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I’m new to all this but heard I could play the new Tombraider remastered on my Mac. I downloaded and joined Steam then bought the game. I am getting an error code saying something about platform error. Seems I can’t play the game on my Mac. Or am I doing something wrong?

[cauedemello]

Have you tried PlayonMac or using Porting Kit app to run the windows version of the game on your mac? I have tried porting kit app to run on my intel macbook pro from 2020 that has an excellent spec but I don't know why Tomb Raider Remastered doesn't run, it just crashes or it shows up a black screen that freezes my mac and I need to force quit the porting kit steam app to kill all processes. If you know a way to play the steam version of this game on a Mac, please contact me because I need to know too. If I discover a safe way to play this game on a mac I'll go back to here and share what have I did.

[DrexlDoe]

ive tried on parallels. i use the -nolegal on the properties and it gets into the game but is all black. i can hear and even move in between options and even start the game, but always with a black screen. if anyone has a solution for this please let us know

[Isolated Matrix]

Originally posted by singer61:

I’m new to all this but heard I could play the new Tombraider remastered on my Mac. I downloaded and joined Steam then bought the game. I am getting an error code saying something about platform error. Seems I can’t play the game on my Mac. Or am I doing something wrong?

…the system requirements listed on Steam literally list Windows as a requirement; why on earth would you think it would run on a Mac?

[cauedemello]

Originally posted by Isolated Matrix:

Originally posted by singer61:

I’m new to all this but heard I could play the new Tombraider remastered on my Mac. I downloaded and joined Steam then bought the game. I am getting an error code saying something about platform error. Seems I can’t play the game on my Mac. Or am I doing something wrong?

…the system requirements listed on Steam literally list Windows as a requirement; why on earth would you think it would run on a Mac?

many windows games can be played on macOS, using porting tools, but some aren't. All resident evils and old tomb raiders can be played on mac using porting kit tool, but apparently this one is the only one that even with crossover (a payed tool) aren't running.

[swizz.IneX]

+1 !!!!!

[nastys]

Originally posted by DrexlDoe:

ive tried on parallels. i use the -nolegal on the properties and it gets into the game but is all black. i can hear and even move in between options and even start the game, but always with a black screen. if anyone has a solution for this please let us know

If you switch to classic mode, it does work using Parallels, but with incorrect gamma.

As for CrossOver/Whisky/Wine Game Porting Toolkit, classic mode also works with some DLLs from mesa-dist-win (using override opengl32.dll=n,b), but it doesn't render correctly.
Maybe it could also run using Apple's OpenGL driver if there's a way to force it to create a forwards-compatible OpenGL 3.2+ core context.
(EDIT: the game uses OpenGL 3.2, though I'm still not sure about the other attributes.
EDIT2: I've used WINEDEBUG=+wgl and it prints a warning about the program not using a forwards-compatible context, so that's one problem, though this one is relatively easy to fix)

As a last resort, it is possible to emulate the Switch version using Ryujinx, if you can dump it.

[tep6827]

I have the same problem with Parallels. Super disappointing especially since Aspyr created the original Mac ports back in the 90s. I was surprised to see that there wasn't a Mac version released for the Remaster but figured "Oh well, I already have Parallels for the original games anyways, I'll just play it on there." I can get the original graphics to render but that kind of defeats the purpose of a remaster.

[Isolated Matrix]

Originally posted by cauedemello:

many windows games can be played on macOS, using porting tools, but some aren't. All resident evils and old tomb raiders can be played on mac using porting kit tool, but apparently this one is the only one that even with crossover (a payed tool) aren't running.

I know that, but I didn't assume the OP was using parallels or the porting toolkit.

[felixgarbage]

I have 3 mac.
One older Imac from 2009 with bootcamp Windows 10 32 bit (originally was win7 32bit upgraded) and obviously Steam and remastered run well; one macbook pro 2019 (still Intel) and porting kit doesn't work, but bootcamp Win 11 64 bit yes. Even Parallel from macOs Big Sur (never upgraded to Sonoma).
One mac mini 2 (silicon) with Sonoma and there's no way to play or emulate the remastered. I am glad that I have my old mac wirh Intel.

[cauedemello]

If someone knows how to play this game on macOS (intel or sillicon) please make one youtube tutorial

[nastys]

Originally posted by felixgarbage:

I have 3 mac.
One older Imac from 2009 with bootcamp Windows 10 32 bit (originally was win7 32bit upgraded) and obviously Steam and remastered run well; one macbook pro 2019 (still Intel) and porting kit doesn't work, but bootcamp Win 11 64 bit yes. Even Parallel from macOs Big Sur (never upgraded to Sonoma).

The Windows version of the game now runs with the latest version of Whisky, although only Classic mode (F1) works correctly at the moment, and the EULA screen is mostly blank so you have to scroll all the way down and press Enter.

Originally posted by felixgarbage:

One mac mini 2 (silicon) with Sonoma and there's no way to play or emulate the remastered.

The Switch version works with Ryujinx (I think there are a few bugs that are being looked into).

[Tusalda]

Originally posted by DrexlDoe:

ive tried on parallels. i use the -nolegal on the properties and it gets into the game but is all black. i can hear and even move in between options and even start the game, but always with a black screen. if anyone has a solution for this please let us know

F1

[debates65]

I had high hopes that I could play these games on my Intel MacBook pro as I've successfully played loads of Windows-only games either with Crossover (that I've been paying for for years) or the PortingKit wrappers, but no joy with these TR remasters! As Windows is now free to install on my slightly older laptop, I finally gave into Microsoft pressure & now have a Windows partition - my new TR games are working perfectly

[nastys]

Originally posted by debates65:

either with Crossover (that I've been paying for for years) or the PortingKit wrappers, but no joy with these TR remasters!

Currently, only Whisky has the required OpenGL patches to run TR1-3 Remastered (in Classic mode only – Remastered mode probably requires ARB_texture_compression_bptc, which is not supported).
Dual booting Windows/Linux is the better solution, though.

[adamiecz]

Did anyone try running the Epic Games version? Apparently it's somewhat different from Steam. I wanted to try it but can't buy it on Epic Games for some reason...