Seriously? Now we're waiting on another version because of a touchpad bug? This is a desktop version. How many people even own touchpads, much less use them to game? Jeez! I really want to play this again.
Apple is not going to accept it if it doesn't work with trackpads.
And to answer your question, most Mac users own them. MBPs are by far the most common Mac on Steam and the most commonly sold Mac.
MBP is what I will be playing it on, and I don't have a mouse at present, so no trackpad would be bad for me. I have the iPad version until then, but the lack of modding capabilities is getting to me. Hoping the OSX version will be better.
Until a compatible version of Weidu is launched the only mods that will work are those that use only the override folder. If it needs to change dialog.tlk or chitin.key it will not work.
We can only hope a compatible Weidu won't take long after Mac version is released, although the Windows version itself is still in beta.
I'll play this with touchpad too. I've moved from desk to sofa with my laptop so using mouse is pain. I even do some simple tasks with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop with touchpad.
I have a Apple Magic Mouse and that is the perfect middle ground between a touch pad and a mouse. The track pad works perfect for everything except selecting multiple things while dragging. So selecting a few members from your party by dragging across the screen is harder to do. The magic mouse makes this super easy.
Something like 15 years after its initial release ... and people are still complaining about the release date.
Buck up drawnacrol ... this team has decided to re-learn the lessons of project development by investing zots into The Apple Way. Seems like they aren't ready to call it quits on The AppStore™ yet.
But they might have better luck getting involved in a land war in Asia.
I rethought this and now I don't think it is a problem that mac version is late.
Bigger problem is that other versions seem to be shipped out buggy as hell. And quite major problems like game not working with Intel integrated video cards.
This is not the right way to do this? Buggy games make players unhappy.
It's exhausting trying to keep up! I know they are working hard but it's been pretty frustrating. This is the first game I'll be playing on my Mac, so first time I've had to wait for Mac release. I now understand why Mac games get released so much later
As someone who knows little about programming, I comfort myself by believing that resolving these platform/engine-related issues now will result in a smoother rollout of BG2. I sure hope that I'm right about that.
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And to answer your question, most Mac users own them. MBPs are by far the most common Mac on Steam and the most commonly sold Mac.
We can only hope a compatible Weidu won't take long after Mac version is released, although the Windows version itself is still in beta.
Maybe @Wisp can shed some light in this...
Next point on the list would be OS X release, right?
Buck up drawnacrol ... this team has decided to re-learn the lessons of project development by investing zots into The Apple Way. Seems like they aren't ready to call it quits on The AppStore™ yet.
But they might have better luck getting involved in a land war in Asia.
That said, Apple makes killer trackpads and I have zero problems using them for games that don't require reflexes, BG included.
Bigger problem is that other versions seem to be shipped out buggy as hell. And quite major problems like game not working with Intel integrated video cards.
This is not the right way to do this? Buggy games make players unhappy.
Trent Oster: "No. I'm hoping next week."
after the PC release. Ah, the good old days...