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Woo! Goo! (on a mac)spinyanteater04/08/2008 - 11:22

I have been desperate to play World of Goo since I first saw the trailer, but I use a mac. I really couldn't wait for the mac release, especially when some people were playing the demo version (*jealous*)! So it's taken a little while due to time and cost - had to buy an external hard drive to back up my work, install Leopard, install Boot Camp, install Windows - but finally I'm there! And it's every bit as good as I hoped! The music and graphics are fantastic and the whole game is a work of genius!

Just wanted to share what I've found out in the process in case it's useful:
Using an Intel iMac: Wine gave a Access Violation error. Runs perfectly on Boot Camp.
Using a MacBook: In Crossover the screen flickered and the code wasn't accepted. Runs perfectly on Boot Camp

I had problems with the original game download, getting an NSIS error, but Kyle sorted me out with an FTP link.

I love 2d boy :D

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)kyle04/08/2008 - 16:20

Good news! And thanks for all the useful info, I hope that helps other mac users.

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)G2D10/29/2008 - 16:46

Is there still no demo for the mac???
I'd have to buy a ton of software to get goo on my macbook pro...
I had a quick go on a friends pooter, only played two rounds now I wana play it on my mac.

Is getting bootcamp, and windows, risking losing all my stored data, the only way to get goo?

G2D

???

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)Marius10/29/2008 - 16:48

That, or having patience. The beta for the native mac version is currently being tested.

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)Highlander10/29/2008 - 17:30

It works flawlessly under paralells, so no need to mess with bootcamp and partitions!

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)spinyanteater10/30/2008 - 04:49

[quote author=Highlander link=topic=87.msg4656#msg4656 date=1225319436]
It works flawlessly under paralells, so no need to mess with bootcamp and partitions!

How do you manage that!? It won't run at all on Parallels for me....

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)Highlander10/30/2008 - 15:56

[quote author=spinyanteater link=topic=87.msg4679#msg4679 date=1225360198]
How do you manage that!? It won't run at all on Parallels for me....


I did nothing special, ordinary XP install, paralells drivers, it just worked. I have a black Macbook (late 2007) if that is of any meaning.

But that's not important, because we will have Mac version by the end of this week!  ;D

Re: Woo! Goo! (on a mac)spinyanteater10/30/2008 - 16:38

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D