How to play SMRO on Mac [Porting Kit Edition]

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Steps how to play SMRO on Mac using Porting Kit

Hardware Compatible: iMac, Macbook, Macbook pro, Macbook Air, Mac mini, Mac Studio, Mac Pro
OSX Version: Any

 

What you need

• Download a porting kit application here: https://www.portingkit.com/download
  PK 5 (MacOS 10.13+) DMG
  PK 5 (MacOS 10.13+) ZIP
• SMRO Client / Patcher : https://wiki.shining-moon.com/index.php/Downloads

 

Perform the installation
On your Mac, do the following steps in order.
 

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STEP  1: Install Porting Kit
Before you install Porting Kit, install all macOS updates.

1. On your mac, navigate through Download on the left sidebar of your Finder
2. Double click on Porting-Kit-6.*.*.dmg
3. Drag Porting Kit to Applications
   
   
    

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STEP  2: Run Porting Kit

1. Navigate through Applications and look for Porting Kit
   
   
   
    
2. Popup window will show up with "Porting Kit" is an app downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it? "CLICK OPEN"
   
   

 

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STEP  3: Setup Porting Kit

1. In the Porting Kit window, click "Continue" and then click "Agree."
2. In Folder Permissions, check "Allow the Porting Kit to access my Downloads folder (strongly recommended)" and "Allow the Porting Kit to access my Desktop folder (optional)," then click "Continue."
3. In Analytics, just click "Continue."
4. In Applications Default Path, you can choose where to store the ports file. You can leave it as the default, or if you have an extended hard drive, you can select that drive and create a folder.
5. In GOG.com Integration, leave "Allow the Porting Kit to access the games in my GOG.com account (optional)" unchecked.

 

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STEP  4: Install SMRO in Porting Kit

1. In the Porting Kit window, navigate to "Installed" on the left sidebar under "Apps."
2. Inside the "Installed" area, navigate to the top left and click "Add Application."
   
   
    
3. Look for the unzipped file of "ShiningMoon", then find "ShiningPatcher.exe" and click "Open"
   
   
    
4. In Custom port "Which is the port name?" Enter "ShiningMoon" or any name you like ex. SMRO, smro, shining moon ro
5. In Install ShiningMoon on macOS window click "Next"
6. Click "Next" on Agreement
7. In Installation Advanced Settings, Click Engine and look for WS11WineCX64Bit22.1.1-13_D3Metal-v1.0.4 then click "Next" then "Next"
   
   
   
    
8. In Select the Port Destination, you can Change location of your installed files or set to default then click "Install".
   
   
   
    
9. Wait for the Porting kit to finish installing your setup.
10. A window will pop up asking for Porting Kit permission to install Gstreamer. Click Ok
11. ShiningPatcher will show up and wait for the patch to complete. Once the patch is done, click the close button to make the Porting Kit go to next step
12. Porting Kit will ask where the ShiningPatcher.exe located.
13. Copy the ShiningMoon folder and paste inside drive_c. 
    
    * Example path of wineskin where you paste ShiningMoon folder: /Applications/ShiningMoon/Content/SharedSupport/prefix/drive_c
    * Right Click ShiningMoon wineskin, Click Show package Contents > Contents > ... > ....
     
14. Once you select ShiningPatcher.exe you are done.
    
    

 

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You have successfully installed SMRO on Mac using Porting Kit!
That's it you have installed SMRO in your mac and start leveling... Have fun playing! 

Tire of reading? Watch this youtube video about how to setup Porting Kit w/ Steam.

 

Edited June 30, 2024 by PachiPachi