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Hello everyone!
I've started playing again Victoria3 after patch 1.5 update and I'm playing on a MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro.
With the old 1.5 patch I was able to play without problem with max resolution (3024x1964) with medium to high settings, but now, with patch 1.8.6, I'm not able to play smoothly even at 1920x1080. Anyone has any tips on how I can improve the game? I got around 25-30 fps with massive stuttering when zooming in/out from paper map to political/physical map and I also got massive lags even when I'm opening UI panels (but not when I'm on paper map).

These are the actual graphics settings that I'm using:
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Any help would be appreciated!
 
How much memory do you have? The minimum requirement under MacOS is 8gb, recommended 16gb.

If you only have that or less, please try unloading every other app you can before starting the game.
 
AndrewT said:
How much memory do you have? The minimum requirement under MacOS is 8gb, recommended 16gb.

If you only have that or less, please try unloading every other app you can before starting the game.
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I have 16GB of ram, and I've also uninstalled (deleting every folders under Library/Application Support and Documents) and re-installed the game. Still the same lag while zooming and while playing not in paper map mode.
 
If you revert to the, say, 1.5 patch in the Steam Betas tab for the game, is it fast again?
 
Panzarotto said:
Hello everyone!
I've started playing again Victoria3 after patch 1.5 update and I'm playing on a MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro.
With the old 1.5 patch I was able to play without problem with max resolution (3024x1964) with medium to high settings, but now, with patch 1.8.6, I'm not able to play smoothly even at 1920x1080. Anyone has any tips on how I can improve the game? I got around 25-30 fps with massive stuttering when zooming in/out from paper map to political/physical map and I also got massive lags even when I'm opening UI panels (but not when I'm on paper map).

These are the actual graphics settings that I'm using:
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Any help would be appreciated!
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same for me...great downgrade with this version (MacBook Pro M1)
 
Can you please attach here a sample game that shows this problem on your Mac? I'd like to try it on mine. Thanks!
 
Just tried checking out victoria 4 for the first time in a while and having similar issues. Extreme ui lag on an M4 pro mac. Not sure what it was like on prior versions but I could at least navigate menus and start a game upon release with an M1 pro.
 
EB14 said:
Just tried checking out victoria 4 for the first time in a while and having similar issues. Extreme ui lag on an M4 pro mac. Not sure what it was like on prior versions but I could at least navigate menus and start a game upon release with an M1 pro.
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I assume you mean Victoria3. It runs fine on my M4 iMac , in fact really fast! Not really sure what could be different on your setup.

This happens in fullScreen and windowed modes, say? Any resolution?
 
I've tried again after few months. Even with 1920x1080 resolution the game still lags and is unplayable while switching from 2D to 3D map. When I'm on 3D map the FPS drops to about 5-15 (removing V-Sync helps a little bit but still no more than 20 FPS while in 3D but, with V-Sync enabled, the switching between 2D-3D is even worse).
Only if I put Shader to Low the game is playable (with 30-40 FPS on average) but is ugly to be honest :).

I have to say that before 1.5 the game was slow (after 1890) but the FPS were pretty good even on Retina Display resolution, so there's something to do with the zoom between 2D-3D and the shaders settings.

Any idea/help?
 
Well that save just flew by on my M4 iMac - each week only took about 1 second. No stuttering ta all.

You mention this started with 1.8.6 - if you revert to 1.8.5 or earlier patch in the Steam Betas tab for the game, and start a new campaign, is it fast again or still have a problem for you?
 
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