shvrdavid posted at 5:42 PM Wed, 14 June 2023 - #4467927

emjay247 posted at 1:28 PM Wed, 14 June 2023 - #4467912

There is a new development from Apple and I hope this will help the Poser development team and bring Poser 13 to the MacOS community.

Poser, Blender, and Cycles don't use HLSL shaders. HLSL shaders are DirectX shaders, and not all games use those shaders. Poser is not a game engine either.

Apple supports Metal and is adding support for Microsoft library conversions, but we are probably not going to get GLSL, OSL, or SPIR-V support from Apple....

When Apple decides to enforces ARM native code only, the converted game wont run anymore because it still relies on an emulator based on CrossOver......

What Apple did, is make a tool to help show where the core of a game will need rebuilt, to run in an emulator on a Mac.

The core, is the majority of the programming in a game.... Content creators do the rest of it.

It is just a tool to show what a good programmer that makes programs for both platforms, already knew.

While I certainly lack any SW program development skills, I completely understand the complexity of the work those with those skills must provide... And not just related to Apple embracing Metal...  I am anticipating  many possible issues MacOS HW systems will cause SW developers as Apple has begun deployment of ARM based Apple Silicon CPUs... SO now the MAC community will be in a transition period where their Operating Systems will have to support both legacy Intel driven and NEW ARM Apple Silicon Chipsets:  At least for some period of time... But IT Could be a rocky road for a while... Hopefully the Poser 13 deployment for MacOS systems will be available sometime soon... and all us "Apple Heads" will be able to take it for a spin.... ;) Cheers All