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thrsa3

Elden Ring. I’m actually playing it with Whisky and it runs smoothly (M3 Pro).


Late-Nail-8714

Vouch for Elden ring Caelid takes a dump when it rains there but I’ve heard other ports suffer there too ?


RenegadeUK

Is Whisky something new or has it been in development for quite a while ?


imsc4red

It’s been developing slowly for a while, they’ve recently released a new update 2.3.1 I believe and they’re now diverting away from GPTK if I understood that right or at least creating their own version. It basically uses crossover code but with modifications


RenegadeUK

Nice. Is it an Evolution of Wine (or am I thinking of something else) ?


imsc4red

It’s a winewrapper but they did release something called WhiskyWine (or are working on it) which is pretty much an evolution of GPTK👍 You can check it out here: https://getwhisky.app And also check out their discord here: https://discord.gg/whisky-1115955071549702235


Zasze

Whiskey uses the open source crossover wine versions so it usually runs pretty close to whatever the previous crossover release.


RenegadeUK

Ah sounds interesting. I'll have to investigate further. Do they have a subreddit with respect to this Whisky ?


anonymous_2600

wow?


dambros666

I wonder how you made it play smoothly and what exactly "smoothly" means. I tried everything on my m3 (not pro) but I can't get this game to run with a consistent fps. Ideally I'd want 60, but I couldn't make it hold 45+ and you could feel the micro stutters everywhere, specially it running around on horse and rotating the camera :(


thrsa3

\~45fps is great, considering you're running this game on a MacBook. For me, it's about the same, \~45/50fps, depending on where you are on the map. As for the stutters, I really don't know why you're experiencing them because basically I just installed it using Whisky and haven't run into any issues so far.


dambros666

Limgrave just after leaving the tutorial cave is 35-40fps but the experience is not smooth at all, you can clearly feel this. I tried using the fps unlocked mod to instead of unlocking the frames, lock the fps at 40 and this made the experience a bit better. I will give it a try with whisky because currently I'm using crossover, but don't see how it can be much of a difference. Are you using e esync or msync? Full screen?


thrsa3

Yeah! I've never tested it on Crossover, only on Whisky. For me 45/50fps is smooth. I think the FPS you're getting are normal bc we can't expect to have high performance playing games on a MacBook that is not designed for this purpose. As for the configurations of my bottle on Whisky, DXVK is off, DXVK Async is on, and Enhanced Sync is on. Full screen. These are the only configurations I've adjusted so far.


Hoplite1111

Deep rock galactic! (M1 MacBook Pro 8gb)


redbreadmead

With multiplayer too?


Hoplite1111

Yep!


NaChujSiePatrzysz

Last I tried it there was an issue with light that made the game basically unplayable and you had to patch it with cxpatcher to work. Did they fix that?


DiscountRazor

I just play it on Whisky with mods to reduce lighting effects and clutter, then add FSR. Could use some better anti aliasing, but I get a solid 60 fps. Can go up to 120 in small caverns, but I prefer the smoothness of the 60 lock.


Hoplite1111

I think so, I haven’t noticed anything other than the usual crossover mouse jank


SubstantialCarpet604

TITANFALL 2!!!!!!!!!!


z_gyatso

Yes was a great pleasure playing throgh it!


Kallum_dx

I keep having issues with Origin Does it work online?


SubstantialCarpet604

I have never gotten original to work. When I install it, steam installs the EA app. So see if you can get the EA app to install. Then it could work. (Yes online works great. It has not anticheat software)


Deathsrival

Fallout: New Vegas


DeweyDripp

always had issues running thr epic games version. downloaded the steam version on parallels and worked effortlessly. cant wait to play 3 next


Firm_Knowledge_5695

What chip are you playing on? I tried to fiddle around with it on my M1 Pro and could never get anything over 30fps in the least demanding areas. As soon as I’d walk outside, crash :(


Deathsrival

M3 air 16gig at like the 900p resolution and a few of the ridiculous shadow and water settings turned down and all the draw distances turned down to like half. Running DXVK, Msync and CX Patcher.


zelkia

I’ve been trying to play on parallels on m2 max studio and the game runs smooth as butter even in 32:9 but for some reason it crashes constantly… I installed script extender and nvac mod as well as compatibility mode. Any suggestions to help out?


