Playing Mir on a Mac help

[Shalymar]

Hi all I'm looking for some advice please ..... my son has been gifted an old apple pc that won't update to the latest ios... its running ios 10. He saw me playing mir awhile back at a friend's house and has asked if he can play it now he has this apple pc. .... I know mir is basic and the machine its self woukd play the game no problem ....... my problem is I've never tired to run mir on anything other than a windows pc.... I'm completely useless when it comes to apple products (can't stand apple) woukd anyone be able to shed any light on this for me and let me know if I can get him on a server.

Thanks in advance

 

[Pusha]

Hi all I'm looking for some advice please ..... my son has been gifted an old apple pc that won't update to the latest ios... its running ios 10. He saw me playing mir awhile back at a friend's house and has asked if he can play it now he has this apple pc. .... I know mir is basic and the machine its self woukd play the game no problem ....... my problem is I've never tired to run mir on anything other than a windows pc.... I'm completely useless when it comes to apple products (can't stand apple) woukd anyone be able to shed any light on this for me and let me know if I can get him on a server.

Thanks in advance

I've used Parallels before, although you do have to pay for it.

 

[Shalymar]

I've used Parallels before, although you do have to pay for it.

What is parallels mate could you shed some light on it please

 

[Pusha]

Parallels Desktop for Mac: Run Windows 11 on Apple silicon

Run Windows on your Mac in a virtual machine. Excel, AutoCAD, QuickBooks, legacy and in-house apps. Microsoft-authorized. Offline, no VDI needed. Try free now.

www.parallels.com

Basically a very easy, simple way to run windows on a Mac.



The other way would be to do a dual boot partition which I've seen a few people do before.

Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant – Apple Support (UK)

With Boot Camp, you can install Microsoft Windows 10 on your Intel-based Mac, then switch between macOS and Windows when restarting your Mac.

support.apple.com

 

[haorenfsa]

You can use porting kit https://www.portingkit.com/

 

[mir2pion]

Did you actually use it to play mir game on a mac, if so, at least a rough guide would be helpful.

Like you download Crystal M2 on a PC (since can't run client autopatch on a Mac), then transfer the server and client to Mac and point this portingkit to it?

 

[Bountyhunter]

I played it on Mac M1 for years and used Parallels Desktop.

Only issue is some servers (ie Hurricane server when I tried few months ago) don't have the MAC OS lighting bug fix, which makes most caves all white and unplayable:
- https://github.com/Suprcode/Crystal/commit/432338e57bd2c3aa830554a80ec67ed92cdb87d0

Not sure if for all Mac OS, or only Apple Sillicon

 

[mir2pion]

Problem is, mir games don't have an 'installer'.

And I don't think, or at least I am not sure if the late meacher's installer would count.

If someone might want to give it a go, there is a guide on their forum, IMHO less confusing than the YT video tutorial.

 

[Benjy]

I used Boot Camp Assistant to dual-boot windows onto a Mac. It was probably 6-7 years old at that time and the fan would get extremely hot after five ten minutes of playing. Wasn't worth it in the end. Could have been an issue with my Mac though and YMMV.

 

[Xander]

Can't run boot camp on M-Series Macs. Either parallels or use Crossover (paid) / Whiskey (free)