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Mr_Emoticon63 Jan 20 @ 6:04pm
Why is it Windows only?
Hello SFM fans! I'm looking for a good animation program to make videos with, and i think that Source looks like a good option, but it's only available for Windows. Why is this? I use MacOS 12.14.17 on a MacBook Pro (Early 2015) with 8 GB of Memory (and 20 GB free space) for anyone wondering. Thanks! :GDEasy:
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Originally posted by BlackRayPlayer:
May politely ask, do you know anything about computer hardware?

MacBook Pro cannot run the software due to the difference in OS instructions. Then you would have the issue of not having dedicated video memory, a GPU. It would struggle a bit to run the software, not completely, however; quite a bit.

As for the Raspberry Pi 4B, I would have to say it would be that it is confused as to how to run instructions for a iGPU it doesn't understand. The device has a Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A72 which is essentially like have a phone as a computer. There are also two versions of the 4B when comes to the CPU as well. BO version comes with a Quad-Core @1.5GHz and the CO comes with 1.8GHz? The low frequencies could also be a factor or that it just doesn't understand how to compute with the CPU as a whole.

Phones CPU run everything, including the graphics. Which again, means no dedicated GPU.
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Mr_Emoticon63 Jan 22 @ 11:10am 
and before you ask, i tried using Steam on Linux (i run Raspberry Pi 4B so ARM processor) and it doesn't work.
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BlackRayPlayer Jan 22 @ 10:00pm 
May politely ask, do you know anything about computer hardware?

MacBook Pro cannot run the software due to the difference in OS instructions. Then you would have the issue of not having dedicated video memory, a GPU. It would struggle a bit to run the software, not completely, however; quite a bit.

As for the Raspberry Pi 4B, I would have to say it would be that it is confused as to how to run instructions for a iGPU it doesn't understand. The device has a Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A72 which is essentially like have a phone as a computer. There are also two versions of the 4B when comes to the CPU as well. BO version comes with a Quad-Core @1.5GHz and the CO comes with 1.8GHz? The low frequencies could also be a factor or that it just doesn't understand how to compute with the CPU as a whole.

Phones CPU run everything, including the graphics. Which again, means no dedicated GPU.
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Mr_Emoticon63 Jan 23 @ 9:07am 
oh. my bad. I'm just looking for a good 3d animation software to make videos with.
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EmperorFaiz.wav Jan 28 @ 11:18am 
Originally posted by Mr_Emoticon63:
oh. my bad. I'm just looking for a good 3d animation software to make videos with.
I suggest Blender instead. It has MacOS version and you can make a real pro-level animation but with a very high learning curve compared to SFM's.
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