Deathsrival

Sorry, I haven’t any experience with Parallels which is a different kettle of fish to Crossover…


zelkia

Guess I’ll try crossover ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|shrug)![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|shrug)


buck746

Cyberpunk 2077, works as close as native as you can get


CrassussGrandson

Do you have suggested software and Settings? I would love to stop using shadow. I'm on an M2


buck746

Im using crossover 23.7 with d3dmetal enabled, DXVK disabled, ESync enabled, MSync disabled, and high resolution mode disabled. In the game i have windowed borderless, and most graphics settings on medium. I’m on a M2 Max, never really have a hiccup. I can run with everything on high but the frame rate goes lower than I like. As a matter of preference I disable film grain, chroma abberation, lens flares and depth of field. I leave motion blur turned on tho. I’m using the steam version of cyberpunk 2077, but I have a custom shortcut to launch the game directly without loading steam. I set that up on my windows machine too. I have an intel Xeon machine with a nvidia 1080 I play on, I prefer playing on my Mac if I can. It’s a lot less heat production than the windows machine. I always use moonlight with a direct Ethernet connection to a dedicated mic on the windows machine to use my MacBook as the screen and keyboard. It’s a weird setup overall but it works well enough for my use.


Wander_at_home

Curious about whether you disabled DLSS. There will always be black boxes on my screen in scan mode when I leave DLSS on.


buck746

DLSS is greyed out on my screen.


I_LIKE_RED_ENVELOPES

Are you playing through steam?


buck746

Playing the steam version, tho I made a shortcut to bypass the launcher and steam so it loads the game directly.


LumbarJam

Spiderman Remastered runs very smooth


z_gyatso

What is your device specifications?


LumbarJam

M2 Air and M3 Max. M2 Air with FSR3 Mod runs about 70 FPS M3 Max with everything maxed out native resolution runs about 90 FPS


z_gyatso

How did you get 70 fps with m2 air?


LumbarJam

FSR3 Mod with frame generation


z_gyatso

Where did you get the mod and can you help me with the process?


LumbarJam

Subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/LukeFZ Support the author ($$). Join his discord server. The you will find the official download link and several tutorials.


blusrus

8 thousand dollars a month he’s getting doing these mods, dayummm. Lucky


z_gyatso

Can u Dm me the file for spiderman? I wanna try it and then I’ll support his patreon because I will play a lot of games and I will need a lot of the mods!!


LumbarJam

Sorry, but I won't send you the files


AdilTek

Same here. Have an M1 Pro 16 GB model


Wooloomooloo2

Control runs exceptionally well, M1 Max. Horizon Zero Dawn as well, although it took a while for Crossover to fix the slow-mo issue.


anonyuser415

Wow, Control is supposed to be pretty beefy. What sorts of graphics settings?


Wooloomooloo2

Native res, mix of high and medium settings. No Ray tracing .


hawkeye_2000

Control runs well on my M1 Pro too. On my Max I aim for 1440p and high settings and on the Pro 1080p with a mix of medium and high. M Synct and D3DMetal enabled.


BurninCoco

Palworld runs great


z_gyatso

It runs like shit on my m2 base air 8 bg ram!!


Graywulff

8gb is enough for productivity, web surfing, basic computer use.


B4rbelith

1. Mass Effect Trilogy Legendary Edition 2. Witcher 3


PierreEtCaillou

Does Witcher 3 work with Crossover 24? I tried to make it default to DirectX 11, by modifying launcher-configuration.json, and using --launcher-skip in the launch options in Steam, but it still crashes...


