CrossOver 6.2 supports Team Fortress 2
The latest version of CrossOver, Codeweavers' Mac and Linux application designed to get Windows games and applications working on those systems, has been released. CrossOver 6.2, now available, features a number of different updates both to increase compatibility and to make Windows applications run faster than ever.
And first among these updates is the fact that it will now run Team Fortress 2 right out of Valve's new Orange Box, as seen in the video above (caution: awkward narrative and bad acting ahead-- skip to about 2:09 to see the actual product). They're also saying it features improvements when working with Outlook, and, in the strangest feature description ever, they say it really will work much faster-- when you install Leopard.
CrossOver is available as a free trial on their website, and to promote the new release, you can get it for 10% off when you enter "zomg" as a special deal in the shopping cart. Has anyone tried running TF2 in Boot Camp yet? If that doesn't work so well, and you've really got to play Valve's new game, CrossOver might be the way to go.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
10-04-2007 @ 5:24PM
Bryan said...
TF2 runs fine in bootcamp.
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10-04-2007 @ 5:51PM
Steve said...
How can it run fine when the Valve software isn't releasted until Oct 10th?!
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10-04-2007 @ 5:55PM
Matt said...
You can pre-order the Orange Box on Steam and you can play TF2 right now.
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10-04-2007 @ 5:56PM
Travis Bell said...
I've been running TF 2 in Boot Camp since day 1 and it runs perfectly. All the settings cranked and it looks freakin' gorgeous too.
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10-04-2007 @ 5:59PM
Jordan said...
TF2 works great in Bootcamp on iMac 2.4 GHz 1GB Mem. Highly recommended.
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10-04-2007 @ 6:00PM
Adrian vG said...
It's guys like these that makes me feel ashamed of being an apple fanboy...
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10-04-2007 @ 6:08PM
GQmacguy said...
I would agree that it runs beautiful in Bootcamp! But, i'm really excited to try this way. It would be nice to not have to restart my mac, hold down alt, select windows, boot into that, play the game, then all over again to go back to my glorious OSX. Plus, the wife gets kinda pissy when she sees XP running on the mac! She acts like I've been cheating or something!
Going to test this tonight.
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10-04-2007 @ 6:29PM
simon said...
Hmm..I gonna buy Xbox 360 version.
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10-04-2007 @ 7:09PM
duscrom said...
Psst... Boot Camp is only a loader that allows you to emulate BIOS, and isn't what actually runs Windows..... It's just an installation assistant.
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10-04-2007 @ 7:09PM
Gandhi said...
TF2 and all HL2-engined games and mods work great on my MBP 2.4 model, with all settings cranked up it looks glorious at native rez on my glossy 1440x900 LED screen.
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10-04-2007 @ 7:22PM
Rob said...
I think you guys are missing the point of Cross Over. You can run certain Windows programs on your Mac in OSX WITHOUT Windows.
You don't need to give $$ to MS to buy Windows. For me that is a good enough reason to prefer CrossOver Mac over BootCamp, Parallels or VMWare Fusion.
But you should first check out the CrossOver wensite to nake sure that CrossOver Mac will run all those Windows programs that you care about.
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10-04-2007 @ 7:58PM
Nick Schoeneberger said...
I have a mid-2007 black Macbook (that I love) and I tried Crossover, Parallels and BootCamp (WinXP) to play TF2. Parallels was dismal (although TFC plays fine in Parallels). Bootcamp had horrible texture issues although successive releases of the TF2 beta have improved overall stability of TF2 on my Macbook, it continues to be plagued by crappy crappy visuals. I tried the Crossover Mac 6.2 demo yesterday and got the flat out best performance I've seen on my Macbook for TF2 AND for Half-life 2 as well! There are unfortunate problems with text in chat for TF2 and all text on Fortress Forever mod under Crossover, but I'm glad to be rid of my bootcamp partition and I'm plunking down the cash for Crossover. I bought it for linux years ago before I got a Mac and I have to say, these guys are really committed to continuous product improvement.
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12-18-2007 @ 2:27AM
thetinguy said...
you idiot. Your macbook has the shitty GMA 950. Very few modern games will run on it because it is an integrated video solution without it's own vram.
10-04-2007 @ 11:20PM
John said...
god that video was fucking lame.
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10-04-2007 @ 11:59PM
timgollin said...
Used to use Parallels . . .CrossOver is much slicker, works great, doesn't require a Windows license - that's the best part - and integrates much better into Mac OS-X. Also . . . really well-supported, may not work with every weird app out there but it gets the job done. If you're like me and basically just running MS-Office, it works perfectly and is much easier to use than Parallels
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10-05-2007 @ 4:20AM
Stef said...
Hmmm..... Probably done something wrong, but tried to install CrossOver to run Microsoft Access, but a) first CrossOver gets somewhat blocked when installing some fonts, and b) after forcing the continuation of the installation, which it does, and installs Access, then Access run once, before craching and doesn't want to restart anymore...
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10-05-2007 @ 4:33AM
Michael Kingery said...
as lame as this video may be, im installing the trial now... i have tf2 on my gaming pc... but my macbook pro is equal to it if not better... i just couldn't justify partitioning my hd for just a few games and all of windows :/
lets see how this goes!
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10-05-2007 @ 6:02AM
Angelo Ashmore said...
Works quite well, except for the very long load times (and it definitely isn't my computer).
Bootcamp is much better for a Mac Pro though.
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10-05-2007 @ 10:20AM
Driftwood said...
Thank god. I used to be obsessed with TFC, and this was my big regret for switching over to a mac recently...not being able to get my fix.
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10-05-2007 @ 10:48AM
Aron Trimble said...
But will it blend?
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