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Mage Wars => General Discussion => Topic started by: Reddicediaries on May 07, 2017, 10:36:10 AM
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So as my windows compute just died, I'm planning to get a Macbook. Does anyone know is OCTGN is compatible with Macbooks?
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It is not. You could instal a windows emulator on a mac, but I'm not sure you'll be willing to do that.
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It is not. You could instal a windows emulator on a mac, but I'm not sure you'll be willing to do that.
Oh no! Looks like no more OCTGN for a REALLY long time!
Well I guess at this point, I might as may say goodbye to mage wars. I don't think I will be able to get on for at least a year and a half.
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It is not. You could instal a windows emulator on a mac, but I'm not sure you'll be willing to do that.
Oh no! Looks like no more OCTGN for a REALLY long time!
Well I guess at this point, I might as may say goodbye to mage wars. I don't think I will be able to get on for at least a year and a half.
Before you quit you can
1) buy the cheapest windows pc on eBay you can get and that should be enough fordirt octgn to run. That's the price of one arena expansion more or less.
2) install windows on mac. It's not that hard!
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It is not. You could instal a windows emulator on a mac, but I'm not sure you'll be willing to do that.
Oh no! Looks like no more OCTGN for a REALLY long time!
Well I guess at this point, I might as may say goodbye to mage wars. I don't think I will be able to get on for at least a year and a half.
Before you quit you can
1) buy the cheapest windows pc on eBay you can get and that should be enough fordirt octgn to run. That's the price of one arena expansion more or less.
2) install windows on mac. It's not that hard!
Well the computer needs to be a Mac for my new school.
The big question is: will windows/octgn run smoothly on a mac.
Thanks chef!
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What kind of school makes you buy a mac??? I know that macs give a more smooth experience but apart from that I don't really see the advantage of a mac, especially looking at the huge price difference. As far as I know, almost all (non design) companies work with windows.
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What kind of school makes you buy a mac??? I know that macs give a more smooth experience but apart from that I don't really see the advantage of a mac, especially looking at the huge price difference. As far as I know, almost all (non design) companies work with windows.
The school that I'm going to. :)
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Btw, my computer is giving me a white and black screen when I start it up. That's the issue.
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Btw, my computer is giving me a white and black screen when I start it up. That's the issue.
Is there no local library you can go to to play Mage Wars on their pcs? I used to see people playing video games on the local library's computers all the time back when I was in high school, and people still do that in college. And it's pretty easy and quick to download and install octgn, the Mage Wars module and the image packs once you know how. It only takes about a few min or so. Of course, I don't know if they had time limits for computer use there, some libraries do, I know the ones at my university don't have time limits for use. I've actually become too dependent on my computer for everything worthwhile in my life and I've been spending way too much time cooped up in my apartment and not living my life outside it. And it's been interfering with my getting stuff done. So I recently decided to give my computer to a trusted friend for safe-keeping so that whenever I want to use a computer I will have to walk to the library to use one.
I made sure to email myself all of my spellbook files first though. :D
I forgot to email myself my save file for cave story though... :(
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Oh no! Looks like no more OCTGN for a REALLY long time!
Well I guess at this point, I might as may say goodbye to mage wars. I don't think I will be able to get on for at least a year and a half.
Now is a good time to get your cardboard box of Mage Wars out and play games with people face to face.
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Btw, my computer is giving me a white and black screen when I start it up. That's the issue.
Is there no local library you can go to to play Mage Wars on their pcs? I used to see people playing video games on the local library's computers all the time back when I was in high school, and people still do that in college. And it's pretty easy and quick to download and install octgn, the Mage Wars module and the image packs once you know how. It only takes about a few min or so. Of course, I don't know if they had time limits for computer use there, some libraries do, I know the ones at my university don't have time limits for use. I've actually become too dependent on my computer for everything worthwhile in my life and I've been spending way too much time cooped up in my apartment and not living my life outside it. And it's been interfering with my getting stuff done. So I recently decided to give my computer to a trusted friend for safe-keeping so that whenever I want to use a computer I will have to walk to the library to use one.
I made sure to email myself all of my spellbook files first though. :D
I forgot to email myself my save file for cave story though... :(
My brother has a surface, but I don't want to "steal" his device so I can play Mage Wars. :)
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Oh no! Looks like no more OCTGN for a REALLY long time!
Well I guess at this point, I might as may say goodbye to mage wars. I don't think I will be able to get on for at least a year and a half.
Now is a good time to get your cardboard box of Mage Wars out and play games with people face to face.
