Well...i play it on the mac in MacOSX using wineskin....look here for proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igrsH-RYypU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igrsH-RYypU
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OK ... but since you can now get it native on Mac through Steam, what good (other than likely allowing for pirates to play) is playing a by-definition lower performing wrapped version?
Ok, native version is completely unplayable for me.
First black screen on launch, worked around it by disabling intro and switching to windowed mode, then mouse cursor disappears whenever I switch to another window. I just tried a few turns and I had one CTD and one hard ****ing freeze! A full freeze! I haven't had one of those in months (it's an issue with the latest MBP).
First black screen on launch, worked around it by disabling intro and switching to windowed mode, then mouse cursor disappears whenever I switch to another window. I just tried a few turns and I had one CTD and one hard ****ing freeze! A full freeze! I haven't had one of those in months (it's an issue with the latest MBP).
You go into the usersetting.ini (which for some MORONIC reason is in your documents folder, rather than application support) and set the skipintro setting to 1 (I got that from the official Aspyr support forum).
Cool! I was looking for it in the graphics ini. I have had a problem, where Civ V is almost unplayable on a 13" 2010 MBP, yet when I shut down Steam, I can see the intro scene still playing in the background. No wonder I'm having issues.
The Mac group now has about a dozen users, please join so we can get bigger Multiplayer games going. People seem to play about every day.
STEAM URL:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CIV5MAC
STEAM URL:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CIV5MAC
Hmmm, I was really tempted to try out this game... but with all theses issues I think I'll just stick with Civ IV.
Quick question: How's the game play, once you get it working that is. I've heard it's quite different & boring compared to previous Civ games.
Quick question: How's the game play, once you get it working that is. I've heard it's quite different & boring compared to previous Civ games.
It's pretty similar actually, but I am looking forward to the expansions (there is no spies in Civ V, they are probably keeping it for the expansions).
You cannot stack units on one tile, makes battles much more strategic. Looks much much better than Civ IV, if you have the horsepower. There is many tweaks that I really like, like the possibility for cities to attack, the way range units work, as well as the way golden ages, policies and culture works. Also making workers no longer stops city growth.
It's not that different actually, takes about 1-3 hours to get used to it. There is some bugs to be fixed, lack hotseat mode, but it is certainly not boring!
I've bought one or two boxed retail games that were also available on Steam (I wanted the physical manual). Although Steam allows me to enter the key, it doesn't recognize it as a Steam-related key. Although the games appear in the library, Steam will act as a launcher for an existing install only. No downloading, and disc check still required on launch.
I can't speak specifically for Civ V though. I think in my case the two games were Fallout 3 and Dawn of War.
I really like Steam for no disc check and future downloading, but I miss having physical manuals for certain types of games.
They must be Steamworks games, or specifically allow you to register the game's code on steam. Just because you can buy the digital version on the store doesn't mean that'll be the case.
Well, if I complain in public, I'll also acknowledge a fix in public.
I don't use twitter (which is NOT a good means to share software support), and they hadn't bothered to put that in their knowledge base, but after several exchanges of emails I got the answer (with some fiddling with the steam version), and got it to launch.
Now does anyone know how to disable the long cinematics on each launch? esc and space don't seem to do it.
6-7 posts earlier it is explained, but it doesn't change much, the cinematic seem to be covering up for some loading time, so you'll get a black loading screen and perhaps save 1-2 seconds.
yeah this is basically true. the cinematic of the guy and the boy coming into tent is just something to look at while the game loads in the background. I prefer it over a blank screen since I can predict when the cinematic will stop.
Thanks - I missed the info earlier, but good to know it's not just eye candy.
its more recent... could play the Wineskin based port from Day 1 of Civ5... months before the native Mac release that actually doesn't run much better... just think of all the money Aspyr wasted making something run about 5% better by actually re-writing a buncha native code.
I'm hoping the 5% is just a shoddy rushed thing for christmas on Aspyr's part and that they will at least get 100% better once they've done patching and fixing.
...sigh... "hoping that it's rushed"... that's pretty frickin sad, actually...
It sort of does. It's a dual-core processer with hyperthreading which makes it kinda like quad-core.
I realize they have hyperthreading, but a dual-core with HT will never be able to match a true quad-core processor in programs that can use more than two cores.
I'm sure its just a shoddy port... Aspyr does that a lot.
Civ4 was a very shoddy port, and years of patches and expansions later it actually runs a lot better now than when it first came out, not just in stability, but it performs much better now.
So if it goes anything like Civ4, I except after 2 expansions and some patches that it will probably run about 25 to 30% faster in a couple of years.
I found that setting it to low (or minimum, if you can stand negotiating with a static image of the civ leader) stopped the problem on my late 2010 iMac.