Berto Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The question is simple: you purchase once and can play on both Mac and Win (bootcamp for me);which is buy the Win version get the Mac version free (and vice versa). After all, there are 2 licenses! I ask this question because: I am a Mac user and would like the OS X version. But so far I have managed my game with friends (xfire, hamachi, tunngle .....) in window, partition boocamp. In bootcamp I have already CMSF and CMA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Currently we have no Mac versions. CM:BN will be the first. We are still trying to figure out the best way we can offer Mac versions of CM:SF and CM:A to people who already have the Windows version. We will hopefully have an answer about this towards the end of January. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Berto, Don't worry there are people on the "inside" pushing this barrow already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 My nightmare scenario is that CMBN comes out initially as windows only - having waited this long for it - I'll have to get it - then I'll have to re-buy the mac version when it comes out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Well it certainly runs under BootCamp (now that Steve has made an announcement I don't need to be so circumspect). So if you do need to buy the Windows version you can run it on your Mac. The "native" version needs OS X 10.6 (looking forward to testing it with Lion) so don't complain if you are trying to run it on a SE30 with System 7. And no, its NOT and iPhone or iPad app (yet). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicdain Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 We are still trying to figure out the best way we can offer Mac versions of CM:SF and CM:A to people who already have the Windows version. I am not sure if I understood correctly: is it going to be released a MacOSX version of CM:SF and CM:A somewhere in the near future?? That would be awesome! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The sooner I can get windows off my machine the better 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Well I'm running OS X versions of CM:SF (with USMC, UK and NATO modules running) and CM:BN. Can't talk to CM:A. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJJ Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The "native" version needs OS X 10.6 (looking forward to testing it with Lion) so don't complain if you are trying to run it on a SE30 with System 7. That's the system I'm running the original CMBO on, still! Close enough, anyway. (I still have a working SE30, yes. And a Powerbook 100 among my many Apple tech toys.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'll see your SE30 and raise you a 512 and a Lisa. I've also kept a G4 Titanium PowerBook that boots into 9.2.2 to run CMx1 on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 ...(looking forward to testing it with Lion)... Is Lion the projected next Mac OS? I.e., 10.7? As you can see, I don't know anything about it. Michel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Yes Lion = OS X 10.7 Unfortunatley in a lack of communication between the "two Steves" a chance to synchronise mutually supporting product placements was lost with both: OS X 10.4 = Tiger OS X 10.3 = Panther Being released before BTS / BFC had a version of CM:BN to run on them. (Signature block now updated to reflect what is now in the Public Domain) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Thanks for the reply, Gibs. Any word on how soon SF for Mac will start shipping? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Lurking Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Good news for us Macfellas. Any indications on Mac system requirements? I suspect the old intel Mac minis are doubtful, but what about the newer integrated graphic chips the NV 320M variety? Great news of course for the whole CM B4N progress! David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Any word on how soon SF for Mac will start shipping? Michael Nope. Just like the Windows version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Good news for us Macfellas. Any indications on Mac system requirements? I suspect the old intel Mac minis are doubtful, but what about the newer integrated graphic chips the NV 320M variety? Great news of course for the whole CM B4N progress! David David, Well my machine runs it fine (refer signature block below). I'd suspect an integrated graphic chip will never give you as good performance as a dedicated card. Also it needs 10.6 and beyond so that's a good guide too (refer the Apple site for what's required to run 10.6). And its "CM:BN" ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Currently we have no Mac versions. CM:BN will be the first. We are still trying to figure out the best way we can offer Mac versions of CM:SF and CM:A to people who already have the Windows version. We will hopefully have an answer about this towards the end of January. Steve OK thanks, I'll wait ready to buy back all for my big Mac OS X Berto, Don't worry there are people on the "inside" pushing this barrow already. gibsonm I count on you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Lurking Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Gibsonm - Thanks for the info, Your MB Pro has a dedicated graphics chip? Unfortunately here, for the price of the the cheapest MB Pro with such a chip, I can buy a PC Box with i5/7 + 5770 graphics card and still have change for an iPad and iPod touch...Though as a Mac preferer I am resisting going this route. Regards, David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 David, Yes it has a nVidia 9600M GT with 512MB on it. Well depends if you need portability or not. I think the iMacs ship with a dedicated graphics card and their screens are getting pretty big these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Lurking Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Well, call me pickey, but I really hate the iMacs with their mirror displays - who would buy a car with a windscreen that reflects everything back at them? (sounds of axes grinding). David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Well that's your choice and no doubt why you can buy the MacBook Pro with either a flat or refective screen. But as you said you will pay more for that than an iMac. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Nope. Just like the Windows version. Er, SF for windows began shipping almost three and a half years ago. :confused: Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 IIRC, someone posted here a while back that they had CMSF running fairly well in Win98 Bootcamp on a plain 'ol Macbook, and IIRC this was for the previous generation Macbook, with an NVidia 9400M. The newer Macbooks (and Minis, and Airs) have the Nvidia 320M, which beats the 9400M by a fair bit in benchmark tests. So it's reasonable to assume that an OSX version of CMSF would run fairly well on any current generation Mac. If CMBN's minimum system requirements aren't much higher than CMSF, then CMBN should also run OK on the full Mac line, though I'll be (pleasantly) surprised if a 320M can return a very good framerate on a large Normandy map full of buildings and dense vegetation. My experience is also that OSX system and graphics drivers are more efficient than Windows, so as long as the code is optimized for OSX (which I'm sure it will be if Charles is doing the coding), then we'll see a slightly higher frame rate running the game in OSX we will on the same system, running the game in Windows in Bootcamp. In any event, given BFC's record for sticking to projected product release dates, Apple will probably have developed an iPhone powerful enough to run CMSF by the time the game is actually out. (I kid because I love! There are unlikely to be significant updates to the Mac line until at least June '11, and I certainly hope the game is out by then... and as much as I'd love to see it, I'm sure any "CMx2 Mobile" is, at most, a gleam in Charles' eye at this point. ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon river crossing Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 CM:BN for iPad = killer app I'm assuming that as CMSF runs smoothly on my iMac 2.66ghz - CMBN will too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Er, SF for windows began shipping almost three and a half years ago. :confused: Michael Ah yes well I obviously mis read that (it being New Year's Eve and all then - 0630 on New Years Day now). No sorry no information as to if / when CM:SF for Mac will ship. Need to find out why the room is spinning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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