Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

3.04 does not need 3.01... and 3.04 will update the game correctly whether or not a patch was installed.

Problem installing 3.04 on Mac OS X
 

Followed the readme instructions but it's not working.

Console output shows a bunch of "permission denied" messages.

Tried setting permissions to read + write but still, no luck.

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/rawsound: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/res.trs: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/skybox1.tga: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/smallfont.trs: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/tile.tga: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/trees.r3f: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/tutdata/early_marverni.trn: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/tutdata/ftherlnd: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/tutdata: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources: Operation not permitted
chmod: ../Dominions3.app/Contents: Operation not permitted
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/MacOS/Dominions3: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/res.trs: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/misc.trs: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/flag.trs: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/army12.trs: Permission denied
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src target
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/maps/urraparrand.tga: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/maps/urraparrand.map: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/maps/dawn.tga: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/maps/dawn.map: Permission denied
cp: ../Dominions3.app/Contents/Resources/battlemaps/cave3.d3m: Permission denied
... done.
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Re: Problem installing 3.04 on Mac OS X
 

"Get Info" on the Dominions3.app and make sure that you have permissions to read and write. If you do, do the same on the Dominions 3 folder, and hit the button (under the "Details:" tab) to "Apply to enclosed items..."

Re: Problem installing 3.04 on Mac OS X
 

Have done that, but still, same results.

Re: Problem installing 3.04 on Mac OS X
 

J Henry Waugh...
Have you tried using a different login account which has full rights? Based on the errors it definitely looks like some type of permissions/access issue.

Re: Problem installing 3.04 on Mac OS X
 

Am using account with full admin rights.

Have partially succeeded in installing. I had to "Open Package Contents" on Dominions 3 folder (after moving App to desktop, which is the most bizarre patch instruction sequence I've ever executed) and apply read + write to "enclosed" items. That eliminated about 75% of the error messages and now when I start the game it shows 3.04.

However, it is running extremely slow (even slower than I remember running on my old G4 PB). And it looks like that might be due to the message output where SDL stuff was not successfully written to (even though it in same place as rest of stuff and I verified those folders all had read+write).

I don't understand why the patch process has to be so convoluted (it's even gotten worse than Dom2 where I had to reinstall original version before applying patch on each patch version). Everything else, you just click on the patcher or simply drag an icon over to /Applications.

I love Dom3 but at this point I am extremely frustrated and disappointed over spending a bundle of money (at least to me and my state of finances at present time) for a game that I can't even play unless I spend more time eliminating and reverting…

Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

same thing here.
game freezes with every turn resolution..

Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

Game freezing during turn resolution combined with strange graphic bugs in battle view is a symptom of a bad cd-key. So make sure you have a proper cd-key!

Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

hmm.. uninstalled the game, removed game folder, installed again- now everything seems to be OK.. strange.. %)

Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

Still no resolution for patch problem, guess I'm not going to able to patch game…

…very lousy deal, and now I feel ripped off.

Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

Henry. It is possible to patch the game manually if you want to. Don't run the script, copy the files manually instead. It's a simple replace old files with the newer ones in the patch.

I will take a look at why the script doesn't work later, but no time for that right now.

Re: Dominions 3 Version 3.04 Now Available!
 

Thanks. That worked and all is well my own personal Dom-land now.

Sorry, should have thought to try that, but I figured with script there was some sort of "processing" that would be neglected…