Please only vote if you have a Mac.

I'm currently porting GooTool to Mac OS X and it turns out that Java 1.6 is only available for 64-bit Intel Macs. Converting GooTool to use Java 1.5 is going to be a pain, so I'm just doing a quick survey to see if it's worth it.

Note that the early Intel Macs were 32-bit. To tell if you're 32 or 64 bit, go to the Apple icon in the top left, "About this Mac", and look at the Processor line. I believe the following is correct:

- Anything mentioning "PowerPC", choose PowerPC

- Anything saying "Core Solo" or "Core Duo" is Intel 32 bit
- Anything saying "Core 2 Solo" or "Core 2 Duo" is Intel 64 bit

- If it says Quad Core Xeon, lucky you, it's Intel 64 bit

-davidc

I've got a 64-bit. I look forward to using gootool! Thanks for porting it for us mac users.

I'd also like to say thanks for porting the GooTool - it's much appreciated!

Is javac -target 1.5 -bootclasspath ... causing so much breakage ? Java binary compatibility is always a bit painful...

It's the API compatibility really, I coded it against the 1.6 API so I'm getting loads of incompatibilities from the whole drag-and-drop implementation down to minor details like setting dialog icons and changed IOException constructors.

-davidc

I have a Core 2 Duo -- 64 Bit.

I wouldn't worry about making it work on Java 1.5. I know that it's easy for me to say because I'm not running on a 32-bit processor but I do not think it would be worth the effort. The amount of 64 bit Macs is only going to increase now that all of their computers have some sort of Core 2 Duo or better.

YAY! gootool is coming!!!

Yup, I managed to rewrite everything for Java 1.5, only problem is that you can't drag-and-drop the addins list any more (on any platform). I'll add "Move up/move down" buttons instead I guess.

Otherwise it's nearly done, addin merging is working nicely, just need to finish the PNG encoding/decoding.



-davidc

Hooray! Now then, since I have the wii version, is it safe to assume this won't work with my Mac demo? I might just have to finally dish out the money to get a copy for my laptop.

I look forward to the goo tool!

I am on an intel iMac. The CPU seems to be a core 2 duo which is 64 bit if what you say is right.

Really looking forward to this, THANKS!!

(I'm 64-bit, I answered the poll.)

I think I've sorted out the image encoding/decoding, but I no longer have access to a proper Mac so I can't test it in-game.

Can someone with a Mac please do the following:

1. right click World of Goo, "Show Package Contents", go inside to the Contents\Resources\game\res\levels\EconomicDivide directory

2. delete the two cliff_left/right png.binltl files (or move them elsewhere)

3. run World of Goo, go to chapter 1, "Small Divide" level. It should either crash, or the cliffs should be invisible. This confirms you got rid of those two files correctly.

4. download http://goofans.com/sites/default/tmp/mactest.zip which contains two replacement cliff files, move them into this EconomicDivide directory

5. run World of Goo again, go to "Small Divide" again, and fingers crossed you should see the cliffs correctly again without any graphical glitches.

Post a reply here if it works so we don't have loads of people spending time on this.

Thanks!

-davidc

Your question is: is it worth it?
Absolutely.
I know lots of people, that includes me of course, with an "old" PPC Mac - and some of them have World of Goo.
I will obviously give them this link, but i'm sure that not everybody with a PPC Mac and WoG will see/register on the forum just for this; it is worth it!
Thanks in advance for the community's work.

Not to worry, I saw the way the poll was going. The work's already done now to make it work on older Macs... Just need someone to test the images above and then it should be out this week.

-davidc