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TOR SWOTR on Mac

Discussion in 'Archive: Games' started by Shereshoy Cabur, Feb 12, 2013.

  1. Shereshoy Cabur

    Shereshoy Cabur Jedi Knight star 3

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    Someone has probably posted this question or asked it but has anyone seen or heard any news/update/rumor about the Mac version coming out? Last I heard a buddy of mine said a developer hinted that they were working on a Mac version, but that was over a year ago.
     
  2. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Kinda doubt it is...just bootcamp if you want games on your Mac. It's what I do.
     
  3. Grand Admiral Strife

    Grand Admiral Strife RSA Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Yeah, they've said they aren't going to release a Mac version, you'll need to use bootcamp.
     
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  4. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    FWIW a clean Windows install from a disc is wonderful if you ask me-been owning Macs for years and TBH Bootcamp is one of my favorite things about them :p
     
  5. Shereshoy Cabur

    Shereshoy Cabur Jedi Knight star 3

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    Doesn't bootcamping your Mac really mess it up? Because I also use my Mac for work on Adobe Programs and I use a lot of space on my hardrive.
     
  6. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    No, it doesn't. Yeah it uses disc space, but Macs come with huge hdd space anyway.
     
  7. Nobody145

    Nobody145 Force Ghost star 5

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    Yeah, bootcamp works great for playing PC games on Mac. It would be nice if they came out with a mac version someday (Guild Wars 2 came out with a mac version really fast, considering), but considering the way the game is going... a Mac port doesn't seem like a high priority for them (more like trying to get people to spend more money on the cartel market).

    If you really don't want to use bootcamp, if you have enough ram Parallels might work, but it wouldn't anywhere near as smooth a solution as bootcamp. There used to be a wine port of swtor but I think its been broken since some patch or other.
     
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  8. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    That...is an awful lot of RAM. :p

    Bootcamp is both the most efficient and cost-effective way to get games on a Mac, IMO-beyond the initial investment of a copy of Windows (I use 7 atm, as Vista is, well, Vista, XP isn't supported anymore, and 8's licensing is beyond absurd, whereas 7 is a lot more flexible in that regard) your only costs are games.
     
  9. KudosDas

    KudosDas Jedi Padawan star 2

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    The only problem I've had running SW:TOR with bootcamp has been that I was missing a video codec when I first installed TOR and everyone on the screen looked like a really fat hobbit...
     
  10. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    That's...odd. You're sure it wasn't a video driver?
     
  11. Agarwaen the Elven King

    Agarwaen the Elven King Jedi Padawan star 1

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  12. KudosDas

    KudosDas Jedi Padawan star 2

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    Yeah, it probably was a missing video driver now that I think about it. I don't remember exactly what I installed to fix the problem, but several forums I just glanced over to tweak my memory mentioned Catalyst drivers which sounds about right.

    If anyone wants to see what it looks like here's a screen cap from the SW:TOR forums. Not my own, but that's how it looked when I played through Tython the first time...[face_beatup]

    http://s2.beta.photobucket.com/user/acidrat/media/playscreen.jpg.html
     
  13. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Oh, yep! AMD catalyst is a must for Bootcamped iMacs assuming they've got an AMD card in em...not sure what's up with that card, but Steam's normally fine video driver updater is like "?" with those :p
     
  14. Agarwaen the Elven King

    Agarwaen the Elven King Jedi Padawan star 1

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  15. Shtormtrooper

    Shtormtrooper Jedi Youngling

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    Bootcamping to play it is pretty good cos then you are committing to play the game, its like, there's a buld up, a dedicated effort. Customise your windows sounds to be Star Wars ones, that's what I do ;)
     
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  16. DarthBoba

    DarthBoba Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I've gotten kinda excited about Windows again after discovering Rainmeter and it's wonderful skins...they should've taken THAT as a building point for 8. Just saying.