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bif
Cadet 		posted 04-26- 12:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bif   Click Here to Email bif     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
anybody heard of playing fighter squadron on a mac using virtual PC?

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semmern
Pilot 		posted 04-27- 01:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for semmern   Click Here to Email semmern     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Think it should work.

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Zurawski
Pilot 		posted 04-27- 04:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zurawski   Click Here to Email Zurawski     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nope...

FSSDOE makes hardware calls for DirectX and it's brethren ...

Emmulation just won't "cut it"

Sorry

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Poodle EAF322
Pilot 		posted 04-27- 04:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Poodle EAF322   Click Here to Email Poodle EAF322     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think I once heard of someone playing SDOE on his G3 or G4, and it runned quite well too if I'm right. Not sure though...

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Flash Gordon
Cadet 		posted 06-28- 07:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Flash Gordon   Click Here to Email Flash Gordon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I run FS: SDOE on a PC using just software rendering - it runs alright at maximum resolution, etc. without things being noticeable slow except during low level dogfights. Of course, a lot of the downloadable cause the program to crash but the game as it is out of the box is definitely playable that way - can't see any reason why it wouldn't work on a Mac with emulation.

Flash

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Stark
Pilot 		posted 06-28- 08:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stark     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Flash,

Running on a PC with software rendering is a far cry from running on an emulator. The big problems with runing FSSDOE on the Mac would be DirectX - support for which is poor to terrible. DirectX is not just the hardware 3D part of the game. It handles the joystick interface and the sounds as well.

Highly unlikely that you would get anything playable running on SoftPC.

-Stark

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