Downloading Reborn on Mac - Without Steps Missing!

[Ashk5]

Hey there fellow Reborn players! Some of us would like to play on a mac, like me! So I figured I would put a little guide together that correctly shows all of the steps. Within this guide or whatever you would like to call this, I will show you steps that some Youtube videos skip on, or don't show you clearly when downloading the game to run it with smaller lag / easy to play! 

 

There are two/three methods to do this system; however, I have found the wineskin wrapper way to be more efficient and easy to use when doing multiple games.

 

Please do note I will simplify the term "WINESKIN" to WINE  from here to there, so please do not get confused because of this!

Majority of the dates are incorrect as I, and my friends have done this with Insurgence first, all of the steps followed should say reborn for you!

 

RIghtyo here are the download links that I have personally used to sure this all up:

http://www.rebornevo.com/index.php?/pr/download/ (Note: Please use the "Mega" download option)

http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ (Note: I prefer the stable one, you can use the latest developed one if preferred)

 

Now after you have gotten all of that downloaded, go ahead and unzip the Pokemon Reborn file. When you attempt to unzip it, there could be a chance that your Mac system will ask you to change the system settings for this:

Simply go to Security & Privacy

Change the option for "Allow apps downloaded from, to anywhere (don't worry this can be changed anytime)

 

UNZIP YOUR GAME FOLDER AND DO NOT TOUCH IT TILL LATER!

 

Once that is done and set open up winebottler and move both applications into the applications folder.

Go ahead and fine wine, and it should appear something like this: 

https://imgur.com/a/YTf2n

Please do not worry if there is nothing in the picture above, as it should be this way. To run the game you will need a new wrapper anyways.

Go ahead and hit the (+) button to add a new engine/wrapper: https://imgur.com/a/VI59K 

I personally chose WS9Wine1.6.1 as I have found it worked the best! 

Select the one that you want and hit download and install as well as "Okay": https://imgur.com/a/I3LpC

Once the download is done, there should be a wrapper there for you! Make sure it is the wrapper selected, once it brings you back to the main part of wine. 

From there go ahead and create a new wrapper by clicking on the button that says, "Create Blank Wrapper", it should prompt some more questions, which would be the name of the application/wrapper. For this case, you can call it Pokemon Reborn as it is the game you will be playing! Hit "ok" once done.

 

It might take a tad bit of time to make the wrapper so be patient! Also congrats on making this far! 

As this occurs pop-ups might happen to minimize other browsers open at the same time so nothing is missed!

 

The first couple of times you make the wrappers you might be asked if you would like to install .NET and HTML libraries in the wrapper. (I went ahead and told it to install them, just its easier in the long run!) Hit "yes" to both the pop-ups for this. 

 

Now onto the last couple remaining steps! You should get another popup saying that the wrapper has been created, and to be checked out in the Finder window. Hit the button, as prompted to.

 

The following picture is an example, of someone else on Youtube, but you should have Pokemon REBORN in there. 

https://imgur.com/a/Phhzs

 

Once you select the game, move it to the desktop for easy access during these steps!

Proceed to right click the wrapper on the desktop, and choose "show package contents".

From there another finder window should pop up looking like this (Yes the data is messed up deal w/ it): https://imgur.com/a/dCEFD

 

Double click underneath where it says "drive_C" to where it says "wineskin" from the like show in the picture above. Hit "Install Software". You should have three options popup to you now, I went ahead and hit "Move a Folder Inside" for easy purposes. (Doing the other options can lead to loss of data at times.) 

 

Head to your finder into your "Downloads" section and search for Pokemon Reborn (Folder) and then click choose. As this occurs it should say: https://imgur.com/a/IWgmL (Execpt with Pokemon Reborn ofc.)

 

Click "Okay" and then "Quit" and you are all set. All there is left to do now if double click on the wrapper you created and moved to desktop and the game should start up!

 

I hope you guys enjoy this! If you have questions @ me on the discord "Ashk5 | Ashwin 🐼#2226"

I will also be checking this forum from time to time and will update it/reply to it when needed.

 

Following up some questions I have commonly gotten a friend has found some videos to also help w/ Wineskin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VSGvNfb-OQ

 

Edited April 24, 2018 by Ashk5
Adding more info!

[SilverAngelus]

Hello fellow Reborn Mac player! That's strange, I don't recall doing some of these steps.

