View source for Windows Oni vs. Mac Oni

There are no significant gameplay differences between the PC and Mac versions. However, the following information is important for all who hope to mod or script Oni in a way that is Mac-compatible.

==PC exclusives==

===[[Customizing/Binding|Bindable]] events===
Everything that has to do with cutscene authoring (recording character movements), and probably a little bit more.

===[[BSL|BSL]] functions/variables===
The PC build is probably older, and so it has a lot of "dev-and-debug" functionalities that were not used by the original script logic.
When the Mac and PC demo releases were built, some of those features were completely left out.
[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_PConly.txt HERE] is the full list of commands and variables that are unavailable on Mac or PC demo (by order of appearance in '''script_commands.txt''').
While some of them may be obsolete, and thus may have little effect on PC, a lot of them are definitely ''not'' defunct, and their lack on Mac is a major limitation. For instance, one should note :
*the absence of dev-console-related commands (the [[Developer Mode|Dev Mode]], however, is available on Mac and PC demo : just somewhat limited)
*the absence of '''chr_location''' and '''chr_location_settocamera'''. The placement of characters is thus limited by the original set of "teleport" flags.
*the absence of '''chr_focus''' and '''sc_focus'''. Thus none of the following is scriptable on Mac as of today :
**shapeshifting bots and Tag mode in [[AE:OTA|Oni Team Arena]]
**squad gameplay
**intermittently "switching" to characters that are NPCs in the original logic (used in a few mods e.g. Loser's Warehouse)
*the absence of '''chr_health''', '''wp_reset''', and a few other commands/variables that make scripting more flexible.
*other stuff I'm forgetting (there's quite a lot missing, really)
For further information, here are the complete lists of commands/variables as obtained with the '''dump_docs''' function call :
*[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_Mac.txt script_commands_Mac.txt]
*[http://edt.oni2.net/files/script_commandsMacBeta.txt script_commands_MacBeta.txt]
*[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_PC.txt script_commands_PC.txt]
*[[BSL:Commands | A comparison of the commands/variables side by side, PC, Mac, and Mac Beta]]
As for the effect of the commands and variables, the best documentation so far is on ssg's [http://ssg.oni2.net/commands.htm Oni Stuff]. It covers the full list of commands/variables, i.e. that of the PC version. Porting it to Oni Galore, slowly but surely...


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==Mac exclusives==
===A semi-official patch===
Made by [http://www.omnigroup.com OmniGroup], [http://www.omnigroup.com/games/oni/ Oni 1.0 v1.36] (native OS X port) fixes a few issues with sounds, mouse, rendering, AI...
On the whole, the Mac build of Oni ''may'' have fewer crash issues as a result.
For more information about installing this one on Mac, see [[Installation#Mac|here]]

===Startup GUI===
If you press Shift while starting Oni (This only applies when running in OS9 or Classic, not OSX), a little GUI will pop up and let you do the following :
*configure controls LH and RH
*set command-line parameters (Args:)



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==Other differences==
===Level logic===
The contents of the [[IGMD|IGMD]] folders are essentially the same on Mac and PC, but in {{C13}} (aka [[IGMD#tctf_ii|tctf_ii]]), there are minor differences in the logic of the boss battle.

Additionally, the [[IGMD/global|global]] folder is not recognized by the Mac and PC demo engines.

===File formats===
'''Differences between Mac and PC files:'''

'''files'''

PC: *.dat, *.raw

Mac and PC demo: *.dat, *.sep, *.raw

'''dat file'''

PC: first 4 bytes are 1F 27 DC 33

Mac and PC demo: first 4 bytes are 61 30 C1 23

(Mac beta: first bytes are 81 11 8D 23)

*special: Mac [[OBD:SNDD|SNDD]] files are 32 bytes long, PC and PC demo [[OBD:SNDD|SNDD]] files are 96 bytes long

'''sep file'''

PC: no sep files

Mac and PC demo: contains the offset data of the [[OBD:BINA|BINA]], [[OBD:OSBD|OSBD]] and [[OBD:TXMP|TXMP]] files

*special: sep-file link in the TXMP file

'''raw file'''

PC: contains the offset data of the [[OBD:AGDB|AGDB]], [[OBD:AKVA|AKVA]], [[OBD:BINA|BINA]], [[OBD:OSBD|OSBD]], [[OBD:SNDD|SNDD]], [[OBD:SUBT|SUBT]], [[OBD:TRAM|TRAM]] and [[OBD:TXMP|TXMP]] file

Mac and PC demo: contains the offset data of the [[OBD:AKVA|AKVA]], [[OBD:SNDD|SNDD]], [[OBD:SUBT|SUBT]] and [[OBD:TRAM|TRAM]] files

*special 1: Mac and PC demo haven't [[OBD:AGDB|AGDB]] files

*special 2: Mac uses AIFF sounds, PC and PC demo uses WAV sounds