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X-01 Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:34am
how to run cs2 on macbook air m1?
how???
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Originally posted by 悪魔のZ:
I'm playing it on my 13" MBP M1 (16 GB) using Whisky with MSync, DXVK and DXVK Async ON, I'm using those launch option: -nojoy +cl_forcepreload 1 +r_drawparticles 0 +violence_hblood 0 +mat_disable_fancy_blending 1 +r_dynamic 0 -softparticlesdefaultoff

The most important thing for me was using Vsync in CS2 options, without it my game kept crashing, my CS2 Option are everything on low, except Texture on High, FSR Off and AA 2x. Also you need to play in Fullscreen or Windowed Mode. Windowed Fullscreen is prone to crashing.

Performance might be less than my MBP after playing for a while because the Air doesn't have a fan. Also if you have a 8 GB model, you might not have enough memory, because the GPU use the RAM as VRAM, in that case you might have to reduce texture to low and use FSR to Performance.
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shootguard44 Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:47am 
The have dropped support for macos. It is available on windows and linux only. They are giving refunds to macos users if you have spent money,
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󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡 Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:47am 
you cant man
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悪魔のZ Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:56am 
You can use Whisky or Crossover to run the Windows version
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あまってれ Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:57am 
Install Linux distro or Windows. :csgo_banana:
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悪魔のZ Oct 13, 2023 @ 7:00am 
Originally posted by Haruhi:
Install Linux distro or Windows. :csgo_banana:

You can't install Windows on a Apple Silicon Mac and Linux doesn't yet have graphics driver capable of running CS2
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悪魔のZ Oct 13, 2023 @ 7:04am 
I'm playing it on my 13" MBP M1 (16 GB) using Whisky with MSync, DXVK and DXVK Async ON, I'm using those launch option: -nojoy +cl_forcepreload 1 +r_drawparticles 0 +violence_hblood 0 +mat_disable_fancy_blending 1 +r_dynamic 0 -softparticlesdefaultoff

The most important thing for me was using Vsync in CS2 options, without it my game kept crashing, my CS2 Option are everything on low, except Texture on High, FSR Off and AA 2x. Also you need to play in Fullscreen or Windowed Mode. Windowed Fullscreen is prone to crashing.

Performance might be less than my MBP after playing for a while because the Air doesn't have a fan. Also if you have a 8 GB model, you might not have enough memory, because the GPU use the RAM as VRAM, in that case you might have to reduce texture to low and use FSR to Performance.
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