Will I need to install windows to make this work?
What are the other ways Mac users can use Mids Hero Designer?
I know of bootcamp but I really don't want to buy Bootcamp & Windows. It might be cheaper just to get a used PC just to use Mids :P
Its frustrating to us Mac users that can't build a toon with out this program. Is there anything else out there? Maybe something City of Heroes should put out there for their clients that pay every month. Just saying!! Thanks for your post.
Thread necro!
Got this working except for one minor detail, and that is the problem with invisible power selection buttons. I can mouse over and see their descriptions, and select them, but they're invisible. Once selected I can slot and place enhancements, view totals etc so it's nearly working.
Anyone got mids working properly on Mac? I'm running OSX Lion btw.
Any and all spelling, grammar and logic errors are intentional so this post will blend seamlessly into the Internet
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I have tried running Mids using the Wineskin application (just a wrapper around Wine).
It is almost a success.
In the hope that someone can give me some ideas on how to proceed I am showing how I did it.
NOTE: Requires a Windows Mids Hero Designer installation. Needed for the files. It might be possible to run the installer, but I have not tried that.
Wineskin home: http://wineskin.sourceforge.net
Steps:
* Install Wineskin (see home page for info).
* Install Wineskin engine (see home page for info).
* Start Wineskin.
* Click 'Wrappers' tab.
* Enter "HeroDesigner" into the 'Create Wrapper' box and click 'Create'.
* Click 'Basic Usage' tab.
* Make sure 'HeroDesigner' is selected in 'Installed Wrappers'.
* Click 'View Wrappers C drive' button.
* Copy the Mids Hero Designer directory from your Windows installation to this location.
* Close the Finder window (we don't need it anymore).
* Click 'Run WineskinSettings.app' button.
* Click 'Advanced' button.
* Click 'Wineskin Configuration' button.
* Click 'Choose' button belonging to 'Windows EXE' field.
* Select 'MHDLoader.exe' from the Mids Hero Designer directory.
* Click 'Save and Exit' button.
* Click 'Wineskin Tools' button.
* Click 'Run Winetricks' button.
In this tool we need to install some packages. Select a package from the drop-down button and click 'Run' to install it. Close and restart the tool between each installation if you want to see the packet list. When installing, choose default for everything.
Packages to install:
- dotnet20 (I could not get it to work with mono for some reason)
- fontfix
- gdiplus
When everything is done, go back to the main Wineskin window.
* Click 'Run wrapper'.
You can also run the wrapper in debug mode from the 'Advanced' settings panel.
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Before I installed 'gdiplus' I could start the program, but I got an exception the first thing that happened. It complained that something was missing. It also looked like a lot of the user interface was missing.
After 'gdiplus' was installed, the program hangs during the "Loading Enhancement Database..." phase. This is where I am now.