How to play Sword of the Stars Complete Collection on Mac

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Game summary

Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light. But tragedy strikes, as Earth is ravaged by an alien force. The dawning of a new era was stymied by a grim, new reality... Sword of the Stars: 4 distinct races - Human, Hiver, Tarkas and Liir A powerful state of the art engine delivers breathtaking graphics and robust game play Each race has a unique mode of transport between star systems, creating very different styles of play Over 150 distinct technologies to research on a dynamic tech tree Over 40 weapons from six different weapon classes Players can design and build ships from three size classes - Destroyer, Cruiser, and Dreadnought Up to 8 players can play against the AI and one another over LAN or online Choose from a variety of scenario campaigns to play alone or with friends Born of Blood: Play as the merciless Zuul Slavers with over 90 brand-new ship sections and their unique drive system – the Tunnel Drive Over 25 additional technologies 15 more weapons you can add to your ship designs New ship sections for the original four races, including: War, Projector, Boarding, and a new type of defense satellite – the Torpedo Defense Platform 4 additional galactic encounters, a new grand menace, plus 3 unique scenarios and 6 original maps New game features, including Slavery, Trade Routes, and Diplomatic Communications A Murder of Crows: A New Sixth race – The Morrigi New Ship Sections - Over a dozen new ship sections Unique ‘Grav Flock’ Drive System for Morrigi 15 new weapons 27 new technologies and the new Xeno-Cultural and Drones tech tree Drone carrying ships in all three si
First released: May 2010

Play Sword of the Stars Complete Collection on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Sword of the Stars Complete Collection on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Sword of the Stars Complete Collection installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Sword of the Stars Complete Collection like you would on any PC.
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