Valve's Mac FAQ

[Shawn Zipay]

By way of their Team Fortress 2 blog, Valve has taken the time to answer some of the more pressing questions the community has had about Valve's Mac transition.

Q: I own TF2 on the PC. Do I have to buy it again on the Mac?
A: No. If you own TF2 on the PC, you own TF2 on the Mac (and vice versa). You don't have to buy the game twice. In addition, the Steam Cloud will automatically propagate your configuration settings and custom sprays to your Mac for you.

Q: Is it just some crappy emulated version of TF2?
A: No! Also: How dare you! Mac users aren't getting a crappy emulated version of the game. TF2 will run natively on OSX, like an actual big boy game for adults.

Q: Hmm, that all sounds pretty good. But I'll bet I can't play with my friends who own Macs if I'm on my PC.
A: Mac and PC users will all play together, on the same servers. We're not creating two separate universes. We're all going to be one big, happy family with guns locked in a bloody, never-ending struggle for cap points.

There you go. Undoubtedly there are still more questions buzzing around some of your minds out there. Feel free to voice your opinion and maybe we'll see if we can squeeze a few more answers out of Valve!

[snkcube]

Re: Valve's Mac FAQ

Since Macs only have a one-button mouse, would that mean that users need to purchase a two-button mouse in order to play TF2 properly?

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Valve's Mac FAQ

Pretty sure even the single button macs still differentiate between left and right clicks. Pressure sensitive or some crap, but you can't press both sides at once as you would a true two-button mouse.

[Unregistered]

Re: Valve's Mac FAQ

you're both ignorant. macs have two button mice just like every other computer (yes, that includes macbooks/pros). they are all touch-sensitive and are just easily used to play computer games. This isn't 1998 anymore, macs are real computers and obviously a contender in the gaming market if Valve sought out to natively code Steam.