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)
My macbook air doesn't support metal. dang! It's from early 2015.
Maybe you need to update your OS?
Stona_WT, I just realized that it is supported. Im a twit.
liek if u crie evytiem
nickxel, you mac book air supports metal! look here its from later than mid 2012 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205073
Does the client automatically switch over to the metal client on steam? Or do we have to download it from here. Thanks
I think it should. If you did not notice any changes, jump to our official forum and check MacOS section in technical section.
Stona_WT, Thank you!
Now with METAL support, client stability won't be a problem anymore!
when will this happen?
In the next update
Yay, It is good that you Mac™ users have it, but I'm a little disappointed because I thought the update would drop today.
I am using Windows on Mac Book Pro, does it do anything good or some? Lol
Here for everyone who is curious if his computer supports metal to make use of this new feature: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205073