[Mac OS] How to Install Return of Reckoning V.2
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:03 pm
Installation Guide for Mac+Crossover users
If you're not a Mac user, follow this guide.
Before starting big thanks to user @Delegator who started the first mac Installation guide, this guide follows up his and improves it a bit according to current system for downloading the game and updates on Crossover side.
This is a Crossover 24 only guide, bootcamp is not available for Apple Sillicon users (M1, M2, M3 etc), but if you have an intel MAC or AMD with Bootcamp you should use the main Windows OS installation on the previous link.
1 // Download latest game available (install-mac) and unzip it in your downloads folder.
1 // Open Crossover, click install, click now "install unlisted software in the top right of the screen" search the RoRInstaller.exe in your download folder and select it, click install in a new bottle, select Windows 7 64 Bits or 10 64 bits, either should work.
1 // Let the installer finish its process when it prompts a Directx 9 installer just cancel it, once finish unmark the "run client" and close it
2 // Back to Crossover click on install and search for “.net”
Select “Net Framework 4”, select your Bottle and click install, there will be several installation proccess just keep “accepting terms” and clicking next until it completes all setups, if ask for restart just click “later”, and if winedebugger pops with an error just close and continue. This process will install different versions of .NET in your bottle and its fine.
3 // In Crossover click on install again and search for directx.
Select “Directx for Modern Games”, select your Bottle and click install (same process as described for .Net)
6 // If they are not disable, please disable DXVK (not working with 32bits dx9), disable CSMT (this option do not appear on crossover 23), disable ESYNC, turn on MSYNC and High resolution mode on
7 // In the Crossover bottle, right click on your bottle, click "Open unit C:", now browse into Program files > return of reckoning, delete the RoRLauncher.Exe and replace with this one (https://launcher.returnofreckoning.com/RoRLauncher.exe), now close and run the RoRLauncher on your Crossover app.
Client should start runnning and updating itself and you should be ok to go!
There are few tweaks on the original Mac installation guide that I don't use anymore, the bare minimum tweaks you should use are:
While ingame, press ESC, User setting, deactivated under general tab -> Show combat lightning on -> none
On the tab Chat Scroll limit 500 max would be 2000 if we really want to keep it.
Targeting tab-> Names Font - > Simple then toggle off many Overhead names and keep only the ones you consider most usefull for you.
Video tab-> Deactivate full screen (set a screen resolution that matches your current screen so it will be full screen withouth being it!), frame and shader performance optimizations.
Video tab-> Customize -> SET GPU texture memory cache to max
Video tab -> Customize -> SET draw distance to near
Feel free to play with effects / lighning / water reflection, just consider that big orvr fights stress a lot the system your FPS will drop.
If you're not a Mac user, follow this guide.
Before starting big thanks to user @Delegator who started the first mac Installation guide, this guide follows up his and improves it a bit according to current system for downloading the game and updates on Crossover side.
This is a Crossover 24 only guide, bootcamp is not available for Apple Sillicon users (M1, M2, M3 etc), but if you have an intel MAC or AMD with Bootcamp you should use the main Windows OS installation on the previous link.
1 // Download latest game available (install-mac) and unzip it in your downloads folder.
1 // Open Crossover, click install, click now "install unlisted software in the top right of the screen" search the RoRInstaller.exe in your download folder and select it, click install in a new bottle, select Windows 7 64 Bits or 10 64 bits, either should work.
1 // Let the installer finish its process when it prompts a Directx 9 installer just cancel it, once finish unmark the "run client" and close it
2 // Back to Crossover click on install and search for “.net”
Select “Net Framework 4”, select your Bottle and click install, there will be several installation proccess just keep “accepting terms” and clicking next until it completes all setups, if ask for restart just click “later”, and if winedebugger pops with an error just close and continue. This process will install different versions of .NET in your bottle and its fine.
3 // In Crossover click on install again and search for directx.
Select “Directx for Modern Games”, select your Bottle and click install (same process as described for .Net)
6 // If they are not disable, please disable DXVK (not working with 32bits dx9), disable CSMT (this option do not appear on crossover 23), disable ESYNC, turn on MSYNC and High resolution mode on
7 // In the Crossover bottle, right click on your bottle, click "Open unit C:", now browse into Program files > return of reckoning, delete the RoRLauncher.Exe and replace with this one (https://launcher.returnofreckoning.com/RoRLauncher.exe), now close and run the RoRLauncher on your Crossover app.
Client should start runnning and updating itself and you should be ok to go!
There are few tweaks on the original Mac installation guide that I don't use anymore, the bare minimum tweaks you should use are:
While ingame, press ESC, User setting, deactivated under general tab -> Show combat lightning on -> none
On the tab Chat Scroll limit 500 max would be 2000 if we really want to keep it.
Targeting tab-> Names Font - > Simple then toggle off many Overhead names and keep only the ones you consider most usefull for you.
Video tab-> Deactivate full screen (set a screen resolution that matches your current screen so it will be full screen withouth being it!), frame and shader performance optimizations.
Video tab-> Customize -> SET GPU texture memory cache to max
Video tab -> Customize -> SET draw distance to near
Feel free to play with effects / lighning / water reflection, just consider that big orvr fights stress a lot the system your FPS will drop.