OS X: Guild Wars 2 Mac Client

[Washac]

ArenaNet release a Mac client - https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a...-for-mac-beta/

OK, so it is a Cider wrap but hey it works better than in a Wineskin so people are saying.

[doh123]

Officially supported versions are always the best... its a real pain to get it working on your own with Wineskin, so if there is an officially supported way like this where you just download and play, then that is always the way to go.

[Huntn]

Anyone tried this yet? Without a doubt, I'm going to have to download it. The question is what about FRAMES...

GW2 Mac Requirements

Mac OS®X 10.7.X or later
Intel® Core™ i5 or better
4 GB Ram or better
NVIDIA® GeForce® 320M, ATI Radeon™ HD 6630M, Intel HD 3000 or better
25 GB available HDD space
Broadband Internet connection
Keyboard and mouse/equivalent


The Mac beta version of Guild Wars 2 runs well on the below machines or better. Your results may vary if you’ve upgraded or changed your Mac hardware or are running on lower hardware specifications.

iMac 21.5", 27" (Mid-2010)
iMac 21.5", 27" (Mid-2011)
MacBook Pro 15", 17" (Mid-2010)
MacBook Pro 13", 15", 17" (Early and Late-2011)
MacBook Pro 13", 15", 17 (Mid-2012)
Mac Mini (Mid-2011)

Crap, I need to install Lion...

[Washac]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Anyone tried this yet? Without a doubt, I'm going to have to download it. The question is what about FRAMES...

GW2 Mac Requirements


Crap, I need to install Lion...

On the Porting Teams site it states that the Cider version used for this client supports Snow Leopard, try it you never know your luck

[Washac]

Well the Mac client released by ArenaNet is a BIG no go for me.

I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon.

So it looks like you do have to match their specs for it

Totaly not fair for older Mac owners

[Huntn]

Originally Posted by Washac

Well the Mac client released by ArenaNet is a BIG no go for me.

I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon.

So it looks like you do have to match their specs for it

Totaly not fair for older Mac owners

You playing the PC version on your Mac? If so you could always try the Mac version and see for yourself. Or have they stated specifically no?

[Washac]

Originally Posted by Huntn

You playing the PC version on your Mac? If so you could always try the Mac version and see for yourself. Or have they stated specifically no?

The game does not run for me under Bootcamp, well it runs but keeps crashing to a black screen at varying times of play.

It runs under the Wineskin wrapper, very playable but could be a bit better.

It does not run at all under the newly released Cider Mac Client.

I have been told by somebody who knows far more than me that even though my machine does not match their specs there should be no reason for the Mac client not to work, he is looking into it for me.

Just to back this up, if you look inside the plist for ArenaNets Cider release, it is set to 10.6.8 min requirement.

[doh123]

just because they left the Cider wrapper requirement at 10.6.8, doesn't mean it'll work... that just means the OS will think it can run and try to run it...

[Huntn]

Originally Posted by Washac

I have been told by somebody who knows far more than me that even though my machine does not match their specs there should be no reason for the Mac client not to work, he is looking into it for me.

Often this is the case, but sometimes not. Not that I know anything, but if it can't produce a picture, could be graphic related.

[Ryukouki]

I ran some tests of my own on my Mid 2012 13" Macbook Pro. What did I observe? About 20-30 FPS in Lions Arch, and about 25 on WvW with lowest settings. Change a few things up like Anti-Aliasing and maybe medium animations and the FPS change is negligible, like -1FPS. It's actually impressive considering it has no optimization and I'm surprised that this is already being released. It's worlds ahead of Star Wars: The Old Republic though, hands down. A Mac release is a godsend! Mouse scrolling works perfectly fine on my Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX. Temperatures: I was getting about 40-50C, running iStat menus and optimizing fan control to the max, with a small fan right behind the exhaust, down from 68-80C on Bootcamp. Definitely a lot of room for improvement.

Oh, my computer specs? 2.9GHz core i7 Processor that can turbo-boost to 3.6 GHz, and HD Graphics 4000 as my graphics card. I also have a 256 GB Crucial M4 SSD.

