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README: Recommend Metal renderer for MacOS

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@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ DuckStation features a fully-featured frontend built using Qt, as well as a full
Other features include: Other features include:
- CPU Recompiler/JIT (x86-64, armv7/AArch32 and AArch64) - CPU Recompiler/JIT (x86-64, armv7/AArch32 and AArch64)
- Hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan) and software rendering - Hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal) and software rendering
- Upscaling, texture filtering, and true colour (24-bit) in hardware renderers - Upscaling, texture filtering, and true colour (24-bit) in hardware renderers
- PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation - PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation
- Adaptive downsampling filter - Adaptive downsampling filter
- Post processing shader chains - Post processing shader chains
- "Fast boot" for skipping BIOS splash/intro - "Fast boot" for skipping BIOS splash/intro
- Save state support - Save state support
- Windows, Linux, **highly experimental** macOS support - Windows, Linux, macOS support
- Supports bin/cue images, raw bin/img files, MAME CHD, single-track ECM, MDS/MDF, and unencrypted PBP formats. - Supports bin/cue images, raw bin/img files, MAME CHD, single-track ECM, MDS/MDF, and unencrypted PBP formats.
- Direct booting of homebrew executables - Direct booting of homebrew executables
- Direct loading of Portable Sound Format (psf) files - Direct loading of Portable Sound Format (psf) files
@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ To download:
### macOS ### macOS
Universal MacOS builds are provided for both x64 and ARM64 (Apple Silicon). However, due to lack of hardware, investigating issues is difficult, so we can't guarantee everything functions as intended. Universal MacOS builds are provided for both x64 and ARM64 (Apple Silicon).
Using the Preview channel and Metal renderer is recommended, MoltenVK is reported to have issues with some games.
MacOS Big Sir (11.0) is required, as this is also the minimum requirement for Qt.
To download: To download:
- Go to https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/preview, and download `duckstation-mac-release.zip`. - Go to https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/preview, and download `duckstation-mac-release.zip`.
@ -144,12 +148,11 @@ Requirements (Debian/Ubuntu package names):
- CMake (`cmake`) - CMake (`cmake`)
- SDL2 (at least version 2.0.22) (`libsdl2-dev` `libxrandr-dev`) - SDL2 (at least version 2.0.22) (`libsdl2-dev` `libxrandr-dev`)
- pkgconfig (`pkg-config`) - pkgconfig (`pkg-config`)
- Qt 6 (at least version 6.1.0) (`qt6-base-dev` `qt6-base-private-dev` `qt6-base-dev-tools` `qt6-tools-dev` `libqt6svg6`) - Qt 6 (at least version 6.5.0) (`qt6-base-dev` `qt6-base-private-dev` `qt6-base-dev-tools` `qt6-tools-dev` `libqt6svg6`)
- libevdev (`libevdev-dev`) - libevdev (`libevdev-dev`)
- git (`git`) (Note: needed to clone the repository and at build time) - git (`git`) (Note: needed to clone the repository and at build time)
- When Wayland is enabled (default): (`libwayland-dev` `libwayland-egl-backend-dev` `extra-cmake-modules` `qt6-wayland`) - When Wayland is enabled (default): (`libwayland-dev` `libwayland-egl-backend-dev` `extra-cmake-modules` `qt6-wayland`)
- Optional for RetroAchievements (on by default): libcurl (`libcurl4-gnutls-dev`) - Optional for RetroAchievements (on by default): libcurl (`libcurl4-gnutls-dev`)
- Optional for framebuffer output: DRM/GBM (`libgbm-dev` `libdrm-dev`)
- Optional for faster building: Ninja (`ninja-build`) - Optional for faster building: Ninja (`ninja-build`)
1. Clone the repository. Submodules aren't necessary, there is only one and it is only used for Windows (`git clone https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation.git -b dev`). 1. Clone the repository. Submodules aren't necessary, there is only one and it is only used for Windows (`git clone https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation.git -b dev`).
@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ Requirements (Debian/Ubuntu package names):
Requirements: Requirements:
- CMake - CMake
- SDL2 (at least version 2.0.22) - SDL2 (at least version 2.0.22)
- Qt 6 (at least version 6.1.0) - Qt 6 (at least version 6.5.0)
Optional (recommended for faster builds): Optional (recommended for faster builds):
- Ninja - Ninja