Estimated time: 10 minutes
PlayOnMac does not work on macOS Catalina, and issues have been reported with the latest version of Steam. Updating is in progress, read more here.
When the updates are released this guide will be updated.
- Click this or run
brew cask install playonmac - Open the PlayOnMac.dmg file when it finishes downloading
- Drag the PlayOnMac.app file onto the Applications folder in the menu that opens
- Close the menu that opened, and you can delete the PlayOnMac.dmg file
- Open Finder, click "Applications" in the left sidebar, and look for the PlayOnMac item
- Press the CTRL key and double click the PlayOnMac application (you only need to do this the first time)
- Click open, continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Copy and paste this into your address bar, then press enter:
playonmac://www.playonlinux.com/repository/download.php?id=4- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- If it asks how much memory your graphics board has, select 1024
- Once that is finished installing, select "Steam" and click "Configure" in PlayOnMac
- Next to "Wine version" click the button with a plus icon on it
- On the left-hand side, select the latest one, and click the arrow button in the middle
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Close the version picker window
- In the "Wine version" dropdown, select the latest one
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Close the configuration window
- Select "Steam" and click "Run" in PlayOnMac
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Steam will take a minute or two to update on first start
- Log into the steam account you used to buy the game
- In the left sidebar, select Age of Empires II HD
- Click the "Install" button in the middle of the page
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Right click Age of Empires II HD in the left sidebar
- Click the "Properties" tab
- Click the "Set launch options" button
- Type in
NoStartUpand click OK - Click the "Browse local files" to open the game files folder
- Delete "Launcher.exe"
- Rename "AoK HD.exe" to "Launcher.exe"
- In Steam, click "Play" for Age of Empires
- In the future, you just open PlayOnMac to run Steam and start the game
- Congratulations on installing AOE2HD on a Mac!
- While signed in, go to the following URLs and click "Subscribe"
In the event of an update, the game will break and you won't be able to see other games.
- Right click the game in Steam and select "Properties"
- Go to the "Local Files" tab and click "Verify integrity of game files"
- Once finished, complete the step where you rename the file again
For original, see https://www.forgottenempires.net/install