mdmiles Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 I have a Mac, but I play these games with my son who has a Windows 7 machine. If I purchase the Mac version (which I would prefer to do), and he purchases the Windows version, will I be able to play against him in two player real-time mode? I would hope that if both are using the same communication protocol, they would work, but from experience, I know that this is not always the case. Does anyone know? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsonian11 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 I would like to know the same question with PBEM games, since my Dad has a MAC and I use a PC. And no, mdmiles is not my Dad:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Yes you certainly can. Both share the same file format for saved games / PBEM and you can play TCP/IP games between a Mac player and a Windows player. i have done both on numerous times during testing. I have a MacBook Pro and a Windows 7 (64Bit) desktop and both are running CM:BN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmiles Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 Sweet! That is what I was hoping to hear! I have a MacBook Pro (2.8 - 8GB) as well and he is running Windows 7-64 also. Thank you for the information! And no. Wellsonian11 is not my son. :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsonian11 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 That is great news! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmiles Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 I have tried playing the demo this weekend with me running it on my MacBook Pro 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB-7200RPM and with my son running the windows demo on Windows 7. We were unable to play against each other. We were able to connect and get into initial debriefing screen and to initial setup of units, but as soon as he clicked the red start button on the bottom right in the command panel, my mac version errored out to the desktop. Is this something that is fixed in the final release of the Mac game or will it be a problem. Are they going to be compatible for a Mac player to be able to play against a Windows player? Has anyone been able to successfully do it with the demo? Are there any additional steps I need to perform to get it to work? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautrek Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 That is great news! What that he is not your dad or that you can play mac v PC? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xor_ Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Weird oedipal stuff going on ITT. The killer awoke before dawn... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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