Guild Wars Forum

Couple of questions before I click that button and buy Crossover (to use with macbook running OS 10.4):

• Does it matter which version of GW (prophecies, factions, nightfall, eye of the north) I buy? Will Crossover work with all of them?
• Is it necessary to buy the download version from NCSoft, or can I buy the CD from a shop? For some reason, buying the CD is cheaper..

cheers

spiff

I definitely recommend that you download the trial of CrossOver Games to try it before you buy it. That way, there's no question about whether it performs to your satisfaction. Depending the GPU in your MacBook, it may be underpowered for 3D-intensive games.

I actually don't know what the difference is between the CD and NCSoft ways of buying Guild Wars. Ultimately, they both require that you download most of the game content, because it's updated frequently and the CD will have out-of-date data. The question is how you obtain a username and password with which to log in. Presumably the CD comes with a key that allows you to register for an account.

You can tell CrossOver Games to download and install Guild Wars. That will let CrossOver Games apply its built-in smarts to configure the bottle correctly. Then, you can try installing from the CD as "unsupported software" -- since the smarts have already been applied, the unsupported mode (which doesn't have smarts) should be sufficient to run the installer from the CD.

Thanks for the reply Ken. I'll download the trial - and as to which version (Prophecies, Nightfall, Factions etc.) of Guild Wars I get, there's no difference?

That's right, it makes no difference which GW version you install.

No difference b/t online or Disc. I recommend finding the cheapest one. Basically you use crossover to download the initial client installer. D/l the files shouldn't take too long and then it'll pull up a log in screen. From there you can do a couple things. If you bought it on disc, you can enter your access key and also quit out and copy over GW.dat into your bottle so you don't have to d/l all the files everytime you go to a new city, saves time. If you go the online route, you'll have to d/l all the files.. my Prophecies Platinum disc image is 3.4GB.. sorry to bring up an old thread but it's good for anyone searching the forum for this info.