Anyone want to make a extras menu patcher for mac? The mac community would be very grateful 
i know how to load maps from the console but its a pain.
i know how to load maps from the console but its a pain.
extras menu patcher for mac
8 Posts
Posted May 11, 2011
Registered users don't see ads! Register now!
1,180 Posts
Posted May 11, 2011
Replied
1 hour
later
Does the Java version not work for the Mac? Write once, run anywhere, right?
4,095 Posts
Posted May 11, 2011
Replied
18 minutes
later
Better question is, did he try the Java version.
1,180 Posts
Posted May 11, 2011
Replied
26 minutes
later
I figured that was implied by my question.
8 Posts
Posted May 11, 2011
Replied
1 hour
later
oh i guess i should have asked that first 
i tried it but got error
5/11/11 11:33:10 PM [0x0-0x230230].com.apple.JarLauncher[40362] Could not determine the path to Portal 2. Please enter the full path to your Portal 2 folder. It should end with "steamapps\common\portal 2".
294 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
11 hours
later
[email protected] wrote:
oh i guess i should have asked that firsti tried it but got error
5/11/11 11:33:10 PM [0x0-0x230230].com.apple.JarLauncher[40362] Could not determine the path to Portal 2. Please enter the full path to your Portal 2 folder. It should end with "steamapps\common\portal 2".
Errr, enter the right path then? I dunno, I'm not familiar with the patcher or how it works.
1,180 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
3 hours
later
If I had to guess (i.e. when I dabbled with trying to write one of these), it probably reads it from the Windows Registry. So maybe the Java version won't work.
It should be possible for the Java version developer to detect the lack of a registry and read the Steam path from... uh... somewhere.
<-- Linux developer
4,095 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
49 minutes
later
Or just let the user select the path altogether.
8 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
43 minutes
later
there is no way for me to put the correct path in without editing the .jar file and messing it up even more
4,095 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
6 minutes
later
I would post in the thread for the Java version and ask the author to either fix up whatever problem with running on a Mac, or allow some way for the user to manually select the path.
8 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
8 minutes
later
EDIT: i tried the wrong one before. Custom Maps to Extra works
i realized now that there are two java applications that i have used
Nightgunner5's Extras Patcher
and the one i just tried now which is Custom Maps to Extra which im trying now
which one were you talking about in your first post
4,095 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
5 minutes
later
I have no idea. Whichever one you are using. I've never used them and I didn't write them. You should post in the thread for whichever one you are using.
8 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
2 minutes
later
msleeper wrote:
I have no idea. Whichever one you are using. I've never used them and I didn't write them. You should post in the thread for whichever one you are using.
i Found one that works 
thanks for your help
1,180 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
46 minutes
later
Don't just say you found a solution. Tell us what it is, so that in two weeks when someone asks the same question, we can tell them to look here.
Just saying "a solution exists, but I'm not going to tell you what it is" is less than useless.
And, yes, this goes for every thread asking how to do something, not just this one.
8 Posts
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied
18 minutes
later
Hober wrote:
Don't just say you found a solution. Tell us what it is, so that in two weeks when someone asks the same question, we can tell them to look here.Just saying "a solution exists, but I'm not going to tell you what it is" is less than useless.
And, yes, this goes for every thread asking how to do something, not just this one.
did not mean to keep it to myself, the application is here
http://forums.thinking.withportals.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=368
i have attached a readme file with mac related instructions
Registered users don't see ads! Register now!
1 Posts
Posted May 29, 2011
Replied
16 days
later
hey,
i just passed by to say "thanks" as i'm a mac user to
i just passed by to say "thanks" as i'm a mac user to