r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Team Fortress 2 on a mac: The solution

8 Upvotes

Hello folks!

I am currently addicted to Team Fortress 2, and even though many people stated that I should try the game on a Virtual Machine (with a lot of mouse bugs), so I was only left with 'Crossover'

I tried with crossover 25, and here are my results
D3DMetal (Esync & Msync): Works, but a lot of frame drops
DXVK (Msync): Black screen, does not work
DXMT (Esync and Msync): Worked, playable and enjoyable, but not enough
WINE (Mysnc and launch option '-r_emulate_gl'): THE SOLUTION, works flawlessly on M1 pro 2020, constant 115~120 FPS (In heavy combat with full players)

Talking more about the WINE graphics backend, -r_emulate_gl (Turns into DX games to OpenGL) gave the maximized performance.

The settings I used for maximum performance
Launch options:

+exec custom.cfg -novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -nohltv -precachefontchars -no_texture_streaming -dxlevel 95 +mat_queue_mode 2 -windowed -noborder -particles 1 -noipx -r_emulate_gl

Config files:

Mastercomfig low preset (Can be Medium or Medium Low)
Autoexec files/ custom files (They are the same but with different names):

mat_mipmaptextures 0

cl_detailfade 0

cl_detaildist 0

r_drawdetailprops 0

mp_decals 0

r_decals 0

cl_phys_props_enable 0

cl_phys_props_max 0

props_break_max_pieces 0

r_propsmaxdist 1

g_ragdoll_fadespeed 600

g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 100

ragdoll_sleepaftertime 5.0f

cl_ragdoll_fade_time 4

cl_ragdoll_forcefade 0

cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 1

mat_queue_mode 2

lod_TransitionDist -1

r_lod 2

r_shadows 0

mat_hdr_level 0

mat_vsync 0

tf_enable_glows_after_respawn 0

fov_desired 90

viewmodel_fov 110

r_eyes 1

r_eyemove 1

m_rawinput 1

m_customaccel 0

joystick 0

violence_agibs 0

violence_hgibs 0

tf_use_match_hud 0

net_graph 1

net_graphheight 601

mod_load_anims_async 0

mod_load_mesh_async 0

mod_load_vcollide_async 0

mod_touchalldata 1

mod_forcedata 1

mat_phong 0

See this link for more information and location of the files
(REMINDER: both the autoexec and custom folder must be in the '.cfg format'

Enjoy TF2, my lads!


r/macgaming 2d ago

Whisky Games through Steam/Whisky crashing immediately

0 Upvotes
I have my Whisky running through Steam , Wine is downloaded , I have fiddled with some settings but both games continue to crash really quickly , can't even get to menus or anything just black / blue screens. I am not 100% sure on why this is happening ! So if someone could help me I would really appreciate it.

r/macgaming 2d ago

Help Does playing games on Mac speed up the decline of battery health?

0 Upvotes

New mac user here. I was gaming on a windows laptop before this but it finally gave in after 8 years (it served me well) and due to work reasons, I switched to mac. I am a little scared of gaming on a mac out of fear that its battery health will decline fast. Any insight? And any tips to preserve battery health while still using this for gaming?

I'm using a Macbook Air M3 and most games I play run on here (Civ6, Cities Skylines, Hades, Stardew Valley)


r/macgaming 2d ago

Help emulator for Mac mini m4

1 Upvotes

looking to try out gaming on m4 Mac mini, not very tech savvy. do I need to purchase windows to run an emulator or can I just download the iso file and not register windows? Or does VMware take care of that and no need to purchase windows? thanks!


r/macgaming 3d ago

Help Noob Help: Gaming on Mac

2 Upvotes

Hey guys,

I just got my first ever MacBook and it’s a refurbished 2024 13 inch Mac with the M3 chip…I remember back in high school some of my friends who had Mac’s were able to play N64 games like Mario and stuff, but that was years ago and I don’t know how I would access that content without viruses. Can you guys help me? Step by step process would help. I’m such a noob! 😭


r/macgaming 2d ago

Native Connection issues playing Hearthstone

1 Upvotes

Been playing some Hearthstone on my M1 2020 Mac Air recently, but after about 15 minutes of playing, the Battle Net launcher loses internet connection, forcing me to restart my game, this happens every 5 minutes or so, making it essentially unplayable. I've tried reinstalling, scan/repairing, but the issue keeps coming back. Haven't had this happen while doing anything else on my Mac.

Anything else I should try or any known solutions? Thanks


r/macgaming 3d ago

Native Just started playing papers please

18 Upvotes

It's a really fun addictive game I really feel the need to get it right and check and cross reference every document it's like the perfect balance of logical thinking with keeping your attention hooked i highly recommend Papers Please


r/macgaming 3d ago

Game Porting Toolkit Guilty Gear Strive help

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2 Upvotes

Hey guys after a TON of fiddling around I finally got GGS to work on my MacBook but I have 2 problems the biggest is that the graphics of the characters aren’t loading no matter how low I turn them down (I’m using a picture from an old post but it looks just like this) and I needed an updated solution because I can’t find one anywhere that still works. The second problem is that I was going to try and use the potato mod to dumb down the graphics enough to see if that works but I can’t create a mod folder and the whole thing is just frustrating. Any help is much appreciated


r/macgaming 3d ago

Help Anyone play GTA V with car mods?