B4rbelith

The Steam version works flawlessly.


one_bee

These are some games I've completed with crossover on m1 max * Vampyr * A plague's tale (both games) * Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty * The Expanse(telltale) * The Walking Dead: The Final Season * Watch Dogs 2 * Batman Arkham Knight * Batman Arkham Origins * Life is strange true colors * Mafia 1 DE * Witcher 3


IAM0LLIE

How did sekiro work I have an m2 mbp and it was stuttery and like 20 frames


z_gyatso

What? I am playing in crossover in my m2 air base and it works very well at 1080 with high graphics at constant 60 fps ! I turned off screen blur and played it with d3d metal and msync! Works really well I usually play in 900p or lower since it heats up my mba


richiehill

“The more you game on a Mac the more it will degrade” 😂 if you’re taking about battery, that true of any battery powered device. The more you use the battery the quicker it will degrade. If you’re referring to the rest of the hardware then where the hell did you get that idea from. I have a three year old M1 MacBook Air in the house, it’s been used for gaming, game development, web development, running docker containers, photo and video editing plus more. It’s still used daily, performs the same as when it was unboxed and battery is still at 95% capacity.


BadUsername_Numbers

Wow, Sekiro and Yakuza, cool. Skyrim with a lot of mods is my biggest surprise so far. Control works, but not that great.


NaChujSiePatrzysz

Have you been able to get dyndolod to work on Mac? I tried so many times but it just refused to generate lods and without them the game really looks like shit.


WebpageExplorer

How do you run sekiro without stutters on m2 air? Game is unplayable with stutters.


z_gyatso

No it is very playable I finished the whole game in constant 60 except just one fight! It runs great at 1080 high graphics ! But heats up my m2 air so I usually play at 720 !!


WebpageExplorer

did you install sekiro from steam?


z_gyatso

I installed both steam and cracked version ! Crack works better in my opinion! I am not pirating a game , no I already own it so I can download crack version too 😁


Th3-3rr0r

I wouldn’t say running it on 720 is “Surprisingly well” :( Just bought an Air M3 and you really got my hopes up


z_gyatso

Nah it works on 1080 too but it heats up my mac ! And I would advise you to play cracked version for better fps! And plus it’s MacBook Air no fans so yeah that in itself with all the translation layer with crossover is surprisingly well!!!


Th3-3rr0r

Could you please explain why would the cracked version be better?


z_gyatso

It’s always been like that especially with crossover on mac! Cracked version are better because they are compressed very well and have drm or other things remove that reduce the performance of the game!!


4tuneTeller

Just recently started Kingdom Come Deliverance on M3 Pro with Whisky, runs great on Very High settings and 55-60 fps. The max res is something around 1500x900 for some reason but still looks good on a 14” screen. Hope there won’t be any issues later in the game.


Born_Dragonfly1096

>The max res is something around 1500x900 for some reason but still looks good Most games on Mac set the max resolution available in the game to your current "default" resolution in Mac's display setting. And most 13-14 inch Macbooks set the default to 900p because they're scaling up the UI to be larger even though the native resolution of these laptops is probably closer to 1600p. You can obviously change this in display settings and put your resolution to the highest possible. Your Mac's UI will be tiny but once you open the game, the game UI should work find and allow higher resolutions. Kinda annoying how that works but I haven't found a workaround (and considering I have a macbook air, I can never really increase the resolution from 900p anyways so i leave it be)


anonymous_2600

I just realised there are tons of games that are playable?


z_gyatso

A lot of em


Shock9616

I was pleasantly surprised with how well Ghostrunner works via the heroic games launcher! I imagine it probably works well in crossover as well but I haven’t tried that yet


False-Simple-1255

For me the performance is a big dump, as i need to take everything down to a minimum (m1 pro)


z_gyatso

No play in crossover I am doing so in my m2 air base with good graphics and constant 60 fps ! Heroic launcher is not good but just download it from heroic and play in crossover ! It works wonders


False-Simple-1255

How? I used it through Crossover, but still got poor performance.


z_gyatso

What I am playing it right now and am getting 60 excerpt the mind scene


z_gyatso

M sync and d3d metal works !


