STO WORKS ON MAC, AGAIN!

scissorlizard

WINE v3.13 (maybe earlier?) fixed the broken DirectX 10+ dependency, which is what killed STO on Macs in the first place (STO on WINE used to require DirectX 9 compatibility).

If you already have "PlayOnMac" (it's a WINE wrapper) with IE8 and STO installed, set PlayOnMac to use WINE v3.13 or better. STO should run just fine, after that!

If you don't have PlayOnMac, or if you're missing STO, then it's a little trickier, but have no fear!

• Install PlayOnMac
• Set WINE version to 3.13 or better
• Use PlayOnMac to install Internet Explorer 8
• Use PlayOnMac to download Star Trek Online
  
  • The STO download will install DirectX 9, 10, and 11
  • The download will crash when it can't find "Star\ Trek\ Online.exe"
  • THIS IS OKAY!
• Download the old STO launcher from this link. (This should get updated with a Dropbox link, so that the old launcher never goes away)
• Move the "Star Trek Online.exe" file into the program-files directory that PlayOnMac created for STO during the original download attempt, above:
  "Users/{username}/Library/PlayOnMac/wineprefix/StarTrekOnline/drive_c/Program Files/Star Trek Online"
• Use PlayOnMac to manually set a shortcut to the "Star Trek Online.exe" file, so it knows to add this executable to your list of applications.
• Run STO
• ??????
• PROFIT!

More details here: https://www.playonmac.com/en/app-2491-Star_Trek_Online.html

buxyboy

thanks for the info! Been waiting for wine to catch up for about 2 years...

mirrorterran

That's great. Can you get it to run on PC?

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bernatk

let it go. Macos is deprecating opengl meaning only metal from now on. Wine does not support metal. Also macos is dropping support for 32 bit apps. Wine is 32 bit. STO is 32 bit.

Bringing STO to mac would be a huge investment now that Cryptic is using dx10. (tho they have the expertise because they have xbox and ps4 version and those are vastly different.)

vampeiyre

Use Bootcamp to partition your drive and install Windows. Emulation is idiotic. I've used a Mac since launch, just got a new Mac in January of this year. Zero problems running this game ever. If you're having complications, they're self-manufactured.

asches1

Trying with wine now! Will leave a review, if it works or not.

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baddmoonrizin

Necro. /Thread