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MegaGlest => Bug reports => Closed bug reports => Topic started by: Bag O Tricks on 26 April 2015, 02:00:09
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Problem: The latest Megaglest 3.11.1 app for OSX does not run. Attempting to run the application causes it to consistently quit automatically generating a standard error message (detailed below).
Why do I think the installer is faulty? I am running previous Megaglest OSX versions (3.7 and 3.9) on the same computer with no problems.
What I did (step by step):
- downloaded the OSX latest .dmg installer from https://megaglest.org/download on 25 Apr 15
- opened the .dmg to install the Megaglest application to my Applications folder.
- attempted to run Megaglest.app v3.11.1. The application does not run: it quits automatically and generates error message (below).
Observations:
- I ran Megaglest v3.9 immediately afterwards - with no difficulties.
- The v3.11.1 application is very much smaller (> 300MB) than previous versions: is this just coincidental?
My system details are included in the error message: which I append below, for what it's worth.
Any advice appreciated.
~ Bag O Tricks ~
Error Message: 'MegaGlest quit unexpectedly'
Process: sh [523]
Path: /Applications/RTS/MegaGlest.app/Contents/MacOS/MegaGlest
Identifier: org.megaglest.v3.11.1
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [131]
Date/Time: 2015-04-26 11:39:49.787 +1000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 269604 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 15
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 5
Anonymous UUID: 6FC5E8A8-01B3-44C2-8579-C5C5CFCD67BB
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0xfffffffffffffff8
Crashed Thread: Unknown
Backtrace not available
Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000055 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x0000000000000000
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00007fff5fc01028 rfl: 0x0000000000010203 cr2: 0xfffffffffffffff8
Binary images description not available
Model: MacBook4,1, BootROM MB41.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.31f1
Graphics: Intel GMA X3100, GMA X3100, Built-In, 144 MB
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...Observations:
- I ran Megaglest v3.9 immediately afterwards - with no difficulties.
- The v3.11.1 application is very much smaller (> 300MB) than previous versions: is this just coincidental?...
Previous releases were mostly distributed by .zip package which Mac OS know and can unpack almost imperceptible, then you are probably comparing "unpacked game" vs .dmg.
... for this release exist both .zip and .dmg packages
Problem: The latest Megaglest 3.11.1 app for OSX does not run. Attempting to run the application causes it to consistently quit automatically generating a standard error message
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I am running previous Megaglest OSX versions (3.7 and 3.9) on the same computer with no problems.
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My system details are included in the error message: which I append below, for what it's worth.
Any advice appreciated.
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OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)...
Basically problem is related with "OS Version".
We have access to Mac OS 10.10 and based on compatibility table game should work on 10.9+
In general Apple forces developers to not support older versions of OS.
...Any advice appreciated....
- first possibility - update your version of OS
(Of course we know how Apple operates and it is not always possible.)
- second possibility- build game yourself
Recently we have prepared some tools and with guide it shouldn't be tough process :)
https://docs.megaglest.org/MG/Mac_Compiling (https://docs.megaglest.org/MG/Mac_Compiling)
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Thanks filux - a straightforward answer.
In which case - can I suggest that the installation instructions @ https://megaglest.org/installation be updated accordingly?
The OSX installation instructions currently state (thus leading me reasonably to assume) that Megaglest will run on OSX 10.4 and above: which (as you've explained above) is no longer true for Megaglest versions above 3.9.1.
~Bag O Tricks~
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Thanks. :)
Yes, this requirement description should be fixed soon.