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I just got my MacBook Pro M3 Pro and apart from the native ports, the most common answer I get to playing most of the titles is CrossOver. Well, it is paid and it's not cheap by any means. When this is brought up most people say, "The devs deserve it!" and I'm sure they do, but as a student I can buy like 4-5 indie games that I've been eyeing for the same price. (Mostly thanks to regional pricing)

So i started to look elsewhere... Whisky, flopped and it's not maintained anymore. Heroic is more or less the same. Death Stranding from my Epic library although ran smooth enough, it had visual glitches and GTAV just wouldn't boot at all. I even tried using Steam via Heroic with varying degrees of success. I got Cruelty Squad and Skyrim running but no luck with Fallout New Vegas. GTAIV just didn't even download all the way, it was stuck at 99%.

And now I got tired of fiddling around with all these sub-optimal solutions and I wonder will CrossOver solve all my problems. Although it'd be nice, I don't expect plug and play levels of ease (Former Linux user. If something's gonna work I don't mind dealing with it.) but what I don't want is to tinker for several hours and get no end results either. Is CrossOver the end-all-be-all for Mac gaming? Is it at the level that I don't have to worry about more than half of my games getting glitched and a quarter not even booting up?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences...

edit: I dislike free trials as a principle but since the feedback is very positive, I decided to give it a go while risking getting too attached and having to wait for it to go on sale to get it back... Wish me luck everybody!

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u/Awkward_Usual1746 — 11 days ago
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Witcher 3 DX12 Glitch

I am playing witcher 3 next gen dx12 version on crossover in my M1 Pro. I am using d3dmetal with msynce and dlss on. There’s this weird glitch around enemies. Is it fixable?

u/Adventurous-King-679 — 6 days ago
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Assassin’s Creed I & 32 bit games

Hi everyone, I have recently downloaded AC1 on CrossOver and have been playing it. However, from what I understand, this isn’t a demanding game at all, yet it’s running at 40-50 fps and sometimes 30 when there are a lot of NPCS. It only reaches 60 stable while in cutscenes/climbing a building (NPCs not rendered in).

For me, this isn’t unplayable by any means, but it is definitely annoying, considering I am almost 100% sure that my laptop should be able to run it perfectly fine. From some other Reddit posts, I assume this is because 32 bit compatibility isn’t the best on CrossOver. I was just wondering if this was the case and if there was any way to optimise it.

I use an M2 MacBook Pro 8GB RAM. I know asking for a solution is asking quite an ask, so I’m not expecting too much. I love what CodeWeavers are doing, and I understand that they cannot make everything perfect.

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u/StrangeParsnip4956 — 5 days ago
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THIS GAME IS TESTING MY LIMITS

I use crossover 26.1 and Helldivers 2 was working pretty well ever since I got it, at lowest graphics but definitely playable. A couple days ago they rolled out an update after which the game just won't open.
It was working perfectly smooth up until the update, and I was so hooked that I had just spent some money on it😭
It does the whole launching animation thingy and the screen does go black like it does before starting the game, but then it just doesn't and I get this error
I've looked at just about every solution I can find, I just hope I can starting playing it again

u/Strict-Acanthisitta9 — 7 days ago
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Explain it to me like im 5

Hello, im a new user of the crossover and i just got a mac this year. I would like to know how do i play games that are installed from the internet? I have tried by myself and watching youtube videos but they are very confusing and i don’t really understand any of it, i dont understand any of the terms nor am i proficient with mac or crossover. Thank you.

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u/BathroomUnique — 4 days ago
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(Video by u/Appropriate-Gap-510 from Post)

If you play games on Mac using CrossOver, you’ve probably run into the infuriating "double cursor" bug or had your trackpad gestures completely lock up and freeze your Mac. This happens all the time with older Windows titles or games that force fullscreen.

The issue happens because macOS keeps the Dock awake in the background, which constantly fights CrossOver's Wine layer for control of your screen and mouse. The only true fix is to completely disable the Dock while you play.

