Rome II DLC for Mac

[tolstoy1807]

I'm very disappointed that you don't offer the DLCs for your Mac users. I've played it a lot over the years, and I've enjoyed it. But the newer (hardly new any more) DLC content isn't available to me. So, I've been duped by STEAM. That's how it feels.

[Six]

Well, don't play on mac. It's always been an issue when it comes to gaming and the software that is required. I recommend either buying a second pc/laptop for your chosen gaming experience, or continue to pray. I don't think Mac has the gaming market in mind.

[Six]

And it's not CA or steams fault, it's purely on mac and their developers who cloak their software and don't make it accessible for developers. Means you are more secure on Mac, but also means you don't benefit from the community. Pick your poison.

[TheOrangeBox]

You could use portingkit.com to play Rome II and recent DLC on a Mac. It's free as long as you've the game in your STEAM library.

[JPEG-Gamer]

Hi friends ,

Is it true that it's impossible to run Rome II on the latest Mac book Pro M3 OS Sonoma 14.5?

[TheOrangeBox]

Originally posted by JPEG-Gamer:

Hi friends ,

Is it true that it's impossible to run Rome II on the latest Mac book Pro M3 OS Sonoma 14.5?

Yes, you cannot run it.
You need an Intel Mac with Mojave 10.14.

[Iceman]

Originally posted by Six:

Well, don't play on mac. It's always been an issue when it comes to gaming and the software that is required. I recommend either buying a second pc/laptop for your chosen gaming experience, or continue to pray. I don't think Mac has the gaming market in mind.

First of all, with apple silicon/m-series and macos has been updated.
2. Games that are optimised for Mac run amazingly smooth - low cpu/gpu use, mem and heat. Try Old World or Wotb
3. Apple has recently invested heavily in AAA titles, so saying their developers don't keep games in mind in 2024 is lame.

So, for TWR2 on Mac, it's either fault with:
*Steam vs Macos ver..
*CA - whose been sloppy with developing lately anyway

I got Sonoma on m2 max /2023. Similar problems as above, which is shame since when i run it on Parallels Win Steam all works fine but with 70degC and fans, 80-90% gpu. I know windows users dont care/ are used to. but if optimised, games can run with no fans. Thats how good apple chips are these days. Disappointing...

[Iceman]

Minor note:
Just remembered that Steam on my Mac runs "weird" - connectivity problems, window does not minimise... - I know not to do with instruction bit length but...

Also, strange some games get "32- bit not supported" message while others dont...

[TheOrangeBox]

Originally posted by Iceman:

...
I got Sonoma on m2 max /2023. Similar problems as above, which is shame since when i run it on Parallels Win Steam all works fine but with 70degC and fans, 80-90% gpu. I know windows users dont care/ are used to. but if optimised, games can run with no fans. Thats how good apple chips are these days. Disappointing...

The new Mac chips were designed for mobile computing, Apple is just increasing the computing processor (literally doubling the size of the CPU board) [i.pcmag.com]
but still lack behind in computing power.

[lefty1117]

Games that natively support their directx equivalent, Metal, run surprisingly well. On my macbook m3 pro I get very good framerates on world of warcraft, usually from 60-80 with settings maxxed. That was better than I was expecting for a non-gaming laptop. Mac's hardware has potential for gaming but Apple seems to be only halfheartedly invested in it, maybe because they don't want Steam becoming the de facto games storefront like it is on windows.

[TheOrangeBox]

Originally posted by lefty1117:

Games that natively support their directx equivalent, Metal, run surprisingly well. On my macbook m3 pro I get very good framerates on world of warcraft, usually from 60-80 with settings maxxed. That was better than I was expecting for a non-gaming laptop. Mac's hardware has potential for gaming but Apple seems to be only halfheartedly invested in it, maybe because they don't want Steam becoming the de facto games storefront like it is on windows.

... they just dropped the ball into the transition to full social consumer mobile first and abandoned the creative industries.
Also the new Macs have a limited lifespan by design.