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Thriftweed Fancy Pants · 04/30/2010, 07:15 am

Sorry if this should be in the Support forum, but I don't think I'd get much of a response there because I'm trying to ask something from people who don't have any problems, not from the people who do.

Is there anyone at all who has been able to play The Penal Zone on their Mac?

Remolay · 04/30/2010, 11:37 am

everyone who doesn't have a macbook pro it would seem, there are many of these threads in support by the way

Thriftweed Fancy Pants · 04/30/2010, 02:16 pm

Yeah, I know about those. I noticed at least on person with a Mac Pro (not Macbook Pro) that was having trouble as well, which made me wonder if anyone with a Mac has been able to run this game correctly.

Marissa · 04/30/2010, 03:39 pm

I have finished the game on my Macbook (running OS X 10.6.2, with a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor). I initially had the same crashing problem as everyone else seems to be having, however on one occasion I saved the game during the opening sequence and it then ran through the credits without crashing. I know a lot of people have saved at the same point as I did and have still crashed though. After getting past the opening credits, I had no problems with crashing at all. The only issue with the game was that Max often appeared in shades of grey, the game itself ran smoothly.

Alcoremortis · 04/30/2010, 05:52 pm

I was able to play on my Macbook Pro after some monkeying around. I saved my game right before the credits, changed the settings to the lowest resolution, windowed mode, and graphics setting 5, and then restarted my computer. When I ran the credits, it didn't crash. After making it through that bit, I set the settings to the highest possible and played the game with no lagging whatsoever. I also went back later and completely replayed the game on the highest setting and it didn't even crash at the credits anymore.

Thriftweed Fancy Pants · 04/30/2010, 08:12 pm

Wow, that actually worked for me!

I saved just before the crash, set the graphics and resolution as low as possible, quit the game, restarted the game (not the computer), and amazingly, I made it through the credits on the low settings! I bumped it up to highest resolution and level 5 graphics and I can actually play it! For two weeks I've been waiting for TTG to fix the problem, so I'm glad I can finally join in the fun that everyone else seems to be having! There is still a frame-rate issue and it's a little buggy here and there, but at least I can get some of the experience I paid for. Thanks for the suggestions!

04/30/2010, 07:15 am	#1
Thriftweed Fancy Pants Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 713	Does The Penal Zone Work on Your Mac? Sorry if this should be in the Support forum, but I don't think I'd get much of a response there because I'm trying to ask something from people who don't have any problems, not from the people who do. Is there anyone at all who has been able to play The Penal Zone on their Mac?

04/30/2010, 11:37 am	#2
Remolay Does not compute Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Planet Earth(Sol 3) Status: My head asplode Posts: 1,987	everyone who doesn't have a macbook pro it would seem, there are many of these threads in support by the way __________________ It's Gallifreyan, it doesn't translate Crap I do: Homestar WUW Twitter YouTube Fanfiction.net It says Remolay

04/30/2010, 05:52 pm	#5
Alcoremortis Lonely Ruffian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ankh-Morpork PD Status: Killjoy Extraordinaire Actual Posts: Lots! Posts: 4,367	I was able to play on my Macbook Pro after some monkeying around. I saved my game right before the credits, changed the settings to the lowest resolution, windowed mode, and graphics setting 5, and then restarted my computer. When I ran the credits, it didn't crash. After making it through that bit, I set the settings to the highest possible and played the game with no lagging whatsoever. I also went back later and completely replayed the game on the highest setting and it didn't even crash at the credits anymore. __________________ ETERNAL QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN STATUS CONFERRED. ~ Comrade Pants How can we be sure that Alcoremortis isn't just Comrade Pants trollplaying as a girl? ~ GuruGuru214 You're a shiny bright star; floating amongst a million slimy slugs in a sea of sludge. You transcend the pre-conceived and supposed limits of the human race, to emerge from the pit of pitiful maggots as a beautiful, majestic butterfly. ~ Davies The suspence of what's gonna come after death is killing me! ~ Jon NA Are you a secret Plaster Princess or something? ~ Secret Fawful

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04/30/2010, 02:16 pm	#3
Thriftweed Fancy Pants Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 713	Yeah, I know about those. I noticed at least on person with a Mac Pro (not Macbook Pro) that was having trouble as well, which made me wonder if anyone with a Mac has been able to run this game correctly.

04/30/2010, 03:39 pm	#4
Marissa Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4	I have finished the game on my Macbook (running OS X 10.6.2, with a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor). I initially had the same crashing problem as everyone else seems to be having, however on one occasion I saved the game during the opening sequence and it then ran through the credits without crashing. I know a lot of people have saved at the same point as I did and have still crashed though. After getting past the opening credits, I had no problems with crashing at all. The only issue with the game was that Max often appeared in shades of grey, the game itself ran smoothly.

04/30/2010, 08:12 pm	#6
Thriftweed Fancy Pants Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 713	Wow, that actually worked for me! I saved just before the crash, set the graphics and resolution as low as possible, quit the game, restarted the game (not the computer), and amazingly, I made it through the credits on the low settings! I bumped it up to highest resolution and level 5 graphics and I can actually play it! For two weeks I've been waiting for TTG to fix the problem, so I'm glad I can finally join in the fun that everyone else seems to be having! There is still a frame-rate issue and it's a little buggy here and there, but at least I can get some of the experience I paid for. Thanks for the suggestions!