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I didn't have time to verify but the graphics seem simplified. Also there were huge graphics bugs when I met the first ruler.

I'm on a MP09 with Radeon 5870 running at 2560x1600 and at high detail. Also all the AA settings were grayed out.
 
HHarm said:
I didn't have time to verify but the graphics seem simplified. Also there were huge graphics bugs when I met the first ruler.

I'm on a MP09 with Radeon 5870 running at 2560x1600 and at high detail. Also all the AA settings were grayed out.
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Same here. The map wouldn't even extend to the edge of the display; there's just a grey rectangle there. But the game recognizes the area as there are GUI elements in that grey rectangle.

AA and Interface scaling are grayed out.

Oh and it crashed after I met my first civilization.

Good think I bought it for Windows, first. Otherwise, I'd be really angry. I have an i5 27 inch iMac, so it can't be my computer that's the problem. It seems that Aspyr just ports games very poorly.
 
How does the game perform on a 2010 MBP i7? I am looking to buy this game but now have second guesses with the performance concerns. Is it even worth buying?
 
Cynthia Steffe said:
Same here. The map wouldn't even extend to the edge of the display; there's just a grey rectangle there. But the game recognizes the area as there are GUI elements in that grey rectangle.

AA and Interface scaling are grayed out.

Oh and it crashed after I met my first civilization.

Good think I bought it for Windows, first. Otherwise, I'd be really angry. I have an i5 27 inch iMac, so it can't be my computer that's the problem. It seems that Aspyr just ports games very poorly.
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One of Aspyr's programmers at the Civ Fanatics forums, you should go post there. He did say that the grey rectangle bug is on the PC side as well in DX9 (you don't see it in Windows because you run the game in DX11.) Should get fixed in the next patch. Also they apparently didn't get to test the game under 10.6.5 yet, as it went GM right before.
 
Cougarcat said:
One of Aspyr's programmers at the Civ Fanatics forums, you should go post there. He did say that the grey rectangle bug is on the PC side as well in DX9 (you don't see it in Windows because you run the game in DX11.) Should get fixed in the next patch. Also they apparently didn't get to test the game under 10.6.5 yet, as it went GM right before.
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I've noticed DX 9 oddities happening more often in other more recent 10 and 11 based games with fall back options to 9.

I wonder how painful it will be when more games start to drop DirectX 9 support. (Cross platform too.) We're at the point where even mainstream cards can pull off acceptable performance in DirectX 10 mode. I haven't seen many 10 vs. 11 face offs testing performance or quality.

I wonder if I'm defaulting to 11 now without even noticing in some game's automatic settings.
 
Eidorian said:
I wonder how painful it will be when more games start to drop DirectX 9 support. (Cross platform too.) We're at the point where even mainstream cards can pull off acceptable performance in DirectX 10 mode. I haven't seen many 10 vs. 11 face offs testing performance or quality.
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I wouldn't worry about it, as current gen consoles don't support DX 10/11. For PC-exclusive titles, though...
 
Tried installing it, installed fine, launched. Got black screen with game music once i 'Esc' out of the opening vid. No keys would start the game nor allow me to get out of the game. Hard reboot. Uninstalled.

Mac Pro
Quad Core
6G RAM
Nvidia GTX 285

Guess its a windows only game for me.
 
wytworm said:
Tried installing it, installed fine, launched. Got black screen with game music once i 'Esc' out of the opening vid. No keys would start the game nor allow me to get out of the game. Hard reboot. Uninstalled.

Mac Pro
Quad Core
6G RAM
Nvidia GTX 285

Guess its a windows only game for me.
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I got the same problem with my first gen Mac Pro with an nVidia 8800 GT. (Command + option + escape will force it to quit, though.) I hope the issue can get resolved. If the game created config files, I can't find them in Application Support, so I can't try messing with the configs to try and fix it.
 
TheFifteenthPen said:
I got the same problem with my first gen Mac Pro with an nVidia 8800 GT. (Command + option + escape will force it to quit, though.) I hope the issue can get resolved. If the game created config files, I can't find them in Application Support, so I can't try messing with the configs to try and fix it.
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You might have to look wher other Steam applications are. In Windows it makes yet another folder in My Games. (Even though it's a Steamworks game.) I'm not sure what other games would remap to under OS X.

Application Support would make sense but I've seen folders pop up almost anywhere in user space or worse in system. The intro video is annoyingly buggy under Windows too.
 
I guess I lucked out. Bought the PC version at retail, downloaded the Mac version off of Steam, played to 800 BC in the tutorial without incident. Fullscreen, 1080 vertical resolution, default (med-low) details on my low-end 2010 21-inch iMac. Not sure about pushing the ATI Radeon HD 4670 harder - the fact that you have to restart when changing most graphic detail settings deterred me from jiggering with the settings.

Really strange that the game started me on some lame resolution, 1024 x 768 resolution I think, not even widescreen. It's like a big warning: WILL MAKE YOUR SILICON CRY MOMMA. I'm guessing late-game big maps will force me to scale back resolution, which is a shame - not only is the game gorgeous, the graphical flourishes are also functional.

On a sillier note, I'm glad this thread hasn't devolved into an "OMIGOD they dumbed down Civ no more stacks of doom research sliders spies blah blah blah". (Look at the Amazon reviews if you want some of that.) Maybe us Mac folk have a better understanding that more ain't necessarily better. (I really hated the stacks of doom, so I guess I'm biased.)
 
I had already purchased this for the pc when it first came out, so I didn't have to pay anything to download this off of Steam. I am using a 2009 13" MacBook Pro with 2 gigs of RAM, and the NVidia 9400M. Aside from some slight lag, it seems to run just fine with everything set at about Medium. So far so good...
 
The last Civ game I played was #3. I turned the graphics options down simply because it slowed down game play, not for any performance issues. I don't need to see the battles animated; just the result. I hope 4 and 5 have those options.

I wonder if I should skip 4 all together or pick up 4 and 5 over time to play?

There was a spin off version called civilization call to power that I really liked. I think that was another company that made that game.
 
Is this similar to the other Civs and not being able to cross platform play?

I use OSX but the person I play games with is on Windows.
 
It will be crossplatform, but it needs a patch first.

Civ V multiplayer is supposed to be horrible, though.
 
Was going to buy it through Steam, but they want $79.99 USD. Game Agent are selling at $49.99. That's a simple decision, but anyone know why Steam is so much more expensive?
 
csau06 said:
Was going to buy it through Steam, but they want $79.99 USD. Game Agent are selling at $49.99. That's a simple decision, but anyone know why Steam is so much more expensive?
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It's $50...are you looking at the deluxe (which is 60)?
 
Cougarcat said:
It's $50...are you looking at the deluxe (which is 60)?
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No, that's for the standard one. The digital deluxe is $90! Might be because I live in Australia, but I don't understand why for download. Looks like I'll try to get the PC one cheaply here, or from Amazon at only $40 USD.
 
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