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It appears that Play on Mac is attempting to load resources from here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140615000000/http://download.microsoft.com

This URL is now broken, it appears that it worked in the recent past.

I there another method of installing these resources?

These are the messages in the log:

07/17/20 21:14:01 - [POL_SetupWindow_question] Message: question answer: TRUE
07/17/20 21:14:01 - [POL_Download_Resource] Message: Downloading resource https://web.archive.org/web/20140615000000/http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/b/c/abc45517-97a0-4cee-a362-1957be2f24e1/W

 

I am attempting to install Pharoah and Cleopatra using PlayOnMac 4.4.1 on the following:

MacOS Catalina 10.15.5

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

 

If I skip this step I get the following and if I still persist the install ultimately fails (which would be expected):

07/17/20 21:27:47 - [POL_SetupWindow_question] Message: question answer: FALSE
07/17/20 21:27:47 - [POL_Download_Resource] Error: error during download! (11 attempt)
07/17/20 21:27:51 - [POL_Wine] Message: Running wine- WindowsXP-KB975337-x86-ENU.exe /extract:C:\Tmp /q (Working directory : /Users/REDACTED/Library/PlayOnMac/ressources)
000b:fixme:thread:create_user_shared_data_thread Creating user shared data update thread.
000d:fixme:thread:create_user_shared_data_thread Creating user shared data update thread.
0010:fixme:thread:create_user_shared_data_thread Creating user shared data update thread.
0017:fixme:thread:create_user_shared_data_thread Creating user shared data update thread.
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x7803
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x7707
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xab07
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xac07
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xaf07
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x15007
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x14e07
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x14c07
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xb307
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x14907
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xb707
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xb807
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device Unable to create plug in interface for USB deviceobject 0xb80b
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device Unable to create plug in interface for USB deviceobject 0xb80f
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device Unable to create plug in interface for USB deviceobject 0xb813
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device Unable to create plug in interface for USB deviceobject 0xb817
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device Unable to create plug in interface for USB deviceobject 0xb81b
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xbc1b
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device Unable to create plug in interface for USB deviceobject 0xbc1f
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0x14507
001d:err:plugplay:process_IOService_Device object 0xbd03
001f:fixme:thread:create_user_shared_data_thread Creating user shared data update thread.
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\WindowsXP-KB975337-x86-ENU.exe"
07/17/20 21:27:53 - [POL_Wine] Error: Wine seems to have crashed\n\nIf your program is running, just ignore this message

 

Edited by boredbliss

Same problem over here

I need to know what function want to download this file (as example: I checked this one and the file is OK: https://www.playonlinux.com/fr/app-518-POL_Install_gdiplus.html), so what game are you trying to install ?

Edited by Dadu042

I am attempting to install Pharoah and Cleopatra using PlayOnMac 4.4.1. I am using the GOG installer "setup_pharaoh_gold_2.1.0.15.exe"

I tried this again today to see if there were any changes and it still reports the same error.

Ok so now I know that the script you use is GOG.com - Pharaoh and Cleopatra. The only function is uses is POL_GoG_install, and this function calls a other function (POL_Install_gdiplus) that need to download a file (WindowsXP-KB975337-x86-ENU.exe) from web.archive.org.

I tested (clicked in the script) the download link, it does work. So perhaps the issue is related to POM v4.4.1, the issue need more research...

Edited by Dadu042