
The version of our game for Apple computers now supports Metal, which means that battles are going to look even better!
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We are pleased to announce that War Thunder for Apple computers will support Metal in the incoming update, a graphics API that will substantially boost the game's frame rate. Previously, the Mac version of our game client only worked with OpenGL, which restricted the speed at which battles could be displayed and could lower the frame rate in scenes involving a large number of shaders, for example when a player takes an artillery hit. With Metal, dynamic scenes in the Mac client will be displayed much faster, and in some cases, the frame rate will be doubled!
War Thunder will automatically switch to Metal on all Apple computers that support this technology.
To try the new Metal technology currently, you need to include the following line in the config.blk file in the video section: driver:t="metal".
List of computers that support Metal
Metal Best Practices Guide
Comments (98)
War thunder you have just SAVED a player with this. THANK YOU! :)
Enjoy!
Hey Brit! I didn't know you were on mac!
frumpycat, Comrade Frumpy! The more you know. :)
well I play on Windows but this change may bring new people to the game so GG Gaijin !
Can we expect a Vulkan renderer too, anytime soon?
I'm on an nvidia Card and they don't do as well on Vulken as AMDs. Do to their architecture, But I'm still 100% for this. I want this as the future for all API's. It's a huge leap forward in what can be done and how much more you can do with the same hardware. Let's hope, if not this patch maybe the next.
OMG! That means i'll now get about 30fps!!!! I'm back baby :)
HURRAH more newbs we can kill with ease( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Are you directly pointing towards the sluggish move-movement/-acceleration you cheeky one?! xD
Nice! Now I can play on my MacBook Air with 60fps!!!=D
Good luck!
hopefully so can i
Gaijin, please implement Vulkan API support as well, thx in advance.