Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Developers
	Warhorse Studios
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	CryEngine
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	77
IGDB	79
Resources
	PCGamingWiki
	Apple Silicon Games
	Codeweavers

macOS Compatibility

Compatibility layer	Rating	Notes
CrossOver	Playable	Only runs with 15-35fps regardless of settings on M1 Max 32GB. Similar on M1.Runs perfectly with no adjustments on M4 Pro
Wine	Playable	Whisky on Sequoia. Steam version tested using M3 Pro 60 fps Vsync at High settings and HD textures. Need texture stream fixes to prevent artifacts. Controller supported.
Virtualization
Parallels	Playable	Fully playable on the lowest settings only with a special config. You have to click to re-activate cursor when closing menus.

Whisky setup

Fixed texture pop in and artifacts with these settings. Note, adjust for RAM and HDD/SSD as necessary:

How to apply a config

Create user.cfg in your installation folder with the following contents: sys_budget_videomem = 4096 sys_budget_sysmem = 12000 r_Driver=DX11 r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedMB = 400 r_TexturesStreamPoolSize = 4096 e_ShadowsPoolSize = 2048 sys_job_system_max_worker = 8 r_MultiGPU = 0 r_MultiThreaded = 1 sys_job_system_enable = 1 ai_NavigationSystemMT = 1 wh_pl_showfirecursor = 1 wh_horse_CameraCentering = 0 r_TexturesStreamingResidencyTime = 120 r_DeferredShadingSortLights = 0 r_antialiasingmode=0 r_ssdo=1 r_ssdoAmountAmbient=1.4 r_ssdoAmountDirect=2 r_ssdoAmountReflection=4 r_ssdoHalfRes=3 r_ssdoRadius=0.04 r_ssdoRadiusMin=0.07 r_ssdoRadiusMax=0.1 e_svoTI_SSAOAmount=0 r_SSReflections = 0 e_VolumetricFog=0 r_sharpening=0 r_DepthOfField=0 r_ShadowCastingLightsMaxCount = 12 e_svoTI_VoxelizeUnderTerrain=0 e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1 r_DeferredShadingTiledHairQuality = 0 e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp=0.5 sys_flash_curve_tess_error = 4 e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights = -0.1 e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 2048 e_svoTI_ResScaleBase=0 e_svoTI_LowSpecMode=3 e_svoTI_ConeMaxLength=16 e_svoTI_DiffuseConeWidth=32 r_texturesstreamingDeferred = 1 r_TexturesStreamingResidencyEnabled = 1 r_TexturesStreamingMipBias = -3 r_TexturesStreamingResidencyThrottle = 0.8 e_PreloadMaterials = 1 sys_PakStreamCache = 1 sys_preload = 1 Add +exec user.cfg to your launch parameters

Parallels setup

In order for the game to properly run on M1 please apply the following config:

How to apply a config

Create user.cfg in your installation folder with the following contents: sys_budget_videomem = 4000 sys_budget_sysmem = 4000 r_Driver=DX11 r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedMB = 2800 r_TexturesStreamPoolSize = 2000 e_ShadowsPoolSize = 2048 sys_job_system_max_worker = 8 r_MultiGPU = 0 r_MultiThreaded = 1 sys_job_system_enable = 1 ai_NavigationSystemMT = 1 wh_pl_showfirecursor = 1 wh_horse_CameraCentering = 0 r_TexturesStreamingResidencyTime = 120 r_DeferredShadingSortLights = 0 r_antialiasingmode=0 r_ssdo=1 r_ssdoAmountAmbient=1.4 r_ssdoAmountDirect=2 r_ssdoAmountReflection=4 r_ssdoHalfRes=3 r_ssdoRadius=0.04 r_ssdoRadiusMin=0.07 r_ssdoRadiusMax=0.1 e_svoTI_SSAOAmount=0 r_SSReflections = 0 e_VolumetricFog=0 r_sharpening=0 r_DepthOfField=0 r_ShadowCastingLightsMaxCount = 12 e_svoTI_VoxelizeUnderTerrain=0 e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1 r_DeferredShadingTiledHairQuality = 0 e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp=0.5 sys_flash_curve_tess_error = 4 e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights = -0.1 e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 2048 e_svoTI_ResScaleBase=0 e_svoTI_LowSpecMode=3 e_svoTI_ConeMaxLength=16 e_svoTI_DiffuseConeWidth=32 Add +exec user.cfg to your launch parameters

Adjust your VM settings if necessary:

VM settings
CPU count: 8, Memory size: 8GB