How to get RASAero II running on a Mac

[Chad]

RASAero II can run on a Mac by using Wine.

Follow this guide for getting Wine installed but stop after completing Step 3.
https://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/

After completing Step 3, do the following steps

Step 1.
install WineTricks by using this command
$ brew install winetricks

Step 2.
RASAero II (i think) is a 32-bit Windows application and won't run under the 64-bit prefix Wine uses by default. What you need to do is set up a 32-bit Wine prefix first, follow the below steps.

execute these commands from the command line
1. $ rm -rf ~/.wine
~/.wine may not exist but do this anyway just in case, it's important. Also, "rm -rf" has no patience for ignorance. If you aren't familiar with it then delete the .wine hidden folder via Finder.

2. $ export WINEARCH=win32
3. $ winecfg
wincfg will open a Windows GUI, you can just close it the defaults are fine.

Step 3.
Now you can install and start RASAero II with:
1. $ wine start RASAero\ II\ Setup\ Ver\ 1.0.1.0.msi
2. $ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/RASAero II
3. $ wine start RASAero\ II.exe

Edit: The windows version of RockSim will also run on Mac using the same method.

 

[Ian A Dalton]

Hey! So I fought with this the whole way. I got RASAero to install and run but it I click any button I am asked to save the rocket and then the program exits. Are you having the same issue?