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Champions Online on Mac

misterdariomisterdario Posts: 1 Arc User
edited January 2014 in Suggestions Box
I suggest to make the game also compatible for Mac Users... I changed on Mac so i cant play the game anymore but i really like it and would like to play it again...

If u guys read this, i believe i am not the only one with this suggestion. THX!
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  • smuggl3rsmuggl3r Posts: 56 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Isn't there some way to simulate or run Windows on a Mac ?

    Im pretty sure that a friend mentioned that he did for gaming.
  • itsbrou#5396 itsbrou
    itsbrou#5396
         Posts: 1,778 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Unfortunately(or not really, I guess) the game renders through Direct3d. What you may choose to do is install a copy of Windows on your computer(whether it is legit or not is not our business) and use any of the solutions out there on the internet to have windows features and tech available to you, which for this instance is CO. Since your mac is highly likely to no longer be based on PPC technology, and instead Intel x86(could be a little more than that, I'm behind on IT by years :/) you should experience no problem pulling this off. Just a thought so you don't have to wait forever for Cryptic to make a mac port.

    For an example of what you can do, search for "Bootcamp mac"
    Brou in Cryptic games.
  • eugeneouseugeneous Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    A better solution is for Cryptic to make a Mac compatible version, especially now that COH is going offline and some of us are looking for the next option...but I will NOT install MS emulator on my mac just to play a game...
  • championshewolfchampionshewolf Posts: 4,375 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Bootcamp and other options exist. NCsoft didn't create a mac compatible CoH client a third party did.
    Champions Online player since September of 2008, forumite since February of 2008.
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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    From what I saw COX had something like 2300 sales last quarter, maybe 2500 the
    quarter before, 2800 the quarter before that. You see where this is going?

    It would be better for the 100 or 200 or 500 Mac people to get Windows 7 and
    Bootcamp and run it on the gear and realize their video cards are crap,
    than for Cryptic spending a million or two to port it the Mac.

    Compare the specs required for this game to the what the average Mac user has purchased
    in the last two years. Apple's big sell is iPods, iPhones, iPads...then Laptops, then iMacs,
    then Desktops with enough guts to play PC games.

    Apple and I go back to 1984 and I have Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in my character roster.
    That means I'm right.
  • archivist7archivist7 Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    nextnametaken wrote: »
    From what I saw COX had something like 2300 sales last quarter, maybe 2500 the quarter before, 2800 the quarter before that. You see where this is going?

    Not really, no. Your point is... ?

    Even before City became F2P, the Mac client was available as a free download on their support page. So, made-up "sales" figures are irrelevant...
    nextnametaken wrote: »
    It would be better for the 100 or 200 or 500 Mac people to get Windows 7 and Bootcamp and run it on the gear and realize their video cards are crap, than for Cryptic spending a million or two to port it the Mac.

    Again, ?????

    Apple is selling the ATI Radeon HD 5770 as their standard card, and it is not too shabby according to this review
    nextnametaken wrote: »
    Apple's big sell is iPods, iPhones, iPads...then Laptops, then iMacs, then Desktops

    That I can agree on. Furthermore, IMHO Apple has always been more a software company than an hardware manufacturer - I would not be surprised if iTunes brings in more revenue to them then iPads.
    nextnametaken wrote: »
    Apple and I go back to 1984 and I have Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in my character roster.
    That means I'm right.

    ... not sure if serious....
  • jasinblazejasinblaze Posts: 1,360 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    i have a new macbook pro and champions runs great. i did install windows through bootcamp, which is nice because it separates my fun from my design stuff. personally i wouldn't recommend running through parrallels or wine, you would get some serious bottle-necking of resources with 2 os footprints.
    windows runs best on a mac through bootcamp. and champions runs fine on that. also running windows 8, no problem there either
    eugeneous wrote: »
    A better solution is for Cryptic to make a Mac compatible version, especially now that COH is going offline and some of us are looking for the next option...but I will NOT install MS emulator on my mac just to play a game...

    just 1 game, no, but last time i checked most games were pc only, just look on steam.
    both operating systems are good, the days of a clear better have passed 15 years ago.
    i can do anything on a pc i can do on a mac. Apples own policies are what prevent the majority of ports anyways.
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  • leihngweileihngwei Posts: 164 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    In Nov. 2012 I bought a 27" iMac, 2.93 GHz I5 Quadcore, w/16GB RAM and 1GB VRAM. I run Windows 7 Home Premium under Bootcamp. Games run just fine and dandy.

    I tried VMware, but the fan kicks in just from running Word. :confused: So if I want to play PC games, Bootcamp it is.
  • smoochansmoochan Posts: 2,564 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    The bugs... oh the bugs.
    Champions Online: Be the hero you wish you could be in a better game.
  • smoochansmoochan Posts: 2,564 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    eugeneous wrote: »
    A better solution is for Cryptic to make a Mac compatible version, especially now that COH is going offline and some of us are looking for the next option...but I will NOT install MS emulator on my mac just to play a game...

