Comments on: Aspyr’s d20 Hits The Mark With Neverwinter Nights 2 Port to OS X http://theappleblog.com/2008/03/25/aspyrs-d20-hits-the-mark-with-neverwinter-nights-2-port-to-os-x/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:27:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Deep Thoughts http://theappleblog.com/2008/03/25/aspyrs-d20-hits-the-mark-with-neverwinter-nights-2-port-to-os-x/#comment-115271 Deep Thoughts Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:18:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/03/25/aspyrs-d20-hits-the-mark-with-neverwinter-nights-2-port-to-os-x/#comment-115271 Aspyr states that the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (upgrade option) in the MacPro is not currently supported - however, we have not encountered any issues in our testing on several different units. Note that this is an Intel only Mac Game and will not work on PPC Macs. Aspyr states that the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (upgrade option) in the MacPro is not currently supported - however, we have not encountered any issues in our testing on several different units.

Note that this is an Intel only Mac Game and will not work on PPC Macs.

]]> By: Deep Thoughts http://theappleblog.com/2008/03/25/aspyrs-d20-hits-the-mark-with-neverwinter-nights-2-port-to-os-x/#comment-115270 Deep Thoughts Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:10:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/03/25/aspyrs-d20-hits-the-mark-with-neverwinter-nights-2-port-to-os-x/#comment-115270 I would like to applaud Aspyr for bringing this title to the Mac. This is an accurate review and I agree that you will have to fiddle with control settings of NWN2 to have better control of your character. So now the bad part; Multiplayer is almost non-functional. This issue occurs when you are grouped up with another human; when they move or turn, it sometimes moves or turns your character or camera. It stutters, then jitters and sometimes you just walk away. Here’s my theory: One of the aspects to the game is that you can group up with computer controlled characters, and when you turn or move, they follow. This AI type of control affects everyone in the party, which may be causing one players movements to affect other human players in the party. Aspyr has been contacted and while not directly acknowledging this bug, they say a patch is coming soon that will address many remaining Windows version issues that rolled into the Mac version. Additionally, Aspyr has been behind in getting any kind of support forum set up for this game - as of today it isn't even listed in the support game list! In spite of that, a great game and lots of fun (single player), and I think it will be a hoot once they get multi-player working. I would like to applaud Aspyr for bringing this title to the Mac. This is an accurate review and I agree that you will have to fiddle with control settings of NWN2 to have better control of your character.

So now the bad part; Multiplayer is almost non-functional. This issue occurs when you are grouped up with another human; when they move or turn, it sometimes moves or turns your character or camera. It stutters, then jitters and sometimes you just walk away. Here’s my theory: One of the aspects to the game is that you can group up with computer controlled characters, and when you turn or move, they follow. This AI type of control affects everyone in the party, which may be causing one players movements to affect other human players in the party.

Aspyr has been contacted and while not directly acknowledging this bug, they say a patch is coming soon that will address many remaining Windows version issues that rolled into the Mac version.

Additionally, Aspyr has been behind in getting any kind of support forum set up for this game - as of today it isn’t even listed in the support game list!

In spite of that, a great game and lots of fun (single player), and I think it will be a hoot once they get multi-player working.

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