Hi All,
This is something that I have wondered about for some time.
Why is it that most games need Windows to operate?
It might be they need directx or something else windows specific. If so then why is it that some game discs can install a mac and windows version, Warcraft 3 and the Sims 3 being the two examples I can think of.
While I am not familiar with the intricacies of programming I would have thought that everything the game would need would be in its directory, and all that would be required to make it compatible with other OSs would be their ".exe" equivalent to get the game started, after that the game would have all its own resources and run them within the "game os". Is that how games work? Could they work that way?
Does anyone know anything about those four questions?
Thanks
Harfeg
This is something that I have wondered about for some time.
Why is it that most games need Windows to operate?
It might be they need directx or something else windows specific. If so then why is it that some game discs can install a mac and windows version, Warcraft 3 and the Sims 3 being the two examples I can think of.
While I am not familiar with the intricacies of programming I would have thought that everything the game would need would be in its directory, and all that would be required to make it compatible with other OSs would be their ".exe" equivalent to get the game started, after that the game would have all its own resources and run them within the "game os". Is that how games work? Could they work that way?
Does anyone know anything about those four questions?
Thanks
Harfeg