Estimated time: 10 minutes
- Click this (or
brew cask install playonmac
for developers) - Open the PlayOnMac.dmg file when it finishes downloading
- Drag the PlayOnMac.app file onto the Applications folder in the menu that opens
- Close the menu that opened, and you can delete the PlayOnMac.dmg file
- Open your Applications menu and click the PlayOnMac app you just installed
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Copy and paste this into your address bar, then press enter:
playonmac://www.playonlinux.com/repository/download.php?id=4
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- If it asks how much memory your graphics board has, select 1024
- Once that is finished installing, select "Steam" and click "Configure" in PlayOnMac
- Next to "Wine version" click the button with a plus icon on it
- On the left-hand side, select the latest one, and click the arrow button in the middle
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Close the version picker window
- In the "Wine version" dropdown, select the latest one
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Close the configuration window
- Select "Steam" and click "Run" in PlayOnMac
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Steam will take a minute or two to update on first start
- Log into the steam account you used to buy the game
- In the left sidebar, select Age of Empires II HD
- Click the "Install" button in the middle of the page
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Right click Age of Empires II HD in the left sidebar
- Click the "Properties" tab
- Click the "Set launch options" button
- Type in
NoStartUp
and click OK - Click the "Browse local files" to open the game files folder
- Delete "Launcher.exe"
- Rename "AoK HD.exe" to "Launcher.exe"
- In Steam, click "Play" for Age of Empires
- In the future, you just open PlayOnMac to run Steam and start the game
- Congratulations on installing AOE2HD on a Mac!
- While signed in, go to the following URLs and click "Subscribe"
In the event of an update, the game will break and you won't be able to see other games.
- Right click the game in Steam and select "Properties"
- Go to the "Local Files" tab and click "Verify integrity of game files"
- Once finished, complete the step where you rename the file again