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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Play League of Legends on Mac OS X

League of Legends is currently one of the most popular games around. The refined DOTA-clone in the absence of a better MOBA game dominates the scene. Unfortunately for Mac users Riot games has still not given us an official client to enjoy it. The company announced last year that it would launch a mac client but, alas, has not done so. The summer went by, fall went by and still nothing. During the summer though, Riot proceeded with a mac client beta testing for the North American server. It used Transgaming's Cider Technology for the client, meaning that it used a Mac Wrapper around the Windows client. For unknown reasons this did not have a happy ending with an official release. The good news is that we can use this Beta client to play on either, the NA or EU, server with a bit of fiddling. Forget all about the bootcamp crap or virtual machine crap. This is the real deal. Launch, play and enjoy LOL right from your Mac's Desktop as a native Mac OS X application.

Here is how:
  • Download the beta client. You can download the beta client from a torrent (you are going to need a torrent client to download this, like μtorrent). Don't worry, it is perfectly legal(it's a free game after all). Also you can download via the rapidshare link provided by boompje(for specific instruction for the boompje link check here).
  • Make sure that you have set your primary Mac Language as US English (System Preferences-> Language and Text) or it will crash during install.
  • Install the game using one of the aforementioned methods.
  • In some cases the application will close immediately after trying to open. If this happen do what is suggested here on page 18 by user felixjet
  • Open your Application folder and Right-Click on LOL application. Select "Show Package Contents"
  • Download the cracked LolLauncher.exe and replace the one found in Contents --> Resources --> Transgaming --> c_drive --> rads --> projects-> lol_launcher-> releases->0.0.0.xx->deploy.
  • ONLY if you are planning to play on the NA Server: let the game update. Other wise if you are planning to play on the EU servers launch it and let it update AFTER you have configured everything else below.
  • Go to : Contents -> Resources -> transgaming -> c_drive -> rads -> Projects -> lol_air_client_config_na -> releases -> 0.0.0.1 -> deploy
  • Open the "lol.properties" file with you text editor.
  • Replace the text inside the file
For the European Server the contents of the file should look like this:

host=prod.eu.lol.riotgames.com

xmpp_server_url=chat.eu.lol.riotgames.com

lobbyLandingURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/pvpnet_landing

ladderURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ladders

storyPageURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/story

lq_uri=https://lq.eu.lol.riotgames.com/login-queue/rest/queue

For the North American server the contents of the file should look like this:

host=beta.lol.riotgames.com

xmpp_server_url=chat.na.lol.riotgames.com

lobbyLandingURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/pvpnet_landing

ladderURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ladders

storyPageURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/story

lq_uri=https://lq.na.lol.riotgames.com/login-queue/rest/queue

  • Save the file.
  • ONLY If you are planning to play on the European server: Go to Contents --> Resources --> Transgaming --> c_drive --> rads --> system and open the "system.cfg" file.
  • Replace the "Region = NA" with "Region = EU".
  • Save the file.
  • You can now switch your Language Preferences back to normal.
  • Enjoy the game.

UPDATE: I no longer answer questions in the comments section regarding this as I have stopped playing LoL and moved on to Dota 2. You are of course welcome to use the comments section to ask a question since another user might be able to answer to you.


Frequently Asked Questions

Did you make this?
No, I did not make this. I simply found the mac beta client and got it to work on my mac(Early 2008 Macbook Pro). This is a guide of what I did to make it work. It might not be the same for you.

Are you affiliated in any way with Riot Games? Do you get anything for it?
No, I am not affiliated and I do not gain anything from it. I am simply a gamer just like you.

Will this work on my Mac?
This is based on a BETA client that was never meant to be a final release for the public. Thus, it might not work for you or it might require a lot of twiking to get it to work properly.

Will this play on my G4/G5 Mac?
No, it will not. It will only play on Intel based Macs.

Will this play on Mac OSX Tiger?
No, it will not.

Will this work on Mac OSX Lion?
I personally have not tested in Lion (Only Snow Leopard) but other users have reported that it works fine.

I am in Asia. Will I be able to play with this client?
Probably not. Riot games blocks IPs coming from Asia so you will not be able to join using a European or a NA account. Garena deals with SEA region for LoL and I am not aware if they use the same configuration and what the host addresses are.

