have a INTERFACE/scale flag from systempack, set to non-zero or oversized menu in mod itself - then menu can get too large.

I would recommend to check systempack.ini file (or create one) and adjust INTERFACE/scale value there.

[Try]

like Legend Of Ahssun, won't?

By looking at the crash-log can say, that it's a regular null-pointer crash (bug in my code).

Can you please provide download like and installation instructions for that mod? Thanks!

[Attilar576]

like too low resolution (the start menu is way too big, can't even navigate)

I think resolution is not relevant here. What you probably experiencing is that not game-ui respects system-wide scaling factor in windows and macos. So on retina UI should become about 2x big - what is good for cleanly installed game. However, if you already have a INTERFACE/scale flag from systempack, set to non-zero or oversized menu in mod itself - then menu can get too large.

I would recommend to check systempack.ini file (or create one) and adjust INTERFACE/scale value there.

Awesome, changing it from "scale=1" to "scale=0.5" solved the issue, thanks a lot!

[Attilar576]

like Legend Of Ahssun, won't?

By looking at the crash-log can say, that it's a regular null-pointer crash (bug in my code).

Can you please provide download like and installation instructions for that mod? Thanks!

Its Legend Of Ahssun

With today's Nightly Build I could even start the game, yet am I in Xardas' Tower and not beneath the walls of Ahssun

Also, Gothic 2 Plus would crash upon arrival in Xardas' Tower - Is there any simple solution?

crash.log

[Attilar576]

[from worldofplayers.de] Auch ein paar Rüstungen glitchen etwas

Should be mitigated already by 8d8d11d

Fight.dat

Since this is very common bug in almost all mods - I'm considering now to have engine-level workaround for it with something like GothicKit/ZenKit#107

This is amazing, you're absolutely right: All the bushes and clothings glitching in the Daily Build from 12/24 work fine in the current Nightly Build, which leads to my patches offered being obsolete. The only thing left I have to work around in many mods is the Fight.dat

[Try]

Also, Gothic 2 Plus would crash upon arrival in Xardas' Tower - Is there any simple solution?

Looking in the crash - seem to be a null-pointer deep in bullet physics. Not sure, if it worth to chaise - mod seem to be deep into Union/Spine and other hacks

[Attilar576]

Also, Gothic 2 Plus would crash upon arrival in Xardas' Tower - Is there any simple solution?

Looking in the crash - seem to be a null-pointer deep in bullet physics. Not sure, if it worth to chaise - mod seem to be deep into Union/Spine and other hacks

Thanks so much for your replies! For Gothic Plus, I was just wondering, why it would work with the 0.83 Version and no longer with the current Nightly Build

[Attilar576]

Hey Try, FYI: Im in the process of programming a Prebuilt macOS .app bundle for OpenGothic myself. This is my current script code and my ToDoList. If you want to, tell me your thoughts about it.

Current Script.txt
ToDoList.txt

[Try]

If you want to, tell me your thoughts about it

Sorry, I don't understand, what am I looking at. Current_Script.txt - all in German. Is it suppose to be some sort of installer?