Solution:

  1. Press Cmd + Space to open Spotlight, type Automator, and hit Enter.
  2. Click New Document (or File > New).
  3. Choose Application as the document type and click Choose.
  4. In the top-left search bar, type Run Shell Script.
  5. Select Run Shell Script, Delete the word cat inside the text box, and paste the exact block of code given below.
  6. Go to the top menu bar and click File > Save (or press Cmd + S).
  7. Name it something like CrossOver Game Mode or CrossOver Launcher and save it

Script:

# 1. Check and remember the user's original Dock setting 
ORIGINAL_STATE=$(defaults read com.apple.dock autohide 2>/dev/null)

# 2. Force the Dock to auto-hide and apply the massive delay to disable it
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 100000
killall Dock

# 3. Open CrossOver and wait for the user to quit it
open -W -a "CrossOver"

# 4. Remove the massive delay
defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-delay

# 5. Restore the Dock to the user's original setting
if [ "$ORIGINAL_STATE" = "1" ]; then
    defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true
else
    defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool false
fi

# 6. Restart the Dock to apply the restored settings
killall Dock

To play: From now on, completely ignore your normal CrossOver icon. Just double-click your new custom Launcher app.
Your Dock will vanish, CrossOver will open, your mouse will be completely fixed in-game, and the exact second you quit out of CrossOver, your Mac returns to normal.

Tip: to access the Dock mid-game or while CrossOver is running, just trigger Mission Control (3/4 finger swipe up or F3) to temporarily force the Dock onto the screen, or simply use Cmd + Tab to cycle between open apps without breaking the game's fullscreen mouse lock.

Troubleshooting:  1.​If you have multiple versions of CrossOver, or if the script is unable to open the app, just remove the search command (-a) and specify your exact CrossOver location E.g., open -W "/Applications/CrossOver.app"

  1. in the rare event your Mac completely crashes or loses power while playing, your Dock might stay hidden when you reboot. If that ever happens to instantly bring it back, simply open Terminal and run: defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-delay; killall Dock
u/Naive-Twist-9582 — 11 days ago
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I'm trying to get Diablo 4 to run on a MacBook Pro M3 using CrossOver. When I start the Battle.net installation in CrossOver, everything goes well at first until the Battle.net installation itself begins. I'm then asked to select the installation language, and immediately after that, I get the error message: “Whoops! Looks like something broke.”

What am I doing wrong?

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u/humble-orange-dry — 7 days ago
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Does the new Steam Controller work in Crossover?

I couldn't find much information on whether the new Steam Controller works in Crossover or not. Does anybody have the Steam Controller and already tested compatibility, especially by actually playing a game?

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u/bytebounce — 6 days ago
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Fluffy mod manager not working

I keep getting this error when opening up newer versions of the mod manager. Just wondering if anyone knows how to fix this.

u/Nshtx_Count — 5 days ago
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ZZZ crashes on CrossOver (Mac)

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to report a bug affecting Mac users running ZZZ through CrossOver after the 2.8 update.

Setup:

  • Mac M4
  • CrossOver Preview 26.1 (latest version)
  • ZZZ via HoYoPlay

What happened: The game worked perfectly fine before and right after the 2.8 update downloaded. However, after the first successful launch post-update, the game stopped launching entirely. The Unity splash screen appears briefly, the loading bar starts, and then it crashes with no error message shown to the user.

What I tried:

  • Repaired game files 3 times via HoYoPlay
  • Deleted the ZenlessZoneZero config folder in AppData/LocalLow/miHoYo/
  • Restarted the machine
  • Ran the game executable directly (bypassing HoYoPlay launcher)
  • CrossOver is already on the latest version (26.1)

if anyone have the solution please tell me

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u/Technical_Row_140 — 6 days ago
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I am playing witcher 3 next gen (DX11) on my m1 pro base model Mac, I played it with DXVK with Msync on but there are some graphical glitches when opening menus, looting menus. Gameplay is smooth only the menus. D3dMetal and DXMT does not have that issue, but the FPS is low.

I also have installed some mod ( listed in the image). Can someone help me to fix this issue? It would be very helpful.

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u/Adventurous-King-679 — 13 days ago