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Is it really necessary to first install and copy from a Windows machine?

• 1313ed01 4mo ago
  I never had any issues using WINE to install GOG games, but maybe running WINE on a Mac is not as easy now as it was back when I did that on a x86 Mac? I always run the GOG installer in WINE and then copy the game into my git repo for DOS stuff, make sure the game works, git commit it, and then I know it will always just work and I will not have to think about that again (plus I can version manage all settings and save-games for all the games and also sync between my different machines without relying on any cloud service).
• f055 4mo ago
  Hmm i guess this would require figuring out how to extract game data from an .exe installer GOG distributes. I guess AI would figure it out in like 3 minutes ;) I’ll check later.
  • McGuffin 4mo ago
    You could try https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract (installable via homebrew).
    • nottorp 4mo ago
      That, or just run it with wine.
      • f055 4mo ago
        Interestingly, wine works on Apple Silicon via Rosetta2 so I guess it won't work by macOS 28, and we will be only left with arm64 DOSBox-X.
        • nottorp 4mo ago
          ... and arm64 innoextract hopefully
    • TheCycoONE 4mo ago
      I wondered if innoextract was Linux only, but I see there is a homebrew formula. https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/innoextract https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/innoextract Is the author reading hackernews?
  • bombcar 4mo ago
    There was a tool that would take a GOG installer and extract it. https://www.macsourceports.com/utility/extractor https://www.macsourceports.com/utility/extractor
• CodesInChaos 4mo ago
  You could use heroic launcher to install the game, and then run it through the DOSBox you manually installed. Or run the installer in Wine/Proton.
• bananaboy 4mo ago
  I wouldn’t be surprised if 7-zip can extract the files from the installer if the installer is not a custom thing.