Guild Wars 2

Hello.

Getting back into GW2 & two things are bothering me.

1) The game will not allow me to run window mode at 2560×1440...

2) The High-Res Character texture button is greyed out.

Here are my specs: (and before you ask, i do not want to update my OSX)

Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB
Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)

The OSX client is 32 bit, so there are no high-res character textures. It’s the same as running the game in 32 bit windows. You can only use the high res character textures in 64bit windows.

The OS X GW2 client is not just the same as running the Windows 32bit client, it literally is the Windows 32bit client, just put inside the Cider wrapper.
That also answers question 1: the missing window mode resolution is due to the wrapper missing the appropriate resolution preset that compensates for the additional window bar on top. You’d end up with a game window that’s larger than your screen’s vertical resolution, so that option is not offered.

well thats no fun!

It’s odd because the game used to be playable in full screen windowed, you would just be unable to see the experience bar and the very bottom of the skills…

As to the high-res textures, you probably aren’t missing out on a whole lot. They tend to slow the game down a bit and considering the OSX client already has not so great performance it would probably just bog it down even more.