Installing W3D Hub on macOS

[BukkitHead]

Hi guys, I have an issue when I try to install W3D Hub Launcher on my 2019 MacBook Pro (running macOS Ventura 13.5). I was following the instructions found here:

https://w3dhub.com/forum/topic/417270-linux-and-wine-how-to-get-all-games-the-launcher-working/

but I've run into a problem that doesn't seem to be listed there. When I run the "w3dhub_launcher_0.14.0.0_installer.exe" file in wine (v. 8.0.1), all I get is a blank setup window:

 

I realize that support here is mainly for Windows, so this may be a long shot, but any insight would be appreciated. Also, I would be interested in learning whether W3D could be got to work on the new M family of Macs.

Thanks.

 

[danpaul88]

The latest version of the launcher uses dotnet7, which is nominally cross platform, but currently uses the WPF UI framework, which is only officially available on Windows platforms.

While I have been looking into porting the UI to Avalonia, this will be a long term project and likely not something we'd be in a position to ship for quite some time.

As for the games themselves, I have no idea if they'll run on an M series Mac, but they'd certainly need to be emulated since we don't compile the code for non x86-64 platforms.

[danpaul88]

As for the installer specifically, I don't have any experience with WINE so not sure what to suggest. It's a fairly bog standard NSIS installer though.

You could try installing using the command line, but it's not something I've ever tried myself on a clean install

installer.exe /S /D=C:\W3D Hub\

[BukkitHead]

Ok, thanks for the response. Upon further testing, it seems to be an issue with my installation of wine rather than the launcher itself.

Edited August 10, 2023 by BukkitHead