tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post5418295548353065840..comments2024-03-19T13:29:04.853-04:00Comments on David Alison's Blog: Using Crossover Games to run Team Fortress 2 on a MacDavid Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-66921735574572749762008-10-03T13:03:00.000-04:002008-10-03T13:03:00.000-04:00Hello! I've got a iMac 2.4 4GB RAM and a ATI RADEO...Hello! I've got a iMac 2.4 4GB RAM and a ATI RADEON 2600XT PRO and Team Fortress 2 just doesn't run! :8naoestacionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02116020548508438748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-70572932960153729002008-09-30T23:54:00.000-04:002008-09-30T23:54:00.000-04:00@Ast A. Moore, Good thing about TF2 is its very re...@Ast A. Moore, Good thing about TF2 is its very reminiscent of Quake because the soldier can rocket jump :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-57666489622754929042008-09-03T13:33:00.000-04:002008-09-03T13:33:00.000-04:00buckley - you can have fusion access your boot cam...buckley - you can have fusion access your boot camp partition or it can run a windows vm. i use fusion to run a windows vm for a development environment and then save off my vm's for versioning. the new version of fusion (in beta) has unlimited snapshots which will alleviate this manual process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-963189717110616642008-09-03T13:31:00.000-04:002008-09-03T13:31:00.000-04:00tf2 rules! i use boot camp as my gaming partition...tf2 rules! i use boot camp as my gaming partition on my macbook pro. i like the segregation of my gaming stuff as i'm not as tempted to stray from my work and kick some a** for an hour or so. plus, nothing will beat the performance of running games natively in windows.<BR/><BR/>i finally brought my mpb to its kness last night after owning it for 6 months. i was converting flac->mp3's while running xp pro in fusion with vs 2005/firefox/ie 7open. still, i was able to surf the web and build a project. what an amazing machine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-18753582408897182652008-09-03T08:21:00.000-04:002008-09-03T08:21:00.000-04:00See above: Just to be clear, running VMWare Fusion...See above: Just to be clear, running VMWare Fusion through Leopard accesses the same Windows partition as when you boot from scratch into Widnows so you can access all your files using either method.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-58330063146438911252008-09-03T08:13:00.000-04:002008-09-03T08:13:00.000-04:00David, I'm not sure if this helps this late in the...David, I'm not sure if this helps this late in the game but I run Windows Vista 64bit on my Mac Pro through bootcamp and through VMWare Fusion. If I want to run a game (once or twice a month) I boot up right into Vista but if I want to do something quick I just VMWare into it from Leopard. It set up fine for me with not problems and it offers smooth frame rates. Since you already have a VMWare installation you would have to do a total reinstall to get this to work though but it is the ultimate in versatility.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the heads up on TeamFortress 2 though, I haven't checked this out since the old CounterStrike/TeamFortress 1 days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-65407901964632715942008-09-02T23:29:00.000-04:002008-09-02T23:29:00.000-04:00@Ben: Hmmm, that's the version of VMware I'm runni...@Ben: Hmmm, that's the version of VMware I'm running; just updated it yesterday. I have the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (256MB) - thought that clearly has plenty of horsepower to run this.<BR/><BR/>The performance from Fusion is really poor in game though - I'm maybe getting 5FPS; it's really bad.David Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-66615004762852621632008-09-02T23:06:00.000-04:002008-09-02T23:06:00.000-04:00Give TF2 a try with the newly-released VMware Fusi...Give TF2 a try with the newly-released VMware Fusion 2.0 Release Candidate 1 build. I've played a few of the Orange Box games including Portal and Half-Life 2 Episode Two on my Mac Pro with the new Radeon HD 3870, and it runs really well!<BR/><BR/>There's been a ton of performance work and optimization done on Fusion's 3D support in RC1. Definitely give it a go!Ben Gertzfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17230183837765575181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-80476698436237386912008-09-02T20:42:00.000-04:002008-09-02T20:42:00.000-04:00TF2 runs great with cross over games on my 17" Mac...TF2 runs great with cross over games on my 17" MacBook Pro. If you buy cross over office, I think games is included now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734459097095037203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-42121825861450247402008-09-02T20:23:00.000-04:002008-09-02T20:23:00.000-04:00I still think that Quake I is as good as first-per...I still think that Quake I is as good as first-person shooters get. Does it mean I'm too old to enjoy life or that I should just get a Gameboy?<BR/><BR/>On a slightly more serious note, I think games have gotten too generic. I remember the days when simple, clever, well designed (graphically and gameplaywise) games dominated the Classic Mac OS. I could play Swoop for months (and many other Ambrosia titles). From the promo video, it looks like Team Fortress 2 is a great change in the direction of "good," rather than "generic."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com