RMXP on a Mac?

[TheFrenzy]

I did some searching, but all I found was older stuff on this subject. I was wondering if anything new has come up that would enable someone to either open up RMXP and design their games or just simply play the completed files on a mac. I love my macbook pro and I would love it even more if I could build my games on it or at least play them.

I understand that I could use boot camp or a similar program, but that would require purchasing windows and rmxp is really the only pc program that I miss on my mac. Not quite worth a few hundred bucks to me.

So are there any other options and possibly some tutorials on using them? Free is preferable, but I would be willing to drop a few bucks if it worked.

If there's not, feel free to delete this thread.

 

[MarkDarkness]

You could install a small Linux partition and run it on Wine. Probably not the best performace ever but it should work.

 

[Kiriashi]

Mono.com.


Check it out. :p


I got it to work. :wink:

 

[TheFrenzy]

Mono.com? I just looked at the page, is it really as simple as downloading it and running programs through it or is there more? Could you please post some form of tutorial for making it work specifically with RMXP? Has anyone else heard of Mono?

If this can really work, then thank you so very much Kiriashi!

 

[e]

Mono is a .NET replicating framework. I'm not sure how that would help in anyway...You'd have to run it in a VM or through Wine, or dual boot.

 

[Kiriashi]

I didn't really do it, a friend of mine got it to work on my mac with mono... I don't think he used something else, but try combined that, with ...gah I can't think of what it is called...... Not terminal, but something else like it that's on macs..

Anywho, he typed in some gobbledygook and made it work. It doesn't work really nicely though. :sad:

 

[MarkDarkness]

Mono has nothing to do with Maker XP. He was probably be using it to run something ELSE that enabled him to run Maker.

 

[Kiriashi]

Well that doesn't hinder it's helpful factor.. :

 

[Kraft]

OR you could use VM ware or another such windows emulator on said mac.

I have (and still do it)

Basically... (and its awesome) it runs windows like a normal program in the mac. You can minimize it, move it around, full screen it... and everything I have run so far on it WORKS. And very greatly I might add. Yes, you have to have that program to do it, but it makes being a PC guy in a Graphic Design industry (aka, MACS ONLY) much much easier to handle.

 

[Jaberwoky]

You could sell it and buy a real computer o_o/

 

[Kiriashi]

..Real? So now macs aren't real? :blank:

 

[boon]

I'm using my Macbook Pro and running RPG Maker XP.

It's called Parallels Desktop. Google it. Enables you to run Windows in a 'virtual machine' (so inside another window). I use it to play games and run Windows-only programs.

Requirements:
Mac OS X (duh)
A valid copy of Windows (any generation works, even DOS and 1.0)
Money for the program.

Cba paying $40? You know the answer... argh, ye pirate.

Add an option 'and still use RMXP happily'.

Also; Windows isn't terrifically expensive, and you could always download one of the Windows 7 betas off various websites.

You could install a small Linux partition and run it on Wine. Probably not the best performace ever but it should work.

wouldn't it just make more sense to install a small windows partition... rather than installing linux then attempting to run a windows program.

Spoiler

 

[Kraft]

Ahh yes, Parallells desktop is the other program whose name I couldnt remember.

The college graphics lab that I work at used both VM ware and that one and they both work great.

 

[rey meustrus]

I believe the goal here is not to need to buy Windows?

Obviously you could buy it and run it in a VM (options are VMware, Parallels [which are $80 each] or VirtualBox by Sun [which is free]). You could also buy Windows and run it in Boot Camp. You could also pirate an old copy of Windows that works with RMXP, but that's probably less of an option.

I have run RMXP through Wine before and it works, but is not a complete solution. Clicking on any of the menu bar items (File, Edit, View...) causes a crash so your only option is the graphic buttons (which display with a weird black background) or use key combinations (Ctrl + N for new project, etc.) Also, I was unable to play test in any way.

This was a while ago, however, so your mileage may vary. I was running Ubuntu 7.10 (which means it wasn't long after October 2007) and I'm sure there have been advances with Wine since then. If you can get VirtualBox to work, I'd get a lightweight Linux distribution with Wine and try it in VirtualBox.


I have a MacbookPro5,1 (late 2008 unibody 15") and I run Windows on a purchased copy of Windows 7 through Boot Camp. I am investigating VM solutions (of which both VMware and Parallels released new versions, 3 and 5 respectively) and am leaning towards VMware, but I'm going to wait for the Macworld review article on the new versions before I decide if either is a viable alternative to Boot Camp, and which one. I've tried VirtualBox but was unable to get it to work with my system. And about the "purchased" Windows, well, my university has an MSDNAA subscription so I get free copies of Windows. I have quite many Microsoft things through it, including 6 copies of XP, one of 2000, Vista, Windows CE, Exchange server, Windows server 2003 and 2008, MS-DOS, XNA, OneNote, SQL Server, Visio, Visual Studio, and Virtual PC. All for "academic use only." It might be a good reason to think about going back to school :thumb:

 

[Æ№∞₧]

..Real? So now macs aren't real? :blank:

No. They are a poor excuse for a computers and they should exist. PERIOD. Programmers must make 2 copies of the same software just to be able to run on macs.

 

[Tindy]

they should exist. PERIOD.

I agree, they *should* exist!

Seeing as they far surpass Windows in terms of user friendliness, speed, power, capabilities, not to mention all the outlets available to artists and businessperson alike.... The whole having no/nearly no viruses thing is also a plus.

 

[action]

You could sell it and buy a real computer o_o/

Exactly what is a real computer?
The OS doesn't make it not a "real computer." A Mac is just as much a computer as a PC
...
Really...

I wouldn't pick a Mac as my hobby computer. Just for school and work. Windows is more open to hobby stuff, games, some software. But I really dislike windows though...
RMXP on Mac? I swear, this question has come up maybe 100 times or so around the .org ...
I'm not so sure about dual-booting, or virtual machines with a Mac. These sort of things I don't really see happening. OSX and windows were never meant to be together, and they never will.
Get a refurbished laptop. I got mine at $300 and it doesn't all out suck. I'd like more gigs than 160, but 3gb RAM? With Ubuntu?
That's pretty fast for me, considering I've been using ME for the past 5 years.

RMXP on a mac isn't going to happen, in my opinion. Their may be something for running windows software on a mac, like WINE on ubuntu/linux. But I'm no sure, since I'm too cheap to buy a Mac!


GL finding something,
-abreaction

 

[Nolund]

There are programs for Mac that will allow you to run executable files (like WINE does for me on Ubuntu). I cannot remember the name of it though, and I know it is not a free software as well.

Personally, I am not a fan of Mac, because I don't do anything that Macs are really best for. I dual boot Linux and Windows because I'm not big on Windows, and I know Linux can do everything I want it to.

Search for programs that will run executable files on Mac if you want to stick with it.

You can always dual boot on your mac as well.