Apple Releases New GamePortingToolkit 2 at WWDC 2024

TapTechNews on June 11, Apple released the all-new GamePortingToolkit 2 at the WWDC 2024 Global Developer Conference, allowing developers to more easily port games to Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Improved Windows Compatibility

Apple's GamePortingToolkit 2.0 has significantly enhanced compatibility with Windows games, providing a brand-new shader debugging tool and updating Xcode to unify game codes and shaders across devices.

Expanded Developer Tools

Apple has also broadened the guidance scope to assist developers in porting games to Mac. New practical tools have been introduced in the toolkit to allow developers to more intuitively evaluate the performance of games on Apple Silicon chips.

TapTechNews attaches the following evaluation tools for the latest version:

More gaming technologies

Improved graphics and compute compatibility

Support for ray tracing

The AVX2 instruction set

Increased performance

Developers can also use Metal tools such as MetalHUD, Metal GPU Capture, and MetalSystemTrace to start debugging and profiling games during the evaluation process.

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