Elad Posted November 1, 2024 Share Posted November 1, 2024 Hi kerbals, I think I'm close to making some breakthroughs for using the parallax mod with Mac. I know for sure it is possible to run the mod usefully on my Mac (MacBook Pro m3) because I managed to do it through the paid crossover app. Yet my goal is to try to run it on Wine somehow. I have managed to make KSP run through Wine, but when I try to install Parallax, I get the "not supported" message on the loading screen. did anyone manage ever to find the right tweaks needed on Wine to make this mod run correctly on Mac? Thank!!! Elad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elad Posted November 18, 2024 Author Share Posted November 18, 2024 Well It was much more simple than I thought I used whisky and turned off DXVK and Enhanced Sync was turned off... its a really cool mod and Im happy I could use it on mac Hope this will help anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffery Kerman Posted November 23, 2024 Share Posted November 23, 2024 Can you give a more in-depth explanation on how to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffery Kerman Posted November 27, 2024 Share Posted November 27, 2024 On 11/18/2024 at 2:10 PM, Elad said: Well It was much more simple than I thought I used whisky and turned off DXVK and Enhanced Sync was turned off... its a really cool mod and Im happy I could use it on mac Hope this will help anyone What is whiskey, DXVK, and Enhanced Sync, and how do I change them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Let us call him. @Gameslinx! Come over here! This guy is trying to make parallax work on Mac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_kerman Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 wow, that's actually crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gameslinx Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 11/18/2024 at 9:10 PM, Elad said: Well It was much more simple than I thought I used whisky and turned off DXVK and Enhanced Sync was turned off... its a really cool mod and Im happy I could use it on mac Hope this will help anyone Is there any chance you could provide some instructions? It would be cool to be able to link to this topic so that more Mac users can use Parallax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcmatteo Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 On 1/14/2025 at 3:46 PM, Gameslinx said: Is there any chance you could provide some instructions? It would be cool to be able to link to this topic so that more Mac users can use Parallax I'm also currently experimenting with parallax on MacOS. Essentially, what they've been talking about above (you might have already gathered this, but I might as well restate it) is the "translation" software/layers, Crossover and Whisky, which are both based on Wine. They act as an intermediary level for running Windows software on MacOS. It's supposed to be less performance-intensive than a full emulation as it's not running two OSes at the same time. I had some difficulties getting it working originally, but that was most likely my fault for loading all of my mods on at once instead of bit by bit. (It was about 30 GB of mods so there were bound to be issues) Essentially, all it is is installing the Windows version of KSP through Crossover/Whisky and installing the mods as normal. Something mentioned above is they had issues with it using DXVK (Vulkan) and Enhanced Sync (ESync); on Crossover, the alternative to these is D3DMetal and MSync. As of right now, it appears to be working fine, if a little slow, but I've yet to try tinkering with settings to get better performance. (The game also doesn't trigger MacOS's "game mode" which dedicates more resources to games when in full screen) Trees, grass, terrain, all working fine, volumetric clouds, scatterer, planetshine not showing any conflicts. Ill post more once I've tried breaking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcmatteo Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Update: I've done some more testing, checked out other planets, and tried to optimize a bit. However, it appears that it is trying to use as much RAM as humanly possible. I've got 16gb ram, about 12 of which were available when I launched the game, and I'm currently at 95% ram usage. (This high ram usage is present even in the main menu) I'm going to do some more testing and gradually remove mods; I believe it's a visual mod causing further issues as when I'm in the hangar looking in (not facing the open side), my frames are good, whereas if I'm flying or looking outside, it's very choppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcmatteo Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Havent found a cause for the RAM issue, however by changing the resolution scaling for my display and reducing the game resolution to 1080p (ish) I've mostly smoothed out the frame rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcmatteo Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Alright, here's my best attempt at giving a proper "walkthrough" of doing it. Required Software: Crossover (Free trial or paid, I will not endorse nor explain manipulating the free trial indefinitely, however, I do know it is possible) KSP for Windows Steps Install Crossover, create a Windows 10 "bottle", enable MSync and D3DMetal and High Resolution Mode. Download the Windows distribution of KSP from the new download website (https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/downloads) Extract this .zip file into your MacOS applications folder. Find the KSP application within the folder, and drag and drop it onto crossover, this will open a window, click save as launcher. Once you have verified that the game runs without issues stock, install CKAN and install your mods. After installing your mods through CKAN, manually install ParralaxContinued (this also applies to Volumetric clouds); this is so you can prevent accidentally overwriting ParralaxContinued with dependencies from other mods. Run the game through the icon that should now be in your Crossover "bottle". Voila, you've done it. Known issues: Performance is not great. Now, this is possibly a memory leak due to the "translation" layer, but it could also just be that Macs don't have much RAM. Try setting your display resolution to 1080p or lower. Some mods' UIs may appear without any text in them, like mechjeb or BDA (that UI style); this is because of a missing font; you can install this font through crossover. Simply hit the install button in the lower left corner of the crossover window. Then look up "TrueType Font Arial", and install both Arial and Arial black (purely because I did and I'm not sure which of the two was the right one) I'm probably missing something or just forgetting to clarify something that seems obvious to me as someone who's been using it for a while now. If that's the case, just ask, and I'll explain. However, it really is a fairly straightforward process. Final note: I only did this with KSP now because I tried reinstalling the Mac version of KSP, and it's bricked, so this is the only way I can play it anymore. In the process, I realized I could now use Parallax, but this "tutorial" will also work for a stock install, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcmatteo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/14/2025 at 10:36 AM, abcmatteo said: Alright, here's my best attempt at giving a proper "walkthrough" of doing it. Required Software: Crossover (Free trial or paid, I will not endorse nor explain manipulating the free trial indefinitely, however, I do know it is possible) KSP for Windows Steps ... @Gameslinx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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