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Необходимый комплект для переноса артефактов, который может запускать игры для Windows на Mac
Очень простой в использовании инструмент для портирования игр на MacPorting Kit, Porting Kit призван упростить процесс загрузки и установки игр для Windows на компьютеры Mac. Утилита использует движок Wineskin и позволяет просматривать онлайн-коллекцию бесплатных и коммерческих игр, которые можно развернуть на Mac. Друзья в беде, добро пожаловать, скачайте и испытайте macdown!
Введение в Porting Kit для программного обеспечения Mac
Версия Porting Kit для Mac — это инструмент для портирования игр на Mac OS. Porting Kit позволяет вам играть в игры для платформы Windows прямо на OS X. Немного глубже, Porting Kit также использует Wineskin, чтобы помочь вам сначала трансплантировать игру, завершить настройку необходимых файлов, и вам нужно только загрузить и установить ее.
Руководство по установке Porting Kit для Mac
Перейдите в macdown, чтобы загрузить официальную версию Porting Kit для Mac (инструмент миграции игры) 2.9 (2.9.613), и дважды щелкните, чтобы запустить [Porting Kit613.dmg] после загрузки
Перетащите [Комплект для переноса] слева в [Приложения] справа.
Функции Porting Kit для Mac
Простое решение для игр Windows, перенесенных на Mac
Конечная цель приложения комплекта для портирования — сделать процесс загрузки и установки портированной игры максимально удобным для пользователя.
В приложении Porting Kit вы можете просмотреть онлайн-коллекцию поддерживаемых игр и выбрать игры, которые хотите развернуть на вашем Mac.
Обратите внимание, что комплект для миграции не поддерживает пиратские копии: для коммерческих игр приложение предложит вам ввести сохранение игры для завершения установки.
Просмотрите игру, посмотрите трейлер и позвольте Porting Kit заняться процессом развертывания
Для каждого заголовка в Porting Kit есть небольшое описание и даже вы можете просмотреть трейлер игры в отдельном окне. Если вы действительно хотите играть в игру, нажмите кнопку загрузки, и Porting Kit запустит необходимую настройку.
Комплект для переноса может автоматически обрабатывать все с минимальным вмешательством пользователя. С другой стороны, учтите, что вам нужно запустить установщик игры в Wineskin.
Стоит отметить, что Porting Kit запустит исходный установщик игры, может попытаться установить сторонние приложения или плагины, может попытаться изменить домашнюю страницу браузера и т. д.
Перед установкой нового программного обеспечения все же рекомендуется обратить внимание на настройки. Однако Porting Kit использует Wineskin для поддержки игр Windows, поэтому установщик Windows не может получить доступ или изменить ваши приложения Mac.
Играйте в свои любимые игры для Windows на Mac
В общем, Porting Kit может помочь вам загружать, устанавливать и организовывать игры для Windows на вашем Mac с помощью движка Wineskin. Эта утилита помогает вам только в процессе настройки, в том числе при работе с коммерческими играми (вам необходимо установить программу).
Porting Kit for macПреимущества программного обеспечения
1. Загрузка в один клик
Нажмите «Загрузить», а все остальное будет передано в комплект для переноса. Игра и файлы, необходимые для установки, будут автоматически загружены для вас, поэтому вам не нужно беспокоиться о том, что игра не может запускаться из-за отсутствия определенных компонентов после установки.
2. Простая установка
Весь процесс установки очень глуп, поскольку позволяет избежать проблем с настройкой самостоятельно, что очень важно для людей, не знакомых с таким программным обеспечением, как Wineskin. В поле выбора, которое появляется во время процесса установки, какую кнопку следует нажать, Porting Kit выдаст запрос.
Например, когда я установил «Guardian Gunner 2», комплект для переноса напомнил мне, что если я попросил установить «Mono» или «Gecko» во время установки, я должен выбрать отмену.
Перед установкой игры сначала прочтите «Требования» и «Примечания» во введении к игре, чтобы понять требования и меры предосторожности при запуске игры, которые будут очень полезны для плавной установки и запуска игры.
3. Долгосрочное обслуживание
Комплект для переноса будет обновлять игры в игровой библиотеке каждый день, чтобы в них можно было играть. Кроме того, согласно официальному сайту Porting Kit, в библиотеку игр будет добавляться не менее пяти новых игр каждый день, а в ближайшем будущем в библиотеку также будут добавлены игры из Steam.
