[Other Tutorial] RPG Maker XP on Mac

[Boonzeet]

I've seen this raised by a few people on the forums and I thought it'd be good to make a guide for the Mac users that would love to purchase RPG Maker XP.

Please note: because of the way WINE works, MIDI files do not play. I don't know of a fix for this so I just use MP3 files.

WineBottler

You will need WineBottler to install and run RPG Maker XP on your Mac.

WineBottler can be downloaded from here and includes Wine: https://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

Installing RPG Maker XP

In your folder from your Enterbrain download, you should have the following (or two install files, read below):

(Some recent downloaders say there is just one folder with two install files - so replace the relevant Setup.exe mentions in this tutorial with the install files for the main program and the RGSS-RTP. If someone could tell me the actual file names that'd help! (I bought RPG Maker XP over 5 years ago!).

Open the installer for the main RPG Maker XP program (in Setup2) by right-clicking Setup.exe and selecting "Open with > Wine".

In the popup that appears, select the option "Convert to simple OS X Application bundle with WineBottler". Save the bundle as "RPG Maker XP" in your Applications folder.

In the WineBottler preferences that pops up, you do not need to change anything, but rename the prefix to "com.enterbrain.rpgmakerxp" or whatever you want the prefix to be called. Then click install.

This will run the actual Windows installer, so just click next, do not change the install directory or anything. At the end, Wine will ask which file to run when the application is opened. This is important! Select RPGXP.exe. Now, there will be an OS X Application that runs RPG Maker XP. Don't run it yet though.

Installing RGSS-RTP

Installing the RGSS-RTP is necessary to run RPG Maker XP, but not all RPG Maker XP programs. A big problem people have with WineBottling this program is installing the RGSS-RTP, but it's very simple!

Open the installer for the RGSS-RTP (in Setup1) called Setup.Exe and open with Wine.

When the pop-up appears, select "Run directly in an existing Wine prefix" and run in your com.enterbrain.rpgmakerxp prefix.

Run the installer in its default configuration, and when it's installed, if it doesn't automatically, close it.

You have now installed RGSS-RTP and your RPG Maker app when opened should run perfectly. Remember to activate RPG Maker XP with your serial number on its first launch.

Hope this helps someone! :)

 

[PinkCatDragon]

Thanks alot ill see if i can port these instruction to work on linux on wine

 

[Woah]

Thanks for posting this! I've been running RPGXP on a mac for a while. Besides wine's incapability of playing MIDI files, the program also does not let me copy and paste event pages or anything for that matter, which is a huge hinderance. Anyone else experiencing this?

 

[Daemonflare]

I know this is SUPER late and this guide is probably outdated, but I'm having some problems trying to get this to work :/

Installing Setup 2 works a treat, usually no problems.
But I can't find my prefix when installing the RGSS thing. Any ideas?

 

[Daemonflare]

Thanks for posting this! I've been running RPGXP on a mac for a while. Besides wine's incapability of playing MIDI files, the program also does not let me copy and paste event pages or anything for that matter, which is a huge hinderance. Anyone else experiencing this?

pls tell me how u do :))

 

[Richard PT]

This works for Android?

 

[Zeak6464]

This works for Android?

no

 

[Richard PT]

no

Ok, thanks for the info.

 

[apokemoncoordinator]

False. rgp maker xp does not work on mac. trust me. i tried to open it with a program called wine and it didn't open,therefore,it cannot open on mac.

 

[desbrina]

False. rgp maker xp does not work on mac. trust me. i tried to open it with a program called wine and it didn't open,therefore,it cannot open on mac.

It does. Up until recently I?ve had it running on wine. I now use parallels to run it

 

[apokemoncoordinator]

It does. Up until recently I?ve had it running on wine. I now use parallels to run it

Wine wouldn't open it for me. I even converted it into an os x application bundle. The untitled.app wouldn't run either.

 

[desbrina]

Wine wouldn't open it for me. I even converted it into an os x application bundle. The untitled.app wouldn't run either.

Don't know on that. Up until a couple of months ago I was running it on wine reasonably ok

 

[apokemoncoordinator]

Don't know on that. Up until a couple of months ago I was running it on wine reasonably ok

It won't open for me.

 

[LoveSamuraiForever]

So far, so good! I followed the installation instructions you all shared and RPG Maker XP is launching fine using Wine on my Mac. I still have to purchase the full program, however I wanted to make sure I'd be able to run it using Wine before I did actually buy it.

Thank you all so much for the help, and I'm excited to get using the program.
Will share feedback as I go and share any insight I have that can help others.

 

[bneidi]

(Some recent downloaders say there is just one folder with two install files - so replace the relevant Setup.exe mentions in this tutorial with the install files for the main program and the RGSS-RTP. If someone could tell me the actual file names that'd help! (I bought RPG Maker XP over 5 years ago!).

In my case there was no folder, there was just one file called RPGXP_E.exe. I just had to start installing this file how you explained it in your tutorial and then the installer for RGSS-RTP started automatically after the installation of RGP Maker XP was completed. So I didn't had to do it in two steps anymore.
But thank you for the tutorial, it was helpful even though it wasn't exactly the way it is now. It now works perfectly fine on my mac.

 

[apokemoncoordinator]

I wish it were on mac

 

[DarrylBD99]

It won't open for me.

Did you check the permissions settings? I looked at other guides on this and they clearly stated
that you will need to enable permission for the program to run.

 

[Game Duelist CJ]

Which version of this program is best for macOS Big Sur 11.5.2? With an Apple M1 chip in an iMac?