Have you seen this topic before?

 

[NarutoK]

8 minutes ago, SilverHelio said:

Hello fellow Reborn Mac player! That's strange, I don't recall doing some of these steps.

Have you seen this topic before?

 

I talked this over with Ashy, and he said that he is including every step that he did when getting the game on a Mac. I believe that this SHOULD make your game less glitchy than Taco's version. Please help yourself to try it. Ashy told me that he spent quite some time creating it, and know he's off to do his homework.

[SilverAngelus]

30 minutes ago, NarutoK said:

I talked this over with Ashy, and he said that he is including every step that he did when getting the game on a Mac. I believe that this SHOULD make your game less glitchy than Taco's version. Please help yourself to try it. Ashy told me that he spent quite some time creating it, and know he's off to do his homework.

 

Well, if it's going to make the game "less glitchy" then I'm all for it! Rejuv is way too laggy for me.

Oh what a coincidence, so am I xD

[Ashk5]

6 minutes ago, SilverHelio said:

 

Well, if it's going to make the game "less glitchy" then I'm all for it! Rejuv is way too laggy for me.

Oh what a coincidence, so am I xD

Taco's post doesn't really cover the last part of what I have said, I have looked at their post don't get me wrong. Though there are some minor flaws, along with unclear steps at some parts, this is also a common guide so that people can use it for other games as well. Furthermore, this method also keeps everything nice and clean overall, because the method shown constantly requires you to install the game into wine over and over again.

[SilverAngelus]

I suggest you simplify/clear any remaining details and let someone in Reborn's aristocracy know about this and have the Reborn Mac guide revolutionized.~

[Ashk5]

6 minutes ago, SilverHelio said:

I suggest you simplify/clear any remaining details and let someone in Reborn's aristocracy know about this and have the Reborn Mac guide revolutionized.~

Aighty then, thank you!

[NarutoK]

Yay?

[Mix27]

I've been using Taco's version for so long but I'll try this up if it's less glitchy or laggy, thanks!

[mde2001]

Okay I'm going to pin this thread for now alongside Tacos one, as I still think there's value to having it around as a reference, as there have been many discussions of glitches and so on in there. 

That said, this looks like a really impressively detailed guide that should be really helpful, so thanks and great job!

[Tacos]

Well this sure looks like a suitable alternative if I do say so myself.  While yea, I do agree that my process of using wine in general does allow for use of essentially any game without much hassle, I recognize it's still a somewhat flawed approach and definitely does have its cons.  This approach looks much more specialized and seems more secure.  Plus, I can't exactly vouch for how up to date my guide is.  It was made almost 4 years ago and has only received a few updates since, so it definitely could be outdated at this point.  Though it has been, and always will be, my pride and joy and my most prized contribution to Reborn as a token of my gratitude for all this place has provided for me, I recognize the faults of my approach.  I know that I certainly won't be around enough to keep that guide up to date.  So, I guess I bestow my title of "Go-To Mac Dude" to you, Mr. Ashk5!  Wear it with pride.  You're doing great things.

[SilverAngelus]

On 3/4/2018 at 10:20 PM, Ashk5 said:

 

Once that is done and set open up winebottler and move both applications into the applications folder.

Go ahead and fine wine, and it should appear something like this: 

https://imgur.com/a/YTf2n

Please do not worry if there is nothing in the picture above, as it should be this way. To run the game you will need a new wrapper anyways.

 

 

@Ashk5

I'm beginning to try this method now, and I downloaded the required options. My question is, where did you find wineskin?

 

Edit: Nvm. Next time, you might want to add the link for wineskin too.

[Tacos]

I hope since this is meant to be a helpful piece of info that can improve functionality that this won't count as a necro post.  No one has expressed an issue yet, but I just updated to High Sierra on my macbook and with that update came a compatibility issue with wineskin in which the wrapper would not open.  To fix this, right click on your wineskin Reborn (or whatever game you're using) wrapper, select show package contents.  There will be three options: Contents, drive_c, and Wineskin.  Select wineskin and then choose "set screen options."  From there, deselect "Auto Detect GPU Info for Direct3D."  After that, the wineskin wrapper should be able to open again.

 

Also since I noticed this was missing in the op of the guide, here is a link to download wineskin winery: http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads