New Dominions and new Mac user

[Varangian]

I recently purchased my first mac and my first copy of dominions. I followed the instructions to just drag the .exe file over into a mac folder to start the game. No problem there, but every time I start the game, it asks me for my cd key. Is this normal? Shouldn't I have to do this just the first time I log on?

Second question, how do you install the patch on the mac? I downloaded the patch and tried to get it to execute but it appears nothing happened. By just dragging over the .exe file, it's like I never installed the game. Is the game, when it boots up looking for the patch? What do I need to do to insure the patch is being implemented.

Varangian

[st.patrik]

I think there's a readme with the patch install.

basically it's a little awkward: you control-click on the Dom3 icon and select "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu. that'll open up a window which has folders like the ones in the patch. drag over the contents of the patch folders (not the folders themselves) to patch.

Have fun with the Mac and with the game! and welcome!

[djo]

And as for your first question, yes, that isn't normal. The game creates a "dominions3" folder in your home directory and stores the key in a file named "key". If the folder exists but the key file doesn't, check that you have permissions to write to the folder. If the folder doesn't even exist, you would also have trouble saving games, so I'm guessing it does exists.

If the key file is present, maybe it's gotten corrupted. Try deleting it and see if the game re-creates it.

That's all I can think of. Post again if that doesn't work or you need more details.

[Varangian]

Thank you for the help. I think I got it figured out now. New question, do you have problems right clicking wit the mouse? I have the secondary button on my mouse assigned to a right cclicck, but it's difficcult for me to get the effect of a right click.

Varangian

[Capt_Jack]

What mouse are you using?
What are you trying to do with the right click?
Are you in Full Screen or windowed mode?

[Varangian]

Capt_Jack,

I'm using a mighty mouse and full screen.