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League of Legends on Mac – In PBE Testing Now!

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Tyko ?? Senior Member
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01-23-2013

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See my response tot he request for the linux client.
so you're saying we could potentially play on tablets/phones some day? o_o

 
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01-23-2013

How long have you been working on the port? Was there anything with regards to how the game worked that was optimized for PC and therefore hard to translate over? How hard was the task compared to other projects you're been working on?

I realize this isn't an AMA but I have questions. Good work on it all

 
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What model calculator?
Ti 89

 
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What model calculator?
Basic 8 digit calculator.

 
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KnightmareDaniel ?? Senior Member
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01-23-2013

Is this version going to allow CMD+TAB?

 
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ChlorrOfTheMask ?? Senior Member
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01-23-2013

I am happy to see Riot came through and made a Mac client like they said they would. Now to install it and compare it the the iLoL client.

 
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Viz Viz's Avatar ?? Associate Software Engineer
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01-23-2013

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How long have you been working on the port? Was there anything with regards to how the game worked that was optimized for PC and therefore hard to translate over? How hard was the task compared to other projects you're been working on?

I realize this isn't an AMA but I have questions. Good work on it all
We've been working on this for over a year and a half.

There were many design decisions made in the code that were very Windows specific. Some of them we rewrote to a more platform agnostic version. Some of them we tried to translate over. For example, the way we handle the mouse input on OSX is somewhat complex because we didn't want to change the way the game dealt with mouse input.

Some parts of this task were very easy. Many of them were some of the hardest things I've done at Riot.

Hello, my name is Viz. I worked on the League of Legends Mac Client. Ask me anything.

 
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Montag Montag's Avatar ?? Player Experience Manager
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01-23-2013

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I guess while i am here. Since the LoL Mac client is out (which took a year apparently) can you reveal what's the next big project for Riot after this, or is that private information?
Newton support.






;-)

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01-23-2013

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Ti 89
No promises, but I'll look into it. Don't get your hopes up, though.

 
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01-23-2013

I'm so excited for this! Thank you so much! Now if only PBE signups would finally open. :c

Will there also be retina display support in this client?