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ZoSo729
Ree-Yees
Joined: 22 Jan 2005
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 Posted: Jun 05, 2009 23:22 Post subject: Using DF/DXL on Mac? |
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I am currently using Mac OSX Leopard. Was wondering if anyone knew a way to get DF running on it. OSX no longer supports classic environment, which is what it is still formatted as. Any ideas?
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2009 02:28 Post subject: |
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I am not an OSX expert, but there is likely some third-party apps to help get classic mode programs working. Google around. Otherwise, you could run an older Mac OS that supports Classic mode in an emulator (this may be slow).
I do know that running the DOS version of Dark Forces in DOSBox should work (DOSBOx is happily cross platform). This is the solution I use under Windows for running Dark Forces.
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ZoSo729
Ree-Yees
Joined: 22 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2009 03:21 Post subject: |
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Thanks, I will try it.
Do you know if this will also work for DarkXL?
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klasodeth
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Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2009 07:01 Post subject: |
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DarkXL only works on Windows at this time. However a port to MacOS is likely after beta - but not until then.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2009 02:10 Post subject: |
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Didn't see anything about DarkXL the first time. You'll need either a PC emulator (right now VMWare is the only one that supports DirectX hardware acelleration, which would be needed for gaming on a PC emulator... VirtualBox has it panned for the future) or a Windows API emulator (AKA Wine... I believe there is DarWine or something for OSX) however for the latter you probably need an intel x86 cpu, not the older mac PowerPCs.
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Patrick Haslow
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2009 14:50 Post subject: |
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Very late post.
You are better off running boot camp on your Mac. Then you can run DarkXL or PCDF in DOSBox in WinXP.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2009 15:01 Post subject: |
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Dual booting is far less convenient than being able to run a game directly. Isn't there a seamless emulator for Macs? Parallels or something?
Anyways you could always run any virtual machine software... VirtualBox might have support for DirectX acceleration which would make DarkXL run decently. But I think ATM you need a Windows host for that.
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Patrick Haslow
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2009 19:24 Post subject: |
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Yeah Parallels would be fine for that. I think the point I was trying to make was that you'll have to do it in Windows one way or the other.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2009 20:10 Post subject: |
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Or for Dark Forces just use DOSBox for Mac. Cause you know it's cross-platform.
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Patrick Haslow
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2009 14:13 Post subject: |
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I did not know that it was for OS X. Shows how long I have been out of DF now I guess.
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