| C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266140] |
Thu, 14 June 2007 05:04  |
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Zion
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Keynote Speech
A few days ago at WWDC 07, Steve Jobs announced that EA Games are going to be releasing four games for OS X and more are to come.
One of these happens to be Command and Conquer 3. If it runs as well as it does on Windows this is a definite buy for me.
The keynote speech goes into the new Leopard (10.5) features of OS X, which are, amazing.
To those of you who own or use a Macintosh computer this may be interesting to you. To those of you who do not, please do not go on and on about how windows (is) better than OS X. Failure to comply will result in your post being reported to a moderator and if it get really out of hand, i will request the locking of this topic.
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| Re: C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266238 is a reply to message #266210] |
Thu, 14 June 2007 13:56  |
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| Dave S. Anderson wrote on Thu, 14 June 2007 19:23 |
Now now, let's not turn Mero's topic into a Mac vs. PC bash-fest... Again.
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I do realize that in some cases Windows is better than a Mac (notice how i said Windows, not PC's because they're all PC's) and in others Mac is better than Windows, but since i opted for an operating system that everyone in the media industry uses i may as well get a head start in understanding the operating system and its services. That way if i do go into employment i can help other employees out with their macs if they experience any problems.
I go to night class with a bunch of adults and many of them are new to using macs for their media, however one of them is adamant that the Macintosh operating system is far better than the Windows one and i keep telling him that's not true. He asked me if i had a choice, what OS would i choose and i said Windows. The reason is is because it can do what a mac can't. Play games, run superfast applications, easy to upgrade and what-not. Yet he said that windows crashes more often. That's a blatant lie. I've experienced more instability with macs that i have with 8 years of windows. I have never had the aptly named 'blue screen of death' but many times had the 'beachball of death' (mac freezing). Take a look at the apple OS X forums. Nearly every other post is a problem or a kernal panic or something doesn't work right.
The thing is, Apple devs read these topics and fix the issues with updates. I don't think i know of a forum where windows users can go do that... The main reason i've switched is because i wanted a computer that when i pushed the power button it would just work. Last time i turned on a windows PC it lost hal.dll and wouldn't boot. Although i doubt it's a software problem since my motherboards been acting up lately.
Anyway...
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| Re: C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266303 is a reply to message #266140] |
Thu, 14 June 2007 18:20 |
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I don't know... I hate touchpads and I turned mine off and plug in a real mouse. The button rocks both ways, so I assumed it was left and right click. I could be wrong. I know the OS supports multiple mouse buttons, so whatever.
I'm the bawss.
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| Re: C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266338 is a reply to message #266140] |
Thu, 14 June 2007 20:49 |
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Trying to be "first" in an "emerging" market? They have an already developed game, why not make a few tweaks, and try to get it to work on another platform, increase their sales a little bit. And yeah probably get a little payout from Apple.
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| Re: C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266374 is a reply to message #266314] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 00:39 |
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| light wrote on Fri, 15 June 2007 02:57 |
| Crimson wrote on Fri, 15 June 2007 13:20 |
I don't know... I hate touchpads and I turned mine off and plug in a real mouse. The button rocks both ways, so I assumed it was left and right click. I could be wrong. I know the OS supports multiple mouse buttons, so whatever.
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The right side of the button does the same as the left side, it's just one big button.
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Just to prove you wrong here, Apples latest Mighty Mouse does have two buttons inside but just one big plastic case outside. I found this out by plugging it into a windows machine (yes, it's universal) and right clicking worked. The older, see through ones etc don't have two buttons, they just have one.
By default OS X sets both of these buttons to primary click, but you can set them to secondary click in the sysprefs. If all else fails and you don't like holding them then you can get logitech mice that have OS X software in them to they work 
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| Re: C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266394 is a reply to message #266140] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 02:09 |
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I read somewhere that EA are using a translation layer to port these games to OSX.
Basically, its loosely based on Transgaming's Cedega/WineX technology. So basically it is a set of libraries that take Windows API calls and convert them into something that works on MAC OSX.
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| Re: C&C 3 and other EA Games to be released on OS X [message #266399 is a reply to message #266374] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 03:17 |
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| The Merovingian wrote on Fri, 15 June 2007 19:39 |
| light wrote on Fri, 15 June 2007 02:57 |
| Crimson wrote on Fri, 15 June 2007 13:20 |
I don't know... I hate touchpads and I turned mine off and plug in a real mouse. The button rocks both ways, so I assumed it was left and right click. I could be wrong. I know the OS supports multiple mouse buttons, so whatever.
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The right side of the button does the same as the left side, it's just one big button.
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Just to prove you wrong here, Apples latest Mighty Mouse does have two buttons inside but just one big plastic case outside.
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I'm refering to the button at the bottom of the trackpad on MacBook Pros, not the Mighty Mouse, I've never used one of them, so whilst I may not have been clear enough I'm not incorrect.
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) but yeah... mac usage has increased alot and this is probably related to that
