Authoring CDLC on a Mac

[BenSanto22]

Is it possible?  I've been scouring forums and downloading the software for days, finally got EOF running fine but creating the .wem file in Wwise is where I'm stumbling.  Then a minute ago I found a comment somewhere that said regardless, you need windows for Rocksmith Custom Toolkit to create the.psarc file.  Is that true?  Has anyone here successfully created Rocksmith CDLC on their Mac?  Any input is appreciated!

[missis sumner]

I have, but I was running Windows on it through Bootcamp.

[Alex360]

You'd better look into this tools https://github.com/x0l/rs-utils(written in python and pretty outdated)

I'm working on this issue and soon we'll get ability to produce new song psarc at MAC, formally I'm the one who (can) work on the code right now, so it take some time

[papillon]

I've created 83 customs on a mac ;)

You may run the toolkit, but as most other tools run only on windows I decided to use a virtual machine (where you don't have to reboot like with Bootcamp).

[BenSanto22]

Wow!  Alright sweet, thats good to know... So basically it comes down to me emulating Windows on my Mac?

[papillon]

It's no emulation - you need a windows license (same like bootcamp) - there are solutions like wine bottler, but if you need windows for more windows-only programs I would use another solution.

To name three

- VirtualBox

- VMWare Fusion

- Parallels

I'm prefering the VMWare Fusion - it's 60€ with a 30 day demo - VirtualBox is for free and I don't know the price of Parallels.

If you're not using other windows programs you may start with VirtualBox.

 

If you want to run windows games  on a mac a virtual machine might not work as expected - then you've to use bootcamp and rebooting to play the game.