Goblin Squad Member
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We announced Macintosh Support this morning!
Kudos to you guys! Very forward thinking and as a Mac user I am very happy.
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Goblin Squad Member
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Hey GW,
Will PC and Mac share the same server, or will it be two separate worlds?
Cheers,
Daniel.
They have one world. There is no reason Mac would require a separate server since it's only a slightly modified client to accomodate the Mac architecture. Once it leaves your computer it's all the same to the server.
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Goblin Squad Member
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That raises an interesting question.. Will there be things we can do on more mobile platforms (iPads, other tablets, even smart phones) that will affect the game? DUST 514 is going to have the Vita app, for example. EVE has EVE Gate which afaik can be run on anything that a web browser can be run on.
It might be cool to allow people to set up manufacturing jobs, or modify the list of items they sell in their tavern, or even just passive observation functions would be useful too like viewing a tavern's inventory to see if you should log in and do some foraging or buying to keep your stock up.
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Goblin Squad Member
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It's announced for OSX (for Macs specifically I believe). There has been talk of functionality use on smart devices eg (iOS - which Unity is capable with), but that's far off for now and not exactly for playing PfO: but who knows for the future with the rate smart device hardware is speeding up? Probably that and Cross-Platform need some FAQ addition, I'd guess?
MMORPG.com just caught wind of this so some press there.
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Goblin Squad Member
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That raises an interesting question.. Will there be things we can do on more mobile platforms (iPads, other tablets, even smart phones) that will affect the game? DUST 514 is going to have the Vita app, for example. EVE has EVE Gate which afaik can be run on anything that a web browser can be run on.
It might be cool to allow people to set up manufacturing jobs, or modify the list of items they sell in their tavern, or even just passive observation functions would be useful too like viewing a tavern's inventory to see if you should log in and do some foraging or buying to keep your stock up.
Likely.
What I want to have is a Facebook-style social network tool that features characters instead of people. That tool will replace things like forums. It will be accessible everywhere you can make a web browser run, and have calendars, reminders, notifications, chat, etc.
Good thread here.
Goblinworks Executive Founder
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I see word is already getting out to the Mac community. Now lets see how many of then are going to put there money where thier keyboards/posts are. :)
Sending "Tips" to mac rumor/chat sites ASAP. I wish my finances would stomach a 500 dollar hit again, but I don't think I can really justify a speculative entreatment drop like that again. At least not until I'm out of grad school and employed again.
I'm very happy to see Mac support. It'll also make any Let's Playing processing much simpler. As it stands any time I want to make game videos I have to recored in Windows and then boot back over to OSX to process. It'd really speed things up to dump right into my Mac side screen casting software.
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Goblinworks Executive Founder
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Ah yes, Windows elitism.... how I missed you.It's Mac elitism; Windows populism :p
Don't forget Console Peasantry.
Frankly at this point us PC gamers (be it Windows/Mac/Linux) kinda need to not be knocking on each other. Not with most game companies dropping us all together and going pure console.
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Goblin Squad Member
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Ah yes, Windows elitism.... how I missed you.It's Mac elitism; Windows populism :p
Actually (as someone who uses his Mac frequently to game, particularly when traveling) I took it more as most of the people who use their mac for higher end gaming already bit the bullet and installed boot camp.
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Goblin Squad Member
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We announced Macintosh Support this morning!
That is awesome! Good to see some of the better projects finally giving the Mac a look in. And in a development environment I use often! Go team. Proud to be a backer.
