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Support => Mac OSX Specific Issues => Topic started by: Ariel Arilon on May 24, 2016, 02:17:42 am

Title: Fund Raiser for a Mac
Post by: Ariel Arilon on May 24, 2016, 02:17:42 am
I have heard that the developers do not have a Mac to do testing on.

Why don't we do a fund raiser so they can buy a new tricked-out Mac Mini from Apple?

If we all contribute just a little bit, they could have a shiny new Mac to play on!

Woot!  \\o//

What say you?
Title: Re: Fund Raiser for a Mac
Post by: Dilihin on May 24, 2016, 06:13:36 am
As far as i know, there is quite much unused donation moneys, so broblem isnt that. If you ment that someone independent collects the money to buy mac, i think it has few broblems.
Title: Re: Fund Raiser for a Mac
Post by: Ravna on May 24, 2016, 06:46:06 am

There might be a few practical issues. Assuming you buy a mac for 1 dev, how long will that dev stay with this game? On average a year or so, so then you'd need to get that dev to send the mac by postal services to another dev around the world. And that is just one of probably a few practical issues. So while I quite like the idea, it's a little bit of a challenge to actually do this.

So practically it might be better to wait for a mac user with some development skills to show up. That being said, maybe Talad believes differently. :)
Title: Re: Fund Raiser for a Mac
Post by: MishkaL1138 on May 24, 2016, 08:22:40 am
It's cheaper and faster to teach me how to build the server and client. Well, probably not faster, but cheaper nevertheless.
Title: Re: Fund Raiser for a Mac
Post by: Rigwyn on May 26, 2016, 04:05:44 pm
They can go to ebay and buy their own used macs. :/

Title: Re: Fund Raiser for a Mac
Post by: steuben on May 27, 2016, 04:16:10 am
It's cheaper and faster to teach me how to build the server and client. Well, probably not faster, but cheaper nevertheless.
even granny v can build the server and client... but that doesn't mean much. i can build them too, and i crash and panic compilers with the hello world code.