wewt! 
One of the main reasons why I didn't get a Mac... cause I wasn't going to be able to use Steam!
One of the main reasons why I didn't get a Mac... cause I wasn't going to be able to use Steam!
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Portal 2 will be Valve's first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows. "Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step," said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead. "We're always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac."
Sounds like a pretty trick build system they've got going on. Kudos Valve - you guys sure know your stuff.
Kllrnohj wrote:
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Portal 2 will be Valve's first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows. "Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step," said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead. "We're always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac."
Sounds like a pretty trick build system they've got going on. Kudos Valve - you guys sure know your stuff.
Now lets all cross our fingers for a linux release sometime in the near future, if they have it working on Mac hopefully it isn't to far away.
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TheStorm wrote:
Kllrnohj wrote:
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Portal 2 will be Valve's first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows. "Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step," said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead. "We're always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac."
Sounds like a pretty trick build system they've got going on. Kudos Valve - you guys sure know your stuff.
Now lets all cross our fingers for a linux release sometime in the near future, if they have it working on Mac hopefully it isn't to far away.
Given that OSX is just a ripoff of BSD, and that new Macs use Intel processors instead of PowerPC, a Linux port should be easy.
Just cause they can doesn't mean they will, but we can always hope.
TI smote the Beta Testers for their insolence and rested. SynThesIs 14
He doesn't have to wake up, you know. I have a laser, and we have a garbage disposal. - Pintsize
What does the GUI say about his fill level? IT'S OVER 9000!!!
He doesn't have to wake up, you know. I have a laser, and we have a garbage disposal. - Pintsize
What does the GUI say about his fill level? IT'S OVER 9000!!! 
The Tari wrote:
Kinda makes me wonder where native Steam on other *nixes is at. Sound and video is perhaps a bit more fragmented on other platforms, but that's nothing a couple harsh decisions can't remedy (say, use just OSS and Mesa).
I am too lazy to actually make my own post so instead I quote people and then don't say anything new.
Sure, it's not a huge jump from one *nix to another, but standards on Linux are much more fragmented than they are anywhere else. Consider sound support. Linux usually has ALSA available, but no other unixes use that. OSS? It doesn't really have a mixer, so the game would have to hijack sound. JACK/aRts/ESD/whatever? Those all depend on another layer of software support which people might not be bothered to set up or have their own personal issues with.
I suppose the best way to approach such an issue would be to use one library to rule them all (such as SDL), but in the end any different libraries for media would likely require additional changes to a codebase they've probably already made extensive changes to in order to run the thing on Mac.
TL;DR version: Linux/BSD/whatever support would be nice, and probably workable, but I don't think they'll do it. Just consider the additional complexity of attempting to support a platform that requires the user to at least think they know what's going on. It wouldn't be pretty.
DShiznit wrote:
Good stuff, fascinating read about the origins of Portal and some information about the game's development. 
foamy3 wrote:
Here's a Portal update:
It's free!
Grabbed it last night! I'm looking forward to playing through the game once again, and maybe giving more of the advanced levels a try. It's free!
elfprince13 wrote:
Grabbing it
Does it look weird to you, elf? I'm getting weird discolourations. I'm going to jump on my PC and see if I get similar results...
There are two types of people in the world: those who can extrapolate data from incomplete data
Yeah I dl'ed it last night, beat the main game in under 2hrs and now I'm stuck on bonus map 18 advanced.
"Always code as if the person who will maintain your code is a maniac serial killer that knows where you live" -Unknown
"If you've done something right no one will know that you've done anything at all" -Futurama
"Have a nice day, or not, the choice is yours." Tom Steiner
<Michael_V> or create a Borg collective and call it The 83+
<Michael_V> Lower your slide cases and prepare to be silent linked. Memory clears are futile.
comicIDIOT wrote:
elfprince13 wrote:
Grabbing it
Does it look weird to you, elf? I'm getting weird discolourations. I'm going to jump on my PC and see if I get similar results...
still haven't played it yet, actually. I've been copy-boying
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