I just got a new macbook pro and tried to install my copy of starcraft on it. The installation went fine, but afterwards when I opened starcraft, the icon would bounce a couple of times on the dock and then the application would shut down. Can anybody give me advice to fix the problem?
Macbook Pro 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo (penryn),
Mac OS X (10.5.2)
At this time we have not announced plans to release a Universal Application update for our older titles to natively support Intel Macs. All existing titles that natively support Mac OS X (including StarCraft) will run on Intel-based Macs via the Rosetta binary translator included with Mac OS X.
StarCraft will require the Mac OS X Native Installer to install and play the game on an Intel-based Macintosh computer. Recent shipments of StarCraft include a Mac OS X Native Installer on the installation disc. However, players without a Native Installer on their installation disc may need to download the installer from our Patch Installation web page.
At this time there is no Carbon version of the StarEdit (StarCraft Campaign Editor) application, and there are currently no plans to create one. StarEdit will not run on an Intel-based Mac as a result since the Classic environment is not supported under Mac OS X.
For anyone else who stumbles upon this thread, it is worth pointing out that this problem has now been solved without requiring a hacked solution.
From the evidence I've seen, the problem affected all Mac models with Intel GMA X3100 or NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series graphics chipsets, including the MacBook (late 2007 or early 2008), MacBook Pro (mid 2007 and early 2008), iMac (early 2008) and Mac Pro with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 card. It started when Mac OS X 10.5.3 was installed, and also affected early 2008 MacBook Pros which came with 10.5.2 but already had the newer drivers.
The specific problem was that those drivers dropped support for selection of 256 colour mode. This affected Starcraft, Diablo II and a few other old games which tried to select that mode.
Blizzard has now released Starcraft 1.15.3, which no longer requires 256 colour mode (so a manually updated Starcraft will work on the affected models).
Apple have released Mac OS X 10.5.5, which reinstates support for 256 colour mode (so older versions of Starcraft and other applications using 256 colour mode will work on 10.5.5 and later).
Correction to my previous message: I can confirm the problem is fixed for at least my MacBook Pro (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT) but I haven't had a chance to test Mac OS X 10.5.5 with an older version of Starcraft on a recent MacBook (GMA X3100). I've just seen some comments that 10.5.5 doesn't reinstate 256 colour mode for those models, so the latest Starcraft update would still be required, and Diablo II and other games would still require updates.
ok so ive got 10.5.5 on a macbook and it wont let me install it because the classic environment is no longer supported, so i downloaded some patches but none of them would let me run the game, is there anyway to play starcraft on my computer?
from what i've read so far in various other forums, there still is no solution for the fallout 1 & 2 issue....does anybody have an idea of how to get these games running?
some guy recommended to somehow get use the diablo II patches for fallout.....though i have no idea show that one should work out....if somebody has a solution....
oh and, i'm having an onboard intel graphics card...
