Very low FPS on Mac

[Warrah]

Hi there,

I recently bought ff xiv RR and heavenward bundle for Mac I've downloaded and it can play it however I can't use full screen and the FPS is unplayable it's around 5-15 on low settings idk what the problem is but I really want to play the game but it's impossible with the lag and glitches I'm having playing on the Mac.

If someone knows if it's the Mac version broken or something and knows a solution please let me know I really want to play FF.

Thank you in advance.

[Avenger]

This is a known problem. If you use the lowest resolution and turn all effects off, you may be able to get the FPS up to 15 or more, but it will still be largely unplayable even on a Mac Pro.

Lead programmer Hideyuki Kasuga says that he is aware of the poor performance vs. Windows (and Boot Camp) and that they are hoping to fix it in the future. Unfortunately they used a Transgaming/Cider/WINE wrapper approach which is almost certainly the root cause of the low FPS problem.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...69#post3073369

In his post on the Japanese forums, he also recommends that you lower the limit for visible characters.

SE has yet to release a Mac benchmark, and they also didn't release system requirements until June 25th. This is unfortunate because it was not possible for people to find out how bad the Mac FFXIV client performance was going to be before the launch of Heavensward. I'm one of many people who preordered the Mac version hoping that it would be playable.

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

Unfortunately, even Macs which meet the system requirements will still observe poor performance until they improve or rewrite the Mac FFXIV client.

Although I am hoping that they will take advantage of improved graphics (Metal) in El Capitan, it may be possible to improve the performance of the wrapper-based approach somewhat, as Eve Online seems to have done with their Mac client.

A number of people have posted that they have successfully requested refunds for the Mac version, since it is clearly not ready for prime time.

[Avenger]

One sad thing is that the Windows client running under Parallels still outperforms the Mac FFXIV client.

Currently the best option is to avoid using the Mac client entirely and to boot Windows via Boot Camp.

[Warrah]

So there is no way around this i don't want to have a bad gaming experience playing with low quality ect.

So they are aware of the problem and will they be fixing it for mac so it can be playable on full screen and a decent FPS?

In the mean time where can i get a refund and then i will come back and play again. Sad that i can't play it while the hype is up.

Aw well.

Thank you.

[Entropic]

i don't want to have a bad gaming experience playing with low quality ect.

No offense but then you should not be playing on a Mac. :/
Use Boot Camp, as suggested to get playable levels of performance.