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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™Windowed mode - Mac(3 posts)(3 posts)
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Posted August 08, 2014
I've seen plenty of threads for running it windowed in Windows, but to my knowledge Mac doesn't have a widely available solution like DxWnd. Thoughts?
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Posted August 08, 2014
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Elah: I've seen plenty of threads for running it windowed in Windows, but to my knowledge Mac doesn't have a widely available solution like DxWnd. Thoughts?
I don't have a Mac here at the moment, so I can't give you a step by step.
Anyway, as far as I know, GOG's Mac version of Alpha Centauri is the Windows version running in Wine. Wine's feature called "Emulate a virtual desktop" should do the trick to let you play in windowed mode.

Search for the app in Finder, then control-click (or right-click) it and select Show Package Contents. Do this and you should be able to see the advanced options, where you'll find an option to enable Emulate a virtual desktop.
Post edited August 08, 2014 by DeMignon
Posted January 04, 2015
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Elah: I've seen plenty of threads for running it windowed in Windows, but to my knowledge Mac doesn't have a widely available solution like DxWnd. Thoughts?
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DeMignon: I don't have a Mac here at the moment, so I can't give you a step by step.
Anyway, as far as I know, GOG's Mac version of Alpha Centauri is the Windows version running in Wine. Wine's feature called "Emulate a virtual desktop" should do the trick to let you play in windowed mode.

Search for the app in Finder, then control-click (or right-click) it and select Show Package Contents. Do this and you should be able to see the advanced options, where you'll find an option to enable Emulate a virtual desktop.
Right-click SMAC > Show Package Contents > Open Folder "Contents" > Double Click info.plist > Change "Fullscreen" to "NO"
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