I downloaded the mac version of the game a couple of days ago and found it very difficult to play. Often, especially during cutscenes but sometimes when I was just walking around, my game would crash and an error message would come up saying roughly: "Your game has a page fault, would you like to debug it?" Pressing yes would quit the game, presumably to fix the bug, and no would leave it open, but with no visual interface to speak of. Other than these crashes, the game ran well considering my computer's a little old.
Only after I investigated further did I realize my computer has an unsupported video card (GMA). I probably should have realized this sooner, but I'm not terribly computer-savvy. My question: is my crash problem related to my video card? I've assumed it is, but the game's visuals seem to run fine otherwise, so maybe not? If it's not the video card, what could be causing it?
Thanks in advance for any advice people have to offer.
Persistent bug on Mac version
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gkathellar
, déc. 26 2009 11:14
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Posté 26 décembre 2009 - 11:30
Randomactss
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Macs are not made for gaming you will have problems if you try.
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Posté 27 décembre 2009 - 05:03
xxMidgetxx
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Wow I have the same problem but I've never even got to play just after the 1st cutsene his asked me that. But I have a 9400 m and 9600 m gt so i don't know
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Posté 27 décembre 2009 - 05:13
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The GMA cards are truly terrible. They are weak cards anyway and the drivers are buggy on both OSX and Windows. I have a Mini that I have tested some games on and its GMA video card cripples it.
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Posté 27 décembre 2009 - 05:26
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Mines not gma I even played day of defeat, tf2, and portal max resolution without lag.
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Posté 06 janvier 2010 - 01:20
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I have huge problems as well playing on the newest imac. WTF the deluxe ediition is super expensive and requires OSX snow leopard but then has the nerve to crash. What a rip off, never gonna buy something from Bioware again!
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Posté 08 janvier 2010 - 12:36
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I just wanted to report that I have not had any problems at all. My PC version crashed intermittently but I have had absolutely no crashes thus far with my Mac. Everything has worked great for me.
(2) x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core, 6 MEG of Memory, and single Nvidia 8800 GT.
(2) x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core, 6 MEG of Memory, and single Nvidia 8800 GT.
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Posté 08 janvier 2010 - 12:47
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You paid attention to the System Requirements, I suppose, which most noobs never will do. I am adding a comment here for two reasons. Well, maybe 2 1/2 reasons. First off, there is a brand new (two days ago now) Apple Mac technical discussion forum here. Second, no developer ever "supports" anything from Intel (now), and none will ever "make a patch" to do so (until there is a major change in Intel's graphics attitude).
The last half-way reason is based on my sincere doubt that any Apple PC with only a Geforce 7300 will be able to do much better than that ill-fated Intel chip does, not in my opinion.
P. S. I'm editing this because I became pendantic in a sentence and wanted to insert the parentheticals.
Intel is embarked on a long-range project to develop a viable graphics device that they can include on a CPU die and combine the CPU plus the GPU, at a very small cost beyond that of the CPU. AMD will get there first, of course, and then Intel will perform its usual skullduggery to make sure AMD earns much less from being first and best again than they deserve to earn.
That's if the FTC isn't sitting right in top of them this time around. Eventually, they'll have "something", and that will be the effective end of the discrete video device market as we know it now. Right now, they are releasing new i5 processor packages that contain two separate dies in the CPU package, one is a current ordinary Intel video chip, while the other is the i5 itself.
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The last half-way reason is based on my sincere doubt that any Apple PC with only a Geforce 7300 will be able to do much better than that ill-fated Intel chip does, not in my opinion.
P. S. I'm editing this because I became pendantic in a sentence and wanted to insert the parentheticals.
Intel is embarked on a long-range project to develop a viable graphics device that they can include on a CPU die and combine the CPU plus the GPU, at a very small cost beyond that of the CPU. AMD will get there first, of course, and then Intel will perform its usual skullduggery to make sure AMD earns much less from being first and best again than they deserve to earn.
That's if the FTC isn't sitting right in top of them this time around. Eventually, they'll have "something", and that will be the effective end of the discrete video device market as we know it now. Right now, they are releasing new i5 processor packages that contain two separate dies in the CPU package, one is a current ordinary Intel video chip, while the other is the i5 itself.
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Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 08 janvier 2010 - 01:23 .
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Posté 08 janvier 2010 - 12:58
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Randomactss wrote...
Macs are not made for gaming you will have problems if you try.
my mac plays games perfectly fine thank you very much, there just aren't many games around.
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Posté 18 mars 2011 - 08:47
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Having a similar issue, but mine crashes when trying to exit the game.. never while playing.. Have the latest 2011 MBP i7 15"..
Any ideas??
Any ideas??
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Posté 18 mars 2011 - 09:28
Gorath Alpha
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You've grabbed a very long dead and buried thread, from pre-Mac days. Macs have their own Tech forum to ask questions in. This one was never moved to where it belonged, and shouldn't have been pulled from its grave now.
