Planet coaster for MAC?
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Sorry bro [sad]
You are not the only victim of Apple.
Stay strong ! Gamers are praying for you !
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i have Only a mac and i really wanted to play this gameplease make this game for mac so i can pre order this.[sad][sad][sad][sad][cry][cry][cry][cry][cry]
i have Only a mac and i really wanted to play this game please make this game for mac so i can pre order this.
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I would love it if i was able to play Planet Coaster at all. i am on a Mac and am feeling a little left out.
I would love it if i was able to play Planet Coaster at all. i am on a Mac and am feeling a little left out.
Some people have had luck running Windows through Bootcamp. I've used it priorly on other games, and it works well. Only issue is that most Mac's don't have very powerful GPU's for gaming purposes and that Planet Coaster does require something more beefy. What are your Mac's specs?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB,
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i would honestly like to run it on mac without having to use other softwere though.
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i would honestly like to run it on mac without having to use other softwere though.
There is not Mac version of the game.
The game is being built on the Windows platform to make extensive use DirectX compute shaders and other technologies that are exclusive to Windows (as previously stated by Lead Programmer AndyC).
Your machine unfortunately doesn't hit the minimum requirements either, so even with a Mac version you'd likely be out of luck.
As others have noted, it might run in Bootcamp (I believe the GPU has at least hardware support for DirectX 11) but it's unlikely to run very well, and Frontier wouldn't be able to support you with it. It's unlikely that there'll be a direct Mac port any time soon for the reasons that Gregor stated: OSX support (both in terms of graphics APIs and graphics drivers) for gaming is very out-of-date, and Planet Coaster is making direct and copious use of features that aren't readily available on that platform.
The unfortunate reality is that the demand for a Mac version of the game is going to be quite low, and that the amount of work to support it is likely to be quite high. It doesn't make much sense commercially to plough a whole lot of R&D budget into something that you're never going to make back.
The unfortunate reality is that the demand for a Mac version of the game is going to be quite low, and that the amount of work to support it is likely to be quite high. It doesn't make much sense commercially to plough a whole lot of R&D budget into something that you're never going to make back.
How great would it be to have a mac version!
I'm sure I'm not the only one. I have a Apple computer...
Just to make it clear, I don't got a windows computer.
I would love to play Planet Coaster only there are not any plans for a Mac port of Planet Coaster.
Too bad!
I'm wondering if there are more people with this issue.
I'm sure there will be, please don't hesitate to respond on this message!
Because a Mac version would be like a dream coming true,...
I hope in the further there will be a mac version so everybody can enjoy the game...
I'm sure I'm not the only one. I have a Apple computer...
Just to make it clear, I don't got a windows computer.
I would love to play Planet Coaster only there are not any plans for a Mac port of Planet Coaster.
Too bad!
I'm wondering if there are more people with this issue.
I'm sure there will be, please don't hesitate to respond on this message!
Because a Mac version would be like a dream coming true,...
I hope in the further there will be a mac version so everybody can enjoy the game...
I disagree on that point, xyphic,
Mac version demand, I think it will be lower as the windows demand but not as low as you stated.
If it was so that the demand would be so low for a Mac port I don't know why there are so many developers coming with Mac versions. If they do it right people will get the game that only focused on Mac software before and don't even know Planet Coaster just yet.
Also the number of people having a Apple computer is still growing...
I'm a Mac user, all my life... And I need a Mac.
And I think a Mac Port will be a good step forward!
so i agree with thrillking
Mac version demand, I think it will be lower as the windows demand but not as low as you stated.
If it was so that the demand would be so low for a Mac port I don't know why there are so many developers coming with Mac versions. If they do it right people will get the game that only focused on Mac software before and don't even know Planet Coaster just yet.
Also the number of people having a Apple computer is still growing...
I'm a Mac user, all my life... And I need a Mac.
And I think a Mac Port will be a good step forward!
so i agree with thrillking
Because a windows machine & a mac are the same thing ?
Get bootcamp if you want to play it
Get bootcamp if you want to play it
It is to do with the extensive use of DX11 that Apple cannot support unfortunately without a lot of re-coding.
The way to run it is from the list at moment
- To get windows on your apple machine with Bootcamp
- To try an emulators that you you can buy, like Parallels and VMWare Fusion
- Wine (you could try it but not everything is supported)
That or just cave and buy a proper computer [haha]
The way to run it is from the list at moment
- To get windows on your apple machine with Bootcamp
- To try an emulators that you you can buy, like Parallels and VMWare Fusion
- Wine (you could try it but not everything is supported)
That or just cave and buy a proper computer [haha]
If there is one, it will probably be sometime way after release, but I would not count on it.
Harbinger
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macOS doesn't support "Compute Shaders" functionality to a high enough standard due to it coming bundled with a six year old version of OpenGL. It's the same reason the Horizons expansion is not supported in Elite Dangerous despite the base game having a native macOS build.
Unless Apple update OpenGL (unlikely, they've shown zero interest in this) I wouldn't hold out any hope for a native port. It's likely to be BootCamp or nothing for the foreseeable future.
Unless Apple update OpenGL (unlikely, they've shown zero interest in this) I wouldn't hold out any hope for a native port. It's likely to be BootCamp or nothing for the foreseeable future.