Yep, that worked well - far better than Darwine. I now have sound
and the CD drive detected properly. It's a little stuttery soundwise
which is a shame, but I'll get over it.
I'd thoroughly recommend this solution to play on an Intel Mac!
Cheers
Ben
wrote:
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> Great, thanks Pere - I'll give that a go!
> Ben
>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Pere Cortada Bonjoch <procesd_at_...>
> wrote:
>
> > I suggest you to use a virtual machine (virtualbox is free and
fairly
> > good) and install and old windows system line Win98. It will
resolve
> > all compatibility problems.
> >
> > Pere
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:04 PM, hathegkla <benito.m_at_...<benito.m%
40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi there. I was an avid fan of this game when it came out but
this is
> > > my first time posting to this group. Since then I've ditched
Windows
> > > in favour of an (Intel-based) Mac.
> > >
> > > I found this group while searching for way to get the game
working
> > > under Intel OS X. The problem is there's no Classic mode since
that
> > > is based on the PPC architecture Macs. My solution appeared to
be to
> > > use Wine (or Darwine) to emulate the Win32 API calls used in
the game
> > > and thereby run the Windows version!
> > >
> > > I've managed to get over quite a few hurdles already (for
example, I
> > > had to copy the CD contents onto my Windows-formatted iPod to
prevent
> > > OS X from treating the KoDP CD as if it was a Mac-format disc!).
> > >
> > > All went well until I tried to run it. I get the first screen
but it
> > > keeps claiming the CD isn't in the CDROM drive, even though it
is.
> > > You might say well surely this is something you have to
configure in
> > > Wine and I would say yes, your're right! But as far as I can
see it
> > > IS set up to recognise it; I can actually install the Windows
version
> > > on my Mac (pretty cool in itself) but I can't actually play it.
> > >
> > > It's so frustrating and I just want to play! I know it's a bit
of a
> > > long shot but can anyone offer any advice or help?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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