Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
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Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#2As I was watching and reloaded the page, apple seems to have taken down their tutorials related to this, for now. Still, really exciting to see official support for getting games ported from windows!!
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#3But that requires the developer to do stuff, right?
How's the support for d3d9 through dxvk like for end users?
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#4As I was watching and reloaded the page, apple seems to have taken down their tutorials related to this, for now. Still, really exciting to see official support for getting games ported from windows!!
Diablo IV isn't supported on Mac. I wonder how this can be used to bridge the gap.
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#5I was pleasantly surprised at Apple's work toward wider game support that they announced at WWDC. I mean it doesn't mean most triple-A games will have support any time soon, but it's a step in the right direction.
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#6As I was watching and reloaded the page, apple seems to have taken down their tutorials related to this, for now. Still, really exciting to see official support for getting games ported from windows!!
It's back up again now[0].
[0]: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10123/
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#7As I was watching and reloaded the page, apple seems to have taken down their tutorials related to this, for now. Still, really exciting to see official support for getting games ported from windows!!
Diablo IV isn't supported on Mac. I wonder how this can be used to bridge the gap.
Find a better game. Blizzard is dead. It’s all just pay to win now.
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#8Why is this not bigger news? This is incredible, assuming it works and is easy for Devs to port.
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#9I'm surprised they haven't worked directly with Valve for Proton support...
Re: Apple adds DX12 support to MacOS via its Game Porting Toolkit
#10Why is this not bigger news? This is incredible, assuming it works and is easy for Devs to port.
This isn't anything. The game porting toolkit is literally just Wine, and only there to "test how your game runs." They basically leveraged the work those all those Valve contractors have done lately, and are hiding it behind a massive single patch.
They go on about how if you're using middleware it might support macos already, and if not, you can port to the native APIs anyway!
Lastly, they tout their HLSL to Metal shader converter, which is likely just SPIRV-Cross behind the scenes.
It's just pure evangelism, and it kind of makes me mad.
Edit: This article from a couple of days ago seems to confirm my suspicion: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/new-directx-12-to-met...