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How Do I Get Started Using Wrappers?
If this would be your first visit to the Porting Team and it's Forums, you'll most likely wonder how the applications called "Wrappers" work.
These pre-made software bundles are meant for playing normal PC games on your Mac, without the need of rebooting into Windows.
A wrapper is basically a small Windows "Emulator" that "wraps" itself around an existing installation of any windows based game or app, which then allows you to execute it directly on your Mac similar to a native OSX application.
All wrappers found here are only a few Megabytes big and do not contain the original game or application files, so they don't work by themselves.
This means, that if you download a wrapper from a link found on this site, there are still a few steps you need to follow in order to make it work for you.
Simplified Instructions:
Step 1:
- Get the according game/app and install it
There are a lot of options to do this, you can install Windows Games or Application via:
- a real Windows PC or Bootcamp
- a virtualization solution like VMware, Parallels Desktop or Virtual Box
- Codeweaver's Crossover
or the internal Installer of the Wrapper application. (more on that below)
Step 2:
- if a Game or Application doesn't work without the Installation CD/DVD, you will have to apply a no-cd crack that can be found on websites like gamecopyworld.com
Step 3:
then simply copy the Folder which contains the Game or Application files into the Wrapper. (more on that below)
Currently there are 3 types of Wrappers:
CXZ/CXEx
Wineskin
and Cider /CiderX
Making a complete Port from a CXZ/CXEx Wrapper:
- Game installation via built in Installer:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', open the Contents folder and then the 'CXInstaller.app'. Then navigate to your setup.exe on the Windows game/appInstall Disk.
Proceed with the installation. Apply a no-cd patch after the Installation to Contents/root/drive_c/Program Files/Gamefolder
- Game installation via drag & drop:
apply a no-cd patch to an already installed version of your game/app, then copy the game folder to:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to
-> /Contents/root/drive_c/Program Files/
you need to check if the path to the game folder and it's .exe is set right in the info.plist file in /Contents
Making a complete Port from a Wineskin Wrapper:
- Game installation via built in Installer:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents' and open 'WineskinSettings.app'. Select 'Install Windows Software' and navigate to your setup.exe on the Windows game/appInstall Disk.
Proceed with the installation. Select the main .exe file after the installation completes. Apply a no-cd patch after the Installation to
-> /drive_c/Program Files/Gamefolder
- Game installation via drag & drop:
apply a no-cd patch to an already installed version of your game/app, then copy the game folder to:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to
-> /drive_c/Program Files/
After that select the 'WineskinSettings.app' inside the Wrapper and navigate to 'Advanced -> Wineskin Configuration -> choose Windows .exe -> save & exit
Making a complete Port from a Cider Wrapper:
- no built in Installer, proceed with the drag & drop installation
- Game installation via drag & drop:
apply a no-cd patch to an already installed version of your game/app, then copy the game folder to:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to
-> /Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/
you need to check if the path to the game folder and it's .exe is set right in the info.plist file in /Contents
Since there is no built-in Installer for Cider, you might want to check out our standalone Installer for installing Games.
If this would be your first visit to the Porting Team and it's Forums, you'll most likely wonder how the applications called "Wrappers" work.
These pre-made software bundles are meant for playing normal PC games on your Mac, without the need of rebooting into Windows.
A wrapper is basically a small Windows "Emulator" that "wraps" itself around an existing installation of any windows based game or app, which then allows you to execute it directly on your Mac similar to a native OSX application.
All wrappers found here are only a few Megabytes big and do not contain the original game or application files, so they don't work by themselves.
This means, that if you download a wrapper from a link found on this site, there are still a few steps you need to follow in order to make it work for you.
Simplified Instructions:
Step 1:
- Get the according game/app and install it
There are a lot of options to do this, you can install Windows Games or Application via:
- a real Windows PC or Bootcamp
- a virtualization solution like VMware, Parallels Desktop or Virtual Box
- Codeweaver's Crossover
or the internal Installer of the Wrapper application. (more on that below)
Step 2:
- if a Game or Application doesn't work without the Installation CD/DVD, you will have to apply a no-cd crack that can be found on websites like gamecopyworld.com
Step 3:
then simply copy the Folder which contains the Game or Application files into the Wrapper. (more on that below)
Currently there are 3 types of Wrappers:
CXZ/CXEx
Wineskin
and Cider /CiderX
Making a complete Port from a CXZ/CXEx Wrapper:
- Game installation via built in Installer:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', open the Contents folder and then the 'CXInstaller.app'. Then navigate to your setup.exe on the Windows game/appInstall Disk.
Proceed with the installation. Apply a no-cd patch after the Installation to Contents/root/drive_c/Program Files/Gamefolder
- Game installation via drag & drop:
apply a no-cd patch to an already installed version of your game/app, then copy the game folder to:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to
-> /Contents/root/drive_c/Program Files/
you need to check if the path to the game folder and it's .exe is set right in the info.plist file in /Contents
Making a complete Port from a Wineskin Wrapper:
- Game installation via built in Installer:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents' and open 'WineskinSettings.app'. Select 'Install Windows Software' and navigate to your setup.exe on the Windows game/appInstall Disk.
Proceed with the installation. Select the main .exe file after the installation completes. Apply a no-cd patch after the Installation to
-> /drive_c/Program Files/Gamefolder
- Game installation via drag & drop:
apply a no-cd patch to an already installed version of your game/app, then copy the game folder to:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to
-> /drive_c/Program Files/
After that select the 'WineskinSettings.app' inside the Wrapper and navigate to 'Advanced -> Wineskin Configuration -> choose Windows .exe -> save & exit
Making a complete Port from a Cider Wrapper:
- no built in Installer, proceed with the drag & drop installation
- Game installation via drag & drop:
apply a no-cd patch to an already installed version of your game/app, then copy the game folder to:
right click the Wrapper and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to
-> /Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/
you need to check if the path to the game folder and it's .exe is set right in the info.plist file in /Contents
Since there is no built-in Installer for Cider, you might want to check out our standalone Installer for installing Games.
