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~Using Wine emulator on Mac to run STO?

officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I've been a PC guy all my life but thinking about getting a Mac. But certainly don't want to give up STO to do it. Last time I checked they still don't support a Mac client. So I hear about the Wine emulator for Mac to run PC apps, will this work for STO? Anybody tried this? Does it work/look/feel the same?

Thank you

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  • peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    Hey there I can’t give you advice on that one as I don’t use it myself.

    Still I also play STO from a mac, the second mac actually. What I did was simply install boot camp windows on them and launch STO from there.

    I never had any kinds of problems with it.
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  • edrogenedrogen Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    I have played STO on a MAC since before the Mac client was even a twinkle in Cryptic's eye (and now killed).
    It works fine. I run it on an iMac and on a MacBookPro. There used to be many helpful threads on how to do so.
    There are quite a few different ways to do it. PM if you would like some help.

    I started with this thread: http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1082923/unofficial-mac-version-new-thread/p1
    be sure to run all the updates on the wineskin wrapper if you start with this thread's version.

    There are a few other ways to do so and here are the links I keep handy:

    The software I use: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php
    I would start with this version if I were starting from scratch again, but over the years I've updated my wrapper to this as updates became available.

    Others:
    https://www.playonmac.com/en/
    http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
    https://www.winehq.org/

    Of course Bootcamp if you like that or Parallels.


  • unotetsuunotetsu Member Posts: 663 Arc User
    Has anyone had any luck playing on linux Mint or Ubuntu via an Oracle VirtualBox?
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,921 Arc User
    I don't use Mac or Linux, but good luck getting the game to run on them. I hope it works out for you.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • trekpuppytrekpuppy Member Posts: 446 Arc User
    Using wine-staging 1.9.11 on Linux here. Works right out of the box.
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  • edrogenedrogen Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    echatty wrote: »
    I don't use Mac or Linux, but good luck getting the game to run on them. I hope it works out for you.

    It does work.
    Using WINE on Macs works fine, I've done so for YEARS.
    Apparently trekpuppy is using WINE on Linux to play STO, congrats.
  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    I'm a Mac user, and I now Boot Camp to run STO.

    Many others use Wine or PlayOnMac... it all depends on what you're willing to put up with, and what your machine can do.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,921 Arc User
    edrogen wrote: »
    echatty wrote: »
    I don't use Mac or Linux, but good luck getting the game to run on them. I hope it works out for you.

    It does work.
    Using WINE on Macs works fine, I've done so for YEARS.
    Apparently trekpuppy is using WINE on Linux to play STO, congrats.

    I wasn't meaning to sound negative or to imply I didn't think it would work. Apologies if that's what it sounded like. I sometimes pick the wrong way to say things.

    I was genuinely trying to be supportive. I know Mac and Linux users have difficulties running some windows-based things. I'm no expert on things computer by a long shot. I go to my son and son in law for that.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • zbzznzbzzn Member Posts: 221 Arc User
    unotetsu wrote: »
    Has anyone had any luck playing on linux Mint or Ubuntu via an Oracle VirtualBox?
    If your CPU supports VT-d and you have two graphics cards installed (one dedicated to the guest, one to the host), you can run Windows through a VM at nearly native speed. With VirtualBox seamless mode or VMware unity mode you can even have the Windows taskbar integrated directly into the host OS and run Windows binaries as though they were native.
  • bernatkbernatk Member Posts: 1,089 Bug Hunter
    unotetsu wrote: »
    Has anyone had any luck playing on linux Mint or Ubuntu via an Oracle VirtualBox?

    I'm playing on ubuntu with playonlinux. It's very straightforward to set it up. But as with all emulation you will need a stronger computer than advertised.

    I've already dropped all the games that don't have native clients. Except STO. It's a great way to save up on money lol...
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