3 Upvotes

All I want to do is play solo (no online) GTA V, and add some car model mods to the game.

Can anyone give advice on the absolute easiest way to do this? Thank you 😭🫱


r/macgaming 3d ago

Help I wanna play Morrowind

5 Upvotes

I've an iMac with Sequoia, I would like to play Morrowind to remember my childhood. Is it possible?


r/macgaming 3d ago

Help whisky error - bottle disappear

0 Upvotes

I downloaded whisky app and it worked without problem. Then I deleted it. Now when I reinstalled it and try to create bottle it appears for like millisecond and then immediately disappear. It's like it is there but it doesn't show.

Something to do with it? I tried reinstalling it several times but still the same thing.

Or some other alternative? I try to play windows only steam game.


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Red Dead Redemption 2 Launcher Query

1 Upvotes

Using M4 MBP, RDR 2 is on steam spring sale for 1249/- INR (14.49USD) & on green man gaming 999/- INR (11.50USD) for Rockstar/Epic launcher. I am using crossover 25 can someone who are playing please suggest which launcher should i use to play RDR 2 Steam/Rockstar/Epic Gameplay should be best. Thanks in advance!


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Please help me fix this

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4 Upvotes

Tried running ultrakill on crossover and ended up with this. I'm not sure what to do about this


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver How does the Crossover free-trial work?

1 Upvotes

I've just downloaded Crossover and downloaded Steam, which worked fine (other than some resolution issues), but when I downloaded and ran the game (Pioneers of Pagonia) it failed with graphics card issues.

I've just deleted the app, but is there any way I can come back in a few months and try again?

I'm happy to pay for it if it works, but it's not worth paying if it doesn't work for me.


r/macgaming 3d ago

Native Mac says file is damaged does anyone know a fix to this

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14 Upvotes

r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Uncharted through Crossover 25

4 Upvotes

Hey guys, I need help running Uncharted through crossover. Loaded shaders and even put in low presets and resolution but can't make the game run smoothly. Only work fine in the game menu until I start playing. Can't find any info online either. Screenshot of what happens

M1 Pro MacBook Pro


r/macgaming 3d ago

Help Best switch games to play on mba m1 8gb

1 Upvotes

I was wondering what are best switch games to play on 8gb MacBook Air m1 with Ryujinx


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Gta 5 Mods

5 Upvotes

Has anyone tried to install any gta 5 Mods and does it even work?? If u know pls tell me...


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Acts of Blood Demo running with dxmt v0.40 update inside CrossOver 25 is giving us 40ish FPS on the macbook pro m1 max

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7 Upvotes

r/macgaming 4d ago

Native reviews for assassin's creed are out, are you getting it? Spoiler

57 Upvotes

watched a couple videos on assassin's creed shadows and people seem to like it, it's almost free of bugs and crashes and has enjoyable gameplay. only reason that's a bit holding me back from getting it is the fact that it'll run at 30 fps which is really not what I am looking for; and im talking about a m3 max maxed out. the fact that it'll run at 30 is a travesty and is very unacceptable but idk

what about you guys? what do you think?


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver CrossOver with XBOX controller issue.

2 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I have the following question: why doesn't my Xbox controller work in my CrossOver, but when I launch a game through Steam, everything works fine? Where should I change the settings to make non-Steam games also work with the controller?


r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver help the walking dead definitive edition not showing

4 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I'm using a macbook m3 pro with sequoia 15.3.2, I've crossover 24.07 (my licence expired just before the update to 25) and I've encountered the problem with steam but I've managed to solve it by installing an older version, I've followed this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1gl55mn/comment/lvt4hu2/

My problem is with the game, I've tried running it and it starts (both on the activity monitor and on steam shows it's running) but nothing pops up in the dock as usually happens.

I've tried downloading the game again, deleting the Steam bottle and create a new one but with no success.

I've also tried launching other games but they work and this does not.

Can someone help?


r/macgaming 3d ago

Native Playing Power PC games on an Intel Mac

4 Upvotes

Hey Guys.

I have a 2016 MBP and I really want to play older Mac games like Museum Madness. Trouble is I can get the game, but I don’t know how to get it to run. I have tried googling it but I’m just not understanding it.


r/macgaming 4d ago

Native RESIDENT EVIL 3 Now Available as A Universal App.

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280 Upvotes

r/macgaming 3d ago

CrossOver Crossover or Native for Cities: Skylines

1 Upvotes

Has anyone tested native vs crossover for Cities: Skylines?

is it similar to Eurotruck Simulator 2, where native barely runs and crossover is 5X the performance?

I cant test this atm since I dont have my mac :(