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Does anyone have any recent experience on getting D2R to run on a Mac with an M1 chip? Most of what I can find is a couple of years old with questionable stability.

I know Macbooks are not designed for gaming. I've got a desktop PC for that. My laptop is a Mac and my goal is to trade with people when I'm away from my house.

Thanks in advance
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Does anyone have any recent experience on getting D2R to run on a Mac with an M1 chip? Most of what I can find is a couple of years old with questionable stability.

I know Macbooks are not designed for gaming. I've got a desktop PC for that. My laptop is a Mac and my goal is to trade with people when I'm away from my house.

Thanks in advance
Answeredby cynical_platypus4 months agoGo to post
I suggest what I use which is NVidia GeForce Now, a game streaming app which is free of charge with some limitations i.e. you need to queue to get a virtual machine, usually takes 2-3min, and gaming sessions are limited to 1 hour, after that you'll have to login again, for D2R I feel this is not a huge deal. Works great for me and if you want to upgrade (I think at 9.99/month or something like that) you remove these limitations. Also, potentially you can play any AAA game they host with high settings.

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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ShadowHeart 4915Moderator

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Not exactly what you asked for, but you could always use some remote desktop technology to remote into your PC from the laptop rather than running D2R directly on the laptop.

You need a stable Internet connection anyway ;)
(just higher bandwidth requirement for remote desktop)

I'm in CET (Central European Time), so that's UTC+1 normally and UTC+2 during DST.
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I suggest what I use which is NVidia GeForce Now, a game streaming app which is free of
Charge
with some limitations i.e. you need to queue to get a virtual machine, usually takes 2-3min, and gaming sessions are limited to 1 hour, after that you'll have to login again, for D2R I feel this is not a huge deal. Works great for me and if you want to upgrade (I think at 9.99/month or something like that) you remove these limitations. Also, potentially you can play any AAA game they host with high settings.
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It looks like there are multiple solutions for your need.
First one is to use virtual machine running Windows then installation D2R : https://mac.getutm.app/gallery/windows-11-arm

Another one is you use Nintendo switch emulator to run D2R : https://ryujinx.app/

There is also that solution to run Windows programs on MacOS : https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover

You can also give a try with playonmac, but it looks like there is no official support for that game : https://www.playonmac.com/en/supported_apps-1-0.html

No matter the solution, it’s going to take you some time to make it working.

My timezone is CET/UTC+1.
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ShadowHeart wrote: 4 months ago
Not exactly what you asked for, but you could always use some remote desktop technology to remote into your PC from the laptop rather than running D2R directly on the laptop.

You need a stable Internet connection anyway ;)
(just higher bandwidth requirement for remote desktop)
I like this idea, I think I'll try this first.

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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Tornado_OLO wrote: 4 months ago
It looks like there are multiple solutions for your need.
First one is to use virtual machine running Windows then installation D2R : https://mac.getutm.app/gallery/windows-11-arm

Another one is you use Nintendo switch emulator to run D2R : https://ryujinx.app/

There is also that solution to run Windows programs on MacOS : https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover

You can also give a try with playonmac, but it looks like there is no official support for that game : https://www.playonmac.com/en/supported_apps-1-0.html

No matter the solution, it’s going to take you some time to make it working.
Thanks for the pointers! Unfortunately UTM is designed for Macs running an ARM (Intel) chip set, mine uses the M1 (Apple). and Crossover is too expensive for what I'm trying to do. Ryujinx looks promising and has good reviews. I wonder if I'd have to buy D2R for Switch though. This one is definitely worth looking into.

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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I discourage you from doing remote desktop.

If you're not at home, you will have to modify your router and it may lead to security issues.
Doing NAT/PAT to redirect your external connection to your computer may expose it to hackers scanning these kind of practices.

You will also need a professional Windows edition to have remote desktop enable on your computer.

My timezone is CET/UTC+1.
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ShadowHeart 4915Moderator

Paladin Europe PC Playstation
There are third party remote desktop solutions that don't require opening any firewalls or routers. I haven't a list for you but I know of several. The idea is you have a program installed on your PC to act as an agent on the inside, and the remote desktop connection is made via third party servers. A well known one would be TeamViewer, but I wouldn't recommend that one in particular due to the massive security breach they suffered somewhat recently.

