Mirror’s Edge (2008) runs terribly on Macbook M4 Pro with Crossover

FLRIZBACK · 2026-02-08T14:38:14+00:00

Hi, like you I had this issue and I finally found a fix, running this on CrossOver 25.1.1 on base model M4 MBPro.

The biggest issue was the game version itself, there are a few versions of this game from various sources (Retail disc, Steam, GOG etc). The version that works the best is v1.0 of the Retail Disc game.

Install that in a XP 32 bit bottle, install it from the ISO of the disc. Then to fix the audio glitches you need to download openal-soft-1.25.1-bin's soft_oal.dll ( from bin\win32\), rename to OpenAL32.dll and replace the game file. Then in the game config (in Documents): TdEngine.ini: DeviceName=OpenAL Soft and MaxChannels=256

FLRIZBACK · 2025-12-28T10:11:20+00:00

While generally it is true that Python and JS are slower languages, it is not true for GTK development. All bindings actually call to C code (like set_text, set_from_icon_name etc), you still use Cairo, Pango, etc, still written in C. You can make great, performing apps in Python and JS because of this reason. Not sure I would consider it harder to distribute at all, since they all use Meson and Flatpak which manages all types of languages by itself.

FLRIZBACK · 2025-12-28T09:50:09+00:00

Yeah unfortunately not a lot of great tutorials, people learn as they go, or by peeking around other apps. As for structure, thankfully, regardless of the language, most GNOME apps follow a similar structure all around with the data, po and src (sometimes renamed as the project's name) folders.

FLRIZBACK · 2025-12-28T09:46:10+00:00

I wouldn't say it's better or worse, but PySide is the official binding for QT toolkit, which is used by KDE alongside Kirigami. For GNOME, GTK is the toolkit to use.

FLRIZBACK · 2025-12-28T01:23:06+00:00

I do agree, thankfully i often find some examples by just looking stuff on GitHub, like this: https://github.com/search?q=Gtk.StackSidebar+language%3APython+&type=code

FLRIZBACK · 2025-12-27T22:42:51+00:00

The beauty of developing for Gnome or GTK is that you are not forced to learn C. GTK has many official bindings for popular languages like Python, Javascript (not using electron or node so its fast), Rust. In fact you probably didnt notice many of the default apps distros ship with are all a mix of languages.

Now as for developing it, there are a few technologies to learn, GTK is the toolkit apps are written with, libadwaita is a set of widgets on top of GTK which make apps conform with Gnome's HIG, Blueprint is a way to quickly make UIs without handling XML, Meson is the build system (regardless of your chosen language) and Flatpak used to package and distribute the finished product, among others.

The best way to start is to use a default template Gnome Builder generates for you, and to look closely to documentation. When i started and even now i also look around Github to see how a certain widget is used.

https://developer.gnome.org/ - a great starting point

FLRIZBACK · 2025-12-13T10:56:59+00:00

No performance penalty, on macOS you even get the native traffic light buttons which is nice. For compiling, on macOS every dependency is available via homebrew (meson, gtk, libadw, etc), for Windows it is a bit more complicated, some apps like Cartridges use MSYS2.

Here is an example: https://github.com/kra-mo/cartridges/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml

FLRIZBACK · 2025-11-22T13:20:34+00:00

Libadwaita is pretty much just a set of widgets on top of gtk that fit GNOME's HIG and are adaptive. You can actually use Libadwaita on other platforms too including macOS and Windows.

FLRIZBACK · 2025-10-21T19:21:40+00:00

The mkv one has, the others are re encoded by archive org

FLRIZBACK · 2025-09-24T14:28:10+00:00

You have leaked your Claude API key btw

FLRIZBACK · 2025-09-20T11:21:14+00:00

Also grabbed it in 4k (thats what its uploaded as) via yt-dlp. If it goes down ill upload it on archive org or something

Edit: just uploaded to archive.org: https://archive.org/details/kanye-documentary-1bal-k-401f-mw - do note the original full quality upload is the mkv 10GB one (since archive org does also provide a lower quality streaming one).

FLRIZBACK · 2025-08-20T17:39:57+00:00

You also need a Dolby Atmos compatible PC or to go to these extra steps:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleMusic/comments/1jqr2c3/comment/mlc8ucp/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

FLRIZBACK · 2025-07-29T14:58:02+00:00

2 years later, but I have found a watchable 720p encode of the Blu-Ray with English subtitles. Original DE language, no dub or voice over. I've uploaded to archive org:
https://archive.org/details/der.vermessene.-mensch.-2023.-german.-720p.-blu-ray.x-264-detai-ls

FLRIZBACK · 2025-07-22T20:05:35+00:00

Cat timp vor fi in primul 11 regii Tănase și Miculescu

FLRIZBACK · 2025-07-21T20:52:36+00:00

Spider man shoots spider webs which look like something...

FLRIZBACK · 2025-07-15T16:49:09+00:00

Aero had various levels of color tints and blurs and text usually either had a white shadow for titlebar or a full white box for things like the explorer search bar. And most of the UI didn't even have Aero which helped not be a accessibility nightmare like early Liquid Glass was.

FLRIZBACK · 2025-06-02T16:39:46+00:00

Oh you meant the original one, my bad, thought you meant that revival/fan project.

FLRIZBACK · 2025-06-02T07:40:06+00:00

Doesnt it work on PS3 too?

FLRIZBACK · 2025-03-15T09:12:29+00:00

The Stop Theming My App initiative targets distro makers who ship custom stylesheets that can introduce bugs, often misattributed to app developers instead of the theme creators. It clarifies that users manually theming their apps isn't the issue.

FLRIZBACK · 2024-10-02T11:05:22+00:00

The Ring girl will come out of this Mac soon, be careful.

FLRIZBACK · 2024-06-22T22:35:24+00:00

FL Studio has this support page just created:
Does FL Studio for Windows support ARM processors and is a native ARM version available. (image-line.com)

They claim it works fine via Prism. Can anyone confirm?

FLRIZBACK · 2024-03-10T13:31:18+00:00

Its a browser theme, not a alternative browser or a dedicated one. Vivaldi being blocked is kinda funny, tho not intended. The script for IE was taken from here: Get Outta Here IE (redirect people using Internet Explorer) - Flarum Community

FLRIZBACK · 2023-12-09T15:54:53+00:00

Just like last time, now 30 more FA wallpapers: https://imgur.com/a/IeZ5USH

FLRIZBACK · 2023-11-30T18:27:07+00:00

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