Pro: DeusEx3 for Mac

[SemiAnonymous]

Originally Posted by foxberg

Here's a question, would that be a piracy if Mac community download a third party Cider port of DX3 otherwise not available for their platform to play on their computers rather then invest in a PC just so they can buy an official release of the game?

Legally, I believe it would still be piracy. Morally, this is a form of piracy that I don't have an issue with. Its probably about as bad as it would be to emulate a rare N64 game that you wouldn't be able to play otherwise

[PlasmaSnake101]

I wonder... will the purchases made by mac users out weight the amount invested into making a port. It's stupid to invest in dry wells. And the only reason I mentioned my previous post is because you posted and did not reply to what I had said, as if you had missed it.

Your expert team of Apple programmers would cost money, and for a consumer pool that the average user has no interests in gaming I don't think it is worth the investment. It is really nothing personal, just bad business. As I said in my original post, most mac users are using them because "PC's are annoying, Macs just work." They use them because they are simple, as opposed to a PC that frightens and confuses them.

With that said, the people who do game and like macs tend have a PC on the side, Macs for notes and work, PC for games. If gaming was one of your primary concerns you would have never switched to mac in the first place.


And a final question, why do you like Macs. Why do you feel they are superior to a PC, apart from trendiness and an ad campaign that targets the youth and those who are incompetent with computers in general.

[Jerion]

Why do I like Macs? I grew up around them, for starters. I'm very competent in both the Apple and Microsoft realms. I prefer Apple's OS X, its stable, fast, and frankly the overall computing experience isn't matched by Windows. The only drawback is the lack of availability of games for OS X, which is where Windows comes in. Sure, Apple charges a helluva premium for hardware, so upgrading your machine every year or two is out of the question, but the OS and the "Just Works" factor more or less make up for it, IMO. What makes Macs superior to your average PC? It's the operating system. Either you love it, like it well enough, or haven't really used it.

Now, I really do like Macs, and I like games. So I installed Windows XP Pro SP2 on my MacBook Pro as a dual-boot solution. This way I can open myself up to more games on solid hardware, while still having the Mac experience day in and day out. And I can take it all with me. Win-Win, no?

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The Mac Gamer segment is largely unheardof, not because it doesn't exist (it sure does!), but because many VG corporations overlook it. Until a couple years ago this was understandable, because porting your games to OS X would mean re-writing your engine and game to use OpenGL if it didn't already, along with running on the PowerPC architecture. With the advent of Cider and the switch to Intel, however, this is no longer an issue and development costs and time for porting to the Mac platform are minimal. There is really no excuse for not supporting it these days.

Although, considering that Aspyr released the Mac version for DX, perhaps they will do the same for 3...

[morphoid]

Originally Posted by foxberg

There is a stable Cider port of DX1 available for Intel Macs (but I don't think GMA graphic cards are supported). I've finished the first Cider release on my MBP that was crashing quite often, and now there is a fixed one. I might play it again soon , as soon as I finish a Cider of Rid EFBB.

My card is a GMA X3100.

Could you direct me to instructions on how to obtain and use the Cider?

I have honestly no idea how that works.
And I own DX1 for Mac, so I'm pretty OK with using it.
Thanks in advance.

And I selfishly continue to hope for DX3 on Mac.

[foxberg]

Originally Posted by morphoid

Could you direct me to instructions on how to obtain and use the Cider?

Check your PM.