[bearcatrp]

Anyone going to buy C & C 3? Thinking on getting this but want to hear from folks who have played this on there macs to see how it runs under the cider software. Wish they would have made it without cider.
Randy

[cgc]

If they made it without Cider it would be released in Summer 2009 I doubt there'd be much loss in speed, beats booting into BootCamp to play a game.

[justinkim]

Bought it at the NYC Fifth Ave store yesterday, and have a couple of comments -

It takes a very long time to load. When you launch the app, it sits for very long time (1 min or so on my MBP) on the loading screen.

At least one of the GDI missions seems to be bugged. On the retake the White House mission, if any Nod forces get inside my perimeter my units stop targeting them. Adding stealth detection units doesn't seem to help. Just now, a Black Hand unit got in my perimeter and proceeded to kill every unit and destroy every base structure, completely unopposed.

For now, it's going back on the shelf, at least until an update comes out.

[bearcatrp]

How much ram do you have in your MBP? I have 2 gb in my iMac so was hoping this would surfice. Could be the cider software dragging it down. Were your graphics setting on high or low?
Randy

[justinkim]

2GB. I don't remember all of the graphics settings, but I believe most of them were auto-set to "low".

[edge.it]

i bought it this morning, after weeks of anticipation. and its already posted on ebay (or if anyone wnats to BUY IT HERE let me know)

IM NOT IMPRESSED.

BUYING BATTLEFIELD 2142 NEXT. hopefully thats better.

[Mac User #001]

From these comments, I'm going to be disappointed. I have both games on the PC, and was really looking forward to them for Mac. They're both amazing games.

[cgc]

Originally Posted by edge.it 

...BUYING BATTLEFIELD 2142 NEXT. hopefully thats better.

Please let us know what you think of BF2142. I'm anxious to get it...

[nathanxu]

I am surpised the new C & C is that bad. Command and Concquer game has always been the game I've played. What kind of up grade could be out there? By the way, does anybody know who sales it in Australia.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by nathanxu 

I am surpised the new C & C is that bad. Command and Concquer game has always been the game I've played. What kind of up grade could be out there? By the way, does anybody know who sales it in Australia.

The PC version is fine, its just the Ciderized version for Mac that has issues. And I'm sorry, but I can't answer your other question.

[cgc]

According to Apple's site which has reviews for games, BF2142 is a piece of crap.

[- - e r i k - -]

According to the reviews on the store, C&C3 is absolutely great with the latest patch. Maybe I should get it anyway?

It seems Cider wasn't the super solution that EA and Apple made it out to be for simultaneous releases, but that it still needs a lot of tweaking to get it right.

[jjess14]

i love use in the scrin they are the best army in the game i cant wait to unlock the missions for them

[JoshuaZ]

The game runs, and plays fine, with the latest patch. I'm mostly through the first set of mission. Quite the fun game.

[Adam Betts]

Runs great on my Mac Pro as long as I don't put Shadow and PixelShaders to maximum setting.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Adam Betts 

Runs great on my Mac Pro as long as I don't put Shadow and PixelShaders to maximum setting.

Thats pathetic. Cider is horrible. A Mac Pro can't run C&C 3 with everything on maximum settings?

[- - e r i k - -]

I turned the shadows off anyway. Unless they are on the highest setting it's just a distracting pixellated mess.

Great game though. I'm on Act III of the GDI missions. It's really got that old school feel to it with the FMVs and the Dune 2esque mechanics. Love it.

[alex_kac]

Depends on his graphics card - not his CPU. Mac Pro or MacBook Pro doesn't matter, they both have the CPU horsepower. Its the GPU that's the question.

[JoshuaZ]

Wow, I finished up all the GDI missions the other day. Nice. The game is quite challanging and fun to play! I`ve been playing on Normal settings and found the last few missions quite difficult to beat. Can`t wait to get to some of the more difficult NOD missions.

I like how they use real actors for their cut scenes. Nice. Very nice. (and hotnessssssss!!!!!)

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Originally Posted by JoshuaZ 

I like how they use real actors for their cut scenes. Nice. Very nice. (and hotnessssssss!!!!!)

That's been a staple for the C&C series since the beginning. FMV games (not just cutscenes) were quite common in the mid nineties (Ah, the days of the CD-ROM revolution ). Sadly not any more (due to the enormous cost involved).

Sure it's hammy, but it's also very entertaining and engrossing.

[Adam Betts]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

Thats pathetic. Cider is horrible. A Mac Pro can't run C&C 3 with everything on maximum settings?

Originally Posted by alex_kac 

Depends on his graphics card - not his CPU. Mac Pro or MacBook Pro doesn't matter, they both have the CPU horsepower. Its the GPU that's the question.

Mine's Radeon X1900 so I'm sure it's just Cider needing some optimizing. I've tried Windows version of C&C3 on same machine and it ran flawless. Give Cider a year or two and it should be pretty good.

MacUser001, everything is on maximum settings, 1920x1200 resolution and PixelShader is at 3/4 setting & Shadow at 1/4 setting so it isn't THAT bad.

BTW simple C&C 3 icon replacement if anyone wants it:

Download

[- - e r i k - -]

Great icon Adam! I snagged it. It doesn't scale very well downwards though unfortunately.

Oh, and is it just me or did the difficulty ramp up a billion times from Act II to Act III?

And how DOES that officer have time to perfect her eyelashes in a time of war?