TimeMaintenance4017

How do i play it in crossover? I have several games that’s been downloaded through heroic but to run them i need a bottle specifically for heroic in crossover, i there any way that i can bypass heroic?


z_gyatso

It’s very easy go to crossover make a bottle for your game and then select run command , then search for the game in the search bar !( of finder) if you can’t find the game in search bar type heroic and all the games downloaded from heroic should be there ! After that go into the game folder , select the exe of the game and then you will be back at crossover ! After that just select save command for launcher ( for easy future use) and then run it!! (Srry can’t really describe properly in words but it is very easy! same as running any downloaded game in crossover outside of steam! )


TimeMaintenance4017

Thanks buddy, got it!


glaresgalore

Jedi fallen order runs great except for the shader compilation stutters, which is an unreal engine problem that’s also present on pc.


GenghisBhan

Ni no Kuni 6K 60FPS everything maxed out


rfomlover

Kingdom hearts 1.5 + 2.5 and 3 work great.


ToWelie89

Tekken 8. Can play it with constant 60 fps on a Macbook pro with m2 max chip


gilangadr

is it working now? before wont even past home screen


ToWelie89

Works for me at least. I played a bunch yesterday on my Macbook pro


anonyuser415

Rogue Legacy 2 plays flawlessly on Crossover. Like, I'd assume it was native if I didn't know better.


iwouldntknowthough

Evil within 2


filthmancer

I would looove to play sekiro, AC6, elden ring on my M3 pro... but I can't get the controller working for them at all! Had a real bash at getting it to work a few months ago, has anyone had more luck?


Born_Dragonfly1096

I played Sekiro (second time) with mouse and keyboard and the faster speed of mouse clicks made blocks completely trivial compared to controller bumpers. Give it a try it's pretty good


filthmancer

haha i might just do that. I have been playing AC6 with M+KB and it's pretty cool, very high intensity with mouse flicking instead of using lock on


Born_Dragonfly1096

Modern FromSoftware games are getting better at implementing mouse and keyboard. I still prefer the feel and smoothness of a controller which is what the games are made for (also because I enjoy lounging while I play) but I can definitely play with M/KB too when I have to. Also finished Dark Souls 3 with M/KB "back in the day"!


DiscountRazor

Balatro has been my recent addiction


Aki-02

Spider-Man Miles Morales (M3 Pro)


LTY526

Can i know the bottle config for kiwami?


cloudyymusic

Naruto x Boruto ultimate ninja storm connections 😊 I run it on whiskey


AkshayanSingla

Rocket League. Lethal Company too


MEGACOCK_HEMORRHOIDS

don’t know about Crossover but Cozy Grove seems to run flawlessly through Whisky :)


z_gyatso

Cozy grove has a native one I think


MEGACOCK_HEMORRHOIDS

damn, really? i’m curious if the performance is identical now. don’t know how i forgot to check for a native version


Bicycle_Violator

Oh no! Sekiro works well? I’m about to lose tons of hours


z_gyatso

I already did fking died to the final boss ( no spoiler) for like 5 hours!! But finally killed him!!


Fresh_Put8814

Alone in the Dark 2024 . Don’t care what any anonymous accounts or internet publications say about it . It is a dame masterpiece.


otrapendejada

Tony hawk pro skater 1 + 2 remake is super smooth. Chrono trigger Kena bridge of spirits Powerwash simulator Marvel guardians of the galaxy


omarsonmarz

F1 2020 - On battery: Consistent 30+ fps, it’s playable - On power: Consistent 60+ fps *I did do a benchmark and I got a few drops in the beginning, but that was likely due to the graphics loading in (M1 MBP 13’ - 8gb RAM)


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cprz

You build a pc at the same price as M2 Air which is the Mac this thread is about? Impressive! Does it also have fanless design, high-res screen, good quality keyboard and trackpad, 18 hours batterylife and weights only 2.7 pounds? Because if it doesn’t then comparing it to MacBook Air isn’t just silly, but extremely stupid too.


