Mac: S&M3 is very laggy.

[patbert]

Just tried the windows version using bootcamp. Runs great, so I guess something's definitely off with the Mac version.

[larka]

I have the latest version of Mac OS X (10.5.8), and even with the window on the smallest setting and the graphics to 2, the cutscenes, except for the narrator are still chappy and lagging. And at one point of the game, it quits itself on me. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me on this?

[Will]

Ok, we have JUST pushed out a new 302 build for the mac. Like just right now, so it may take a little bit for it to fully propagate to the servers.

This build should feature better performance for Macs. For those of you that had problems with 301 but finished the game anyway (either on Mac or swapping to bootcamp), could you try this new version of 302 and tell us if it fixes your problems? If this doesn't fix everything, then hopefully it will provide us with a lot of feedback so we can improve things further.

TO CHECK IF YOU HAVE THE MOST RECENT VERSION: Right click the 302 .app and check the version number. The new version is 1.0.1.25. Don't trust the version number in the wrapper, it's being stubborn and won't change.

[teflon]

YES!
That's absolutely brilliant!

How did you do it?
I noticed that the change from 1.0.0.25 to 1.0.1.25 dropped around 80MB in size.

But whatever it was, it's a flipping miracle, because now I can run at 1920x1200 (external display) with detail setting 9 on my 2007 MBP with the 8600M GT. And it looks fantastic.

My only complaints are that occasionally there's a hiccup when the game changes angle or something and the audio goes a little out of sync. But it's far from a big deal compared to what was going on before.

BTW, no idea what you mean about the game wrapper, Get Info on the app shows 1.0.1.25 for the new version.

[mi-Ka]

wohooo - everything's running smoothly now (quality on 9). thank you so much for the update.

after quitting this episode the "mouse-problem" seems to be solved as well.

[larka]

I've tried episode 302 and it doesn't lag as much, even with the graphic settings on 4. It's a very big improvement from 301. Thank you very much.

I've just downloaded the newest version of 302, and it works wonders. It runs very smoothly even on graphics setting 5. The only problem I've found was when the narrator is talking, there is a slight pause when the background changes (when he stands up and walks away). Dispute that, it runs beautifully. This should help with the fixing of 301.