Update: Valve released a Mac native version. More info here.

Counter-Strike 1.6 Download Torrent Download. Counter-Strike 1.6 download – FULL version FREE – We offer the newest version of Counter-Strike 1.6 (CS 1.6) FULL 2015, you can download this version of XP to fix the game for free either directly or through uTorrent., BitTorrent, or another TORRENT program.

Let’s left behind all the classic “I’m a Mac and I’m a PC” Apple ads. One thing that PC users keep making Mac users mad is the availability of games for Mac OS native platform. Apple’s website and the Video Game Live guys can prove this. Some install Windows in another HD partition, via Bootcamp as alternative. But if you could run Windows games natively in MacOS?


Strike

The big secret – Wine

The big secret for this “trick” work is Wine, but in a different flavor (and it does it very well). Wine is an OpenSource project that can run Windows software in other platform, but Wine Is Not an Emulator. It can run applications natively, without virtual machine or another boot partition.

Pre-requisites

Wine is free, but we’ll use a paid implementation of it here, Crossover Games for some reasons: have garanted support from developers, the separated implementations are merged to Wine cooperating to original project, implement DirectX (very important for games) and it’s easy to use and install.

See the complete pre-requisites list:

  1. Credit Card that can buy in USA, to buy the licenses
  2. Crossover Games (paid, U$39.95. You can use a trial for 7 days)
  3. Steam (free, needed to run Counter Strike:Source)
  4. Counter Strike: Source (CS:S): (paid, U$19.95). If you already own the Windows game and already have a Steam account you don’t need to pay again. This tutorial may also work for other Steam games.
  5. Good internet connection to download the game
  6. 6,5 GB free HD space, to install the game

Note: the prices listed here is from the published date. Check the actual pricing with the vendors.

Free Software to Join MP4 Video Files – MP4joiner MP4joiner is a free and simple tool to merge several MP4 videos into one. It is a cross-platform application and thus you can download a Mac version for free. Mp4 joiner for mac. To combine MP4 Mac in a simple and fast manner, Wondershare UniConverter works as the best program. Compatible with all the latest Mac systems as well as Windows, the program allows merging videos in all popular formats including MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V, and many others. MP4 Joiner Mac/Windows: To join MP4 files effortlessly, you need the help of Faasoft MP4 Joiner. With this MP4 Merger, it becomes easier to combine a ton of MP4 videos. MP4 Joiner - Join MP4 Files into One without Re-encoding.

Support?

Before start let’s make thing clear: neither Stem or Valve (Counter Strike:Source makers) offer support for this steps. Otherwise, Codeweavers, Crossover Games makers, offers support to run your game or you’ll get your money back. There’s a excellent support forum and you can always try Crossover before buy.

1 – Installing Crossover Games

After download Crossover (in this test we’re using the 7.1 version. The 7.2 version have a bug that prevents the game to run), open the DMG file. A new disk unit will be created in Finder. Drag the Crossover Games icon to the Applications folder.

2 – Configure Crossover Games

In Crossover menu go to Configure/Manage Bottles. Click in the “+” button in the bottom. Give it a name and choose “winxp” in “New bottle type”. Click in Create. This process is quick and creates a new “Windows” for your game.

3 – Installing Steam

Go in Configure/Install Software, select the “Steam via download” option. Crossover will download and install all needed software to run Steam (fonts, Windows Libraries and the Steam). The installation is almost automatic, you’ll need to click Next in some installation Wizards.

Depending of your internet speed, in a few minutes Steam will run. In this moment you can create your Steam account if you don’t have yet.

4 – Installing and downloading CS:S

If you still don’t have Counter Strike:Source (CS:S), go to Steam, click Store and buy it. If you don’t have it, just click in My games and download it.

Note: this process may take a few hours depending of your internet speed.

5 – Define some initialization parameters

By default, Crossover Games have DirectX 9, but some onboard video card on Macs may have some issues with default properties in the game, that will not allow even see video options in the game to optimize it. In this cases, try to run the game with minimal details first and then higher it.

Note: in our tests in a MacBook with Intel videocard, the graphics runs in the maximum details, in fullscreen without screen delays.

To define the initialization parameters, select the game in Steam, click Properties, click Set Launch Options and type this command:

In few words:

  • dxlevel: DirectX level details. 70 means DirectX 7. 90 means DirectX 9 (Crossover max.)
  • width: resolution width
  • height: resolution height
  • windowed: run in window. Remove this to play in fullscreen.

If everything goes OK, the game will run (with all Windows features).

6 – Optimize your settings

When the game is running you can optimize your settings like keyboard shortcuts, video settings, mouse speed, microphone… Keep in mind that the game is running natively, without emulation. In our tests, there wasn’t anything bad comparing to original version running in Windows. Of course you’ll need the right hardware to run it.

Additional – Console

If you are a hardcore gamer, you may need console in some cases. But you may notice that the Mac keyboard is different from PC keyboard. If you’re using some European layout or our solution for english-international keyboard, you’ll notice that the CS:S console will not open with the `or ~ key. To solve this issue, add the -console parameter in Steam initialization parameter. This will make the game start with the console already opened. In the console you can type the command bellow to redefine the console toggle shortcut to another key. In this example we defined it to the F6 key:

Type this code and hit enter redefines que console in Counter Strike: Source to the F6 key in your Mac. When set this you can remove the -console option in initialization parameter.

Additional – Find the C drive

In some cases you may need to access the C: driver of your “windows” running CS:S to create a spray, copy screenshots, add maps or backup your files. Like we said in the start, Wine Is Not an Emulator, so there’s no virtual disk. To know where Crossover created your files, go to Configure/Manage Bottles. With your environment (bottle) selected in the left list, select Advanced and click “Open C: driver in Finder” button to show the folder with files. You can copy and pasta files the same way you do in your computer.

Next steps

From here you can change your settings to optimize for your needs. In our tests some other games also worked using Crossover. Stay tuned in the 7.2 Crossover version for onboard Intel video cards. The previous version (7.1) is available in Codeweavers website.

This tutorial can even work for Crossover in Linux. Codeweavers have also a Crossover version for common Windows software. The main difference between the two versions the DirectX support. Before someone asks, no, this was not a paid review it’s just an experience sharing

Some screenshots



Yes, you can run Steam and Counter Strike:Source on a Mac





You can play fullscreen and choose your spray on a Mac too


Update:



Macbook specs used in the test is available here.


Popular Posts