Mapping On A Mac

[professor]

I have a macbook pro with leopard. I want to map on it. I have already downloaded GTKradiant for mac, and i have the latest version of X11. when i got to the applications folder and click on gtkradiant 1.4 nothing happens, but it does appear on the dock.
Please help me map on my mac!

[Syntac]

I assume you followed the highly detailed instructions.

[professor]

well the instructions were not highly detailed, all the said was run the installer then copy the application onto my HD..

[Syntac]

http://tremmapping.pbwiki.com/

You were reading the wrong instructions.

[professor]

o ok cool.. how do u know if u have an intel mac or ppc?

[mooseberry]

If you don't know, you should probably get off your mom's laptop.

[professor]

EDIT: i read through that tutorial, and i did everything it said to do, and i even double checked the locations of everything. but when i click on GTKradiant nothing happens, it just appears on the dock.. what now?

[professor]

ok i got it to be able to start up. when i open it, it askes me a few different questions:
first, it says that radiant quit the last time it was opened, and it askes if i want to clear radiants registry setings. if i say yes, it quits. if i say no, a new window comes up that says its logging to console, and to refer to console if it quits again. i click ok, then another window comes up, and it says "synapse server initialization failed(see console)
errno: No such file or directory
an unrecoverable error has occured.
would you like to edit preferenses before exiting Radiant? then it quits.

[Warp Viper]

http://tremmapping.pbwiki.com/

You were reading the wrong instructions.

I followed those to the tee. MacRadiant just opens and sits in the dock.

There may be a reason for this though. Are your Tremulous map files (ATCS, Arachnid, Tremor etc.) meant to be in /Applications/Tremulous/base
or
/Applications/Tremulous/base/maps

?

[Syntac]

Professor, I know what your problem is. Make sure the folder with MacRadiant in it is called "MacRadiant 1.4" and that it is in the Applications folder. It must be called "MacRadiant 1.4" to the letter or the program will display the "Synapse server initialization failed" error.

[Kaleo]

If you have a MacBook pro, then I would strongly suggest using Bootcamp.

Strongly.

[professor]

i dont wanna run bootcamp, i wanna just keep it pure mac.. and um its not a folder... its an app... can i rename an app?

[Syntac]

Ah-ha.

Make a folder called "MacRadiant 1.4" in the Applications folder. Then put MacRadiant inside that.

[professor]

ok i will do that, but i got ubuntu, and i downloaded it, then i burned it to the CD, then i ran the CD. i havent installed it yet, but i cant get it to go back to OSX what do i do?

[Syntac]

Um, wow. What did you do??

Tip: Hold down the ⌘ key at startup and select the correct boot disk.

[professor]

haha i got it to work lol but thanks for trying lol and tip to anyone else its the alt/option key...
EDIT: i did the putting it in its own folder thing, and i worked! good job.. but it wants me to choose a valid project file. what do i choose??