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Texas04
Oct 24, 2005, 03:57 PM
Well, bout to update to either a Powerbook or iMac, (suggestions on that would be good 2 :D ) And I will be a casual, that looks good gamer. But if I play online, can I play with a server hosted on a Windows Computer. Such as Halo, (old but best example i can think of) If I play it on my Mac, then will I be able to play with my friend on Windows?


ijimk
Oct 24, 2005, 04:12 PM
answer is it depends on the game. If you want to do Unreal 2oo4 then yes. Another is WoW then yes. There really is no yes or no answer you have to check the games website before you buy it. :cool:
risc
Oct 24, 2005, 04:12 PM
It depends on the game check out the reviews on http://insidemacgames.com/ to check.
Texas04
Oct 24, 2005, 06:41 PM
Awsome thanks :D

Any reasons they would not be compatible online?
risc
Oct 24, 2005, 06:59 PM
Any reasons they would not be compatible online?

Yeah crappy ports. ;) Some times when a game uses GameSpy you will not be able to play PC users, etc.
joecool85
Oct 24, 2005, 07:28 PM
AoE you can only play vs other mac users.
Texas04
Oct 24, 2005, 07:45 PM
AoE you can only play vs other mac users.

Im guessing AoE is a Game Spy alternative for Mac, but only for the mac that will only allow you to play with mac users? And if it is... how many people actually play?
Nermal
Oct 24, 2005, 10:04 PM
AoE is Age of Empires :)

Just last weekend I tried to play Command & Conquer against some Windows users, and it didn't work. This was on a LAN, so Gamespy shouldn't have been getting in the way :confused:
risc
Oct 25, 2005, 12:12 AM
AoE is Age of Empires :)

Just last weekend I tried to play Command & Conquer against some Windows users, and it didn't work. This was on a LAN, so Gamespy shouldn't have been getting in the way :confused:

Option 1: Crappy Port ;)
Nermal
Oct 25, 2005, 12:39 AM
Yeah, sounds like it :rolleyes:
Texas04
Oct 25, 2005, 03:34 PM
AoE is Age of Empires :)

Well that made me feel just a little newbier... lol
:rolleyes:
Thanks for the response though, saved me from future humiliation. :)
EricNau
Oct 25, 2005, 11:23 PM
I've heard that with Halo, once you buy the game, it is compatible with PC, but right ow I just have the demo and it only works with other Macs. (Can anyone support this?) Also, apparently Unreal Tournament is compatible between operating systems, but since I only have the demo for that (I know I'm cheap), I couldn't connect to my PC friends who have the full version (we were using the same Map, etc.) Can anyone tell me why that wouldn't work?
Nermal
Oct 26, 2005, 12:00 AM
Yeah, the full versions will connect to the Windows versions. The reasons the demos don't work is because they're a different version (eg. demo 1.4 vs retail 1.5).
EricNau
Oct 26, 2005, 01:00 AM
Yeah, the full versions will connect to the Windows versions. The reasons the demos don't work is because they're a different version (eg. demo 1.4 vs retail 1.5).
Is that for Halo or unreal?
madmax_2069
Oct 26, 2005, 02:20 AM
I've heard that with Halo, once you buy the game, it is compatible with PC, but right ow I just have the demo and it only works with other Macs. (Can anyone support this?) Also, apparently Unreal Tournament is compatible between operating systems, but since I only have the demo for that (I know I'm cheap), I couldn't connect to my PC friends who have the full version (we were using the same Map, etc.) Can anyone tell me why that wouldn't work?

the maps in the demo version of U.T. or Halo are the same as in names of the maps but diffrent in how the maps are made. Say like you go into one room in the demo version of ut there is only 2 ways out, But in the full version you go to the same map and into the same room it now has a tunnel where the demo version didn't have a tunnel in U.T.

The demo and full versions wont connect to each other cause the developer and publisher made them that way cause of the diffrent bug's in the two versions and the diffrent build (as in version numbers) of the game the demo doesnt have the same weapons as the fullversion does.

Yea you can download a mod to put the guns in the demo version but it's not the same. In the U.T. demo version dont have the redeemer as the full version does.

Demo will only play with other demo's, And full versions will only play with other full versions in U.T.
Doraemon
Oct 26, 2005, 07:47 AM
Option 1: Crappy Port ;)

No. It's actually a very good port.
AoE uses Microsoft's DirectPlay for networking, which is unavailable for Mac. Blame it on the original game to be using such a standard instead of good old TCP/IP.
Eric5h5
Oct 26, 2005, 09:12 AM
Yeah crappy ports. ;)

That's never been the case. Is there a Mac version of DirectX? Nope. Therefore any game which uses Microsoft proprietary code can't possibly have a network-compatible Mac version, no matter how fantastic the port is. So reverse-engineer DirectPlay, you say...OK, fine, and get sued by Microsoft. How about Gamespy charging 50 kajillion dollars for a license? How are Mac porters supposed to get around that? Or the case of Command and Conquer Generals, where differences between floating-point operations on x86 vs. PPC made the game go out of sync, so there's no point in trying to have Mac & PC networking. The best porter in the world can't physically make PPC work just like x86....

--Eric
Nermal
Oct 26, 2005, 04:30 PM
No. It's actually a very good port.
AoE uses Microsoft's DirectPlay for networking, which is unavailable for Mac. Blame it on the original game to be using such a standard instead of good old TCP/IP.

If they can't make the Mac version talk to the Windows version, then they should release a patch for the Windows version to let it talk to the Mac version. In other words, work in the opposite direction.