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Unreal Macintosh Status
Unreal 224b7 is the current version of Unreal Mac, and will
be the last update for the foreseeable future.
It has been a very difficult decision, but after over a year
of providing free updates to the Mac community in an attempt
to keep the Mac version of Unreal up to par with the rapidly
changing PC version, we have to move on. During the past
year we worked on Unreal updates in the spare time between
other projects, outside of our normal contracts, but this
has become increasingly difficult. Because of changes on
the PC side, we have almost completely re-written Unreal Mac
several times since the 1.0 release, even though we were
contractually obligated only to fix Mac specific bugs. We
thought each update would be the last, and would finally
allow the game to be played to its fullest. But every time
the Mac version caught up, another patch was released for
the PC. And with version 224, the Mac version is now up to
the last public version of the PC that it is possible to
update to. We are aware some third party maps only work
with the 225 PC version, but unfortunately we never received
the 225 PC code, and the original PC developer no longer has
it (after releasing the PC 225, the code was modified to a
226 version that was never cleaned up enough to be
released).
Unreal Mac is still supported (as it always was) by MacSoft,
and they are the technical support provider for anyone who
has questions or problems with the game. Any email about
Unreal sent to Westlake email addresses will only receive an
automated response with this message and the contact
information for MacSoft technical support.
Work continues on Unreal Tournament Mac, which is still
scheduled to be released within a month of the PC version.
We are doing extensive testing of Unreal Tournament to
provide the most stable and fun experience possible when it
ships. And with the cooperation of Epic(the original PC
developer), we hope that Unreal Tournament Mac will require
few if any updates after it ships.
We hope our decision to suspend maintenance on Unreal Mac
and concentrate on bringing great new games to the Mac will
be understood by Mac gamers, and they will continue to enjoy
Westlake products.
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