I don't have anyone to play with irl. :)
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I've tried Windows emulators and other things to get OCTGN on a Mac. It's not easy nor do I think it's worth the time or money it takes to even get set up. Every 2-3 years, I'll get a PC Laptop on a clearance sale or Cyber Monday or something like that for a $100-$200 dollars and I'll use that for any mandatory PC programs like OCTGN. If you can save up, it's probably worth it, the Windows on a Mac isn't to me.
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Btw, my computer is giving me a white and black screen when I start it up. That's the issue.
Is there no local library you can go to to play Mage Wars on their pcs? I used to see people playing video games on the local library's computers all the time back when I was in high school, and people still do that in college. And it's pretty easy and quick to download and install octgn, the Mage Wars module and the image packs once you know how. It only takes about a few min or so. Of course, I don't know if they had time limits for computer use there, some libraries do, I know the ones at my university don't have time limits for use. I've actually become too dependent on my computer for everything worthwhile in my life and I've been spending way too much time cooped up in my apartment and not living my life outside it. And it's been interfering with my getting stuff done. So I recently decided to give my computer to a trusted friend for safe-keeping so that whenever I want to use a computer I will have to walk to the library to use one.
I made sure to email myself all of my spellbook files first though. :D
I forgot to email myself my save file for cave story though... :(
My brother has a surface, but I don't want to "steal" his device so I can play Mage Wars. :)
Is your local library within walking distance? Can your brother drive? If he can drive, then you should explain the situation to him, mention how long a game of Mage Wars takes to play, mention how important this is to you, then ask him if he's willing to drive you to the library some times so you can use the computers there. I bet that there's a chance that if he can drive but for some reason he cant drive you to the library, he might still be willing to let you use his computer as long as you're careful with it and don't eat or drink anything while using it and don't mess with any of his files. If he's not able to drive then have the same conversation with your parents instead. It's probably a good idea to ask them for advice about this anyways.
Am I correct in my assumption that if your PC hadn't broken you would just continue using that instead of getting a mac?
Does your school have a library with mac computers in it where you can work on assignments that require a mac?
Don't be so ready to give up on your hobbies if you aren't sure it's actually necessary to do so.
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Btw, my computer is giving me a white and black screen when I start it up. That's the issue.
Is there no local library you can go to to play Mage Wars on their pcs? I used to see people playing video games on the local library's computers all the time back when I was in high school, and people still do that in college. And it's pretty easy and quick to download and install octgn, the Mage Wars module and the image packs once you know how. It only takes about a few min or so. Of course, I don't know if they had time limits for computer use there, some libraries do, I know the ones at my university don't have time limits for use. I've actually become too dependent on my computer for everything worthwhile in my life and I've been spending way too much time cooped up in my apartment and not living my life outside it. And it's been interfering with my getting stuff done. So I recently decided to give my computer to a trusted friend for safe-keeping so that whenever I want to use a computer I will have to walk to the library to use one.
I made sure to email myself all of my spellbook files first though. :D
I forgot to email myself my save file for cave story though... :(
My brother has a surface, but I don't want to "steal" his device so I can play Mage Wars. :)
Is your local library within walking distance? Can your brother drive? If he can drive, then you should explain the situation to him, mention how long a game of Mage Wars takes to play, mention how important this is to you, then ask him if he's willing to drive you to the library some times so you can use the computers there. I bet that there's a chance that if he can drive but for some reason he cant drive you to the library, he might still be willing to let you use his computer as long as you're careful with it and don't eat or drink anything while using it and don't mess with any of his files. If he's not able to drive then have the same conversation with your parents instead. It's probably a good idea to ask them for advice about this anyways.
Am I correct in my assumption that if your Windows computer hadn't broken you would just continue using that instead of getting a mac?
Does your school have a library with mac computers in it where you can work on assignments that require a mac?
Don't be so ready to give up on your hobbies if you aren't sure it's actually necessary.
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The Mac is required for school so we were going to buy it regardless of if my windows computer broke.
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After talking with my father, I don't believe I will be able to play on OCTGN or play mage wars in general for at least a year and a half or more. I may be able to play 3-4 games a year but no more.
Thanks to all those who helped me through my coming to a close Mage Wars experience!
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Btw, my computer is giving me a white and black screen when I start it up. That's the issue.