    Well, in that case, I hope you enjoyed your time playing video games.


    imo, if the game isn't important enough to you to install an emulator, then it's not important enough that you would ask them to take a on a big project like this considering they're already stretched thin just trying to keep a passable level of content development.
    Champions Online: Be the hero you wish you could be in a better game.
  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    archivist7 wrote: »
    Apple is selling the ATI Radeon HD 5770 as their standard card, and it is not too shabby according to this review
    Wait are you sersiously even mentioning the $2,400 Tower model?
    Yeah nice try. Cost three times the price of the average gaming PC.
    What kind of loser buys one of those to play free to play PC games?
    I have a 5770 in this PC, in March it will be four years old.
    The 'whole shebang' cost $800.

    Brand New October 2012 base model iMac $1,700: 512MB GTX 660M
    Late 2011 iMac $1,700: AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR5 memory
    Late 2012 iMac: $1,700 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M graphics processor with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR5 memory.

    Base 13 inch Macbook $1,700: Intel HD integrated graphics.
    Wooo starting at just 19 FPS with Skyrim on anything but Lowest quality.
    Nine to sixteen frames for Alan Wake.


    Enjoy your 2009 PC today, from Apple where you pay double for products from the past.
  • leihngweileihngwei Posts: 164 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Oh look, the Mac bashing has officially started. Time to lock this thread down before it becomes 95% Mac bashing and loses any sense of help.
  • smoochansmoochan Posts: 2,564 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    leihngwei wrote: »
    Oh look, the Mac bashing has officially started. Time to lock this thread down before it becomes 95% Mac bashing and loses any sense of help.

    To be fair, the thread started off without any potential to help anything, so we haven't really lost anything.


    Let the mac-bashing continue! :D


    Macs are... um... hold on, lemme look over my Mac here to find something to insult about it... um... it looks plain! :D Oh and the screen isn't one of those "glare preventing" type screens... it gets like.. glare, when the sine shines on it. Um... and uh... I dunno, some of the apps that came with it are kind of a pain in the butt I guess. And um... it's a computer and not a holo-deck, yeah macs suck! >:D
    Champions Online: Be the hero you wish you could be in a better game.
  • jasinblazejasinblaze Posts: 1,360 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    and my mac is just so flat

    the majority of posters on this thread are on a mac i believe
    if they want to play this game on their mac they should run bootcamp
    and not just this game but most games out there
    i run Ubuntu as well on mine.

    btw why would you run word on vmware?
    they make a mac version
    its not like its freehand mx
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  • leihngweileihngwei Posts: 164 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Back in 2010/11 I was taking my work home. I was learning about emulators now that I have an Intel chip iMac, so I was testing a bunch out.

    As for Mac Office, I eventually got a copy. *cough*torrents*cough* :wink:

    Under Bootcamp I run Champions, STO, Unreal Tournament 3, SW:TOR. I recently reformatted the Windows partition to just run games, so no "constructive" apps. It's funny how sometimes in some other game's chat, I find Bootcamp runs better than someone's gaming rig. I guess internal LED rope lights don't make a game run faster.     :biggrin:
  • itsbrou#5396 itsbrou
    itsbrou#5396
         Posts: 1,778 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    All Mac vs PC squabbles aside, Mac being x86 makes this a very user-serviceable issue. If it comes to taste and resistance, then all we can do is shrug at it.
    Brou in Cryptic games.
  • jasinblazejasinblaze Posts: 1,360 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    leihngwei wrote: »

    Under Bootcamp I run Champions, STO, Unreal Tournament 3, SW:TOR. I recently reformatted the Windows partition to just run games, so no "constructive" apps. It's funny how sometimes in some other game's chat, I find Bootcamp runs better than someone's gaming rig. I guess internal LED rope lights don't make a game run faster.     :biggrin:
    i had a video card failure on my gaming pc (not recommending qosmio for heat management design issues), got the new mac book pro
    running skyrim, dishonored, new vegas, torchlight 2, and champions all on max settings no problem.running design software on both. unfortunately because i still love freehand and i run 3dsmax as well i can't put all my productive stuff on one OS. i tried virtual solutions but it seems like a workaround since you end up running 2 OS at once, unfortunately wine hasn't worked well on mountain lion.


    its my understanding that even official mac games dont run natively in mac but run in a self contained emulator. unless they are java or html based
    the advantages of bootcamp
    • runs in a separate OS keeping your distractions in one place
    • only runs one OS at a time
    • is exactly the same as running windows(or linux) on PC hardware. exception being you have efi instead of bios(shouldn't effect games)
    • its free (windows, ARRRR, mostly is not, but i have seen it under $50 and if you can afford a mac whats $50)
    • you will be able to play any any game or use any software you want
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  • kristathebestkristathebest Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I am really upset right now! Why can't the Perfect World company make Champions Online compatable with Apple Stuff like Macbook and iMacs? I have a Macbook Pro and when I tried to download Champions Online on it, it said I have OS X installed and is compatable only with Microsoft Windows. I think Perfect World is not to Perfect! I wasted 30 euro on powers and travel powers and now they are all gone! I downloaded Champions online on my dad's laptop but now it is all slow! I think i am going to send Perfect World an email!
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