You can demand all you want from EA. But from a Legal point of view, you don't have a leg to stand on. EA didn't change anything. The game runs perfectly on a PC running Windows. They used a third party product, namely Cider, that they have licensed to make the game run on OS X. Cider will be the cause of he crashes not the game. EA are never going to make a game for OS X specifically, there is no financial incentive, and the only machines capable of playing games to the level of PC are only bought by art studios. How many of you have bought a MacPro with 4-8 cores and the fastest GPU around with 4 raptor drives on a raid array. That is a common setup for a top-end game PC, and that is what EA write for.
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BF2142 (Mac version) Keep Crashing
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pbsetup problem
okay so I'm having a lot of the same problems but i can't select the battlefield 2142 app with pbsetup. I try to pick the game path and the application is grayed out and unselectable. What exactly do i have to select when I click add game and select battlefield 2142 for the game path? Again, any help you can give is much appreciated!
okay so I'm having a lot of the same problems but i can't select the battlefield 2142 app with pbsetup. I try to pick the game path and the application is grayed out and unselectable. What exactly do i have to select when I click add game and select battlefield 2142 for the game path? Again, any help you can give is much appreciated!
I just chucked the app on the desktop and used the desktop path. Seemed to work. It is rather infuriating though when the pb folder is stuck within the app package contents, and pbsetup won't accept paths into the package.
Are you logged in as an administrator? I have no such problems.
download pbsetup1 file, click and run - creates pbsetup.run file -> run that
Select File - Add game and game path as //applications
Runs w/o problems.
Actually, the game doesn't support multiple processors on either PC or Mac.
Regardless of who might be responsible for faulty coding, the game is sold under EA's name. We're purchasing a game from EA, not Cider. If cider is at fault, then it would be EA's responsibility to get on their ass... which the probably won't do either.
I mean this is the kind of program that should've had a patch out within a week of release. Unfortunately we'll probably never see a patch though.
And one more thing... what kind of moron decides to port a game to mac and NOT port the expansion pack that was released on PC months ago. I mean, it's not even like they said they're GOING to port northern strike. I think that's absolutely ridiculous.
If only there were more companies like blizzard entertainment... then we'd all be happy. I don't play WoW anymore, but simultaneous releases (always) and even mac-exclusive features like an integrated iTunes controller in WoW... that's awesome dedication.
On the bright side, Quake Wars: Enemy Territory is gonna be ported by Aspyr. Hopefully we'll see it within several months, and the performance won't be too bad.