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I haven't gotten a clear answer on what exactly this is. Is it a developer tool? Or is it like Wine? Can I just run an unmodified DX12 game from a Windows .exe

by wilg 3y ago

I haven't gotten a clear answer on what exactly this is. Is it a developer tool? Or is it like Wine? Can I just run an unmodified DX12 game from a Windows .exe on my Mac? If not, what's the process to port it? What portion of development work of porting a game does this cover? Edit: More information here: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-enabled-thousands-windows-games-mac/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-enabled-thousa...

gjsman-1000 3y ago
Yes, but the goal is developers to use that to come up with rough estimates for performance if they did optimizations. Users aren’t meant to directly use it - it’s a launching point for developers. Also it’s more special than Proton for Mac because Proton does DirectX to Vulkan (needing a second round for Vulkan to Metal through MoltenVK), this is DirectX to Metal.
- MBCook 3y ago
  Right. The real reason appears to be helping developers figure out “is it worth the time to try and port my game to the Mac, or am I going to go through it all and end up at five frames per second?“
mtklein 3y ago
It is a developer tool, and it is Wine. It sure seems like you can just run an unmodified DX12 game from a Windows .exe on your Mac, provided you're running the latest beta OS.
- rched 3y ago
  Latest beta OS isn’t necessary. It works on macOS Ventura.
- jmkni 3y ago
  The latest Beta of macOS? Does it have wine built in??
yett 3y ago
You can checkout r/macgaming on reddit, people are already experimenting running windows games.