Macintosh version

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haravikk · #1 Post by **haravikk** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:13 pm

Are there any plan for a Macintosh version of the game? I'm sure if you are coding in Java or C++ that there would be a number of Mac programmers willing to help if you look about (unfortunately I'm not one of them).

I really enjoy MOO3 on my Mac but outstanding issues and some gameplay quircks keep me away from getting as into the game as I would get with MOO2 which I think is really a shame

This project does look really promising though, the best of luck to you with it if you get a Mac port or not!

vorenhutz · #2 Post by **vorenhutz** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:09 pm

Well since it runs on linux I imagine it wouldn't be too much trouble to get it to work on MacOS X. I don't know if anyone's tried yet though.

#3 Post by **Tyreth** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:50 am

There will be a Mac version once someone offers to port it. With out current team though there are no plans.

#4 Post by **tzlaine** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:12 pm

Some guy aproached me a few months ago about wanting to port GG and FreeOrion to MacOS X, but I never heard anything back from him after the initial email. He may or may not still be working on it, but probably not.

Zanzibar · #5 Post by **Zanzibar** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:19 pm

Of course, since the game is open source... you could, in theory compile it for Mac yourself with the proper compiler...

Daveybaby · #6 Post by **Daveybaby** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:17 pm

Havent you heard? - its not going to be open source any more. And i doubt very much that microsoft would want to publish for the Mac.

Zanzibar · #7 Post by **Zanzibar** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:28 am

Daveybaby wrote:Havent you heard? - its not going to be open source any more. And i doubt very much that microsoft would want to publish for the Mac.

Don't you know an April fools joke when you see one??

Daveybaby · #8 Post by **Daveybaby** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:01 am

Havent you heard of a reference to an april fools joke before?

I got fooled by one Moo-related april fools joke this year, and one was enough

Rockstone · #9 Post by **Rockstone** » Tue May 18, 2004 11:24 pm

vorenhutz wrote:Well since it runs on linux I imagine it wouldn't be too much trouble to get it to work on MacOS X. I don't know if anyone's tried yet though.

what about microsoft windows?

#10 Post by **Tyreth** » Tue May 18, 2004 11:48 pm

It already works for both Windows and Linux. You can download the 0.1 windows version from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... p_id=75752

LithiumMongoose · #11 Post by **LithiumMongoose** » Wed May 19, 2004 4:07 am

Most of my actual programming experience is on OS X, not Windows or Linux, and since Mac is by far my favorite platform I'd be more than happy to help work on an OS X port... But I don't particularly relish the thought of doing the entire thing solo heh, and would rather wait til closer to release anyway to reduce the amount of work required.

Rockstone · #12 Post by **Rockstone** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:52 pm

Tyreth wrote:It already works for both Windows and Linux. You can download the 0.1 windows version from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... p_id=75752

it wouldnt be a game without microstoft.

Pink · #13 Post by **Pink** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:43 am

Being written in C++, it shouldn't be too hard (the mind-numbing process of porting aside) to rewrite as a Java applet of sorts.