Mac Users - FAQ - Helpful info for Mac users

[NJGuitar23]

okay, im computer retarded...ive got how to use .zip song files with game, but i dont know how to use .rar files with it on my mac.
some help please??

[NJGuitar23]

okay new problem.
i just downloaded the new version of the game, and i made some changes with stuff and it worked on my mac.
but then i restarted my computer, and tried to open it again, and this message came up...

Frets on Fire Error
An unexpected error has occurred during execution of the main script

ParsingError: File contains parsing errors: /Users/nickgrubbs/.fretsonfire/fretsonfire.ini
[line 68]: '\x00\x00\x00\x00'

help me!! =/

[Megatron36]

I've had a similar problem with the new version as NJguitar but mine was everything was find till I restarted and now it doesn't read my songs right. they work fine in 1.1.3xx but not in the new version. the song plays but I get no notes nor do I get the ability to select what difficulty level they are. only my songs from guitar Hero 1 worked right but all the ones from 2 and rock the 80's were messed up. I had to effectively downgrade to continue to play. I even tried getting rid of everything and starting from scratch but nothing worked. any suggestions or should I just stick with the previous version?

((Edit: Mine didnt drop out into the debugger nor did it leave any errors in a log file. sorry I couldn't be more specific with it.))

[nEmoGrinder]

I have the same problem as ubersk8kid. Guitar hero II tracks (including 360 and encore) are pretty messed up.

since custom and GH songs work fine I have a feeling that there is somethinf different between these that cause the game to mess up, and the only difference I can think of is the fact that bass was included with Gh II and all its counter-parts.

I'll keep playing with it since I prefer the latest version over the RF mod (easier to see ho and po). if anyone figures anything out, either how to fix the songs or what part of the code is screwing up, let me knwo and I'll give it a shot though I'm not too handy with python *but its a very simple language and I'm sure I can learn*

[DreamOnMan92]

Anyone know if a MacBook loaded with RAM can play FoF smoothly? I'm buying one soon, and am wondering if the GMA 950 can handle FoF.

[ddbat]

just so everyone knows i got the new version working on my macbook pro by replacing the file _amanith.so in
/Frets\ on\ Fire.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/ with the one from the last working release (1.1.3.4)

I'm not sure if it works on PPC macs though. someone tell me if it does.
i'm still using RF for mac though

Thanks a ton. That worked perfectly for me on my Mac Book Pro.

Worked for me too! I really appreciate the tipoff!

DDB

[mrdude123]

I have a macbook with the 1.83 gHz intel core duo processor and 512 MB of RAM, and I already did the font thing and when I open it all I get is a red screen and I have to force quit. Help?

[DrPhallus]

umm can anyone please help me?
after i finish a song and the name enter prompt appears i cant edit my name/delete any letters.
all that happens when i enter something is a strange rectangle appears???
has this happened to anyone else??
is there a way of changing my name in the files rather than in-game?

any help would be much appreciated.

[redphoenix526]

I had something really weird happen...

I replaced the files everyone said to for Frets on Fire 1.2.451 and moved over my songs. But, for some strange reason, some of the songs have lost all their playable difficulties (0 total), and some have gone down to one. Oddly enough, they were all songs I got from Guitar Hero 2 (though not all of those songs were affected). Worse yet, some of those Guitar Hero 2 songs didn't have visible frets to play when I started playing them. I replaced the songs and the .mid files, which worked in 1.1.324, and it still didn't work. What gives? And how can I fix it?

[tac117]

Im having problems with downloading the song packs for frets on fire, i need some help with it.

[DreamOnMan92]

@redphoenix: reinstall the GHII songs from the appropriate thread.

@tac117: what's the problem?

[Sum-guy]

OMG! this is all bull crap! i have all the "required" system functions and yet when i turn it on it doesn't work. I have tried all three versions and used the advice of like a billion people and nothing has worked...

[Sum-guy]

I have a PPC mac by the way.

[psawthgink]

I just downloaded the mac/rf-mod package after trying out the regular one a couple days ago. Great stuff.

I tried looking for a way to reset the highscores (since a lot of the songs I've downloaded have scores in them), but all I could find were PC solutions. It took me awhile, but I figured out some terminal commands to do the trick:

find . -name 'song.ini' -print0 |xargs -0 perl -pi -e 's/scores = \w*/scores = /g'
find . -name 'song.ini' -print0 |xargs -0 perl -pi -e 's/scores_lead = \w*/scores_lead = /g'
find . -name 'song.ini' -print0 |xargs -0 perl -pi -e 's/scores_rhythm = \w*/scores_rhythm = /g'
find . -name 'song.ini' -print0 |xargs -0 perl -pi -e 's/scores_bass = \w*/scores_bass = /g'
find . -name 'song.ini' -print0 |xargs -0 perl -pi -e 's/scores_coop = \w*/scores_coop = /g'
find . -name 'song.ini' -print0 |xargs -0 perl -pi -e 's/count = \w*/count = /g'

Just enter any (or all) of the lines above in the directory whose scores you want to clear. It will search for song.ini in sub-directories as well. So if you want to clear just one song, go to that individual song's folder, otherwise do the command(s) from your top-level song directory and all scores will be cleared. It shouldn't matter how big a library you have; it should clear things almost instantly. There's no turning back, so be sure that you are sure

Hope this helps.

[leftover_crack]

is there one with hammer ons/ pull offs?

they dont work in this one