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#1 2009-09-02 3:47 pm
- Bat
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- From: Björk, Björk
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CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
Email received today...
Hi Folks,
I am happy to announce that we have now released version 8.0.0
of CrossOver Games, for both the Mac and for Linux.
Version 8 now supports Left4Dead, Tales of Monkey Island (via Steam), and
a range of other new games. It also sports a lot of 'under the hood'
improvements that should lead to better visuals, better frame rates and
more enjoyable game play all around.
Version 8 also supports Snow Leopard, so everyone, even the most up
to date folks, can exterminate the Zombie plague.
A full change log is included, below.
If you are an existing CrossOver customer with an active support entitlement,
you can visit our web site to download this latest version:
www.codeweavers.com
You will need to log in with the email and password that you used when
purchasing CrossOver. Please write to info@codeweavers.com if you need
help with this process.
Thank you for your support, and I hope you enjoy gaming with CrossOver!
Cheers
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* CrossOver Games 8.0.0
- Improved behavior of the Steam game store
- Fixed several problems with memory management -- this
should fix TF2 crashes, among others.
- Enabled Shader Model 2.0 and 3.0 by default
- New supported games:
Dragon Sky
Last Chaos
Jade Empire
Ether Saga
Perfect World
Left4Dead
Tales of Monkey Island (via Steam)
Shaiya (Though only in non-English versions, for DRM reasons)
- Fixed various regressions in:
HL2
TF2
Spore
Guild Wars
Civilization IV
LOTRO (unsupported)
EVE (unsupported)
Pharaoh (unsupported)
City of Heroes (unsupported)
Lego Starwars (unsupported)
Bejeweled
L4D support, huh? Didn't someone ask about that recently?
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#2 2009-09-02 5:02 pm
Re: CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
I got that email. Didn't care much because crossover games has been mostly useless for me, so I didn't care much about it.
But when people know what they're doing, it seems it can be good.
I still have it installed anyway. ::starts downloading the update:: 
Get it
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#3 2009-09-02 7:13 pm
- sturner
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Re: CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
L4D seems to work.
I'm not dead yet.
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#4 2009-09-03 12:45 pm
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Re: CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
Checked it out. Yea, you can play L4D on Crossover. I found it worked acceptably. I did notice that doors ignored clipping. They came to foreground, regardless of where they were.
I tried Red Orchestra as well, but it would only allow about 90 degrees of turn with the mouse. My forward view from spawn was the only view I could achieve. The other 270 degrees were locked from usage.
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#5 2009-09-03 6:42 pm
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Re: CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
So you'll be using it for our RO scenarios? Armored combat would rock.
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#6 2009-09-03 9:29 pm
- sturner
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Re: CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
No, i can't turn around. But I use Boot Camp for my gaming needs, in most cases. I use Crossover for the Battlefield games.
I'm not dead yet.
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#7 2009-09-04 5:53 am
- Bat
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- From: Björk, Björk
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Re: CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac/Linux- now with Snow Leopard support
I was kidding. Armored combat would rock if you had, say, a T-34/85 but a traverse nearer akin to an SU-85. 
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