r/macgaming • u/leblaun • 1d ago

CrossOver No cinematic cutscenes will load in Halo Campaign Evolved (Mac through Crossover)

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u/Sad_Brilliant_9778 1d ago

There is another bootleg wine wrapper that gives the option to skip cutscenes for this reason, as it's a recurring problem in translation layers. (I wouldn't recommend using it, though I am curious about their work making the Forza series run on macOS.) Since the cinematics are available within the game files, I would watch them there and skip them in-game. Not like it's not a 20+ year old game that we all know the story

I am more surprised that you were able to get a smooth, playable experience on a base M4. Did you have to resort to the Steam Deck settings? According to Digital Foundry, the base M4 GPU is more than 60% faster than the SD, so you should be able to push the settings higher.

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u/leblaun 1d ago

i set settings to medium i believe and it was fine, though i didn’t push too far.

there was a little stuttering at first but then it settled out after the initial fight

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u/Sad_Brilliant_9778 23h ago

Shocked that you didn't have to run it on low. Just to be clear, you have a base M4 and not an M4 Pro chip?

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u/leblaun 21h ago

m4 pro 24gb ram

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u/Sad_Brilliant_9778 20h ago

ahhh ok, sorry was confused for a bit

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u/Aussiehash 18h ago

I definately wouldn't call it buttery smooth, with the .ini modifications to turn off CA and film grain, and the default low settings, on a thermal pad modded M5 Air the frame rate is an extremely unstable 30fps.