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bousozoku

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Are you using the default display resolution?
I am.

Thanks. I see the display resolution isn't even in a list now. There, of course, isn't a 1920x1080.

I guess 1680x1050 will be slightly better and I can still read everything.
 
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diamond.g

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I am.

Thanks. I see the display resolution isn't even in a list now. There, of course, isn't a 1920x1080.

I guess 1680x1050 will be slightly better and I can still read everything.
I think macOS presents the "displayed resolution" instead of the displays physical resolution.
 

bousozoku

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I think macOS presents the "displayed resolution" instead of the displays physical resolution.
I hadn't really messed with the system settings since I got to macOS Sonoma, so it was an interesting lesson. Rather than spend loads of time on minutiae like that, I wish they'd fix the bugs that been a problem for so long, and make the system more attractive for games developers.
 

JordanNZ

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I hadn't really messed with the system settings since I got to macOS Sonoma, so it was an interesting lesson. Rather than spend loads of time on minutiae like that, I wish they'd fix the bugs that been a problem for so long, and make the system more attractive for games developers.
It's an issue with steam, not macOS. Valve really need to spend a bit more time on their app...
Leave your display at 'default'...
 

bousozoku

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It's an issue with steam, not macOS. Valve really need to spend a bit more time on their app...
Leave your display at 'default'...
I wasn't considering that as a macOS bug, but just that they spent so much time to re-work System Preferences, they could have been doing something that would be more advantageous.

Steam has plenty of problems, although it's slowly being improved. Part of the problem with reporting Apple's machines is Valve's prejudice toward Apple, and Apple's prejudice against gaming.
 

galad

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The api to check the screen size, and the high-dpi setting, have been unchanged since 2012, so if a game or stream doesn't support retina resolutions after 12 years, probably they will never.
 

diamond.g

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The api to check the screen size, and the high-dpi setting, have been unchanged since 2012, so if a game or stream doesn't support retina resolutions after 12 years, probably they will never.
Are there any macOS native 3D games that actually support high-dpi?
 

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Pretty decent chance of BG3 on iOS, I'd say.

On the iOS app store, there's BG1 and 2, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment, plus NWN.

As for titles published by Larian on the app store, there's Divinity Original Sin 2.
 
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diamond.g

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Pretty decent chance of BG3 on iOS, I'd say.

On the iOS app store, there's BG1 and 2, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment, plus NWN.

As for titles published by Larian on the app store, there's Divinity Original Sin 2.
I wonder if they would wait till their next project is done to circle back for an iPad version (even though the game runs like crap on 8GB systems).
 

MRMSFC

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Okay, not Mac related but WOW! 200,000 negative reviews in a few days. The game was so praised but they found another way to disappoint gamers. They totally bricked the game for so many people.

Sony deciding to shoot themselves in the foot.

Actually considering the magnitude, it’s more like they decided to take a flying leap onto a landmine.
 

diamond.g

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Yeah they walked it back. The interesting part is the game was supposed to have that requirement from the beginning and it isn't clear why it was shipped with it disabled. Too late to put the genie back in the bottle though.
 
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MRMSFC

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Yeah they walked it back. The interesting part is the game was supposed to have that requirement from the beginning and it isn't clear why it was shipped with it disabled. Too late to put the genie back in the bottle though.
The news sources I saw said it was disabled because of the surprising amount of players at launch.


They quickly changed their mind after 260k bad reviews.
It always warms my heart when a consumer revolt wins.
 
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Homy

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M4 is here and Hades II is coming soon to Mac. The Early Access for Win is here and there is an equally large depot on Steam for Mac.

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Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - A Dance of Masks DLC is coming on June 13 to Mac.

 
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Homy

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Stellaris: The Machine Age is released for Mac.



Empire of the Undergrowth leaves early access and will be released for Mac June 7.


Great Toy Showdown is coming to Apple Silicon in Oct.


Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter has a native AS port.


Inkulinati has a native AS port.



 

Homy

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The classic Marathon by Aleph One team is now on Steam free to play. Marathon 2 and Infinity will come soon.

 
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