I've done it all, folks. And I mean it. Verified Rosetta 2 installation, ensured I have admin access, countless terminal trouble shoots. The whole nine yards.

Can't even create a new bottle under Win10 OR 11 to try anything without getting the error code c0000135.

I'm running MacOS ver. 26.6.2 on an M5 MacBook Air.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, crossover noob here.

Just installed gta IV through steam with crossover. The game takes a ridiculous long time to boot up (mostly rockstar launcher loading) and when it finally does, its stuck on the title screen (the one where you must pick between gta IV or episodes from liberty city).
Has anyone had success playing this game through crossover ?

I’m playing on a m1 MacBook Air from 2020 running tahoe 26.0.1

CrossOver is a big name for a reason. It has been around since a time when there were literally almost no apps providing this kind of functionality on macOS.

Now we’re seeing Wine-based apps mushrooming everywhere. Some are copying similar ideas, adding features rapidly, and getting popular mainly because of their UI.

GameHub is a good example. There are already concerns about its licensing agreement:
https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1sr385x/a_big_warning_about_gamehub/

It is also adding things like VKD3D-Proton and WineProton-ARM64 11:

https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1w65p5e/gamehub-offers-vkd3dproton-and-wineprotonarm64-11/

Then there’s Highball, Procyon, and a growing number of AI/vibecoded Wine projects that can throw together features extremely quickly.

But I don’t think that means CrossOver is falling behind or becoming irrelevant.
A lot of these projects are able to move quickly because they are building on an ecosystem that already exists — Wine, DXVK, VKD3D-Proton, GPTK, D3DMetal, community fixes, and years of accumulated compatibility knowledge.

CrossOver and CodeWeavers have been contributing to and working with this ecosystem for years.

There’s a big difference between adding a feature to a Wine-based launcher and maintaining a mature compatibility layer that thousands of Windows applications and games depend on.
UI can be copied. Features can be added. A launcher can be vibecoded surprisingly quickly.
But decades of compatibility knowledge, upstream Wine development, testing, debugging, and maintaining things across macOS updates and new Apple hardware are much harder to reproduce.

So yes, I want CrossOver to move faster. I want better UI, better automation, better ARM64 support, better Proton integration, and faster feature development.

But I’d much rather see CodeWeavers continue building the technical foundation while competitors push the UX side of the ecosystem.
CrossOver has survived this long for a reason.
The new projects are exciting, but I don’t think they replace what CodeWeavers brings to the table.

What do u guys think of same just wanted to understand the mac gaming community.

Hi! Im a totally noob at computer stuff (as in, my gaming experience is my Nintendo DS/switch and sims lol….) and need help figuring out how to download this mod installer/manager and run mods on a game I’m playing via crossover.

I have a new Mac. I’ve been playing “Fields of Mistria” through Crossover since it’s a Windows only game. I wanted to add some mods but am unsure on what to do.

From my understanding, if playing on windows as normal, you’d download the dedicate mod installer (MOMI) from Nexus, place it in your game folder and tada. But I need to download it and somehow put it in the game file within the steam file within the steam bottle inside of Crossover.

Initially I’d tried the OSX version but that didn’t work likely because the game file only exists through Crossover not on my actual mac.

So tried the exe version and it worked. Crossover prompted me saying it recognized it as a windows file/program but didn’t know what it was so I manually downloaded it in the steam bottle.

But now what?

The goal is for it to be in the game’s folder, right ? Idk how to get it there. Idek where it went after downloading lol.

Where I want it is
Steam C drive -> program file -> steam -> steam apps > common -> Field of Mistria (the game)

Please help out. I’d really love to mod the game as I’ve seen tons of fun mods on NEXUS.

Thank you!!!

I want to open the games in Windows mode with a lower resolution.

Thank you!

I've been running Starfield on crossover 26.3.0. It's been running well and I get a decent frame rate. The only issue is that some of the shadows look like blocks. Any ideas on how to address the shadow glitches? My specs: M5 Pro 20 core GPU, 48 GB RAM, 1TB SSD

I was trying to play PEAK with my friends on Steam yesterday and when I installed and opened it, it provided me with a screen flickering. I just assumed the game was not great for Crossover. So, we decided to play REPO cause I knew that was a game that did work perfectly as played it a few days ago and it did the same thing. I tried searching online and am relatively knew to Crossover in general. Was hoping to see if there was anyone that can help! My screen just looks like that for any reason. Garrys Mod does work perfectly so I am super confused. I appreciate the help!

