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wise-white
Dead island 2
Dead island 2 is not running even though it is launching. Is there any other way to play it or am i doing something wrong? Here are the logs:
Launching "Dead Island 2" (legendary)
Native? No
Installed in: /Users/yashaggarwal/Games/Heroic/DeadIsland2
System Info:
CPU: 8x Apple M2
Memory: 8.59 GB (used: 4.05 GB)
GPUs:
OS: 14.7.2 (darwin)
The current system is not a Steam Deck
We are not running inside a Flatpak container
Software Versions:
Heroic: 2.17.0 Cutty Flam Franky
Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic)
gogdl: 1.1.2
comet: comet 0.2.0
Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli
Game Settings: {
"preferSystemLibs": false,
"enableEsync": false,
"enableMsync": true,
"enableFsync": false,
"enviromentOptions": [],
"wrapperOptions": [],
"savesPath": "/Users/yashaggarwal/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Dead Island 2/drive_c/users/crossover/AppData/Local/DeadIsland/Saved/SaveGames",
"language": "",
"beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
"afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
"verboseLogs": false,
"wineCrossoverBottle": "Heroic"
}
Game launched at: Tue Jun 03 2025 11:59:17 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Winetricks packages:
Launch Command: HEROIC_APP_NAME=Crow HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=legendary GAMEID=umu-0 HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=epic STORE=egs LD_PRELOAD= WINEPREFIX="/Users/yashaggarwal/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Dead Island 2" WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=0 WINEMSYNC=1 WINEESYNC=1 /Applications/Heroic.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/arm64/darwin/legendary launch Crow --wine "/Users/yashaggarwal/Library/Application Support/heroic/tools/game-porting-toolkit/Game-Porting-Toolkit-latest/Contents/Resources/wine/bin/wine64" --language en
Game Log:
IMPORTANT: Logs are disabled.
Enable verbose logs in Game's settings > Advanced tab > 'Enable verbose logs' before reporting an issue.
============= End of log =============

3 Replies
ratty-blush•4d ago
I'm not sure this game will run with a 8GB mac, it's a bit heavy. I think even on windows it asks for 16GB.
other-emerald•4d ago
the macOS version is releasing “”””eventually”””” so I’d personally just wait till it does
wise-whiteOP•3d ago
ok