Author Topic: Mac instability (Read 848 times)

Butler · February 20, 2011, 11:35:15 PM

Why is the Mac version of Blockland so unstable? It is very annoying.

None of that Mac is crap bullstuff. Get over it.

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Narkro555 · February 20, 2011, 11:53:51 PM

Blockland was originally designed for Windows. Converting something like that to an entirely different operating system might be difficult

Butler · February 21, 2011, 12:06:40 AM

Half Life was originally designed for Windows. That's fine on Mac.
Age of Empires was originally designed for Windows. That's fine on Mac.
Halo was originally designed for Windows. That;s fine on Mac.

There are a lot of games that were ORIGINALLY designed for Windows. But they work fine with Macs.

Chrono · February 21, 2011, 12:08:44 AM

Porting a game from Windows to Mac is hard, because of all the restrictions of the Mac.

Most developers don't even bother with it, so be glad there actually is one.

If you want to be a gamer, then you should consider ditching the Mac. It's just not for you.

Quote from: Butler on February 21, 2011, 12:06:40 AM

Half Life was originally designed for Windows. That's fine on Mac.
Age of Empires was originally designed for Windows. That's fine on Mac.
Halo was originally designed for Windows. That;s fine on Mac.

There are a lot of games that were ORIGINALLY designed for Windows. But they work fine with Macs.

They have more than a dozen programmers for their games. Badspot works alone.

Sheath · February 21, 2011, 12:09:46 AM

Is it really that hard? Torque compiles for both, you'd only have to change things like file directories and settings and crap surely.

Also my edition of Blockland v19m is perfectly stable.

Butler · February 21, 2011, 12:15:26 AM

Quote from: Chrono on February 21, 2011, 12:08:44 AM

Porting a game from Windows to Mac is hard, because of all the restrictions of the Mac.

Most developers don't even bother with it, so be glad there actually is one.

If you want to be a gamer, then you should consider ditching the Mac. It's just not for you.
They have more than a dozen programmers for their games. Badspot works alone.

Restrictions like what?

Chrono · February 21, 2011, 12:15:33 AM

Quote from: Sheath on February 21, 2011, 12:09:46 AM

Is it really that hard? Torque compiles for both, you'd only have to change things like file directories and settings and crap surely.

Also my edition of Blockland v19m is perfectly stable.

Oh yeah, I forgot that most problems are caused by the user.

Butler · February 21, 2011, 12:19:27 AM

Quote from: Sheath on February 21, 2011, 12:09:46 AM

Also my edition of Blockland v19m is perfectly stable.

Really?

Because when I host a dark map, if I try to turn off my light. I crash. If I do turn it off. Then I crash when I turn it back on.

I can't even host trench digging servers because I crash within 5 seconds after digging starts.

Those and just some random crashing. It's loving annoying.

Mr.jacksaunt · February 21, 2011, 12:20:53 AM

I crash when using light in my server also! Its really annoying. My server also crashes a lot.

Pulchritude · February 21, 2011, 12:35:38 AM

I haven't experienced any problems apart from the Sqlite errors, which can be fixed just be restarting Blockland. Perhaps you should point your finger at something other than the computer.

Jasa 12265 · February 21, 2011, 12:36:12 AM

Quote from: Butler on February 21, 2011, 12:19:27 AM

Because when I host a dark map, if I try to turn off my light. I crash. If I do turn it off. Then I crash when I turn it back on.

Macs are so weird.

Sheath · February 21, 2011, 01:04:20 AM

I suggest you report any bugs like that or ask about them in the Help section. Check your console.log too.

Butler · February 21, 2011, 01:08:30 AM

Quote from: Sheath on February 21, 2011, 01:04:20 AM

I suggest you report any bugs like that or ask about them in the Help section. Check your console.log too.

I have.
Noebody seems too big on replying to my posts.

Sheath · February 21, 2011, 01:10:37 AM

Quote from: Butler on February 21, 2011, 01:08:30 AM

I have.
Noebody seems too big on replying to my posts.

Be patient.

Butler · February 21, 2011, 01:12:15 AM

I was. For 3 days. The last 2 were just me getting madder and madder.

EDIT: It took 4 bumps and 4 days for someone to post something helpful.