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GoldenEye: Source Mac OS X Installation Instructions

Playing GoldenEye: Source on macOS is not officially supported. This guide is provided for reference only.

Note: Run the commands displayed like the example below by pasting them into Terminal.app.

Terminal.app:

  example command

Terminal.app:

  brew update
  brew install wine

Terminal.app:

   wine ~/Downloads/SteamSetup.exe

Terminal.app:

   wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam/Steam.exe -no-dwrite

In Steam:

Download GoldenEye: Source 5.0 (.exe installer)

In Steam:

Run the GoldenEye: Source installer with Wine

wine ~/Downloads/GoldenEye_Source_v5.0_full.exe

Launch Steam with Wine

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam/Steam.exe -no-dwrite

Run GoldenEye: Source from Steam by selecting it under the LIBRARY tab and clicking Play


Big thanks to lazdzx for this guide


Troubleshooting

Compatibility

Tested with success on 10.6, 10.9, 10.10 with dozens hours of online and LAN gameplay.

Got a black screen when trying to exit GoldenEye: Source?

Mouse acceleration getting you killed?

You can re-enable it with this command:

defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling 1.5

Can’t see the text in Steam?

You didn’t read the instructions. You must pass the -no-dwrite option when starting Steam with Wine, as noted above and below.

Is the game quitting every time you press any key?

You didn’t read the instructions. You need to disable the Steam in-game overlay as noted in step 9 above.