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Epic's Unreal Editor 5.2 now supports MacOS on Apple silicon & Intel chips without requiring Rosetta. Games will run faster. Release notes here: https://www.u

Epic's Unreal Editor 5.2 now supports MacOS on Apple silicon & Intel chips without requiring Rosetta. Games will run faster. Release notes here: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-5-2-is-now-available https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-5-2-is...

smoldesu 3y ago
> Games will run faster. If developers do the work. It's worth noting that platforms like Linux are also "supported" by Unreal, but developers rarely end up building for it.
- NotACop182 3y ago
  With the rise of steamOS gaming I would be surprised if things don’t change in the future.
  - smoldesu 3y ago
    Eh, things didn't change when Valve ported their games and client to Linux and native SDL2. The Steam Machines didn't really encourage anyone to write Linux-native titles, and the Steam Deck runs Windows games like-native. Developers are not going to want to develop, debug, playtest and support a whole other operating system unless they have to. Unless you're already dealing with an ARM native port of your game (like Factorio or No Man's Sky), porting to Apple Silicon isn't immediately attractive.
  - gs17 3y ago
    Do they have stats on how much of that rise is running through Proton? I've even had games run better with it than their native Linux builds.
  - dagmx 3y ago
    On the other hand, steamOS proves that you don’t need to target Linux to have a good experience. So why would developers bother?
- Pulcinella 3y ago
  Could previous versions of Unreal build for ARM Macs? Or was it only Intel that could then run on ARM Macs via Rosetta? Because if it’s the later then in imagine being able to build a game natively for ARM Macs should mean the game runs faster at least a little bit. I imagine that is what that comment was about.
- brundolf 3y ago
  They're talking about existing games already built with Unreal, for AS, being faster than before. You're changing the subject to complain about a separate topic

smoldesu 3y ago

> Games will run faster. If developers do the work. It's worth noting that platforms like Linux are also "supported" by Unreal, but developers rarely end up building for it.

NotACop182 3y ago
With the rise of steamOS gaming I would be surprised if things don’t change in the future.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  Eh, things didn't change when Valve ported their games and client to Linux and native SDL2. The Steam Machines didn't really encourage anyone to write Linux-native titles, and the Steam Deck runs Windows games like-native. Developers are not going to want to develop, debug, playtest and support a whole other operating system unless they have to. Unless you're already dealing with an ARM native port of your game (like Factorio or No Man's Sky), porting to Apple Silicon isn't immediately attractive.
- gs17 3y ago
  Do they have stats on how much of that rise is running through Proton? I've even had games run better with it than their native Linux builds.
- dagmx 3y ago
  On the other hand, steamOS proves that you don’t need to target Linux to have a good experience. So why would developers bother?
Pulcinella 3y ago
Could previous versions of Unreal build for ARM Macs? Or was it only Intel that could then run on ARM Macs via Rosetta? Because if it’s the later then in imagine being able to build a game natively for ARM Macs should mean the game runs faster at least a little bit. I imagine that is what that comment was about.
brundolf 3y ago
They're talking about existing games already built with Unreal, for AS, being faster than before. You're changing the subject to complain about a separate topic