A couple possibilities - if you're having general slowness issues try getting the maps with less grass posted on the main page.  If the slowdown is progressive while in the same area, can you try monitoring how much memory PS is using over time?

It appears that it depends on some things which are only present in 10.4 at the moment.

Alright, once we've identified why the intel version is also dying on some computers, we will probably re-release 019 or try a fix via the updater.  I will let you all know when!.

Thanks,
Daniel

As of right now the file is damaged.  Apply the fix in the thread mentioned, or wait for a re-release.

Planeshift 0.3.19 is now available via BitTorrent.  We have attempted to create a universal binary, so we're interested to hear if things work better on Intel macs than they used to.

Some notes:
Decals are missing in the Intel version, this means no little shadows under your character (new feature!)
Debug symbols have been removed so it might be harder to get useful information when things crash
Texture compression has been DISABLED by default because it causes crashes & corruption with some graphics hardware (Intel integrated graphics especially)  If you want to enable it (for a possible performance boost..) open up data/config/r3dopengl.cfg and change the line:
Video.OpenGL.UseExtension.GL_ARB_texture_compression  = false
to
;Video.OpenGL.UseExtension.GL_ARB_texture_compression  = false
(note the leading semicolon)  If you get corruption or crashes, change it back.

Thanks to Trymm, Cha0s, and the Planeshift dev team for their support!  Have fun!

Again, still looking for someone who is frequently around and able to build on an intel mac!

Thanks,
Daniel

Fullscreen support works for me, else I wouldn't be able to get anything done.  Until we have intel binaries, I'm interested in bug reports on fullscreen failing on PowerPC Macs.

And if it doesn't work, to think that it is a 15 minute fix highlights a real lack of awareness of the issues caused by scale and complexity of software. 

One thing to keep in mind is that not all of the developers intentions for government are currently being expressed through the NPCs.  Social experiment is good (and hopefully fun!) but it is also difficult if you end up in conflict with a structure that has essentially limitless resources (i.e. a government/legal system that the NPCs and presumably all the invisible inhabitants of Yliakum respect)  I would expect that a functional government would end up working with (and maybe for or through) powerful guilds, but at this point an emergent government would not be empowered to "govern" concerns outside the area of setting social norms within Planeshift.

Despite that, I encourage people to try things that are challenging and novel, since within the area of "social convention" there is a lot of room to create a great atmosphere or establish conventions that propagate because they enhance people's experience of the world.  Joshua6021, you might find that it is challenging to build a critical mass of people who are willing to consciously participate, but if you can build up a quasi-stable-multi-faction-inter-guild dynamic (my poor hyphen key!)  that is built around the concepts of the game world, then you're awesome

A quick disclaimer, I'm speaking only for myself and not in any official capacity for anyone else on the developer or GM teams.