Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by zrail on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:08AM
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This looks awesome! Does anyone know if it plays acceptably on a new Macbook Pro 13"? The spec sheets for the game say it doesn't support Intel integrated graphics, but maybe that means it just can't run full resolution?
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Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by _mtr on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:40AM
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I've put about 12 hours in on my late 2013 13" mbp. For a decently sized-city (10k+), there aren't noticeable performance issues at full-screen and mostly 'medium' display options. Your fans will get a workout and you get about 30 minutes of battery life off the charger, though.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by TylerE on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @12:08PM
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10k is barely scratching the surface. 50k is where it gets interesting.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by lucaspiller on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @11:02AM
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I've got an Air with Intel HD 5000 and it runs ok. The framerate is a bit low, but for a simulation it's fine.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by burger_moon on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:27PM
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That's good to know. I bought it for my pc but wouldn't mind getting a copy for my mb air.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by conwaytwitty on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:45PM
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copy? unless you want to play on two machines at the same time, you don't need it, it's steam after all
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by burger_moon on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @10:49AM
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Good point. I've never played a steam game on anything but my pc so I wasn't aware I could just log into my steam account on a different computer.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by isaacdl on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:43AM
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I'm wondering the same thing - does the spec saying that it doesn't support Intel graphics just mean that I'd have to dial down the resolution, or is it a hard stop?
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by steveklabnik on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:45AM
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I have a ThinkPad 440s, which is a beefy machine in other respects, but has integrated graphics. I can't currently play the game due to rendering glitches :/
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by matwood on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:22PM
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Are you playing through Steam? I had rendering glitches on my MBP until I turned off the Steam overlay. Everything has worked fine since.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by steveklabnik on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:30PM
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I am! I'll give that a try, thanks!
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by lojack on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @11:53AM
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It doesn't support integrated graphics on my Macbook at all. Luckily I have a PC as well. There's a chance it would work, but I wouldn't bank on it.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by gergles on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @11:28AM
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It crashes on start for me on my MBP 13, so I'd say no.
Re:The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking...
by zrail on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:20PM
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What GPU does your machine have?