Problems with Mac patcher
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Many users have reported having problems getting the patch to apply on Mac systems. I’m not sure what the problem is, but there does seem to be a fix. If you check the README, it explains that you can specify the target file on the command line. Apparently many users believed this only applied to the Windows executable and never attempted it.
Big mistake.
This method has been tested to work for many people experiencing various patching problems:
- Open Darwin. If you don’t have Darwin, get it. Refer to your Apple documentation.
- Change to the folder where you have stored the Der Langrisser patcher and dl_j.smc. If it is on your desktop, then enter the command “cd ~/Desktop.”
- Type the following command line: ./patch dl_j.smc.
- This should give you a success message and create dl_e.smc. If it does not, you can try this command line: ./patch dl_j.smc dl_e.smc.
Enjoy the game. If it still doesn’t work, I suggest you download DOSBox and try patching with the DOS executable.