Any chance SD is going to develop a Mac version of Dirty Bomb?
Dirty Bomb on Mac?
Amerika
(Amerika)
#4
UE3 has base support for Macintosh and Linux and DB runs on EU3. However, a lot of the underlying tech that is in the game isn’t going to be Linux and Mac compatible. The game wasn’t targeted for those platforms most likely due to the limited options a dev has when trying to support multiple OS platforms. Things like anti-cheat solutions, audio tech and a lot of libraries that can be used won’t have mac/linux support. That’s why a lot of games that use engines which could support something other than WIndows do not. It also increase the amount of dev/testing work that needs to be done as each platform would have it’s own issues.
Your best option, if you want to play on Mac hardware, is simply to install windows and boot to it when you want to game.
Matuno1
(Matuno)
#5
Here, have a relevant quote:
"Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has poured water on the idea of his Rift virtual reality headset supporting the Mac by saying that Apple doesn’t make any computers powerful enough to run it.
“That is up to Apple and if they ever release a good computer we will do it,” Luckey tells ShackNews when asked about Mac support. “It just boils down to the fact that Apple doesn’t prioritize high-end GPUs. You can buy a $6,000 Mac Pro with the top of the line AMD FirePro D700, and it still doesn’t match our recommended spec.”"
Amerika
(Amerika)
#7
[quote=“Matuno;174709”]Here, have a relevant quote:
"Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has poured water on the idea of his Rift virtual reality headset supporting the Mac by saying that Apple doesn’t make any computers powerful enough to run it.
“That is up to Apple and if they ever release a good computer we will do it,” Luckey tells ShackNews when asked about Mac support. “It just boils down to the fact that Apple doesn’t prioritize high-end GPUs. You can buy a $6,000 Mac Pro with the top of the line AMD FirePro D700, and it still doesn’t match our recommended spec.”"[/quote]
He’s right…which is sad. Apple went away from a more traditional and upgradeable desktop setup so that they could control their products even more and increase revenue by allowing people fewer options and jacking up the prices on older hardware to crazy price tags. Yet people still buy them due to them being a status symbol for people. In the past you could argue that Mac was a more user friendly OS with fewer issues overall and better support for certain applications (same with iOS) but that’s just not the case anymore.
I think Apple puts some care into making a lot of their hardware and they do a good job of ensuring that it lasts. But that’s not unique to them and it’s not worth getting yourself thrust into an Apple only fully controlled ecosystem.
Matuno1
(Matuno)
#8
It’s ironic though. Much of Apple’s strength comes with the strict control on their hardware and software ecosystem. Where Windows is a wildgrowth of drivers and myriads of possible hardware combinations, Apple’s hardware is relatively predictable.
For game developers, it would be a dream. Not having to worry too much about strange bugs on different manufacturer chipsets and drivers would reduce the need for QA/bugfixing a lot.
But sadly, Apple’s choice in hardware is not targeted at gaming. Even the models that do wield powerful graphics processors, use a processor that is great for video/3d rendering, but not on-the-fly game rendering.
I still don’t see how they ever became popular, but hey.
TheStrangerous
(TheStrangerous)
#11
An Apple thread on a game forum bursting into a flamewar? Unheard of![/quote]
Well, I ain’t Mac user me-self, but if someone wants it, then they can go for it. Their choice.
Amerika
(Amerika)
#12
Mac hatred isn’t the same thing as acknowledging that they aren’t built or designed for gaming in general and discussing the limitations in regards to support and the reason behind those limitations. Some people get upset by this on both sides though and go too far. Call an orange and orange is my philosophy.
Randomdeath
(Randomdeath)
#14
Apple computers are overpriced. But there IS a 5k desktop out that LinusTechTips did a review on, that does game decently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UJRYxP8gGU
Just install windows and boom.
ZeSpecter
(ZeSpecter)
#15
But… if you’re going to be spending that much money on a mac that can play games why not just go with a proper gaming rig and still save have some money left to do whatever you want with 
Randomdeath
(Randomdeath)
#16
But… if you’re going to be spending that much money on a mac that can play games why not just go with a proper gaming rig and still save have some money left to do whatever you want with [/quote]
If someone cares about status symbols they buy a mac. If they dont they go windows. So if a gamer cares about status symbols they would buy this. If they are smart at all the go with said proper gaming rig
ZeSpecter
(ZeSpecter)
#17
But… if you’re going to be spending that much money on a mac that can play games why not just go with a proper gaming rig and still save have some money left to do whatever you want with [/quote]
If someone cares about status symbols they buy a mac. If they dont they go windows. So if a gamer cares about status symbols they would buy this. If they are smart at all the go with said proper gaming rig[/quote]
And if they care about status more than a good gaming rig, I wouldn’t call them gamers anyway
Randomdeath
(Randomdeath)
#18
But… if you’re going to be spending that much money on a mac that can play games why not just go with a proper gaming rig and still save have some money left to do whatever you want with [/quote]
If someone cares about status symbols they buy a mac. If they dont they go windows. So if a gamer cares about status symbols they would buy this. If they are smart at all the go with said proper gaming rig[/quote]
And if they care about status more than a good gaming rig, I wouldn’t call them gamers anyway[/quote]
If they play games they are gamers, thats how it works thats how its defined.
Ardez1
(Ardez1)
#19
But… if you’re going to be spending that much money on a mac that can play games why not just go with a proper gaming rig and still save have some money left to do whatever you want with [/quote]
If someone cares about status symbols they buy a mac. If they dont they go windows. So if a gamer cares about status symbols they would buy this. If they are smart at all the go with said proper gaming rig[/quote]
And if they care about status more than a good gaming rig, I wouldn’t call them gamers anyway[/quote]
If they play games they are gamers, thats how it works thats how its defined. [/quote]
I’m going to fallback on the great Urban Dictionary definition of Gamer rather than make my own post. I think it is the best way to define it.
The term “Gamer” by itself can apply to nearly anyone who plays video games on a regular basis or even once in a long while. However, even among gamers and the definitions on this site there is a large amount of debate about who and what gamers exactly are. The best way to define the term “gamer” is not to define it at all but accept that there are in fact many types of gamers out there and there is no blanket term that can cover them all.
ZeSpecter
(ZeSpecter)
#20
But… if you’re going to be spending that much money on a mac that can play games why not just go with a proper gaming rig and still save have some money left to do whatever you want with [/quote]
If someone cares about status symbols they buy a mac. If they dont they go windows. So if a gamer cares about status symbols they would buy this. If they are smart at all the go with said proper gaming rig[/quote]
And if they care about status more than a good gaming rig, I wouldn’t call them gamers anyway[/quote]
If they play games they are gamers, thats how it works thats how its defined. [/quote]
Debatable. I wholeheartedly disagree with you for instance. Someone who play games only on their phone/Facebook is not a gamer. Hell, going by that logic, my grandma who’s almost 80 is a gamer because she plays Candy Crush.