mirrors edge mac?

06-18-2010, 09:43 PM

Just bought mirrors edge for 5 bucks but I was wondering if we would ever get a mac port?

kleril · 06-18-2010, 11:32 PM

Doubt it. Unless it has already been ported it may never be macified.

GirlPower23 · 06-19-2010, 12:50 AM

Doubt it, in terms of sells Mirrors Edge was a failure.

Dorje · 06-19-2010, 01:54 AM

And really doubt it considering basically no moves have been made to bring Unreal Engine 3 to OSX. If it uses Unreal it won't be coming. Not until 3rd party Source powered titles start rolling in the moneys.

Caelo · 06-19-2010, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dorje

And really doubt it considering basically no moves have been made to bring Unreal Engine 3 to OSX. If it uses Unreal it won't be coming. Not until 3rd party Source powered titles start rolling in the moneys.

They did say they we're looking at a *nix port of the engine though.
I bet you they're still working on a mac/linux version of their engine. All of their previous versions of the UE support Mac OSX and linux. They've just been too busy adding steamwork to UE3, releasing a proper UDK.

But I wouldn't count on Mirror's edge being ported. Sales were pretty awfull and the game isn't good at all (not for the pc anyways)

GirlPower23 · 06-19-2010, 02:30 AM

Mirrors Edge was amazing, it's definitely a gem within the sea of shovelware. Honestly, I don't ever foresee a Mac version of the Unreal 3 engine, since they are working on the Unreal 4 engine. Obviously with CryTek pushing out the Cryengine 3, Epic has to step up their game against their rivals.

Dorje · 06-19-2010, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Caelo

They did say they we're looking at a *nix port of the engine though.
I bet you they're still working on a mac/linux version of their engine. All of their previous versions of the UE support Mac OSX and linux. They've just been too busy adding steamwork to UE3, releasing a proper UDK.

But I wouldn't count on Mirror's edge being ported. Sales were pretty awfull and the game isn't good at all (not for the pc anyways)

It's been 2 years since they were even thinking about porting Unreal Tournament 3 through MacSoft, let alone the whole UE3 environment. If they do bring a UE back to Mac/Linux it will have to be UE4, and it will need to be there from the start. I'd give up on any UE3 based products coming to OSX and hope they put work into making UE4 cross-platform possible.

What I'd pay to play would be some crafty soul using the new Steam and Source to create something Mirrors Edge like that is cross-platform. I'd also rather see Steam hold the ranking scores. EA is not cleaning up the hacked times on PC leader boards for speed runs. Valves VAC system seems to work very well, unlike Punkbuster.

They may very well have a licensable version of UE3 for iOS devices before they have it for MacOSX proper.

nano.... · 06-19-2010, 04:04 AM

Highly unlikely.

06-19-2010, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Caelo

and the game isn't good at all (not for the pc anyways)

WHAT. Mirror's Edge is one of my favorite PC games!

toxictempest · 06-19-2010, 05:34 AM

It's a great game, but I honestly don't ever see it happening in the near future. It was a bit of a failure as far as sales go, not to mention that the Mac platform is currently far from capable of handling it.

I mean, when my 27" iMac can barely handle running Half-Life from 2004 (!!), on normal settings, you can only imagine how a graphically-intensive Sasquatch like Mirror's Edge would fare.

nano.... · 06-19-2010, 06:14 AM

Mirror's Edge could run. After all, it's an UE3 engine game, and while it may have steep performance requirements, it would be possible to get it running in some running state on most Mac systems.

I had no problems running Mirror's Edge, even on less capable machines. It did run on consoles, after all; some Macs boast better specs. All you had to do was disable PhysX, for one.

tcrown · 06-19-2010, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by toxictempest

It's a great game, but I honestly don't ever see it happening in the near future. It was a bit of a failure as far as sales go, not to mention that the Mac platform is currently far from capable of handling it.

I mean, when my 27" iMac can barely handle running Half-Life from 2004 (!!), on normal settings, you can only imagine how a graphically-intensive Sasquatch like Mirror's Edge would fare.

Mirrors Edge runs fine on my Macbook Pro 15" 9600GT under wine in 10.6.4 as does Borderlands, Dead Space, Wolfenstein 2009, all have been made to work in a wine wrapper. Native apps would be much better but they all play at 40+ FPS.

