Okay so I’m trying something bold here and attempting to run Halo 5: Forge using my MacBook Pro. To do this, I’ve spent the last few days partitioning a section of my hard drive to run Windows 10, and after multiple attempts of allocating the right space and repairing certain disk volumes, I’m able to run Windows 10 and get in and download the Halo App as well as Forge.
Problem is, I’m not great with computer knowledge like graphics cards and processors and whatnot so I’m having trouble figuring out if I can actually run this thing with my specs. The download page for Forge on the Microsoft store has green checks next to all the minimum requirements except for Direct X 11 and 8GB of memory. Whenever I try to load forge, I’m treated to the Halo logo, then a sign which warns me that my computer doesn’t have the necessary minimum requirements to run the app so I may experience issues, and then it crashes.
I understand attempting to do this on a MacBook running Windows 10 is very challenging, probably not even worth the effort. But if anyone could please offer me some advice, or has their own success story of pulling this off, I’d appreciate the help very much.
I can post whatever screenshots, computer specs, terminal logs, etc you need to figure out how to do this. I won’t give up that easily. Forging on my computer is very endearing to me, and I want to try and make this work.
Its my understanding that DirectX should come with each installment of Windows 10. If that’s the case, why isn’t the app recognizing it? If that’s not the case, where can I download it and set it up?
Also, the 8gb of memory, does that mean free space on the drive or the processing power of my laptop? Is it possible to adjust anything to grant the OS that kind of processing power?
8 gb of memory is RAM. You can either buy another RAM stick (maybe…I don’t know how to upgrade a Mac), or just allocate more of your existing RAM to the game. I don’t know how to do either of those on Mac, so that part is beyond me. Also, you gotta have enough RAM sticks to offer the 8 gb, or else you won’t be able to allocate enough.
I’m not sure if the game even supports DX10, really - I think it’s only 11 and potentially 12 (I don’t know if they coded it like some of the other UWP DX12 games or if they just stuck with 11).
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Can you upgrade Macs? From my understanding I thought they were meant not to be upgraded?
I have a Surface Pro 4 and I was wondering if I can run this game. I went to CanIRunIt and it says I can meet all the requirements except VRAM. Will not having the correct VRAM not allow me to play? I guess I could give it a shot and try…
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Not so much with the newer ones, but I believe its fairly straightforward as long as you have the right tools to get in there. My model has a capacity of 8GB. So theoretically all I need is another 4GB card.
Even if you could upgrade it to 8GB of RAM, I doubt a MacBook from 2012 has a GPU (graphics card) capable of DX11 or capable of running this game, and that’s something that can’t be upgraded in any laptop, MacBook or otherwise.
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Still needs formal benchmarking(which is against TOS BTW)
Why not just use a virtual machine like virtualbox(google it) and install it in a virtual machine? no harm done if you mess something up just reinstall windows and you mac is left unscathed. Also you will need that ram upgrade since after you get in game halo allocates 3.5GB of ram to itself. Before in game it allocates 1.5GB. so 8gb should be enough.
Also you will need either nvidia or intel GPU drivers installed to windows regardless of which path you take(google it)
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Maybe, but the minimum spec for Win10 Forge asks for a GTX 650 Ti, which is a reasonably powerful card, and I’m guessing your MacBook doesn’t even have its own dedicated graphics card, it probably just has something like Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics.