War RaVeN Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hello all, I have ‘Beyond Overlord‘ and 'Barbarossa to Berlin’ and still playing them on my old G4 Mac. I keep this old machine only for playing these very good games. Now with my previous G5 (Os X) it was impossible to play them and I never use the virtual emulation of Windows.... Now with my new Mac Pro I want to play them again and also looking forward to the new upcoming games like ‘Shock Force‘ and ‘Theatre of War’ I want to play them all. Now my question: Are here some people (Mac’ers) who have experience with the Intel Mac and emulate the PC games via emulation with Bootcamp, Parallels or others? Are there already some tests done with TOW or SF to emulate via Bootcamp or Parallels and a Intel Mac? All info is welcom! Thanks in advance. Regards, Raven. Ps, sorry for the bad English language.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Unfortunately I don't have a Mac (or a Intel-based Mac for that matter). However other people on this forum have experimented with the Intel-based Macs utilizing BootCamp and have come out with good results. This thread from the CM Shock Force forum mentions some people who have had success with BootCamp. Several people have mentioned that Parallels does not work with CM. Of course the caveats here are that with BootCamp you'll need to get a copy of Windows XP and the Windows versions of the CM games you want to play (though the Battlefront version of CMBO had both the Mac and Windows version of the game on the same disc). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Basically BootCamp provides better performance (both in terms of graphics and speed) but you do need to reboot the machine. Parallels is more convenient (no reboot required) but has worse performance and compatibility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Also Parallels does not, at this time, support 3D graphics acceleration, meaning no games. Bootcamp, all PC games I've used run just fine. Bootcamp is not emulation, its running Windows natively just like on standard PC hardware. I've run many games in Bootcamp, namely, Rome Total War, CMx1 games, Sims 2, some Tom Clancy stuff and more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War RaVeN Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Thanks folks, for the good info and tips.... I gone try the PC demo’s with BootCamp! I hoop to see soon a TOW demo. Greetz, Raven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War RaVeN Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Damn, still one question... Do I need XP or XP Pro for BootCamp? Thanks, Raven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 My assumption is that either would work - XP Home or XP Pro. The primary difference between them is that XP Pro has some additional network/domain support features that are not present in XP Home. Otherwise they're the same and I'd imagine would work with BootCamp just the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War RaVeN Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Thanks, I have a old Dell laptop with XP home, installed this on my Pro and it runs smoothly And I forgot... the old CD of Overlord is for Mac & Windoze, now it runs better then the demo lol! Regards, Raven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 XP Home should be fine if you want to play alone. I suspect you will need XP Pro if you want to play TCP/IP or other networked based options. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 XP Home supports TCP/IP. Certain business-oriented Active Directory network features are what is missing from XP Home compared to XP Pro. You can play a TCP/IP game just the same on XP Home as you can on XP Pro. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Oops - stand corrected. Just know that integrating “el cheapo“ laptops bought with XP Home into a network (connecting to File Servers, shared printers, etc.) was a PITA so I assumed Micro$oft had “broken“ all the networking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUMLIN Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 just got cmbb and cmak running via bootcamp. both fine, and its runs very well indeed on the big macbook pro screen. one word of advice - chose the partition version that lets the mac grab files from the xp side, and vice versa, or you will have to use a usb key to transfer pbem files. also, make the xp partition 8 meg, as cmbb plus cmak plus the xp mandatory stuff rolls over the standard 5meg limit...i had to delete a bunch of stuff to squeeze cmak in!!! Grum 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War RaVeN Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 I have the FAT32 partition (32 Gig) so enough place for a few games. I bought the CMBB pc version and it runs fast on my Pro 2.66 quad x 6 Gig Ram. The old G4 is in the closet again..... Cheers, Raven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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