06-10-2000 11:41									#1
	Will There Be a Macintosh Port of Civ III? Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Everyone:

Just what the subject line indicates. And my apologies in advance if this is a tired, old question that's been answered already. My rudimentary search turned up nothing.

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	06-10-2000 13:05									#2
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Will there even be a PC version of Civ3?



*grumbles about supposed 2002 date*

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	06-10-2000 23:08									#3
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UltraSonix:

**ROTFLMAO** Yeah, I read about that after posting my own query. So it appears both PCers and Mac lovers are in the same boat this time around.

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	07-10-2000 22:37									#4
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We wouldn't do it in-house, so it's up to the publisher (as usual). There was a Mac version of SMAC but not one of SMG, so who knows.

Jeff

	08-10-2000 08:40									#5
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I would seriously consider it if it were up to me.Sales of Mac Civ series have been good.With the tremendous sales of imacs and new G systems,there is a decent market.
Just about every mac owner I know has at least 1 copy of a Civ game.

	12-10-2000 03:58									#6
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Yeah! A MAC port would be great!

	13-10-2000 16:29									#7
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I would certainly buy a copy!!

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	18-12-2000 04:33									#9
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Jeffrey Morris:

I would snap up a copy of a Mac-ported Civ III the instant I could get my hands on it. That is a promise and one, I believe, many Macintosh owners would freely give. Civ I, Civ II and Civ III are, IMHO, the best strategy games I have ever simply encountered (or will encounter).

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	27-12-2000 19:58									#11
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BUMP, in hopes that Jeff might see it and have some good news for us Mac-ophiles..

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	22-03-2001 09:19									#12
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It's been awhile since I asked the obvious question, so I thought I'd pose it again to see if there is any news. Anybody know anything?

Now with OS X coming on Mar 24th, I think that an OS X and Linux port would be more feasible. "It could happen!"

On the off chance that a rumor appears, would someone kindly post a note in the Civ2-Mac Forum and let me know? Thanks.

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	23-03-2001 19:53									#14
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My first contact with Civ (Civ1) was on a Mac! And I LOVED it.
I hope I can experience this again.

In addition all newer Macs are shipped with GeForce2 MX Graphics chips. So I guess making lots of 3D thingies shouldnt be a problem.
But I dont think you will use OpenGL wont you?

BTW, there is a quite good Multiplatform (Win, Linux, Mac) Graphics, Input, Network,... Library available: SDL
I dont know the URL, but its quite good.
Loki has produced their Linux port of Call To Power with it.
SDL is available under LGPL (any modification to the libraries must be made public available, but it can be commercially used) IIRC.

ATa

	26-03-2001 03:31									#16
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MacUser, et al.:

My promise still stands — if a Macintosh port of Civilization III is made, it's mine. I was also among those who worked with Brian Nesse when he was busy writing corrective patches to Civilization II Gold. We didn't solve all the problems (one would've required ripping out the multi-player capability to solve), but I did get a copy of Civilization: Call to Power from the time, and also got an idea of what programming can be like.

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(P.S. Sorry for the months-long wait, MacUser. I simply forgot about this thread after October 2000 and was a bit surprised to see it still active into March 2001.)

	01-04-2001 08:22									#17
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I can also promise that if a Mac version comes out, and my system (a 450 MHz G3 iMac) can run it, I will buy it.

Murgatroyd

	02-04-2001 06:09									#18
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Henrik: As far as I know Firaxis has yet always used MS DirectX Interface for their games. Now the prob is that when you have the MAC version you cant MP-play with Windows versions (if they use DirectPlay, which I am sure they will do).

Ata

	03-04-2001 05:47									#19
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Atahualpa:

I'd just be happy with a standard port to the Macintosh. Multi-player is nice, really, but being a Macintosh user means one is pleased oftentimes to just have the game. If it has multi-player compatible with Windows and/or other Macintosh machines, then that's icing on the cake, IMHO.

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	04-04-2001 18:13									#20
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It's Firaxis! I can expect top-notch quality and support

ATa

	05-05-2001 07:05									#22
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Monthly bump just to keep the suggestion alive...

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	05-05-2001 13:47									#23
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Hopefully someone somewhere making the game will listen...

	05-05-2001 22:09									#24
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Not a Mac user, but know and understand the passion - my friends all own macs. Whoever is publishing the title (I think it is Infogames at this time) would be foolish not to port Civ III to Mac soon after release.