Mac OS X Catalina Update Compatibility With MV

Storyteller-Hero · 2019-10-10T11:53:10+0900

Is there going to be a compatibility problem between RPG Maker MV and Mac OS Catalina, or between MV games and Mac OS Catalina? I'm seeing a number of non-RM games on Steam starting to include a disclaimer of not being compatible with Catalina, and I'm wondering if Catalina is going to make all MV games or older engine RM games obsolete on Macs.

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Started by Storyteller-Hero Oct 10, 2019, 02:53 AM 4 posts View original ↗

Storyteller-Hero

#1 Oct 10, 2019, 02:53 AM Source

Is there going to be a compatibility problem between RPG Maker MV and Mac OS Catalina, or between MV games and Mac OS Catalina?

I'm seeing a number of non-RM games on Steam starting to include a disclaimer of not being compatible with Catalina, and I'm wondering if Catalina is going to make all MV games or older engine RM games obsolete on Macs.
Hudell

#2 Oct 10, 2019, 03:07 AM Source

Valve is requiring all steam games to go through Apple's notarization procedure if they want to be flagged as mac compatible. What this means is that you'll need a mac computer, an apple developer account and to send every mac version of your game for apple to approve before you can release it.

Here's some more info: https://www.gridsagegames.com/blog/2019/09/sorry-mac-users-apple-doesnt-care-about-us-devs/
Engr. Adiktuzmiko

#3 Oct 10, 2019, 03:14 AM Source

And you need to update your games to be 64-bit based as Catalina wont run 32-bit apps. As per another post here, it seems the games dont work on Catalina. I dont know about the program itself though.
Storyteller-Hero

#4 Oct 10, 2019, 07:07 AM Source

Okay after looking up with a ton of Google searching, I found a way to check compatibility.

I deployed a game from my test project in MV, then I went to "About This Mac", then "System Report" --> "Applications" --> [deployed game]

When I selected the deployed game on the application list, the System Report indicated it as [64-bit (Intel): YES], so a game deployed for Mac OS in MV should work in Catalina.

EDIT: My MV version is 1.62, if that matters.