Civilization IV Forum

I'm really interested in Crossover Games for running Civ IV on my Mac Pro.

So far, it seems to be going pretty good. I've only played it a tiny bit but it looks to run really well. The movies play and leaderheads show.

I did notice that the global view doesn't seem to work too well. It looks like some kind of transparency isn't working. However, if I change the global view detail down to medium, it works fine.

One thing I noticed is that when I scroll the map with the cursor keys, there is tearing on the screen, like vsync isn't enabled. Is there a way I can turn vsync on? Performance doesn't seem to be an issue since clicking around the map happens very snappily.

I'm interested in knowing any other known issues before I go ahead and buy Crossover Games. Since Civ 4 is considered supported, I suppose it'll continue to work and perhaps get better?

I recommend that you continue testing before buying. (Not that I want to discourage anyone from buying! 😉)

But on some systems, users have reported that CivIV hangs or crashes after some period of play (5 to 15 minutes, depending on what they're doing; the tutorial seems especially prone). This seems to depend on the video card and driver for their system.

Vsync is not yet supported in CrossOver. We're aware of the general issue, but don't have immediate plans to address it.

Thanks for the reply! I've gone ahead and purchased because CrossOver Games seems to be holding up fine for my combination of hardware. I've managed to play for a few hours without any crashes. I was able to play through the tutorial to the point where Sid left me to continue playing.