Hi all, still can't get in on a Mac. Tried a couple different things that I'll pass on if it helps with individual or general trouble shooting.
Tried to start from scratch on a different Mac. Took the old CoH application out of the Applications folder and put it in the trash. Downloaded brew, wine, wine tricks etc. That went fine. Downloaded Island Rum, fine. It ended up in my Downloads folder. Moved it to Applications. Then ran it and it got all the files. it quit at about 50 of the 120 files in but I restarted and it finished. It all worked so I clicked the blue arrow. IR quit like it should but nothing else happened.
I looked in the Applications folder and found the little "coh" alias but NO City of Heroes application. Where did all the many game files go? I got INFO on the original file of that alias and it seemed to refer back to itself. Clicking on it gave the error that it could not find the original file. Then I noticed that there was a folder in the the Applications folder named "Contents". It had all the game files in it! Shouldn't it have been "wrapped" (not sure the term) in a Mac application icon?
I moved the little "coh" alias to the trash and tried IR again. Success! It launched Paragon Chat. I logged in there, got to CoH, logged in there too and was offered server 127.0.0.1. I click on it and it waits awhile and comes back with DBSever error. Tried multiple times with same result. Ultimately, it's the same as my first attempt on the other Mac.
Hopefully some or any of the story helps someone or the whole programming effort.
Thanks for everything! I know it will work out eventually.
BTW - can anyone confirm that they ARE getting in on a Mac? Is it many people or just a few? Any tips?