OS X universal binary support

Obviously the first point on this is the title itself -- I'd love to have native performance for Gish on OSX86.  Is there a timeline for this?

Second, I have kind of a weird issue running it in Rosetta:  It loses registration info.  If I don't run Gish for a while, when I go to run it again I have to re-enter the registration code.  Can one of the developers tell me why this might happen, so that I can mitigate it?

Thanks!

[nevyn]

I'd like to second the request for Intel/Universal Binary support on the Mac. Even with a 2x2GHz MacBook Pro, running through Rosetta yields a low framerate.

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

As for losing your registration information, does this happen every time you restart the game or only once in a while?

Once we are in possession of a Intel machine we will build a version with Intel/Universal Binary support.

[nevyn]

Quote (Chronic Logic - Josiah @ Aug. 08 2006,4:41)

Once we are in possession of a Intel machine we will build a version with Intel/Universal Binary support.

You're welcome to get an account on my intel machine for ssh access if you want, if that helps.

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

Thanks for the offer, for security reasons we can't accept, but hopefully we will get a Intel Mac that we can build on.

[Jonathan_NL]

Actually it can build just fine on a PPC Mac. Testing is the problem.

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

All we have right now is a Mac Mini..  To be able to test properly we will need to get an intel based Mac here at the office.

[ghoti]

So ... any new developments? That last post is almost a year old now. Any chance for a Universal version of Gish? That would also be a great news item for people to blog about and stuff *hint* *hint*

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

I am actually working on the universal binary version right now.  It will probably take a little while to get it all finished up so I expect it will be 2-3 weeks.

[ghoti]

Excellent news! Can't wait!

[PathDæmon]

Any news, Josiah?

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

I have just finished a update for BCS including the Universal Binary and the patch for the Garage Games version.  Gish is next.  It should take a couple weeks because there is a lot going on but it will get done!

[nlanza]

Any news on this?

I'd love to see a UB version of Gish.

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

Actually we just fixed a bug in the music that was holding up the universal binary version release.  I am just adding paste functionality for entering your registration code and fixing a problem in OSX with entering numbers on some non US keyboards.  Once finished we will be releasing the Gish version 1.5 which will include universal binary support http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[nlanza]

Ah, great to hear it. Thanks for the update!