Видео с предварительным просмотром игры Не уверены, что игра веселая? Сначала посмотрите игровое видео. Большинство игр в Porting Kit содержат демонстрационные видеоролики. Нажмите "Watch Tr"AIler "может смотреть.
4. Единое управление игрой
В каталоге «Библиотека» вы можете увидеть установленные игры, а также можете добавлять в него локальные игры, что удобно для управления играми.
На самом деле, точнее будет сказать, что Porting Kit — это проект, направленный на решение проблемы, заключающейся в том, что OS X имеет меньше игр, чем Windows, так что пользователи Mac могут также играть в игры Windows.
Журнал обновлений Porting Kit для Mac
- Ремонт: выбор установщика, который не соответствует ожидаемому имени установщика, не должен приводить к зависанию ПК.
- Исправление: ошибки, связанные с ResoTemp, больше не должны возникать
Обзор программного обеспечения Porting Kit для версии активации Mac
С точки зрения пользовательского опыта, Porting Kit действительно прост в использовании, а загрузка и установка игры просты.Если вы все еще играете в игры на Windows с компьютерами Mac, вы можете загрузить этот Porting Kit для Mac (инструмент для трансплантации игр)!
The Portingkit
Porting Kit Installation Guide
Thank you for using the free Porting Kit app to play your favorite games and apps! In order to use this software you have to need Mac OS 10.13.x and above. Yes, the software works also for Mac OS Catalina 15.4+ and Big Sur and Higher. Let’s get started.
Tutorials: Check this page… for videos about installing games and about what Porting Kit is/does.
Downloading the Software:
You can download the Porting Kit app from the portingkit.com website up here: http://portingkit.com/download
Installation
After downloading the software you have to unzip the app and move it to your apps/application folder. This last part is important because of permissions for updating the app.
When that’s done, you can launch the app!
How to use Porting Kit
When you have opened the Porting Kit. Then you will find a few tabs.
News: Simply the blog page of paulthetall.com .
Library: The main tab to use! Here you find the game ports database. Search the database for the game you want. When you cannot find it use part of the game name. When still not there, then the game is simply not ported yet. In that case request it on the request list in the forum/community tab. We always try to bring as much Windows games to the Mac, so you can play it without needing Windows.
Rankings: Here you find a list of; “Latest ports”, “Most popular ports” and “Highest rated ports”. This is especially handy to see when and which new games have been added.
Community: This links to the Porting Kit forums.
Help: Contains FAQ tab, Contact form and Donate tab.
The Game Database!
On the Library tab you will find all the game ports. Search the specific game port and if you cannot find it (always try to search with word parts as well), then you can try making a port yourself using the “New Custom Port” icon and choose an Engine to use. WS11WineCX19.0.1 is the most common one to use (not the 64bit one). An important not is that a custom port of your game is not always working. As mentioned earlier, you can do a request for it on the forums.
For games in the database we offer support. This means, if you run into trouble we will try to help you out. In that case use the forums or contact form to contact us. No assurances of course, because there may be many factors causing the trouble, like old/not powerful videocard, specific 3rd party software installed on the Mac, too less memory, too slow Mac, etc. But in the basis most of the stuff simply works.
Port Database View:
When you found your game in the database, left click on it to get into the Port Database View.
Important in this view to mention is the “source” in the right upper corner. Those sources are tested and available in Porting Kit.We work with 5 Different sources:
1. GOG.com
2. Steam
3. UPlay
4. CD
5. Origin (broken at the moment)
6. Other
To be able to play the game you need to own the specific source game. For Steam you need to own the Steam game, for GOG, you need the GOG installer files.
Before you install you first need to read the port description and notes mentioned . This is important, because sometimes it mentions that a powerful Mac is required and if you have a low-end Mac, than the game will not work of course. I will mention below the install instructions for the Steam, GOG.com and the Uplay installations.
Basic Portingkit Install Instructions GOG games:
1. Make sure you have downloaded/moved the Portingkit app into your Application/apps folder.
2. Always read the “notes” of the game description first for additional steps!
3. Download the “Gamename“offline backup setup” file(s) into your (root) download folder.
4. Go to the library server tab and select the game you want to install and click “Install”
5. Portingkit will create the wrapper and locate your setup file in your download folder
6. The installation of the game will start, run through the install wizard.
7. After installation, exit the installer (don’t run launch the game).
8. Porting kit will say it has finished successfully.
9. Go to your local library tab and select the game and click “play”!
10 Enjoy the game!
Install instructions Steam:
1. in Portingkit click install when the game is selected. This installs the Windows Steam client.
