raideroftherocks Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hi, this is really bugging me so i hope someone can help... I recently starting playing Lego Rock Raiders again. I have a mac so I've installed windows xp via bootcamp to play LRR. Most of the game seems to work. I however have this problem where occasionally the screen will go black but the sound will continue. Also it's just the middle of the screen that goes black (where you would normally see the cavern)... the controls around the edge are still visible. Also during the tutorial missions the guy keeps talking (with the text appearing at the bottom) but i get stuck because i can't click on anything in the game to continue the mission. This seems to happen whenever something big happens, for example in the tutorial where you build the base it happens a lot when the power station is built. It doesn't always happen in the same places, sometimes in the first tutorial it happens when the camera moves to focus on the RR walking on rubble, but not all the time. This is obviously really irritating... it might have something to do with the fact i'm on a mac? Is anyone else running LRR on a mac successfully? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLPHA Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hmmm...what are the specs of your computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raideroftherocks Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hi, it's just a standard 20-inch 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac: (From the apple website): Processor: 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo L2 Cache: 6MB shared Frontside bus: 1066MHz Memory: 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 8GB Hard drive: 320GB Serial ATA1; 7200 rpm Optical drive: Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Display: 20-inch (viewable) glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 by 1050 pixels, millions of colors Video: Built-in iSight camera; Mini DisplayPort output with support for DVI, dual-link DVI, and VGA video connections via adapter2 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3 FireWire: One FireWire 800 port; 7 watts USB: Four USB 2.0 ports on computer; two USB 2.0 ports on keyboard Audio: Built-in stereo speakers with 24-watt digital amplifier, built-in microphone, optical digital audio output/headphone out, optical digital audio input/audio line in Ethernet: Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Wireless: Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11n)4 ; built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 YOUR USING A MAC. GET A PC. Extreme has deep hatred towards Macs. Sorry, but it had be said. Anyway, are you using a VM or have you put another OS on your computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raideroftherocks Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 haha i thought i might get some mac hate i've installed windows as another os on my computer using bootcamp thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLPHA Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I don't like mac haters *evil glare* Have you tried reinstalling the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirevam Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I like Mac haters just as much as I hate elitist Mac fanboys. Do not get the idea that I'm saying that TC is one. He is not. The problem you're getting most likely would not be solved with a reinstall. Try playing around with the settings in CLGen, the compatibility modes and running in 256 colors. I run LRR in compatibility mode for Windows 2000 and in 256 colors and have never seen this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I remember seeing a video of someone try to play RR on a mac, but the screen was small and in the bottom right hand corner. This bug isn't new and reinstalling it on WINDOWS may help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amauros Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Mac fail here. Although LRR still crashes occasionally on XP/Vista, you don't get any bugs like this. And although I don't think this should apply here because LRR is old and not all that demanding on modern computers.... macs aren't exactly known for being performance computers... they're designer's choice because of their software... If you could put mac applications on a linux OS on a PC... with a few of the windows app's (very few)... and make it compatible with old and new games... that's MY computer of choice. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEPICtrainrider Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 To be honest, mac isn't the best Operating system. Though... their computers are quite sexy... Just somebody find a easy way to add Ram to a Mac Mini and then call me so I can boot Windows 7. Okay, try what Cirevam did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLPHA Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 -.-@extreme Anyways...I think I have solved it. RR requires direct X right? I recently was fooling around with an old game, from the same time as RR and as soon as I entered the menu, the screen went all black but the sound was still playing. I then randomly pressed the up and down arrows and enter until I found the escape option. It seems that these older games were solely designed for PC hardware. I'm sorry, but unless someone comes up with a PC hardware emulator, we (us mac people) are doomed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 @extreme Anyways...I think I have solved it. RR requires direct X right? I recently was fooling around with an old game, from the same time as RR and as soon as I entered the menu, the screen went all black but the sound was still playing. I then randomly pressed the up and down arrows and enter until I found the escape option. It seems that these older games were solely designed for PC hardware. I'm sorry, but unless someone comes up with a PC hardware emulator, we (us mac people) are doomed... PC hardware? Bull - it's the same hardware. You can probably run it in a VM though, which is a machine emulator. Try virtualbox. You'll have to install windows in virtualbox though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raideroftherocks Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 um... btw i think it's sorted itself out. I've been playing it a while and it hasn't done it again... actually that's not true. On the level where you have to find the lost rock raider by flying across the water it did it again. But i was able to get out of it by clicking the little tab that notified my i had found a lost rock raider. It was the end of the mission anyway and it hasn't happened since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2Banned2One Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 You people saying that it being a Mac is the problem are noobs. Noticed that he said he had Windows installed. No Mac OS is being run then. He is just running Windows on a Mac Machine. It works just like Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 You people saying that it being a Mac is the problem are noobs. Noticed that he said he had Windows installed. No Mac OS is being run then. He is just running Windows on a Mac Machine. It works just like Windows. Hardware. nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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