Will this play on Mac which has Intel Integrated Graphics Card?
Chances are that it will not play properly. You need a Mac with a dedicated graphics card.

I get graphical glitches/white pages/weird graphics?
Try setting all graphics options to "Low". Not "very low" or "medium". The beta client probably has some issues with some graphic cards and this is the only way to make it play properly.

I get an "$INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist".
Try installing the game from the full client instead of the downloader/installer. Make sure you have installed adobe air first.

I have installed everything but when I click on the game launcher it seems like it is starting but then it stops and nothing happens.
In some cases the application will close immediately after trying to open. If this happen do what is suggested here on page 18 by user felixjet around the middle of the page.

I have installed everything but when I launch the application it says that the beta is over and I cannot proceed.
Riot closed the BETA so you need to use a crakced launcher for the game. Right click on the lol application and chose 'show package contents'. Download the cracked LolLauncher.exe and replace the one found in Contents --> Resources --> Transgaming --> c_drive --> rads --> projects-> lol_launcher-> releases->0.0.0.xx->deploy.

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342 comments:

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gamegoo said...

Hey, I'm really happy that you have posted this and evrything works up until the point where I start a game. The tutorial in this case. All the colors get messed up and repeat images form. I cant see a thing. I doo not have intel integrated graphics I'm on an Geforce 8600M GT. Any suggestions?

gamegoo said...

Never mind, to anyone who is having graphic issues, it turns out that having character models set to anything higher then "low" is causing that. Everything else runs fine. Thanks alot :)

Anonymous said...

I did everything and it worked for about 4-5 das but then my server was unavailible and i checked on the offical site it was online but mie was still unavailible. I called my riend and he says that his server is online mine is still unavailible... Any help???

james said...

Can I just drag the files to the trash and empty it and then redownload ? If so do I just start the patch right away without having to paste stuff in the files ?

LifeCh4nge said...

If my Mac had lips it would kiss you right now! Thanks very much for posting this... now all i have to do it wait for the queue of 9000 to die down :P

APATA said...

I really appreciate your time and effort for putting this up.

Thanks so much! :D

mastorak said...

Thanks for the kind words and the support guys, I really really appreciate It.Thanks so much.

James. If you start the update immediately it would start updating for the NA servers. So depending on if you want NA or EU start immediately or change the config/property files first.

Anonymous said...

Not sure what happened, I was playing last night just fine, and I try today and I can't even get to the login screen. I get the first pop-up, I press the orange "Play" button, then nothing.

Anyone else getting this issue?

Ducky said...

II have a problem;
Yesterday lol was working fine but today(i changed from the NA server to EU i did this before without any problems) it says that the servers are unavailable.
My friends can play on the server but i can't
I hope you can help.

Anonymous said...

downloaded... installed... didn't change a thing and it worked great. should I expect problems in the future? It is a little slow... any tips on how to speed it up?

JnR said...

Hello,
I am totally fresh MAC user (got my iMac just today) and used to play LoL on my PC. The problem is, when I'm supposed to go to contents/resources/transgaming, I find that resources folder contains only League of Legends icon. I know this is the dumbest question ever, but would any1, please, help me ?
Thank you.

Anonymous said...

you see a Lol picture and icon? click on the icon to start the installation.

Nathan said...

Every time when I almost finished downloading, it goes back to 33% and stops downloading

Anonymous said...

Hi Mostiak sry for disturbing you but i got a problem that really pisses me off! ^^ every time i open the luncher window it says "Server status Unavailable" and i have to wait for a very long time until it says "online" i know that they had issues today with the servers but the problem happens almost every time! thanks for your time.

Unknown said...

Not sure what happened, I was playing last night just fine, and I try today and I can't even get to the login screen. I get the first pop-up, I press the orange "Play" button, then nothing.

Unknown said...

Not sure what happened, I was playing last night just fine, and I try today and I can't even get to the login screen. I get the first pop-up, I press the orange "Play" button, then nothing.

Anonymous said...

Not sure what happened, I was playing last night just fine, and I try today and I can't even get to the login screen. I get the first pop-up, I press the orange "Play" button, then nothing.

Unknown said...

pl help im haveing withdrawls

mastorak said...

