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UO on a Mac?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:10 am
by Duan
Apologies if this has already been discussed (I did a search before posting with no success) - please direct me to the relevant topics if this is the case. But...

Does anyone know if it’s possible to run UO on a Mac with OS X? If so, how? I’ve been searching on Google for days now and nothing has come up other than a suggestion that it could work through Virtual PC, an emulator from Microsoft (which doesn’t support DirectX, so I don’t see how).

Do any of you guys know of a way? I completely appreciate any advice.

P.S. Anyone who tells me to buy a PC will get a slap. :twisted: Nothing could be as sexy as this iBook. I want to give it huggles, and I'm English for god's sake.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:17 am
by Tel'Imoen
Not sure. I know it'll run under Linux with Wine just fine, but don't forget you're going to need a real mouse to play, not that crappy one button thing :P

PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:00 pm
by Duan
...but don't forget you're going to need a real mouse to play, not that crappy one button thing :P


Trust me, I ran out and got a proper mouse about ten minutes after starting the thing up. The trackpad/one-button double-team was too much.

Also, would Wine run through OS X? It's meant to be Linux based, I think...

PostPosted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:49 pm
by Laephis
I know people are working on it, not sure how usable it is yet.

http://darwine.opendarwin.org/

PostPosted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:13 pm
by Duan
Thanks. It still looks to be in the development stages but I'll bookmark and keep an eye on it. I'm near a PC nowadays, so I can play UO on that for the time being (I was thinking ahead for university days).