[Hansi]

I don't know about you guys but when it comes to puzzle and action game this year Trine is pretty much at the top of my list and of course I'd love to play it on my Mac. This wasn't a possibility until Crossover Game 8 came along. CXG8 finally pushed CX to a sufficiently recent version of Wine to support Trine but there are some issues with getting it started to get it running so I thought I'd share them here in case someone wanted to try the game out. The version of the game I was playing was the retail version on DVD but the game is also available from Steam and other online stores.

Now to get the game running you need to create a new bottle in CXG and then install the following things into it:

DX: directx_9c_redist.exe (Note this is a self extracting archive. After extraction install DXSETUP.exe):
http://www.microsoft...;displaylang=en

PHYSX: PhysX_9.09.0814_SystemSoftware.exe
http://www.nvidia.co..._9.09.0814.html

Windows Media Player 10:
http://www.microsoft...lDownloads.aspx


After installing these you can install Trine, now to make the game playable you must disable AA. Leaving AA on I got 5-10FPS on a 2.5GHz C2D W/8600GT/256mb but without it 35-50FPS @ 1440x900. To disable AA, launch trine_launcher.exe and click on advanced and set AA to disabled. While you are at it set the game to a native resolution and texture quality to very high for bling effect.

Here are some screens from the game running:




Download demo:
http://trine-thegame..._demo?file=demo

Buy:
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I7KJ5O/
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001TDKIYU/

[Sneaky Snake]

Is this game like an RPG/Puzzle mix?

[J'nathus]

Sneaky Snake, on October 4th 2009, 05:24 PM, said:

Is this game like an RPG/Puzzle mix?

It's RPG / puzzle /sidescroller / platformer. The RPG elements are very light... as in - like BioShock was a FPS / RPG... that kind of light.

edit: .. how the H E double hockey sticks, did I get to 400+ posts?

[teflon]

That's pretty damn impressive.
Considering that its £17 on the PS3, I might have to check it out via crossover...

[the Battle Cat]

J, on October 4th 2009, 07:45 PM, said:

edit: .. how the H E double hockey sticks, did I get to 400+ posts?

Here is my educated guess:

[pmorrison8522]

The graphics is no doubt really good.

[Smoke_Tetsu]

The developers said they would like to make a Mac version but they are waiting on nvidia to port PhysX to the Mac.

[Janichsan]

Smoke_Tetsu, on October 26th 2009, 05:20 AM, said:

The developers said they would like to make a Mac version but they are waiting on nvidia to port PhysX to the Mac.

The PhysX that is running on Macs in Unity since, what? 2005? The PhysX that has replaced Havok in the Mac port of AoE III? This PhysX?

[Smoke_Tetsu]

Janichsan, on October 26th 2009, 02:00 AM, said:

The PhysX that is running on Macs in Unity since, what? 2005? The PhysX that has replaced Havok in the Mac port of AoE III? This PhysX?

Yeah take a look at this thread... also this thread.

[Ichigo27]

Did he say what I think he said? How much did OTEE pay for physX?