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Well, you'll be happy to know that OSX won't run on a Wallstreet unless you l337z0r hack it. I'm pretty sure there are guides on how to do this, but it is generally not a good idea (so I'm told).
1GHZ Powerbooks made in 2003 can't boot OS9. Neither can the MDD G4 towers. 2003 was the year of the "Non-OS9-Booting" Mac. Kinda sucks, I liked having the option...as OS9 ended up being a powertool for fixing random things that went wrong (with other people's macs) in OSX.1-2. OSX.3 is pretty nice so far though.
All of the macs and PCs I have use GF4 cards. I might get a Radeon for my PC though, just to spice it up.
UT2k4 ran just fine on my server, didn't try it on the powerbook. iBook doesn't even meet the min. specs. I only played the demo so far. Still debating if I should buy it (at all) for my PC or for my mac. Or, if the key is valid with both, that would be better. I could just "borrow" the PC version and play on either. The only reason I'd buy UT2k4 is because of the possibility of INF being released on it...but everybody has this big boner about "FarCry" for some reason.
I didn't know Ryan made a custom .ini file. I've only used Linda's Preview3 from like 2001. Send a link my way to this mystical .ini. I haven't been paying as much attention to the UTX progress as I should have.
So as far as "tweaking" UTX; I just dumped my PC install on my mac and ran Preview3. Impressive that it launched and worked. I had to do this because the copy of UT that I purchased (foolishly expecting it to run natively in OSX...such a fool I was..) won't properly install and work with mods without giving me that "UT is not an application" BS. I had help from various other people, and the best solution after 2.5 years of fighting that problem came to "copy your PC installation". I was entirely Windows-free for a year, then I gave in and got a PC again just for INF (thanks guy who made the terrible 2.86 launcher/installer for OS9).
The only problem is that UT runs like butt, let alone INF. I was guessing at those FPS I listed before. I promptly uninstalled UTX after I found out INF wouldn't be playable on my macs. It was extremely laggy and poor with the original UTXP3 file. I don't consider 45FPS to be playable in a FPS.
Haven't tried running UTXP3 on a G5 yet. I don't really see the reason for it. I'm more interested in having portable INF since my PC handles it just fine. I'd love it on my powerbook though.
Well, the reason Ryan is running into problems with UT is because he's trying to fix up the sloppy code that Epic left behind. There are various bugs and exploits which is he fixing for the Unreal Tournament Preservation Group. Obviously, he's working on the linux stuff now, which he can then port to OSX. And yes, I'm sure he likes doing the stuff he gets paid for more than UTX.
It doesn't bother me as much, since I use my macs for video/music editing and my PC for gaming only. It is annoying that 90% of the people I know only have macs and can't enjoy INF in OSX, or at decent FPS. Oh well. Let me know if you find a way to make it magically perform at 70FPS.
Seeya