Cdega on Intel Macs

[satans_banjo]

i was just wondering - when macs go intel, will we be able to play windows games using cdega? it's not an emulator so i can't imagine there'd be particularly diminished quality

[ExoticFish]

i imagine Cedega is going to support MacTels. Codeweaver has already said they are going to have support and Cedega would be easy to get working so I expect an announcement from them before too long, if they haven't already.

[satans_banjo]

excellent :D

certainly getting excited about intel macs then

[greatdevourer]

Unfortunatly, in it's present state, it doesn't work (there are some Linux specific calls that need to be straightened out, mostly in the CD-Protection department), but they'll get it running soon enough

[madmax_2069]

i think the Mactel's are going to rock. but i dunno about the first rev might have problems till they get it all straitened around tthen here comes rev 2

[satans_banjo]

a mac with windows games could never fail to rock

[applekid]

Cdega doesn't seem all that impressive. I haven't seen the list of compatible games, but I remember it being pretty short.

Mac porting houses will probably still be here and probably even be able to work a little faster.

Release a Cdega SDK, and Codeweaver can reap the licensing fees.

[Nermal]

Parts of Cedega (http://www.transgaming.com/products_mac.php) are already being used for Mac ports. I'd imagine that Intel CPUs would make it even easier.

[ExoticFish]

Cdega doesn't seem all that impressive. I haven't seen the list of compatible games, but I remember it being pretty short.

Mac porting houses will probably still be here and probably even be able to work a little faster.

Release a Cdega SDK, and Codeweaver can reap the licensing fees.


have you ever tried configuring wine by hand? and for multiple games that need different settings?

[dubbz]

Mac porting houses will probably still be here and probably even be able to work a little faster.

Probably. But Cedega can potentially be a solution for games that don't get ported. And there will be many of them. Plus, it can be used to play older games that will never be ported.

Release a Cdega SDK, and Codeweaver can reap the licensing fees.

Cedega is developed by Transgaming (http://www.transgaming.com/), not Codeweaver.


And the list of games that work isn't too bad, but most have some quirk or another that certainly makes it less desirable that a true port.

[GFLPraxis]

Cdega doesn't seem all that impressive. I haven't seen the list of compatible games, but I remember it being pretty short.

Are you kidding? The list is huge and even has new releases like F.E.A.R., Ultimate Spider-Man, Quake 4, and Battlefield 2.

[aspro]

Well, coming from a linux background, cedega on my previous system was a pain in the ass, be prepared to spend alot of time in config files, and having random crashes throughout games.

That said some games did work nearly flawlessly.

[7on]

I'll probably just get VPC when I go Intel and when they get a version out.

I just hope my PPC games play alright...
Rosetta emulates a fast G3, and some games require a G4...

Only time will tell.

[Eric5h5]

I'll probably just get VPC when I go Intel and when they get a version out.

That won't do you much good...VPC will still not have 3D hardware acceleration. OS X running on x86 does absolutely nothing to remove the technical limitations for that. Still, you could run old 2D games faster if that's what you want.

--Eric

[ExoticFish]

Well, coming from a linux background, cedega on my previous system was a pain in the ass, be prepared to spend alot of time in config files, and having random crashes throughout games.

That said some games did work nearly flawlessly.


i use Cedega on my PC and have had no problems other than trying to get games to work that they don't currently support.