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Dying Light

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Dying Light
Dying Light cover
Developers
Techland
Publishers
WB. Games
Engines
Chrome Engine 6
Release dates
macOS December 15, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 75
OpenCritic 73
IGDB 81
Resources
PCGamingWiki
Apple Silicon Games
Dying Light on HowLongToBeat
Dying Light on IGDB
Dying Light guide on StrategyWiki
Dying Light on MobyGames
Dying Light on Wikipedia

macOS Compatibility

Method Rating Notes
Rosetta 2 Perfect Game runs smoothly with occasional frame drops. (M1)[1]

Game runs smoothly. (M1 Pro)[2]
Game runs good. (M1 Pro 3.5K resolution)[3]

Game crashes sometimes when jumping.
Compatibility layer
CrossOver Menu Shows game menu then freezes on loading (loading menu going crazy).
Wine Unplayable Not working with gptk (steam), however it can run perfectly on Heroic (epic games) at 40-60FPS, stutters while compiling shaders for a millisecond, but amazing gameplay.[4]
Virtualization
Parallels Runs Very low fps, nearly unplayable on M1 Pro[5]


Issues fixed

Game randomly crashing

Update game to beta (steam)[6]
  1. BACKUP YOUR SAVE FILES BECAUSE IT WILL BE UNREADABLE FOR PREVIOUS VERSIONS
  2. Open Steam
  3. Go to Library
  4. Search for Dying Light
  5. Right-click -> Properties...
  6. Open Betas tab
  7. Click on 'None'
  8. Choose 'published_version_1_47_2 - Patch 1.47.2'
  9. Close the tab
  10. The game will now update to 1.47.2

DualShock 4 controller not detected

Replace libSDL2.dylib[7]

Use more recent version of libSDL2.dylib with fixed rpath and replace the one found in the game with the new one from the maintainer of wineskin, gcenx:

  1. Download latest Wineskin wrapper.
  2. Ctrl+click and Show Package Contents, search for 'sdl'.
  3. copy libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib.
  4. Paste the file onto Desktop.
  5. Rename the file to: libSDL2.dylib.
  6. Copy file into Dying Light/DyingLightGame.app/Contents/Frameworks/ replacing the previous one.

This fix may also work with other SDL2 games with dysfunctional controller support.

Note: This fix also works with Xbox One controllers.

Availability

Crossover runs perfectly on m1 mba store:GOG or cracked
Source DRM Notes Keys OS
See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.

References

  1. Verified by User:klpex16 on 2021-12-30
    Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) 8GB RAM
    OS: macOS Monterey 12.1
    Resolution: 1280x800
    Settings: Balanced
    Framerate: 30-60
    Controller: DualShock 4
  2. Verified by User:Brayanofficiel on 2022-09-15
    Device: MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro (10c CPU, 16c GPU), 2021) 16GB RAM
    OS: macOS Ventura 13.0
    Resolution: 1920x1200
    Settings: Max (High)
    Framerate: 55-120
  3. Verified by User:Brayanofficiel on 2022-09-15
    Device: MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro (10c CPU, 16c GPU), 2021) 16GB RAM
    OS: macOS Ventura 13.0
    Resolution: 3456x2160
    Settings: Max (High)
    Framerate: 30-60
  4. Verified by User:Sniping_ on 2023-03-13
    Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1 2021) 16GB RAM
    OS: Macos 13 Ventura
    Method: Wine 8.0
    Resolution: 1920x1080
    Settings: Medium
    Framerate: 40-60
    Comment: Downloaded through epic games with Heroic Launcher and used the default wine settings.
  5. Verified by User:Brayanofficiel on 2022-09-15
    Device: MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro (10c CPU, 16c GPU), 2021) 16GB RAM
    OS: Parallels Windows 11
    Resolution: 1280x800
    Settings: Lowest
    Framerate: 10-20
  6. Verified by User:Brayanofficiel on 2023-06-09
  7. Verified by User:Nsklaus on ?