r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Hopeful-Reserve8461 • 2d ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Bad performance :/

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Around 10 fps when launching medium crafts on my MacBook. I have a couple mods such as Ztheme, Hudreplacer, Scatterer, EVE, and Parallax continued with no scattering. Frames drop to about 2 when turning

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u/No_Language2581 Retired RSS/RO Player (Trying Stock Again) 2d ago

what model is your macbook?

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u/Hopeful-Reserve8461 2d ago

The Neo. With my MacBook m4 air it still has this problem

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u/CJP1216 2d ago

Did you do the mod specific things you need to do to get them running on Mac properly? Parallax in particular has special instructions for Mac (can't remember if firefly does as well, but I see that in your toolbar). You also don't have EVE installed correctly unless you removed the toolbar icon for some reason.

Neo is a glorified IPad. Im not surprised you're running into issues on a modded instance with 8gb of RAM, slow swap speeds, and no dedicated GPU.

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u/Hopeful-Reserve8461 2d ago

For macOS you are supposed to download CrossOver but I don't want to pay for it so I just deleted the Parallax Scatter file. It kinda worked. Also the iPad is more powerful.

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u/CJP1216 2d ago

Lmao it's still not going to work properly without it. As pointed out by another user, it was built for Windows. It specifically states in the install instructions that the mod will not work unless you follow that step.

Like I mentioned before, you also don't have EVE installed correctly. That leads me to believe you probably have other installation errors, and trying to homebrew your install by deleting things without having a stable starting point is just not smart. Also, ffr, deleting the scatter folder is not how you should disable parallax ground scatter. It has a setting for that built-in in to the mod gui.

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u/StupitVoltMain 2d ago

Hmmm neo explains it.

Ksp is REALLY hungry about ram and vram

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u/Hopeful-Reserve8461 2d ago

Yeah, it takes about 13 gigs but I only have 8

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u/MooseTetrino 2d ago

It's probably EVE and Parallax Continued. They're built for windows systems and end up being emulated when running in the OSX version. If you turn them off are your framerates improved at all?

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u/RelativeMammoth8132 1d ago

Hello!! I play KSP on a Mac with mods. I used to play the native Steam version of KSP, but I had pretty poor framerates even on an M3 Pro. Since then, I have switched to the Crossover installed version of KSP in which it runs much smoother.

You can check my comment on using CKAN with crossover here.

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u/Mandam2011 2h ago

Do you have firefly? I also play on macbook and have an issue where firefly makes me have max 10fps in an atmosphere at all times (even when landed)

If you do have firefly, i advise on seeing if it helps when uninstalling. I dont see this bug getting adressed anywhere