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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumXL" data-source="post: 224270" data-attributes="member: 2512"><p>I just tried Pinball Arcade on my Mac Mini under El Capitan with the Mac version from Steam and for whatever reason, the tables ran a LOT faster in terms of ball play and difficulty. Where I could easily play for over and hour on Firepower, Junkyard and Circus Voltaire on the Windows version without even trying, I lost pretty fast on all three on the Mac version. Now I was testing things out for that "slow motion" problem since a lot of Mac users claim it's Yosemite and El Capitan bugs, but I saw none of that here at a sane resolution (1680x1050 native on my 24" monitor with 16:10 aspect and everything was smooth as could be). I have seen it on the PC version if I'm running VMWare on the Mini and turn on Ball reflections (virtualization just runs slower period; I'm lucky it plays at a good FPS virtualized period; on my old 2008 Macbook Pro, it's unplayable virtualized but runs fine even with ball reflections turned on if I use Boot Camp, but the 2012 Mac Mini can play virtualized if I leave ball reflections off without the slowdown). </p><p></p><p>Now the Mac version looks like you're playing in a very bright (almost daylight) room compared to the DX9 PC version (let alone DX11 that looks dark), but the graphics are pretty much the same, only the lighting is different on most tables, but I'm thinking I like faster/harder play better than prettier lighting but too easy play. Maybe I was just in a hurry and I got unlucky or something, but Firepower felt night and day faster to me. Maybe there's more than just a graphical difference at work here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumXL, post: 224270, member: 2512"] I just tried Pinball Arcade on my Mac Mini under El Capitan with the Mac version from Steam and for whatever reason, the tables ran a LOT faster in terms of ball play and difficulty. Where I could easily play for over and hour on Firepower, Junkyard and Circus Voltaire on the Windows version without even trying, I lost pretty fast on all three on the Mac version. Now I was testing things out for that "slow motion" problem since a lot of Mac users claim it's Yosemite and El Capitan bugs, but I saw none of that here at a sane resolution (1680x1050 native on my 24" monitor with 16:10 aspect and everything was smooth as could be). I have seen it on the PC version if I'm running VMWare on the Mini and turn on Ball reflections (virtualization just runs slower period; I'm lucky it plays at a good FPS virtualized period; on my old 2008 Macbook Pro, it's unplayable virtualized but runs fine even with ball reflections turned on if I use Boot Camp, but the 2012 Mac Mini can play virtualized if I leave ball reflections off without the slowdown). Now the Mac version looks like you're playing in a very bright (almost daylight) room compared to the DX9 PC version (let alone DX11 that looks dark), but the graphics are pretty much the same, only the lighting is different on most tables, but I'm thinking I like faster/harder play better than prettier lighting but too easy play. Maybe I was just in a hurry and I got unlucky or something, but Firepower felt night and day faster to me. Maybe there's more than just a graphical difference at work here? [/QUOTE]
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