Mac Civ3

[Wiglaf]

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[MacUser]

"O' Knight who until recently was called SMACed, we have brought you a shrubbery..."

What's up with the name change? Who's "Wiglaf?" It sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

To your question, I sent a note to Westlake yesterday asking them to update us as to the sys req.s (especially related to OS X) and potential release date. I'll let you know what they say.

[MacUser]

Re: Mac Civ3

Originally posted by Wiglaf
... The main concern I have is the 64 RAM, not large by any standards. The PC side requires 32 at the very least, so it's going to be close. No doubt, I won't get optimal performance if it does indeed startup, but I can still hope.

DUDE! Get thee to a computer store and buy RAM! It is insanely cheap cheap right now and VERY easy to add to your machine! You can check prices at www.Pricewatch.com and order from places such as Coast To Coast Memory

[Wiglaf]

What's up with the name change? Who's "Wiglaf?" It sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

Ever read Beowulf? SMACed was too caps lock oriented and based on one game (I don't play alpha centauri as much as I used to, the graphics started giving me headaches) so I figured a name change wouldn't be bad. As for your email to Westlake, I sent one a while back, still no answer. Hope you have more luck than I did, this is torture.

DUDE! Get thee to a computer store and buy RAM! It is insanely cheap cheap right now and VERY easy to add to your machine! You can check prices at www.Pricewatch.com and order from places such as Coast To Coast Memory

I've never really had the need in the past for extra RAM...I'm not a hardcore gamer as I'm sure you've noticed. Besides playing, adding memory wouldn't have helped me much, as I don't rely on system taxing programs for work, etc.

Still, if 64 MB of RAM is really that depressing, I think it's time I got moving. Thanks for the links - if I'm reading it right, that memory isn't nearly as expensive as my local stores made me believe. One had a pretty small upgrade for $499...glad I wasn't suckered into it.

Thanks again, I'll try and upgrade this thing into a computer...wish me luck.

[Smash]

If Civ3 requires me to upgrade my OS or anything else for that matter,then I will simply buy another PC.They are dirt cheap now and Apple is going downhill fast.

I might get one either way.I'm so sick of hunting for software in my hometown

[Wiglaf]

Hope you stick with macs, Smash. Not only are you a very valuable asset to these forums, you also aid apple in some of its more difficult times.

Then again, if you have work that requires a PC, or if you have become fed up with apple, I guess I can understand. Keep playing civ, either way

[Smash]

Oh I'll keep my mac,but I'm not going to spend any more money on hardware and what not.No X for me.I watched it go from 8.5 to 10.1 in less than 3 years.If civ won't run on something in the 8.x series then I jump.It very similiar to beta vs vhs.Why fight the current?

realizes some may not know what beta was

[Wiglaf]

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[MacUser]

Don't give up on Apple yet! A LOT of people are very excited about UNIX with a friendly GUI! I know several PC/UNIX users who are planning on buying a Mac once OS X is truely in a final form. This is going to make a ton of software available to both 'nix users and Mac users. Whether or not that drags in a lot of game developer remains to be seen, but it will make Macs a much stronger and viable platform.

As for Civ III, I'd bet money that it will be a "Carbon" version that will play on 8.5+ with the Carbon Library extension set. It WILL , however, eat RAM!

[Wiglaf]

It WILL , however, eat RAM

NO! Can't be any more than 64 megs, right?

Out of curiosity, why would it take up so much memory (I'm guessing 128 or around there)? Seems like it isn't a graphic-oriented program from the screens.

[Howitzer Al]

Originally posted by Wiglaf


Ever read Beowulf? SMACed was too caps lock oriented and based on one game (I don't play alpha centauri as much as I used to, the graphics started giving me headaches) so I figured a name change wouldn't be bad.

You could always say that SMACed stood for Superiorly MACintosh-ed

[Wiglaf]

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[Smash]

the pc version is gonna need 32 and 100.Its says only a 300 processor.Thats not bad at all.

civ3.com

[Gatekeeper]

Everyone:

Is Apple really back to where it was in the mid-1990s — i.e., ready to slip beneath the waves generated by the M$ iceberg?

Smash ... I feel your pain. If I want software and such for my machine (iMac 333mhz, 160 RAM, OS 8.5.1), I have to order it over the Internet, phone or hop in the car for a 3 1/2 hour journey due southeast.

As for Civ III ... I hope it runs on the my iMac's specs. If not .... hmm ... it's hard to say what I would do right now. I rather like having a decent monetary cushion. To spend it all on a new computer for a mere game (blasphemy! Civ III is not a "mere" game! ) probably isn't sound fiscal policy.

Only time will tell.

CYBERAmazon

[Wiglaf]

Cyber, I'm pretty sure civ3 will run on your mac. If it doesn't...ouch. Something went wrong if a 333/160 can't run a Firaxis TBS game. Then again, what do I know.

As for apple, they aren't in the slums, mostly due to the iMac, but when the next big wave of computers comes, they have to step up to bat and sell sell sell. Microsoft's 95% hold on the market has to be broken sooner or later, and I'm confident it will be. If not, oh well, PCs are good too, and macs will still be in business either way.

MacUser, any word on a Civ3 Mac forum? Would Mark go for that? Might be something worth consideration.