Myst 3 Problem

After reading some of the gaming articles in the download section, I purchased the Myst 3 program, which is supposed to be compatible with OS X. I have a Powerbook currently running OS X 10.4.10. System won't even recognize the .exe file so the install is dead in the water. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 2, 2007 7:25 AM

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Sep 2, 2007 2:03 PM in response to rcsmit

Hi rcsmit,

It's been a while since I finished the game, but I still have it. The copy I have is for both Windows and Mac, noted on the side of the box at the bottom. Does yours say the same?

An .exe file is a Windows executable (application), and so will do you no good without a Windows emulator such as Virtual PC.

The box should contain an oversized CD jewel box that holds four CDs. When you insert disk one, you should be presented with this list of files:

Desktop Folder (folder)
Data (folder)
Myst3 Installer
QuickTime Install Cache
QuickTime Installer
Readme.txt

The file "Myst3 Installer" should have a VISE icon. Use that to install Myst 3 on your Mac. The initial installation only works with OS 9.1 (Classic). In order to use it in OS X, you need to download two files from here. Which is a link within one of the links ali brown gave you. On the page I linked to here, you'll see two files under the heading "File Attachments". They are:

M3OSX1.sit (A shell which allows Myst 3 to run as an OS X program. Install this first after the initial installation of the game)
m3patch122 usmac.sit (Updates Myst 3 to the last patches released by Ubi Soft. Install this last)

You should be ready to go then.

Sep 2, 2007 4:51 PM in response to rcsmit

Thanks Kurt & Ali -

I feel a little closer to a solution. Unfortunately, the program was downloaded directly from Ubi... I don't have the disks. What I do have is a Myst3_Setup folder with two files M3ExileSetup.001 and Myst3Exile_Setup.exe. There doesn't seem to be a data file so the patch isn't working. Other thoughts?

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