FFXIV for Mac

Gaming Mac's make me lulz.

However, it would make this game more approachable if it was supported for Mac (lol).

I would like to see this game come to mac as well. Not for me (I'm a PC user), but for my sister, so she could play with me (she owns a mac).

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Originally Posted by Punainen

I would like to see this game come to mac as well. Not for me (I'm a PC user), but for my sister, so she could play with me (she owns a mac).

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You could try and get her to play using Bootcamp or other methods. The more people the merrier.

I am playing on a Mac right now via Wineskin. It's a lot easier than having to use boot camp.

SE could port it over to Mac using 3rd party tools that wrap Directx. TransGaming is a company that does this. Bioware uses them to port all their games to the Mac.

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Originally Posted by nasomi

I'm fully aware that the gpu can't handle the resolution. That's why i asked what the point was.

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The GPU can handle it. It's the same as using 2x Super-Sampling AA. That's the point of the retina display. To make pixels impossible to distinguish.

Money and profitability are the limiting factors here.

Someone would need to present a full blown business case for it to happen... >_>

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Originally Posted by seuki

I also set my native resolution on Windows using Bootcamp to be 1920x1200. If I set it at 2880x1800, everything is REALLY small and I can't see it even though it's utilizing all the pixels. That's because I do things like surf the web while I'm playing and I want to be able to read without squinting. But yea it would be ridiculous if a laptop was able to handle those resolutions for gaming. Not even gonna try it because I don't want it to explode.

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I suggest doing this in Windows 7.

• Go to control panels and choose Display. You should see a window titled Make it easier to read what's on your screen.
• On the left choose Set custom text size (DPI).
• Select 200% from the drop down menu that appears after "Scale to this percentage of normal size."
• Use Windows XP style DPI scaling must not be enabled.
• Press OK and then Apply. You will be told you need to log out of Windows for the change to take effect. When you log back in, you'll see Windows is now running at 192 DPI. Not quite Retina but as close as Windows will let you get.

FFXIV should be set to run with a Windows size of 1440x900 since it will also be effected.

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Originally Posted by Laraul

I suggest doing this in Windows 7.

• Go to control panels and choose Display. You should see a window titled Make it easier to read what's on your screen.
• On the left choose Set custom text size (DPI).
• Select 200% from the drop down menu that appears after "Scale to this percentage of normal size."
• Use Windows XP style DPI scaling must not be enabled.
• Press OK and then Apply. You will be told you need to log out of Windows for the change to take effect. When you log back in, you'll see Windows is now running at 192 DPI. Not quite Retina but as close as Windows will let you get.

FFXIV should be set to run with a Windows size of 1440x900 since it will also be effected.

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Thanks, I'll definitely try it out. What resolution would I set my desktop to be though? 2880x1800?

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Originally Posted by seuki

Thanks, I'll definitely try it out. What resolution would I set my desktop to be though? 2880x1800?

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You should set it to off and loan me 100,000,000 before returning to diablo.

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but we maintainers over at Winehq.org have the solution for you to run in OSX and Linux without using bootcamp or a hypervisor.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...sion&iId=21478
-Michael D of appdb