Lag on a MacBook Air

[2cool4uandme 0]

On my macbook air i have installed Cities: Skylines. As soon as I started the game the game became really laggy and when I pause the game there are several graphical glitches. Can anyone tell me if reducing lag is possible. Thanks

[twalsh102 1,601]

My guess would be that this is a graphics issue.

System Requirements for Cities:  Skylines specifically state that Intel Integrated Graphics are not supported. 

Specs for MacBook Air state that graphics support is provided by Intel HD Graphics 6000, which is Intel Integrated Graphics

So, unfortunately, the short answer to your question is probably "no, not on your computer."

Another guess would be that if you submitted a support ticket to Paradox support, they would send you back to the System Requirements page.

This doesn't mean that there isn't some Mac user out there who has maybe found a way around this, but...    There is reason why software companies come up with a set of minimum requirements.

[2cool4uandme 0]

Ok well thanks for your help

[rsc204 21,817]

Just set all the graphics options to low and hope for the best, there isn't a lot you can do otherwise. The biggest problem is likely the shared memory is not quick/large enough to handle the game well, since there is nothing particularly bad about the GPU itself.

[Avanya 2,605]

You can try this, it gets rid of most of the graphical issues for Mac users (though not always the lag): In your Steam Library right-click on this game and choose Properties. Click on Set Launch Options, and paste this in there: -force-glcore