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I
am
desperately
trying
to
play
Zero-K,
one
of
my
favorite
games
ever,
but
since
I
got
a
MacBook
with
an
M
chip
instead
of
my
old
Mac
laptop
that
could
run
Windows
through
Bootcamp.
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1 |
I
am
desperately
trying
to
play
Zero-K,
one
of
my
favorite
games
ever,
but
since
I
got
a
MacBook
with
an
M
chip
instead
of
my
old
Mac
laptop
that
could
run
Windows
through
Bootcamp,
I
am
struggling.
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I have the basic idea of why this is hard - Spring and MacOS don't meld very well.
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I have the basic idea of why this is hard - Spring and MacOS don't meld very well.
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I was able to briefly play for a few days with only minor graphically glitches through VMWare Fusion - but then it just fell apart, and as I understand it the Spring engine graphics just don't work with the hardware of this MacBook (Still unsure why it worked for ~10 hours of gameplay before dying)
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I was able to briefly play for a few days with only minor graphically glitches through VMWare Fusion - but then it just fell apart, and as I understand it the Spring engine graphics just don't work with the hardware of this MacBook (Still unsure why it worked for ~10 hours of gameplay before dying)
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I have tried Parallels, I have tried updating VMWare, many suggested random settings fixes given to me by techy friends and some throwing rocks at an AI (which has helped me with Mac issues in the past). I have tried downloading different versions of Steam through PortingKit. All end with the same issue - either the game doesn't launch at all, or it crashes immediately on match start when I make my first action (moving commander, menuing, etc.) None of the sprites load in correctly, its actually quite a bizarre sight.
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I have tried Parallels, I have tried updating VMWare, many suggested random settings fixes given to me by techy friends and some throwing rocks at an AI (which has helped me with Mac issues in the past). I have tried downloading different versions of Steam through PortingKit. All end with the same issue - either the game doesn't launch at all, or it crashes immediately on match start when I make my first action (moving commander, menuing, etc.) None of the sprites load in correctly, its actually quite a bizarre sight.
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I am throwing my last Hail Mary to this forum. Me and my friends discovered this game years ago and love it so much. I want to be able to play so badly!
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I am throwing my last Hail Mary to this forum. Me and my friends discovered this game years ago and love it so much. I want to be able to play so badly!
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I know the easiest fix is a machine that can run windows, but I figured I'd give this a shot.
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I know the easiest fix is a machine that can run windows, but I figured I'd give this a shot.
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Please let me know if anyone has found a magic fix. My specs are below
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Please let me know if anyone has found a magic fix. My specs are below
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2024 MacBook Pro
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2024 MacBook Pro
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Apple M4 Pro Chip
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Apple M4 Pro Chip
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macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
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macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
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From apples website
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From apples website
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12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
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12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
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16-core GP
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16-core GP
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Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
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Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
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16-core Neural Engine
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16-core Neural Engine
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273GB/s memory bandwidth
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273GB/s memory bandwidth
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