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''Currently'' as of game version 1.19.0, Vintage Story does not run "natively" on ARM64 hardware, but the x64 build of the game (the same as for MacOS with Intel silicon) can be run successfully and with decent performance, using <code>arch</code> in Terminal to run some commands as detailed below. The Vintage Story developers intend in future to release a native ARM64 version of the game, but this is dependent on some third-party libraries releasing ARM64 versions, which are not yet available. | ''Currently'' as of game version 1.19.0, Vintage Story does not run "natively" on ARM64 hardware, but the x64 build of the game (the same as for MacOS with Intel silicon) can be run successfully and with decent performance, using <code>arch</code> in Terminal to run some commands as detailed below. The Vintage Story developers intend in future to release a native ARM64 version of the game, but this is dependent on some third-party libraries releasing ARM64 versions, which are not yet available. | ||
The following step-by-step guide is offered by user Finn on [https://discord.com/channels/302152934249070593/1180622192027914310/1182672688527966400 Discord], originally based on a [https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/topic/11017-mac-users-does-the-net7-build-work-for-you/#comment-47058 forum post by Bohdan Vasylyshyn], reproduced here with thanks. Essentially, some of the steps described are necessary to install the .NET7 Runtime and to make Cairo work with Apple silicon, and you should only need to do this once. Cairo is a third-party code library which is used by Vintage Story for displaying all the in-game text and fonts, and it has to be present for the game to work. | The following step-by-step guide is offered by user Finn on [https://discord.com/channels/302152934249070593/1180622192027914310/1182672688527966400 Discord], originally based on a [https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/topic/11017-mac-users-does-the-net7-build-work-for-you/#comment-47058 forum post by Bohdan Vasylyshyn], reproduced here with thanks. Essentially, some of the steps described are necessary to install the .NET7 Runtime and to make Cairo work with Apple silicon, and you should only need to do this once. Cairo is a third-party code library which is used by Vintage Story for displaying all the in-game text and fonts, and it has to be present for the game to work. We are unable to create Cairo but each player can create it themselves using [https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cairo Homebrew] by following the steps below. | ||
# First of all: Make sure you have the latest Command Line Tools for Xcode installed (they come with the OS but you may not have used them before now), otherwise Cairo won't install correctly! | # First of all: Make sure you have the latest Command Line Tools for Xcode installed (they come with the OS but you may not have used them before now), otherwise Cairo won't install correctly! | ||
