Fyi, Larian did not do the Mac port. It was outsourced to another developer studio. And when they did it, they didn't bother to use the latest Metal features that was available at the time.
Played through BG3 a few times on my older M1 Pro, and it ran pretty great! patch 7 just made it borderline unplayable for me in act 3--like, 15 fps on the same settings I was getting around 25-35 with in the main city. I know Mac users are more or less second class citizens in the gaming community, but it's incredibly annoying that I paid the same amount for BG3 as anyone else, but because I use a Mac, issues like this will just sit and go unresolved, and we just have to deal with it. Anyway, rant over, thank you for posting this! It sucks we have to do this like this, but hey, at least it's still playable I guess 😭 easy GOTY for me!
I completely agree and it’s why I made this video, people who only have access to the game via Mac have been screwed over. Hopefully patch 8 they address issues on Mac but my hopes aren’t high..
@@BeeRoyLee I agree that it really sucks that the developers have seem to forgotten about fixing issues on MacOS systems. Either reverting back to patch 6 or doing the nice command in the video makes the game playable again. If you do either of those two fixes the game runs amazingly and I’m really impressed on how well a MacBook can handle act 3 while being quiet and relatively cool
Thank you for this. Looks so good that I'm tempted to buy it for my macbook rather than my ps5
Sweet, thanks!
Thank you for sharing. I definitely noticed the difference.
Fyi, Larian did not do the Mac port. It was outsourced to another developer studio. And when they did it, they didn't bother to use the latest Metal features that was available at the time.
Played through BG3 a few times on my older M1 Pro, and it ran pretty great! patch 7 just made it borderline unplayable for me in act 3--like, 15 fps on the same settings I was getting around 25-35 with in the main city. I know Mac users are more or less second class citizens in the gaming community, but it's incredibly annoying that I paid the same amount for BG3 as anyone else, but because I use a Mac, issues like this will just sit and go unresolved, and we just have to deal with it.
Anyway, rant over, thank you for posting this! It sucks we have to do this like this, but hey, at least it's still playable I guess 😭 easy GOTY for me!
I completely agree and it’s why I made this video, people who only have access to the game via Mac have been screwed over. Hopefully patch 8 they address issues on Mac but my hopes aren’t high..
Do you have Mac set to performance?
Yes, Mac is set to performance and I prioritize BG3 in the terminal as shown in the video.
@ damn! That sucks!
@@BeeRoyLee I agree that it really sucks that the developers have seem to forgotten about fixing issues on MacOS systems. Either reverting back to patch 6 or doing the nice command in the video makes the game playable again.
If you do either of those two fixes the game runs amazingly and I’m really impressed on how well a MacBook can handle act 3 while being quiet and relatively cool