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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 22:38
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I recently got a Macintosh and noticed something odd. The icons for Spiderweb games for Windows are specific images that are only used for the icon. On the Mac however, the icons are segments of the splash screen from the game. Does anyone know the reason for this difference? -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, June 30 2006 16:01
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I don't think it's like that on my Mac. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Friday, June 30 2006 16:38
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Do yourself a favor and get a PC, they're much better. -------------------- --------------------------------- Live long and prosper. Viva mucho tiempo y prospere. Habiter long et prospérer. Leben Sie lang und prosperieren Sie. Lever lang og prosper. Longos vivos e prosper. Lunghi in tensione e prosperano. ??????????? ????????? ???? ? ????. Posts: 84 | Registered: Wednesday, July 6 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Friday, June 30 2006 16:53
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For crying out loud, please don't start another Mac/PC war... -------------------- Do not underestimate the power of the mechanical pencil. Join the Dark side. We have cookies. Played in: Fiddler on the Roof Bye Bye Birdie "Hey, Patrick, feel this random pipe. It's squishy"-Nils Posts: 834 | Registered: Thursday, July 8 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 30 2006 16:55
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Besides, I have both a PC and a Mac. They each serve their own purpose. If I didn't have both, I never would have noticed the icon thing. :P -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:16
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quote:  Really the only correct response. Can we let this rest now? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:19
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When Linux supports games without a lot of work, then it'll replace the others. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Master
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:31
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Nah, PC is still best. It supports everything but Lost Souls and Ocean Bound, though some PC users come to reconsile themselves to taking that loss. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:52
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Windows supports Homeland. Are you sure you're comfortable with your operating system? —Alorael, who has noticed that many of his Spiderweb game icons have become random pixels. Other applications have become documents that cannot be opened. It is distressing but easily rectified. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, June 30 2006 18:56
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I used to have a Mac, nowadays I use Basilisk II. I think the reason for the difference is that some companies, when making the folders for their Mac games, put lots of segments from the splash screen as icons, and arrange them so that when you open the folder, you see the splash screen as icons. Actually, it's quite clever. Posts: 587 | Registered: Tuesday, April 1 2003 08:00 |
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Master
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written Friday, June 30 2006 18:57
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My brother actually tried Homeland recently. It was slow because it was on our machine with a 166MHz processor and 16MB RAM, but it wasn't totally revolting. But then again, it also wasn't worth the disk space. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, June 30 2006 19:16
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Speaking of Mac/PC, does anyone know of a good, stable, free pc emulator (not BootCamp) for Mac? I don't feel like paying. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, June 30 2006 19:35
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quote:Doesn't exist... -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 00:46
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You could try Q -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 02:44
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It also depends on what you want it for. If you're mostly going to use it to run old DOS applications, DOSBox is excellent. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 03:02
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quote:YES Oh wait, you weren't talking to me. Nevermind. :P quote:Man, even *I* would think that Homeland isn't worth playing on that old a computer (Homeland is sometimes slow on a 800MHz computer with 128MB RAM, and the loading times for Homeland 2 are quite slow on a computer with more than 1GHz. Homeland 2 itself isn't slow, though, just the loading times). Posts: 363 | Registered: Wednesday, February 22 2006 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 22:12
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quote:I don't really want a war but Mac's do perform better and have a massively less percentage of viruses. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Why should I say somthin intelligent when idiots like you make me look intelligent in the first place. Posts: 615 | Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 23:03
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quote:Do you get stoned when using that OS? Sorry. I couldn't let that pun lying around without using it. Anyway, yeah, the icons are different alright. I actually seem to like the Avernum icons more, as I find them to be more fitting with the title (crystal souls: a crystal, for example, instead of a vahnatai). However, using the icons as an excuse to start a Mac/PC.Linux/whatever war is a bit pathetic, don't you think? (This applies for everybody saying Mac/PC is better than PC/Mac, although we all know that mac is better :P [ Sunday, July 02, 2006 01:14: Message edited by: Mc 'mini' Thralni ] -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 00:53
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quote:It ruins the effect when you italicize the word. :P -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 07:58
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quote:It also ruins the effect when, in the line below, you point out that you used a pun. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 08:43
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From now on, anyone starting a Mac/PC war will be banned permanently without warning or appeal. [ Sunday, July 02, 2006 08:53: Message edited by: *i ] -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 12:19
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quote:I’ve found a few applications that’ll do that, like Pict2Icon (couldn’t find a link to it, but it’s on my hard drive). -------------------- "I liked white better." Posts: 771 | Registered: Tuesday, December 11 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 12:53
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quote:Isn't that a little harsh? And I have noticed no such thing on my Mac. -------------------- Polaris The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. - H.P. Lovecraft Posts: 164 | Registered: Wednesday, June 14 2006 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 13:07
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quote:This company makes games for both operating systems (remember it is Mac OS vs Windoze OS) and can't afford the cost of the war. People that start arguments that drive away potential customers shouldn't be allowed to participate on this sponsored forum. Pretty simple stuff, really. Also, I've never seen a winner in this war, although some like to think they have won. Meh, whatever runs the software is good enough for me. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, July 2 2006 13:24
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Ahhh... I wasn't thinking in buisness terms. -------------------- Polaris The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. - H.P. Lovecraft Posts: 164 | Registered: Wednesday, June 14 2006 07:00 |
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