Jnr,
Probably something went wrong with your installation cause you should see lots files and folders in there. Try reinstalling.

Nathan
Try installing from the torrent file if you are having problem updating

Anonymous friend,
The problem unavailable has been reported by other people as well. I am not experiencing so I cannot know what is happening. It is most probably a network issue.

word123
I am not sure what happened. Did the problem reappeared after restarting the machine?

Nathan said...

When i click the play button, it minimizes and nothing happens.

Verethragna said...

Hey all, I'm having an issue where I have everything downloaded, but when I go to play a game (I've only tried offline but I assume the same problem would occur online) it won't upload the information necessary to start the game and I get stuck on the loading screen. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Anonymous said...

the problem has been there for about a week
ive deleted everything includeing library,pref, lol pref.
im on na serverhost=beta.lol.riotgames.com

xmpp_server_url=chat.na.lol.riotgames.com

lobbyLandingURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/pvpnet_landing

ladderURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ladders

storyPageURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/story

lq_uri=https://lq.na.lol.riotgames.com/login-queue/rest/queue
ive checked system config and local config#locale settings file

#system settings file

DownloadURL = l3cdn.riotgames.com

DownloadPath = /releases/live

Region = NA

= en_us
ive
replaced the lol lancher from Boompje method1
and ive update adobe air/flash
......pl help if u can....the withdrwals r getting bad!

Anonymous said...

think I may have to switch to hon....the withdrawls r to strong hope u can help me ive been playing for almost 2 yrs now

Anonymous said...

Hey there, got everything working fine but when I log into the game it says it failed to connect to the league of legends server. Anyone know how to fix this? The server says it is online, by the way.

-Justin

Anonymous said...

i have really a lot of problem to instal this game, but with your blog i have now instal the game but i can do the update that bug at 33% that do 99% and that return to 33% ... help me please

Anonymous said...

sorry i didn't see that you already anser to nathan how have the same problem .. but i don't understand want you mean .
""Try installing from the torrent file if you are having problem updating"""

you want that i reinstall the game ? because the first time it was a torrent link ...

Anonymous said...

When i click the play button, it minimizes and nothing happens.

Anonymous said...

When i click the play button, it minimizes and nothing happens.

mastorak said...

Make sure that you first switch to the correct region you are planning to play and then update the game.

Reinstalling from the torrent is a solution when the game does not install correctly from the the downloader.

when you click the play button and nothing happens make sure you have the newest version of adobe air installed

Anonymous said...

I downloaded everything just fine but when it updates it gets all the way to 99% then goes back to 33% and stays there. It's done this 3 times always on step 3/3.

Anonymous said...

when you click the play button and nothing happens make sure you have the newest version of adobe air installed
July 14, 2011 11:42 PM

I have the newes adobe air. ty for the help

Anonymous said...

It says the installer file is damaged and it never gives me the option to press the play button. Also, my Adobe Air is up to date

Tarkus said...

I'm getting the error

$INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist

I've checked my language settings, I've downloaded and tried to install both versions of the client.

So, just of of curiousity, I checked the package contents pre-install and there doesn't appear to even be a transgaming folder at all.

Halp?

Tarkus said...
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Anonymous said...

I downloaded everything successfully, but i keep getting stuck at the 3rd step at 99% . can anyone help?

Anonymous said...

I press the orange "Play" button, then nothing.
-I have reinstalled after deleting everything(including lol pref, under library)
-I have updated adobe air
-I switched the lol lancher from boompjeguide step 1
-the properties, local config and system cofig are for NA (north america). My lancher is also set to NA

host=beta.lol.riotgames.com

xmpp_server_url=chat.na.lol.riotgames.com

lobbyLandingURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/pvpnet_landing

ladderURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ladders

storyPageURL=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/story

lq_uri=https://lq.na.lol.riotgames.com/login-queue/rest/queue


locale = en_us

DownloadPath = /releases/live
DownloadURL = l3cdn.riotgames.com
Region = NA

-all anti virus and firewalls r off


CAN ANYONE PL HELP?!!!!

Nikko said...

I downloaded the game to my macbook pro last week and it worked perfectly but for some reason now my game will close randomly when i get into a team fight and will continue to do that when i reconnect and its not my internet connection so im wondering if i maybe installed it wrong or is it just because this is a beta?

