Christina WarrenJun 6, 2023
Apple added #DX12 support to macOS and Apple Silicon via its Game Porting Toolkit. It’s basically a 20k patch to Wine that will make it easy to play AAA Windows games on macOS without using a VM. https://github.com/apple/homebrew-apple
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Show threadAlticus
@film_girl This doesn’t mean games will play right out the gate - they still have to be ported but using this patch it will be much easier at the API level right?
Jun 6, 2023 at 6:17pmWeb
Show threadChristina WarrenJun 6, 2023
@Alticus I’ve been hearing from people that would know that a lot of games have already been tested to work out of the box fwiw.
Show threadAlticusJun 6, 2023
@film_girl Oh wow, like tested since yesterday or maybe even tested with this even before WWDC?
Show threadChristina WarrenJun 7, 2023
@Alticus like tested before. Also check this out https://twitter.com/isaacmarovitz/status/1666209780031971341?s=46&t=CwXDdxLunOw1jFh5XUD8fw
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“Apple's new game porting toolkit is fantastic. Here's Cyperbunk 2077 running at Ultra on an M1 MacBook Pro 16 GB!”

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Show threadChristina WarrenJun 7, 2023
@Alticus and this https://github.com/IsaacMarovitz/Whisky/releases/tag/pre-0.2.0
Release DirectX12 Support Version 1 (Pre-release 0.2.0) · IsaacMarovitz/Whisky

This is a pre-release version built on top of Apple's Game Porting Kit allowing for DirectX12 support. To run, you will need to download this porting kit yourself from Apple's Website. This require...

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Show threadAlticusJun 7, 2023
@film_girl Wow, this… might be a big freaking deal.
Show threadChristina WarrenJun 7, 2023
@Alticus oh, this is massive. This is how they get games on the headset. It’s brilliant.
Show threadAlticusJun 7, 2023
@film_girl Oh absolutely… but the knock on affect of also getting good AAA games on the Mac could effectively make MacOS a legitimate alternative for Apple customers who wish they didn’t have to build a gaming PC. I think the overall impact of that could be bigger than the headset (in terms of game volume and adoption - way more people own a Mac today than who will get a headset tomorrow).