Excellent Porting to Mac

This game has been a long time favorite of mine when I had a PC. So I was definitely interested when I heard I could get it on Mac. I’m playing it on a 13” Late 2013 rMBP 2.6ghz with 8gb RAM and a 512 gb SSD. I’m playing on the integrated IRIS graphics. It works very well. You can use standard mods (though it took some internet searching to find out how). However TSL launchers appear to require third party software and I have not tested them.

Temperature wise, the game makes the Mac run at 74-82℃. Battery wise, it runs down quick (I went from 90% to 50% in a little less than an hour) and it is best to play plugged in. I use a laptop pad fan when plugged in to try to keep it cool (no idea if it works or if it’s a placebo).

It only crashed once—and that was because of a Mod added to the program. It was not the fault of the program at all. I have never run into the spinning beach ball when playing.

Contrary to what some reviews have said, the movement keys do work. Just remember that the default keys are WASD, not the arrow keys. If you want arrow keys, you’ll need to change that in the options. Just remember that the arrow keys on a 13” are very close to the Return key, and it’s easy to accidentally hit the return key instead of the Up Arrow key, and you won’t move.

Considering the game is about 12 years old and was getting buggy on a PC, it was a pleasant surprise to see it work flawlessly on Mac.

Now, if only Aspyr would do KotOR II...

David W1 about Star Wars™: KOTOR