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Working outside in country most of the last 2 days. Made some time today to check 10.9.3 update on the 'stock' 2008 MBP ... some large to huge scenarios load past 36% now in CMFI, CMBN but not all .... not much improvement in CMSF Mac bundle large to huge scenarios. On the EVO Hackintosh... 10.9.3 NO improvements for CMx2 and CMSF Mac bundle Maybe Apple is holding the full graphics improvements for 10.9.4 The frustrating part, aside from borking the CM playability of large to huge scenarios for 2.5 months, is their "update" even on a the 2008 stock MBP does not fix their graphics driver issues for CMx2... improves loading yes but when scenarios still crash at 36% it is still broken.

Could it be a CMBS surprise? I can't get any internet video in country so I will just have to dream about it till I get back:)

CM's games loaded and play just fine in 10.9.1 till Apple... rushed their security plug out in 10.9.2 and took a couple + months to kinda get around to 10.9.3 public beta and their graphic drivers still are not working for Large to Huge CM games ... the same stock scenario files that worked a couple + months before :confused: It will get sorted out at some point. If Apple does not fix their screw up I am sure BFC will not leave the Mac folks with Apple's non functional drivers for long. Plenty of good games for Mac customers to purchase (existing CM Mac games) and CMRT, CMBS, CMSF v3.0, etc. without bootcamp. BTW: Apple in their infinite business wisdom dropped Windows 7 Boot Camp Support in New Mac Pro:rolleyes:

"But because of the many threads on OS 10.9.2 I downloaded the CMBN demo and it runs FABULOUSLY!!" I do not know the size of the CMBN demo. If it is small to medium it should run fine on 10.9.2 What I am alerting you to is on Large to Huge scenarios 10.9.2 .Loading these files is not functional (on my Mac or my Hack) due to Apple faulty graphic drivers. To clarify..... My Mac Pro 2009 with stock “Apple Blessed” ATI 4870 512 MB and / or the PC (non-EFI) GTX 760 4GB both ran CMBN/CW/MG, CMGI/GL and CMSF Mac Bundle using OSX 10.9.1. Almost all the stock scenarios in all the games loaded fully. The same goes for the Hackintosh using OSX 10.9.1. The security issues of OS X Mavericks v10.9.1 were serious enough for Apple to issue 10.9.2 . Apple fixed their security holes and created a graphic driver malfunctions in 10.9.2. This is when many of the large to huge stock scenarios in all the games began to crash to desktop at a 36% load bar or freeze requiring force quit. Many of ... actually most.... of the CMSF Mac Bundle stock scenarios are completely unusable in 10.9.2. They worked before Apple's faulty graphic drivers were introduced in 10.9.2 but not anymore. To be clear, 10.9.2 graphic drivers are not fully functional in loading CM Mac games.... on my Mac or my Hack. *It is my opinion that this is an Apple created fault as CM games in 10.9.1 loaded almost all stock scenarios and they played well looked great * 10.9.3 public beta improved the loading of some larger scenarios but this graphics problem is not fixed. For example only 12/34 (35%) stock CMFI/GL Scenarios load fully and the rest (65% of the stock scenarios) crash at 36% loading! This was not the case in 10.9.1 but is the case with 10.9.2 and 10.9.3 public beta. I can not comment on CMRT’s performance as I have not purchased the game yet. I hope to try a CMRT demo 1st. When Apple (over 2 months + now) releases their final OS X 10.9.3, it will be basically a maintenance update focused on improving graphics drivers and audio, updating Safari and returning Contacts and Calendar syncing via USB. Based on Apple’s “10.9.2 and 10.9.3 beta updates so far, I am not 100% confident their final 10.9.3 release will solve the CM Mac graphic drivers issues. I hope so. I am sure BFC hopes so. If an OS security update kills the graphic drivers so you can not use 2/3 of a game's content... well what is the point? Stay tuned & Good Luck. The Evil OS is looking better every day.

Congratulations grunt GI, What are your iMac specs? What OS? 10.9.1 loaded and ran most all the Mac CM games on my Mac Pro 2009 and on my Hackintosh. 10.9.1 had serious security faults. It was Apple's 10.9.2 update back in February that was the problem for CM games on the Mac. 10.9.2 produced a fairly consistent load 36% then crash to desktop in moderate, large and almost all huge CMBN/CW/MG and CMFI/GL scenarios. CMSF Mac Bundle simply froze in most scenarios requiring a "force quit". The public beta 10.9.3 helped some but not fixed by any means. When it loads it looks and plays great in my Hackintosh. Problem is many stock scenarios I could easily load and play in 10.9.1 are now unusable stock scenarios... crash at 36% loading. Supposedly the final 10.9.3 update should be out this week so you may want to wait and see how this works for you. I have held off purchasing CMRT till the final 10.9.3 update is out & a demo comes out. CMSF Mac Bundle does not have all the user made scenarios / campaigns and there is a ton of game for CMSF Mac. Hackintosh - 3.89GHz-i7-4770K-GTX 760 4GB-DELL U2713HM-2560 x 1440

Fired Up "Twilight 2000" on the Hackintosh in CMSF Mac Bundle and it loads just fine, looks authentic even with Apple's botched 10.9.3!!! Good work Clubfoot and thank you!

