One of the many options under "... contractual stuff to resolve that I can't begin to speculate on."
BTS for Mac.
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One of the many options under "... contractual stuff to resolve that I can't begin to speculate on."
Well, I have not tried on Civ4 as of yet but I have tried using Parallels 3.0 on some even older windows games and have gotten mixed results... It "works" but there are usually interface, graphical glitches, and preformance issues that basicaly ruin it for me. I'm hoping that further updates take care of some of the problems but for now when I am going to game I just boot over using boot camp. Parallels work great when I need a non game program for a few min though, love it overall.
Gatekeeper
Warlord
**shrug** FWIW, I'm sure as heck *not* upgrading right away to Leopard. I don't like being used as a guinea pig, so odds are I'll wait until Leopard is at 10.5.3 before I even think about upgrading the OS.
Gatekeeper
Onagan
The Dutch
I'm not afraid, I'm updating today, I have to wait less then 6 hours before the shops are allowed to sell Leopard. So no Civilization for me tonight
My Leopard arrived from the Apple store this morning. I think I'll go with a dual install as I have a drive I was using for the beta. That way I can reboot to Tiger if necessary.
From what I saw during the beta, I doubt if there will be major problems with Civ4 in Leopard, unless there were significant changes in the final version.
I shall have to rearrange all my backup arrangements, though, if I want to replace my current Silverkeeper regime over to Time Machine.
From what I saw during the beta, I doubt if there will be major problems with Civ4 in Leopard, unless there were significant changes in the final version.
I shall have to rearrange all my backup arrangements, though, if I want to replace my current Silverkeeper regime over to Time Machine.
BTS is, and has always been, very stable on the PC. Some minor balance issues and a problem with espionage notwithstanding, it's been fine. Those balance issues were fixed in an unofficial patch within weeks of the game's release, and have since been fixed by two official patches.
Why is Leopard mentioned in this thread? It seems to add so little it would make no sense for it to interfere with OS X applications from 2005.
And it is laughable that Aspyr is so coy about why there is no BTS for mac. They just said "Of course there's a reason!!"
Well, that really helps, Glenda. Mind sharing what the reason is?
Most likely, the lack of programmers. Dual boot and be done w/ it.
Why is Leopard mentioned in this thread? It seems to add so little it would make no sense for it to interfere with OS X applications from 2005.
And it is laughable that Aspyr is so coy about why there is no BTS for mac. They just said "Of course there's a reason!!"
Well, that really helps, Glenda. Mind sharing what the reason is?
Most likely, the lack of programmers. Dual boot and be done w/ it.
I've made some of the changes mentioned here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=145238
(mostly graphics-type stuff in the .ini file)
...and I have noticed a reduction in CTDs. I haven't played long enough to really tell if they're gone for good (and I haven't gotten to the modern age where it gets really bad), but it seems to have helped up to now. My system shouldn't have been crashing in the first place, but apologies to the programmers' reputation for putting it all on them.
EDIT: nevermind, it still crashes...
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=145238
(mostly graphics-type stuff in the .ini file)
...and I have noticed a reduction in CTDs. I haven't played long enough to really tell if they're gone for good (and I haven't gotten to the modern age where it gets really bad), but it seems to have helped up to now. My system shouldn't have been crashing in the first place, but apologies to the programmers' reputation for putting it all on them.
EDIT: nevermind, it still crashes...
Bazzalisk
Chieftain
When a company gives cryptic responses like that there is almost always a reason, and it's almost always legal. They can't say why it's taking so long probably because they aren't allowed to.
As for Leopard not adding much ... that may be true on the surface, but the amount of stuff added "under the hood" as the Americans say is quite astronomical.
i have the basic macbook (10.4.10, 1.83 Ghz intel core duo, 512 mb) and i was wondering if bootcamp will allow me to run BTS on it. do i need to get leopard first or is my attempt to procrastinate from college work going to fail! cheers
henry
henry
I believe Bootcamp plus Windows XP or Vista would allow you to run Civ4 and BtS on your Mac. Bootcamp is now only officially available as a component of Leopard, as the beta test versions have expired.
Note that 512 MBytes is a bit on the thin side, as your graphics card has to use shared main memory for screen buffers, so this may compromise your Civ4 performance.
Note that 512 MBytes is a bit on the thin side, as your graphics card has to use shared main memory for screen buffers, so this may compromise your Civ4 performance.
looks like i have to get leopard and more ram then, thanks alan!
IamJohn
(was)?
And a graphics card? I didn't thing civ4 ran on integrated graphics even for macs. 
Have a look around this forum. There are people around here who will tell you integrated graphics runs Civ4 fine - with OS X or with Windows+Bootcamp. I believe there's consensus that it works better with Windows and DirectX than with OS X and OpenGL, though. As I don't have an integrated graphics Mac I have no first hand knowledge.
ancestral
Warlord
Why does everything you write always so negative? Really, what's the deal, mate?
Ghost Ranger
Prince
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I don't want to get windows on my mac, i'll get viruses and stuff!
If your careful you won't get viruses, and besides you don't have to use the Internet on Windows.
dojoboy
Tsalagi
I've not heard a squeak about BtS for Mac, and given that today is Black Friday in America, I seriously doubt it would be released for Christmas.
CivRev will be available on the DS in the spring, which is why I placed a DSLite on my Christmas List to Santa.
I wouldn't get to bent on not having BtS on the Mac. I've got it for my laptop, and it's not so good that I play it over Warlords, on my Mac.
Now, EU3 is out on the Mac, which is why I haven't played a Warlords game in some time.
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