Will update after I get WINE up and running (fingers crossed, I may not get to it before the weekend, but that'll still beat CCP by ~4 months from what they seem to be suggesting )

If COMM4NDER is right, CCP might be waiting for DX11 support to be rolled in.

Should everyone do that command with "winetricks?"

winetricks gdiplus corefonts tahoma ie8 comctl32 dotnet40 vcrun2010

I always see people speaking about the improvement of the game via wine. I run it via wine sometimes, but for me I don't see that much of a difference. Might be that I run my settings as low as the go on all three accounts. I still get 40-60 FPS on ether client. So just a little confused with the expressions from some people. But than again. Quad core i3 iMac with 512 something video card. 2012 iMac, base 21" model.

So after experiencing firsthand the day-and-night difference between the Mac and Windows clients, I was pretty pumped to see this thread. Finally got around to installing Wine, got EVE running annnnnd... bupkis.

Nada. Nothing.

In fact, the performance is actually WORSE.

Slightly lower framerate and the game looks worse than it does with the exact same settings, Mac-side. Even the 'post-processing lens-flares clipping through models' bug is more pronounced.

Is there some sort of optimization step I'm missing? Brew doctor reports all systems nominal.

27" iMac, Mid-2011
2.7 GHz Intel i5
12 GB DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6770m 512
OSX 10.8.5

This is what I did, almost. The only difference is that the regular installer didn't work; it downloaded everything but then wouldn't install anything. So I downloaded the offline installer, ran that, and then updated through the launcher and the game ran fine.

Good to know; I was expecting the client to run as well as it does in Windows from all the excited noises in this thread.

Here's mine, I run the Windows client with Crossover for ease of use, but it is leagues ahead of the Cider client - a higher frame rate with more graphical options and less fan spinning.

iMac, 27 inch, Mid 2011
3.1Ghz Intel i5
32GB 1333Mhz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024MB
OS X 10.9.2

It also runs a lot better on my 2013 rMBP as well, with Iris graphics.

Hey Guys,

This seems like a really nice solution. My question is, how could I get Wine working without reinstalling the entire game. I already have the windows EVE version installed on my windows PC, but I don't think I can face doing the entire download again (for the 3rd time) at a meagre 40kbps. Is there any way I can use WINE with the program folder from my PC copied over to my mac?

Thanks,
Mike (Aedan)

There is no user-friendly or quick approach to installing vanilla Wine or its dependencies on OS X. There are many places things can go wrong and a moderate amount of technical aptitude to troubleshoot and resolve problems without assistance is required.

If you are up to the challenge and want to try it anyway, here's how I have arrived at my current working installation:

1. Install Xcode from the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12
2. Open Xcode. If you are prompted to install additional required components, click Install.
3. Install XQuartz: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/
4. Install Homebrew: http://brew.sh/
5. After Homebrew is installed, run the command `brew doctor`. Look over all of the potential problems and resolve them. (Note: It is highly unlikely that anyone in this forum will be able to help you with issues shown by this command, but you will need to fix them)
6. Run the following command to install wine and its dependencies: `brew install --devel --universal wine winetricks`
7. Run the following command to install dependencies required by EVE: `winetricks comctl32 corefonts dotnet40 eufonts gdiplus gdiplus_winxp ie8 msls31 physx pngfilt tahoma vcrun2010 wininet wsh56vb xmllite` (Note: Some of the error messages you will receive while installing the various requirements can be safely ignored.)
8. Download the Windows EVE client network installer: http://community.eveonline.com/support/download/
9. Run `wine /path/to/the/installer.exe` to launch the installer and begin download and installation of the game client.
10. Run `wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/CCP/EVE/eve.exe` to start the EVE launcher.

Depending on your Mac and your Internet connection, all of this will require somewhere around 1-4 hours of your time for download, compilation, and installation. If you have any questions or problems, you can try sending me an EVE Mail but be warned that most of the issues you will face will be things I can't help you with.

On the plus side, trying the above and not getting a working EVE client will do no damage to your system at all. Having Xcode and Homebrew installed are things that can be helpful down the road regardless.

Seems to be working, now I have to fix all my preferences etc..


My command/apple key isn't working so I'm missing right click stuff. I don't use a mouse because this is a laptop with a trackpad. Any ideas how to enable the command key?

How'd you get it running on CrossOver? I can never get it to work correctly hence the reason I installed Wine using HomeBrew.

My machines is an early 2011 MBP with 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 2GHz i7, ATI Radeon 6490M and Intel HD 3000

MacBook Pro
Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9.2 (13C64)

Thanks for the preference tip. I'll have to get used to it but it works.


Now I'm having an issue with client crashing if I have to load a char that is in captains quarters. That's default so I basically can't dock or start when docked.

Any ideas?

If I could transfer my preferences from my mac client to my windows client that would be awesome.

I didn't do anything special, I just loaded Crossover, told it I wanted to install Eve Online in the list, and pointed it at the Windows .exe. It did the rest. It supports the Steam version too, but I'm just using the CCP download.

What doesn't work for you?



It runs perfectly for me on this laptop as well, which I would have thought meant it would run well everywhere if it runs on AMD and Intel graphics.

I get graphics glitches and slow downs. I think it's because CrossOver uses the 1.6 version of Wine not the latest developer version.

It's possible, though it does work for me. It even allows me to have it own another desktop and use native swipes to change between Eve and Safari.

Still, use what works for you, eh?