Very Cool mod MikeyD! Thanks

Load CMBN 2.12 “Vierville” (appears to be the file in the thumb nail) as Elite, Real Time. Everything (Model Quality, Textures) set at Best, AA, Shadows, Shaders all on. This includes 5.4 GB of many higher texture mods. Load time < 9”. Normally I am running CM on DELL U2713HM-2560 x 1440 but am in country using a Smasung TV in 1920x1080P at the moment. System Specs: Hackintosh - ‘EVO Black Resurrection’ = EBR Intel Core i7-4770K-3.89GHz not over-clocked in OS X Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H motherboard EVGA GTX 760 ACX 4GB GDDR5 RAM 16GB G.SKILL Sniper Series DDR3 2400 memory at 1600 MHz in OS X Intel 335 SSD 240GB Cooler Master HAF XB EVO LAN Case DELL U2713HM-2560 x 1440 *Apple 10.9.3 public beta Boot ROM Version: MultiBeast.tonymacx86.com Andrew’s observations are interesting. I do often close CM after a long session of play. Maybe it is a habit I got into trying to maximized in game response. The other notables are the GTX 760 with 4GB of memory. Even on my 2009 Mac Pro the GTX 760 with 4GB of memory made the CMx2 games much more fluid and attractive at the extreme high end settings. Steve noted in the CMRT Demo thread that v3.0 could bump up against 4GB in some situations. In the Hackintosh the i7-4770K-3.89GHz makes zipping around a huge map (when I can load it) very easy to play w/o any sluggishness. Hope this helps. I cannot load “CW My Honor is Loyalty” as Apple’s 10.9.2 update borked their graphic drivers causing a 36% load and crash for many of the larger scenarios. Apple 10.9.3 public beta did improve graphic side a bit but there are still large scenarios that crash at 36%. I don’t own CMRT yet and would love to soon but until Apple fixes their blunder and / or I get a Windows 7 side set up, I am stuck dealing with Apple who should be releasing the real 10.9.3 soon and I truly hope their 2+ month long graphic error is corrected. see”OSX Mavericks 10.9.2 update issues !!” thread for more load times using the Hackintosh. Now back to Pro Bull Riding

What Mark said.... Good insights. I am often in the "Just play it for the fun of blowing things up." time to relax from the day and what better way to .."affect your overall enjoyment" than... "blowing things up!" and no one gets hurt

Lovely sunset. I can almost hear the horses whinny out in the pastures

"Ultimately, everyone seemed to wind up on horseback....." I'm in Clubfoot Looks like a magical campaign coming this May. Thank you.

No horses were actually harmed in the contribution to this thread

CMSF with 3.0+ engine? BFC should pay people to play it

"Of course the horse is sleeping! Only pixel-truppen and cows are dead" Thank you Mark. I will sleep well tonight

"...no horse killed by gunfire in probably all of Europe during WWII would be left alone long enough to bloat except under unusual circumstances. Both soldiers and civilians would eat them." "...a distinguished older gentleman in a fine wool coat in mid-winter Leningrad leaning over a dead horse carcass with a kitchen carving knife in his hand" Assimilate and survive. There was and is currently not an "app" for dat. Horsey may resurrect ... after Spring Break in a "hot fix" ... or at least a "warm fix"

"But if I'm going to get 'back on the horse' AI construction-wise..." I told you the horses were just sleeping Just kidding. I don't have CMRT yet but did notice Mark was listed as the primary / solo act in Quick Battles! It will be very interesting to play around with the new editor for sure. AI construction-wise (CMBN/FI) I keep it very simple... a few units vs a few units and muck about to lear what the controls do.

Soaring in wide circles.... waiting for the right moment... to Buzz in all hawklike It is almost Easter. Giddy-up girl

Yes. The dead hose in the image appear to be freshly dead. Information here could lead to more realistic dead horse mods. Then one would have to add buzzards, etc. for genuine authenticity. Nah, the horse is just very,very relaxed:)

Hmmm... Spring Break and behind schedule just happen to coincide Just joking. You guys are working hard to make great products. If you like war-games you could not find a better family of products than Combat Mission. Spring Break Tip: remove the umbrellas from drinks before consuming them

I think it is Geek Beware of Geeks bearing gifts

"Together with the helmet and remaining gear the Ratnik ensemble weighs about 20 kilograms." 44 pounds of Ratnik gear! Fast may not be fast for very long in CMBS.

Thanks for the explanation Steve. An awful lot of uber tech equipment on the folks in the video. I also wondered how they were going to make all these gadgets for the many thousands of Comrades and someone has to pay for all this. Sell more oil & gas I guess.

GAJ... Please be wrong. War Horsey can not... expire :eek:

This video Sequoia.

Motherboard, Liquid cooler and Power Supply arrive Friday. Case and SSDs are here. The rest of the hackintosh parts will be here by middle of next week. Build my EBR - EVO-Black-Resurection. Install an Apple and an Evil OS then order CMRT! Already playing CMRT Soviet Music Mod, by Saferight... to get in the mood