ANANAN said...

I have problem with updating
Time says -18:82 whatever

mastorak said...

Nikko
The fact that this derives from a beta version of course does not guarantee that it will play ok for everyone.
However maybe something went wrong in the installation. You can try reinstalling and see what happens

ANANAN
sorry mate but i do not know why this is showing. Let it update for a while to see if it will return to normal or not.

Anonymous said...

my computer says it cant open the installer because it is not supported on my computers arcitecture. my computer is mac os x10.5.8 1.9 GHz powerpc G5. anything i can do?

Connor said...

Hi, I'm running on a NA server and everything has worked perfectly until I try to log in. It is constantly saying Login Error, server is currently busy. But I try on my other windows computer and the login works fine. I'm not sure why this is happening...

Michael Grenier said...

Can you play with all the players from windows or it is simply from mac ?

mastorak said...

Connor
It seems that you missed/mistyped something in the setting

mike2zaraki
The game is identical to the windows version...in fact it is the windows version in a mac wrapper. So, yes, you can play with all the Heroes

Anonymous said...

same problm as connor i followed your steps exactly and the lol.properties file is as it should be but it won't let me login. do u need to have installed adobe air?

mastorak said...

Adobe air needs to be installed but the 'busy server' issue is of a networking nature and does not have to do with adobe air.

Keep in mind that today starts the split of the game servers to east and west so this *will* cause issues, especially to the European players. (This has nothing to do wit macs as it will affect all the players)

Anonymous said...

I have the launch/patch screen up but cant select the play button. I am new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated!

mastorak said...

If server status is 'busy' or 'down' you will not be able to hit the play button. Today is the big split in the european server to east and west...so if you are a european player that might be the case. it will take some time before Riot gets the server back online.

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Sir!

Anonymous said...

I look through package contents by right clicking "Show Package Contents" and there is no

Contents -> Resources -> transgaming -> c_drive -> rads -> Projects -> lol_air_client_config_na -> releases -> 0.0.0.1 -> deploy

all I see is Contents -> icon.cns

I redownloaded the rapid share file but it still shows the same. What do I do?

Anonymous said...

hey,
I got the downloader but if I open it, the installation window pops up, and but instantly a message appears where is written: "error creating installation directory"

My language is set to english

Can you help?

Anonymous said...

Here are a few tips that helped me increase the performances on my aging macbook 2,1 (core 2 duo 2,16Ghz, 2GB)

- If you play on an external screen then turn off the primary display to help the GPU (this may appear evident but to do so, you will have to close your macbook then wake it up with an external keyboard or mouse which I always found stupid in comparison to windows...);
- Turn off spaces (system preferences > Exposé and spaces;
- In Lol, select all the very low properties and also selet the high framerate option.

Doing this way I was able to play at 15 FPS at the beginning of a game (astonishing isn't it?) which is quite nice but don't even think to go in the scrum at then end because then the FPS will collapse to 3 or 4 which is unplayable. You will have to focus helping on the edges.

If you have other performances tips please share.

Reflex said...

Hello, I tried to do everything you said, but when i went into the folder, i only found 0.0.0.0 instead of 0.0.0.1. That might be why my client doesn't even show on the dock when I click the application.

Please help me!

Anonymous said...

Hello Mastorak,

$INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist

I have followed all of your directions regarding language selection.
System Preferences-> International-> Language
I then proceeded to eliminate all languages and set"US English" as the top language, with "English" as second. I installed adobe air, however when i try to install LOL this happens. By install LOL i stimply double click the icon that was mounted to my dashboard.
Please Help.

-Josh P.

mastorak said...

Anonymous friend 1 Reflex

If you are having problems with the installer you can download the torrent client. The act that there are no content in the package means that there was something wrong with the installation.

Anonymous friend 2

Thanks for letting us know mate, I really appreciate the tips

Anonymous friend 3
You can pplay the same for folder 0.0.0 instead of of 0.0.1

As for the none opening app you can try what is suggested in this thread:
http://community-eu.static.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=132051&page=18

chek the post on page 18 by user named felixjet

Dantheman said...

Did this, have several issues. In game, none of my keys work, so i have to manually click on every attack I want to use. Also, my chat doesnt work, and the camera does not move when i move it with my mouse, so i have to click on the map to move the camera. Please help

mastorak said...

