Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago
This video shows 2 things:
How well Pillars of Eternity runs on the 2014 Macbook Air with HD5000 (I have the basic model, i5 with 4 GB RAM). The answer is it runs GREAT!!! You need to do 2 tweaks - set the resolution to 1280x720 and then while in game, press ~ ,then press Enter, then type msaa 0, then press Enter again. With those tweaks you can run the game BUTTER SMOOTH at the highest setting. Not sure about FPS, but looks probably 50-60...
Second thing is how to kill that cave bear in Valewood. Now I encountered it before going to the Gilded Vale, right after the cinematic scene with the sacrifice at the beginning. So I am alone, low level, and got killed playing my Chanter a number of times before figuring out how to do it. The answer was max my deflection and survive long enough for my phantom to become active. After I summon the phantom, I die, but it doesn't matter, because the phantom shreds the bear and it still counts as a party member, so it's not game over. Can be done on normal, with a few tires, not sure on higher difficulty...
This video shows 2 things:
How well Pillars of Eternity runs on the 2014 Macbook Air with HD5000 (I have the basic model, i5 with 4 GB RAM). The answer is it runs GREAT!!! You need to do 2 tweaks - set the resolution to 1280x720 and then while in game, press ~ ,then press Enter, then type msaa 0, then press Enter again. With those tweaks you can run the game BUTTER SMOOTH at the highest setting. Not sure about FPS, but looks probably 50-60...
Second thing is how to kill that cave bear in Valewood. Now I encountered it before going to the Gilded Vale, right after the cinematic scene with the sacrifice at the beginning. So I am alone, low level, and got killed playing my Chanter a number of times before figuring out how to do it. The answer was max my deflection and survive long enough for my phantom to become active. After I summon the phantom, I die, but it doesn't matter, because the phantom shreds the bear and it still counts as a party member, so it's not game over. Can be done on normal, with a few tires, not sure on higher difficulty...
