New maps for Mac (and yes, i did a search first)

[_Equilibrium_]

http://tremulous.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3675

i read that topic but still dont understand. i just got a new computer, and am new to mac (was using windows before), and have no idea where the heck the tremulous base folder is.


edit: ok, i see the base folder in something that is named "Tremulous-20060704.dmg" but it says i cant modify that folder when i try to drag something in.

edit: i think i found the base folder, and when i am checking the server list, the new map pics show up, but when i click on a server with that map, trem just quits. wtf do i need to do?

[Death On Ice]

Thank god we have  another Mac user! Welcome to the club!http://tremulous.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4811&highlight=mac
Anyway. The folder you are looking for is located in

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~/Library/Application Support/Tremulous/Base

Edit: I noticed that the ~ doesn't look like a tilde in the code box, just live with it, though. It's the thing that looks like a -

Basically, the Tilde (~) = Your Home Folder.
For example, if your home folder was called Equilibrium, then your path would look like

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Equilibrium/Library/Application Support/Tremulous/Base

As you play Tremulous and download mods, your ~/Library/Application Support/Tremulous/ will get cluttered with various folders representing the mods. For example, I have folder called

Relic, Risujin, Base, Base2, Base3, Base4, Base5, Balance, TremX and more.

Since you have multiple autogen.cfg's and multiple autoexec.cfg's in each of these folders, you might find it convenient to copy all of these files between folders. One last word of advice. You only put your map files in the ~/Library/Application Support/Tremulous/Base folder, the other folders read the maps out of there.

[TinMan]

look at my signature. lawl

[Death On Ice]

TinMan, I for one recognized your signature for what it is, however you could put a caption for new users (I'm kinda kidding, but kinda not...)  :wink:

[player1]

.dmg is a disk image
that's the Trem download
stuff you want is in Trem base or Applications Support Library
I use autodownload
'cuz sometimes I get maps
and it's not as straightforward as I thought it would be
check out the Spotlight feature
it's occasionally helpful

What kind of Mac did you get Equi?
And welcome to the club.

[_Equilibrium_]

i think i got it to work now. thnks all for your help.


@player1: it's a macbook pro. i dont know much about comps, but i am pretty much the first one to join in-game, so it must be pretty fast. i got this for college, cuz i will be going to college in the fall.

[benmachine]

You should probably be copying the entire contents of the disk image to a Tremulous folder in Applications. Although you can often play from the dmg, it's not a good idea on the whole because as you've found out the volume is read only.

[player1]

@Equi: one of the new ones? (post specs so I can be truly envious)
they're screaming
nice
using the trackpad?
majoring in art or design?
let me know if you find a good chat client
or if you configure iChat for teemspeex
haven't messed with either yet
except to inquire about it herein

[Death On Ice]

@PlayerOne Good Chat Client = Adium. Only for Macs  :wink:

[TinMan]

*AdimX, built on Purple (Gaim) libraries. It's tied with gaim for a good all-around client in my book.

[_Equilibrium_]

@Equi: one of the new ones? (post specs so I can be truly envious)
they're screaming
nice
using the trackpad?
majoring in art or design?
let me know if you find a good chat client
or if you configure iChat for teemspeex
haven't messed with either yet
except to inquire about it herein

ok, first off, i am not comp savvy. so what i remember is basically 2gb memory and 120 gb harddrive (ya that's all i remember).

uh, no trackpad for me. i like mice.
i'm majoring in architecture.
uh, i DLed teamspeex for the heck of it, but i don't have a mic, and i probably wont use it unless i join another clan.
and, i don't like chatting programs. i can chat in-game. that's good enough for me.

[player1]

actually, if you have one of the new MacBook Pros, there is a mic built-in, next to the iSight camera (those two tiny dots on either side of the 1/4" square lens, iirc)
it should come loaded with iChat and a bunch of AV stuff
Photo Booth, iPhoto, Preview, etc.
the usual OSX iLife stuff
it's weird being online with a camera pointed at yourself at all times
I prefer to have the laptop closed and use the external monitor for Trem
(and private browsing)

the computer I had before this MacBook was really cheesy: PII350MHz 4Gig HD  :roll:

btw Equi, the Apple symbol is the place for system info, software revision info, software updates & etc.

I bought the extended care program, and I recommend it, because they're making 'em so fast right now they're gonna make some lemons

tell your parents it's the prudent thing to do

then get an external hard drive and a MacMini and back up EVERYTHING!

the Mini is only another $600 & when the laptop is buggered, you'll still have your files and your assignments and your schedule and your music and a copy of Trem

architecture is hard
without the laptop you'll be screwed
get a cheap backup like a Mini
and some external peripherals (monitor, mouse, keyboard)
save your back and your eyes
and get a $150 hard drive for files
information on external hard drive
programs/applications on computers

how much are you gonna have to spend for CAD programs?
and if you're running anything 3D
stay away from Parallels
and be happy you bought the Pro
also, cache stuffed with game artifacts will slow down
memory-intensive programs for rendering and such

me not very computer savvy either
but the 21st century sure did creep up and bite me right in the ass...

[_Equilibrium_]

whoa, thats lots of stuff you wrote. i have just one question. how do i get the mic to work with teamspeex?

[Kaleo]

whoa, thats lots of stuff you wrote. i have just one question. how do i get the mic to work with teamspeex?

You need to check the TS preferences (In the TeamSpeex dropdown menu) and if you want to plug in a mic, you'll need an iMic, which is a USB mic adapter.

[St. Anger]

@PlayerOne Good Chat Client = Adium. Only for Macs  :wink:

You guys don't need to use that crap =p

Have you heard of "Crossover for Mac" yet?

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

[benmachine]

You guys don't need to use that crap =p

Have you heard of "Crossover for Mac" yet?

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

I got as far as

Click here to download the free trial

Free trial?
Ewwwww.

[player1]

@Anger: Cool. What apps are you running? Do you also use BootCamp or Parallels (or have you)?

@Equi: Yeah, I got all talky. Anyway thought you'd be very interested in this, college boy. Buy a Mac, get a Nano. Seeing as how you already bought one.

[_Equilibrium_]

actually, i did  get a nano with the mac. now i have 2 nanos. an old one, and a new one.

btw, do you happen to know how to get chomper's hud to work on a mac?

[rdizzle]

also, unless you want team speex to randomly crash on you, cmd-i the app and set it to open in rosetta.

[_Equilibrium_]

also, unless you want team speex to randomly crash on you, cmd-i the app and set it to open in rosetta.

i have no idea what you just said

[David]

Macs just work.

[rdizzle]

also, unless you want team speex to randomly crash on you, cmd-i the app and set it to open in rosetta.

i have no idea what you just said

The coder of teemspeex did a lackluster jobs and if you are using the intel compiled code, sound will stop working afterabout 20 minutes and it will shortly therafter crash.  it crashes it self and closes.  nothing else happens.  but, if you force it to open in rosetta (ppc emulator for intel macs) the legacy code is ran and teemspeex doesn't crash.  blame whoever made teemspeex for being a lazy bastard.

cmd is the "apple" button. i is the key i.  it will display the info of what ever you have selected.  so, in finder, browse to your applications folder, select teemspeex, then hit cmd+i (hit cmd and i at the same time).  then check the box that says "open in rosetta".

Also RTFM, noob.

[AKAnotu]

also, unless you want team speex to randomly crash on you, cmd-i the app and set it to open in rosetta.

i have no idea what you just said

The coder of teemspeex did a lackluster jobs and if you are using the intel compiled code, sound will stop working afterabout 20 minutes and it will shortly therafter crash.  it crashes it self and closes.  nothing else happens.  but, if you force it to open in rosetta (ppc emulator for intel macs) the legacy code is ran and teemspeex doesn't crash.  blame whoever made teemspeex for being a lazy bastard.

cmd is the "apple" button. i is the key i.  it will display the info of what ever you have selected.  so, in finder, browse to your applications folder, select teemspeex, then hit cmd+i (hit cmd and i at the same time).  then check the box that says "open in rosetta".

Also RTFM, noob.

or just ctrl-click and select "get info" rdizzzle, dont scream RTFM at him, you'll drive him away

[_Equilibrium_]

i've been playin since last august. it will take a lot more than that to drive me away. i'm just working out how to use my new comp. anyway, thanks for the help.

btw, i actually did RTFM before i ever started playing.

[rdizzle]

i was meaning the osx manual.



and i was being sarcastic, if i really meant for him to go out and find the info on his own, i wouldn't have written such a detailed how to.

[_Equilibrium_]

um...teamspeex is not in my application folder... o.0

[benmachine]

um...teamspeex is not in my application folder... o.0

Put it there then?
Standard installation process on macs: open disk image, drag icon to applications folder.
Often you might not bother with the second step, but it's really important if you ever want to find anything :P
Also:

Macs just work.

I lolled. Harsh but fair.

[player1]

um...teamspeex is not in my application folder... o.0

hey E, two things:
1) sorry, definitely can't help with custom HUD
I haven't even made keybinds yet :roll:
I'd PM somebody like benmachine or the ever-helpful TinMan
who're pretty leet and sometime-Mac guyz

2) also check out Finder and Spotlight for finding stuff inside that little box
I couldn't find anything in mine for the first week
it was either right in front of me
or done some Mac way I'd never heard of

look for the Applications Support Library
and other strange places that the Mac sticks stuff

good luck and welcome to the wacky world of Mac
glad you got the free Nano
that's an OK deal
l8z

[player1]

um...teamspeex is not in my application folder... o.0

Put it there then?
Standard installation process on macs: open disk image, drag icon to applications folder.
Often you might not bother with the second step, but it's really important if you ever want to find anything
Also:

Macs just work.

I lolled. Harsh but fair.

yeah it did stuff and I didn't even know how or what
the thing just works
most of the time
unless the hardware breaks down
if something doesn't happen
usually you can just try again
and/or close the application
not your whole OS

@ben: really?
thx I couldn't figure out what to do with all (three or five) of the .dmg shortcuts littering my desktop
since the MacBook seems to have already put stuff where it belongs
and these icons are either just shortcuts or copies or something
they look like a document icon with a folded corner  :eek:  :-?  

[_Equilibrium_]

i got the hud to work. i'll keep in mind everything you guys are saying.