CEAW for the Mac: PBEM, etc.

[Diplomaticus]

Folks,

A few of us on the Freeverse site are on a mission to grow the CEAW Mac community. It's true that a) it's incompatible with the PC version [bummer] and b) as yet there's no sign of the 1.06 patch for the Mac version [double-bummer]; however, those of us not put off by those issues have been having a blast in PBEM mode, and this is an invitation to any Mac CEAW-ers out there to consider joining in the fun.

There's a posting on the Freeverse site's forum [http://forum.freeverse.com/viewforum.php?id=11] to create a kind of directory for active Mac players interested in PBEM games. If interested, post a reply and get your name up there for contact.

While we don't yet have a patch, we've got effective workarounds for the only two issues that have been real obstacles--actually locating the PBEM files once you've made your turn, and a problem at the very beginning when you enter and confirm your password. See the Freeverse forum for descriptions of how to get past those two obstacles. Other than that, the Mac community is reporting no freeze ups or any other major problems in the PBEM games.

Cheers

Diplomaticus

[IainMcNeil]

Great - glad to hear it! You'll have to persaude Freeverse to make it PC compatible for the future

[friend]

Cheers. That's good news. Any Mac players looking for a PBEM please drop me a line. Cheers.

[JimR]

The CEAW Mac pbem community has become quite active thanks to the efforts mentioned above. We all would like to see Freeverse issue a 1.06 patch sooner rather than later. So if you're a CEAW Mac player please join the community and help to grow the Mac game's fan base.

[Diplomaticus]

If you're a Mac player and are looking for opponents, please sign up on the "Switchboard" thread on the Freeverse Forum site mentioned above.