This is very strange I ve never encountered this before.
Try setting all graphical settings everything to 'low' (not "very low" or "medium", just 'low'). If this doesn't work Try messing around with the rest of the setting to see what happens

Anonymous said...

so I played two games and LoL worked perfectly however, during my third game LoL crashed. I rebooted it and joined back into the same game. Then about five minutes later it crashed again. I was wondering if this happens to everyone or if its because im playing it on a mac?

mastorak said...

I play LOL only on a mac and I am not having any crashes. Your mileage may very of course since it is only based on a beta client. If you experiencing crashes try messing with the graphics settings and see if it makes any difference.

SAM said...

first thank you for making this game played on mac but i have one problem. i'm using NA sever and while i'm playing......... every time i use ma skills it closes it self automatically.

Anson said...

Thanks, it worked

mastorak said...

Sam,
I did not make this game play on the mac...Riot Games along with Transgaming did. I simply explained how I made it work on my machine on which it plays fine. Your mileage may very.
Try to see if you have set up any shortcuts for the same keys. Mess around with the game configuration to see if it makes any difference.
For tryouts i suggest you do it the the tutorial or an AI game on you own.

Anonymous said...

Hi,
I am still getting the $INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist error even though i have installed the new Adobe air, i have re-downloaded the installer from different sources many times and i still encounter the problem, please help :)
Thanks in advance
Lewis

Anonymous said...

I'm in Asia and yesterday when i tried to play lol then it's said that sever status was blocked.Do anyone know the solution that i can play LoL in my country...just back to home few days and now i cannot play lol :((

LcTony said...

My game will crash after i play serval minute ....and the
"unhandled page fault on write access xxxxxx " error pop out...

any solution on it ?
Thx alot !

Elizabeth said...

Thanks a lot for this post.. it worked perfectly. :)

Anonymous said...

Hello mastorak, good work on the blog, I'm a fan! Today I was looking for a game to play, discovered your help forum for LoL, and the begining and end of my problems that need trouble shooting is that after using your beta client torrent download link in the opening instructions, downloading it, my 10.4 PowerPc iBook g4 (Free like-new Lab computer from my dad) seems to think the torrent is for a different OS, or at least that's how I'm reading the message "You cannot open the application "League of Legends Installer" because it is not supported on this architecture." I'd be grateful if you could tell me if I'm right, and tell me how to make it work. Thank you very much.

mastorak said...

Anonymous friend 1
Try installing the game from teh provided torrent instead of the installer.

Anonymous Friend 2
Unfortunately you cannot play the game if you are in Asia (it does not matter if you have windows or Mac). Rumor has it that Riot has partnered up with a company there to provide Asia servers but no one knows when this will happen.

LcTony,
Try setting everything to 'Low'

Elisabeth
Happy to help. I am glad it helped

Anonymous Friend with the G4 iBook
Unfortunately you cannot play the game on an iBook since it has the old PPC processors. Only the new Intel-based macs are supported.

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for the guide, been using it without problems for months. Today after the patch i couldnt connect to pvp.net and kept getting a connection failure issue ( http://support.leagueoflegends.com/entries/234161-connection-failure-error-when-logging-in ). Any idea if this is due to the mac client or if its a problem with my firewall? Thanks for any help!

Thumbcrusher said...

Sooo I used this guide and it's been working for the past 4 months. Big ups for that, but randomly today it won't even give me the patching screen. It says that LoL opens it just won't load the patching screen, it gives this error message "An error has occurred of type E_FAIL." it makes me sad. I redownloaded still won't work.

Anonymous said...

It downloaded okay and everything works fine. Until I get into a game the game screen goes white. I can still see the action bars and minimap but all i see on the game screen is HP bars. Does anyone know how i can fix this?

Anonymous said...

My game keeps crashing/ lagging when certain things happens, it mostly happens when heroes use some abilities. for example, it crashes when kennen uses his electric dash move. any tips on how i can fix this?

tonychulo said...

I have the same problem as joey, have to set all the graphics to low in order to play...why is that? and what should my frame rate setting be in order to achieve optimum performance on a mac and given this condition?

