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aurora on MacOS?
« on: February 05, 2017, 12:09:56 PM »
Hi guys, work has switched me to a Mac, which I haven't had as my main computer for 15 years or more.  I used to play Aurora on my PC and would like to play again... Can any of you tell me how, if it's possible, to install and run Aurora on a Mac?
 

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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2017, 07:01:45 PM »
Got to use a virtual machine of some sort.
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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2017, 11:38:47 PM »
Got to use a virtual machine of some sort.
If it's a work pc you might have trouble running a VM depending on it's security settings.
What happened to your old work pc? Maybe it's in a dumpster somewhere?
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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2017, 07:07:29 AM »
The old work machine is at the previous job, and you couldn't make me go back for anything.
 

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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2017, 09:12:48 AM »
The old work machine is at the previous job, and you couldn't make me go back for anything.

When C# Aurora is out you will be begging to come back  :) ..or you could get Virtualbox or whatever VM you have available on Mac running an old Win 7 image. Will probably take some tinkering but seems like the only practical solution unless you want to get another computer. Personally I dual-boot Windows anyway, but I'm not on a Mac.
 

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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2017, 09:57:16 AM »
Has anyone tried a VM, or Parallels on the Mac? I have a Windows machine at work but it's very outdated; the faster processors and SSD on the work mac I have would be great for those longer running games, if the VM doesn't ding performance too much.
 

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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2017, 10:55:30 AM »
You could try WINE, a compatibility layer that allows many Windows programs to run under other operating sytems. This worked well enough for me under Linux some years ago.
 

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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2017, 02:35:47 PM »
I guess I've got to come up with a business justification for buying Parallels.  I don't think the department manager will authorize it just to play a productivity-killing game at the office...
 

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Re: aurora on MacOS?
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2017, 11:56:04 AM »
you can check with wine
https://appdb. winehq. org/objectManager. php?sClass=version&iId=33254