Top 3 pieces of advice for Pudding on mac?
LVRugger:
1- Follow the instructions for putting in the mods folder and the framework and you'll be fine.
2- Place links to your download folder and packages folder in your finder window. That will save you a ton of time when updating mods.
3- Make sure you have your RAM fully upgraded and don't run any other programs while you run pudding.
I play on a MacBookPro like sooze and have no issues. I don't go for a lot of CC, just about 10 or so mods.
jezzer:
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2010 December 28, 00:59:40
I frequently raeg at the stupid tossers, standing there for years in between actions, as if they are marking each of my directions with a reverent two minute silence. Sweet of them if so, but really, hurry the fuck up. However, despite all this, I refuse to listen to stupid jez and his 'macs aren't for gaming' crowing. I WILL PLAY GAMES ON MY EGG, AND I WILL ENJOY THEM GODDOMIT.
Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my Sims sprinting across the screen like gazelles, eager to obey my every whim in my smooth-running TS3 on my gaming PC.
spockblock:
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2010 December 28, 00:59:40
I've noticed that my sims can take eons just to walk across the sodding room, but again, that might not be a universal problem. I frequently raeg at the stupid tossers, standing there for years in between actions, as if they are marking each of my directions with a reverent two minute silence. Sweet of them if so, but really, hurry the fuck up.
That happened to me, too, no matter what graphics settings I used. First time in Windows, none of that happened. At all. Actually thought it was behavior EA had coded into the game before that.
Still, it's a huge pita to switch back and forth between partitions just to play with puddings, and if I found out that the newer EPs were running better now on Macs, I might be tempted to switch back.
pbox:
I'll have to second/third/fourth the advice to play under Windows/Bootcamp instead of OS X -- I've done both (on the same machine) and the difference is really like day and night. The rebooting is a hassle, but having a useable game makes up for it IMO. For me the lagging under OS X got worse and worse with every patch (1.2.7 still ran fine, 1.7.11 was terrible and 1.8.25 completely unplayable), so I doubt that this will ever change for the better.
Other than that, there's this thread in OS X Halp at mts which outlines various ways to get various modding tools to run.
For doing anything on a Mac (or with a Mac keyboard) under Windows, I can also recommend getting something like SharpKeys and remapping cmd and crtl, so as to avoid your finger memory frying itself.
What you should also know: EA always only keep the current OS X patch online (unlike with the Windows ones), so you need to make a backup of the patch and/or your entire oldversioned game if you ever want to be able to roll back to an older version. Best if you do this immediately after patching, the patches are stored in a temproary directory and will be nuked by the OS after a while (there's a small how-to in OS X Halp at mts if you need instructions). Fortunately, it's very simple under OS X to run multiple versions of the game in parallel -- basically just duplicate the app before patching --; not everyone needs this but it can be useful for testing and stuff.
But, yeah .. the most important piece of advice re. playing under OS X is still: don't. EA clearly have no idea how to write stuff for OS X.
spockblock:
Quote from: pbox on 2010 December 28, 15:39:50
For doing anything on a Mac (or with a Mac keyboard) under Windows, I can also recommend getting something like SharpKeys and remapping cmd and crtl, so as to avoid your finger memory frying itself.
Oh, nice. That ctrl/cmd switcheroo has been driving me insane.
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