Can'r open FG demo on Mac

**SouthernBelle** · March 25th, 2020, 03:05

Hi. I have macOS Catalina v. 10.15.2. I am unable to open to program after downloading. Any advise?

**LordEntrails** · March 25th, 2020, 03:11

Catalina does not allow 32 bit applications to run. FG Classic is a 32 bit application

There are a bunch of discussion on this and you can find them, and more details, here; https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post465175

**mossfoot** · March 29th, 2020, 03:30

Originally Posted by LordEntrails

Catalina does not allow 32 bit applications to run. FG Classic is a 32 bit application

There are a bunch of discussion on this and you can find them, and more details, here; https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post465175

Does that mean that this solution no longer works?

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-(Recommended)

I would upgrade to Unity, except that the Star Wars FFG third party ruleset hasn't been fully converted over to it yet... and I have only ONE player with a Mac (dammit)

**LordEntrails** · March 29th, 2020, 03:41

Originally Posted by mossfoot

Does that mean that this solution no longer works?

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-(Recommended)

I would upgrade to Unity, except that the Star Wars FFG third party ruleset hasn't been fully converted over to it yet... and I have only ONE player with a Mac (dammit)

That solution is ~8 years old

The last discussions I remember on this were that early on Wine and Parallels had not yet created a version that worked with Catalina that allowed 32 bit apps to run. I suspect by now their are versions that do. But these require you to install Wine or Parallels or use Bootcamp to partition your drive. And then install FGC (Windows version) inside that virtual machine. The Mac installer provided by SmiteWorks uses a Wine Wrapper that won't run on Catalina.

**MattBW** · March 29th, 2020, 11:37

Originally Posted by SouthernBelle

Hi. I have macOS Catalina v. 10.15.2. I am unable to open to program after downloading. Any advise?

Phew so glad I saw but sorry for your issue. I was all ready to make the switch between roll20 and FG after watching loads of videos online. Sadly most of my party (all bar 1) and myself are mac users. I would have wasted my money. I am guessing they have no plans to update it to work with catalina judging by the many similar threads. Saved myself a few hundred quid there.

**damned** · March 29th, 2020, 12:13

Originally Posted by MattBW

Phew so glad I saw but sorry for your issue. I was all ready to make the switch between roll20 and FG after watching loads of videos online. Sadly most of my party (all bar 1) and myself are mac users. I would have wasted my money. I am guessing they have no plans to update it to work with catalina judging by the many similar threads. Saved myself a few hundred quid there.

The new version - Fantasy Grounds Unity - has a native Mac client.
It is still in Beta. You can try it with a sub for 30 days and if not working for you request a refund.

**MattBW** · March 29th, 2020, 12:32

Music to my ears!

I will give it a go!

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