12-29-2007, 03:49 AM
I asked the other day (and my daughter posted on the Aspyr web site), as well as on The Other Older Site:
Why won't The Sims Pet Stories work on my Macbook??
Well, I spent a good chunk of the day talking to Apple, and at the genius bar -- looks like the new MacBook doesn't have the GMA950. It was upgraded to the X3100. Which doesn't run a number of games. Apple and Aspyr think the games run, but they don't realize that the upgrade means they're NOT supported.
And Apple hasn't figured out that The Sims Pet Stories... the #1 game that they recommend for the MacBook (on their "beginning gaming" page)... DOESN'T WORK ON A MACBOOK.
So I guess I have to wait for Aspyr to patch their games. And they just email back with platitudes (like "you probably didn't have the disc in the drive.").
ARRRRRRRRRGGH!
background: I just got a MacBook and the Mac version of The Sims Pet Stories for Christmas and tried it out, but it just quits everytime I try to launch it. It says "Mac laptop friendly" on the box and it mentions the MacBook and the Integrated Intel graphics in the system requirements.
OSX 10.4.11, repaired permissions, checked the ram (1 gig), tried patching, tried logging in as a new user.
My daughter was going to take the macbook off to college, but without the sims, she might just have to stay home and go to welding school instead.
Why won't The Sims Pet Stories work on my Macbook??
Well, I spent a good chunk of the day talking to Apple, and at the genius bar -- looks like the new MacBook doesn't have the GMA950. It was upgraded to the X3100. Which doesn't run a number of games. Apple and Aspyr think the games run, but they don't realize that the upgrade means they're NOT supported.
And Apple hasn't figured out that The Sims Pet Stories... the #1 game that they recommend for the MacBook (on their "beginning gaming" page)... DOESN'T WORK ON A MACBOOK.
So I guess I have to wait for Aspyr to patch their games. And they just email back with platitudes (like "you probably didn't have the disc in the drive.").
ARRRRRRRRRGGH!
background: I just got a MacBook and the Mac version of The Sims Pet Stories for Christmas and tried it out, but it just quits everytime I try to launch it. It says "Mac laptop friendly" on the box and it mentions the MacBook and the Integrated Intel graphics in the system requirements.
OSX 10.4.11, repaired permissions, checked the ram (1 gig), tried patching, tried logging in as a new user.
My daughter was going to take the macbook off to college, but without the sims, she might just have to stay home and go to welding school instead.