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Machinarium => Machinarium on Mac => Topic started by: play on October 23, 2009, 05:04:21 pm



Title: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: play on October 23, 2009, 05:04:21 pm
Hi,
I just downloaded the game for Mac, and I cant`t get it to start. When I click on the Machin.icon nothing happens.
Please help!
Thanks


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: Lamkin on October 23, 2009, 05:38:55 pm
Do you have the demo or the full version?


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: play on October 23, 2009, 06:21:29 pm
the full version.
 :(


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: Lamkin on October 23, 2009, 07:00:10 pm
Hmm...
I would think that the game would work using 10.3 Panther as long as you have a Mac that isn't too old. What are some of your other system specs?
(Of course, you might also try e-mailing Jakub at contact-at-amanitadesign, but he's mentioned before that he's not very experienced with Macs.)



Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: Neil on October 23, 2009, 10:25:36 pm
Does Flash still support 10.3? That might be your problem. If Google isn't lying to me you should be able to purchase 10.4 for less than


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: jd on October 23, 2009, 10:37:08 pm
Hi,
I just downloaded the game for Mac, and I cant`t get it to start. When I click on the Machin.icon nothing happens.
Please help!
Thanks


I'm sorry we can't grant that it will work on Mac OS older then 10.4 - it's written in Systems Requirements.


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: Lamkin on October 23, 2009, 10:47:22 pm
Well, I did some searching and it seems that neildawson is correct in that Flash Player 10 isn't compatible with 10.3. However, you might try downloading the standalone Flash Player 9 (http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/9/sa_flashplayer_9.app.zip) in order to see if that might work with Panther.
You'll have to perform a couple of additional steps, too:
1. Open the folder which contains Machinarium and Control-click on its application.
2. Select Show Package Contents and then open Contents/Resources.
3. Locate the movie.swf file and move (or copy it) so that it sits right alongside the application for Machinarium.
4. Now open Flash Player 9 and in the File menu, select Open...
5. Click on Open File... and navigate to the movie.swf file.

It's a pain, I know, but there's a good chance it will work as long as you're able to install the standalone version of Flash Player 9.
Edit: I just tested the game using the standalone version of Flash Player 8 and it worked fine, but I'd try 9 first. Of course, I'm using Tiger (10.4.11), so I have no way of knowing for certain if any of this will work for you. =o(


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: popsUlfr on October 23, 2009, 10:49:13 pm
And I did some searching and it seems the neildawson is correct

Looks like his post suffered from the "cut off" bug though :-\


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: Lamkin on October 23, 2009, 11:13:31 pm
And I did some searching and it seems the neildawson is correct

Looks like his post suffered from the "cut off" bug though :-\
Oops. Yeah, I fixed it. ;o)


Title: Re: Game doesn`t work on Mac OS 10.3.9?
Post by: play on October 24, 2009, 08:09:30 pm
Hi,
thank you all for your replies. Now it works!
Thank you very much again :)
Regards!

play!