Known Issues - January 30, 2009

[Chris]

So its like they are saying sorry just do with what we give you?

[drwr]

Uh, Macs don't run DirectX. DirectX is a Microsoft product that runs only on Windows. Macs run OpenGL instead, which is an international standard.

On PC's, you have the option of running either in DirectX or in OpenGL. Depending on your PC, one may run better than the other for you. (Note that DirectX is not inherently better than OpenGL, nor is OpenGL inherently better than DirectX. They are just two different ways to achieve the same thing.) On the Mac, OpenGL is the only option.

You can thank Microsoft for this confusing situation. This has nothing to do with Disney or with Pirates.

David

[Raikel]

You know, with the computer I'm getting, I won't even have to bother with all this graphics stuff, comes with the ATI video card, so I'll just leave it be. And thanks for the explanation Mike, guess it's true, you learn how to hate something even more each day.

(Not a huge fan of macs, but I do hate that you guys can't have the game run smoothly for ya.)