wine users - Jun 2010 - Unable to load CM01/02 savefile in CMScout 2.00

Hi!

I recently got my hands on a free legal copy of Championship Manager 01/02 for
Mac (link here
(http://champman0102.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?4204-Official-Game-Patches-%28MAC%29)
for those interested) and having played CM01/02 a lot on PC back in the days I
got excited.

The game runs fine. The problem lies in a scout utility called CMScout I always
use when playing CM01/02. Basically what this utility does is it loads save
games and uses the information to easily find new players, check hidden
attributes etc. This utility of course doesn't exist for Mac so I made some
research and found Winebottler. Although being a complete newbie to Wine,
I've managed to run the .exe and at first it seems to work fine.

What doesn't work is the loading of a saved game. I can locate the file but
as soon as I load it CMScout seems to get stuck. It never gets past 0%, as seen
below.

[Image:
http://www.rockmyspace.info/image-upload/uploads/1/Screenshot_cmscout.png ]

I have no idea why and honestly I think it way beyond my knowledge of how Wine
works (which is very limited). So I ask you guys, can you help me?

Here (http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/cmscout_and_savefile.zip) you can
download the utility and a save game I've just created so you can test for
your self.

Winebottle version: 1.1.44
OS: Mac OS X, 10.6.3

Thank you!

Scar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I recently got my hands on a free legal copy of Championship Manager 01/02
for Mac (link here
(http://champman0102.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?4204-Official-Game-Patches-%28MAC%29)
for those interested) and having played CM01/02 a lot on PC back in the days I
got excited.
>
> The game runs fine. The problem lies in a scout utility called CMScout I
always use when playing CM01/02. Basically what this utility does is it loads
save games and uses the information to easily find new players, check hidden
attributes etc. This utility of course doesn't exist for Mac so I made some
research and found Winebottler. Although being a complete newbie to Wine,
I've managed to run the .exe and at first it seems to work fine.
>
>   
You need to report this on the WineBottler trac, since you used that 
program to install.

If you want to try something, you can go to MacPorts and install the 
latest version of Wine (currently 1.2-rc4) and try to run your program 
from the wine that is installed.

James McKenzie

When I run the app directly with Wine 1.1.44 the same problem occurs. No
difference. I seem to have some problems installing 1.2-rc4 but I'm not
convinced it will change anything. I also have the exact same problem when I use
CrossOver; the save game wont load.