Needless to say the game is unplayable in fullscreen, I’m getting between 1 and 2fps. I’m assuming it has something to do with the new Game Mode introduced in Sonoma (it is supposed to optimize performance on fullscreen activities).
Plays fine in windowed mode.
EDIT: Came back to say it no longer works on windowed mode, but for a different reason. I can log in but I can’t load into my character anymore. It just completely crashes the computer and I have to restart it. I can’t play at all…
what mac/gpu do you have?
Just upgraded to Sonoma and in full screen mode there is noticeable screen stutter when turning and especially when dragon riding. Windowed mode appears to be fine and turning is smooth.
Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020
3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8 GB
32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Sonoma 14.0 (23A344)
Macbook Pro
1.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 1536 MB
8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
I understand this isn’t the best machine to run WoW on, but it did run fine on med settings before the update.
Bebe i’m surprised you get past login at all. you have the intel iris issue with macOS 14.0 which is talked more about here [Feedback Needed] WoW Crashing on connect under macOS Sonoma (14.0) - #50 by Apriloneil-ashkandi
Crayons though I’m curious about stutter issue since it’d be different issue. First I’d make sure all post upgrade tasks are done cause any still running would bog cpu down a bit. I’m also curious if that’s a metal 2 or metal 3 gpu which can find out from a detailed system profiler report.
I was playing around with the in game graphics settings last night and saw that “Max Foreground FPS Toggle” wasn’t checked. When I check the box for that it solves the issue somehow and the stutter when turning goes away. It was set at 60FPS already but the box to enable it just wasn’t checked. If I uncheck the box the stutter returns but only in full screen mode. It’s not game breaking when present but it was definitely noticeable. It was most noticeable when turning while dragon riding or when in higher population areas such as Valdraken.
thanks man you solved my stuttering issue too. just have to check the Max Foreground FPS toggle and set it to 60 fps, the max my monitor can handle. now I can play in full screen again.
ok that stutter for you two was likely throttling then, apple silicon will thermal throttle without an upper barrier unless you run an aggressive custom fan curve I know first hand with my M1 Max. I can run unthrottled if I blast fans but if I don’t then i def have to cap at 60
It’s Metal 3: