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Wizardry 8 is a classic old games that has recently become available for Macintosh / OSX from Steam.

The game is quite enjoyable, except that combat animations slow down the game a lot. There is a fix for this – which is to use the utility win8fast.exe to patch the configuration file and speed up combat.

But how does one run a Windows executable under OSX with Steam downloaded version of Wizardry 8. This article describes how

Step 0: Get Wizardry 8 on Steam. I assume you have done this already

Step 1: Download wiz8fast.exe. I found it here: http://wolfie.wiz8.de/Wiz8Fast.html

Step 2: Install wine on your machine. While steam already install it, it likely won’t be in your path. The easiest way to get wine is using brew. Start a terminal and type:

• brew install wine

You will also need wintricks. Installed like this:

• brew install winetricks

Step 3: Locate the Wizardry 8 install folder and copy win8fast.exe to it. If you are using a standard Steam installation, you will find the game files here:

• ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/
  common/Wizardry8/Wizardry 8.app/
  drive_c/Games/Wizardry 8

Use finder or the terminal to extract the file downloaded in step 1 to this directory. Start a terminal window and navigate to the directory.

Step 4: Install windows prerequisites to run the win8fast.exe patch

Easy, just type

• winetricks mfc42

Step 5: Run win8fast.exe. This is done by:

1. Navigate to the installed directory from step 3
2. Run: wine WIN8FAST.EXE (this is case sensitive, check the file name)

Step 6: Start Wizardry 8 the normal way, enjoy a better experience. You will need to rerun step 5 every time you play.

Wizardry 8 is a classic old games that has recently become available for Macintosh / OSX from Steam.

The game is quite enjoyable, except that combat animations slow down the game a lot. There is a fix for this – which is to use the utility win8fast.exe to patch the configuration file and speed up combat.

But how does one run a Windows executable under OSX with Steam downloaded version of Wizardry 8. This article describes how

Step 0: Get Wizardry 8 on Steam. I assume you have done this already

Step 1: Download wiz8fast.exe. I found it here: http://wolfie.wiz8.de/Wiz8Fast.html

Step 2: Install wine on your machine. While steam already install it, it likely won’t be in your path. The easiest way to get wine is using brew. Start a terminal and type:

• brew install wine

You will also need wintricks. Installed like this:

• brew install winetricks

Step 3: Locate the Wizardry 8 install folder and copy win8fast.exe to it. If you are using a standard Steam installation, you will find the game files here:

• ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/
  common/Wizardry8/Wizardry 8.app/
  drive_c/Games/Wizardry 8

Use finder or the terminal to extract the file downloaded in step 1 to this directory. Start a terminal window and navigate to the directory.

Step 4: Install windows prerequisites to run the win8fast.exe patch

Easy, just type

• winetricks mfc42

Step 5: Run win8fast.exe. This is done by:

1. Navigate to the installed directory from step 3
2. Run: wine WIN8FAST.EXE (this is case sensitive, check the file name)

Step 6: Start Wizardry 8 the normal way, enjoy a better experience. You will need to rerun step 5 every time you play.

Wizardry 8 is a classic old games that has recently become available for Macintosh / OSX from Steam.

The game is quite enjoyable, except that combat animations slow down the game a lot. There is a fix for this – which is to use the utility win8fast.exe to patch the configuration file and speed up combat.

But how does one run a Windows executable under OSX with Steam downloaded version of Wizardry 8. This article describes how

Step 0: Get Wizardry 8 on Steam. I assume you have done this already

Step 1: Download wiz8fast.exe. I found it here: http://wolfie.wiz8.de/Wiz8Fast.html

Step 2: Install wine on your machine. While steam already install it, it likely won’t be in your path. The easiest way to get wine is using brew. Start a terminal and type:

• brew install wine

You will also need wintricks. Installed like this:

• brew install winetricks

Step 3: Locate the Wizardry 8 install folder and copy win8fast.exe to it. If you are using a standard Steam installation, you will find the game files here:

• ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/
  common/Wizardry8/Wizardry 8.app/
  drive_c/Games/Wizardry 8

Use finder or the terminal to extract the file downloaded in step 1 to this directory. Start a terminal window and navigate to the directory.

Step 4: Install windows prerequisites to run the win8fast.exe patch

Easy, just type

• winetricks mfc42

Step 5: Run win8fast.exe. This is done by:

1. Navigate to the installed directory from step 3
2. Run: wine WIN8FAST.EXE (this is case sensitive, check the file name)

Step 6: Start Wizardry 8 the normal way, enjoy a better experience. You will need to rerun step 5 every time you play.

Wizardry 8 is a classic old games that has recently become available for Macintosh / OSX from Steam.

The game is quite enjoyable, except that combat animations slow down the game a lot. There is a fix for this – which is to use the utility win8fast.exe to patch the configuration file and speed up combat.

But how does one run a Windows executable under OSX with Steam downloaded version of Wizardry 8. This article describes how

Step 0: Get Wizardry 8 on Steam. I assume you have done this already

Step 1: Download wiz8fast.exe. I found it here: http://wolfie.wiz8.de/Wiz8Fast.html

Step 2: Install wine on your machine. While steam already install it, it likely won’t be in your path. The easiest way to get wine is using brew. Start a terminal and type:

• brew install wine

You will also need wintricks. Installed like this:

• brew install winetricks

Step 3: Locate the Wizardry 8 install folder and copy win8fast.exe to it. If you are using a standard Steam installation, you will find the game files here:

• ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/
  common/Wizardry8/Wizardry 8.app/
  drive_c/Games/Wizardry 8

Use finder or the terminal to extract the file downloaded in step 1 to this directory. Start a terminal window and navigate to the directory.

Step 4: Install windows prerequisites to run the win8fast.exe patch

Easy, just type

• winetricks mfc42

Step 5: Run win8fast.exe. This is done by:

1. Navigate to the installed directory from step 3
2. Run: wine WIN8FAST.EXE (this is case sensitive, check the file name)

Step 6: Start Wizardry 8 the normal way, enjoy a better experience. You will need to rerun step 5 every time you play.

Wizardry 8 is a classic old games that has recently become available for Macintosh / OSX from Steam.

The game is quite enjoyable, except that combat animations slow down the game a lot. There is a fix for this – which is to use the utility win8fast.exe to patch the configuration file and speed up combat.

But how does one run a Windows executable under OSX with Steam downloaded version of Wizardry 8. This article describes how

Step 0: Get Wizardry 8 on Steam. I assume you have done this already

Step 1: Download wiz8fast.exe. I found it here: http://wolfie.wiz8.de/Wiz8Fast.html

Step 2: Install wine on your machine. While steam already install it, it likely won’t be in your path. The easiest way to get wine is using brew. Start a terminal and type:

• brew install wine

You will also need wintricks. Installed like this:

• brew install winetricks

Step 3: Locate the Wizardry 8 install folder and copy win8fast.exe to it. If you are using a standard Steam installation, you will find the game files here:

• ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/
  common/Wizardry8/Wizardry 8.app/
  drive_c/Games/Wizardry 8

Use finder or the terminal to extract the file downloaded in step 1 to this directory. Start a terminal window and navigate to the directory.

Step 4: Install windows prerequisites to run the win8fast.exe patch

Easy, just type

• winetricks mfc42

Step 5: Run win8fast.exe. This is done by:

1. Navigate to the installed directory from step 3
2. Run: wine WIN8FAST.EXE (this is case sensitive, check the file name)

Step 6: Start Wizardry 8 the normal way, enjoy a better experience. You will need to rerun step 5 every time you play.