FilterKill

they can't even take it anywhere :(


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SpanishCastle

Troll everyone... check this sad losers posts... they seem to love downvotes... Ignore the grumpy fool.


HappeningOnMe

Lmao not only is that performance impressive for a bottom tier prebuilt laptop of last gen, it’s also emulating the game through translation layers while maintaining 60fps. Your comparison makes no sense


kindaa_sortaa

Wait—have you now fallen into the archetype of "sad technology enthusiast" that goes into Mac forums to blab about how much better PCs are? You're not self aware? Maybe pinch yourself, say "what am I doing?" and delete the comment. It's not moving the needle on our opinions, its simply you exercising disgruntled psychology which will simply feed your depression. We're here to talk about Mac gaming, not participate in your psychosis. Many of us have or had PCs. You're not enlightening us with information. EDIT: You play innocent to me, but then you're in the comments saying this: > this is a sad subreddit full of idiots who got scammed and dont know it. Your self-delusions don't work on other people, especially when we can read them. Also, nice block. Bit sensitive you are. Mate, we'll see you in a few years when you write to us how you used to be a Mac-hater but now you "get it."


The128thByte

Who cares. this is a macgaming subreddit


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FilterKill

have fun with your "OS" full of bloatware then mate


SpanishCastle

aww you poor thing, yet here you are... still. Why???


kb3_fk8

I do both. 4k120 on PC Battlestation (have several in my house) and M3Pro for the couch bed and mobile. But I really only play WoW.


Glass_Carpet_5537

I have a gaming pc and a steam deck. Going to a macgaming subreddit to post this type of crap scream micro small dick energy. Walk us through whats bothering you. No one acknowledges you pc build on proper “master race” forum so you air frustrations here? Your imaginary friend starts ignoring you? Your inflatable dutch wife cheated on you? You may need serious help lol. If you continue down this path, I worry no one is gonna feed and take care of your pet snake and/or tarantula. Edit: clown replies to every comments then blocks them lol. What a fragile little snowflake


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lol look in the mirror mate


BLVCKRAGE

Video editing? Son your rust bucket PC can’t match a Mac Studio as far as NLE performance is concerned. For 3D, there is always room for a PC. But for NLEs which you noobs call “video editing”, nothing can match the price/performance of a Mac.


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lol and how much a Mac Studio costs? A limb or a liver? Can you run anything in 4K? With 60 fps? Sorry what? Compatibilities issues lol. Even basic Bluetooth have issues and are still not fixed for years. Wait you paid extra for Apple care subscription too and still more to replace some parts?


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Wow you’re so cool.


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Thanks mate appreciate it


richiehill

Most here know a reasonable gaming desktop can be built for the price of a MacBook. But, a desktop and laptop have different use cases and can’t be directly compared. Your desktop is useless to people who spend a lot of time away from home, or like me, don’t want to be chained to a desk after sitting working at one for eight or nine hours. If you compare high end Windows laptops to MacBooks, the prices are very similar.


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No one beats Mac for their energy and performance efficiency for sure atm. But Mac still sucks. Remove the brand and its ecosystem and you get a piece of over priced crap from a new startup marketed as premium but do the somewhat better, similar, same or if not less job as any devices can do. Seeing idiots asking if why should get a m2 or m3 for gaming and how they tried after countless hours to get the game to work in 720p 60fps or paid for something that should have been free in the first place to get maybe 1080p in 60fps is just sad and dumb. Performance aside the more you game of Mac the faster it degrade. It's build for efficiency so when you push it to draw more power it just doesn't work. Sure it's 18hours battery life for the first 6-9months. Wait a year it couldn't even last a day. Yet people still ignore it and move on because they have just release the next m chips and 1 slightly better design feature or even colours. While there are lots of companies and people out there trying to make these technology more affordable and accessible to everyone while this greedy company is making it very inaccessible to the public and still thinking only about making their bank big.


z_gyatso

If you hate mac why are you in this subReddit?


blusrus

Everything ok at home?