Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi /Shaun, Smile. I never acused you of shooting me a load of bull. I had heard about the Hackintosh clones before, but was mmerely pointing out that it doesn't quite operate exactly like a true Mac does. Thanks for the link to the BCT podcast. I listened to it, and it was interesting. I did

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread Charles Rivard
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009 Hi Mike and all, Well, for the time being I will be creating Linux and Windows ports first. It will be a while before I can actually support Mac OS X. The main

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Oh, really? How exactly do the Netbooks handle the differences between Macintosh and Netbook keyboard layouts. The Mac computersI've seen have a different keyboard layout from Windows PCS. For example you have a comand key where a Windows keyboard has a Windows key. Instead of an alt

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Mike, If you are talking about the new Genesis Engine being written in C++ it should run on 64 byt platforms just fine. Currently it is being compiled as a 32 byt application for x86 processors, and x64 processors should run games that use it with no problems. That is one of the reasons I

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Actually, I have several other reasons to purchase a Mac besides porting my games to Mac. Believe it or not like Josh, Will, Cara, and others on this list who own Macintosh computers I have been converted. I got a chanse to use my brother-in-law's Mac last summmer, and I fell in

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread Mike Maslo
Will the most current release be able to have support for 64 bit? -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:40 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Mike, No. That is because I don't currently own a version of Visual C# that will me to change the target platform. HOwever, once I port Mysteries of the Ancients to C++ I'll be able to make it compatible with 64 byt systems. However, 64 byt support isn't going to be coming right away.

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm I got the podcast of blindcooltech. there are some limitations such as the system shutting down, and not turning off. just so you know I am not giving you a load of bull http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1365Hackintosh.mp3 At 11:39 p.m. 4/07/2009, you wrote: Hi Shaun, Oh, really? How

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-04 Thread shaun everiss
well tom if you get paralels working you can have vms running on the mac, I think people have managed to set windows and linux on the same box. At 11:55 p.m. 4/07/2009, you wrote: Hi Charles, Actually, I have several other reasons to purchase a Mac besides porting my games to Mac. Believe it or

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread william lomas
would the same mota key work on a mac and for windows? if not i want please my key to be held until mac support is available On 2 Jul 2009, at 23:59, Mike Reiser wrote: Tom, Great news on the decition to go to c++. I'm glad that cross platform, especially mac support is comeing. I'll

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Mike and all, Well, for the time being I will be creating Linux and Windows ports first. It will be a while before I can actually support Mac OS X. The main reason is I personally own a couple of systems running Windows and a PC running Ubuntu Linux on it, but don't personally own a Mac

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi William, That is an area of development I haven't really put much thought into. A lot of companies such as Cepstral have different license keys depending on if you purchase the Linux, Windows, or Mac version of the product. Never-the-less I do see your point that someone purchasing the game

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread shaun everiss
hmm what about trying to invest in a hackentosh I know you can make them with a netbook, and I know they exist. At 12:18 p.m. 4/07/2009, you wrote: Hi Mike and all, Well, for the time being I will be creating Linux and Windows ports first. It will be a while before I can actually support Mac OS

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread Mike Maslo
Thomas: Will it have vista 64 support? -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:31 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009 Hi William

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, The problem with the so-called Hackentosh Netbooks is they are just hacks. I've seen all kinds of hacks out there that try to emulate Mac OS X on standard PC hardware, but they are all flawed in some way. For example, there is suppose to be a hacked Mac OS Leopard image ffloating

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread Bryan Peterson
with these Hackentosh netbooks. No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009 Hi Shaun, The problem

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-03 Thread shaun everiss
Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009 Hi Shaun, The problem with the so-called Hackentosh Netbooks is they are just hacks. I've seen all kinds

[Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-02 Thread Thomas Ward
USA Games News July 2, 2009 Introduction Hello gamers, Welcome to the July edition of the USA Games News. A lot has been happening on the programming front, and I think we have some late breaking developments that many of you may be interested in. Genesis 3D In our previous news letter

Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 7/2/2009

2009-07-02 Thread Mike Reiser
Tom, Great news on the decition to go to c++. I'm glad that cross platform, especially mac support is comeing. I'll definitely load windows on my mac to play mota but I'll definitely be happy when the games are natively supported. Keep up the great work, Mike On Jul 2, 2009, at 4:24