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[ltcommander.data]

Matt Diamond, on 08 March 2012 - 12:06 PM, said:

I like how they zoom really quickly from the screen to the MacBook Pro logo, so you can't actually see what game was being played. Something they don't bother to do for the other platforms, presumably because the game was really old.

I rewound it three times and all I got was the impression of a big colorful weapon. UT 2003, maybe..

The window title said Unreal Development Kit. Doesn't UDK include a demo based on UTIII? I think it's only that source demo that was running.

[Smoke_Tetsu]

Yeah that's one of the demos in the UDK... pretty much UTIII although I don't think they include everything from it. On the other hand since it's to demo the UDK it's more updated than actual UTIII in terms of the renderer. BTW, I have yet to see any company announce first party Mac support for any UDK\UE3 game so it's kind of like this support is a waste. Practically no one seems to be using it!

[edddeduck]

Smoke_Tetsu, on 08 March 2012 - 04:13 PM, said:

Yeah that's one of the demos in the UDK... pretty much UTIII although I don't think they include everything from it. On the other hand since it's to demo the UDK it's more updated than actual UTIII in terms of the renderer. BTW, I have yet to see any company announce first party Mac support for any UDK\UE3 game so it's kind of like this support is a waste. Practically no one seems to be using it!

It takes years to make a AAA game and you also need to make sure all your engine customisation is written in a platform independent way. Having the Engine SDK is useful in making a Mac version but it is just one piece of a much larger puzzle. Middleware is another example of things that need Mac versions. Mac UDK does not equal recompile and Mac version is running, far from it Well at least for complex none Epic titles.

Edwin

[Smoke_Tetsu]

Yeah although I'm not just talking about AAA stuff I'm talking about indie developers using the UDK. So far it hasn't seemed to change anything there or they just don't care. Or they are using an older version and say they would have to upgrade to the latest UDK in order to do it so they wont or it's far down their list of priorities. But yeah as far as I can tell the UDK being on Mac hasn't changed much. Only Q.U.B.E. so far has announced a Mac port of their game... I kind of forgot about that one. Still that's only one. If midleware is what's also holding them back then that stinks.

[Janichsan]

Smoke_Tetsu, on 09 March 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

Yeah although I'm not just talking about AAA stuff I'm talking about indie developers using the UDK. So far it hasn't seemed to change anything there or they just don't care.

*cough*

[Smoke_Tetsu]

We need some hairball medication here, STAT!  

I wasn't aware of Dungeon Defenders. Nice one.... not steamplay yet.. releases March 15th.

Any others?

[UmarOMC1]

I'm lost... are Gears of War and/or Unreal Tournament III still due for Mac...?

[The Liberator]

UmarOMC1, on 11 March 2012 - 02:03 AM, said:

I'm lost... are Gears of War and/or Unreal Tournament III still due for Mac...?

Yeah, I keep wondering somewhat how this thread is revived when there is not much, if anything to tie the new posts to actual news of UTIII and OSX.

Lib.

[bismilah]

Someday we can say to our grandchildren "hey. I was there during UT3's game development"

[ltcommander.data]

Well Duke Nukem Forever eventually got released so you never know. With UDK supporting Mac I wonder if it's possible for some fan to make a free Mac launcher that can use the assets from the PC version so that legitimate PC owners can cobble together a Mac version? If distributing a free executable is problematic, perhaps instructions could be posted on how to convert the existing UDK UT3 Demo into using the full range of UT3 maps so that Mac users can individually build their own Mac UT3.

[Smoke_Tetsu]

Seems easier to just wrap the PC version and play that than somehow modify the UDK demo to have everything the full version has.. I mean it's not just maps that make it the full thing vs. the demo. It's gameplay modes and things like that as well. In fact that's how I have UTIII at the moment.. via a wrapper.

[Janichsan]

Apropos Unreal Engine 3: http://www.unrealengine.com/flash/ That requires the latest version of the Flash plug-in, though (11.2).

[edddeduck]

ltcommander.data, on 11 March 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

Well Duke Nukem Forever eventually got released so you never know. With UDK supporting Mac I wonder if it's possible for some fan to make a free Mac launcher that can use the assets from the PC version so that legitimate PC owners can cobble together a Mac version? If distributing a free executable is problematic, perhaps instructions could be posted on how to convert the existing UDK UT3 Demo into using the full range of UT3 maps so that Mac users can individually build their own Mac UT3.

I don't think that would be easy if possible technically, I know legally one would be in at best a grey area that one should avoid unless you have an affinity with lawyers, large legal bills and copyright law.

Edwin

[UmarOMC1]

Janichsan, on 28 March 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:

Apropos Unreal Engine 3: http://www.unrealengine.com/flash/ That requires the latest version of the Flash plug-in, though (11.2).

That's cute. I thought it was that Unigine thing at first, its surprisingly smooth but doesn't show off dynamic lighting or anything besides its running via Flash... maybe I can play UTIII and Gears through a web browser after it goes open source and Unreal Engine 4, Gears of War 5 and UTIV are being pushed and we all have GPU-accelerated tablets...

[bismilah]

Janichsan, on 28 March 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:

Apropos Unreal Engine 3: http://www.unrealengine.com/flash/ That requires the latest version of the Flash plug-in, though (11.2).

"You appear to be using the incorrect version of the Flash Plug-In required for this content. This version requires Adobe Flash 11.2."  

and I do have the correct version of Flash installed.
Anyway it'd impossible for Flash to handle such a demanding game. Case closed.
Almost closed like MacSoft  

[UmarOMC1]

bismilah, on 11 May 2012 - 07:17 AM, said:

...anyway it'd [be] impossible for Flash to handle such a demanding game.

You could try the Flash 11.3 beta.  I think, if GPU-accelerated, Flash could well handle those demanding games... see if this demo works for you, first... maybe your computer can't handle the games.