Crossover Answers

[Plutonius]

For those who are interested in Crossover or not too familiar with it, the following is a recent YouTube video that someone posted.

When I got Crossover, it took me awhile to figure it out and I'm probably still doing some things wrong .

 

[maflynn]

For those who are interested in Crossover or not too familiar with it, the following is a recent YouTube video that someone posted.

Thanks for this thread and link to the video. I'm trying this out now, I had no idea that I had options for graphics.

 

[Huntn]

“CrossOver is a software that allows you to run Windows games on a Mac without needing a Windows operating system. It translates Windows commands into Mac commands, providing a more seamless gaming experience compared to traditional emulators.”

Not posted to be pro or con:

https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1771qh6/is_crossover_worth_it

 

[Plutonius]

“CrossOver is a software that allows you to run Windows games on a Mac without needing a Windows operating system. It translates Windows commands into Mac commands, providing a more seamless gaming experience compared to traditional emulators.”

Not posted to be pro or con:

https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1771qh6/is_crossover_worth_it

The Reddit.thread is from 2 years ago and generally doesn't reflect the current Crossover 25. Many programs that would not run, run correctly now with the performance depending on the computer.

 

[maflynn]

The Reddit.thread is from 2 years ago and generally doesn't reflect the current Crossover 25. Many programs that would not run, run correctly now with the performance depending on the computer.

I tried crossover years ago and my experience today vs. then are night and day - I'm very impressed

 

[Plutonius]

I tried crossover years ago and my experience today vs. then are night and day - I'm very impressed

As much as we criticize Apple for the lack of focus in gaming, most of the Crossover improvements could not have happened without Apple's GPTK which allows DX12 games to be run.

 

[dmccloud]

There are a couple of things I appreciate with respect to Crossover. First are the ratings that indicate how well the game or software in question should run on your machine. That help eliminate some uncertainty regarding what runs well and what does not. The second is that the bottles created by Crossover usually require no additional changes to run, although some titles can benefit from additional tweaks.

 

[maflynn]

The second is that the bottles created by Crossover

Defintitely, and tbh, well worth the price of the software. I've been using Crossover on the trial license, but now that I confirmed the games that are important to me, are able to run, I'll be buying the license.

without Apple's GPTK which allows DX12 games to be run.

I did not know that, I am impressed at the large number of games that are available, I largely attributed the increase to Steam's work with proton, and that somehow benefited crossover given that proton is a wine implementation

 

[eva2000]

Glad I found this thread as a noob to macOS ~6 months into my experience Just found 50% off Tekken 8 deal https://store.steampowered.com/app/1778820/TEKKEN_8/ and found a video that says I can use Crossover to play it

Anyone done this for Tekken 8?

 

[Homy]

Codeweavers' own guides are often forgotten. This is for Advanced Settings.

 

[Homy]

I did not know that, I am impressed at the large number of games that are available, I largely attributed the increase to Steam's work with proton, and that somehow benefited crossover given that proton is a wine implementation

People give Apple too little credit for this and say they do nothing for gaming. They practically "saved" Crossover over a night. Codeweavers had started the work with DX12 but was struggling and only had managed to get a couple of games to work so their solution was per-game basis unlike GPTK.