Michael_LaCorte wrote: > Hello, I have recently been trying to get Starcraft Broodwar (PC) to run on my Macbook Pro (1.6.2). > > I have installed Wine 1.1.40 using Macports and Wine seems to be working, however, when I try to launch Starcraft, an error pops up saying, "Starcraft was unable to switch video modes. To correct this problem, please set Desktop Area to 640 x 480 and Color Palette to 256 colors and try running Starcraft again." > > When I installed Starcraft under Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit) using Wine 1.1.40 the game ran perfectly. > > Any ideas how I would correct this issue without having to run the game in windowed mode? The terminal output is as follows: > No. You will have to run the program in windowed mode. Blame it on the broken X11 supplied with MacOSX. > err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 640x480x8 @0! (NoRes) > err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 1440x878x8 @0! (NoRes) > > > This is why. James McKenzie
