Important Information for Mac Version Players (Jun. 25)

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2633ff3209667d

■Mac Version System Requirements
Please ensure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements shown on the following page:

http://sqex.to/SZu

From there:
21.5-inch iMac (Mid 2014) with Intel Iris Pro Graphics or higher

My iMac's configuration:
http://imgur.com/gallery/pCI8cOi

I could be wrong, but I think a 750M with 4Gb of RAM is slighly better than a the Iris Pro. Yet, I suffer fps loss and graphics glitches. I wonder is SE or Transgaming can explain that one.

We have a Mac user in our FC who has said the his problems all stem from running in Windowed mode. When he switched over to full screen, his constant crashing stopped. He has not had any complaints about the quality on his system, just that he would crash randomly every hour or so.

PS3 meets minimum requirements, the graphics aren't that good on those either.

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Originally Posted by StouterTaru

PS3 meets minimum requirements, the graphics aren't that good on those either.

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Did I mention I can play this game with the exact same hardware in Windows with Boot Camp and get a flawless performance? And no, telling me to run it in Boot Camp is not an acceptable answer for a product I bought directly from the company.

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Originally Posted by StouterTaru

PS3 meets minimum requirements, the graphics aren't that good on those either.

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it isnt a matter of graphics, its playability. As in, it isnt playable for the majority of people. The only thing that is somewhat surprising is that people still made the purchase when it was known that Transgaming was working on the port. timeline wise, of course it was going to be a wrapper. it doesnt excuse what has happened tho, on both sides.

- My machine meets the Mac system requirements
- The Windows version of FFXIV works flawlessly on the Mac in Boot Camp (but rebooting is a pain!)
- Unfortunately, the poor performance of the Mac OS X FFXIV client makes it mostly unplayable (except for retainer management - perhaps the best use for the Mac client as it stands today)

I hope they will at least fix the Mac client so that it's actually usable. Someone posted that the Eve Online client is actually playable even though it's also a non-native WINE-based wrapper port, so perhaps there is hope.

[Of course the impossible dream would be for SE to do what Blizzard has done - make a real native OS X version in house. They probably already have some expertise in OS X / OpenGL / Metal on the iOS side, at least.. ;-/ ]

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Originally Posted by Kaze3434

The only thing that is somewhat surprising is that people still made the purchase when it was known that Transgaming was working on the port. timeline wise, of course it was going to be a wrapper. it doesnt excuse what has happened tho, on both sides.

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Somehow I must have missed the part about Transgaming and WINE - I was hard pressed to find much information at all about the Mac version before release. There was no warning that I could find on the preorder page about Transgaming or it being a WINE-based wrapper, and as far as I can tell they didn't post system requirements until today.

There also was (and still is) no Mac benchmark, so it was hard to know how awful the performance was going to be before buying.

I don't run MAC, I only run PC, but I'm facepalming about them getting this out 3 days LATE! Shouldn't they have put this up, at the latest, on the 19th so the MAC users don't get screwed?

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Originally Posted by MaethusXion

I don't run MAC, I only run PC, but I'm facepalming about them getting this out 3 days LATE! Shouldn't they have put this up, at the latest, on the 19th so the MAC users don't get screwed?

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Should have been on the preorder page, but Mac users are screwed anyway because the Mac FFXIV client (a WINE-based wrapper for the Windows version) is buggy and has poor performance even on a Mac Pro.

There was no Mac early access either, but I can see how they might have been embarrassed to release it sooner than they did.

The only solution for now is to keep running the Windows version in Boot Camp - it works fine, but it would be really nice to not have to reboot into Windows to play FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by Catwho

We have a Mac user in our FC who has said the his problems all stem from running in Windowed mode. When he switched over to full screen, his constant crashing stopped. He has not had any complaints about the quality on his system, just that he would crash randomly every hour or so.

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It has equally poor performance in full-screen mode.