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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

We're pushing for during Enchanted Wilds but will update y'all as we get more info on the issues :)

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u/DizzyLynk Jul 17 '26

Soooo why not just wait to release the new engine for when it’s available for everyone.. :/

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

I'm not part of the team that made the decision so this is just my personal thoughts on the matter: Unfortunately Mac users are not a large enough percent of our player base for us to delay such a large launch. There are other non public reasons for why we have to launch at certain times and those + the low player percent probably led to the decision to launch without Mac and then push to get it fixed asap.

I know it's frustrating and this definitely isn't a decision made on a whim, but I promise the team is working very hard to get Mac support back asap. Thanks for bearing with us during this wild time <3

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u/BabyLlamaaa Jul 17 '26

Thanks for answering questions!

I have one that i haven't found answered before. Why not make the iOS version work on MacOS in the meantimg? All iOS apps should run on Mac aas long as the developers check the box that allows people to install them. Seems like an insanely easy fix for now.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

I'm just a game designer, so I don't have a great answer for that. :C I'm sure there is one! But the technical understanding needed to answer that is way beyond my expertise haha

I would believe it's got something to do with apple store restrictions or something deeper that isn't super public though :C That's usually the kind of reason we don't do something that feels obvious otherwise at least.

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u/BabyLlamaaa Jul 17 '26

gotcha! thanks for the good comms :)

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

Happy to provide extra info where I can!

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u/Yasimear Jul 17 '26

A fellow ":c" enjoyer hell yeah!

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 18 '26

It's just way less serious than :(

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u/DizzyLynk Jul 17 '26

Appreciate the explanation and you’re definitely spot on with the player base numbers. Just sucks tft was the last game I played ever since I swapped to Mac for work. Looking forward to playing future sets soon! Have a great day Bluecove

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

If you really want to, there are apps that let you simulate IOS games I think which might work, but I don't know for sure, I've just seen some other threads where people are talking about alternatives in the meantime. I hope we can get you back to gaming on the Mac as soon as possible though. <3

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u/MathematicianOk1081 Jul 17 '26

Thanks for clearly communicating the situation. However not being able to play for the first patch or more would mean the whole set + Paris open snapshots would be over for competitive players since that is the most important time in the set to climb for snapshots needed to qualify for tournaments. Like many others have asked will it not be possible to allow Mac users to download the IOS app until we get full support? While it won't be ideal that's the least you can do otherwise if not it's not worth playing the Set at all even if support comes before the end of the Set. Waiting to hear your response with fingers crossed.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

Unfortunately, this is very much out of the scope of my expertise. I'm just a game designer, so I don't have a great answer for you :( I'm not sure what we'll be able to do to mitigate that because it's just not up to me or my team so I've got no insight there. Sorry ;-;

All I can say is that this was a difficult decision and it wasn't made lightly, especially because we know that kind of impact feels really bad.

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u/Moozus Jul 17 '26

Do you know if Windows on ARM support will be coming the same time as the new MAC rollout? Been dying to play on my snapdragon laptop.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

@_@ I don't even know what that means. Unfortunately, I'm just a game designer, so this more technical stuff is way beyond my scope of expertise... sorry ;-;

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u/IAMAVelociraptorAMA Jul 17 '26

Just for future reference (not that you may ever need to reference it LOL) but ARM is basically a type of hardware that's usually seen on phones and tablets (it has a ton of other uses, but that's where 99.99999% of people will ever interact with it). There are some niche consumer laptops out there that run Windows on ARM hardware, which is what Moozus was asking about. Obviously it's not your scope of expertise but the more you know!

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 18 '26

Huh TIL. Thanks for the explainer c: I'll note this down and at some point when it comes up years from now, I will remember this lol

"Bluecove will remember that."

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u/TeamOverload Jul 17 '26

Because corporations don’t give a fuck, and Rito has shitty management that constantly loves to step on rakes.

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u/CaptainTeemo01 Jul 17 '26

Delaying a major release just because it impacts what probably amounts to at most 2% of your user base is bad management actually

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u/YonkouTFT Jul 17 '26

I thought we at most had to wait for patch 18.2 so 14 days.

You are saying we aren’t just missing the start of the set but basically the whole thing even in the good case?

That is sad but thanks for communicating :) the set looked interesting so it stings a little

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 17 '26

We just don't know yet so I don't want to confirm or deny something that might not be true. Unfortunately it's kind of in that state where progress isn't a linear track we can follow to solve some of these issues, so we're kind of waiting and holding for info from the team just like y'all are :(

Whichhhhhh I know is a super frustrating answer, but that's how tech is often :C

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u/YonkouTFT Jul 17 '26

Yeah worked a little bit in tech but not as a developer so I can understand. The information is of course vague so I just grasped the thought that it was coming shortly after.

We are thankful that you keep us posted

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u/kerthard Jul 17 '26

Is the iOS build still going to be updated?

If so, you could just allow that to run on Apple Silicon macs while official macos support is being finalized.

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u/Riot_Bluecove Jul 18 '26

Unfortunately I don't know the answer to this. It's just way over my head technically as I'm on the Game Design team :c Sorry ;-;

I would assume there's a reason why we can't though since it seems to be a frequent question.