Recently there was a version of SMR for MAC systems, and by itself it appears to run fine. The game was originally written for the PC back in Oct of 2006. Since then there have been over 130 custom maps written for the game. They run fine in PCs, but do not run correctly on MACs. The main reason for this seems to be the timestamp on the files. For instance, all the custom maps contain a file called RRT_Goods.xml. The timestamp can be anywhere from 2007 to the present. When a custom map is run the game checks the timestamp and uses the newest one.
Now to the MAC version. These have three timestamps to them, Created, Modified and Accessed. I was able to download the DEMO and in accessing the 5.hfs file I got timestamps of 2012-10-19 for all three. I have to guess that the actual download of the full game has these same timestamps. The problem comes in that when one of the custom maps is played, the game uses the newest, which in the case of RRT_Goods.xml, would be the one from the game. Most of these custom maps contain custom materials, so the custom Goods would not show up in the game, hence the custom map cannot be played.
A couple of questions here: First, which of the three timestamps would the game be going by as to which to use in the game? Second, can this be set to a 2006 date by changing the date of the computer before installing the game and will this allow the custom maps to be played correctly?
Now to the MAC version. These have three timestamps to them, Created, Modified and Accessed. I was able to download the DEMO and in accessing the 5.hfs file I got timestamps of 2012-10-19 for all three. I have to guess that the actual download of the full game has these same timestamps. The problem comes in that when one of the custom maps is played, the game uses the newest, which in the case of RRT_Goods.xml, would be the one from the game. Most of these custom maps contain custom materials, so the custom Goods would not show up in the game, hence the custom map cannot be played.
A couple of questions here: First, which of the three timestamps would the game be going by as to which to use in the game? Second, can this be set to a 2006 date by changing the date of the computer before installing the game and will this allow the custom maps to be played correctly?
