Loading...

Any chance to run Europebattle on M1 Mac?

Discussion in 'Help Desk' started by Buttermelon, Jul 21, 2025.

  1. Buttermelon

    Buttermelon Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2021
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    13
    Hello guys, does any of you had success running the game on a M1/2/3/4 Mac computer?

    I've tried Whisky, Crossover but seems like it's not passing the GameGuard verification and game can't actually run... Any help would be appreciated!
     
    Buttermelon, Jul 21, 2025
    #1
  2. kiwifruit

    kiwifruit Game Master

    Joined:
    Apr 17, 2020
    Messages:
    3,294
    Likes Received:
    1,937
    Trophy Points:
    113

    Hey @Buttermelon unsure if you can get it running on any of the emulators, that worked on the intel CPUs. But you can surely make it work with a virtual machine set on Windows. Another player recently got that working @ArmaniExchange
     
    kiwifruit, Jul 21, 2025
    #2
  3. Gix

    Gix Founder

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2005
    Messages:
    54,817
    Likes Received:
    5,870
    Trophy Points:
    113

    Have you tried an older version of Wineskin @Buttermelon? What verification it's not passing, exactly? Maybe it's a permissions/firewall issue.
    You could also give Kegworks a try, seems to be the successor of Wineskin and it's open source https://github.com/Kegworks-App/Kegworks/. Found a bit of an older post here and there should be some more, but I'm sure there are some Mac users out there as well.
     
    Gix, Jul 21, 2025
    #3
  4. Buttermelon

    Buttermelon Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2021
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    13
    Thanks, I will look into those options and try.

    Launcher hangs right after the game guard splash screen appears. The shield like icon of game guard appears, but then nothing happens and it auto closes.

    I don’t have any Firewalls up but gotta check that with more depth.

    I am now running the game with Parallels VM and it’s good. But the thing is my Parallels subscription ends and idk if I wanna reinstantiate it, because Codeweavers CrossOver is far better option for running games.
     
    Buttermelon, Jul 22, 2025
    #4
  5. ameth

    ameth Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 28, 2018
    Messages:
    645
    Likes Received:
    272
    Trophy Points:
    63

    If you suspect gameguard, there is a way to test it from different angle: topaz chat. That uses game's dlls. Set up a d2 client under any Win VM. Avoid launcher. Just download that 2 GB pack, run it, send europebattle.exe over the game folder, also unpack the latest version of topaz chat stuff into that folder, and run topaz chat. Can you join to the chat?
     
    ameth, Jul 22, 2025
    #5
  6. Kefflar32

    Kefflar32 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 21, 2015
    Messages:
    2,154
    Likes Received:
    1,649
    Trophy Points:
    113

    @ameth do u read everything before u post? He runs fine with Parallels VM but not with Crossover for Mac
     
    Kefflar32, Jul 22, 2025
    #6
  7. ameth

    ameth Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 28, 2018
    Messages:
    645
    Likes Received:
    272
    Trophy Points:
    63

    I can give you one point, but not more :)

    That subscription is about to run out, so there is need to test other VMs, and figure out, where to look for more details. Or am I wrong?
     
    ameth, Jul 22, 2025
    #7
  8. Buttermelon

    Buttermelon Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2021
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    13
    After a further research it appears that it’s not possible to launch GameGuard on any of the Wine/Whisky/CrossOver cause they miss some internal windows stuff that GameGuard checks.

    Pretty strange for $30.000 a year software, lol… :D
     
    Buttermelon, Jul 28, 2025
    #8
  9. Gix

    Gix Founder

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2005
    Messages:
    54,817
    Likes Received:
    5,870
    Trophy Points:
    113

    Can you be more specific @Buttermelon? I'm not sure if that's the issue you're facing because we definitely have people running the game just fine on Wine.
    Send me a PM here with a short video while you are trying to run the game so I can see the message you're getting or the behavior.
     
    Gix, Jul 28, 2025
    #9
  10. starxplor

    starxplor Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 12, 2017
    Messages:
    267
    Likes Received:
    280
    Trophy Points:
    63

    On Linux, I had to use winetricks to install some MS redist packages then it works with wine.
     
    starxplor, Jul 28, 2025
    #10
    Gix likes this.
  11. Buttermelon

    Buttermelon Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2021
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    13
    For some reason I couldn't post the message there, but here is a link to the video -
    Literally nothing happens after the GameGuard splash screen, no error, no nothing.

    Also that's M1 Mac Studio running Sequoia OS, I bet Linux distros and other build are quite different compared to the ARM architecture of that M1
     
    Buttermelon, Jul 29, 2025
    #11
  12. Gix

    Gix Founder

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2005
    Messages:
    54,817
    Likes Received:
    5,870
    Trophy Points:
    113

    Have you tried @starxplor's suggestion and see what happens after installing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages 2015-2019?
    Also, stick to the default launching parameters and don't select -ddraw or any other settings for now, leave it on window mode. Maybe there's something useful in the log files as well, so check your PM.

    PS: Is there a compatibility mode you can select, such as Windows XP or Windows 7? If there is, then add compatibility mode for the following files: Game.exe and Diablo II.exe
     
    Gix, Jul 29, 2025
    #12
  13. Buttermelon

    Buttermelon Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2021
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    13
    Yes, even with the VC Redist 2015-2019 it still does the same. Also tried running in -w mode instead, and still the same thing.

    Also checked the other compatibility modes for the Bottle and Win XP/7/10 or 11 - same result, crashes.
     
    Buttermelon, Jul 29, 2025
    #13
    • Draft saved Draft deleted
    Loading...
    Similar Threads - chance run Europebattle
    1. Fear0fTheDark

      Drop chance/High-end items

      Fear0fTheDark, Oct 16, 2017, in forum: Help Desk
      Replies:
      12
      Views:
      8,804
      SGPB75
      Oct 21, 2017
    2. Cascada

      Solved Stormshield Monarch chance to block?

      Cascada, Jun 14, 2017, in forum: Help Desk
      Replies:
      7
      Views:
      4,512
      Cascada
      Jun 14, 2017
    3. Sabrossa

      Patch runewords

      Sabrossa, May 29, 2026, in forum: Help Desk
      Replies:
      3
      Views:
      5,591
      Gix
      May 29, 2026
    4. Taff

      Runes drop table

      Taff, Oct 29, 2023, in forum: Help Desk
      Replies:
      0
      Views:
      1,943
      Taff
      Oct 29, 2023
    5. pipo

      Solved Problem with running the Europebattle.net

      pipo, Jan 1, 2022, in forum: Help Desk
      Replies:
      1
      Views:
      1,718
      Gix
      Jan 1, 2022
    Loading...