2. After install. Close the install wizard properly.
3. Click play to launch Steam. Login with your Steam account.
4. When you own the game already in Steam, click install in your game library. If not use the links
in the port description to get it cheap.
5. After download click play! Have fun!
Uplay install Install Instructions
1. in Portingkit click install when the game is selected. This installs the Windows Uplay client.
2. After install. Close the install wizard properly.
3. Click play to launch Uplay. Login with your Uplay account.
4. When you own the game already in Uplay, click install in your game library. If not use the links
in the port description to get it cheap.
5. After download click play! Have fun!
In the “more” button options you can find some extra port instruction video’s to see how the installation process functions.
Local installed apps!
Then you will find a column at the left where al your installed and locally added apps are located . Including an “Add application” button, where you can add apps manually to the Porting Kit. Also a slider is located on the right bottom where you can enlarge the icons in the game database or make them smaller. When you launch Porting Kit for the first time, that part is empty . When you installed some games it will shown on the left side.
Important to know is the difference between the local installed apps and the database (not installed apps). Database apps are the ones you can install. The local ones are the ones already installed and when you right click them you have different options: Like “play”, “remove”, “properties” and so on.
You can also change the view to the local port view when you left click on a specific local installed port. You will notice a “play” button to launch the game and a “more” button with extra options.
The “port view” is shown in the picture above. You will notice the “source” is the harddrive. You can rank the game with stars how well it runs for you. In the “more” button with the collapse triangle, you find more options where walk through quickly:
Show in finder: Shows the port/app in the finder.
Delete: Will delete the port.
Force close: not really necessary, but if the processes doesn’t close somehow you can force quit it. Same option can be found in the porting kit top bar menu by choosing “tools” —> “kill all wineskin processes”.
Properties: Gives you some extra options for the port to use for example the F1-f12 keys within the game or changing fonts, or paths or adjustment of the game name.
Configure joystick mappings (as what it says)
Open: C / Z: Important feature which opens the port and shows you the fake “C: drive” within the port where the installed game is located. If you need to find or replace files. Use that option.
Install Mod/patch: Little tool to install a MOD or patch in that specific game port.
Debug: Important feature, when a port is not working for you. We need a debug log to find out the problems you have. So when contacting us, please also supply a debug log so we can find out what’s going on.
Wineskin tools: Opens op the wineskin app with it functions to for example change settings in there. Or to install specific Winetricks, giving port details and more. In some situations we can sent you instructions to do some stuff in there to fix things.
Export to WSI2/WSI3: This option is for the advanced user who created it’s own port and wants to share the port to be added to Porting Kit. They can sent a WSI file to use so we can import it into Porting Kit.
Other Porting Kit options!
Well that are basic installation and usage options explained. But that’s not it. Porting Kit has also some preferences and extra options you can find in the top bar. menu.
In the main menu, the most important features you will find:
Preferences: You will find there preferences for path settings, screen capture options and the theme/layout GUI settings. It has some cool themes to choose from.
Tools: In that submenu you will find:
1. Kill all wineskin processes
2. Clear Porting Kit Caches (Use this to clear caches and fix problems. When you run into it.)
All extra cool features you can use in Porting Kit.
We hope to add loads of other cool stuff in the future, but that’s it for now. Porting Kit 4.0 makes great process, after that this user Manual will get a little update.
Enjoy Porting Kit. If you run into issues let us know using the contact form or the forums.
Porting kit как пользоваться
Here, I»m going to post a guide of how to port a game with the Porting Kit. In case you want to port a game using only Wineskin, click here.
That guide is only useful if you have for now: free time, patient and a good Mac computer; otherwise, better wait for us to port the game or take a look at CrossOver. You also need to be ready to learn. like A LOT. Porting isn»t easy to start with, so brace yourself and let»s go.
First, some important concepts that you must know:
— Wineskin: our ports are made with Wineskin technology, which is based on Wine. Basically, Wineskin creates a wrapper (.app file; basically a Mac application), which inside has a complete Wine, with its binaries, drive C, etc, etc. Since all the files will be inside that wrapper, that also makes the games very easy to uninstall in case of failure; you just need to trash the wrapper. Installing Wineskin Winery you can create your own Wineskin wrappers.
