DOTA on new APPLE M1 chip systems? Hey #steam #icefrog would it work?

[PAPA STAR]

Wondering whether we would be able to enjoy DOTA on the new apple architecture?

[JUBEI]

+3

[Ugandan Knuckles]

how about you buy pc and stop using mac for gaming when it's not designed for gaming ?

[Emerald]

Originally posted by Ra:

how about you buy pc and stop using mac for gaming when it's not designed for gaming ?

Well, that's like, your opinion man

[PAPA STAR]

Chill guys I do intend to build a custom pc but it needs moolahh so soon but in the meanwhile what if, apple. It’s a great pic why you want to punish people for owning apple. Honestly I am also trying Mac for the first time. I think I might have sparked a debate but don’t include me haha. Chow chow. I will check back for an answer from someone who can answer the core Q will it work on M1?

[Cathulhu]

A badass gaming PC is usually cheaper than a Mac Computer, your argument doesn't make sense.

About your question, that is currently unknown.

You have to keep in mind that it's not just another CPU, it's an entirely different architecture. Like your bog standard CPU talking English and the M1 talking Klingon.

Valve would have to invest a lot of work to port their Source engine to the ARM architecture.
So would need any developer wanting to release a software on ARM Macs.
Considering the rather low marketshare of Macs in general, most developers probably won't bother porting old games. Too much work that consumes time and money for simply pretty much no return.
Even new games may opt not to support ARM macs or abandon Mac OS entirely.

['vodKa]

People don't buy Mac to game, they buy Mac AND eventually want to game on it. In my case I need a Mac for work and I don't want to buy another PC just for gaming... How is that still a discussion?

[Ugandan Knuckles]

Originally posted by Emerald:

Originally posted by Ra:

how about you buy pc and stop using mac for gaming when it's not designed for gaming ?

Well, that's like, your opinion man

It's not an opinion it's a common knowledge you baboon

[Emerald]

Ignoring the idiot who lacks any worldliness to answer the actual question -

Dota should run on M1 Macs with Rosetta 2. Apple claim a lot of Intel Mac apps run better on M1 than previously but unlike most areas of M1 they've been very vocally confident about, this hasn't been given "benchmarks" and we'll only really know how well games run in Rosetta when they're out and people test it.

Give it a couple of weeks for reviews on Rosetta performance and/or Valve commenting on their plans for Apple Silicon and the future of macOS support 👌

[aiusepsi]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Valve would have to invest a lot of work to port their Source engine to the ARM architecture.

They already have, Dota Underlords is on iOS and Android.

[Cathulhu]

Are you sure it uses Source as the game engine on iOS and Android?

[aiusepsi]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Are you sure it uses Source as the game engine on iOS and Android?

Yeah. The SteamDB guys are datamining the Android version, and it’s definitely Source 2.

https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-Underlords-Android/tree/master/android/lib/arm64-v8a

Also, hypothetically, maintaining two versions of the same game that are cross-compatible with each other on different engines would be orders of magnitude harder than doing a port to ARM.