Old now newbie question

I used to play BTS on my Windows computer and played a lot. Now I have an iMac and want to play again, but do not want to deal with having to log in to Steam. I had previously bought Civ V, and Steam sucked for me. I don't play online. It seems when I search for a Civ IV complete, it all says something about Steam. if i buy that, do I have to deal with Steam? I searched, but did not find an answer to my question. Thanks in advance.
Dawg

Dawg said:

I used to play BTS on my Windows computer and played a lot. Now I have an iMac and want to play again, but do not want to deal with having to log in to Steam. I had previously bought Civ V, and Steam sucked for me. I don't play online. It seems when I search for a Civ IV complete, it all says something about Steam. if i buy that, do I have to deal with Steam? I searched, but did not find an answer to my question. Thanks in advance.
Dawg

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I wouldn't advise purchasing any version of BTS for Mac other than the Steam version. Reasons:



I understand your dislike of Steam, I avoid it myself where possible. I'm still using a disc version of BTS for Mac but I'll be forced to switch to the Steam one eventually. The other option is to use the Windows version via bootcamp, WINE, or via virtualisation like Parallels. Not ideal, but you do get full multiplayer and mod support (DLL mods are not supported by any version of BTS for Mac, including Steam). I also use the WINE implementation, it works pretty well assuming you can get it running in the first place (bit tricky). I'd use it exclusively but I'm still committed to my mod being Mac compatible, so I run both.

Thanks for the reply and information. I tried wine and had some issues getting it to run. When I found out how inexpensive buying it was, I abandoned that effort. Now problems in this direction, so I'll go back and try that some more. Thanks again. When I tried to run the Wine install, I get two FIXME errors. I'll research that next.