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Mac OS X Demo Now Available: Version 1.0.679 (Beta 2) - Urkle - 06-02-2007 I am pleased to announce the initial Mac Beta demo release of Penumbra: Overture Episode 1. Changes in 1.0.679
The demo is build as a universal binary so it will work on Power PC and Intel Mac systems. You must have either an ATI or an Nvidia graphics card. Currently the Mac demo is ONLY being released via Bit torrent. If you wish to help in distributing, just keep seeding it when you have finished downloading it. Once I get feedback and fix any new found bugs from this beta we will release the final demo and push it out to mirrors. Please DO NOT mirror this demo at this time. Report any issues to this forum thread as I will be checking this thread regularly for feedback. To install
Tracker URL. Demo Download (Bit Torrent) Regards, Edward Rudd Known Issues
RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Secutor - 06-03-2007 u guys are great RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Black Smurf - 06-03-2007 Great news! But the link doesn't work (at least for me) - I just get a "Bad Gateway - The proxy server recieved an invalid response from an upstream server." message The linked url 'tracker.outoforder.cc' doesn't sound too promising in the first place... RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Kallas - 06-03-2007 Brillant job guys... thanks so much for bringing out a mac port... and a universal binary too. Also where would you like us to post feedback?... The Mac:Technical support (presumably for the final release) forum isn't up. RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Secutor - 06-03-2007 okay i tried the demo and with high texture quality it runs fine. the game looks great with very low shader quality until i go out into the snow storm. than it looks ( testet with all shader qualities and different other settings ) very ehm strange shaders other than low quality inside the room picture 1 outside, different shader qualities, and setting didnt test all options but most all times it looks like the attached pictures picture 2 picture 3 picture 4 picture 5 cant tell u how it runs after the storm because i don't find the right way im using a PowerMac G4 MDD with 2 x 1Ghz, 1,2GB Ram and a Radeon 9000 Pro with 64 MB v-ram here's my hpl.log edit: strange.. last night the pictures looked like the ones i posted now, it looks like that and i found the right way. but the game frezzed when i moved down i made some new pictures in each shader quality outside. inside it still looks fine with very low shaders, the black screen is from the crash Mac Issues - Kallas - 06-03-2007 Ok well here is some feedback for the mac demo... firstly thanks so much for porting this, it really is a brilliant game (i have played on windows) you've all really gone above and beyond. Ok so everything runs well, no random crashes/system meltdowns etc. My system is a 2.33GHz Intel core 2 duo, with 3GB of ram and a Radeon X1600 with 256MB v-ram. The only issues that i can find are firstly a problem with the shadows. See the image below. The picture below is the same scene with shadows turned completely off, however you can still see that the rear wall isn't there and neither is the torch/chain/lock/coat on the wall/map on the table so on so forth, some of the textures aren't appearing. This is all i could find, good job on everything. Also apart from the shadows i had all the effects up at max. Cheers. By lowering the shader quality like Secutor said, i can make the various missing elements re-appear, and for the most part the back wall, although it pops in and out. RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Secutor - 06-03-2007 the crashes / freezes the first one happens in the intro when i start a new game. i can skip it with escape so its okay. ( i miss the story but al least i can try the game ) the second crash happens when i move down. there are some quiet voices and after them the game freezes ( ? or just nothing on my screen... i can still hear the wind but thats all ) i let it run for 2 minutes but nothing happend edit: fixing the freezes works RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Secutor - 06-03-2007 finaly i found the way down but its sill looking strange [attachment=282] RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Kallas - 06-04-2007 Try turning off shadows, thats what worked for me. RE: Mac OS X Demo Now Available (Beta 1) - Urkle - 06-04-2007 Does anyone have an nvidia card? Seems like everyone here so far has an ATI. I guess I need to get my hands on an ATI PCIe card. As from the HPL log files I have gotten, there is like no descent detected support for shaders!. The *main* piece I'm looking for in log files i the "Checking Supported Profiles" So if people coud post with at LEAST that section along with what series mac and their video card. BTW.. The tracker is backup. |