Say I if you would like SWBFII for mac if I get enough signatures we could convince Apple to do something.... yea right. but anyway if it works...
Apple wouldn't likely do anything. Realistically though, you guys aren't missing out on much... just play it on Crossover Games or Boot Camp if you want it that much. It isn't really worth the effort, to be honest. :(
True so true... but I was just posting because I was bored... :)
Crossover Games (or the harder yet free alternative, WineSkin (http://sourceforge.net/projects/wineskin/files/)) should allow you to install and play SWBF2 just fine on OSX. I've used it myself, however I never really got into SWBF2. I enjoyed the first one better.
Why do that? I mean the Original is so great alone. No need for me to buy one if it ever existed, cause I like my Bespin: Platforms and stuff. Also If I remember, the vhicles on SWBF were much more fun to use. PLus the game physics could be exploited in so many fun ways...
SWBF1is all we need!
But with some better AI.
password: You are forgetting the best way to port games: This is the star wars battlefront II cider port. I have been playing it for awhile and the only problems are: putting graphic shadows an high will make it lag more then it should, it does crash once and a while in space battles but not often. Last error is it takes 60 to 120 seconds to load a level. But don't let this let you down, I have been playing this for a bit now and it is playable.
[admin]Removed link, sadly it is illegal for a user to upload the "Cider" shell without explicit rights from Transgaming. and thus is illegal and will not be done here.[/admin]
Well you're late to the party, MPCgamers is well aware of Cider, however we do not share the wrappers here. It's technically illegal.
I personally use Cider for A LOT of games. I've attempted to post a few tutorials a while back but it's lost somewhere.
To the Staff.
Thank you for removing the link, I downloaded that port awhile ago from Magaupload and thought it was legal. P.S. I have made a WineSkin port of SWBFII but, it hade graphic error, how did you get around that?
But eh...some guys have allready converted SWBF II to the mac so why ask apple to do the same?
Overall, its an old game, Pandemic is now gone, so porting would likely be much harder then before, if even possible, and no company, (aspyr) would make money off of releasing a game this old for Mac, its like saying well....we want to release Halo 2 on the Mac because no one ever did.....sure you could but why? it wouldn't make them money, and people hardly play it anyway.
In anycase, Apple is in no way the people you would talk to, Beenox is the studio that originally ported SWBF1 and they would be the ones to petition, but at this point its not going to happen.
yeah i wish they did make SWBF11 for mac its really unfair that they didnt.
Ask AG to explain it to you or ask me about a link (not here)
someone already tried making a petition a couple years ago somewhere, and nothing hapened.
Anyway, if you really want swbfII just get a PC or crossover.
Ok, first of all Apple has nothing to do with the production of sWBF II. You may wanna talk to Aspyr. They own 60% of the gaming market for macintosh.
Quote from: Russell on January 23, 2010, 10:02:51 PM
Ok, first of all Apple has nothing to do with the production of sWBF II. You may wanna talk to Aspyr. They own 60% of the gaming market for macintosh.
You can try that, but there probly more concerned with finishing swbfIII than making bfII for the mac.
Here is the deal, SWBF2 will not be ported for Mac unless something makes people want to buy the game, it honestly did not sell that well being why no one bothered to Port it, Beenox the company that ported SWBF1 to Mac, would be the ONLY people to talk to honestly, Asypr does not port that many games, they are more a publisher and they only port high end money makers, Call of Duty 4 for example.
SWBF2 made by Pandemic who is no longer a company so it may not realistically be possible, because Lucas Arts i would assume owns it, and they don't do anything if it won't make Lucas Arts money, SWBF2 for the mac would not make Lucas Arts any amount of substantial money.
Realistically your just beating a dead horse by asking, people tried it already long ago when the games were much more popular, and it failed.
Yeah but still they should make it for Mac.
Just Buy a pc if you want it so bad; they are less expensive than macs anyway.
Burning Sun, if you want to play SWBF2 that bad, I would highly suggest for you to get a copy of Crossover Games. With that, you can install and run SWBF2 just fine.
um yeeeeeeeee make dis old game 4 a cmputr that not mny ppl use!!!!!
nd its old!!!
Im SO original.
Jesus, it's not even that good of a game.
Quote from: Khyler on February 08, 2010, 07:00:02 PM
um yeeeeeeeee make dis old game 4 a cmputr that not mny ppl use!!!!!
nd its old!!!
Im SO original.
Jesus, it's not even that good of a game.
Agreed, it will never happen and the game itself was half and half- I think there was alot of good stuff in the game, mostly the singleplayer, and the multiplayer was total crap.
Let's face it, the game's 4-5 years old now and Lucasarts has a trend of not caring about their old games, so it'll be left into the dust to die just like Battlefront I.
Let me finish this topic:
Porting this game will be a nightmare. The traditional porting process of a game very lengthy (it took Aspyr over a year to port cod4 and it still is highly flawed) and it is very costly to do. The Mac gaming market is so small and the chances of people buying a 5 year old game at full price isn't high. LucasArts will most likely lose money by porting this. We didn't even take consideration of Multiplayer hosting, mass production, and a whole lot of other requirements to get this game in shelves.
The original developer has been shut down, LucasArts is only interested in milking the franchises that is currently owns, and let's admit it, this game sucks and it's not reaching the standards we expect in a FPS released today.
In other words, no, this game does not belong on the Mac when it is 2010. It's too bad, and it's too late.
Lock this topic please
That's why I'm a PC.
Why anyone would ever want a mac, I'll never know.
http://dzivoklis.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mac-shaving-with-bowling-pin.jpg
no offense.