Downloading Beta on a Mac

Just tried to follow Skippy's instructions, but I don't understand 5 and 6. There isn't a "key column" when I double click on plist, nor do I see cidergameoptions. Has anyone else had these problems? And for the NDA concerned, Skippy's post directs people to the Mac Users area of forums for questions.

This is what I have on the plist:

<?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 -beta</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>

this is what I get when trying to run cider with terminal so I could see what is happening


/Applications/City of Heroes.app/Contents/MacOS/cider: cannot find 'c:\coh\cohupdater.exe -beta'
logout

Skippy's instructions assume you have Xcode Developer Tools installed - while most people don't, the CoH devs with Macs probably have to.

Here's the same instructions Skippy posted altered slightly for people who don't have Xcode Developer Tools installed:

First, download the Training Room client from the FTP site (ftp://client.coh.com/Test/).

1. Click your City of Heroes Training Room Client and select Duplicate from the Finder's File menu. Name the new file City of Heroes Beta

2. Right click or Control+Left Click on City of Heroes Beta

3. Select Show Package Contents

4. Double-click on Contents

5. Double-click on Info.plist

6. Look for the phrase CiderGameOptions, and locate the part that says "-- cohupdater.exe -test"

7. Change that line to "-- cohupdater.exe -beta"

8. Look for the phrase PrefsFolderName and locate the part that says "City of Heroes Training Room Preferences"

9. Change that to "City of Heroes Beta Preferences"

10. Close the text editor and double-click City of Heroes Beta to launch it


P.S. Step 9 and 10 are a good idea even if you're using Xcode Developer Tools, since it will prevent the Training Room preferences from overlapping the Beta ones.

It doesn't work for me.The launcher cannot find a connexion.
Here's a screen of my Info.plist file.



Have an idea?

Thanks Cuppa, that seems to have done the trick. Now I'm just waiting for the download!

Sounds like you missed step 6 and 7. You can still change that now though.