OSX 10.6 support DROPPED

As of now, Marble Blast Platinum 1.50 RC1 will have no more support for OSX 10.6 "snow leopard". If you are a mac user who is using 10.6, there are a couple of things you can do.

1. Upgrade to OSX 10.9 mavericks, which is a free upgrade from Apple
2. Download Wine which is a free windows run time to allow windows versions of applications on Intel based OSX

Sorry for the inconvenience, but it is too old to continue supporting. It is as the saying goes, "Beating a dead horse over and over again."

- Jeff and the Platinum Team

MAC OS X TIGER LIVES FOREVEr.

That's a shame, but thanks so much for trying, Platinum Team. I'll upgrade my computer sometime soon.

Snow Leopard is only 5 years old. Hell, Apple still sells it. Is it really that much effort to compile for 10.6?

Turns out, it is.

The libraries we are using in the extender are using C++11, a new version of the C++ specification. They're linked with libc++, which supports C++. All versions of Mac OS X 10.7 and above have libc++, with C++11 support (or got it in a patch), however 10.6 doesn't include this library. 10.6 includes libstdc++, which is like libc++ but only supports the older C++ standards (C++2003 if I recall correctly). This poses a challenge, as we can't compile with the old standard, and we can't really bundle the new libraries onto 10.6. Short of recompiling the compiler and going super duper crazy, we just decided to drop support until we make any progress with it.

TL;DR - 10.6 was before 2011, doesn't have C++11 support, we use C++11.

Just replied to you on facebook, higuy beat me to a post.

Apple deprecates their stuff so fast. You basically have to be expecting to upgrade when you buy a mac. If you don't wanna update and keep up, you shouldn't be using a mac, period.

Well that's a bummer. I'll probably upgrade to Yosemite when it's released. I still encourage you to keep exploring options though for those who are unable to upgrade.

We're trying as hard as we can to offer support to as many people as possible, trust me, but the fact of the matter is that Apple has made it rather difficult for new programs to be compatible with OS X 10.6. The latest version of the C++ standard, C++11, isn't supported on 10.6 by the compiler included with XCode, and offering support for it requires that we custom compile the compiler and statically link to the C++ standard library. (And no, using an older version of the C++ standard isn't an option either.) This would be rather difficult for HiGuy and Jeff to do, and thus we figured that it would not be worth spending time on. As Jeff mentioned, you should still be able to play the game through WINE or CrossOver if you aren't willing to upgrade.

And on that note, I'm proud to announce that MBP 1.50 will be receiving a Linux port, and that we're looking into a way to avert the administrator requirement on Windows.

Quite a bummer. Thanks for trying though. I'll update soon.