How Well Does The Game Run On A Mac?

[XxUnkn0wnxX]

since I got this on my ps4, I'm enjoying it a lot but I really don't like the wonky controls + cannot expand my colony any further then 1.2k otherwise my ps4 keeps crashing...

I've been debating if I should get this game on my Mac but I been hearing bad comments and reviews on reddit saying that there are some issues running the game on a Mac such as game not starting, crashing problems UI & Icons disappearing.

I'm also curios if the game would run optimaly with my specs:

Hardware Information:
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
iMac Model: iMac17,1
4 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-6700K) CPU: 4-core
24 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1867 ok
BANK 0/DIMM1 - 8 GB DDR3 1867 ok
BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1867 ok
BANK 1/DIMM1 - 8 GB DDR3 1867 ok

Video Information:
AMD Radeon R9 M395 - VRAM: 2048 MB
iMac

I won't do a separate partition on my Mac for windows thats a Nono, I run windows as a Vm works fine but its terrible for gaming. I have run games on my Mac in the past with optimal performance, tends to lag when running game settings such as high shadows, anti-aliasing x4 or higher and running at full 4k or 5k resolution...

however with anti-aliasing x2, shadows Low-Medium at 4096x2304 resolution tends to run fine without issues... for most games...

 

[Dauth]

I don't own the game. The only remark I have is why do you have mixed RAM? That is a massive pain for system stability under any serious load.

 

[DominusNovus]

I have had no problems on my 2014 iMac, and its specs are just a little lower than yours (except my graphics card has double your mb).

 

[petrovchris]

Pretty well. The Mac gets hot, but not scorching, and the graphics are lower resolution, but otherwise it runs smooth with no crashes.

 

[XxUnkn0wnxX]

I don't own the game. The only remark I have is why do you have mixed RAM? That is a massive pain for system stability under any serious load.

I am upgrading to 32G soon, just never got the chance to upgrade till now.

I have had no problems on my 2014 iMac, and its specs are just a little lower than yours (except my graphics card has double your mb).

my main worry was that I may not have enough Vram, but there is nothing I can do. if I had thunderbolt 3 I would have been happy to just get an external GPU

 

[XxUnkn0wnxX]

I've tested for a good 4+ hours it runs ok but some issues.

super slow & Glitchy at full 5k 5120 x 2880 with any profile

4k 4096 x2304 runs smooth on high profile but Textures & Terrain have to be set to medium I don't really see the difference between high and medium what aspects of the game does Terrain & textures cover?

also at QHD 3200 x 1800 high profile works fine.

now at windowed mode for any @4k or QHD the game lags bad why is this? full screen no issues and I cannot switch multiple desktops like to check on something on my Mac while in full screen. have to keep switching to windowed mode to access the rest of my system.

also as a Bug report when switching from 4k to lower Res when in full screen mode the mouse cursor totally disappears, have to switch to window mode to fix it then back to full screen.

 

[PaplooLearned]

I'm running a top-of-the-line 2017 27" iMac (32GB RAM, Radeon Pro 580 with 8GB of VRAM), and find that at 3200x1800 the framerates exceed my threshold for annoyance when scrolling around the map (it'll dip down to single digit fps and get real stuttery, so it's hard to manage big colonies quickly), but is playable; I ended up at 2560x1440 mac side because of that.

The same machine, though, running Win 10 under Bootcamp, is smooth as silk at high settings at the full 5120x2880, so if you can manage Bootcamp as an option, I'd highly recommend you do that.

Also, there is no mod editor Mac-side, so if you are inclined to make mods (which is ridiculously easy if you just want to make your own sponsor and/or commander), you will want to boot into Bootcamp as well.

[EDIT: I was playing Win side again, and realized I was in full 5k resolution when smooth as silk, not just 3280x1800]