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Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Rhylin E — Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:43 pm

Author: Rhylin E

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:43 pm

Mac users prepare to get excited!

Gametap for Mac News

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Edited by Ian Atrus

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

belford — Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:36 pm

Author: belford

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:36 pm

And to again repeat info from the other thread (sorry if I'm overdoing this): I've updated my newcomer guide (see link below) to include information on getting the Mac client.

Note in particular that if you already have a Gametap account, you can download the Mac client for no additional cost. You can then log into your existing account, and play the same avatars on Mac or Windows at whim.

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

belford — Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:42 pm

Author: belford

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:42 pm

To copy info from other thread: mystonline.com just changed their banner to say "...bringing Myst Online to the Mac platform for the first time on March 20th."

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Whitch2 — Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:28 am

Author: Whitch2

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:28 am

Check out This Sticky.

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Ripcord — Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:44 pm

Author: Ripcord

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:44 pm

This thread doesn't seem as useful if it's not a sticky anymore =)

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

BlindMonkey — Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:10 am

Author: BlindMonkey

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:10 am

I ran Vista RC1 fine under Boot Camp. It didn't see my NIC and I had to download ATI's official drivers off of the ATI site, but everything else workd. Wifi worked as well as bluetooth. It also saw my Mac keyboard (including the volume controls and the eject button) just fine. Yes Apple drivers would be great for Vista, but for those who just want it now it will work. If the beta works I don't see why the retail copy won't. Also, I used Vista before I started playing Uru so I don't know how well that will work.

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Zib_Redlektab — Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm

Author: Zib_Redlektab

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm

i dont recommend installing vista on boot camp until apple releases vista drivers, especially for the trackpad (no scrolling or tap-click) and wifi. bluetooth? forget it.

plus uru is very spazzy. vista (as far as i can tell) is just xp with a layer of polish. polish that makes it a bit less stable than it was before. so actually, i dont recommend vista at all, on a mac or not. im actually considering reinstalling xp so i can run uru without the hassle of vista...

oh and this is a legal copy of vista ultimate (the best version), so don't pass me off as a cheapskate who bought home edition just so i could bash it

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

BlindMonkey — Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:02 pm

Author: BlindMonkey

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:02 pm

Well the Boot Camp drivers appeared to install fine until the end. I did get an error at the end of the install but it still let me finish. I never could get it to see my NIC. I had to use Vista wireless. It picked up my audio and the keybaord drivers fine. I did have issues with the ATI drivers for my video card. I just went to ATI's site and installed the Windows drivers from there and it was fine. Other than that Vista runs beautiful. Now I haven't tried it with Gametap or Uru yet. I'm now running XP through my Boot Camp partition to run Uru.

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

supernurse99 — Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:43 pm

Author: supernurse99

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:43 pm

Did you have any problems with the Boot Camp drivers when you installed Vista? I'd like to give it a try but I had read there were so many issues....

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

BlindMonkey — Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:29 pm

Author: BlindMonkey

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:29 pm

Prior to Vista's official release I was running RC1 of the beta and it ran beautiful on my Core Duo iMac. It's amazing how well that OS runs on a Mac. I actually like Vista though. It has all the features Panther had, but it really is the best MS OS as far as being stable and secure. Too bad I'm stuck using XP in Boot Camp right now

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Rhylin E — Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:57 am

Author: Rhylin E

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:57 am

Zib_Redlektab wrote:

any word on the release date yet? I'm already sick of Vista, I'd really like to get my Uru on without rebooting...

Do you have Vista installed on your MacBook Pro? How did the install go? Which version of Vista is it that you have on the Mac?

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Zib_Redlektab — Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:25 am

Author: Zib_Redlektab

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:25 am

any word on the release date yet? I'm already sick of Vista, I'd really like to get my Uru on without rebooting...

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

supernurse99 — Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:23 am

Author: supernurse99

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:23 am

Go for the new Mac, rebpeasant. That was the excuse I used

Intel macs only

rebpeasant — Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:08 pm

Author: rebpeasant

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:08 pm

[quote="Tiran"]The Mac Uru client uses a technology that works only on i686 (Intel) compatible CPUs. The Mac client is the ordinary Windows client wrapped in an additional layer that makes it compatible with Mac OS X. This layer is not designed to emulate an Intel CPU on PPC architecture.

http://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=122575#122575[/quote

Thanks Tiran, I see why now, alas. I guess I will just have to purchase a new Mac. As if I needed an excuse

Re: Myst Online: Uru Live for Mac OS X Thread

Tiran — Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:29 pm

Author: Tiran

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:29 pm

The Mac Uru client uses a technology that works only on i686 (Intel) compatible CPUs. The Mac client is the ordinary Windows client wrapped in an additional layer that makes it compatible with Mac OS X. This layer is not designed to emulate an Intel CPU on PPC architecture.

http://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=122575#122575