3DNeo opened this issue on Sep 02, 2009 ยท 10 posts
3DNeo posted Wed, 02 September 2009 at 3:39 PM
Quote - Seems to be the opposite results as this thread:
Seems the only problem is with some plants not loading materials. Maybe you could check the thread and see if the other mac guys can help you out?
I looked into the thread you pointed to and please note the following.
First, it talks about Vue 7.5 on the Mac, not Vue 7.4 as noted in this thread here as I pointed out. So, there may indeed be a difference given they are not the same version.
Second, it was not at all conclusive and people seem to be getting mixed info even from e-on software on this, for example:
"I was just told by e-on software that Vue 7.5 infinite is NOT compatible with Snow Leopard, but some future version would be...now what??"
Third, there is a LOT of misinformation in that thread I will try to clear up for them. Many are confused about the whole 64 bit thing. This is NOT the case of any trouble reported as the OS is just like Windows 7. You can run applications that are 64 bit or 32 bit in the 64 bit OS. However, the application MUST be written in 64 bit to take advantage of the 64 bit kernel and memory. If talking about Vue, then ONLY the Windows 7 64 bit running Vue 64 bit will take full advantage of this. But, this does NOT mean Vue will not run as it always did on Mac, it will still be just a 32 bit application. There is further confusion about booting into a 32 bit kernel or 64 bit kernel on Snow Leopard OS and this has been outlined in several tech articles by now.
Fourth, some users mentioned "Rosetta" and that is NOT what you want to do. Mainly, Rosetta was only for applications that were NOT universal binary or ones that were written ONLY for the Power PC instead of the newer Mac Intel machines. It has nothing to do with if Vue will run or not properly in Snow Leopard as Vue on the Mac is a Universal Binary at this time meaning meaning it runs on BOTH the newer Intel Macs and older Power PC.
From e-on product page:
"Vue 7.5 Infinite is optimized for Power PC and Intel Macs, and for XP/Vista 32 and 64."
That is why I said I will have to do further testing to see about the kernel difference of 32 and 64 bit boots among other things. Also, there is a very good chance that because Snow Leopard no longer support ANY code for the Power PC and runs on newer Intel Macs ONLY, there may be code issues there due to Vue on Mac being a Universal Binary.
I am also going to see what, if any official word from e-on I can get. However I don't think it will be any real technical benefit judging from past answers given.
Hope this helps some.
Jeff
Development on: Mac Pro 2008, Duel-Boot OS - Snow Leopard 10.6.6 &
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