hm_stanley Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I tried searching on this topic, but I only found those who virtualized windows on Apple Silicon and got it working. Has anyone got it working (Red Thunder/Fire&Rubble) under native Apple Silicon using (I assume here) Rosetta2? Does it run well or is it inconsistent? Running a Macbook Pro M1 Max, which is the latest machine from Apple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 4 hours ago, hm_stanley said: I tried searching on this topic, but I only found those who virtualized windows on Apple Silicon and got it working. Has anyone got it working (Red Thunder/Fire&Rubble) under native Apple Silicon using (I assume here) Rosetta2? Does it run well or is it inconsistent? Running a Macbook Pro M1 Max, which is the latest machine from Apple. There are a couple of very recent threads that have mentioned running various games on the M1 natively. Looks like it's not too bad, just a few issues with graphics artefacts which have dogged Macs for sometime on and off. Check out these two threads: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Smiley Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 18 hours ago, hm_stanley said: I tried searching on this topic, but I only found those who virtualized windows on Apple Silicon and got it working. Has anyone got it working (Red Thunder/Fire&Rubble) under native Apple Silicon using (I assume here) Rosetta2? Does it run well or is it inconsistent? Running a Macbook Pro M1 Max, which is the latest machine from Apple. With the exception of the shadows graphics artefact linked above, it runs great for me on my base model M1 Pro 14". Definitely better than my previous 2016 MBP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 5:14 PM, hm_stanley said: I tried searching on this topic, but I only found those who virtualized windows on Apple Silicon and got it working. Has anyone got it working (Red Thunder/Fire&Rubble) under native Apple Silicon using (I assume here) Rosetta2? Does it run well or is it inconsistent? Running a Macbook Pro M1 Max, which is the latest machine from Apple. I'm running all 7 CM2 games on my MacBookPro M1Max and they work really well. Thus far I've found only 3 issues: 1. Sometimes the game takes a bit of time to start, with the icon bouncing in the dock for 10 -15 seconds. 2. The graphical anomalies mentioned above caused by enabled Shaders. I play with Shaders on and don't see it happen often so it's not impacting my enjoyment. 3. The turn loading screen is blank - so when one loads a turn instead of getting the graphical representation of how many % the turn is loaded, it is blank. This apparently started with Big Sur but I didn't install Big Sur on my previous MacBookPro so I am going by what other beta testers have told me. Again, this is not really an issue. The computer is so fast that I don't sit and wonder if something is stalled due to long loading times, the loading times even for huge maps and battles is quite reasonable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 21 hours ago, G. Smiley said: With the exception of the shadows graphics artefact linked above, it runs great for me on my base model M1 Pro 14". Definitely better than my previous 2016 MBP. On non-CM related matters, do you have the spinning beachball show up occasionally at odd moments? I've had finder, or messages, or other apps seem to freeze for 10-30 seconds now and then. I had this on the older computer as well but I thought that the newest one, with the newest OS would not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Smiley Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 6 hours ago, Bud Backer said: On non-CM related matters, do you have the spinning beachball show up occasionally at odd moments? I've had finder, or messages, or other apps seem to freeze for 10-30 seconds now and then. I had this on the older computer as well but I thought that the newest one, with the newest OS would not. No, not that I can think of. I haven't had any real issues at all. Touch ID stopped working on my new Magic Keyboard after a day or two but that should not be an Apple Silicon problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm_stanley Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 I've found the following in CMRT (John in Tech Support is helping me through this, very nice man). The loading from selecting a battle to the actual briefing is a black screen with a stuck mouse cursor... you wait, and eventually see the battle briefing.. this is different from my Intel experience on a Mac, where you would see a picture of a tank and a status bar loading, this isn't working for me, tho I do get to the briefing eventually and this really isn't a problem per say, just getting used to it. My licenses are all messed up, not sure exactly what is happening, but my Fire and Rubble license is reflected at "total destruction" and I've cleaned and installed it now three times. john is helping me here, but I'm waiting on an un-license script to start all over and John has been a saint here.. that said, the game runs still and it appears everything is there, but we are working to make it appear as it should no more status bar between turns as someone said above. Performance is really good actually, far better than what I remember on Intel. The speed of movement and turns is great no issues really. I have everything pretty much turned on high and I could never do that before on my Mac Intel laptop. So this is really nice. Overall, I wish it was Apple Silicon native and maybe one day we will get there, but overall Rosetta2 works great and I have no complaints. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, hm_stanley said: My licenses are all messed up, not sure exactly what is happening, but my Fire and Rubble license is reflected at "total destruction" That is normal and not a problem. It is just a case of not having adjusted the module name from its initial, temporary name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm_stanley Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) So, what I'm seeing is totally normal and I won't see Fire and Rubble? I've done a completely clean install with license removal (script from John) and reinstalled and still the same "Total Destruction" as the name for the mod. If this is totally normal and not something I need to worry about, then cool. I thought somehow the game was compromised and I needed to have the correct module names. All that said, anyone have any idea on why I don't see the loading screen from when you select a battle until you get to the briefing dialogue (screen). I don't see a picture of a Stug with a blue status bar slowly moving across (I did see it flash once at the end of the sequence and the briefing screen came up). That said, I can't see to figure out why it's not showing.. but, c'est la vie, the game still loads and runs.. rather well. I'm assuming these little issues are related to Apple Silicon or Monterey OS. 3 hours ago, Redwolf said: That is normal and not a problem. It is just a case of not having adjusted the module name from its initial, temporary name. Edited December 12, 2021 by hm_stanley 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Yeah, everything is fine. I don't know whether M1 or Monterey causes the lack of a loading dialog. I might update my Intel Mac to Monterey at some point, but so far it looks like garbage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm_stanley Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Redwolf said: Yeah, everything is fine. I don't know whether M1 or Monterey causes the lack of a loading dialog. I might update my Intel Mac to Monterey at some point, but so far it looks like garbage. sadly, I do not have that choice.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultradave Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, hm_stanley said: All that said, anyone have any idea on why I don't see the loading screen from when you select a battle until you get to the briefing dialogue (screen). I don't see a picture of a Stug with a blue status bar slowly moving across (I did see it flash once at the end of the sequence and the briefing screen came up). That said, I can't see to figure out why it's not showing.. but, c'est la vie, the game still loads and runs.. rather well. I'm assuming these little issues are related to Apple Silicon or Monterey OS. This started with Big Sur. Before Big Sur, it worked fine. Updated to Big Sur, it hasn't worked since. I have a ticket in about it, along with the graphics wonkiness of the Activate screen (flashes and bounces). They may or may not be related. So it's not an M1 or Monterey specific issue. It's something Apple did along with Big Sur - wish I knew what. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm_stanley Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ultradave said: This started with Big Sur. Before Big Sur, it worked fine. Updated to Big Sur, it hasn't worked since. I have a ticket in about it, along with the graphics wonkiness of the Activate screen (flashes and bounces). They may or may not be related. So it's not an M1 or Monterey specific issue. It's something Apple did along with Big Sur - wish I knew what. Dave Thanks everyone.. glad i'm not alone here and the game works really nicely tho in game mode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 36 minutes ago, Ultradave said: This started with Big Sur. Before Big Sur, it worked fine. Updated to Big Sur, it hasn't worked since. I have a ticket in about it, along with the graphics wonkiness of the Activate screen (flashes and bounces). They may or may not be related. So it's not an M1 or Monterey specific issue. It's something Apple did along with Big Sur - wish I knew what. Dave To clarify, you have an Intel mac? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm_stanley Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, Redwolf said: To clarify, you have an Intel mac? No, running Apple Silicon MacBook Pro M1 max. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 12 hours ago, Redwolf said: Yeah, everything is fine. I don't know whether M1 or Monterey causes the lack of a loading dialog. I might update my Intel Mac to Monterey at some point, but so far it looks like garbage. I’m told this started with Big Sur. It’s definitely an OS thing, and not a question of game version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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