Mr. Foxer Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 WOOT! NOW I CAN FINALLY GET TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!!!!!!!! One question, will Team Fortress and the other Orange Box titles be standalone, or will they only be available on SteamI already have TF2 and Steam on my iMac, no Bootcamp. You can buy all Orange Box games separately. I would love to play L4D too but even at 800x500 res and all low settings and no post processing I get below 5 fps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Also, you're going to need to get a better mouse for FPS games, 1 button mouse is a joke...What are you? From the dark ages? Macs have supported multi-button mice for as long, if not longer, than Windows. Apple doesn't even MAKE a one button mouse anymore. Hasn't for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FoXXX Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 What are you? From the dark ages? Macs have supported multi-button mice for as long, if not longer, than Windows. Apple doesn't even MAKE a one button mouse anymore. Hasn't for a few years.I'm not saying Macs don't support multiple button mice, I'm just saying anyone who uses those 1 button mice need to connect another mouse if they're going to be playing FPS games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursed Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 WOOT! NOW I CAN FINALLY GET TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!!!!!!!! One question, will Team Fortress and the other Orange Box titles be standalone, or will they only be available on Steam?Dash? Do you mean me?Yes sorry i tend to think of people as their avatar character anyway i'm sure tf2 is a standalone within Steampowered.com somwhere ,but the Orange box and a couple other packages include tf2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePointingMan Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Also, you're going to need to get a better mouse for FPS games, 1 button mouse is a joke...There's always command click command fails in 2 ways (Really, I enjoy sf command) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Those of you who's excuse for not playing TF2 is "I'm a Mac user" now have no excuse. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePointingMan Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Arrr I really wish I could play tf2... My internet is just soooo slow, and my computer is pretty slow also... I was just trying to play it today, spontaneous moments where the game freezes... anytime I kill someone, I freeze can't move, and then the next thing I know, I'm dead it never used to be so bad, I loved that game so much. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt macdowel Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 my computer could never handle TF2! + i am a console gamer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursed Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Those of you who's excuse for not playing TF2 is "I'm a Mac user" now have no excuse. HEAVY IS COMIGN TO GET YOU GUYS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 HEAVY IS COMIGN TO GET YOU GUYS!!INCOMING!!!I can actually make a somewhat decent immitation of Heavy. Always cracks up my classmates when we're playing soccer and I start shouting that the entire team is babies and the like. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursed Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 INCOMING!!!I can actually make a somewhat decent immitation of Heavy. Always cracks up my classmates when we're playing soccer and I start shouting that the entire team is babies and the like. heh like to see that when the other team is laughing and you score lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt macdowel Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 HEAVY IS COMIGN TO GET YOU GUYS!!uh oh :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Fox Runner Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 There is one thing I am still confused about.Will Team Fortress 2 only be available through Steam, will it get a separate Mac release, or will the PC version be used on the Mac through a patch? I can't find any info on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursed Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 There is one thing I am still confused about.Will Team Fortress 2 only be available through Steam, will it get a separate Mac release, or will the PC version be used on the Mac through a patch? I can't find any info on this.it's likely it will be through steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatsworth III Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 i have tf2! we could play togheter anytime (only after 3/23) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt macdowel Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 isn't team fortress 2 also on the xbox360 and ps3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxer Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 There is one thing I am still confused about.Will Team Fortress 2 only be available through Steam, will it get a separate Mac release, or will the PC version be used on the Mac through a patch? I can't find any info on this.What are you trying to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 There is one thing I am still confused about.Will Team Fortress 2 only be available through Steam, will it get a separate Mac release, or will the PC version be used on the Mac through a patch? I can't find any info on this.From what I've heard, if you already own a given game, you are allowed to download it again for whatever platform you are on, so long as you provide your ID and password and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-Shot Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 How will this work on Mac with a lack of DirectX, if it's an OpenGL port that will also work with Windows, I'm downloading that version, because as said, I love OpenGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 There is one thing I am still confused about.Will Team Fortress 2 only be available through Steam, will it get a separate Mac release, or will the PC version be used on the Mac through a patch? I can't find any info on this.Yesterday' date=' we announced that Steam and all our Source engine games will be coming to the Mac. Sound too good to be true? Well, guess what: It is true! There are no catches! Sometimes life actually works like that. The bad news is that we've just truth bombed your hard-earned lie detector back to the stone age, and you'll probably lose all your money to the next international lottery scam that sneaks through your spam filter. Still, Steam on the Mac!Since we're getting a lot of email asking the same basic questions, we figured we'd just answer them here:Q: I own TF2 on the PC. Do I have to buy it again on the Mac?A: No. If you own TF2 on the PC, you own TF2 on the Mac (and vice versa). You don't have to buy the game twice. In addition, the Steam Cloud will automatically propagate your configuration settings and custom sprays to your Mac for you.Q: Is it just some crappy emulated version of TF2?A: No! Also: How dare you! Mac users aren't getting a crappy emulated version of the game. TF2 will run natively on OSX, like an actual big boy game for adults.Q: Hmm, that all sounds pretty good. But I'll bet I can't play with my friends who own Macs if I'm on my PC.A: Mac and PC users will all play together, on the same servers. We're not creating two separate universes. We're all going to be one big, happy family with guns locked in a bloody, never-ending struggle for cap points.[/quote']http://www.teamfortress.com/ There's a Saxton Hale comic cover on the article that's somewhat amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 How will this work on Mac with a lack of DirectX, if it's an OpenGL port that will also work with Windows, I'm downloading that version, because as said, I love OpenGL.It uses OpenGL. As for the ability to download a Windows OpenGL version, I don't think you will have that choice BUT, in the interest of reduce the amount of development, this COULD mean that Valve will eventually stop using DirectX since it only works on one type of system, versus OpenGL running on everything (even phones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-Shot Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 It uses OpenGL. As for the ability to download a Windows OpenGL version, I don't think you will have that choice BUT, in the interest of reduce the amount of development, this COULD mean that Valve will eventually stop using DirectX since it only works on one type of system, versus OpenGL running on everything (even phones).As you said about OpenGL being old, this means most graphics cards support it with ease, lowering system requirements slightly. I fully support OpenGL since it's compatible for nearly everything. And OpenGL still can have good graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 OpenGL 4.0 was announced yesterday. They are moving fast. OpenCL was released in the wild last year and has already caused much interest. My thesis is partially based on OpenCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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