Full Install of BG2 on Mac OSX?
Burt Johnson
monitors, I upgraded to OSX on my Mac. Damn, but OSX won't support my
second monitor either...:-( I'm stuck w/ a single monitor for a couple
weeks until the new ATI Radeon cards reach my local CompUSA (ATI said
they were enroute to the distributors last week).
At any rate, I also talked to the BG2 chief QA guy at Macworld Expo last
week, and he said he would look into the mutliple-monitor problem.
So... I'd like to try out BG2 under OSX while I am suffering from a
single monitor and/or under MacPlay fixes the multiple monitor support.
Under OS9 there was a trick to copy all the CD game data into the
original game info area. Will this work under OSX too? What is the
target folder I should copy stuff into, if so? (The BGII-SoA/Data
folder?)
I just want to avoid all the switching of CDs. since I've got 680GB of
disk on this beast, I can affort to set aside a couple GB for the
game...:-) (I do a lot of video editing on this system, which is why it
is so disk-laden)
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- Burt Johnson
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John Andersson
# Under OS9 there was a trick to copy all the CD game data into the
# original game info area. Will this work under OSX too? What is the
# target folder I should copy stuff into, if so? (The BGII-SoA/Data
# folder?)
#
# I just want to avoid all the switching of CDs. since I've got 680GB of
# disk on this beast, I can affort to set aside a couple GB for the
# game...:-) (I do a lot of video editing on this system, which is why it
# is so disk-laden)
Don't have a Mac but with a PC it dosen't matter. Just edit the ini-file.
Or do a full install, then you dont have to have any disc (accept the
first) in order to play (same goes here, don't have a Mac, yada yada
yada).
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Fredrik
bu...@spamcop.net:
Don't know about twin monitors, but there is a rather simple way of
making a "full install" on MacOSX. There is a readme file on the first
cdrom which tells you the steps you need to take to acomplish that. The
process is "unsupported", but I've never had any problems (and I play A
LOT of BG :)
Cheers,
-Fredrik
Burt Johnson
> bu...@spamcop.net wrote:
>
> # Under OS9 there was a trick to copy all the CD game data into the
> # original game info area. Will this work under OSX too? What is the
> # target folder I should copy stuff into, if so? (The BGII-SoA/Data
> # folder?)
> #
> # I just want to avoid all the switching of CDs. since I've got 680GB of
> # disk on this beast, I can affort to set aside a couple GB for the
> # game...:-) (I do a lot of video editing on this system, which is why it
> # is so disk-laden)
>
> Don't have a Mac but with a PC it dosen't matter. Just edit the ini-file.
> Or do a full install, then you dont have to have any disc (accept the
> first) in order to play (same goes here, don't have a Mac, yada yada
> yada).
For whatever reason, the Mac version does not have a Full Install
option. Seems like it would have trivial to add, but the only choice is
"Easy Install" which just loads one CD onto your disk.
Burt Johnson
> Don't know about twin monitors, but there is a rather simple way of
> making a "full install" on MacOSX. There is a readme file on the first
> cdrom which tells you the steps you need to take to acomplish that. The
> process is "unsupported", but I've never had any problems (and I play A
> LOT of BG :)
Gee, you mean I'm supposed to read a README file? What kind of a gamer
do you think I am, any way?! :-)
Thanks - I'll go look at it.
John Andersson
# John Andersson <go.to.h...@for.email> wrote:
#
# > bu...@spamcop.net wrote:
# >
# > # Under OS9 there was a trick to copy all the CD game data into the
# > # original game info area. Will this work under OSX too? What is the
# > # target folder I should copy stuff into, if so? (The BGII-SoA/Data
# > # folder?)
# > #
# > # game...:-) (I do a lot of video editing on this system, which is why it
# > # is so disk-laden)
# >
# > Don't have a Mac but with a PC it dosen't matter. Just edit the ini-file.
# > Or do a full install, then you dont have to have any disc (accept the
# > first) in order to play (same goes here, don't have a Mac, yada yada
# > yada).
#
# For whatever reason, the Mac version does not have a Full Install
# option. Seems like it would have trivial to add, but the only choice is
# "Easy Install" which just loads one CD onto your disk.
Well, there is another reason to by a PC. ;)
Don D
full install. It will install both the 9 and X versions of the config
and program file, then you can reboot into X and run it.
bu...@spamcop.net (Burt Johnson) wrote in message news:<1f615g5.1wuhmm71sb19geN%bu...@spamcop.net>...
Don D
full install. It will install both the 9 and X versions of the config
and program file, then you can reboot into X and run it.
bu...@spamcop.net (Burt Johnson) wrote in message news:<1f615g5.1wuhmm71sb19geN%bu...@spamcop.net>...
Avelino Santa Ana Jr.
bu...@spamcop.net (Burt Johnson) wrote:
From what I've heard, there were issues with getting the installers to
work with multiple CDs in OS X.
As far as the multiple monitors issues. It should work, however, the
mouse will 'disappear' onto the other screen. The way I worked around
it was to setup the display positions so they only shared 1 corner. The
upcoming patch apparently fixes that issue along with some speed issues
with OS X. I would recommend playing BG 2 in OS 9 for the time being.
Avelino Santa Ana Jr.
John Andersson <go.to.h...@for.email> wrote:
Yet so many reasons not to own one.... ;)