Crusader Kings on the Mac

jlmcclellan · Nov 5, 2011, 11:45 AM

Hey guys,

I'm going to buy Crusader Kings and noticed it was available on the Mac as well as the PC, so I was curious who here has had any experience with the game (preferably on both) and if there is any reason I should pick up the PC version over the Mac version?

Thanks a bunch!

freyr1960 · Jun 13, 2012, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jlmcclellan

Hey guys,

I'm going to buy Crusader Kings and noticed it was available on the Mac as well as the PC, so I was curious who here has had any experience with the game (preferably on both) and if there is any reason I should pick up the PC version over the Mac version?

Thanks a bunch!

Steam had a sale on it this past weekend and I made the mistake of buying it. Be sure to read the forum posts on Steam before purchasing games. Mea Culpa. The Mac version is a real stinker. Integrated graphics are not supported in the Mac version, but they are for the PC. Even with a Mac Pro and a Radeon 5770 the game is unplayable. The thing slows to a crawl and crashes frequently. Pity, because the PC version seems to be doing quite well. If publishers are incapable of porting games, I wish they would just stop trying. As it is, people waste good $$ on software that doesn't appear to have been tested at all.

laetusviator · 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jlmcclellan

Hey guys,

I'm going to buy Crusader Kings and noticed it was available on the Mac as well as the PC, so I was curious who here has had any experience with the game (preferably on both) and if there is any reason I should pick up the PC version over the Mac version?

Thanks a bunch!

Are you talking about the original Crusader Kings, or Crusader Kings 2?

If you buy CK2 on Steam you get both the PC and Mac versions. So you could try both yourself and see what you prefer.

(Of course, you might not want to buy it on Steam!)

ultra7k · Jan 15, 2013, 12:58 PM

has the publisher fixed up the mac version of the game? or is is still terrible? I kind of want to play this!

cluthz · Jan 15, 2013, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ultra7k

has the publisher fixed up the mac version of the game? or is is still terrible? I kind of want to play this!

I had huge issues before, but it seems that it works ok now, I haven't played it much as my requests for help from the developer didn't get answered at all.

My issues was that starting the game op the menus took like two minutes to spawn and all 3d models in game was flickering, those is at least for me now fixed.

ultra7k · Jan 15, 2013, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cluthz

I had huge issues before, but it seems that it works ok now, I haven't played it much as my requests for help from the developer didn't get answered at all.

My issues was that starting the game op the menus took like two minutes to spawn and all 3d models in game was flickering, those is at least for me now fixed.

Thanks!

Now to wait for a sale...

Cougarcat · Jan 15, 2013, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ultra7k

Thanks!

Now to wait for a sale...

It's on sale fairly often.

I have no issues with the game on my 320M, though I think most of the problems were with intel graphics. And it's fine on my desktop's 5850.

cluthz · Jan 15, 2013, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cougarcat

It's on sale fairly often.

I have no issues with the game on my 320M, though I think most of the problems were with intel graphics. And it's fine on my desktop's 5850.

I had issues with NVidia, but as said, those seems fixed now, but I have not played it for more than maybe an hour or so.

Solomani · Jan 16, 2013, 12:06 AM

Meh. I've been a fan of Paradox titles since their very FIRST mass-market hit Europa Universalis (1).

I never really saw the appeal of Crusader Kings. Clearly it was based on the EU game engine, but Crusader Kings just felt like... Europa Universalis minus 300 years, thrown back into the middle Middle Ages.

For those who have played both CK and EU, can someone tell me what features (other than the earlier Medieval timeline) makes CK stand out that EU (1, 2, or 3) do not offer?

Europa Universalis 4 is already planned for a MacOSX (as well as Windows) release.

P.S. -- kudos for the company Virtual Programming for being awesome and porting 95% of all Paradox titles to the Mac (and usually they port it to Mac within 1 year of Windows release).

P.P.S. -- go with the Mac native ports if they exist. Virtual Programming does a great job of the ports, so it feels like a 'native' port. In other words, it runs just as well as the Windows versions do.

cluthz · Jan 16, 2013, 09:00 AM

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P.P.S. -- go with the Mac native ports if they exist. Virtual Programming does a great job of the ports, so it feels like a 'native' port. In other words, it runs just as well as the Windows versions do.

VP ports are problematic at best.
CK2 had huge issues at launch, Kings Bounty still has issues (look at steam or gog.com forums and see what mac users are saying).
The Witcher 2 port is also problematic on many systems.

They don't answer help requests at all in my experience.

Cougarcat · 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Solomani

Meh. I've been a fan of Paradox titles since their very FIRST mass-market hit Europa Universalis (1).

I never really saw the appeal of Crusader Kings. Clearly it was based on the EU game engine, but Crusader Kings just felt like... Europa Universalis minus 300 years, thrown back into the middle Middle Ages.

For those who have played both CK and EU, can someone tell me what features (other than the earlier Medieval timeline) makes CK stand out that EU (1, 2, or 3) do not offer?

While I haven't played EU, from what I've read of it, it's different kind of game. In CK, you are managing the "people" of your empire. It's more about the emergent stories that result from your family, subjects, and foreigners interacting. EU is more if a traditional civilization simulator.

I hear EU IV is supposed to incorporate some of CK2's personal elements, which might be interesting -- your ruler will have stats that will impact things. But you aren't playing as him as you do in CK.

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Originally Posted by cluthz

VP ports are problematic at best.
CK2 had huge issues at launch, Kings Bounty still has issues (look at steam or gog.com forums and see what mac users are saying).
The Witcher 2 port is also problematic on many systems.

I don't think King's Bounty or CK2 are VP ports.

Huntn · Jan 16, 2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cluthz

VP ports are problematic at best.
CK2 had huge issues at launch, Kings Bounty still has issues (look at steam or gog.com forums and see what mac users are saying).
The Witcher 2 port is also problematic on many systems.

They don't answer help requests at all in my experience.

They probably have no good answers.

davidywise · Feb 11, 2013, 09:42 PM

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Solomani macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2012	Meh. I've been a fan of Paradox titles since their very FIRST mass-market hit Europa Universalis (1). I never really saw the appeal of Crusader Kings. Clearly it was based on the EU game engine, but Crusader Kings just felt like... Europa Universalis minus 300 years, thrown back into the middle Middle Ages. For those who have played both CK and EU, can someone tell me what features (other than the earlier Medieval timeline) makes CK stand out that EU (1, 2, or 3) do not offer? Europa Universalis 4 is already planned for a MacOSX (as well as Windows) release. P.S. -- kudos for the company Virtual Programming for being awesome and porting 95% of all Paradox titles to the Mac (and usually they port it to Mac within 1 year of Windows release). P.P.S. -- go with the Mac native ports if they exist. Virtual Programming does a great job of the ports, so it feels like a 'native' port. In other words, it runs just as well as the Windows versions do.
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