Game:

Counter-Strike 2 (2023)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 2:30:30

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00:00:00 D3D performance
-crashes in settings. the settings will stick, but you need to relaunch the game

00:47:00 DXVK performance
-plays better over all, feels more stable / smooth. (not quite sure if thats reflected in the recording
-the game will crash 5-10 minutes or so with msync. turning it off and playing with "-nojoy" seemed to allow me to play through full rounds

1:47:22 DXVK 2 rounds, no crash
- "nojoy" launch command

In this footage, I am playing VALVE's brand new Counter-Strike 2 on Mac Mini M2 with 16gb of memory, Using CodeWeavers' Crossover 23.6, and demonstrating how to manually upgrade the toolkit to 1.0

About Counter-Strike 2:

~Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which is a part of the Counter-Strike series. It was announced to the public on March 22, 2023 with an tentative full release for Summer 2023 and a limited test beginning the same day[1]. It was officially released on September 27, 2023.[2]

This is the first game of the Counter-Strike series which utilizes Valve's Source 2 game engine and features major technological advancements since Global Offensive such as "sub-tick" net-code technology[3], new voxel based volumetric smokes[4], and a new toolset for developing maps[5].

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My Specs:
Apple M2 Mac Mini 16gb
Macos Sonoma Version 14.3 (23B73)
Crossover 23.7
GPTK 1.1

~Recorded and Streamed using:
OBS (streaming software): https://obsproject.com/
BlackHole (audio loopback driver): https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/BlackHole


About Crossover 23.7:
link to crossover trial / purchase: https://www.codeweavers.com/store?ad=1001

"This release is full of improvements to enhance your Mac gaming experience. We added nice performance boosts to MoltenVK, which will help games running with wined3d or DXVK. Our team found that Diablo IV and Dark Souls III both run better with these changes. We also now ship with MSync which offers additional performance advantages. MSync can be toggled on in the right sidebar.

CrossOver 23.7 also includes several game-specific fixes. Fallout 4 and the Steam version of Diablo IV are both now playable. Counter-Strike 2 is now fully playable with great performance with D3DMetal enabled. We also improved the Apple login experience with Marvel Snap.

Lastly, applications launched through CrossOver now work when Stage Manager is enabled.


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