Glitchy Graphics and Sluggishness on M1 Mac

[dundoshuil]

Hi everyone
I've recently upgraded to an M1 Mac but EU4 hasn't been running smoothly. There are white and black little straight lines everywhere, and the general graphics detail and quality is low, not clean at all. The zooming in and out and scrolling the map feel sluggish too. I've attached some photos to demonstrate and added the computer info. I hope that's enough, new to this side of the forums!

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MacBookPro18,2
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: VirtualApple
CPU Brand: Apple M1 Max
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0xc
CPU Stepping: 0x0
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2400 Mhz
10 logical processors
10 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Unsupported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Unsupported
AVX2: Unsupported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
MacOS 12.3.1 (64 bit)

Video Card:
Driver: Apple M1 Max
Driver Version: 190.17.3
OpenGL Version: 4.1
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x106b
DeviceID: 0x0
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.54" x 13.39" (27.05" diag)
59.8cm x 34.0cm (68.7cm diag)
Primary VRAM: 65536 MB

Memory:
RAM: 65536 MB

VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1902788 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 1820401 MB

Storage:
Number of SSDs: 0
Number of HDDs: 0

 

[AndrewT]

None of our games have been ported to native M1 code, so we are reliant on Apple's Rosetta emulation to provide the graphics, UI etc.

All I can really suggest from what I see there is to update to MacOS 12.4 to get a newer Rosetta version, then perhaps do a clean reinstall of the game:


- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-EU4
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/EU4 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam EU4 or Documents EU4 locations, before installing again.

**File Locations on Mac OS X**
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Europa Universalis IV/
To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .
The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, gfx, mods) are in /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ .


Good luck!

 

[dundoshuil]

None of our games have been ported to native M1 code, so we are reliant on Apple's Rosetta emulation to provide the graphics, UI etc.

All I can really suggest from what I see there is to update to MacOS 12.4 to get a newer Rosetta version, then perhaps do a clean reinstall of the game:


- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-EU4
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/EU4 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/EU4 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam EU4 or Documents EU4 locations, before installing again.

**File Locations on Mac OS X**
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Europa Universalis IV/
To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .
The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, gfx, mods) are in /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ .


Good luck!

will try thank you