Sins of a Solar Empire: Unofficial (Mac) version
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(This post was originally posted in Rebellion, but has been found to support other game versions)
Hello everybody! Has anybody wanted to play sins of a solar empire on your mac? I've been working on a "Wrapper" for Sins of a Solar Empire to work on Macintosh computers, and it's ready to be released. I've played it on my macbook pro fine.
What really is this?
Its a mac .app you can put the Windows version inside of, and run it on Mac OS X without having to install or use Windows! The final product looks and works like a normal Mac .app (for the most part). This download is a "wrapper" not the full game. You will have to either copy your installed version from Windows inside of it (fastest), or reinstall the game into it... More specifically, it is a Wineskin wrapper.
just a big note...
This is not made by or in any way supported by Stardock or anyone associated with them...it's entirely fan made
***The download link is at the bottom of the page***
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System Requirements are the same as Windows version, since it uses the Windows version, but it runs on Mac OS X 10.6, or 10.7 (10.5 is no longer supported) Intel GMA950 and X3100 GPUs will not work correctly, or at all. Here's what you need to make it work.
- A working version of sins. (You still have to buy the game, I can't give you that)
- A Macintosh/Linux computer
- The wrapper
Known Problems:
1. If you change the settings to window mode you will be unable to change back to full screen.
Solution: Use the combination 'command+enter' (Hold command and enter at the same time) to temporarily set the game as your background, hit it again to change back. If you do change the setting re-download the the wrapper and drag the sins file to the new one. You may then delete the old one.
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The instructions come in the download. It's as easy as dragging one file to a folder. Here is the download link hosted from dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t4fiy5727j37ly6/Sins%20Wrapper.zip
The download comes with directions on how to use this wrapper
double click the .zip file to unzip it, it will give you a folder with the wrapper, and directions.
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Since it is still very new please come back and post your system specs, and any problems you have.
Thanks!
-Benifir
P.S. Huge thanks to doh123 for creating wineskin! Without him it would be near impossible.
