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Jul 18, 2004, 1:37am

Just curious, I have quite a few friends that would like to check aw out but
they are Mac users. The very old page about using a windows emulator is ...
well, it's old! Is there any chance of aw ever releasing a Mac version of
aw??? If not, why? Inquiring minds wanna (*sorry Eep*) know! LOL


LNH


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Jul 18, 2004, 2:15am

AW uses several platform technologies I think... such as MFC, which means
Microsoft Foundation Classes... these are not very portable...

Secondly, from a market view... Windows and Linux are the most important to
cater for... as 95% of the known planet is on Windows... those who are arnt
or are considering a change are considering Linux... It is a tiny fraction
using Mac's, which are mostly used for using a) KidsPix, or b) editing apps
for video etc.

- Mark R



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Jul 18, 2004, 2:54am

Don't forget that AW uses 3rd party 3D rendering APIs. I don't claim to
be a mac expert, but my guess is that these would be totally different
(made by Apple?) on a Mac.

About the MFC and stuff. Microsoft seems to be able to port all their
apps to Mac (IE, outlook, office), so I dunno. I guess there *is* a way,
some how or another.

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Jul 18, 2004, 4:07am

In the past, someone at AWI made an ActiveX control that allowed you to
run AW within Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer runs on both Windows
and Mac, but I don't think Mac supports ActiveX controls). It may be
possible to do a similar thing using Java (which will work on a wide
variety of operating systems), but I doubt AWI would ever do it.

AW uses RenderWare as their graphics engine (games such as Grand Theft
Auto also use it). If RenderWare can't be ported to other operating
systems, then porting AW would be next to impossible.

The AW browser, like others have said, uses MFC. It also uses the
Windows Media SDK for the media command as well as Internet Explorer.

The best bet for now would be to try to use emulation software to see if
AW will work on a particular operating system. Then if it does, you (or
your friends) will most likely need to spend time tweaking settings and
checking to see if any features or options don't work properly.

Builderz
http://www.3DHost.net

[View Quote] > Just curious, I have quite a few friends that would like to check aw out but
> they are Mac users. The very old page about using a windows emulator is ...
> well, it's old! Is there any chance of aw ever releasing a Mac version of
> aw??? If not, why? Inquiring minds wanna (*sorry Eep*) know! LOL

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