OS X Support

timjthomas · November 28th, 2014, 11:10 AM

Any updates or plans?

AEIOU · November 28th, 2014, 03:57 PM

RW is reliant on functionality provided by .NET so until those key pieces are available on OSX, methinks it's dead in the water on the Mac side. There was a recent-ish release of .NET code which caused several to be hopeful but it appears the pieces needed were not included.

PetriWessman · November 28th, 2014, 11:46 PM

OS X support is #1 on my own wishlist... Realm Works does run via Parallels and such, but it's a bit clunky. A native version would be awesome. Here's hoping the situation improves in the future.

clichekiller · December 15th, 2014, 02:21 PM

One of the main reasons I chose to be an Alpha Wolf was the Mac client. It's absence has been disappointing, but as a developer I understand the potential issues with porting a heavy .NET application to OS X. The pool of OS X developers is also much smaller when compared to .NET developers so finding talent, at an affordable rate, is likely harder too.

Farling · December 15th, 2014, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by clichekiller

One of the main reasons I chose to be an Alpha Wolf was the Mac client. It's absence has been disappointing, but as a developer I understand the potential issues with porting a heavy .NET application to OS X. The pool of OS X developers is also much smaller when compared to .NET developers so finding talent, at an affordable rate, is likely harder too.

Any port would (sensibly) be to an O/S neutral tool, so removing the dependencies.

whitefire7 · January 5th, 2015, 02:08 AM

I also hope to see this on OS X. I almost purchased it...but then realized it was not for MAC :/

Nemesis · January 9th, 2015, 07:50 AM

You can run it in a VM or Boot Camp, it works mostly fine. There are sometimes perfomance issues, but that's kinda expected when you run it in a virtual environment.

DMG · January 9th, 2015, 02:15 PM

I'm using a 2011 Mac Mini with Win8.1 Bootcamp to run games.

I know it's not a real OS X solution, but it's better than having to purchase a new machine for it.

timjthomas Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 24 November 28th, 2014, 11:10 AM	Any updates or plans?
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AEIOU Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,147 November 28th, 2014, 03:57 PM	RW is reliant on functionality provided by .NET so until those key pieces are available on OSX, methinks it's dead in the water on the Mac side. There was a recent-ish release of .NET code which caused several to be hopeful but it appears the pieces needed were not included.
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PetriWessman Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 18 November 28th, 2014, 11:46 PM	OS X support is #1 on my own wishlist... Realm Works does run via Parallels and such, but it's a bit clunky. A native version would be awesome. Here's hoping the situation improves in the future.
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clichekiller Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 4 December 15th, 2014, 02:21 PM	One of the main reasons I chose to be an Alpha Wolf was the Mac client. It's absence has been disappointing, but as a developer I understand the potential issues with porting a heavy .NET application to OS X. The pool of OS X developers is also much smaller when compared to .NET developers so finding talent, at an affordable rate, is likely harder too.
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whitefire7 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 1 January 5th, 2015, 02:08 AM	I also hope to see this on OS X. I almost purchased it...but then realized it was not for MAC :/
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Nemesis Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 14 January 9th, 2015, 07:50 AM	You can run it in a VM or Boot Camp, it works mostly fine. There are sometimes perfomance issues, but that's kinda expected when you run it in a virtual environment.
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DMG Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 195 January 9th, 2015, 02:15 PM	I'm using a 2011 Mac Mini with Win8.1 Bootcamp to run games. I know it's not a real OS X solution, but it's better than having to purchase a new machine for it.
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