Is there no local library you can go to to play Mage Wars on their pcs? I used to see people playing video games on the local library's computers all the time back when I was in high school, and people still do that in college. And it's pretty easy and quick to download and install octgn, the Mage Wars module and the image packs once you know how. It only takes about a few min or so. Of course, I don't know if they had time limits for computer use there, some libraries do, I know the ones at my university don't have time limits for use. I've actually become too dependent on my computer for everything worthwhile in my life and I've been spending way too much time cooped up in my apartment and not living my life outside it. And it's been interfering with my getting stuff done. So I recently decided to give my computer to a trusted friend for safe-keeping so that whenever I want to use a computer I will have to walk to the library to use one.
I made sure to email myself all of my spellbook files first though. :D
I forgot to email myself my save file for cave story though... :(
My brother has a surface, but I don't want to "steal" his device so I can play Mage Wars. :)
Is your local library within walking distance? Can your brother drive? If he can drive, then you should explain the situation to him, mention how long a game of Mage Wars takes to play, mention how important this is to you, then ask him if he's willing to drive you to the library some times so you can use the computers there. I bet that there's a chance that if he can drive but for some reason he cant drive you to the library, he might still be willing to let you use his computer as long as you're careful with it and don't eat or drink anything while using it and don't mess with any of his files. If he's not able to drive then have the same conversation with your parents instead. It's probably a good idea to ask them for advice about this anyways.
Am I correct in my assumption that if your Windows computer hadn't broken you would just continue using that instead of getting a mac?
Does your school have a library with mac computers in it where you can work on assignments that require a mac?
Don't be so ready to give up on your hobbies if you aren't sure it's actually necessary.
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The Mac is required for school so we were going to buy it regardless of if my windows computer broke.
Okay. Now I'm really suspicious of that. What assignments could they possibly give you that require using a mac and can't be done on a pc? I mean, I'd expect that of a graphic design college, not a high school. That is completely unnecessary for them to require that.
Did the school say why they require you to *purchase expensive unnecessary extra equipment*? Because I bet the purpose of it is to make them look more prestigious--the picture of a classroom full of students using their own personal mac computers for their class which is (supposedly) hard enough to require this particular special technology in order to participate makes the school seem more impressive. It is a pure status signal if ever I saw one and it most likely has nothing to do with practicality or what's actually necessary to do well in the class.
I think you should find out why they have this requirement and if there's actually any good reasons for it besides stupid lies about the assignments requiring it. I guarantee you they are the ones who DESIGN the assignments like that. Or try to anyway. If they mark you down on an assignment for using windows media player instead of iTunes or something, that's unfair grading because they both play the same file types and also they can't make any significant difference in your grade for something that small.
Also find out if the school has a library with mac computers in it that you can use for assignments, and if they do just don't make the stupid purchase, requirements be damned. If you're already enrolled they're not going to kick you out because you didn't buy a mac.
I would recommend explaining the situation to your parents, explain how important this is to you and how you don't want to give up a hobby that you love if it isn't actually necessary to do well in your classes. I would also recommend showing this post to them.
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What assignments could they possibly give you that require using a mac and can't be done on a pc? I mean, I'd expect that of a graphic design college, not a high school. That is completely unnecessary for them to require that.
Did the school say why they require you to *purchase expensive unnecessary extra equipment*? Because I bet the purpose of it is to make them look more prestigious--the picture of a classroom full of students using their own personal mac computers for their class which is (supposedly) hard enough to require this particular special technology in order to participate makes the school seem more impressive. It is a pure status signal if ever I saw one and it most likely has nothing to do with practicality or what's actually necessary to do well in the class.
+1. I'd even add that at university, many of my classmates had to find and search for different versions of the same software to be able to do their assigments on their macs. They always could manage but it takes some extra effort to find an alternative for specific software needed in uni (or things like OCTGN). Love it or hate it, but most software is designed for Windows.
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What assignments could they possibly give you that require using a mac and can't be done on a pc? I mean, I'd expect that of a graphic design college, not a high school. That is completely unnecessary for them to require that.
Did the school say why they require you to *purchase expensive unnecessary extra equipment*? Because I bet the purpose of it is to make them look more prestigious--the picture of a classroom full of students using their own personal mac computers for their class which is (supposedly) hard enough to require this particular special technology in order to participate makes the school seem more impressive. It is a pure status signal if ever I saw one and it most likely has nothing to do with practicality or what's actually necessary to do well in the class.
+1. I'd even add that at university, many of my classmates had to find and search for different versions of the same software to be able to do their assigments on their macs. They always could manage but it takes some extra effort to find an alternative for specific software needed in uni (or things like OCTGN). Love it or hate it, but most software is designed for Windows.
