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Game emulation isn't a Linux only thing.

>>GeekyB+(OP)
But if anyone can name a non-Windows platform that does it better, I'll wait!

>>GeekyB+(OP)
Is there a way to run Control or Cyberpunk on macOS?

>>Wowfun+W4
Yes. Haven’t tried those games, but on apple silicon whisky app emulates with gameporting toolkit + wine/proton. For intel silicon I think it was also possible but not sure.

>>fl0id+67
Oh, wow, I did not realize how many games worked with this:

https://docs.getwhisky.app/game-support/index.html

I had assumed the lack of Vulkan on macOS was a major issue. Apparently not!

>>Wowfun+w7
Yeah,can’t tell you how it works exactly but it’s quite good

>>Wowfun+w7
Cause MoltenVK [1] is used, I think.

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[1]: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK

>>wsc981+Kg
Not really.

PC games use DirectX as their graphics API, so you need something that can translate from DirectX to the native graphics API your OS is running.

On MacOS you'd be translating from DirectX to Metal and Apple provides the emulation software (D3DMetal) as part of the Game Porting Toolkit.

On a Steam Deck, Proton uses Vulkan on Linux as the native graphics API, so in that case you are translating from DirectX to Vulkan.

> DXVK (which translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 calls to Vulkan on the fly), vkd3d-proton (which translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan)

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Proton

>>GeekyB+(OP)
That’s true, but many titles are 32bit and Apple removed 32 bit support, causing these titles not to run. It’s a real bummer, because there is no technical limitation.

>>Mobius+Tw
Crossover and Whisky run 32 bit PC games just fine.

>>Mobius+Tw
That's why the new WoW64 mode in wine is exciting. Even if the system doesn't support 32 bit binaries, you can still run 32bit windows software

>>GeekyB+Dl
> PC games use DirectX as their graphics API

You are forgetting the increasing number of titles targeting Vulkan directly.

>>outwor+u42
That is an extremely niche use case on Windows.

>>sleepy+cK1
Very useful, I hadn’t heard of that. I think it must not be shipped by default in steams built in proton support, but I will look into it.