— Engines: Wine had many releases among the years, and each one of these releases is what we call »an engine». Every time Wine updates something it has a minor chance of crashing another, so basically most parts of the Windows applications should work with the latest engines (including games), but some will just work correctly with specific old engines.
— Winetricks: If a Wine engine doesn»t support certain Windows libraries it»s still possible to make an app that need them to work: winetricks. Usually, a winetrick install a Windows dependency which might be necessary in order to run an application. You should only install a winetrick if it»s absolutely needed. Installing multiple winetricks for no reason might crash your wrapper and will make it gigantic.
— WineHQ: aka, your best friend. No, seriously, WineHQ is very useful during porting. It»s a website where Linux users reported if a game worked correctly with a certain Wine engine or not. Many Platinum and Gold ratings means that you probably won»t have difficulties in creating a wrapper; Silver and Bronze ratings means that it might be hard to create; but if you only find Garbage ratings, forget it for now. Some applications, like the first The Sims, simply still doesn»t work with Wine.
Now, let»s start wit the wrapper creation:
Step 0: Download the Porting Kit
You can find it here: http://portingkit.com/kit/Porting%20Kit.zip
Step 1: Choose your engine and create your custom port
Follow that guide to choose the proper engine for your port. Keep in mind that sometimes you won»t choose the correct engine in your first try, so be prepared to check that guide multiple times. Ask PK to create a custom port with the chosen engine, remember to check the Steam/Origin/Uplay box if your game belongs to it. In case it belongs to one of those, go to step 3; in case it don»t, continue to step 2.
Step 2: Install your application
When requested select the game installer. It should start the application installation like it would in Windows, unless it needs some dependency. In case it installs, continue to step 3. In case it don»t, right-click the port in PK library, go to Wineskin Tools -> Launch Wineskin, then go to Advanced -> Options, enable the first check box, close it and try to install it again (using Wineskin this time). After the failure, launch Wineskin again, go to Advanced -> Tools, press View Last Run Log Files and jump to step 6.
Step 3: Make a Test Run
It»s time to check if your application is working. Right-click the port in PK library, go to Wineskin Tools -> Launch Wineskin and press Advanced -> Test Run. Your game may run instantly, require the DVD (even if it»s inside the drive), run incorrectly, or not open at all. If it asks for the DVD, continue to step 4. In case it doesn»t show anything at all, you will see a window asking to show the Test Run logs. In case it runs incorrectly, close it and you will see that same window. In case it»s a Steam/Origin/Uplay port, install the game, run it, and see if it works correctly. In case it don»t, close the app and you will see the same window. Open the logs and jump to step 5.
Step 4: Add a No-CD/DVD patch
NOTE: We don»t use them in the Porting Kit because it may be considered illegal in some countries, but some times it»s the only way to install a game through Wine. If you want to use them, use at your own risk.
Right-click the port in PK library and press »Open C: Drive». You gonna see a C: drive structure like it would be in Windows. In there, you should be able to find the game installed files and add the No-CD/DVD patch, that you should be able to find in the web. After that, back to step 3.
Step 5: Check the Test Run Logs
By reading the logs, you should find out if you need to install any winetrick to make a game work or not. For example, lines like these ones:
err:module:load_builtin_dll failed to load .so lib for builtin L»msxml3.dll»: /opt/libs32/libxml2.so.2: version `LIBXML2_2.9.0» not found (required by /usr/lib/wine/msxml3.dll.so)
err:ole:COMPOBJ_DllList_Add couldn»t load in-process dll L»C:\\windows\\system32\\msxml3.dll»
That means that you need to install the msxml3 winetrick, which would install the msxml3 dll. Some logs may be very different then that one. In case you have a good English, you should have no problem in discovering some of these variations. You can install a Winetrick by opening Wineskin, going to Advanced -> Tools -> Winetricks, selecting the ones that you want to install and pressing Run. After installing the needed dependencies, back to step 3. In case there is no useful logs that shows a dependency that you need to install, trash your wrapper and back to step 1.
There are more advanced steps to make a wrapper work, but these are the basics. Medium difficulty things include settings winetricks, screen options and using flags. Advanced difficulty things include overriding DLLs, creating custom engines and using multiple engines in a same wrapper (one for installing and one for playing, for example).
In case you start to create wrappers by yourself, you are going to discover the medium ones during your tests. The advanced ones you will probably only discover if you get really into the community.