[Washac]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Often this is the case, but sometimes not. Not that I know anything, but if it can't produce a picture, could be graphic related.

Does not seem to be a graphic card problem as I have read the new client runs on the same card that I have, and the fact that the game runs under Wineskin proves that.

It did run once last night for me, but no go since

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Originally Posted by doh123

just because they left the Cider wrapper requirement at 10.6.8, doesn't mean it'll work... that just means the OS will think it can run and try to run it...

People are running it under 10.6.8.

[Washac]

OK, so the new Mac Client runs on this machine - ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB on 2008 mac pro with 6gig.

So how come it does not work on mine.

MacPro 2009
OS X 10.6.8 - It does run on this.
2.66GHz Quad - Core Intel
6Gb Mem
Graphics card ATI Radeon HD4870

[Ekhiel]

Hi,

my son wants to play it on a 27inch i3 imac.
Do you guys thinks this will be possible? Or is the i5 mandatory?

[Washac]

Originally Posted by Ekhiel

Hi,

my son wants to play it on a 27inch i3 imac.
Do you guys thinks this will be possible? Or is the i5 mandatory?

It is what they have chosen to support, people are running it on a machine as I have above, but it will not run on mine, trying to find out why.

[doh123]

Originally Posted by Washac

People are running it under 10.6.8.

some people... sure, but its not supported and may or may not work right. If your running 10.6, don't expect it to work, but it may. If you find someone else with the same exact set up that ran it fine on 10.6, then you may be in luck, but thats doesn't mean some update in the future will not break it.

[NAG]

Getting above 10.7.4 seems to be a requirement for some cards.

[Washac]

Originally Posted by NAG

Getting above 10.7.4 seems to be a requirement for some cards.

That maybe correct, but it would be nice if they put that in their support section.

[luffytubby]

Originally Posted by Ryukouki

I ran some tests of my own on my Mid 2012 13" Macbook Pro. What did I observe? About 20-30 FPS in Lions Arch, and about 25 on WvW with lowest settings. Change a few things up like Anti-Aliasing and maybe medium animations and the FPS change is negligible, like -1FPS. It's actually impressive considering it has no optimization and I'm surprised that this is already being released. It's worlds ahead of Star Wars: The Old Republic though, hands down. A Mac release is a godsend! Mouse scrolling works perfectly fine on my Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX. Temperatures: I was getting about 40-50C, running iStat menus and optimizing fan control to the max, with a small fan right behind the exhaust, down from 68-80C on Bootcamp. Definitely a lot of room for improvement.

Oh, my computer specs? 2.9GHz core i7 Processor that can turbo-boost to 3.6 GHz, and HD Graphics 4000 as my graphics card. I also have a 256 GB Crucial M4 SSD.

what resolution did you run in?

[Ryukouki]

Originally Posted by luffytubby

what resolution did you run in?

Mine was 1280x800.

[NAG]

Originally Posted by Washac

That maybe correct, but it would be nice if they put that in their support section.

Yeah they should probably note this (and Apple gets a wag of the finger for waiting so long to do anything about their junk drivers and OpenGL).

[Miharu]

Originally Posted by Ekhiel

Hi,

my son wants to play it on a 27inch i3 imac.
Do you guys thinks this will be possible? Or is the i5 mandatory?

I have the same iMac, and the game is running really good Give it a go!

[Washac]

OK, still cannot get the new Mac client to work correctly, the game does exactly what it does under Bootcamp, crashes to a black screen after 10 to 15 minutes of playing.

MacPro 2009
OS X Lion
2.66GHz Quad - Core Intel
6Gb Mem
Graphics card ATI Radeon HD4870

Why does it run under Wineskin ?

[royal shrimp]

Here guys if you have the bootcamp or any PC version and dont want to download full game!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui9unhlOtM0

[stevelam]

anyone tried this with an RMBP?

[ReillyGJ22]

Originally Posted by royal shrimp

Here guys if you have the bootcamp or any PC version and dont want to download full game!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui9unhlOtM0

Does anyone know if this will work going in the "opposite direction"? I just installed the mac client last night, and while certainly playable, I'd like to give it a shot on my BC partition. If I can skip the long download process, that would be a big help.