I'm in CET (Central European Time), so that's UTC+1 normally and UTC+2 during DST.
My profile says Ladder, but I play both Ladder and Non-Ladder.
My profile says Softcore, but I play both Softcore and Hardcore.
My Holy Grail Tracker is for Offline Hardcore.
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crossover works with intel macs (mine eg), and the website says M1 works too...
and u could use legacy graphics
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cynical_platypus wrote: 4 months ago
I suggest what I use which is NVidia GeForce Now, a game streaming app which is free of
Charge
with some limitations i.e. you need to queue to get a virtual machine, usually takes 2-3min, and gaming sessions are limited to 1 hour, after that you'll have to login again, for D2R I feel this is not a huge deal. Works great for me and if you want to upgrade (I think at 9.99/month or something like that) you remove these limitations. Also, potentially you can play any AAA game they host with high settings.
Hey man, this totally worked! The latency is a bit choppy (due to my own connection when away from the house) but this is more than acceptable to accomplish a few trades, which is all I want anyways. The delay to get assigned a VM is slightly annoying but for a free service I really can't complain. Thanks for recommending this!

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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krathkor wrote: 4 months ago
crossover works with intel macs (mine eg), and the website says M1 works too...
and u could use legacy graphics
It definitely works on M1, but I don't need to complete trades badly enough to fork over $74 haaha

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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ShadowHeart wrote: 4 months ago
There are third party remote desktop solutions that don't require opening any firewalls or routers. I haven't a list for you but I know of several. The idea is you have a program installed on your PC to act as an agent on the inside, and the remote desktop connection is made via third party servers. A well known one would be TeamViewer, but I wouldn't recommend that one in particular due to the massive security breach they suffered somewhat recently.
I'm glad you called that one out, I was about to download it lol. I'm going to keep researching. I can't fully set up a remote desktop service since I'm currently away.

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
I wonder if I'd have to buy D2R for Switch though
You're playing on xbox/pc so you may have the answer.
Have you paid for a second game ?

My timezone is CET/UTC+1.
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Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
krathkor wrote: 4 months ago
crossover works with intel macs (mine eg), and the website says M1 works too...
and u could use legacy graphics
It definitely works on M1, but I don't need to complete trades badly enough to fork over $74 haaha
/random unconnected website emoji/

hxxps://nmac.to/now/

(mods delete if link not permitted...)
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Tornado_OLO wrote: 4 months ago
Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
I wonder if I'd have to buy D2R for Switch though
You're playing on xbox/pc so you may have the answer.
Have you paid for a second game ?
I started the process. I do need to purchase the game on switch, and I'd need to perform a jailbreak on the switch to download the prod.keys file and dump it into the Ryujinx emulator.

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
I started the process. I do need to purchase the game on switch, and I'd need to perform a jailbreak on the switch to download the prod.keys file and dump it into the Ryujinx emulator.
Crap. That sux.

My timezone is CET/UTC+1.
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Tornado_OLO wrote: 4 months ago
Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
I started the process. I do need to purchase the game on switch, and I'd need to perform a jailbreak on the switch to download the prod.keys file and dump it into the Ryujinx emulator.
Crap. That sux.
I wouldn't mind buying a 3rd copy of the game. It goes on sale every once in a while. But the main issue is I don't own a switch.

I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys,
Perfect Gems
, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
I wouldn't mind buying a 3rd copy of the game. It goes on sale every once in a while.
Honestly, if you're ready to pay for a third D2R, you better have to go for crossover if it able you to play smoothly on MacOS.

Look at that video where he has a promo code :
You can have a 20% off with the promo code TOM23

Edit : before paying , and to be sure it works, give a try with the free trial.

My timezone is CET/UTC+1.
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Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
Tornado_OLO wrote: 4 months ago
Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
I started the process. I do need to purchase the game on switch, and I'd need to perform a jailbreak on the switch to download the prod.keys file and dump it into the Ryujinx emulator.
Crap. That sux.
I wouldn't mind buying a 3rd copy of the game. It goes on sale every once in a while. But the main issue is I don't own a switch.
This is similar to the issue I have where I would like to trade with people on PC because the market/trading community is better but I dont own a PC lol

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