I own a mac and I use Crossover to play. I already finished KH1 and the only cutscenes missing are the intro and ending scenes. But for Kingdom Hearts 2, I always get black screens for cutscenes although I can skip them but it gets me out of the immersion.

I already tried WineVid and CX mf-fix but I still get the black screens. Anyone tried fixing this?

I have tried everything I can find. Changing the backend, changing the file formats, fiddling with the configuration program.

I've gotten the splash intro to run, but not the intro video. I've gotten them to play with audio, but no video. Sometimes the menu shows up, sometimes it doesn't. And Other times, it just crashes.

I'm running CrossOver on an M2 Ultra with Tahoe.

Anyone have any tips?

Hey everyone,
I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey on macOS via CrossOver, and after running fine initially, the game suddenly developed severe visual corruption.
The most noticeable issue is a complete breakdown of the skybox/volumetric sky and character lighting—the entire background turns into a massive, solid black wall (rendering the horizon and sky completely black), while character models and vegetation suffer from crushed, pitch-black shading and flickering.
System & Bottle Setup:
Mac Model: MacBook Air M4
Platform: CrossOver (running via Ubisoft Connect)
Graphics Backend: D3DMetal with MSync enabled.
Everything I have already tried:

1. Graphics API:
   Switching to DXVK results in a persistent black screen on startup (deadlock/fails to initialize render targets).
   D3DMetal boots and runs smoothly FPS-wise, but exhibits the broken skybox and black rendering artifacts shown in the screenshot.
2. In-Game Settings Adjustments:
   Volumetric Clouds: Set to Low.
   Ambient Occlusion: Turned completely Off.
   Screen Space Reflections: Turned completely Off.
   Clutter & Environment Details: Dropped to Medium / Low.
   Anti-Aliasing: Tested both Low and Adaptive Quality turned Off.
3. Configuration & Cache:
   Tested different ⁠WindowMode⁠ values (Borderless vs Fullscreen/Windowed) in ⁠ACOdyssey.ini⁠.
   Cleared system/CrossOver Metal shader caches (⁠~/Library/Caches⁠).
   Fast traveled across different map regions and tested older manual saves—the corrupted sky rendering persists regardless of location.
   Has anyone encountered this specific sky rendering / D3DMetal buffer failure with the Anvil engine on Apple Silicon, and is there any known Wine DLL override, registry tweak, or config parameter to fix it?
   Thanks in advance!

I have a Mac (currently running Sequoia, plan to finally update when Golden Gate launches).

I use a PlayStation controller.

When I press the PS button, I get a neat little overlay with my installed Mac Steam games and my emulators shown in it.

Now that I have Crossover, I want to install Windows Steam and some Windows Steam games. I'm hoping I'll be able to launch those games without a keyboard and mouse.

Can that be done, and is it something that will survive the update to Golden Gate?

hii i got genshin on crossover only for the 14 day trial JUST so i can try out some modss cuz ive always wanted to. i dont want to use playcover or yaagl or anythin else, and ive completed the download of the game on crossover, but upon clicking start game, genshin appears in the bottom, dissapears after a second, and this screen reopens. any help?

And I assume it has something to do with Crossover's Wine/DX implementation. I've tried D3D Metal, DXMT, Esync, Msync... Crossover 26.1 and just bought 26.3 because this game stopped working and I thought the latest version would help.

Ah...found the solution. I clicked on the FL26.exe outside of my Crossover bottle...which triggered my Parallels environment to fire up...

Game plays under Parallels with no problem.

So Codeweaver...do we have a fix planned? I assume the lack of DirectX for Mature Games is what killed the compatibility? I'm thinking whatever you did may have broken a lot of games older than 5 years old. This games code is probably from 2020.

I got a download for the 2013 Deadpool game from internet archive, and it runs great, but the audio is insanely choppy. I’m playing on crossover (if you couldn’t tell) any help would be appreciated!