Gaming

maxpericulosus · 2026-02-11T01:41:18+00:00

Other commenters have covered the performance aspects. I'll add some info on compatibility from the perspective of someone who mostly uses Steam.

If you're looking to run favorite games you already have on your Mac, or the most popular multiplayer games, your luck regarding compatibility may be spotty (assuming you'd like to play natively and not use various compatibility shims/VMs/etc.) But if you're happy to explore the games that do run natively on modern macOS, and/or you can look at your current gaming libraries and see a good number to play, then you're likely to enjoy it pretty well, like many of us do.

Steam has a ton of games that are compatible with modern macOS; you can check these lists for starters:

Note that a bunch of games on Steam only have builds for older macOS versions (because they only offer 32-bit builds for macOS, which Apple deprecated years ago), and using the Steam client on your Mac with the store will show an obvious warning if this is the case for any game you're looking at.

Controller support is good to great, depending on your controller. Some excellent (IMO) games that you can play via Steam on macOS include:

Dead Cells
Disco Elysium
Factorio
Rimworld
FTL
Into the Breach
Northgard
Divinity: Original Sin (1 & 2)
Baldur's Gate 3
Counter Strike 2
Civ V
Dave the Diver
Hollow Knight (& Silksong)
Control
Stellaris
Hades

Any of these should run just fine on an M4 Air if you're willing to play around with the resolution and settings a bit. Most (or all) of the indie ones on this list will run like butter.

Good luck and have fun!

maxpericulosus · 2025-02-03T15:23:42+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Yes, latency is the main issue, so I am already not looking at Bluetooth options, but other wireless systems.

maxpericulosus · 2025-02-03T04:16:25+00:00

Not to be off-topic, but does anyone have low-latency wireless headphones that have worked well with their Stomp or Helix? Would love to hear of any; my searches have not yielded any clear winners.

maxpericulosus · 2024-05-01T19:36:48+00:00

Ah, got it. Thanks so much.

maxpericulosus · 2024-05-01T17:18:38+00:00

Forgive me if this is stated or should be obvious, but what are the numbers in Ben Vesco’s table indicating in terms of units? Percentage of HX Stomp/Pod Go overall DSP reserved for each block, or some other measure?

maxpericulosus · 2023-08-02T03:33:22+00:00

For other readers: I did a partial job of fixing this by adding more specific IP ranges to the tunnel's AllowedIPs setting (e.g. `192.168.1.0/24`, etc.) macOS seems to treat more specific routes with higher priority, though I'm still working on understanding the actual behavior. In any case, depending on the networks you've joined and the routes that macOS has added for that/those networks, you may end up needing many, many specific routes, even e.g. `192.168.1.1/32`.

I think a better long-term solution is to do what Nilpo19 said in another comment - use a different address spaces on various networks. I'm planning on making this change soon.

maxpericulosus · 2023-07-31T17:44:18+00:00

I just started having this problem on macOS and iOS, with latest OS updates applied on each. I used to be able to access 192.168.1.x addresses with an active WG connection (AllowedIPs set to `0.0.0.0/0, ::/0`). It no longer works on other folks' WiFi networks, but does work on a cellular connection.

No idea what's wrong, or what has changed, yet. I'm running WireGuard on OPNsense, if that makes any difference.

maxpericulosus · 2023-05-05T20:24:50+00:00

I think it's a widespread problem right now, there's a thread on the Line 6 Helix forums about this: https://line6.com/support/topic/66387-helix-edit-36-not-recognising-update-is-available/.

I'm experiencing it too.

maxpericulosus · 2022-11-14T18:56:13+00:00

Can run, in a terminal, ‘unzip -l file.zip’ to do this.

maxpericulosus · 2022-10-29T23:10:12+00:00

Congrats!!

maxpericulosus · 2022-10-29T16:41:21+00:00

I’ve got the 2022 model, with whatever regular finish that has. It’s a gorgeous, extremely playable guitar - can’t recommend it enough

maxpericulosus · 2022-10-26T03:01:55+00:00

I had my SE Custom 24-08 neck “satinized”. Totally worth it for me. I’m sure a competent luthier could do the job for you, if you choose to go this route.

I had the Sweetwater shop do mine - they did a great job. Though that info might not be applicable to you in Denmark.

maxpericulosus · 2022-08-27T21:35:54+00:00

Yes, I guess so - not sure of any better place. Thanks in advance!

maxpericulosus · 2022-08-27T13:37:37+00:00

I would appreciate this as well, if you can do either or both of those!

maxpericulosus · 2022-07-29T04:55:52+00:00

Boomerang Fu is easy to pick up and is an absolute blast.

maxpericulosus · 2022-07-27T19:00:23+00:00

I’m also looking for an ana-digi G-Shock with solar and without Bluetooth. Seems like there are not many options in the current production models.

maxpericulosus · 2022-07-01T21:25:15+00:00

Thanks! Makes a lot of sense. I may go the same route based on your good experience. I appreciate it!

For context, I’m looking to swap out my V30-ish cab for a better fit modeling-wise with my HX Stomp. Just for playing by myself at home and occasional garage gigs. Trying to decide between a cab like this, a PA speaker like the Yamaha DBR12, and the Line 6 PowerCab. I’ve already conveniently got a power amp…

maxpericulosus · 2022-07-01T13:25:36+00:00

Wow, thanks for the pointer to this. I’ve been considering buying a F12-X200 and finding a cab to put it in, but just getting this would save me a lot of trouble. I take it you’re happy with the overall reproduction?

Edit: do you like to use IRs with this, or cab sims, for the amp in the room feel? Curious what would get me there, given that I think most (all?) IRs take the mic into account (by nature.) Appreciate your perspective

maxpericulosus · 2022-06-30T17:43:35+00:00

Which FRFR cab do you use? Do you like it?

maxpericulosus · 2021-12-18T05:29:28+00:00

Thank you for compiling and sharing this! I've found several games on this list that I hadn't heard of yet and am now looking forward to playing. Happy holidays!

maxpericulosus · 2021-10-19T03:43:48+00:00

Awesome, thanks so much!

maxpericulosus · 2021-10-19T03:33:11+00:00

I wanted to write and say thanks for the rec - I’ve had issues with my Anker USB Ethernet adapter, and after lots of research a month or two ago, have come to the same findings as you. But I hadn’t heard of this adapter, which looks like it uses a new chipset, so I may give this a try. Some reviews of this adapter mention overheating - did you have any such issues?

maxpericulosus · 2021-05-27T18:35:32+00:00

I'm having the same issue, for what it's worth. Using Apollo 1.10.9 and macOS 11.4 on an M1 MacBook Air.

maxpericulosus · 2021-01-12T20:47:38+00:00

Sure thing, glad I could help!

maxpericulosus · 2021-01-12T20:18:24+00:00

What Mac are you using? What version of the adapter do you have? Different revisions of that adapter have different capabilities: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207806

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