Originally developed by The Creative Assembly
Developed for Mac by Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Mac by Feral Interactive Limited
This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about Total War: WARHAMMER III
The game uses a number of libraries for online multiplayer that do not support Apple Silicon, which means we cannot release Total War: WARHAMMER III as an M1-native title. The good news is that the game performs just as well using Rosetta 2 as it does when running natively.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 is one of two upscaling techniques used in Total War: WARHAMMER III. Upscaling is used whenever the in-game Resolution Scale option is set below 100%, i.e. when the game's 3D graphics are rendered at a lower resolution than the 2D interface.
By default, the game uses Contrast Adaptive Sharpening for upscaling. Enabling FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 will improve the quality of upscaled 3D graphics at the cost of performance, as it is more demanding.
If the Resolution Scale is set at or above 100%, neither upscaling technique is used. You can adjust the Resolution Scale by selecting Options > Graphics > Advanced > Resolution Scale from the Main Menu.
There are stability and performance issues on Intel-based Macs with AMD GPUs that mean we could not support them at release. We are currently working to see if it is possible to add support for AMD GPUs in Total War: WARHAMMER III via an update.
Please send our support team an email via support@feralinteractive.com and they will notify you if we are able to add support for Intel-based Macs with an AMD GPU in the game.
Note: Intel-based Macs with an integrated Intel GPU will not be supported.
No. Our macOS version of the game allows online multiplayer play between players on the same platform only. This is due to the Windows version using maths libraries that are different to the macOS libraries.
If you wish to play with other macOS players, please feel free to use our Steam group to organise games:
Yes, achievements are supported by Total War: WARHAMMER III.
If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.
Yes.
However, you must first enable the secondary click function on your mouse or trackpad. This will enable you to perform a right-click by clicking the right-hand side of your mouse or trackpad.
To do this, follow these instructions:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Select Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).
Select the Point & Click tab.
Check the Secondary Click checkbox.
Finger "gestures", which are used by Magic Mice and Trackpads to switch between windows and applications, can disrupt your game if used inadvertently.
To disable them, follow these instructions:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Click on Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).
Select the More Gestures tab.
Uncheck all the checkboxes.
Recent versions of OS X include a feature that makes the mouse pointer larger when you shake it quickly from side to side, helping you to locate its position on screen.
To turn this feature off, follow the steps below:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Select Accessibility.
Select Display → Pointer.
Disable the Shake Mouse Pointer to Locate checkbox.
By default, macOS uses the F keys to control items such as volume and brightness. To use an F key for a game command hold down the fn key, then press the F key you wish to use.
To automatically enable the F keys, follow these steps:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Click on Keyboard
Select the Keyboard tab.
Check the Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys checkbox.
The F keys will now work without using the fn key.
Short Apple keyboards do not have Home (↖), End (↘), Page Up (⇞), Page Down (⇟) or Delete (⌦) keys.
In order to use game commands that are mapped to these keys, you will need to use the Function (fn) key as follows:
Home (↖) = Function (fn) key + Left Arrow (◀) key
End (↘) = Function (fn) key + Right Arrow (▶) key
Page Up (⇞) = Function (fn) key + Up Arrow (▲) key
Page Down (⇟) = Function (fn) key + Down Arrow (▼) key
Delete (⌦) = Function (fn) key + Backspace (←) key
To take screenshots while playing Total War: WARHAMMER III you should use the following key command:
Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + P
When you press all three keys at once, a single image of the on-screen contents will be saved in the Feral Interactive folder in your computer's ~/Pictures folder (the "~" symbol refers to your home directory).
The JPEG image contains metadata in a string in the following format.
GameName/Version Number (OS Version; CPU Speed; Installed RAM; Video RAM; Current Graphics Card)
For example in Total War: WARHAMMER III the string might look a little like this:
Total War WARHAMMER III/1.0 (macOS 10.15; 3.0; 8.0; 4.0; AMD Radeon R9 M395X)
This information can be easily removed by exporting the screenshot into a different format using Preview or another image editing tool.
NOTE: None of the metadata stored can be used to identify the user.
The dock or notifications may occasionally appear while you are playing Total War: WARHAMMER III, or the desktop cursor may replace the game cursor. This can disrupt a game.
You can prevent them from occurring by checking the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox in the Total War: WARHAMMER III pre-game Options window. To do so, follow these steps:
From the Total War: WARHAMMER III pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Check the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox.
Yes.
To run Total War: WARHAMMER III in windowed mode, follow these instructions:
From the Total War: WARHAMMER III pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Check the Run in a window checkbox.
Click the Play button. The game will start in windowed mode.
NOTE: Enabling windowed mode may decrease the game's performance.
Yes.
If you have a Retina display, you will be able to take advantage of the extra pixels by running Total War: WARHAMMER III in native resolution. This means that the game will display one pixel for every pixel on your display.
To do this, follow these instructions:
From the Total War: WARHAMMER III pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Select the largest resolution from the Resolution drop-down menu to play the game in native Retina resolution.
Click the Play button. The game will start in native Retina resolution.
NOTE: In many cases, increasing your game's resolution will impact upon its performance.
Your saved games are stored in your game's preferences folder.
To open this folder, click the Open Preferences Folder button in the Support tab of the pre-game Options window.
No. Total War: WARHAMMER III has been tested with the basic formatting option for Mac OS X, which is HFS+. This system is not case-sensitive and identifies files by name without checking capitalization.
The capitalization of filenames is not consistent throughout the game. While this will not always prevent the game from running on case-sensitive file systems, it may lead to crashes and other unpredictable behaviour.
If you have to run a case-sensitive setup and you experience problems with Total War: WARHAMMER III, please install the game on a standard formatted partition or read/write disk image. In most cases this will allow you to play the game on your machine.
Feral games use a number of open-source software libraries. These libraries are the property of their respective owners, and are used under license.
To see a list of the libraries used in Total War: WARHAMMER III, and view their license files, select Software Licenses from the Support tab of the pre-game Options window.
Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.