Gumbolia.5381

I wrote the PlayOnMac description - this is a small update FWIW.

I had better luck with it when I updated WINE to version 6.0.

Because the latest version of PlayOnMac (4.4.2) won't run on my machine (macOS 10.14.6), I stuck with 4.4.1. Unfortunately this means that it can't download anything (such as the other WINE versions). To get around it, I went [here](https://www.playonmac.com/wine/binaries/phoenicis/upstream-darwin-amd64/), downloaded the most recent WINE (version 6.0 called _PlayOnLinux-wine-6.0-upstream-darwin-amd64.tar_), and decompressed it into _/Users/[account name]/Library/PlayOnMac/wine/darwin-amd64/_. (Aside: I don't know why the tar files are called PlayOnLinux-* - they actually contain macOS dylibs.)

WINE 6.0 then shows up as an option in PlayOnMac. Using this seems to help a bit, but performance is still not awesome.

@"raaahbin.7405 " :

> the current version of PlayOnMac requires MacOS 10.15.x or greater

I don't believe this is the case. I am running **PlayOnMac 4.4.1** on **macOS 10.14.6**.

FWIW - I just ran AB meta and it was... playable-ish at lowest settings (set with the auto-detect thing).

PlayOnMac v4.4.1

macOS 10.14.6

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019)

3.6 GHz Intel Core i9

32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB

* Ran with 2560x1440 resolution. Tried lower, but no real difference in FPS. Higher than that looks better but then the UI gets too small (even when adjusted with the setting).

* Mount kept getting stuck in the ground when mounting up (mentioned above). This used to be a bug in the official client which they sorted out at some point. It would queue up events and then zap me halfway across the map. This is super-annoying since I mount every 5 seconds. Then it takes 5-10 seconds to pop me out of the ground...

* The standard problem - "30-40 FPS until I look around, then it drops to 2"

* Opening bags was kind of slow - as if input was dropped and not being queued properly.

All-in-all it's borderline whether I will continue with GW2 if this is the best I can get out of it. I will continue to explore.

@"Aragorn.8157":

> [PlayOnMac ] starts to DL everything again

Oh no! I have not experienced that and I have run it several times.

Let me look at my setup to see if there's anything else I changed that I missed in the instructions. I did it once to get everything working, then a second time to write up the details, so it's possible I missed something.

Here are instructions for PlayOnMac:

1. download [PlayOnMac](https://www.playonmac.com/en/)

2. download the [GW2 64 bit Windows installer](https://account.arena.net/welcome)

3. run PlayOnMac and click **Install a program** on the left side of the window

4. down at the bottom-left of the window that pops up, click **Install a non-listed program**

5. read All The Stuff and keep clicking **Next**

6. _What would you like to do_? select **Install a new program in a new virtual drive**

7. name it something - "_GuildWars2_"

8. _What would you like to do before installation?_ - leave all unselected and click **Next**

9. _What kind of virtual drive do you want to create?_ - select 64 bit

10. wait while it creates "stuff"...

11. _Please select file to run_ - click **Browse** and select the GW2 Windows installer from step 2 (_Gw2Setup-64.exe_)

12. click **Next**

13. GW2 installer will start - click **Install**

14. wait a couple of hours for the download to complete and then play the game...

15. when you quit GW2 the first time, PlayOnMac will ask _Please choose a file for PlayOnMac to make a shortcut_ - choose **Gw2.exe**

16. name it ("_Guild Wars 2_")

17. it will ask again _Please choose a file for PlayOnMac to make a shortcut_ - click **Cancel**

18. now it shows up in the main PlayOnMac window - to run it just click it and select **Run** on the left side of the window

I tried PlayOnMac. I installed GW2 manually without a script using the defaults for everything. It runs, doesn't look awesome by default, and the framerate is very "bursty". Drops when looking around. I would see this in the official client as well, but it seems to be worse.

I haven't started messing with any settings yet since it took so long to download the entire game again :-)

I looked at the Linux script posted above and don't see that it does much other than provide a nicer interface to select some options, check some minimums, and handle a cursor issue. Ultimately it would be great to produce a script, but it is runnable without one right now.

So if anyone else tries it and has some success - and can offer solutions for performance - please let us know...

There's a detailed thread [[100% Unofficial] How to play GW2 on Mac OS after the Mac client is gone](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/121721/100-unofficial-how-to-play-gw2-on-mac-os-after-the-mac-client-is-gone) covering several options.

FWIW - I just downloaded [PlayOnMac](https://www.playonmac.com/en), downloaded the Windows GW2 installer, and ran through PlayOnMac.

Once it reached the "playable" point in the download, I went into the game and ran around. So it seems to work at some level. Fonts look a bit wonky, but that could be a not-yet-downloaded thing, a setting, or just the way they look on Windows. Still totally readable and usable.

This will be a better solution than virtualization since PlayOnMac uses [WINE](https://www.winehq.org/) which is more like a Windows compatibility layer, so it won't affect speed as much.

Same problem here.

If this is time-gated, then it's extremely poorly explained/indicated.

This has to be one of the dumbest "achievements" in the game. No pattern, all random, and you have to restart it a dozen times to complete it.

Please ANet - you're better than this!

I can now craft them! Yay!

(macOS client)

Thanks ANet.

Yes - it's confusing.

I still have my title, but the Tier 1/4 doesn't make sense to me in this context.

I finally got the counter to show up for the _Highjump Ranch Waypoint_ one after about 15 tries, but then when I got to very the last thing it... disappeared. No completion, no achievement.

This is insane.

The one near _Highjump Ranch Waypoint_ is part of the Elona group, so it is needed to complete **Skyscale Rider: Elona**.

With the S4 maps, that raises another problem with this achievement and that's knowing which rifts are actually completed.

The one near Highjump Ranch Waypoint in Desert Highlands won't trigger the counter for me. I can complete it, but it doesn't count, so I cannot complete the achievement.

(It's also the most annoying starting point with the all the archers - 3-4 hits and you're dead.)

So with this and the Sandswept Isles one mentioned above, I cannot complete the"Ruler of the Skies" meta-achievement.

I have the exact same problems as Miss Lana.5276 in Sandswept Isles. Tried them many times... can't get them to complete.

MacOS 64-bit GW client

Just tried 3 times in a row - stomp on essences, complete trial, blow horn to call out boss, defeat boss.

No achievement.

I can't make any of these either. It always requires 250 of each - mordrem or putrid, Lion's Arch or Royal Terrace

MacOS 64-bit GW client

I can't make any of these either. It always requires 250 of each - mordrem or putrid, Lion's Arch or Royal Terrace

MacOS 64-bit GW client

Me too. Updated and now can't log in.

I may be able to reproduce a crash I've been having since the update today:

Every time I use the Earthshaker mining tool twice in a row in Salma it crashes the second time.

(Note that it crashes a lot - this one seems to be reproducible though.)

Me too. Unplayable.

Just another "me too". On a (higher-end) macOS machine.

Can't see the symbols.

I recently updated from macOS 10.12 to macOS 10.14 Mojave on an iMac.

Since then I've been having problems with GW2. It feels like a networking issue: sometimes fails to connect to login server the first time, hitching when running/looking around, slow loading of maps, slow access to the store, etc..

* I don't seem to be having problems with other applications.

* I turned my graphics settings all the way down and it's still a problem.

* I've checked my network speeds and they are all good.

Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?

Haven't had a chance to try it yet, but the release notes say:

> Fixed an issue in which players could get stuck on the final stage of "The Charge" chapter's boss fight.

Fingers crossed.

**Edit:** Success! It's still a dumb fight, but it worked for me this time.

@"Yseron.8613" I too come from a background where UX is critical. I moved from that to a game company at one point and unfortunately the prevailing attitude was "good enough". I'm now back in a field where lives depend on it, so I'm in the headspace that I call out problems as I see them regardless of the software or size of the problem :-)