Thx!
-tony

Anonymous said...

hi, i am playing again on my mac, but for some reason the game will freeze and close down if certain champions use certain abilities. any suggestions on how to fix it?

Anonymous said...

having a problem when i open the lol downloader after using the ustorrent link it says "$INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist"

i'm so lost :/

mastorak said...

I created a FAQ for the guide.
I will update it with new questions soon

Jordan said...

hey i downloaded the game did all the steps and then i try to open it and it begins to start up and then stops and never starts up

mastorak said...

Jordan
I added a new question at the end of the FAQ that you might find useful in solving your problem.

Justus said...

Hi,

Does anyone know the SEA Garena server address? Does it work with the NA/EU edit to the properties file? Help is much appreciated!!!

Anonymous said...

thank you so much for this its very detailed and by step and i finally managed to play it on my mac lols. good work!

mastorak said...

Anonymous friend,
I am happy that you got it working and really appreciate the kind words, thanks.

scarlett said...

i installed twice, installed the newest version of adobe air and i still keep running into the same issue...

after i click the orange play button, my lol minimizes & i dont get the log in screen... :(

anyone found the solution for that?

sunbuns said...

hey! When I'm updating the game, I'm on step 3/3 at 99%, and I get an Error:0xc1e90006 while updating VOBank_en_US.fsb

'Failed to download or extract all required update files after several attempts. Please ensure that you have a stable Internet connection, and that you have sufficient hard disk space.(Error: 0xc1e90006)'

My internet is stable and I have more than enough hard disk space, haha.
Any solutions or suggestions?

Anonymous said...

As soon as I start the beta client, it says "Error creating installation directory" and I can only exit... :/

Anonymous said...

hi mastorak
when im updating the game it stays at 0% complete and Step 1/3: calculating differences...
it's been like this for an hour , did i do something wrong or does it take a long time to load the patcher?
thank you

mastorak said...

Scarlett
This error has been reported by the windows client as well. Try reinstalling/re-update

Anonymous friend 1.
Try using the downloader if the client is giving problems. In addition make sure that you have write access where you are trying to install.

Anonymous friend 2
Some times the updater stops.This happens to the windows client as well. Try restarting the application and leave it there for some time.

drkremorse said...

hey thank you so much for this, got it on my mac and it works great =] the only concern i have is, is it possible to incorporate the right click function to a mac mouse for this game? its either the running around and attacking with command+click or i did a little mod where the left click=the right click in my games but then i cant use any spells where you must select the target (i.e Sona is the only really champ useful for that). i was wondering if anyone knew a way to possibly fix this? thank you for your time and if there isnt i guess i ll just have to suck it up and use the command+click lol =]

mastorak said...

drkremorse
I think that by default any mouse with a right button should work fine anywhere in the system. I have a generic bluetooth mouse that works fine in OSX and right click works by default.

At any rate changing the mouse preferences can be accomplished by going to

System Preferences->Mouse

l0liveira said...

Hey, thanks a lot for the links and advice. I had previously had LoL installed on my computer but had to delete it because I would not connect to PvP.net for some reason, but the launcher would minimize after I hit the "play" button. I redownloaded it and tried to install it after uninstalling the first version. Every time it begins, it displays the message "exit creating installation directory". Any ideas on what to do?

Anonymous said...

hey they are trying to shut down the lol beta client.


will this effect this client? if so please for the love of god make one to get through this bullshit.

Roit is the worst people ever

Anonymous said...

i get to league of legends installer and when i start to instal i get this error message

$INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist


what should i do?

Anonymous said...

Whenever I try to use the downloader it starts to download, then stops and says "Error getting the status of the transfer 1100:allocating space" I've tried using the torrent, but there are zero seeders. I let it run for 20 minutes and didn't get any bits downloaded... Help?

Anonymous said...

As of September 6th, 2011 Riot has stopped supporting this beta. Us mac users are shit out of luck

Anonymous said...

Too bad, they just recently shut it down, also not offering any "Rewards" which they had promised to probably 90% of the users[including myself] who used the Mac Beta. Tsk tsk, I had no problems, barely anyone had problems. :\

mastorak said...

Shutting it down does not make any sense.....what was the problem with just letting it be playable...? I mean come on...it is a free game after all.....Open it up again or give us the proper mac version!!!

