[Release] Halo Custom Edition for Mac

[SilentJacket]

Took a while, but I finally did it:

http://www.mediafire.com/?r75l4tais39yomf

Installation:


1) unzip the package, rt click on the icon, and select "show packaged content"

2) click on "wineskin" and select "install software", then "choose setup executable"

3) install CE like you normally would (it will ask you what executable should be the main program at the end)

4) exit out of everything, and double click the icon

Inside the package should be a shortcut to the maps folder, so that you can swap out map files quickly

let me know what you think!



I can't get OS to install from the Mac partition, but I'm going to try and see if I can copy a pre-installed version into the wrapper



Known issues:

-DO NOT run from full screen, it can cause the game to crash
-There is mouse lag, the severity of which depends on the processing power of your rig
--I use a Geforce 650M 1024MB, and it works just fine with everything set to max

[Amit]

So you can connect to regular CE servers with this?

[SilentJacket]

yeah, everything works as it should

just don't try fullscreen >.<

[STLRamsFan]

Think you may have FINALLY given me a way to play the frecking game! Gonna try this out and will report back later.

[STLRamsFan]

I'm having a problem. On Lion with a Macbook pro and I managed to load up the install screen but clicking install doesn't work. Meaning clicking that button doesn't do a thing. Web conntection doesn't work either, but the top three buttons work fine.:\

[SilentJacket]

that's strange... It works fine on 10.8.3

I'll look into that, could be compatibility issues

also, what are your comp specs?

old macs are pretty poor for gaming

[Amit]

I'm having a problem. On Lion with a Macbook pro and I managed to load up the install screen but clicking install doesn't work. Meaning clicking that button doesn't do a thing. Web conntection doesn't work either, but the top three buttons work fine.:\

Hmm. I'm also on Lion, but I haven't tried it yet. Fresh install from yesterday so I'll download it and see what happens. Hope my i7-2620M is good enough to reduce that input lag. I also have the latest version of Parallels Desktop, so I'll be able to test the performance of that versus this package.

[STLRamsFan]

This is what I'm getting on the install screen. As far as specs go:

MacBook Pro 2011 Lion
Version 10.7.5
Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB

I would think my graphics card would at least allow me to play it somewhat decently. I've actually been able to get past that screen before on Wineskin but always got stuck since I was missing something (something fixable but was too lazy to do it and the lack of a chat box made me not want to do it).

[Jazzyboy1]

Isn't this kinda illegal? Especially uploading it here.
Pretty sure there's some kind of contract between Halomaps and Gearbox to allow Halomaps to host CE. :/

[STLRamsFan]

This isn't allowing you to play the game for free, this is merely allowing you to play it on the Mac. That's it, so it's perfectly fine. Still need the CD key and everything that is normally required.

Speaking of which, anyone else having the same issue that I'm having or even figured out a fix? :\