Crossover Games Released!

[Chone]

I've tried a few games with it, Call of Duty 2 installed but then refused to run (the icon would just sit there in the dock doing nothing), Titan Quest couldn't complete installation (the moment it began installing it asked for the CD to be in the drive ) and now I'm installing UT3, I'll let you know how that turns out.

The interface is extremely easy to use though so that's a big plus, definitely not a replacement for bootcamp just yet, even if UT3 installs I don't expect performance to be stellar but it might work out well for those Windows-haters

EDIT: Well Unreal Tournament 3 didn't work, the installer finished, and then the game just wouldn't boot up no matter what I did. Also, the installer doesn't seem to support multi-disc installations which just seems dumb to me as well, I tried to install Dungeon Siege II but I couldn't eject disc one to insert disc two, I ended up forcing the CD out with Toast Titanium but the installer messed up afterwards.

To be honest, I'm pretty disappointed with the software, not everyone likes to play Orange Box which seems to be the only friggin game that is supported and works, well not that it matters much to me, I don't mind using Bootcamp and I do have a Windows PC anyways.

 

[gjones]

To add to what's been said, TF2 works pretty well for me (2.4GHz imac, 1GB RAM) with the reccomended settings, which aren't as high as I can get on windows on the same machine. Upping them has caused a few crashes, so I switched them back down. The lack of shift-tab to chat to people is annoying, especially when people don't realise why and keep trying to talk to me.

I also took the chance to grab Prey off Steam for £3 this weekend, and that seems to work fine with lots of things set to 'high'.

I'm going to install some more Orange Box stuff and see how it works before I buy, I'm still not sure how much it's worth to avoid rebooting...

 

[Freyqq]

I assume this means steam work fine?? So is bootcamping it not even worth it anymore?

i'd still use bootcamp. Most games won't work and i bet you get higher fps in bootcamp

 

[blaster_boy]

I think the biggest issue is currently the one with the copy protection schemes that are not supported, which is why the games keep requesting for the cd to be in the drive while it is already in it.

My guess is that it will take some time, but that the games range will continue to expand every month or so.

 

[bluedevil14]

it real TF2 for me beautifully

 

[muymal]

how come portal doesn't work? i got the cross over game demo

 

[TSE]

Pretty nifty application EverQuest works great.

Just like Cedega, it will take time, but after awhile it will be ok.

 

[kweston2]

Crossover Games

I wouldn't put to much stock in crossover... I bought there software when it first came out a year ago. They had Outlook 2003 almost working but not quite usable. I figured I would donate to the cause and buy the software as its idea is very cool. A year later they still dont have Outlook 2003 working and all I have received in the past 2 weeks is an email asking me to buy Crossover games(obviously where there attention is focused). I thought games was part of what original crossover was supposed to do in the first place??? Now I just got another email today asking me to renew my subscription for crossover...(59.95) I appreciate there effort for more money but all I need them to do is make it so it run Microsoft Outlook 2003. I just went to there website and they have 13 programs that are Gold compatible(which means they actually work). I know they say they have made progress but I haven't seen any in the Office 2003 programs. I think they have lost there opportunity to do something special with Crossover. By the time they get anything working the software will be obsolete.

 

[Boomhowler]

first time i tried TF2 it froze up while i was resetting the screen resolution, second time i loaded it up, it loaded up with the changed screen resolution, but froze up as soon as i got in the game when i was choosing my class. Anyone else have troubles like these that they found fixes too? I am downloading TrackMania Nations right now to see if it will run. Anyone else not getting shift+tab to work inside of steam games?? Doesn't work for me.

Exciting that Crossover is making a Gaming specific version of their software though.

was going to ask if you are using a radeon graphics card, but then I read your signature I've got the same "bug" that the game freezes as soon as I choose class. Got it playing one time for about 20 seconds and this is since I switched up to my Mac Pro (early 2k8 version with 8800-card). The really sad thing is that the game works on my >2 year old MBPro, but it would be soooo much sweeter if I could play on the MPro instead... anyone has solved this?