While these are great ideas, it's not very likely I'm going to be allowed to go downtown to my school (which is an hour drive), get a PC, play OCTGN and come back home.
The solution would need to be something I can make use of at my home.
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buy a used older windows pc. you can probably get one for less than 100 that would suffice.
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buy a used older windows pc. you can probably get one for less than 100 that would suffice.
This might work, but I'd need to convince my parents to spend 100 dollers (or roughly that) to buy me a computer that only serves one purpose.
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it is a computer. it can be used for so much more than one game. it just may be alower than something newer.
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it is a computer. it can be used for so much more than one game. it just may be alower than something newer.
The issue is, I already have a chromebook that works. So why would my parents buy me a new computer for one purpose: OCTGN when I already have a computer that fully works?
Any thoughts on this are greatly apreciated.
It's not like anyone's going to donate the Windows PC to me. ;)
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Does anyone think upload a picture of my computer's screen could help?
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1. buy that macbook
2. install windows (besides osx)
3. boot windows
4. install octgn
5. get into the arena
where is the problem?
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1. buy that macbook
2. install windows (besides osx)
3. boot windows
4. install octgn
5. get into the arena
where is the problem?
It costs extra to get an extra os doesn't it?
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1. buy that macbook
2. install windows (besides osx)
3. boot windows
4. install octgn
5. get into the arena
where is the problem?
It costs extra to get an extra os doesn't it?
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It depends on the software.
Bootcamp or something like that should work.
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It's also a giant pain in the ass to partition your OS and when I've tried, Windows has never run smoothly. If you find a method that is cheap and easy to run OCTGN on a Mac, please let me know as I'd love to get back onto OCTGN.
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It's also a giant pain in the ass to partition your OS and when I've tried, Windows has never run smoothly. If you find a method that is cheap and easy to run OCTGN on a Mac, please let me know as I'd love to get back onto OCTGN.
Well from what I've heard, you can choose what % of your hardrive goes to Mac and what goes to Windows. You also can choose which one to boot up in.
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I ran windows on apple computers for years without any problems. Bootcamp lets you install it and provides all drivers. You just have to choose how much percent windows should be (you dont have to format the drive, bootcamp manages to maintain your osx plus data), bootcamp prepares the windows partition (format, UEFI and stuff), ive never had problems with that.
You can buy a Windows 7 Pro licence for 10$ and upgrade to Windows 10.
So you are 10$ and an afternoon of installations away from Mage Wars :)
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I ran windows on apple computers for years without any problems. Bootcamp lets you install it and provides all drivers. You just have to to choose how much percent windows should be (you dont have to format the drive, bootcamp manages to maintain your osx plus data), bootcamp prepares the windows partition (format, UEFI and stuff), ive never had problems with that.
You can buy a Windows 7 Pro licence for 10$ and upgrade to Windows 10.
So you are 10$ and an afternoon of installations away from Mage Wars :)
Thanks Park!
Btw, good luck in the tourney! (I'm sure Coshade will let you back in.)
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I ran windows on apple computers for years without any problems. Bootcamp lets you install it and provides all drivers. You just have to choose how much percent windows should be (you dont have to format the drive, bootcamp manages to maintain your osx plus data), bootcamp prepares the windows partition (format, UEFI and stuff), ive never had problems with that.
You can buy a Windows 7 Pro licence for 10$ and upgrade to Windows 10.
So you are 10$ and an afternoon of installations away from Mage Wars :)
I'm pretty sure this is wrong even with Boot Camp you still have to buy the OS. Win 7 is almost $100.
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I just came across this on the OCTGN Website:
https://github.com/kellyelton/OCTGN/wiki/OCTGN-on-non-Windows-systems (https://github.com/kellyelton/OCTGN/wiki/OCTGN-on-non-Windows-systems)
It says that it is still experimental but it should work for you. I'm not an expert on this but you can try it out as it only takes a few minutes (if you believe in the numbers given on the website ;))
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I ran windows on apple computers for years without any problems. Bootcamp lets you install it and provides all drivers. You just have to choose how much percent windows should be (you dont have to format the drive, bootcamp manages to maintain your osx plus data), bootcamp prepares the windows partition (format, UEFI and stuff), ive never had problems with that.
You can buy a Windows 7 Pro licence for 10$ and upgrade to Windows 10.
So you are 10$ and an afternoon of installations away from Mage Wars :)
I'm pretty sure this is wrong even with Boot Camp you still have to buy the OS. Win 7 is almost $100.
