Mac version of GZDoom crashes when trying to select "Doom Software Renderer"

[Scientist]

Hello everybody,
The Mac version of GZDoom v4.10.0 crashes when I try to change the Render Mode. I want to set it to "Doom Software Renderer" but that doesn't seem possible. It works in the Windows version.
Changing settings like OpenGL ES or Vulkan also doesn't let me change the Render Mode.

Is it even possible to use Doom Software Renderer in the Mac version and if so then how?

Any help is appreciated!

[_mental_]

Please post a crash report.

[Guest]

Thank you for the reply. Here's a link to the crash report:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y19eljuz ... pkxpv&dl=0

[_mental_]

It crashes inside Intel graphics driver. The problem seems to be specific to Intel HD Graphics 3000 your MacBook Pro has. Taking into account that it's the oldest supported integrated GPU, I don't think someone will invest time into debugging this. I would suggest to play with OpenGL renderer options to make it look closer to software renderer.

[Scientist]

Thank you for the reply! The render mode does seem to work on a newer system.

I ran into another issue:
I'm trying to make a portable version. I can get it to work for Windows but not for Mac

For the Windows version I copied the ini file from my Documents\My Games\GZDoom folder to the folder containing the gzdoom start up file. I then renamed the ini file to "gzdoom_portable.ini". When i start up gzdoom it loads the portable ini file.

However when I try to do this on a Mac the portable ini will not load.
is there a way to make the ini portable for Mac?

[Rachael]

You would have to edit the source to do this. Windows is probably the only platform that GZDoom officially supports a true portable config on.

https://github.com/ZDoom/gzdoom/blob/ma ... lpaths.cpp

Any mention of "portable" is quite missing from the Linux version of this file - https://github.com/ZDoom/gzdoom/blob/ma ... lpaths.cpp
and the OS X version - https://github.com/ZDoom/gzdoom/blob/ma ... alpaths.mm

It could be coded in, and someday it probably should be for those who want it. Software freedom is about using software the way you want, not what your platform dictates you must do. I have no idea how easy this would be, but I think it's at least doable.

[Graf Zahl]

It should be just as easy as it is on Windows. Of course with the locked down system, on Macs this will be a lot harder to use unless you self-compile.