Civ III Complete Playablity and Mods

[Aiolos]

I am thinking about buying an old copy of Civ 3 Complete for Mac. How will it run? Civ4 and CiV are very slow in later periods for me, and I want to be able to finish a game I didnt win early.

My specs are:
Mac OS X Version 10.5.8
2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Also, are there any mods for Mac CivIII, and could you all mention your favorite ones if so? Much thanks

 

[AlanH]

A key component that you need to specify when talking about game performance is the Graphics hardware.

Having said that, Civ3 Complete should run fine on most Intel-based Macs. You *must* upgrade it to Rev A, though. The original DVD installs a PowerPc-only package that uses Rosetta as a translator to run on Intel hardware. The Rev A patch turns it into a native application and fixes a few bugs.

You'll have to wait for others to reply on mods.

 

[Aiolos]

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: Display
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0863
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3427
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

From the graphics database in "More Info". Thanks for the help.

 

[AlanH]

That card is not on Aspyr's list of supported cards for Civ5. It might struggle with Civ4 as well, but it should be OK for Civ3, which doesn't need the 3D capabilities that are used in the newer versions.