Mac Client Related Information. With the release of the LOTRO Mac Client (Beta Version) there are many overlapping areas of information between First time users and on-going activities.
The information is split to improve readability. Akamai Installation. Happy Cloud Installation - a description of the Happy Cloud Installer. Steam Installation - Steam Installation notes. Problem resolution information! Mac Client Communications notes - Port Forwarding, UDP and other notes. Problem resolution information! General Trouble Shooting Techniques.
File Locations - Where files reside and where you need to put things like Plugins. Skins and Music files. Messages - Screenshots of various messages generated by the Mac Client and an attempt to intuit their meanings and explain them. Known Issues -- A compilation of known problems with the Mac client. Gatekeeper Information -- Screenshots of Apple's Gatekeeper control panels and instructions.
Mac Client Beta Client Information. Mac Client Keyboards. Release by release. Instructions for moving the Splash Screens. Support for the Mac Client. Turbine Customer Support: Accounts. For problems not specifically related to the Mac Client, but relating to the Account (myaccount.
turbine. com), Financial, etc. (From CarpeNocturm - Turbine Customer Support - signature) LOTRO SUPPORT Page & Knowledge Base.
To request a Paid Service or support from a specific team, click the "Support Center" tab, then "Submit a Ticket". English Account/Store Support is available from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, 7 days a week. (GMT -5).
855-WBGAMES (855-924-2637). Support Portal - Deutsch Portail de support - Français. Important Notes about OSX. The Tilde character, ".
Create your Turbine game account. Refer to the FAQ if you have questions or need help with the downloads. High Resolution (PC)Standard Resolution (PC).
Der Download des kostenlosen Full Client von Der Herr der Ringe Online (Stand: September 2013). Das Free2Play-MMORPG Der Herr der Ringe Online. The 15gb client is the High - Res version, yes. It's part of the client no matter where you get it. http:// lotro.com/support/download- lotro.
" is shorthand for "<your home directory>". (This is classic UNIX(tm), OSX Terminology.
Beginning with OSX Lion (10. 7), and continuing under Mountain Lion (10. 8) and Mavericks (10. 9) the Library directory (folder) is no longer normally visible in the finder. You can change this Finder behavior with a terminal command or simply use the Finder "pull-down" menu " GO " and select " Go To Folder " (Keyboard shortcut = Cmd-Shift-G). This will open a window which defaults to ".
/Library" and open a finder window to that location. You can then simply continue to navigate from there as you normally would. There are two "library" directories: "/Library" and ".
/Library" is your userid's personal library and where all of the LOTRO Mac Client information is stored. Case-Sensitivity - HFS+ (the Mac filesystem) is usually configured to be Case-Insensitive but Case-Preserving.
Create your Turbine game account. Refer to the FAQ if you have questions or need help with the downloads. High Resolution (PC)Standard Resolution (PC). Cliente High Res. Lord of the Rings Online - Demo High Res Full HD Lotro Music - Nothing else Matters by Sleeping Forest Band. Lord of the Rings Online is the premier MMORPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien's wondrous world of Middle-earth. LOTRO brings you into the timeline of the events of The.
This means that "hello. txt," "Hello. TXT", and "HELLO.
txt" all refer to the same file. This is the same behavior found in the normal FAT32 File system in Windows. Since Tiger, it has been possible to create a Case-Sensitive File system for OSX.
Most users will never do this, hence this note is somewhat superfluous, however it is more likely under OSX, and because of it's Unix(tm) background. All Unix(tm) file systems are Case-Sensitive. Filename extensions, ".
app" for example -- By default these are turned off. In the Finder under Preferences, Advanced, you can display them by checking the box "Show all filename extensions. The Mac Client and Gatekeeper. Images of the Gatekeeper preferences screens can be found here: Mac Client Gatekeeper Information.
Gatekeeper is a security feature introduced by Apple in OSX Lion (10. 7). Gatekeeper is documented by Apple at: Learn about Gatekeeper. Neither Turbine nor Happy Cloud is recognized by Apple as a "Known Developer. " This means that the OSX Download security - Gatekeeper - will not allow the downloaded. dmg file to mount or the Game Client (or Launcher) to launch when using the default OSX security settings.
In Mountain Lion (OSX 10.
2), Gatekeeper has a "known bug" in that the error message output when attempting to verify and mount a downloaded. dmg file is NOT the correct error message.
It incorrectly indicates a corrupt download file. and the appropriate Gatekeeper dialog is not displayed. (Fixed in Maverick, OSX 10.
9, upgrade your version of OSX!). Images of Gatekeeper windows are shown on this page: Mac Client: Gatekeeper Information. The installation is a two phase process (until Turbine and Happy Cloud become a Registered Developer with Apple):. Gatekeeper and Yosemite (OSX 10.
10. x). Phase 1 - allow the downloaded. pkg file to launch.
1- Selecting "Play Instantly On Mac" or "Mac Download" will download the 7. 5 MB "Happy Cloud Install Pkg" --.
LOTRO_MAC_4. 46. pkg to your Mac. 2- Proceed to double click on the.
pkg icon. This will attempt to launch The Happy Cloud Installer installer:. Under Lion (OSX 10. 5) and later versions of OSX (Mountain Lion, Maverick, Yosemite), all files downloaded from the Internet are blocked from opening - either automatically or by double-clicking on the. pkg file icon - by Apple's Gatekeeper: see: Mac Client: Gatekeeper Information for more details on Gatekeeper. When you first launch the Happy Cloud installer, you should get the pop-up "LOTRO_MAC_4.
46. pkg” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. Your security preferences allow installation of only apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers. " (Screenshot: Gatekeeper Warning-2) Before you click OK: 2. 1 Under the Apple menu, select System Preferences 2. 2 Under "General" (top row of icons) select " Security & Privacy" - a House icon 2.
3 Select: the General Tab 2. 4 When you click "OK" - you should see a message appear in the lower portion of the panel: "LOTRO_MAC _4. 46. pkg" was blocked from opening because it is not from an identified developer. " (Screenshot: Gatekeeper Warning-3) 2. 5 Simply click "Open Anyway. " 2.
6 The installer installer will now proceed to install the Happy Cloud downloader and to install the LOTRO Launcher and Game client consolidated app. Phase 2 allow the installed LOTRO Client to launch.
(You can also simply skip the phase 1 section above and go directly to phase 2. Just remember what you have done so that you can reset your security once the installation is completed, as the download and patch process for LOTRO can take several hours!). Under the Apple menu, select System Preferences. Under "General" (top row of icons) select " Security & Privacy" - a House icon. Select: the General Tab. You will need to " Click the lock to make changes " and supply your Administrator Name and Password to enable the change. Select: Allow applications downloaded from.
" Anywhere ". Answer the pop-up box. NOTE that the "Allow From Anywhere" box is NOT highlighted (meaning, you MUST click on it, not simply hit return) and that it is on the LEFT side of the alert box. Now the. pkg file should launch and the install complete with no problems. Once you have verified the. dmg file and launched the game client the first time, you can reset this to the default setting: Mac App Store and identified developers.
Note that this only needs to be done once. Gatekeeper will remember that you have authorized this application to run. The Mac Client Communication Notes.
General Communications issues. The Mac Client and Firewalls (Port Forwarding).