The Mac OS X Client's absymal performance is a joke.

[JediShecky]

If you have the mac client it still works, about as well or poorly as it ever did. Full screen still looks gorgeous on a 27 inch iMac, until it does those weird graphic artifacts all over the screen. Seems to work best in Windowed mode. I've played for a couple of hours that way. Would be nice to hear something/anything though on the plan for this orphaned client.

The artifact stuff during the last boss of The Vault can really trip me up. I play in window mode AND standard. If I try to go ultra with the graphics everything looks terrible. Also on the 27" iMac.

Also, just wondering if you have the same issue I do with sending a report from in-game. I can't actually type in the text box. I'm wondering if it's a mac issue or just me.

[sarahnight]

The text box issue seems kind of random to me, i get it on Mail sometimes...

[Naraku_Diabolos]

From preliminary Patch 3.1 Notes...


[2.0] The following adjustments have been made to the Mac version:



The client is now compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.


The default graphic settings in the System Configuration interface have been adjusted.


Adjustments have been made affect the performance of systems using the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M, GT 755M, and GT 750M graphics cards.

[Galadrium]

Yes, finally some progress in the Mac client fixes. Can't wait to try it out on Tuesday.

[KeluBehemoth]

Well, I knew that the performance would be going to take a hit, but I didn't expect it to be that severe. I have a late 2013 Macbook Pro (GT750M model) and while FFXIV runs with about 50-60 FPS via Bootcamp/Windows on the preset "Laptop (normal)" on 1680x1050, it barely runs with 20 FPS in the same zones with the same presets via Mac OS X.

I'm sorry, but this is not acceptable. Unless there is a major bug/glitch/whatever makes it run that bad, I would like to have the license for Mac removed from my account for a refund.

From reddit:

Buy a PC. Problem solved.

A $1500 PC has the same hardware as a $5000 Mac, while being fully compatible with 90% of existing software.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Buy a PC. Problem solved.

A $1500 PC has the same hardware as a $5000 Mac, while being fully compatible with 90% of existing software.

Or just play it on Bootcamp. That's what I would do.

[Nadirah]

Buy a PC. Problem solved.

A $1500 PC has the same hardware as a $5000 Mac, while being fully compatible with 90% of existing software.

People have many reasons for buying Macs. Gaming isn't usually one of them.

Good thing gaming isn't the only thing you can do with computers, including Macs.

Most of the art//3D design/AV design students when I was in school worked on Macs. They were more tailored for that thing.Sue someone for wanting to play games that supposedly support their platform on a computer they probably use for something more important than gaming why don't you?

Disclaimer, I hate Macs, I've used them, they're not my thing, but they're a legitimate platform and when the game says it's supported, it should be bloody supported, and not in a halfass way.

Telling someone to just buy a PC *doesn't help*.

[KeluBehemoth]

People have many reasons for buying Macs. Gaming isn't usually one of them.

Good thing gaming isn't the only thing you can do with computers, including Macs.

Most of the art//3D design/AV design students when I was in school worked on Macs. They were more tailored for that thing.Sue someone for wanting to play games that supposedly support their platform on a computer they probably use for something more important than gaming why don't you?

Disclaimer, I hate Macs, I've used them, they're not my thing, but they're a legitimate platform and when the game says it's supported, it should be bloody supported, and not in a halfass way.

Telling someone to just buy a PC *doesn't help*.

I do a LOT of other things on my PC... Like FL Studio, which is native to PC.

[Delily]

I do a LOT of other things on my PC... Like FL Studio, which is native to PC.

Which is completely irrelevant to this conversation. Square advertised a working OSX client, charged full price for it, and then delivered software which did not work. End of story.


However, I know 3.1 had some improvements for the OSX client. Does anyone have anything to report?

[CloverMeadows]

i was getting like 24 to 30 frames per second in Ishgard, 2013 iMac 27 inch, nvidia... that was playing full screen. Ran around town for a bit before works, no weird artifacts that people have described... but... it did crash to the desktop with a weird "Failed assertion error..." Then made the whole screen all white... i had to force quit out of that. I did have a bunch of other stuff running, so maybe something else crashed it. Didn't really have time to do anything else...

Oh another thing i noticed, you can now Add Mac client, through the Mogstation. I wonder if they intend to resume sales of the retail copy.