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Well 100 is a lot less than what otherwise I would I would be paying.
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I just came across this on the OCTGN Website:
https://github.com/kellyelton/OCTGN/wiki/OCTGN-on-non-Windows-systems (https://github.com/kellyelton/OCTGN/wiki/OCTGN-on-non-Windows-systems)
It says that it is still experimental but it should work for you. I'm not an expert on this but you can try it out as it only takes a few minutes (if you believe in the numbers given on the website ;))
Really? Last I checked it required using the wine app, and people could never get it to work and it was never updated. Pretty sure they gave up on it.
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I just came across this on the OCTGN Website:
https://github.com/kellyelton/OCTGN/wiki/OCTGN-on-non-Windows-systems (https://github.com/kellyelton/OCTGN/wiki/OCTGN-on-non-Windows-systems)
It says that it is still experimental but it should work for you. I'm not an expert on this but you can try it out as it only takes a few minutes (if you believe in the numbers given on the website ;))
Really? Last I checked it required using the wine app, and people could never get it to work and it was never updated. Pretty sure they gave up on it.
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Yea, thats from 2014 and was completely unworkable when I tried it about a year ago.
And once we get to having to pay $100.00 for Windows, its just easier to spend the extra whatever and buy a cheap PC laptop.
Parkdeck, if you have an easy/cheap way to get OCTGN on a Mac, message me, but I've tried a few times and had major issues doing it.
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I have seen it running smoothly on parkdecks mac, so it is as he told.
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I have seen it running smoothly on parkdecks mac, so it is as he told.
I'm pretty sure devil gets it working, but it's more of the price and installations that put him off.
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I have seen it running smoothly on parkdecks mac, so it is as he told.
I'm pretty sure devil gets it working, but it's more of the price and installations that put him off.
Nope. I can't get it to run smoothly the few times I've tried.
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I have seen it running smoothly on parkdecks mac, so it is as he told.
I'm pretty sure devil gets it working, but it's more of the price and installations that put him off.
Nope. I can't get it to run smoothly the few times I've tried.
Well my bad.
I meant get its working as in it does work for park.
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To be clear octgn doesn't work on Mac OS even with wine. It works only on windows Os. Apple computers can run windows on them however
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To be clear octgn doesn't work on Mac OS even with wine. It works only on windows Os. Apple computers can run windows on them however
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Which is avaliable on Bootcamp if need be.
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To be clear octgn doesn't work on Mac OS even with wine. It works only on windows Os. Apple computers can run windows on them however
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Which is avaliable on Bootcamp if need be.
You still have to buy windows os separately though. Bootcamp doesn't come with it.
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To be clear octgn doesn't work on Mac OS even with wine. It works only on windows Os. Apple computers can run windows on them however
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Which is avaliable on Bootcamp if need be.
You still have to buy windows os separately though. Bootcamp doesn't come with it.
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That's fair.
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you can probably buy a super cheap used windows pc that is older but still very functional for 100 or maybe less which in the end may be about the cost for the windows license you are discussing. dont have the money, tne try to do some work in your neighborhood to earn some money to make the buy.
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Does anyone think upload a picture of my computer's screen could help?
Here is Included how to download OCTGN on mac
Download OCTGN: [http://octgn.net/Home/GetOctgn]
Launch Terminal.app
Install Homebrew (a package manager for OS X) [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install]
Install git brew install git
If asked to install Command Line Tools, klick yes. Else xcode-select --install
Install XQuarts brew cask install xquartz
Install wine brew install --devel wine
Install winetricks brew install winetricks
Configure wine. WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-octgn winecfg Do not install Mono! Set windows version to 8 in the configuration window.
Install OCTGN dependencies WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-octgn winetricks -q vcrun2010 dotnet45
Re-configure wine, set windows version to 8. WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-octgn winecfg
Install OCTGN (fingers crossed) WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-octgn wine PATH-TO-OCTGN-INSTALL.exe (NOTE: Replace PATH-TO-OCTGN-INSTALL.exe with the full path to your downloaded OCTGN installer). Choose yes on following prompts. Make sure "Run OCTGN" is selected. If you see flickering artifacts, just close the application – it should be fine when you run it next time.
Launch OCTGN with WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-octgn wine ~/Documents/OCTGN/OCTGN/OCTGN.exe. This is how you launch OCTGN from now on, but I've created a small applescript that you can download here that makes it easier to launch: http://goo.gl/oo2iRI. Download and unzip, and double-click. If you followed the instructions it should launch OCTGN.
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