SH3 on a Mac in a VM - Works!!!

Elphaba · 09-15-09, 02:58 PM

Hi everyone

Just in case there are any Apple Mac people out there, I just wanted to let people know that I have a 2008 iMac 24", with the 8800GS GPU, 4GB Ram, and 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo. I'm running Snow Leopard and Parallels 4.0.3846.

AND BOTH SH3 and SH4 work virtually flawlessly in a Virtual Machine!!!

Yay!!!!

Which mean I can leave them playing whilst I work, and when a contact pops up I have an excuse to stop work and 'blow sum s**t up'!!!

hehehehe

Thanks

Elphaba

Brag · 09-15-09, 03:13 PM

Best excuse to stop working!

Have funzies

Brag

Rafael · 09-15-09, 03:31 PM

Thanks for the information.

I never have tried it on my iMac 24" with VMware. Happy to hear it works.

I use BootCamp and play it on my 15" MacBook Pro.

Red Heat · 09-15-09, 03:37 PM

Finaly...the Macs are in at our Civilization!

Jocking...

Elphaba · 09-15-09, 04:19 PM

Oh btw... VMWare fusion - doesn't work with SH3 or SH4... rubbish SVGA driver...

simsurfer · 09-15-09, 10:00 PM

I just installed SHIII on a bootcamp XP parttion using a Macbook Pro, works great except for some of the key bindings and I need help.

Here is my setup: SHIII patched to 1.4b, GWX 2.0 installed along with SH Commander.

Pressing F1 brings up help and it states Numpad (+) for time compression increase and (-) for decrease ut idont have those keys on my keyboard. I have tried editing them for -&= but it is not working. Anybody know the correct syntax to enter?

Thanks

Rafael · 09-16-09, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simsurfer

I just installed SHIII on a bootcamp XP parttion using a Macbook Pro, works great except for some of the key bindings and I need help.

Here is my setup: SHIII patched to 1.4b, GWX 2.0 installed along with SH Commander.

Pressing F1 brings up help and it states Numpad (+) for time compression increase and (-) for decrease ut idont have those keys on my keyboard. I have tried editing them for -&= but it is not working. Anybody know the correct syntax to enter?

Thanks

With older models in the past it was possible fn+F6. This feature has been removed with the new MacBook's Pro.

I don't use TC with numpad, just click on + and - to adjust time compression.

Some Mac portable computers have a group of keys with small numbers on them that can be used as a numeric keypad. To use these keys as a keypad, press the Num Lock (F6) key to engage Num Lock, or hold down the Fn key while you press the keys in the keypad.

Edit: Text from Boot Camp help.

09-15-09, 02:58 PM	#1
Elphaba Neptune's daughter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 325 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	SH3 on a Mac in a VM - Works!!! Hi everyone Just in case there are any Apple Mac people out there, I just wanted to let people know that I have a 2008 iMac 24", with the 8800GS GPU, 4GB Ram, and 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo. I'm running Snow Leopard and Parallels 4.0.3846. AND BOTH SH3 and SH4 work virtually flawlessly in a Virtual Machine!!! Yay!!!! Which mean I can leave them playing whilst I work, and when a contact pops up I have an excuse to stop work and 'blow sum s**t up'!!! hehehehe Thanks Elphaba

09-15-09, 03:13 PM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Best excuse to stop working! Have funzies Brag __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

09-15-09, 03:37 PM	#4
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Finaly...the Macs are in at our Civilization! Jocking... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

09-15-09, 10:00 PM	#6
simsurfer Watch Officer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 342 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I just installed SHIII on a bootcamp XP parttion using a Macbook Pro, works great except for some of the key bindings and I need help. Here is my setup: SHIII patched to 1.4b, GWX 2.0 installed along with SH Commander. Pressing F1 brings up help and it states Numpad (+) for time compression increase and (-) for decrease ut idont have those keys on my keyboard. I have tried editing them for -&= but it is not working. Anybody know the correct syntax to enter? Thanks __________________

09-15-09, 03:31 PM	#3
Rafael Captain Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rotterdam - The Netherlands Posts: 514 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 7	Thanks for the information. I never have tried it on my iMac 24" with VMware. Happy to hear it works. I use BootCamp and play it on my 15" MacBook Pro.

09-15-09, 04:19 PM	#5
Elphaba Neptune's daughter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 325 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	Oh btw... VMWare fusion - doesn't work with SH3 or SH4... rubbish SVGA driver...