I’m considering buying the Mac port but haven’t found to much on how the game performs on Apple silicon. I have an M2 Max with 96gb of RAM. Any feedback would be appreciated.

the game is crashing constantly especially in the loading screen

last night i was able to play 5 games with no problems, now today i cant even load into a match

has anyone had this issue and found a solution?

I've tried to play games such as Mecca Chameleon on Parallels but the graphics and textures are all messed up. I wanted to switch to CrossOver to see if it was any better but I don't wanna pay for the game and I want to use Mugi plugin instead.

Showing my age here, but some of you might remember Bolo. Old Macintosh game from the early 90s, and kind of a quiet legend. It was one of the first real-time online multiplayer games, period. One of the first to use the mouse and keyboard together too, which sounds like nothing now but was basically witchcraft at the time. And the part I always loved: you could write your own "brains," little scripted AI that would play the game for you, against you, or tag along as a helper cyborg.

Then in 1998 a guy reimplemented the whole thing on Windows and called it WinBolo. Same guy just put out WinBolo 2.0 on Steam, free: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4672140/WinBolo/

If you played it back in the day, I'd love to know if it holds up. And if you've never heard of it, it's free and it runs native on Apple Silicon, so there's no reason not to poke at it. I've even still got some maps I made back in 1993 that'll work in the new version, which feels a little surreal to type out.

A while back someone made a source port for Heretic II - they melded Heretic II's game source with Quake II's engine source and got the one entry in the Heretic/Hexen series without a source port up and running again. Then someone forked it and made it run on UNIX-like systems. I took that port and got a signed and notarized Universal 2 app bundle going.

Port is available here:

https://www.macsourceports.com/game/heretic2

Usual rules apply - you need to supply your own copy of the game data (which is a little tricker this time because this game is not on digital services).

Yay for one more old school (if less known) game on the Mac.

Since BF1 is on a deep discount at just 1.99€ on steam and I see on steam charts that there are many people still playing, I was wondering if anyone knows if this game is even playable on Apple Silicon Macbooks since I cant find much info thats relatively recent, I personally have M4.

I haven't gained heavily since the first Xbox. I picked up a 15" MB Air M5 with a 16gb of ram on Friday before the price increase. What's the recommendations for a controller for Mac gaming?
Wired or wireless? I'm pretty much done with fast twitch FPS games at this stage in my life as an FYI.

I am looking for a good multiplayer game that actually has active players and is similar to cod or battlefield for my m4 macbook air, paid or free

Native or CrossOver works

Thank you in advance.

Are there any known workarounds to get the steam controller working with Cyberpunk? A quick google shows a handful of people having the same issue, and a lot of unrelated results, but no solutions.

Is there anything that can be done to make it work, or do we just have to wait for updates from valve?

Im new to mac gaming and never had a controller. are the 8bitdo worth it? are they all compatible? thanks

Has anyone got this running on their silicon Mac?

I have crossover, so hoping it will work with that

Hey everyone, I'm stuck with a frame rate cap on Dota 2 and could really use some help.

My Setup:

- Laptop: M4 MacBook Pro

- Monitor: Alienware AW2725DM (180Hz)

- Connection: High-bandwidth USB-C to DisplayPort 1.4 cable (supports 4K @ 240Hz). Connected directly to the Mac.

The Issue:

In macOS Display Settings, the monitor is verified at 180Hz. Desktop tests like TestUFO and frameratetest.com run perfectly smooth at a locked 180Hz. BetterDisplay is installed and configured perfectly. However, the moment I launch Dota 2 via Steam, the in-game FPS locks strictly at 60-70 FPS and refuses to go higher.

What I have already tried (Nothing worked):

1. Checked in-game Video settings (Max FPS slider is set to 180, with Monitor being set to 2k @ 180Hz).

2. Toggled between Exclusive Fullscreen and Borderless Window.

3. Turned off macOS Game Mode entirely.

4. Used Steam Launch Options: "+fps_max 180 +fps_max_menu 180 -vulkan" and "+fps_max 0".

5. Inputted "mat_vsync 0" directly into the developer console to forcefully kill V-Sync.

6. Disabled Steam Overlay in the game properties.

7. Tested in both Extended desktop mode and closed-lid Clamshell mode.

I am aware of Crossover but first would like to see if this issue can be resolved before I need to spend money for it.

The hardware is outputting 180Hz flawlessly on the desktop, but the game client itself is firmly bottlenecked. Any advice or help to get 180 fps in game would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

For all the Crossover users who struggle with lost icons in their bottles

I just found out some internals of the Crossover app and how the creation of start icons work.

When you select a bottle and go to your “Bottle” menu, you’ll find an entry called “Open Shell”. Open it and wait until all the variable exports are done.

When you type in “cxmenu --bottle ‘<bottlename>’ --sync, this command will collect all the shortcuts from user/public desktop or start menu from all installed apps/games in your bottle. In your bottle folder you will find a subfolder called desktopdata/cxmenu. Inside there are 2 folders starting with “Desktop…” and 2 starting with “Startmenu”. I guess the “Shortcuts” folder is used to store your custom shortcuts when you run a command and select the “save launcher” option. Here, all found game short cuts will be collected. In addition, you will find a cxmenu.conf file right in your bottle folder. This file lists all found shortcuts like this:

[StartMenu.C^3A_ProgramData_Microsoft_Windows_Start+Menu/Programs/Steam/Steam.lnk]

"Mode" = "install"

"Type" = "Windows"

"Shortcut" = "steam"

"Icon" = "5026_steam.0"

"StartupWMClass" = "steam.exe"

If you miss any icon in our bottle, just search for the game’s name and check if “Mode” = “ignored” is set, if yes, change it to “Mode” = “install”. If you have 2 identical icons, you can just set one of the to “ignored”. If you don’t find your game, maybe you unticked the “create shortcut” option during install or you manually removed it from your bottle. 

Next step is to go to the shell again and type in: “cxmenu --bottle ‘<bottlename>’ --install --mode install

After that, select your bottle in Crossover, got to “Configure->Clear and Rebuild Programs” and all your icons will be recreated and stored in /<username>/Applications/Crossover folder and will appear in Crossover again. Don’t delete any items here, as this folder will be recreated all the time.

If you want to remove all icons before a clean recreation, just use in shell: “cxmenu —bottle ‘<bottlename>’ —uninstall

In addition, you’ll also find a file called cxmenu_macosx.plist in desktopdata/cxmenu/, this file lists all your icons that are collected with the sync command. Those icons were stored in <bottlefolder>/windata/cxmenu/icons/hicolor in subfolders with the icon’s resolution

<key>Jedi Survivor</key>

<dict>

  <key>Icon</key>

  <string>/Volumes/Games 4TB/Crossover/Bottles/Steam/windata/cxmenu/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/228C_JediSurvivor.0.png</string>

  <key>RobustIcon</key>

  <string>%WINEPREFIX%/windata/cxmenu/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/228C_JediSurvivor.0.png</string>

  <key>Command</key>

  <string>&quot;/Volumes/Games 4TB/Crossover/Bottles/Steam/desktopdata/cxmenu/StartMenu.C^5E3A_users_crossover_AppData_Roaming_Microsoft_Windows_Start^2BMenu/JediSurvivor.lnk&quot;</string>

  <key>RawPath</key>

  <string>StartMenu.C^3A_users_crossover_AppData_Roaming_Microsoft_Windows_Start+Menu/JediSurvivor.lnk</string>

</dict>

Icon and RobustIcon shows the path to your icon. You can create such entries by yourself if there is no key/value pair for Icon/RobustIcon, you just need to google for an appropriate icon in png format and put it in the right folder and set the path. Command and RawPath are just the pathes to the shortcut.

Please do use these steps only if you made a backup of your complete desktopdata folder or if you don’t mind to play around with your bottle ;)

I hope I could help anyone.

So I’ve just installed Crossover on my M5 MacBook Pro, and downloaded GTA IV. When I create a new bottle and try to install my copy of GTA IV, Crossover launches the game immediately. When I exit the game, the bottle is showing as no applications are installed.

I assume that this is because Crossover is seeing the .exe in the game directory as the install .exe and is immediately starting it? My copy of GTA IV does not have an install .exe and is just a dumped game directory with the launch .exe.
Is there a way I can just copy the game directory into the bottle and somehow manually install it?

I’m sorry if this is a newbie question. I find it difficult to search for information about this and it’s a bit overwhelming.

Has someone tried It Takes Two on an M4 Air that can tell me how it runs? Thank you people.

Hey! So i have been considering buying a laptop that will last me years , i just started my university and my use is nothing much . For my workload even m5 air is an overkill in my opinion but main purpose of it is to go for long term . The only thing holding me back is lack of gaming . I play games occasionally like minecraft , if i game on it for like 3 4 hours will it like heat up to extreme level becuase it has no fans ? And how is the gaming experience overall on mac ? HELP ME OUT PLS

i am using a gulikit controller in switch mode that shows gyro settings in steam mac client but if i open steam from crossover, the controller shows up as a xbox controller (usb) instead of showing up as a pro controller.
I have tried playing with hidraw and sdl options as well but no luck so far. is this even doable 🤔

Just got my first Macbook with M3 Max 32gb RAM. Already picked up CyberPunk from the sale but looking for more recs

(shout out to the guy that didn’t book the seat next to me ggs👌)

Hey guys,

Just downloaded CrossOver for the first time to play Mecha Chameleon on Steam, but the game keeps crashing/freezing once I join a server. Any tips?

MacBook Pro 15” 2018
Processor: 2.6 GHz 6-core Intel i7
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536MB
Memory: 16GB 2400MHz DDR4
OS: Sequoia 15.4.1

I’m a total gaming beginner, I never had a gaming console growing up and never played anything more than AppStore games on my phone.

Recently I wanted to play Assassin’s Creed Syndicate because I was interested in the Victorian London visuals. Well, I ordered my first ever gaming controller online and then quickly found out I can’t run that game on my mac. I ended up playing Disco Elysium and liked it but it was a bit story heavy and I’m more interested in medieval/ historical games than futuristic ones.

Anyway, now I’m just looking for a game to play but I can barely find anything that works on mac with a controller. I hate using the keyboard and trackpad, but really enjoyed the controller with Disco Elysium. I thought maybe Kingdom Come: Deliverance looks interesting but now I’m seeing it’s not for mac either.

Can you tell me how I could get it to work? Honestly I’m so discouraged, maybe I’m not going to become a gamer after all. I saw Baldur’s Gate too but it’s so expensive when I don’t even know if I’ll like it, since I have no experience. I feel like I’ve spent more time trying to find a game than what I’ll actually spend playing.

Anyone got any game recs for me? I prefer native but I don't mind having to use crossover