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Regnum_Online
02-07-2008, 10:36 PM
my friend has been wanting to join Regnum, but he owns a mac....is there anyway to play the game on one? thanks :wiggle14:
Wyatt
02-07-2008, 10:37 PM
There is no Regnum Online version of mac as of yet.

Maybe in the future hopefully.

Regards
arlick
02-07-2008, 10:38 PM
my friend has been wanting to join Regnum, but he owns a mac....is there anyway to play the game on one? thanks :wiggle14:

he could try emulating it or try to use the unix compatibility (if he know how :P)
Regnum_Online
02-07-2008, 10:47 PM
aw..... :ohill:
oh well...thanks :(
um...unix...emulating, i dunno what those are...
arlick
02-07-2008, 10:51 PM
aw..... :ohill:
oh well...thanks :(
um...unix...emulating, i dunno what those are...

i dont have a mac but.. i think that they could emulate windows applications
surak
02-07-2008, 10:55 PM
Or you can buy me a Mac and I'll port the client xD
magnet
02-07-2008, 11:07 PM
Or you can buy me a Mac and I'll port the client xD

Surak I said this already, but really, try to ask Apple. They are suckers for games on Mac; I know of different projects (free software or games) which got free Macs just asking (in exchange for porting their application).
ArcticWolf
02-07-2008, 11:48 PM
Deja Vu:

http://regnumonlinegame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14363
http://regnumonlinegame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10067

:tonguey:
GIGO305
02-08-2008, 01:32 AM
omg i need to look here my friend try to play regnum but it didnt work because he owns an apple computer if you find a way to make it work tell me so he can start playing on his computer and not hacking Xblok at school
trulyem
02-08-2008, 01:35 AM
If he has a mac, he can install bootcamp. Putting in Windows xp and Mac at the same time. However, there are risks involved....sadly, I had mine so bad...
ArcticWolf
02-08-2008, 01:59 AM
What's the point at installing Windows XP on a mac? I mean, MacOS seems to be far more stable and useful than XP. I'd install a Debian GNU/linux and run wine in case I need to run a win. app.

And regarding to the client... Surak, is it hard to port it? Linux and Macs are posix-compilant, both share libraries and stuff. Is it possible to release an alpha-untested version? Maybe players could help as betatesters.
surak
02-08-2008, 02:02 AM
What's the point at installing Windows XP on a mac? I mean, MacOS seems to be far more stable and useful than XP. I'd install a Debian GNU/linux and run wine in case I need to run a win. app.

And regarding to the client... Surak, is it hard to port it? Linux and Macs are posix-compilant, both share libraries and stuff. Is it possible to release an alpha-untested version? Maybe players could help as betatesters.

It should not be hard, only a little portion of the code needs to be ported, the rest should compile as it is.
trulyem
02-08-2008, 02:07 AM
What's the point at installing Windows XP on a mac? I mean, MacOS seems to be far more stable and useful than XP. I'd install a Debian GNU/linux and run wine in case I need to run a win. app.


Yes I know, Mac = graphics and life, Windows = gaming... heh, thats how i allocate mine...... Macs is what i use in business stuff... But since windows have cheaper software, it nice to have both running around your computer... in my case. I remember when my windows crashed......I almost died lol....The problem is, you cant access your files in windows through mac...so its kinda bummer....But when the time comes that Microsoft actually takes over Mac, (i know they will :P) these problems will be solved :)
Proteas
02-08-2008, 02:30 AM
can you really install windows xp on a mac? lol
mann2411
02-08-2008, 06:08 AM
surak as suggested before i think you might be able to get some mac computers just say something to them along the lines of that you would like to make a client for mac but you need a mac computer and im sure you could offer to put a apple logo on the loading screen ive seen people have them before in other games just try it dude not alot can come bad from it
Proteas
02-08-2008, 07:12 AM
i just never new xp could be installed on mac's xD
mann2411
02-08-2008, 08:07 AM
yer i never knew that either
ArcticWolf
02-08-2008, 10:14 PM
AFAIK, OS X is a forked FreeBSD, so making the right changes it should also work on *BSD :D

Wonder if opensolaris could run it.
trulyem
02-09-2008, 02:10 AM
Yep, even Windows Vista can be installed on a Mac ;)
ncvr
02-09-2008, 08:47 AM
Yep, even Windows Vista can be installed on a Mac ;)
...but you probably wouldn't wanna do that...
mute
02-11-2008, 03:49 PM
A BSD Version would be great.

I have PC-BSD running on one PC...
elendriel
03-04-2008, 11:23 AM
A BSD Version would be great.

I have PC-BSD running on one PC...
For BSD you can use the linux compatibility layer, and should work on BSD. Sunos has a BSD operating system, and I think that he made work the game on this one, FreeBSD was.

On PC-BSD I'm not sure if for default you have the linux compatibility activated, but if it isn't activated you can use the ports system, to install it. Also maybe you'll have to activate the ports system, because with bsd of default is desactivated.