Anonymous said...

You can fix it with the help from this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSd-ZH3ln4

mastorak said...

Thanks for the information mate! I really appreciate it!
I updated the guide to include the cracked launcher.

Anonymous said...

can i now play with my friends on Windows???

mastorak said...

You can play with you windows friends normally. As long as you are on the same server(NA, EU East, EU West) you can play together. As far as the server is concerned you playing on a mac is no different than someone playing on windows since you login to your account and it does not matter where you are or from what computer you log on from.

Boompje said...

I uploaded a new and updated client on www.boompje.net . It has improved performances and various updates compared to the old clients.
-
- Boompje

mastorak said...

Thanks for the info Boompje

DaeronL said...

Hey Mastorak,

Thnx for this guide, installed it yesterday on Lion and all works flawless, hope it continues to do so, keep up the good work!!

Boompje said...

There are some updates I want to give you on your guide though:

I took down the rapidshare link. Instead, you might want to link people to www.boompje.net.

Also, don't tell people anymore to change their server configuration in the LoL files. Tell people to just change server while patching. They can simply do that by clicking the server switch button.

The Felixjet post is also not necessary anymore and it even doesn't work anymore as fix.

Anonymous said...

Is all the files you need to download legal?

League said...

http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4e725b817e81a517487653'


Play League of Legends TODAY AND GET FREE IP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4e725b817e81a517487653

Anonymous said...

I cant download the rapidshare files anymore its says that the link no longer exists how can i download it? (i am not good enough with computers to use the torrent unless its simpler than it seems because when i tried it it seemed very complicated) i had already downloaded the rapidshare files before but had deleted everything associated with LoL because i thought after sept 6 i couldnt play anymore but i read on how to fix it so i can play if i could download these files! please help!

Taylor White said...

Check out the game here http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4cf7cecaa06c4871451775

Anonymous said...

but im on a mac so it doesnt work

1waytick3t said...

thHey man thank you so much for spending your time making this but i have a problem. I downloaded the uturrent version and when i click install it comes up with 'Error reading game files. $INSTALLVOLUME/installer/AdobeAIR/en-US.plist'

i have downloaded adobe air. What should i do. PLease help
Thank you :)

Anonymous said...

how come i get his when i try to download form rapidshare:
The following download is not available:
https://rapidshare.com/files/439986125/LeagueofLegendsBetaDownloader.dmg
what can i do to be able to download it?

1waytick3t said...

i love you. You are sexy. Because of this u now turn me on. If i were gay i would.......... U know :)

Anyway thanks so much man. Made my awesome life easier.

bheckman said...

getting "error 000003c at adresss ..." when lauching starting ranked game

mastorak said...

Provided the boompje link for the client as well a link for his instruction about it

WRECK562 said...

Hello All,

I just installed LOL on my MAC Pro with Lion as the OS. So far it works great. Thanks a lot for the help.

WRECK562 said...

Hello All,

I just installed LOL on my MAC Pro with Lion as the OS. So far it works great, thanks a lot for the help.

mastorak said...

Thank you very much for sharing this information WRECK I will include it in the guide. Enjoy the game :-)

Ricardo Lozano said...

hi,
I just download it, and the game doesn't run...
Dont know what the problem is :/

Anonymous said...

HElp me please! I have downloaded it and it works good until the yesterday patch... now, wen I try to join in game (Summoner's riff) it says me:
['L".\\string_s.c"' (768)]::L"mbstowcs_s"(): ERROR-> invalid parameter! {expression = 'L"invalid MBS character"'}

and it doesn't work... What I have to do??

Anonymous said...

l have the same problem, if someone now what to do, lwould be really happy ;/

Anonymous said...

I have the same problem. After the new patch with the new champ: Shyvana, the problem is starting.

As someone else have been writing: After championpick and when the game just starts to load, this message appears:
"['L".\\string_s.c"' (768)]::L"mbstowcs_s"(): ERROR-> invalid parameter! {expression = 'L"invalid MBS character"'}"

Please help us people, that still want to play LOL on mac!
Thank you!

Anonymous said...

same problem.. when i am actually supposed to get into the game it crashes and says that massage.. please help!

Anonymous said...

