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Verite Rendition
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Posted - 2008.07.01 15:16:00 -
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Some time a couple of weeks ago Crossover snuck out version 7.0 of their WINE distribution, based on WINE 1.0. Looking at the notes for it, this version is more or less up to par with the Linux version of WINE, which means it has Premium support. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet, but apparently you just need to install EVE and then enable GL Shader Language support for EVE so that the client will allow you to use the Premium graphics.
Since I haven't had a chance to try it, I don't know how well it runs. Someone will need to try it out and report back to us (they have a free demo, so there's no need to buy it). ---- FREE Explorer Lead Megalomanic EVE Null-Sec Player Influence Map http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Veritefw/FWinf |
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Posted - 2008.07.02 00:39:00 -
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Originally by: Remus Navillum So do you suppose this means that CCP will ultimately give us the Premium client in a silky smooth Wine 7.0 environment, as opposed to godawful-by-comparison cider?
No, Cider will integrate the WINE 1.0 code and then try to make Premium work with their stuff. To be honest I'm not too sure how successful they're going to be, both due to outstanding issues with the Mac specifically, and because they've been doing poorly for the most part with the Mac client throughout its entire life. ---- FREE Explorer Lead Megalomanic EVE Null-Sec Player Influence Map http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Veritefw/FWinf |
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Posted - 2008.07.02 02:02:00 -
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Edited by: Verite Rendition on 02/07/2008 02:04:30 Edited by: Verite Rendition on 02/07/2008 02:02:39 I finally got a chance to dink with it today, and it does seem to work. The performance isn't anything to write home about, but at first glance it doesn't seem any slower with the Premium graphics enabled.
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Posted - 2008.07.02 07:49:00 -
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Edited by: Verite Rendition on 02/07/2008 07:50:14 Use Crossover 7.0, not Crossover Games 7.0. Right now Games is older than the mainline Crossover due to the fact that Games was based off of an earlier version of WINE in order to get the gaming improvements out sooner (seeing as how Crossover 6.2.1 was fairly archaic as far as WINE goes).
For what it's worth, I also started with the Classic client just to make sure things were working, then I updated to the Premium client. ---- FREE Explorer Lead Megalomanic EVE Null-Sec Player Influence Map http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Veritefw/FWinf |
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Posted - 2008.07.03 06:39:00 -
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Edited by: Verite Rendition on 03/07/2008 06:40:35 Create a new Win2k bottle, then install the Core Fonts package. After that manually install the latest DirectX redistributable runtime from Microsoft (the Crossover package is out of date). Then you finally should be able to install the Classic client and work from there. Anything you're manually installing you may want to do via the Run Command option so that if anything unexpected happens, it'll spit an error back out at you. ---- FREE Explorer Lead Megalomanic EVE Null-Sec Player Influence Map http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Veritefw/FWinf |
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Posted - 2008.11.21 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: Todd Doughnut How heavy a load does crossover place on your mac anyhow? memory and cpu wise?
I usually have 2 or 3 CS3 apps open in addition to 2 eves in classic and have never really had a problem from day one apart from the discobox and the occasional crash - both of which are eve related problems rather than mac problems.
Will crossover suck up enough memeory to require ONLY playing eve?
It doesn't seem to use much in the way of additional memory. Premium however can change that... ---- FREE Explorer Lead Megalomanic EVE Null-Sec Player Influence Map http://dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Veritefw/FWinf |
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