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Dying Light

From AppleGamingWiki, the wiki about gaming on M1 Apple silicon Macs
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
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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 Perfect Playable. M4 Pro: 150+ FPS on D3DMetal [4]
Wine Perfect Steam version Running perfectly on Whisky (wine 7.7, Medium Setting 1900*1080 60fps), encountering slight stutters on online mode .[5]
Virtualization
Parallels Runs Very low fps, nearly unplayable on M1 Pro[6]


Issues fixed

Game randomly crashing

Update game to beta (steam)[7]
  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[8]

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:Deejay108 on 2025-07-23
    Device: Macbook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro)
    OS: macOS Sequoia 15.5
    Method: Crossover 25.0.1
    Resolution: 1800x1169
    Settings: Best Performance Preset
    Framerate: 180
    Controller: Xbox Wireless Controller
    Comment: Downloaded through Steam, no beta patch
  5. ↑ Verified by User:Remedies on 2024-08-06
    Device: MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1Pro) 16GB RAM
    OS: Macos 14.5 Sonoma
    Method: Wine 7.7
    Resolution: 1920x1080
    Settings: Medium
    Framerate: 60
    Controller: xbox wireless controller
    Comment: Downloaded through steam and DXVK Async on.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Verified by User:Brayanofficiel on 2023-06-09
  8. ↑ Verified by User:Nsklaus on ?
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