ARM64 support

[imLinguin]

What would it take to support ARM64 as a compilation target?
We need to ensure we match the same hardware details Activation.dll would probe from the cpuid instruction in particular.

[davidakh]

To get it working inside of a bottle in software such as Crossover we need to mediate the issues are present with how Wine handles Rust web calls. The current issue is that Rust can't open the EA login if that could be fixed I believe it'll work as if on Windows.

[imLinguin]

Maxima won't work in Wine on itself. I don't think this is something related to ARM64 support

[headassbtw]

Compiling this on an M1 only takes modification of maxima-lib/src/core/auth/hardware.rs (and removing a landmine in lib.rs) to work. Obviously the rest of Maxima requires significant changes to properly work on macOS specifically, but ARM64 as a compilation target alone is pretty much just that.

[davidakh]

It has too work inside of wine no? How would it work with Kyber specifically to modify it? I've by passed the issue with the inability to sign in into EA and Nexus by importing app data from my Windows device. But the issue is that Kyber sees Battlefront II inside of the bottle and even thinks its running when I try to enter a server. But the game itself does not launch. I'll try to see if running Maxima with the fix will do anything.

[davidakh]

I just think it would be great to get Kyber working through CrossOver thanks to Wine. Battlefront II already runs great on Mac through CrossOver. I would try to fix it myself but I'm a Swift/C dev and do not know enough of Rust to even vibe code a solution.

[imLinguin]

The issue here is more that the hardware hash should match to what the game will find in Wine when running through Rosetta on Mac and through Box64 or FEX on Linux.

The cpuid flags may be modified depending on game if it has any workarounds applied in those tools. Not sure if this is a valid concern, just something to consider.

Regarding Mac support, it's definitely on the radar, however I don't expect great compatibility, DXMT and MoltenVK are great, but they aren't perfect.

[davidakh]

I would greatly appreciate support. Personally, I don’t use DXMT or MoltenVK because Apple’s D3DMetal offers better performance and compatibility with DX12. I can play Battlefront II on my Mac using D3DMetal at 1440p resolution and 60 frames per second. I hope this issue can be resolved for Kyber at least.