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updating for Intel Mac build; not sure about the statement left under "PC exclusives" about bindable events

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+There are no significant gameplay differences between the PC and Mac versions. However, there are some minor differences in scripting functionality that modders should be aware of.
-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==
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 ==Other differences==
+===BSL functions===
+*PCs have '''co_show_all''', which prints all commands and variables to the console, though this is of dubious usefulness compared to dump_docs, which writes all commands and variables to script_commands.txt on both PC and Mac.
+*PCs have the handy '''li_center_cursor''', though this behavior is hardcoded to be on all the time on Macs.
+*'''chr_location''' can take the AI's name as a string or the AI's index number on Macs, but only the AI's index number on PC.
+*Macs can show attack extents by passing an animation name to the '''chr_showextent''' command (with the '''chr_showextent_globals''' variable set to true).
+===BSL variables===
+*Only PCs have the boolean '''ai2_debug_localmove_lines'''.
+*Macs can show attack extents with the '''chr_showextent_globals''' variable set to true by watching characters attack (or by passing an animation name to the '''chr_showextent''' command).
+*Macs can also show trigger volumes using '''show_triggervolumes'''.
+*Macs can display the weapon name when equipping a weapon if '''chr_show_weaponid''' is true.
+*Macs have a few probably-useless variables for graphics left over from the debugging days at Bungie: '''debug_font_cache''', '''gl_disable_dxt1''', '''gl_disable_packed_pixels''', and '''gl_mipmap_offset'''.
 ===Level logic===
 The contents of the [[IGMD|IGMD]] folders are exactly the same on Mac and PC, except for tctf_ii ({{C13}}); these changes were made in the logic of the boss battle and cutscenes: