Macintosh Gamers 🖥️🍎 | Gaming on macOS and Mac hardware
- DEATH STRANDING IS HERE!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11148374
> DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT coming to iPhone 15, Pad, and Mac Jan. 30th. Special launch price only $19.99
- Palia on Mac
When Palia released on Switch earlier this week, I had no idea it was also available on PC. I did some digging and found this launcher and guide for running Palia on Mac. So far I have been playing it most of the day without issue. Setup was just as easy as setup on Windows.
https://github.com/DanMossa/paliaOnMac-release/releases
- Terra Nil is now available on MacOSstore.steampowered.com Terra Nil - Better Performance and macOS/Linux - Steam News
We’re excited to put out the first post-release update for Terra Nil. This is a small update focusing on some performance improvements, polish, bug fixes, and the much awaited native macOS and Linux builds. We’re also working on some bigger, more exciting changes for upcoming updates that we’re look...
- Everspace 2 is available on MacOS nowstore.steampowered.com EVERSPACE™ 2 - Armed & Dangerous Update | macOS Support | Roadmap | Artbook & Soundtrack - Steam News
Details on today's Armed & Dangerous Update
Everspace 2 is available on MacOS now and runs native on M Series Macs :)
- You can now preorder Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil Village [iPhone 15 Pro/iPadOS/macOS]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5705507 >Preorders only available for iPhone 15 Pro, iPad and Mac owners. > > RE4: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/resident-evil-4/id6462360082?l=en-GB > > RE Village: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/resident-evil-village/id6450980545?l=en-GB
- Baldur's Gate 3 Now Available on Macwww.macrumors.com Baldur's Gate 3 Now Available on Mac
Popular new roleplaying game Baldur's Gate 3 is available to play on the Mac starting today. The title can be downloaded through the Steam...
geteilt von: https://lemm.ee/post/9120083
> TL;DR: System requirements are ranging from M1 to M1 Pro or better Apple silicon chips. The game is priced at $60 on Steam.
- Lies of P Now Available on the Mac App Storeapps.apple.com Lies of P
You are a puppet created by Geppetto who’s caught in a web of lies with unimaginable monsters and untrustworthy figures standing between you and the events that have befallen the world of Lies of P. You are awakened by a mysterious voice that guides you through the plagued city of Krat - a once l...
- The Medium Now Available on the Mac App Storeapps.apple.com Speak With Spirits : App Store Story
Learn about Speak With Spirits on Mac App Store. Download The Medium and enjoy it on your Mac.
- Hero of the Kingdom II for free on GoGwww.gog.com Hero of the Kingdom II
Sail to the farthest islands to save your sister and defeat pirates. You and your si
- Warframe Mobile will be playable on macOS with M1+ CPUapps.apple.com Warframe Mobile
Join over 70 million players in the most massive free-to-play sci-fi experience coming to iOS devices. Confront warring factions throughout a sprawling interplanetary system as you follow the guidance of the mysterious Lotus and level up your Warframe, build an Arsenal of destructive firepower, an...
https://www.warframe.com/ios
Warframe Mobile version is coming to iOS/iPadOS and macOS :)
- Death Stranding available on Preorder for MacOS on AppStore
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3534695
- If you looking for an active Mac gaming community, you're welcome at Apple Gaming
We at Apple Gaming love gaming on every device. It doesn't matter if you like playing on iOS, macOS or even watchOS (yes there are some games for the Apple Watch), you're welcome!
https://alexandrite.app/lemmy.world/c/applegaming
- Anyone excited for the Baldurs Gate 3 release on Mac?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3377194
> Really excited to play the game. Seems like a Game of the Year candidate. Should be released around September 6 for Mac on Steam (and I think GoG)
- [Release - macOS] ELEX II by Piranha Bytesstore.steampowered.com ELEX II on Steam
In this sequel to the vintage Open World RPG ELEX, Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat - the Skyands, who want to change the face of the planet forever.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3377327
> Other stores > ELEX II on GOG.com: https://www.gog.com/game/elex_ii > ELEX II on the Epic Games Store: https://www.epicgames.com/store/p/elex-ii
- 10 minutes of fresh Zero Grounds gameplay: Domination game mode.
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New FPS Shooter is coming to macOS Silicon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2402450/Zero_Grounds/
- OpenMW 0.48.0 Released!gitlab.com OpenMW 0.48.0 Released! · OpenMW / openmw · GitLab
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.48.0 of our open-source engine! So what does another fruitful year of diligent work bring...
geteilt von: https://lemmy.ml/post/2333026
> After approximately 10 months in a release candidacy phase, OpenMW 0.48 has finally been released. A list of changes can be found in the link. > > > The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.48.0 of our open-source engine! > > > > So what does another fruitful year of diligent work bring us this time? The two biggest improvements in this new version of OpenMW are the long-awaited post-processing shader framework and an early version of a brand-new Lua scripting API! Both of these features greatly expand what the engine can deliver in terms of visual fidelity and game logic. > > As usual, we've also solved numerous problems major and minor, particularly pertaining to the newly overhauled magic system and character animations. > > A full list of changes can be found in the link to Gitlab. > > ### What is OpenMW? > > "OpenMW is a free, open source, and modern engine which re-implements and extends the 2002 Gamebryo engine for the open-world role-playing game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind." > > It is an excellent way to play Morrowind on modern systems, and on alternative systems other than MS Windows. It requires the a copy of the original game data from Morrowind, as OpenMW does not include assets or any other game data - it is simply a recreation of the game engine. OpenMW can be found on Flathub for Linux users here. https://flathub.org/apps/org.openmw.OpenMW
- Choosing the right machine - questions
Hello everyone!
My first post on Lemmy after long time lurker.
I will buy a new mac in the next week. I’m quite torn between 2 models.
My use case: General computing (web, documents, media consimption) Occasionally: programming + spinning VMs + some gaming
Although I won’t be gaming all the time, I plan to do it ocasionally. Games like Skyrim, witcher3 + MMOs (wow, ff14 or guild wars) DOTA/LOL or similar stuff.
The contenders would be: A) MacBook Pro 14 M1 Pro 10 core CPU / 16 core GPU - 16GB RAM - 1TB SSD
- better cooling?
- better SSD speeds and bigger capacity Price = 2450€
B) MacBook Pro 14 M2 pro 10 core CPU / 16 core GPU - 16GB RAM - 512GB SSD
- better GPU, but marginal gain? Price = 2499€
Alternatively, I could look at the MacBook Air m2 with 16GB/512GB at 1990€ since it seems it handles this games moderately . However, summer here is hot
Any advice? Furthermore, stocks seem to be low, some models no longer exist and there seems to be no deals
Thanks in advance!!! Looking forward to discussion
- What are the best settings to stream my macOS screen to my iPad via Steam Link?
I had to update to the beta branche of Steam, because when starting the Steam Link I got a pop up about installing audio drivers, but the window was unresponsive and switching to the beta branch fixed that issue. (found in this post)
So now I got it working, but I get like 10 FPS, to fix this I’ve already tried:
- Rebooting macOS and iPadOS
- Making sure all software is up to date (macOS, iPadOS, Steam, Steam Link)
- I'm going to try to have my laptop wired via a ethernet cable to see if that fixes the issue, but that isn't really a real solution at the moment
I’m on a 5GHz network, with the Mac, iPad and access point all in the same room and with a direct line of sight to each other. I’ve also tried the build in macOS SideCar feature, but this keeps coming up with “Lost Connection” every 10 seconds. It seem something is causing interference on my network, but I can't figure out what or what setting to change where.
As a side note, I just come from a year long game streaming service on which I’ve played a lot of games with a DualShock 4 controller connected to my iPad. When the service was working as it should I could stream games at 40mb/s with a decent resolution and a steady 60FPS and this was over the internet, so I would figure that streaming my Mac over the local network, would be no issue.
Below all the settings I could think of sharing.
macOS side
MacBook Pro
- 16-inch, 2023
- Chip Apple M2 Pro
- Memory 16 GB
- macOS Ventura 13.4.1
Steam
- Steam Version: 1688171965 (Beta)
- Steam Client Build Date: Sat, Jul 1 3:22 AM UTC -08:00
- Steam Web Build Date: Sat, Jul 1 1:51 AM UTC -08:00
- Steam API Version: SteamClient020
Advanced streaming options
- Enable Advanced Host Options ON
- Play audio on host ON
- Change desktop resolution to match streaming client ON
- Dynamically adjust capture resolution to improve performance ON
- Use NVFBC capture on NVIDIA GPU OFF
- Enable hardware encoding OFF
- Enable hardware encoding on NVIDIA GPU OFF
- Enable hardware encoding on AMD GPU OFF
- Enable hardware encoding on Intel iGPU OFF
- Number of software encoding threads AUTOMATIC
- Prioritize network traffic ON
- Enable Advanced Client Options ON
- Video Balanced
- Audio Stereo
- Controller Overlay Default Button
- Performance Overlay Show Icons
- Bandwidth Limit Automatic (recommended)
- Framerate Limit Automatic (recommended
- Resolution Limit Display resolution 1920×1080 (1080p)
- Hardware Decoding ON
iPad OS side
iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation) iPadOS 16.5.1
Steam link version 1.2.0
Streaming Settings
- Video **Balanced **
- Audio **Stereo **
- Microphone Disabled
- Input Disabled
- Controller Overlay Disabled
- Launch Mode Desktop
- Bandwidth Limit 30 MBit/S (tried decreasing and automatic)
- Framerate Limit 60 FPS
- Resolution Limit 1920×1080 (1080р)
- Performance Overlay Show Details
- Hardware Decoding Enabled
- HEVC Video Enabled (tried disabled)
- Uncompressed Audio Disabled
- Allow Direct Connection Automatic (enabled)
Performance overlay (written out here, see attached image)
- Slow network
- Capture 1672×1080 @ 60.00
- Encoder: Desktop OSX N12 + libx264 main (4 threads)
- Decoder: iOS Metal hardware decoding
- Streaming Latency: <1ms input, 93.64ms display
- Ping Time: 5.04ms (direct)
- Incoming bitrate: 18701 kbit/s video: 15363 kbit/s
- Outgoing bitrate: 117 kbit/s
- Packet loss: 8.61% (49.16% frame 1055)
- Press F8 to save snapshot on remote computer
- How to use GPTk inside Crossover for best performance
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- Any idea if DF is coming to macOS?
Thought it was supposed to but then when it launched on steam it was only available on PC. What gives?
- firmament performance is disappointing
I have an M2 pro, 32gb of ram. It suffers from low frame rate... Pretty bad experience overall, for a native game.
If this is foreshadowing what's ahead, that is disappointing!
Anyone play? Any tips?
- Combat Master New Update is outstore.steampowered.com Combat Master: Season 1 - Steam News Hub
Updates, events, and news from the developers of Combat Master: Season 1.
Combat Master have got an update. Its an good first person shooter that is available on iOS and macOS.
- Just bought a Dualsense gamepad to play NMS on my M1 Air... can I use it for anything else?
I'd love to be able to use the controller to browse the web, etc; usually I have my hand resting on my mouse on my desk, but i've been developing tendon issues and having my hands in my lap would reduce the strain in my fingers when I'm passively reading or researching.
I've tried adjusting the settings in Steam for "desktop layout", but moving the sticks and pressing buttons in chrome doesn't seem to do anything.
- If you're running Frostpunk on an m1 chip, disable global illumination.
I tried playing this game on my m1 max and it was running pretty good, except for terrible frame drops whenever the temperature dropped. It went from 45fps to 10fps, for all of the time that the animation for temperature drop was playing. Found the only setting that caused this was global illumination.
It is probably a game bug that can be fixed, but I don't think the devs will do it since they are focused on frostpunk 2.
- Layers of Fear 2023 has launched on the Mac App Storeapps.apple.com Layers of Fear 2023
The canvas awaits its final brushstrokes. The stage calls for its lead actor. The novel needs its final chapter. It’s time to face your fears. One. Last. Time. The series, which has left a mark on narrative-driven first-person psychological horror games, returns to tell its final spine-chilling st...
- In case you did not know, m1 macs can output 4k120hz with specific usb c to hdmi adapters and custom firmware.forums.macrumors.com DP/USB-C/Thunderbolt 3/4 to HDMI 2.1 4k@120hz RGB4:4:4 10b HDR with Apple Silicon M1/M2 now possible !
NOTE: To ensure proper credit for this solution, kindly reference this thread when sharing. Thanks! Apple limited HDMI-Transportstream over USB-C/TB/DP to maxed 4k@60hz. We found a solution to get more than this working! This is a new fresh thread to talk about this, because the other one has...
There's also official support from cable matters since a few weeks ago (seems they got the idea from the thread, which is much older):
https://www.cablematters.com/Blog/HDMI/how-to-get-4k120hz-with-mac
- Sometimes I mine, sometimes I craft.
Does not run to bad, Using sodium and all the settings cranked to low. Stays over 60.
- M1 max vs M2 max gaming performance?
Does anyone have benchmarks on how much better m2 is at gaming?
Specifically I'd like to see benchmarks for native games, and rosetta games like frostpunk, which seem to be cpu bound quite heavily.
I have found lots of individual benchmarks, but no direct comparison.
- Apple M2 Ultra GPU Outpaces RTX 4070 Ti in Early Compute Benchmarkswww.tomshardware.com Apple M2 Ultra GPU Outpaces RTX 4070 Ti in Early Compute Benchmarks
M2 Ultra with Metal API versus RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 using OpenCL
This could be great news for the Mac gamers among us! Could the new Mac Studio be a viable gaming rig? Time will tell - I actually have one on order myself and will report back with benchmarks once I'm up and running!
- Whisky 🥃 | A new app wrapping Apple's recently-announced Gaming Porting Kit to run your Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs.
You may have seen the WWDC news about Apple's new Game Porting Kit , which among other things, can run Windows/DirectX 12 games, ostensibly to let developers test drive their games to encourage them to port to macOS.
Fortunately for us, said tool is actually built on WINE/Crossover, Apple forked it and built a bunch of patches to map DirectX onto Metal.
Introducing Whisky, an open-source app that wraps the Game Porting Kit much like Crossover wraps WINE, allowing you to run many Windows games that previously didn't work with such a setup.
You need to be running the macOS Sonoma beta to actually use this. Here's how to do that.
- Welcome to /c/macgamers
Welcome to /c/macgamers, a community for Mac users to discuss video gaming on macOS and Apple hardware.