Does nobody have a solution of the problem? ;(

gruut said...

is LOL really dead since sept 6th or can i start playing?

gruut said...

forget that last post... :)

gruut said...

also getting the : ['.\string_s.c' (700)]::mbstowcs_s(): ERROR-> invalid parameter! {expression = 'invalid MBS character'}

Anonymous said...

Everytime i try installing I get this error at the end "Error installing file /" Any solutions? ive been trying to get this to work for days :/....

Anonymous said...

Hi, just wanted to say your a great help :D
I followed what you posted but i can't seem to play any games. the game setup goes fine and it'll start to load, but once its done loading i keep getting prompted with the following:
Transgaming C runtime library

['.\string_s.c' (700)]::mbstowcs_s(): ERROR-> invalid parameter! {expression = 'invalid MBS character'

sorry I'm no techie so i have no idea what this means

Anonymous said...

TransGaming C Runtime Library
['.\string_s.c' (7000]::mbstowcs_s(): ERROR-> invalid
parameter! {expression = 'invalid MBS character'}

that what I get when the loading screen for a game or tutorial finishes. I can do everything but play the game D: . Can you help me?

Anonymous said...

Whenever I try to play it starts... but then I go to the tutorial and it loads for a while then says this:

['./string_s.c' (700)]::mbstowcs_s(): ERROR-> invalid parameter! {expression= 'invalid MBS character'}

Suggestions?

Anonymous said...

i keep trying but when i "right click" the package it doesn't give me the show folder contents option...what am i doing wrong?

Anonymous said...

Below is a list of Riot e-mail addresses and descriptions of who you're writing.

smescon@riotgames.com, abeegle@riotgames.com, nharper@riotgames.com, cenock@riotgames.com, sgelb@riotgames.com,mmerrill@riotgames.com, bbeck@riotgames.com, aconti@riotgames.com, kcheung@riotgames.com

Steve Mescon - Director, Community Relations
Andrew Beegle - Manager, Community Relations
Nika Harper - Coordinator, Community Relations
Chris Enock - Director, Marketing
Scott Gelb - VP, Technology
Marc Merrill - President of Riot
Brandon Beck - CEO of Riot
Andrew Conti - Manager, Marketing Partnerships
Kevin Cheung - Senior Brand Manager

Please write them in a respectful, professional tone, explaining that hundreds of thousands of paying Mac customers have been without the game for 3 days now. I personally spent $15 on Riot Points last week, and I noted that in all my e-mails. They need to see the impact of their actions on the personal level, as well as the macro.

Thanks all.

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Anonymous said...

I have done all the steps for the US server, and I was able to update, patch, and log in just fine. But when I went to start playing in an actual game, it minimized and "PVP.net" came up on my mac, but it was just a grey screen and wouldn't go to the actual game (so basically, I couldn't really play). Any advice?

Anonymous said...

when i go to launch the game it says failed type E

sad said...

hello, i have no any problem to connect my login, i start a game but when the game will begin, this doesn't work and i can't play it stop before see the players screen during the loading

Anonymous said...

when i start a game the game freze and crash.

can you help me?

Anonymous said...

Hi, I downloaded everything and its fine.
I join a game and its just a plain black screen that doesn't load.
What is the problem?

Anonymous said...

I need some help, this is the third time i reinstalled the game, everything works fine until i join a game pvp-net shows up with a black screen and thats it, so I will get banned from the game without even playing?

This time im done installing cant log on, so i closed it, and now the launcher or pvp.net is not running but the launcher window is still open, when i press play nothing happens and when i try to exit it says:
PVP.net still running
Are you sure you want to quit? If you exit the launcher you cannot launch games while loggod into PVP.net?

Really need some advice

Anonymous said...

i have downloaded it and it works, up until like the 20 minute mark, then everything gets slow and laggy to a point where i get a leaverwarning :/
what is happening? can i fix it?

domo said...

I have downloaded it using Vuze on my OS X Tiger (10.4.11) and when I go onto resources in the package contents there is no transgaming only some country names with a .lproj in and a few .tiff's, .png's , .icns and a file names Sources. WHAT DO I DO!

Brandon said...

Since this is such a popular post, you may want to edit it to note that League of Legends no longer supports or allows the Mac client at all.

Hồ Văn Trí said...

can you help me change server Vietnam in client?

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