Macintosh

Yeah my client stopped working after i installed/updated SISI so this fixed the problem right up thanks.

Thanks
Ane

I have had no problems with my Tranquility and Singularity clients whatsoever for the past year or two, though it took me quite a bit of hunting around for answers to get this to work since the new Launcher went into effect with Crucible.

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Before I continue, I have to point out that anyplace you see { and }, you'll have to replace them with < and >. I can't post them directly because "HTML isn't allowed in posts" on the EVE Online forums.

I always make it a point to have my different EVE Online clients point to different Application Support subfolders: "EVE Online TQ1", "EVE Online TQ2", "EVE Online Sisi1", "EVE Online Sisi2", and so on.

This details how I set up multiple Tranquility clients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofqAdlbRWQ

That is, I rename the "EVE Online.app" to something like "EVE Online TQ2.app".

Then, I have to go find the file /Games/EVE\ Online/EVE\ Online\ TQ2.app/Contents/Resources/EVE\ Online.app/Contents/Info.plist and set (with XCode or TextEdit)

{key}CFBundleName{/key}
{string}EVE Online TQ2{/string}

{key}PrefsFolderName{/key}
{string}EVE Online TQ2{/string}

(Note, the above assumes that on the root level of my hard drive, I have a folder called "Games" and a folder within that called "EVE Online" and the application within that. This command will look different if you have your application in the "Applications" folder, for example. Also, that path is NOT a typo: you have an EVE Online application INSIDE your EVE Online application.)

Singularity clients are similar except that I have to use a Terminal command to update a Singularity client with a new patch, like:

open /Games/EVE\ Online/EVE\ Online\ Sisi2.app --args /server:87.237.38.50

Then find /Games/EVE\ Online/EVE\ Online\ Sisi2.app/Contents/Resources/EVE\ Online.app/Contents/Info.plist and set

{key}CFBundleName{/key}
{string}EVE Online Sisi2{/string}

{key}PrefsFolderName{/key}
{string}EVE Online Sisi2{/string}

Then I need to use the following Terminal Commands to show invisible folders and files:

10.9 Mavericks
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Then I have to find the file: /Users/ImNotTellingYouMyUserName/Library/Application\ Support/EVE\ Online\ Sisi2/config

"Library" is an invisible folder, which is why we needed to show invisibles first.

Open the file with TextEdit, and add to the bottom: (these really are square brackets, not curly brackets, do NOT replace with < and > please.)

[AppDefaults\\EVE.exe\\transgaming]
"cmdlineadd" = "/server:87.237.38.50"

Once the above is done, you must make sure to NEVER LAUNCH THE OUTER "EVE ONLINE" DIRECTLY. This opens the Launcher, then the Launcher detects that files inside itself have changed, then it reverts the changes, and that breaks everything again.

To play the game, you must skip the Launcher and open the EVE Online that is inside your EVE Online.

This screenshot may help explain.

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/12ku37bkXl4Ym0sb-A_awjkwGraJMvhba6Dx5ANHJOuk/edit?usp=sharing

Also, the video is now up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFFPX3nhREk

Thank you, Seamus! Any information that gives us a better picture of how our players are using the Mac client is really invaluable and I really appreciate you taking the time to put forward the methods you use for the benefit of the community.

Glad to be of help. If my instructions aren't clear, then I can probably take the time, this weekend, to make a new video detailing the process, but only if there's a request for it.

[edit] Just to add, if a Tranquility and a Singularity client were trying to use the same folder within Application Support, then I would fully expect things to start going wonky left, right, and center. Indeed, I would expect things to go wonky if two Tranquility clients were trying to reference the same Application Support folder. [/edit]

Really glad this resolved your issues, Dybbuch. I saw you pop up in all those other threads. Please accept my apologies for the delay in the workaround.

Same here. Last time SiSi killed TQ, this time TQ killed SiSi.

Patch didnt fix it ..

I tried these solutions and none work. sisi still causes Tq to not load.

my solution is to manipulate the eve online folder.

1. before you even open your sisi client, do the following.
(make sure Tq works before you do this though or it would be pointless.)

- go to library, application support, eve online folder
- copy the folder and place the copy on your desktop or any place easily accessible to you


now you have a known good copy of your eve folder and when you are done with sisi, you will not have to reset everything.

now go play around on sisi

when you are done, this is when things get interesting. Even if you move your copied EVE folder back into the application support part of the library, that will not work. When you first launch your Tq client, it will make a brand new folder for some reason and bypass your backup folder. To fix this annoyance.


find the new EVE folder. This should be easy as your copy should be named EVE Online Copy, etc. Delete all the content out of the folder created by the client, and transfer everything from your copy folder into the new folder. Make sure everything was transferred. I used my overview setting as a quick baseline to make sure.

Now you should be able to open Tq and it should load normally to whatever presets you had before.

Yes its annoying but at least it works for now.

Success! Worked as advertised.

It is worth noting that while one is accessing the application support folder, it is a good idea to make an alias to the EVE online folder in the Application support. in the future makes it easier to get to the files for grabbing screen shots youve made or reading the logs, or accessing exported fits and overview settings.