Mac test server client loads to live

Anyone have this problem. I downloaded the test server .dmg file from the link and installed it following the steps outlined. After the download etc I launched the client and it comes up to the live servers.

I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.2

You must have downloaded the wrong one.

No problem though, there's a relatively simple fix to make it work anyway:

1. Right-click the application, and select Show Package Contents.

2. Open Contents.

3. Open Info.plist in a text editor like TextEdit, or if you have the Developer Tools installed, double-click it to open it in Property List Editor.

4. Where it says this:

<string>-- cohupdater.exe</string>

Change it to this:

<string>-- cohupdater.exe -test</string>

5. Save the file and exit the text editor.

6. Double-click the application and wait for it to patch.

Thanks for the info, I downloaded directly from the link on the "How to get to the test server" post.

I tried your suggestion and now it doesn't launch at all. I'll try again in the morning when I have a clearer head.

Here is the info.plist contents after I changed it

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>cider</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>City of Heroes v1.0.3068</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>cityofheroes</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.transgaming.cityofheroes</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>COHD</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>CedegaGameDir</key>
<string>C:\coh</string>
<key>CedegaGameName</key>
<string>c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -test</string>
<key>CiderBuild</key>
<string>3068</string>
<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
<string>10.5.7</string>
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string>MainMenu</string>
<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
<string>CiderApplication</string>
<key>PrefsFolderName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>apActivationPeriod</key>
<string>31</string>
<key>apLaunch</key>
<string>cider</string>
<key>apPostURL</key>
<string>http://tarts.transgaming.com/submit.cgi</string>
<key>apSkipUpdate</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>apURL</key>
<string>http://updates.gametreeonline.com/cityofheroes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

I forgot to add the part where you go to this folder:

Users > (your name) > Library > Preferences

and throw out any folder named City of Heroes.


If that doesn't work, open Console (Applications > Utilities > Console) and paste the last few lines after the client fails to launch into a reply here.

Thanks for all your help Cuppa! I re-downloaded the client a few times yesterday, after my last time it finally worked!

Hi Cuppa,

I am having similar troubles. I'm looking right at the install file I downloaded and it's MAC_COH_Test_Server_US.dmg. I followed all the instructions from the site on how to download and install and attempted to edit the info file as you suggested as well. Nothing is working. I'd rather not have to download and reinstall multiple times to get it to work (installing this took 3.5 hours) so any fixes are welcome.

Here's the last few instances in my console after editing the text file.

2/16/10 8:28:45 AM [0x0-0x35035].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[364] /Applications/City of Heroes Test.app/Contents/MacOS/cider: cannot find 'c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -test'
2/16/10 8:28:45 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[102] ([0x0-0x35035].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[364]) Exited with exit code: 2
2/16/10 8:29:10 AM [0x0-0x36036].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[371] Could not stat /Applications/City of Heroes Test.app/Contents/Resources/transgaming/f_drive (No such file or directory), ignoring drive F:
2/16/10 8:29:10 AM [0x0-0x36036].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[371] /Applications/City of Heroes Test.app/Contents/MacOS/cider: cannot find 'c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -test'
2/16/10 8:29:10 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[102] ([0x0-0x36036].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[371]) Exited with exit code: 2
2/16/10 8:29:23 AM [0x0-0x37037].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[377] Could not stat /Applications/City of Heroes Test.app/Contents/Resources/transgaming/f_drive (No such file or directory), ignoring drive F:
2/16/10 8:29:23 AM [0x0-0x37037].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[377] /Applications/City of Heroes Test.app/Contents/MacOS/cider: cannot find 'c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -test'
2/16/10 8:29:23 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[102] ([0x0-0x37037].com.transgaming.cityofheroes[377]) Exited with exit code: 2

and here is the text edit file i have, post-alteration.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>cider</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>City of Heroes v1.0.3068</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>cityofheroes</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.transgaming.cityofheroes</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>COHD</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>CedegaGameDir</key>
<string>C:\coh</string>
<key>CedegaGameName</key>
<string>c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -test</string>
<key>CiderBuild</key>
<string>3068</string>
<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
<string>10.5.7</string>
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string>MainMenu</string>
<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
<string>CiderApplication</string>
<key>PrefsFolderName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>apActivationPeriod</key>
<string>31</string>
<key>apLaunch</key>
<string>cider</string>
<key>apPostURL</key>
<string>http://tarts.transgaming.com/submit.cgi</string>
<key>apSkipUpdate</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>apURL</key>
<string>http://updates.gametreeonline.com/cityofheroes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Ok, I see what's going on now. I didn't compare my test client with the live client directly. It turns out the live client has a key that's *missing*, not different.

So what you want to do is locate:

<key>CiderBuild</key>
<string>3069</string>

And add in 2 lines after it like this:

<key>CiderBuild</key>
<string>3069</string>
<key>CiderGameOptions</key>
<string>-- cohupdater.exe -test</string>

If you already changed this:

<string>c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -test</string>

then put it back like this:

<string>c:\coh\cohupdater.exe</string>

That should fix the problem.

Worked like a charm. You're a savior.

I'm going to download the test client from see if it's the right build. If it isn't I'll annoy Support immediately.

EDIT: The version on the ftp site is correct - but you have to be careful to download MAC_CoH_Test_Server_US.dmg (or MAC_CoH_Test_Server_EU.dmg for Europe) and not the standard MAC_CoH_Installer_US.dmg.

It is weird. I was set up on the Test Server previously. When I tried to get on yesterday, the uploader "fixed" my files, and now I go to the live servers....

I'll see if I can try the fix above. Just wanted to share it as more info for you, Cuppa.

Your fix worked! Thanks!

Thank you CuppaManga, this worked for me too. You'd think they'd have updated the main Test Server announcement about this by now.

I have to ask...


Why does my Test client go to live, it worked just fine last week, and I don't have a mac either....

Are you sure you're using the right shortcut? (Make sure to use the one with "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -test).

hey, cuppa.

unfortunately, i've downloaded from the ftp//client.coh.com/ and downloaded the us test server. here's what i get which is different from the others posted:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>cider</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>City of Heroes v1.0.2098</string> instead of 3068
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>cityofheroes</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.transgaming.cityofheroes</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>City of Heroes</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>COHD</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>CedegaGameDir</key>
<string>C:\coh</string>
<key>CedegaGameName</key>
<string>c:\coh\cohupdater.exe</string>
<key>CiderBuild</key>
<string>2098</string> instead of 3068
<key>CiderGameOptions</key>
<string>-- cohupdater.exe -test</string>
<key>LSBackgroundOnly</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
<string>10.4.8</string> instead of 10.5.7
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string>MainMenu</string>
<key>PrefsFolderName</key>
<string>City of Heroes Training Room</string>
<key>apLaunch</key>
<string>cider</string>
<key>apPostURL</key>
<string>http://tarts.transgaming.com/submit.cgi</string>
<key>apURL</key>
<string>http://updates.gametreeonline.com/cityofheroes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

in think there were a few other differences then those i saw but it's been a long session on the computer. if you can help thanks.

thx cuppamanga. it was rather frustrating to be invited for the closed testing of dual pistols and be unable to download and access client server.