You mean 1.3.3 patch did not solve the issue ?

Mac client memory leak is definitely not fixed. I just tried PvP, and sure enough, the client crashes at around 3.9GB of virtual memory. I can get a few more minutes out of PvP with settings at low or off than with textures at medium and view distance turned up a bit. Still, client seems to crash after 20 to 30 minutes of PvP, regardless of graphics settings.

Customer Service just responded to my help ticket with a list of minimum requirement specs... when I'm running a top of the line computer with 16g ram, dual video cards, solid state drive etc..

No problems on my Mac.

PvE: still fine.
PvP: worse than before. Crashes every 20 min, tops.

Posted testing for the latest Update 3 v.1.3.3 on the other thread which indicates that there seems to be little change.

NickWindust wrote: »

I also wonder if a cost-benefit analysis has found that it would cost more to find and fix this bug than the loss in revenue due to loss of the relatively small percentage of players plagued by this bug.

Given that they continue to release fixes to live versions ever since beta including this week in Update 3 1.3.3 specifically for the Mac client this is not the case.

The Mac gaming market is a small percentage indeed (around 5% of PC market) but they still committed to developing a native Mac client over four years ago and continue to do so. There are a lot of pressures I am sure on resources especially with an upcoming console release etc. but it is a large development team and each is part of that effort as a cross platform development.

The reality is just that it is a difficult issue to resolve or it would have been fixed a while back. The underlying demands of a modern MMO on a native Mac client using OPenGL and other required APIs is the difference between it and the PC version. Both suffer memory issues but the Mac client has less wriggle room and crashes while the PC client is more able to cope with a lower initial overhead. Plus any platform specific issues.

They continue to work on it and future solutions (64-bit) I'm sure as the fixes out this week show. They may not be the one BIG fix but show that efforts continue.

NickWindust wrote: »

In fact, the entire reason I immediately bought and subscribed to EOS was that they had taken the effort to have a Mac client from the outset, even thought I have never played any of the other games in the Elder Scrolls series. So I will be very disappointed if I will not be able to play ESO on my Mac in a reliable manner.

As to "reliable", it strongly depends on the type of activity you choose to do in game; actions that require the exchange of lots and lots of graphical assets will deplete available memory faster, and thus crash the client earlier (e.g. PvP zergs), while PvE questing outside of bustling cities can yield up to 4 or 5 hour gaming sessions (after which I'd need a break anyway ). YMMV.

I'd rather prefer to have a rock-stable Mac client too, but then again, who doesn't? A big consolation is to see the continuing work and effort they put into it, update after patch after update. I've known other studios which threw the towel or quietly abandoned their Mac endeavors. More often than not, for companies it's very much a question of HR expertise they need to find in the first place, then attain and then again retain. It's not as easy as it sounds, because Mac developers with a matching set of skills and experience don't grow on trees.

But it's a growing market out there, and those who see it want to tap it, too. And being a gaming customer myself, an interesting game having Mac support is almost certainly on my radar. Yes, there's always Windows in Boot Camp as an alternative, but it's only better than nothing.

PrinceBoru wrote: »

No problems on my Mac.

Please strike this from the record.
I now am having constant issues with losing control of my character.
Combat seems to trigger this reliably.
My eagerness to play ESO is waning because of this.

Kiljaz wrote: »

I put it in general for a reason... people rarely even look here.

That is also why they move it :P - it keeps people from knowing that ESO has mac problems

Lenny wrote: »

Volla wrote: »

Yea pvp still crashes every 20 - 30 min. Sad to say but mac team sees incompetent to fix the memory leak in Cyrodiil.

So you ESO team said that you were fixing mac client and if it whent through the testing you will release it. does this mean you haven't been looked into the pvp part yet?

How long can we ETA to Wait for a fix?
or are you even working on a fix ?
kinda start to lose my faith in you guys....

I just started using MAC client again after 1.3.3 released - but man, I have a PC as my main! If I was depending on MAC for my main client I would have left permanently by now, so sorry for all of you guys!

Before necroing out of date threads checking latest threads will show you that the issue was addressed in the recent patch update.

See this thread here acknowledging ads much for instance here.

In fact it was addressed in 1.3.3 but an new memory issue was introduced across PC & Mac clients which was fixed in 1.3.4.