Deadfire will not launch

[JFutral]

Okay, so I am officially making this a support issue. I am running the latest Deadfire build via Steam on a Macbook Pro with os X.12.6 with an external monitor.

 

As of yesterday I can't get Deadfire to launch. Steam launches, the PoE II window starts, although black instead of the usual white, and then exits to the Steam app after a short period.

 

I'm not entirely sure how to troubleshoot the issue since I haven't (knowingly) changed anything from the previous to yesterday when it worked fine. And PoE I is working fine, too. So i can't tell if this is a Deadfire issue, a Steam issue, or an OS issue.

 

I guess i am the only one with this problem else others would be chiming in in my other thread or here.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Joe

[JFutral]

I guess this means I am out of the beta. I can't find what changed. I've reinstalled Steam, PoE II, validated files, restarted, checked drives, everything I could think of. No joy.

 

Well, have fun everyone.

 

Play on!

Joe

[JFutral]

Is there anyway I can change my game key to a GoG key? (Does GoG work on macs?). If the problem is intrinsically Steam, this is the only way I can think of finding out.

 

Thanks,

Joe

[JFutral]

Well, I just tried an experiment and went straight to the PoE II executable and bypassed the Steam app and it launches fine. The problem is definitely with the Steam app.

 

I didn't even know I could launch the game this way. Sweet.

 

Joe

[Alexzipse]

Probably a silly question, but how did you bypass steam to play the beta? On a mac here as well and have the constant black screen when I load it directly from steam.

[Boeroer]

You find the pillars executable in the game folder and execute it manually.

[Cdiaz]

Hey all!

 

Sorry this issue is occurring for you all, this isn't replicated in house so I was tricked into thinking it was ok . If any of you could try launching it through steam, and then exit the application and get me a .log file Id really appreciate it!

 

Finder->Go->Go to Folder-> "~/Library/Logs/Unity/"

 

Let me know if this path works for you. As explained above, you can load locally if you go to steam, then right click or apple+click PoE2 BB and go to Properties, Then select LOCAL FILES > Browse Local Files... 

 

Feel free to add those here or message me directly, and of course any other questions of concerns you have. Or heck, if you having a bad day just vent I'm here for ya.

 

Thanks!

[Cdiaz]

Well, I just tried an experiment and went straight to the PoE II executable and bypassed the Steam app and it launches fine. The problem is definitely with the Steam app.

 

I didn't even know I could launch the game this way. Sweet.

 

Joe

Thank you for the help! It is much appreciated

[Cdiaz]

Ok, I just posted in https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/95765-mac-crash-on-boot-when-loaded-from-steam/, asking for a fix, and it looks like its been resolved. So I was confused, cause we definitely did not push any updates and I was wondering if a silent update DID go through.

 

Here's what looks like happened:

 

There was a naming conventioned used that was confusing mac (-steam), and any time it ran through steam it didnt know what to do. It was removed yesterday, but it wouldnt push through unless steam was closed, or take a long time to update.

 

This is the only thing that really changed, so if you guys continue to have issue, please let me know! Sorry for the inconvenience, but sweet that it's working out

 

You the best,

 

-Caleb

[UrielAO]

I cannot start a new game on my mac at all. I was having the problem described above, but this is a whole new level of the game not working on a mac. I posted a play log on the topic I created but It doesn't seem to have popped up on the forum. I would leave one here too since it looks like a developer is reading this thread, but I don't see the button to do an attachment

[JFutral]

I'm still good launching through Steam, although I still have the PoE II alias on my desktop.

 

@UrielAO, have you tried going directly to the game app and bypassing Steam?

 

Joe

[UrielAO]

That works for me. The new problem is when I try to start a new game. It goes to the black screen with a pipe starts chugging memory and then the game locks up. It feels so close, but so far away. :-p