Any other Mac gamers here?

80gmrp · 11-21-2018, 07:22 AM

While I don't intend this to get into an overly heated argument over Macs vs PCs, I am growing strong concerns as a Mac user over my ability to use Apple's products. Their plans to drop 32-bit support despite how many programs (especially many modern games and Wine, and including Apple's own MIDI server required for music making) still depend on it aside, I just discovered this article on MacRumors expressing another problematic change that affects games and game development in particular.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/06/05...opencl-gaming/

Thoughts about these changes? VMWare keeps some of my worries at bay, but even then, I need to use their OpenGL renderer and not their Metal renderer just to see the menu screen on Halo, and that doesn't account for the slower performance or its lack of 3D acceleration support for Mac guests.

11-21-2018, 07:22 AM	#1
80gmrp Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 236	Any other Mac gamers here? While I don't intend this to get into an overly heated argument over Macs vs PCs, I am growing strong concerns as a Mac user over my ability to use Apple's products. Their plans to drop 32-bit support despite how many programs (especially many modern games and Wine, and including Apple's own MIDI server required for music making) still depend on it aside, I just discovered this article on MacRumors expressing another problematic change that affects games and game development in particular. https://www.macrumors.com/2018/06/05...opencl-gaming/ Thoughts about these changes? VMWare keeps some of my worries at bay, but even then, I need to use their OpenGL renderer and not their Metal renderer just to see the menu screen on Halo, and that doesn't account for the slower performance or its lack of 3D acceleration support for Mac guests. __________________