I don't think you'll see UR3 engine on Mac but with id Tech 5 and Source on Mac I suspect Epic will be making UR4 available for Mac.

bobsbarricades · 06-19-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tcrown

Mirrors Edge runs fine on my Macbook Pro 15" 9600GT under wine in 10.6.4 as does Borderlands, Dead Space, Wolfenstein 2009, all have been made to work in a wine wrapper. Native apps would be much better but they all play at 40+ FPS.

I don't think you'll see UR3 engine on Mac but with id Tech 5 and Source on Mac I suspect Epic will be making UR4 available for Mac.

how'd you get your wine working? did you go through steam? I'm currently trying to figure out how to wrap some of my PC steam games that I know aren't getting mac ports (far cry 2 =,( I found a good STALKER one).

GirlPower23 · 06-19-2010, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tcrown

Mirrors Edge runs fine on my Macbook Pro 15" 9600GT under wine in 10.6.4 as does Borderlands, Dead Space, Wolfenstein 2009, all have been made to work in a wine wrapper. Native apps would be much better but they all play at 40+ FPS.

I don't think you'll see UR3 engine on Mac but with id Tech 5 and Source on Mac I suspect Epic will be making UR4 available for Mac.

THe question is though, what settings do you use. Saying something "Runs fine" Isn't exactly a good example of running fine. Going oh it runs fine @ XXXXxXXXX AAxX AFxX Shaders at XXX, this is a better example. Some people like their games not to look like a bunch of boxs. =P

tcrown · 06-19-2010, 11:41 AM

Far Cry 2 isn't working, possibly in a cider wrapper or maybe with the latest wineskin wrapper with the latest 1.2rc of wine, all the stalkers are working in wine.

GirlPower23
On my rig I can run 1440x900 all settings at max, pixel shader 1.2 since 1.3 isn't full supported in the drivers yet. Dead Space, MW2, Mirrors Edge, Borderlands, Wolfenstein 2009 they all play as well on the Mac side as on boot camp.

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06-18-2010, 11:32 PM	#2
kleril Join Date: Apr 2010 Reputation: 2 Posts: 103	Doubt it. Unless it has already been ported it may never be macified.

06-19-2010, 12:50 AM	#3
GirlPower23 Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 6230 Posts: 9,131	Doubt it, in terms of sells Mirrors Edge was a failure.

06-19-2010, 01:54 AM	#4
Dorje Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 7 Posts: 197	And really doubt it considering basically no moves have been made to bring Unreal Engine 3 to OSX. If it uses Unreal it won't be coming. Not until 3rd party Source powered titles start rolling in the moneys.

06-19-2010, 02:30 AM	#6
GirlPower23 Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 6230 Posts: 9,131	Mirrors Edge was amazing, it's definitely a gem within the sea of shovelware. Honestly, I don't ever foresee a Mac version of the Unreal 3 engine, since they are working on the Unreal 4 engine. Obviously with CryTek pushing out the Cryengine 3, Epic has to step up their game against their rivals.

06-19-2010, 04:04 AM	#8
nano.... Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 40 Posts: 673	Highly unlikely.

06-19-2010, 05:34 AM	#10
toxictempest Join Date: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 8	It's a great game, but I honestly don't ever see it happening in the near future. It was a bit of a failure as far as sales go, not to mention that the Mac platform is currently far from capable of handling it. I mean, when my 27" iMac can barely handle running Half-Life from 2004 (!!), on normal settings, you can only imagine how a graphically-intensive Sasquatch like Mirror's Edge would fare.

06-19-2010, 06:14 AM	#11
nano.... Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 40 Posts: 673	Mirror's Edge could run. After all, it's an UE3 engine game, and while it may have steep performance requirements, it would be possible to get it running in some running state on most Mac systems. I had no problems running Mirror's Edge, even on less capable machines. It did run on consoles, after all; some Macs boast better specs. All you had to do was disable PhysX, for one.

06-19-2010, 11:41 AM	#15
tcrown Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 4 Posts: 64	Far Cry 2 isn't working, possibly in a cider wrapper or maybe with the latest wineskin wrapper with the latest 1.2rc of wine, all the stalkers are working in wine. GirlPower23 On my rig I can run 1440x900 all settings at max, pixel shader 1.2 since 1.3 isn't full supported in the drivers yet. Dead Space, MW2, Mirrors Edge, Borderlands, Wolfenstein 2009 they all play as well on the Mac side as on boot camp.