Mac Client Perfomance Issues

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Has there been a solution to the performances issues since ? I've installed the game on my old laptop, just for comparison, and it has better performances than on my Imac. I'm greatly disappointed.

Another little problem I have with the new client (I can't post a new thread yet, so sorry to pollute this thread with my question):

I play with a Razor Naga Mouse (12 keys) and the game recognises the 12 keys, but only "raw":
i.e. when I press "1" it works, but it doesn't work when I press "ctrl+1" or "alt+1". It reacts as if I would press only "1". I suppose it may be a driver issue but how to install Razor drivers on wine ?! I'm clueless. I can't use bar #2 and above with keybindings. Quite annoying. (Note: "ctrl+1" works fine on the keyboard).

I have discovered a little more information that *may* help someone a little more savvy with wine, and with X11 (XQuartz) on the Mac.

I downloaded and installed XQuartz, which is the successor to X11 on Mac systems. I started it, opened an XTerm and issued the "xev" command which allows you to see what the system thinks is being pressed and released.

If you type control-1 entirely on the keyboard, you see four events (the order is important):

* Control pressed
* 1 pressed
* 1 released
* Control released

The system recognizes that Control and 1 are pressed at the same time -- that Control is still pressed when the '1' key is pressed, so it can properly execute the Ctrl-1 combo keystroke.

With a Razer Naga mouse, I do the same (Control from the keyboard, '1' from the side button of the Naga) and the output of xev is:

* Control pressed
* Control released
* 1 pressed
* 1 released

Similar things happen with 'alt' and Shift.

So it's clear to me that when you enter one of the side buttons on the Naga, the system thinks the modifier key has been released before the side button is pressed. So in the example above, the system will think you are always pressing just '1' on the Naga even with a modifier also pressed, but NOT when you use the numeric keys on the keyboard.

In fact, the Naga seems to always issue a 'KeyRelease' event to any other buttons being held down when it registers that a side button has been pressed. Any 'KeyPress' event using those side buttons triggers a 'KeyRelease' on any other keys that might still be pressed. In fact, if you hold the '1' key on the Naga down by itself, it does repeat, but it shows a press-release-press-release-press-release pattern, not a lot of presses followed by one release (which is what should happen).

So if anyone knows more about X11 and Wine and keymappings, maybe we can figure out a workaround? To me it looks like a Razer problem, based on what events it's sending to the system as its buttons are pressed.