Half Life 2e2 and Portal Fix (will get the games to run on GMA95

This fix should allow Portal (and HL2e2, just follow the instructions but act as if it were talking about the HL2e2 app) to run on GMA950 cards. IT IS VERY VERY SLOW... but marginally playable. This patch is for die-hard fans who NEED to have Portal running on their computers, and don't plan on buying a new mac any time soon. People new to Portal may find it frustrating, but playable. I made it in pretty far, and will keep trying tomorrow to see if i can finish the game but I doubt it (it will probably lag too much when I reach the harder puzzles) This is a fix for Xerxes' cider port(s). To all of you who are going to start bitching about how it's "too slow".. and "Why won't it run on my mac if HL2 did?", here's the answer: This game is new. Your Mac's graphics are old. End of story. If you're still using Tiger I have nothing to say to you. I myself will attempt to upgrade my comp just to play these games, and I plan to port more games that are more graphically demanding, so if you really want to enjoy the windows gaming experience on your Mac, you should think about upgrading. I use a GMA950 card too, so I know your pain. I'm gonna upload CSS soon, but I need to do it when I get a chance to hook up my comp someplace where I can keep it plugged in for a while. (CSS will work fine on GMA950 cards) UPDATE: THE FIX WON'T WORK ON HL2E2. I FORGOT TO ADD THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS TO THE CONFIG FILE. I DOUBT HL2E2 WOULD RUN AT ALL ON OUR COMPUTERS ANYWAY. I'LL TRY IT OUT LATER. IF YOU REAAAALLY WANT TO USE IT THOUGH.. THE FIX WILL WORK. JUST OPEN THE ORIGINAL CONFIG FILE, SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, COPY THE LAST CHAPTER OF TEXT (I MEAN CHAPTER BECAUSE THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN THE LINE ABOVE) AND REPLACE IT WITH THE SAME CHAPTER IN THE FIXED CONFIG FILE. THEN THE GAME SHOULD WORK. 'Nuff said

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shapsinator (2008-09-09)

Does it work anyone? Just how slow is it?

Mrberu (2008-09-09)

It's playable... to a point... there was one level where the frame rate dropped to 2 fps (the turret level) and I predict that it will happen a lot more in the future. If you can beat the game, awesome, if not... well... if not you're just as impatient as I am :) at least u can mess around with the first few levels though. Remember when you open the game to change all settings to low, this will not only fix the mouse bug, but also allow you to play the game :)

Gunhaver (2008-09-10)

Mrberu, I hope you aren't getting frustrated with these guys. You're doing amazing work. Although I can't really judge them because I'm sure if I had GMA950 I'd be complaining too :p. Anyway thank you to your devoted effort to get these games on the Mac.

nerd707 (2008-09-18)

wait... where are your ports of Half Life 2 ep 2 and Portal?

Mrberu (2008-09-22)

Not my ports, Xerxes'.
Just browse the Mac games here on TPB.

iomegaz (2008-09-28)

Hi Mrberu.
I have a job for u.
I ported games for MacOSX, and i have some bugs.
We don't have the time to fix all bugs of all ur ported game's.
Can you help us?
We upload games and you look the problem.
Just 2 games.
Thanks bye.

Durendul (2008-10-28)

im running an Intel mac but im running into what seems like a common problem in portal when the game crashes at level 16 from what seems like a turret sound will this fix it
im also like many others getting stuck in HL2E2 in the mine shaft in the first level
i know ports of thso two where not yours but you have done a great job of supporting us any help would be appreciated
allso i have got myself a copy of cider could you point me in the right direction of where to get started as far as converting games

fizikal (2008-11-24)

hi guys any chance to seed it up?

Hottwings (2009-05-26)

seed please

tru7h_ (2009-06-02)

shit, seed please, its a TINY file!

Newmodel7 (2009-07-27)

Ok im probley gonna be sorry i wrote this but but i downloaded xerxes' portal cider for mac and im having a problem with the mouse not pointing where i want it to in the menus and i cant change the screen resolution i'm not running this on a mac with a gma950 i actually have a new macbook with a gforce 9500 i was just wondering if this would fix that problem also and if not do u have any idea what i could do (as far as i can tell the game runs fine just the menus suck)

Pornohacker (2010-01-09)

well, no one seed it..
plz seed, or just tell what to change in original config.

droox23 (2010-03-23)

Seed !!!

Tacitus123 (2010-06-11)

seeeeeeed please !!!!!!!