Apple Silicon M1 initial testing

[Absurdity]

Tot his, I wanna say:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYv3-HfRNcA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0QgBX4WFKQ
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrfWmaBy6k

:P

And I raise you this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUaJ8pDlxi8

[Moonlite]

Hi all! I just got my MacBook Pro 13'' with Apple Silicon (M1 chip) and 16GB RAM.
I downloaded the MAC version of FF14 directly from Square Enix (I didn't do steam originally) and it worked flawlessly.
I obviously still need to do more testing than simply running around and attacking a few mobs. I'll update this thread if I find any issues or crashes.

Would you like to run the benchmark and post in https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...chmark-results Just for comparison results.

[Kruceo]

So it's been a few days. Generally got 30fps and never had any heat issues or instability.... until today (Nov 27 2020). No idea what changed but now it won't even start the application. I go to console (Mac app) and check the logs and find multiple lines of the following:

Coalition Cache Hit: app<application.com.squareenix.finalfantasyxiv.2337573.2337751(501)> [26578]

I don't pretend to know what that means but it doesn't even open the launcher anymore. Not sure if I messed up the rosetta 2 emulation settings for it when installing other things or if square ran an update and the latest version of the launcher doesn't work with it... either way I'll keep looking around for a solution but I'll be using my windows desktop for FF14 until this is resolved.

[Kruceo]

I pulled a typical Mac user and assumed the lack of rebooting my Mac since I installed the game would have nothing to do with these issues. If I were on Windows it'd have been my first instinct...

So I uninstalled it from the Mac and then the issue kept coming back up while I was trying to re-install. I also noticed that a couple other apps started acting unstable so it clicked and I rebooted the Mac.

I'm successfully at the download portion of the re-install. I'll post again if I can get back in game.

[Kruceo]

I'm successfully at the download portion of the re-install. I'll post again if I can get back in game.

Yup.... false alarm. It's working fine. Also update to the frame rate - it is more like a consistent 40+fps unless things get crazy. I haven't tested in a larger raid scenario yet though.

I haven't had a chance to do any additional testing that was requested (like the benchmark) but generally speaking it plays just as well as the MBP 16'' with 32GB RAM and 5500M GPU. Almost as powerful as Macbooks could get and this new M1 chip matches it for half the cost. Obv it isn't as impressive as the PC laptop market but for Apple, this shows a lot of promise.
Now for them to get rid of the kinks by SE providing actual support and Apple maturing the platform.

[Thamorian]

And I raise you this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUaJ8pDlxi8

Yup seen this before. Louis is very informative. Never buy crapple.

[Scylune]

I haven't had a chance to do any additional testing that was requested (like the benchmark)

Hey ! It was a few days ago, did you by chance ran the benchmark or played more like dungeons or raids ?
Ty ^^

[Kruceo]

Hey ! It was a few days ago, did you by chance ran the benchmark or played more like dungeons or raids ?
Ty ^^

I typed up a long response and accidentally hit "reply to thread" instead of "post quick reply"... so instead of retyping all the info, I'll just say that I've done cutscenes, dungeons through duty finder, story quests, instanced quests, in and out of instanced areas like FC housing and inns, market board purchasing/sales, uploading/downloading character profile to cloud save, and I'm sure several more things I'm forgetting. All of it works without a hitch.

Only issue is the weird crash when bringing up the launcher that happens super rarely. A full shutdown/restart without the "reopen applications" button checked fixes it. Pretty sure it's a Big Sur issue with the emulated windows port using wine/crossover, not an M1-chip issue.

[Kruceo]

Another update:
As of today (Dec 24 2020) the latest updates haven't broken any compatibility with the M1 chip. Still playing the game just fine. I play with my wife who is running an intel windows system and we have the same experience in terms of dungeons, events, quests, etc. I haven't found any bugs other than what I mentioned previously, and I haven't had that issue since I last posted about it.

[Moonlite]

Another update:
As of today (Dec 24 2020) the latest updates haven't broken any compatibility with the M1 chip. Still playing the game just fine. I play with my wife who is running an intel windows system and we have the same experience in terms of dungeons, events, quests, etc. I haven't found any bugs other than what I mentioned previously, and I haven't had that issue since I last posted about it.

Nice updates maybe this will convince the odd ma user to give the game a try.