Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates Forum

Hi All,

I've done some preliminary testing to see if I can get SFC: Orion Pirates to run. Unfortunately, this first attempt has been unsuccessful. The game boots up and as soon as you start entering the CD code key, it locks up.

Here is my setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
4GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Games (Mac) 10.1.2
Windows 98 Bottle
Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates (without patch)

I'm going to try and tinker around a bit more.

richmlow

Hi there,

I've tried installing and running OP on CrossOver Games 8.0 under Ubuntu Lucid. The game does install and load, however the screen 'bounces', seemingly as it's trying to draw the top panel of the desktop on the screen at all times.

Spec:
AMD Phenom II 955BE X4
4GB RAM
Asus M4A79T mobo
ATi 5770 graphics (probably the reason for most of the problems I have! ATi drivers are not known for being brilliant in Linux)
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04

The game doesn't run at all under plain Wine in my experience, and trying to run it inside a WinXP virtual machine in VirtualBox results in slideshow performance and white 'blobs' all over the starfield once you've loaded up the skirmish/battle scenario.

I'm going to keep tweaking and see if I can get it to maybe run in windowed mode, but I think I tried that many moons ago and all that it did was run veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery slowly.

Cheers,
James Smith

Hi all,

I have good news!

SFC: Orion Pirates works with CrossOver Mac 11.2, along with Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Unfortunately, there is graphic instability (using 1040 x 760 resolution) in the game. However if you use the virtual desktop option (800 x 600 resolution), the game plays very well.

Here is my setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.8
4GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Mac 11.2
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates (v. 2.5.5.2)

richmlow

Hi all,

SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work with CrossOver Mac 11.2, along with Mac OS X 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion). Unfortunately, there is graphic instability (using 1040 x 760 resolution) in the game. However if you use the virtual desktop option (800 x 600 resolution), the game plays very well.

Here is my updated setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.8.1
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Mac 11.2
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates (v. 2.5.5.2)

richmlow

Hi all,

SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work with CrossOver Mac 11.2.2, along with Mac OS X 10.8.2. Unfortunately, there is graphic instability (using 1040 x 760 resolution) in the game. However if you use the virtual desktop option (800 x 600 resolution), the game plays very well.

Here is my updated setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.8.2
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Mac 11.2.2
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates (v. 2.5.5.2)

richmlow

Hi all,

SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work with CrossOver Mac 12.1.2, along with Mac OS X 10.8.3. If you use the virtual desktop option (800 x 600 resolution), the game plays very well.

Here is my updated setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.8.3
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Mac 12.1.2
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates (v. 2.5.5.2)

richmlow

Richard M. Low wrote:

Hi all,

SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work with CrossOver Mac 12.1.2,
along with Mac OS X 10.8.3. If you use the virtual desktop option
(800 x 600 resolution), the game plays very well.

Here is my updated setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.8.3
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Mac 12.1.2
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates (v. 2.5.5.2)

richmlow

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Click on "Submit Rank"

Hi all,

SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work with CrossOver Mac 12.5, along with Mac OS X 10.8.5. If you use the virtual desktop option (800 x 600 resolution), the game plays very well.

Here is my updated setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
Mac OS X 10.8.5
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver Mac 12.5
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates (v. 2.5.5.2)

richmlow

Hi all,

Good news! I'm happy to report that SFC: Orion Pirates (with OS X 10.11.2 Beta) works.

Here is my setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
OS X 10.11.2 Beta
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver (Mac) 14.1.11
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates

richmlow

Hi all,

I'm happy to report that SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work (OS X 10.11.6, Public Beta 1).

Here is my setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
OS X 10.11.6. (Public Beta 1)
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver (Mac) 15.1
Windows XP Bottle
SFC 2: Empires at War (v. 2.0.3.6)

richmlow

Hi all,

I'm happy to report that SFC: Orion Pirates continues to work (macOS Sierra 10.12.1).

Here is my setup:

Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5)
macOS Sierra 10.12.1
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M (256 MB VRAM)

CrossOver (Mac) 15.3.1
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates

Hi all,

I'm sorry to report that SFC: Orion Pirates no longer works on my platform.

Here is my setup:

Mac Pro (Late 2013)
3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5
macOS Sierra 10.12.5
12GB RAM
AMD FirePro D300 (x2), 2048MB VRAM

CrossOver (Mac) 16.2
Windows XP Bottle
SFC: Orion Pirates

richmlow