Nokcandu Game Profiles
Settings people shared to make Windows games run on Apple silicon Macs with
Nokcandu. Browse and search them at
seastwood.github.io/Nokcandu-Profiles — or in Nokcandu itself under
Game Profiles, where one click applies a profile to your game.
How it works
- Each profile is an issue in this repo. Its 👍 / 👎 reactions are the votes ("works for me" /
"doesn't work for me") and its comments are the discussion. Games are listed with the most 👍 first; profiles many
people report as broken are tucked away.
- Share yours from Nokcandu: open the game's page → Share This Setup… → Submit on GitHub. Everything is
filled in; you just click Submit. To update it later, edit your issue; to remove it, close it.
- No waiting for approval. An automatic check publishes valid profiles within the hour and comments on the issue if
something needs fixing.
What a profile contains
The complete setup that made the game work: which program to run, graphics mode, launch options, extra settings
(paths inside the game's app are written as {app}/…), raw mouse, performance switches, needed fixes (like the
cinematic fix), drive letters, whether it needs a disc image, plus a rating, notes, install steps and what it was tested
on.
Profiles are settings only — never files, downloads or scripts — and settings that could make Wine load code from
outside the game's app are rejected. That's checked here when a profile is submitted and again inside Nokcandu before
it's applied, so trying someone's profile can't harm your Mac.
Good to know
- Only use games you own. Profiles don't include game files.
- Games with kernel anti-cheat generally can't run under Wine; online play with anti-cheat is at your own risk.
- Bugs or ideas for the app itself go to Nokcandu's issues.
Profiles are shared under CC0 1.0 (public domain) so anyone can
use them. The catalog scripts are MIT licensed like Nokcandu.
Built-in optional component IDs: cinematic, d3d8to9, directx9-extras, borderless, cursor-visibility, openua-display, bundled-vc-runtime, cross-process-windows, shader-compiler-47. The Microsoft shader compiler component downloads the matching library directly from Microsoft and retains an Undo backup. The bundled Visual C++ component uses only matching libraries already beside the program; the cross-process window component requires DXMT. The OpenUA display recipe is only available for UA_source.exe and requires the supporting Nokcandu version. These reference code shipped with Nokcandu; profiles cannot provide DLLs, scripts, download URLs, executable patches, or config-file edits. The component fixes require a Nokcandu version with component-fix support and a standalone managed game environment. Applying a profile previews unavailable fixes; each installed component has its own Undo in the game's Fixes panel.
Schema 2 profiles (Nokcandu 0.9.9+) preserve rawMouseFrameSync and an optional gameDisplay object containing only recipe: "bf1942", a supported [width, height] resolution, and a boolean menuCorrection. BF1942 recipes require a BF1942.exe match and are checked again against the target installation. No patch bytes, config commands, or executable files are shared. Old schema 1 profiles remain valid. Performance settings retain lowLatency as well as the other documented controls.
