Block N Load now playable on Mac and LInux

[phdinawesomeness]

You can now play Block N Load on Mac or Linux by simply following these steps and using a program called Crossover.
1. Download the program crossover. Here’s the link: https://www.codeweavers.com/products/ You can download the free trial for 14 days and when the trial period is over you can uninstall and then reinstall. (more information regarding the uninstallation process is at the bottom)
2. Go through the download process for Crossover and open it up.
3. When it asks you what Windows application to download. DON’T TYPE IN BLOCK N LOAD because it won’t come up. Simply search "Steam".
4. Download Steam and go through the installation process.
5. Then go to the steam store and download "Block N Load". ENJOY!!!!!
Here are some images of it working on mac: http://imgur.com/a/ywwmm

You can simply uninstall and reinstall with another email when the trial period is over. However, simply dragging the application to trash won't work you have to delete the cookies and cache.
Here's the step-by-step process for Mac
https://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/mac/mactutorial/uninstall and here Here's the step-by-step process for Linux: https://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/linux/linuxtutorial/uninstall

Jagex should pin this thread so other Mac or Linux users that would like to play can see it here.

Have any questions? Leave a comment below.

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Eh.

Devs. This legit? If it's legit, why not just release mac support? My friend wants to play.

[phdinawesomeness]

its legit lol. ill take a picture. Its probably not that easy. When i play with mac its not that high fps and there are ocassional bugs. None of my links are malware but official sites

[Ｔｅｎｓｅｎｕｍａ]

If it works, cool. But if it's not officially supported by devs
Then no bueno. If it's a workaround, also cool. But. I'd like for the store to actually say mac supported.

[phdinawesomeness]

ofcourse its not officialy supported by the devs. it would be an official version released on mac if it was. Its a workaround. what do you mean mac supported?

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If it's a workaround, I'd still like a comment from an actual dev confirming that it's alright. As would anyone else. Just saying.

And I mean the store page. An Official display of 'mac support'.

I understand workarounds. But. Maybe devs don't want that, who knows.

[phdinawesomeness]

ok, I see what you're saying. It probably sounds shady coming from a random guy. Ill upload an image soon. I just got done from reinstalling it.

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A tad bit yeah. No offense. Just. No picture. Level 0 profile.
It's cool if you have the knowledge for it, but it's not just trust on your end. It's if the devs even want people doing this or not. :P

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Considering your hours, it seems to check out. I'm really curious if a dev is aware of this. Maybe they could sign off on it or something. I really want my friend who owns a mac to be able to play with me. I gave her free platinum bars and a P2P code a while back.

Also.

Originally posted by phdinawesomeness:

how do you raise steam level?

• Buy games: There are badges rewarding you for owning X amount of games.
  
• Complete card sets: You can get a total 500 xp for completing a card set 5 times. You can complete a card set for under dollar depending on the popularity (most source game card sets will run about a dollar).
  
• Complete FOIL card sets: You can get 100 xp for completing a card set at a maximum of 1 time. Foil card prices can be found for under fifty cents each, or can run you $15+.
  
• Be here forever: You might see people with high levels and not have completed one card set. That's because Valve highly rewards Steam Veterans. You get 50xp per year you've been a steam user. 1 year = 50 xp, 2 years = 50 more xp, and so on.
  
• Complete Special Challenges: Complete tasks like Summer Sales or Holiday Sales or King of The fort! You will find a nice amount of xp waiting for you.
  In all honesty, the more money you spend, the higher level you will be.

You don't have to raise your Steam Level, just having no picture makes you kind of sus. Steam is full of phishers. That you're probably also unaware of. :P

[phdinawesomeness]

The game in action: http://imgur.com/a/ywwmm Yea I don't really know too much about steam. I stumbled upon this when I tried to figure out how to play wizard 101 on mac when I was a little kid lol. I used it and had to use a similar method. And I had been following Block N Load since it was announced and had a beta key just wasting away because I could never play but I finally figured it out. I've been wanting to spread the knowledge but just have been too lazy. Just warn your friend the mac laptop is gonna overheat like CRAZY. And to make sure to uninstall it properly once the trial is over. I'm glad you trusted me!

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Oh boy. Yeah. I just read up on that trial thing xD
Good thing she has a desktop.
Bad thing is. A trial. Yeah, I'd rather her wait until full support from the devs themselves. It's pretty cool that it works, but devs need to get this thing rollin'.
Boost that playerbase even more perhaps. Feature a "Now with Mac support!" advertisement over Steam or something. Or Mac & Linux.

[phdinawesomeness]

Nobody can wait for Block N Load. Once you start playing, you can never go back. Even though its a bit tedious its honestly worth it. Add me in game too! (Idk how to...) I have no friends :(

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Region?
& what's your display name in-game?

[phdinawesomeness]

North America i think. And im pretty sure its phdinawesomeness, same as my steam name.

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Got'cha
I'll add you after this match

[Zeus]

Unity games already run fine with the mono runtime on *nix systems

Don't need all that stuff tbh