Steam for Mac officially announced

[kody_]

I'm not sure if it would affect the aiming in a game but the mac pointer has an extremely high acceleration curve which I still haven't been able to fix completely. if you have a sensitive mouse the pointer is really jumpy. I have a mbp and I don't think I would stop playing games on windows with bootcamp

[dissonance]

If they are coding for OpenGL, why not make a linux version??

I'm going to take this opportunity to renew my "fuckin' called it" for HL3 being native-linux.

[stoopdapoop]

If they are coding for OpenGL, why not make a linux version??

I'm going to take this opportunity to renew my "fuckin' called it" for HL3 being native-linux.

I remember that actually.

[serpent666]

any information on if mac users can join PC servers?

Im a PC user and i have a friend at tafe who is going to get TF2 on Mac, would be great if we could play together.

[Psy]

Read it.

Furthermore, Mac and Windows players will be part of the same multiplayer universe, sharing servers, lobbies, and so forth. We fully support a heterogeneous mix of servers and clients...

[Terr]

So we all agree, Steam on the Mac is a step forwards.

No - it's a leap forward!

Depends, is it for a man or for mankind?

[vcool]

Similarly to what Lenin said when he introduced the NEP polic, "one step back, two steps forward."

Except it's the other way around.

Or something.

[Puffenstuff]

I wonder if the SDK base will be ported. And if so, will existing mods that use it run out of the box (so to speak) or will they need tweaking?

[dissonance]

If they are coding for OpenGL, why not make a linux version??

I'm going to take this opportunity to renew my "fuckin' called it" for HL3 being native-linux.

I remember that actually.

Oh, fantastic.
I feel like I should be making a bet of this.

[Surfa]

I wonder if the SDK base will be ported. And if so, will existing mods that use it run out of the box (so to speak) or will they need tweaking?

Let me quote the valve hlcoders mailing list for you:

We will be releasing code support for OSX so you can compile your mods for OSX. The timing of that will be shortly after release.

The Orange Box era engine will be supported for mods on OSX.

[Psy]

'Shortly' means several months later. Case in point - L4D2 mod tools.

[YokaI]

So apparently Gabe Newell's Pokemon of choice is Charizard.

http://kotaku.com/5493053/valves-gabe-n ... sode-three

Good to know.

[vcool]

GO CHARIZARD.

He was my fav as well.

[YokaI]

So I wonder, is Gabe going to buy Soul Silver or Heart Gold? That's my question.