gzdoom 4.08 and higher, barely running on my macbook

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gzdoom 4.08 and higher, barely running on my macbook

Post by maclover »

i was trying to play some doom on my mac but when i tried to run it, it was barely running, but when i try 4.07, it ran doom smoothly but i really want to play myhouse.wad which needs 4.10 and only 4.10 so i need a way to run 4.10 smoothly

my specs are:
2.4 GHz intel core i5
8 GB 1333 MHz DDr3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
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Re: gzdoom 4.08 and higher, barely running on my macbook

Post by Redneckerz »

HD Graphics 3000 is DX 10.1 and a low version of OpenGL. You want to use the GLES renderer.
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Re: gzdoom 4.08 and higher, barely running on my macbook

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but now its just a black screen and 4.07 works perfectly on opengl
i have a similar problem to GenericItalianGuy's post
viewtopic.php?t=77321
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Re: gzdoom 4.08 and higher, barely running on my macbook

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maclover wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:54 am but now its just a black screen and 4.07 works perfectly on opengl
i have a similar problem to GenericItalianGuy's post
viewtopic.php?t=77321
Either use the latest GZ, or upgrade the OS.

You still need the GLES renderer because a HD3000 is just too old for this. And having said that, i wonder if an OS upgrade would even support this old hardware. I am going to guess it won't.
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Re: gzdoom 4.08 and higher, barely running on my macbook

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The rules for upgrading the OS on a Mac is quite different from Linux or Windows. Mac OS actively checks your hardware and will block an upgrade (or even prevent it from booting) if the hardware happens to be "unsupported" for that version - and it only has a little bit to do with whether the hardware will even run it or not.

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