Square Enix is the only company I've seen give away the Mac version to owners of the Windows version, so far.
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Isn't that every game on Steam that got a later Mac release? I think GOG does that too.
Or did SE do that on the MAS?
I've seen a few games work that way when they got a Mac version. Valheim has gone that way, but Disco Elysium did not and I could swear that there was a Mac version of that before Valheim.
It also means that the Metal code of the native version isn't that much better than what D3DMetal generates. Is the D3DMetal that good, or have developers just used some automatic conversion? Could be both.
DXVK/D3DMetal/DXMT/Whatever can be very good if all they have to do is to map the DirectX calls to Metal/Vulkan without any additional conversion. It all depends on the game you are trying to run is made.
By the way, it seems the Mac version of Control that was tested above was a 4 months old build, so the final release might perform better.
By the way, it seems the Mac version of Control that was tested above was a 4 months old build, so the final release might perform better.
I just tested the game on my M1 Pro MacBook Pro. I see no "DLSS" in the menu, but MetalFX. HDR is available, but there appears to be an issue with the brightness, on my Mac at least. The image is very dark unless you set the screen brightness to at least 50% where the game suddenly becomes brighter.
On "high" preset, MetalFX causes some annoying artifacts that randomly appear on certain edges. On medium preset, they don't. The difference between high and medium preset isn't much noticeable anyway. The game runs fine on Medium, 1900*1200 (rendered at 1280*800).
Question: I'm in the first room. Is this "QWSAD move" tooltip going to stay forever? I know how to move. I've been walking around for 10 minutes. I haven't found an option in the menu to remove it.
On "high" preset, MetalFX causes some annoying artifacts that randomly appear on certain edges. On medium preset, they don't. The difference between high and medium preset isn't much noticeable anyway. The game runs fine on Medium, 1900*1200 (rendered at 1280*800).
Question: I'm in the first room. Is this "QWSAD move" tooltip going to stay forever? I know how to move. I've been walking around for 10 minutes. I haven't found an option in the menu to remove it.
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I wonder if you had to redownload the whole game to get the update (assuming you had it before the update went live).
The Mac version will come to Steam too in the future.
Damn it. Literally bought it full price on AppStore minutes ago!
Well a gesture to support Mac gaming then.
Ubisoft has a mischievous sense of humor. Giving us a version of AC:S that leads the industry in power efficiency… 🤣
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Maybe, they wouldn't let the Mac developer near the wall outlets, so that developer was on battery power during development AND testing.
In Control on a 14 inch m4 max I face a strange performance issue which I am afraid may be due to throttling. On the same scene it can go from 60fps to 45fps. Then just pressing pause (escape key) puts the game back to 60fps for a couple of seconds and then back to 45 fps. I wonder if it’s thermal issues or a bug I the game. But that is a huge performance hit. (The MacBook is on a stand with good ventilation).
Well it may have something to do with Ray Tracing… or background process. I'll do more tests…
Well it may have something to do with Ray Tracing… or background process. I'll do more tests…
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Nah, it is too much hassle with my AppStore region (tried it with some iOS apps before).
Also it is unknown when the Mac port is going to show up on Steam, can be next week or next year lol.
This game has a lot of variables that can surge demand in bursts, so yeah it takes time to test and find the optimal settings for any given Mac.
And yeah, ray tracing is the prime suspect, you can stand in the same position but just change camera angle and already the required number of rays to bounce can increase a few folds if you happen to see a window. In settings you see the number of RT samples is always kept minimum unless Ultra or manually turn it up on the slider.
It's not unusual games have higher fps in the menus and lower when entering the game. MBP 14" M Max has always been known for throttling too. M Max is a little too much for 14".
Yes I am concerned about that. I wonder how much better a 16inch would do and if I should replace my 14inch with 16inch (but I do like the portability of the 14inch), but couldn’t find very conclusive answers about throttling. And it’s not consistent in my tests. I wonder if a background process could be the major culprit instead of thermals (because I something have ~20% drop in performance…).