Porting Kit: Easily play Windows games on Mac
Windows games on Mac? No longer a problem thanks to the free app Porting Kit! We will show you how you can install Windows games directly on the Mac without an emulator.
Windows games on Mac? No problem with porting kit (Image: Christian Rentrop)
At WWDC 2023, Apple has that Game Porting Toolkit presented: That Wine-based tool aims to help developers port popular Windows games to the Mac. However, Apple’s tool is currently still nothing that would be usable for the average Joe. Fortunately, there has long been an alternative that uses a similar technique: porting kit, Wineskin-based tool with convenient user interface that makes Windows games possible on Mac.
You install the porting kit like most other Mac apps by using the Download disk image, opens and copies the app to the Applications folder. Unlike many other third-party programs, Porting-Kit is conveniently signed, that is Gatekeeper has nothing to complain about. reminds in its design of the Meta emulator OpenEmu or to the tools of gaming platforms like the Epic Games Launcher. And anyone familiar with the Epic Games Launcher knows that only a fraction of the titles are available for the Mac.
Porting Kit comes with a huge selection of older Windows titles that you can install on the Mac with little effort.
This is exactly where the idea behind Porting Kit comes into play: It’s about providing the easiest, most user-friendly method possible for using Windows games on the Mac. For this purpose, the app provides so-called Wineskin launcher and wrapper clearly available: These are packages from Wine functions, the actual game and, if necessary, Windows system files, which then provide the game as a kind of app. A process similar to that used in the unfortunately no longer reliably developed Wine Bottler is used.
Windows Games on Mac: Install First Game in Porting Kit
In the Porting-Kit library you will already find a rich selection of commercial, free and «Homebrew-Titles for Windows systems. These are usually older, you will not find current games here. You should have serial numbers or installation media of commercial games at hand, because during the installation process porting kit also runs the classic Windows installation inside the Mac installation of the game.
Practical: Is there already a Mac version – for example via Steam or GOG, Porting-Kit does not bother you with Wineskin wrappers and the necessary fiddling — but recommends you to buy the «ready-to-use» Mac version on one of these platforms, which is usually very inexpensive.
GOG and Steam versions supported
Alternatively, the short help text will help you install a GOG version or the original. In fact, getting the installation files is probably the biggest problem when using classic games: porting kits often rely on GOG or Steam versions, and unfortunately these are often no longer available. However, there are also alternatives where you only need the CD key or the license number. It’s all about trying it out here.
Zack McKracken Remake: Running!
My favorite, GTA2, at the time free to download from Rockstargames offered, is available in the porting kit library and can be installed, but it does not start for me, although the installation runs smoothly. The situation is different with other titles marked as «Free», such as the homebrew game «Zack McKracken Remake», which runs largely without problems — but makes little sense here, because of course you can play much better than the original ScummVM can operate.
Still expensive: The GTA triology — here it is worthwhile to resort to the cheaper iOS versions if necessary.
License and game files required
For titles that are still commercially marketed, you can usually get a cheap license directly from GOG, Kinguin or Steam, but many an ancient game — such as the GTA Triology — is still sold here for almost 50 euros. Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition (99 cents on GOG): The shooter is normally only available for Windows, but Porting-Kit builds the necessary wrapper and then allows the game to be played.
Install GOG games using porting kit
Of course, in order to install a GOG game, you must first buy it on the platform. There are some snaps here: Make sure beforehand that the title is also available in the porting kit as a GOG purchase. Then you buy the game from GOG and then click into your user account: Here you can select the game and download the offline installation under «Download offline versions of the game installation files».
The porting kit installer will ask if you already have the offline game files.
Once you have the file(s) on the Mac, you can tell Porting-Kit to install the game: click on «Install». Porting Kit will now ask you whether you have downloaded the installer – i.e. the offline files: Click on “Sure, I’ve downloaded the correct installer”.
Now click through the installation and select the installation files as soon as the installer requests it. The installation can now take quite a while as Porting Kit needs to install the necessary Wine files to build the Wrapper. Once finished, Porting Kit automatically triggers the Windows installation of the actual game within the wrapper.
After installing the Wine environment (the so-called wrapper), Porting-Kit starts the actual game installation.
Run the game installation, done
The installation now runs within the Wine wrapper in the same way as you know it from installing the game on Windows. Important: If the game proposes a start, you must cancel it. The Porting Kit then completes the installation of the wrapper. Click on «Close»: The game is now installed on your Mac. You can now find and launch the game in the Porting Kit library.