DukeRaoul Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I found this site where a company called Trans Gaming has a program thing to run Windows games inside the Mac OS for Intel macs. It works by running the Win32 API's that windoze games need to run in general. I guess they ported DirectX or something inside their "Cider" app. Here's their link: http://www.transgaming.com/index.php?modul...lay&ceid=24 EDIT* The Cider app is actually for developers to instantly port Win32 games to Intel Mac. It's not what I thought at first (a portal app for Windows games to run under Mac OS). But they do have such a "portal" app for Linux to run Win32 games. It still looks like a good idea if more Windows game developers were interested in the Mac market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 niice -- time to rip open some game files and recompile - i wish i knew how to do that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 *blows the dust off of the article* This is really old news. If i remember correctly, almost half a year old or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingk1314 Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 ^ ^ it's more old than that.. I remember reading about it when I got my brand new 1.33Ghz ibook G4. it definately looks promising... but the development is so slow. Since the time i read about it til now I've only heard of one game that adopted CIDER. (Heroes of MM 5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddM Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Yeah it's really old, and I wouldn't be surprised if they've stopped work on it as I haven't heard anything about it for a long time. I used to play lots of games successfully through Cedega on Debian Linux before I got my Mac though, so hopefully it'll come back -- or games developers will notice the rise in Apple users and just produce more OS X builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 i dont care how old it is...does it work?>+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Isn't it similar to how WINE works (it's just an emulation layer, like Classic on the PPC Macs)??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasechnick Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Mac's HoMM V uses Cider Cool technology but for developers only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 EA's recent game announcement will use this for all their current games and i assume all their future games, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeRaoul Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 I posted this back on May 11th, and half the replies were like "bah, this is old news, and it won't work anyway..." Fast-Forward to now, search Demonoid for Mac Games or Cider... ... and now I get to say: NA-NA, I was right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Hz Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 There's actually an app that will run Windows games on an Intel mac, if I remember correctly. Forgot the name though. I'll get back if I find it. EDIT: Here we are, http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/. Native speed, the works. But it's more for running Windows apps in OS X. Not all games work, either. But modern ones do indeed, work, at native speed. It's not a wrapper like Cider is, though. Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paquito Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 EDIT: Here we are, http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/. Native speed, the works. But it's more for running Windows apps in OS X. Not all games work, either. But modern ones do indeed, work, at native speed. It's not a wrapper like Cider is, though. er, Cider and Crossover are both based-off from WINE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiro.yamamoto Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 er, Cider and Crossover are both based-off from WINE. To clarify..... WINE is the original project to get M$ apps working in linux (Community Based Project) . Crossover uses some of the WINE code and adds usability enhancements, better support for some targeted apps (Private Company). Cedega / Cider uses some WINE code as well however this project targets games (directX etc) (private Company) Although you can say both crossover office and the Cedega / Cider apps are based on wine they are not 100% copies. Wine can be thought of as the general all-rounder Crossover as the business man :censored2: and Cedega / Cider as the games-man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zeppelin II Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 How do you run CS:Source on a non-Intel G5? I have an IMac iSight G5. Would Darwine work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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