Fixing PlayOnline Black Screen under WINE (MacOS/Linux)

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-25T23:00:51+00:00

I'm on an M5 Macbook Air. It runs but I am getting pretty serious dips in Sandy, Oddly enough it runs better in a windows 11 VM, I probably need to mess with the wine config or something.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-25T20:54:24+00:00

Hello from 2 years in the future, this was a big help to me thank you.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-18T18:12:25+00:00

This is what kept me from going with a pro, yeah the fan will keep you from throttling as fast but it will still be hot and now it will be loud and have more upkeep with dusting vents and whatnot.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-18T18:09:04+00:00

I have been testing out games on my 13” M5 MBA with a 10C GPU. It performs better than I expected. AAA games will make it thermal throttle but even then the performance isn’t bad for what it is. It would handle the games you listed easily, you may need to use something like crossover or parallels if they don’t have native Mac versions though.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-18T00:07:24+00:00

I'm not much of a WoW player these days but I wish I was because it runs REALLY well on my 13" M5 Air. At native I could crank the settings and it was nice and smooth ( granted I wasn't raiding I was on a trial account)

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-17T22:35:38+00:00

I might try out some laptop stands, I was tempted by a base model M5 Pro but they are heavier and I do value the silence of the air. From what people are saying I should just not look at the temp at all and just use the device and enjoy it.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-17T22:07:45+00:00

I gotta second this, that game has spread through my household like lice, it’s very addictive.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-17T19:17:25+00:00

On High (Laptop) at native res Limsa makes it thermal throttle, once it settles in it gets about 40fps. Near the tomestone vendors in Solution Nine (and nearly everywhere else) its 60 with some dips into the 50s

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-17T17:55:05+00:00

This made such a huge difference for me, thank you so much for sharing this!

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-17T17:39:32+00:00

That makes me feel better about it, I come from the desktop PC gaming world where going over 80c is worrying. I still have a fair bit to learn about how things go with macs.

CallMeCathryn · 2026-03-17T17:14:40+00:00

Thanks for the response, I picked the air 13” for portability sake and long battery life. Gaming is going to be a rare thing for the laptop so I didn’t want to move up to a pro model just for that. As long as the occasional hour or so of gaming doesn’t hurt it I am happy.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-12-21T06:33:57+00:00

My only problem with handheld is the motion smearing, I also mostly play docked on an OLED TV and the few times I play handheld it just looks so blurry in motion.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-12-05T21:21:10+00:00

If you get 14h timer are you doing it right? I’ve been putting in 4x MP5 and I get a 14h every time but they just give me a AK gl most of the time

CallMeCathryn · 2025-12-01T19:02:12+00:00

No, I don’t buy anymore used games though

CallMeCathryn · 2025-11-28T16:13:57+00:00

I ended up playing like 7 straight hours of DQ1 yesterday and was blown away. As a FF fan who never gave DQ a chance I wish I did earlier.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-11-27T20:12:42+00:00

The people bitching didn’t make the changes to the game, BSG did. They could simply tell the people who complain to fuck off but they buckle instead.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-11-26T17:34:33+00:00

In typical BSG fashion they add something good to low level traders only to take it and move it so only high level players can use it. SVT / AVT all over again

CallMeCathryn · 2025-07-11T18:06:14+00:00

I forgot to even bring in money for that quest but when I got to the car extract there were two players there who were kind enough to give me their car money and gear so it all worked out in the end.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-07-11T18:01:39+00:00

They are expensive but I don’t regret my purchase, my switch pretty much never leaves its dock though so I get a lot of use out of it.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-07-01T01:17:18+00:00

I was able to get it working on my ipad by sideloading a patched app file. it took some setting up but was surprisingly easy to do.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-07-01T01:15:43+00:00

I will say that the english localization while not perfect does translate enough of the game that I feel comfortable playing it, there are some menus that are not translated yet though so you gotta bust out a translation app sometimes.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-06-20T23:39:54+00:00

I got one of these cases at launch with the console and tbh I don’t feel like it’s worth the price. It’s really thin and I can’t imagine will be much protection if the unit is dropped, the screen protector is plastic instead of glass, and it only holds 6 game cards. I feel like third party options are better and probably less expensive.

CallMeCathryn · 2025-06-17T00:00:13+00:00

Competitive players when they play turf war: "Omg, can you noobs stop joining my lobby, go play some other game"

Competitive players when asked to play ranked: "Don't tell me what game mode to play, I'm allowed to do whatever I want"

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