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The instructions for Bayetas Mod (downloaded from http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/bayetas-mod.439/) are applicable only to Windows. Have you managed to install this on Mac, and if so, what did you do?
The straightforward translation from Windows paths to Unix paths does not seem to work. When I give the Unix path to the mods.xml file on the -mod command line switch, Grid 2 gives a dialog with the error message "unable to open the mod configuration file".
In the general case, you normally can't expect to go to your favorite game shop, pick up a PC game, take it home, and expect to be able to put the game on your Mac and have it run. However, it is possible to play PC games on a Mac. When attempting to play a Windows game on a Mac OS-based machine, you have several options, each with its drawbacks and strengths.
Please note: This is intended as general advice to a non-technical audience. This is not indented to be a "catch-all" answer to "how do I overcome game X's difficulties when running under solution Y." The existence of this answer does not mark every other MacOS gaming question on this topic as a duplicate. It is further not meant to be a full and complete overview of WINE/Virtual Machines/dual booting/etc. The intent is to generally summarize the solutions to allow people to choose a direction to invest further effort.
If it exists, getting the Mac port or playing it natively on your Mac is almost always the best way to play any game on a Mac. With the advent of things like SteamPlay and the rise of independent game houses, more and more games are coming out for the Mac. Don't assume that the game is Windows-only until you've done the research. More and more games are now showing up in browsers, which can also sometimes make them platform independent. Whenever you can, invest time in researching the Mac version of a game, as playing it typically produces the best experience.
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With desktop virtual machine software, you can run a copy of Windows as a "program" under Mac OS. Several software packages exist, such as VirtualBox, Parallels, and VMWare Fusion. Once you've installed the virtual machine software, you can follow a simple wizard to create a file on your hard drive to hold your Windows installation and applications, and then the system will walk you through setting up Windows from the install media.
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With Apple's BootCamp software, you can install Windows into a separate part of your Mac's hard drive, and then you can choose to start either Windows or Mac OS on your Mac when you start it up. Apple provides technical manuals for properly installing BootCamp on your Mac, which are easy to follow and thorough.
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Virtual machines emulate an entire PC, but oftentimes this solution is overkill. Emulators (and similar programs) only fake part of the device or OS in question, which can yield better performance with less overhead. Many different types/classes of emulators exist that emulate a wide variety of platforms and systems, for example:
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A fairly recent development is "cloud gaming" where the game's video is "streamed" to your computer in a fashion similar to how Netflix works, as opposed to your computer's OS and hardware rendering the video data locally. OnLive, one prominent player in this space, offers a wide library of games to choose from and supports playing games on most modern Macs.
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Taken from: http://www.eqmac.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4639
Step 3 is where you want to start.
Several of our readers have been having trouble getting the free download of Everquest's Mac edition from Sony Online Entertainment's site. So, here's some step-by-step instructions that should help:
Step 1. Sign up for a Station account* at http://www.station.sony.com/. If you already have a Station account for another SOE game, you can use that account, and skip to the next step.
Step 2. "Flag" your Station account for EQMac. This is best done by simply clicking on the "Free Digital Download" link for Everquest Mac Edition in the Station store. This will automatically download the "Launchpad" application for the next step. (Replacement) Step 2:As of March 2009, there appears to be a problem using SOE's automated system to enable Station accounts for EQMac. The temporary fix is to contact SOE support directly, either by telephone (1-858-537-0898) or through their online chat support. You MUST have a live person enable the account for you. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon!
Step 3. Get a copy of the Everquest "Launchpad" application. You can either download it from http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/download/EverQuestLP.sit, or simply copy it from another computer. If you download it via the free digital download from Sony, it will have the extension ".sit" which means that it is compressed using the "Stuffit" application. You may need to download a free copy of Stuffit Expander to expand the compressed program.
Step 4. Set up your payment options in your Station/Everquest Mac Edition tab. You will need a credit card (or direct checking account debit) to play, even for the free trial. New accounts are not charged for 15 days, which is your 15 day free trial period. After that, your credit card or other payment method will be used. Note:SOE "Game Cards" do not work for Everquest Mac Edition!
Step 5. Download the full game by launching the "Launchpad" application, and logging in under your Station account. This will begin the 2GB+ download process which can take a long time, depending on your Internet connection speed.
*-Note: SOE's Station code uses non-standard web code. Browsers such as Safari and Opera, which are heavily standards compliant tend to choke on the Station code. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you use a browser which supports the non-standard code, such as Firefox or Internet Explorer.
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Most Games and Mods rely very heavily on knowing what platform they are targeting. This makes it very difficult to port complex modifications between platform versions of the game even if they seem to be similar on the outside. Simply re-targeting the XML will not aid in handling numerous internal function calls that will not be recognized outside the target platform.
There are two 'solutions' I can think of.
The first is to recompile or to make a similar mod using Mac versions of the modification studio targeting a mac version of the game.
The second is more of a cheat but is far easier. With the power of modern computers it is possible to emulate more modern OS's inside each other. Host a VM on your Mac and emulate a windows OS, install grid 2 and load up all your windows mods.
I use Oracle's free VM to do this for numerous games.
Link : https://www.virtualbox.org/
So my solution is not to run it on Mac OS. . .or to make a different mod. Neither of which actually solves your issue. Sadly I do not know of any quick workaround for cross platform software, and if we find one we will be very rich.