GPTK 1.0 Release + 20 Games tested on M2 Mac (Crossover 23.5 + CXPatcher 0.4) Part 1
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Part 1!
https://github.com/adam44gg/macos-fps-counter-for-metal
^Metal HUD toggle if you need it, otherwise following the steps in the intro will let you toggle with shift + f9
Controller fix:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vx9ZjK55CtH_ZKyec0nAjfK3NaCkZiFJ/view?usp=sharing
save manager:
https://www.nexusmods.com/armoredcore6firesofrubicon/mods/17?tab=description
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Apple's Game Porting Toolkit Has officially released with 1.0. Today, we will take a look at manually patching Lib files, Patching with CXpatcher 0.4, Various fixes like the armored Core 6 controller bugs, CS2 Launch Options, and look at overall performance. Check out the Projects below:
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Apple technologies for game developers
Apple silicon provides amazing graphics performance across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. And Metal is the software that brings games to life on Apple platforms. Combined with a full array of game-oriented OS technologies and powerful developer tools, your games can deliver an incredible gaming experience to millions of players. This year, the game porting toolkit makes it easier than ever to bring games from other platforms to Mac.
Game porting toolkit
Use the game porting toolkit to eliminate months of up-front work and evaluate how well your game could run on Mac before writing any code.
https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=game%20porting%20toolkit
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link to crossover trial / purchase: https://www.codeweavers.com/store?ad=1001
CrossOver® Mac
"Do you like buying Windows® licenses? You do? Great. You do you. For the rest of humanity, CrossOver is the easiest way to run many Microsoft applications on your Mac without a clunky Windows emulator. (Seriously, have you tried emulators? Do you like how they run on your Mac?) CrossOver works differently. It's not an emulator. It does the work of translating Windows commands into Mac commands so that you can run Windows software as if it were designed native to Mac.
CrossOver works with all kinds of software - productivity software, utility programs, and games - all with one application.
Faster. Better experience. No license. Simple as that."
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CXPatcher: https://github.com/italomandara/CXPatcher/releases
A patcher to upgrade CrossOver dependencies and improve compatibility
This is an unofficial patcher for CrossOver and CodeWeavers is not - by any means - involved in this or has anything to do with this app, and although has been tested, this software may render the app unusable or unstable, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, this also will void any official support from CodeWeavers, If you still need support from CodeWeavers, download the original unmodified app and please don't report problems to them after your app is patched.
If you have any issues after your app has been patched you can download a new copy of CrossOver.
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20 games tested (MORE COMING IN PART 2):
07:00 Intro (manually patching cxpatcher)
53:25 Overwatch 2 - very poor performance at the moment
10:30 - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (controller fix + save game fix)
1:33:24 Remnant 2
2:33:12 Cyberpunk 2077 (2.0)
2:23:17 Final Fantasy XV
2:37:54 Biomutant
2:58:44 Counter-Strike 2
37:07 High Off Life
~My Specs:
Apple M2 Mac Mini 16gb
Macos Sonoma Version 14.1 Beta (23B5056e)
Crossover 23.5
CxPatcher 0.4
Apple Game Porting Toolkit 1.0
~Recorded and Streamed using:
OBS (streaming software): https://obsproject.com/
BlackHole (audio loopback driver): https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/BlackHole
Played with Crossover 23.5 (Macos Sonoma 14 RC 23A339)
base 8c mac mini m2 16gb
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