Battlefield 1942 (origin For Mac
There's a Mac version of UT2004, it came out almost immediately after the Windows version; maybe a day of 2 after. But it's a seperate DVD that can be found for about $30.
My brand-new Powerbook can't play it as well as my year-old Windows laptop, but it's playable. I haven't tried it on a Powermac (or iMac) though, so I can't comment on how it runs there. Qbeh-1: the atlas cube for mac. But it supposedly flies on the G5's (and dual G4's). I own a Powerbook, but I use my PC for gaming. I only recently converted, so my PC is still mode. Compared to the Macintosh, which is completely standardized in software and hardware, Linux is a mess. Loading the proper GL handler for X-Windows, ensuring the proper permissions are available to audio and video, and solving the myriad problems that occur with different setups in different distributions makes it extremely difficult to support games even if you get them to run.
It's clearly possible, as Loki Software demonstrated, but the price disparity between Linux and Windows makes it a hard sell. No it won't, that's a pain in the ass! How do I get notified of incoming IMs while playing if I have to reboot my computer? How can I use a voice communication software package in the background if I have to reboot my computer?
What if I have a SCSI card and it takes like 3 minutes to reboot the damn thing and I have to sit there and wait for it? How do I save my settings, like when I remap the keys?
Does it automatically detect the HD, parse the filesystem, and save the settings there? If so, how would it cope with a filesystem it doesn't understand completely (i.e. NTFS.) What if I want to play online, but my network card (say an ethernet-usb adaptor) doesn't have any drivers in your boot CD? Can I add the drivers?
Will it detect the drivers on my HD and auto-load them? And if so, how long would that take? The reason you could put the game on the boot disk in the past is because the OS did not do multitasking. (Also, computers were mostly instant-on, or close to instant-on.) Now that the OS does multitasking, and computers take a little while to boot, using a boot disk for a game is a dumb idea. Cards either use DRI or the prorpietary nVidia system. OpenGL is a STANDARD because it doesn't require any special work to get it to function on all OpenGL compatible hardware. Maybe you could do a better job explaining what you mean by 'Loading the proper GL handler'.
Permissions aren't a problem either. NVidia drivers automatically configure take care of the permissions issues, and DRI drivers simply need a line in the XF86Config/xorg.conf that tells it to allow all users to access the DRI device. If you have a nvidia geforce card, then OpenGL isn't too bad to get working on a Linux box. Radeon cards are a little more difficult, since you may have to grab the CVS branch from the DRI project to get that working. The latest Radeon cards have drivers from ATI which support several features of the higher-end hardware you won't find in free drivers, but do have a few problems.
Writing software for OpenGL basic spec isn't too bad. It's whenever you want to use the full capabilities of the hardware that. I thought I would drop a line and let those curious about the game know something about it.
I have played Battlefield 1942 since the demo and bought the game the day it came out, so almost two years now. I have put in tons of pubbing and match game time with the game and I recommend this to any multiplayer fps gamer. If you do not plan to play this game online, do not waste your money. The game was built to play online and the single player is very boring. As for multiplayer, well, it gets an A+. I've also been bftracks.us since the demo.
About half of the community has moved to Battlefield Vietnam (as you can see at gamespy.com), but many of these players also play BF1942. The gameplay is very fun, and I remember laughing so much in the beginning when I saw those bodies flying up in the air when hit with a shell from a Chi-ha on Wake Island. The conquest gameplay type is engaging, and there are many community mods, chief among them being a modern desert warfare mod ' desertcombat.com'.
Battlefield 1942 (origin For Mac Download
With so many Linux users moaning about how they have to use closed source graphics card drivers that they get for free, what kind of company that wants to stay in business would ever think about producing software that they expect these same folk to pay for? If you believe there's any market for games on Linux then you're delusional.
Mac users have a history and reputation for putting their money where their mouth is. Linux users put their code there instead. WineX is the only real way you'll see a broad se.
EA is now on Origin. The series' 2002 progenitor is listed in the demos section, but is clear that it's fully free-to-play. The site has also enlisted the surprised/angry medic above to help spread the word: '35 machines of war?! Yeah, that's just what I needed: 35 more problems for me. You know what, why don't you go remove your own damn shrapnel?' But don't mind him, his face has had a hard day.
Go get Battlefield 1942. The textures might offend modern video-graphics consumers, but it remains one of my favorite multiplayer shooters. I've had way more fun standing on the wings of flying planes than I ever have respecting physics in Battlefield 3. The release is apparently tied to the celebration of Battlefield's 10th anniversary, which was a couple months ago, so it's possible we just missed it. Either way, it's here now.