Crusader Kings II

Mac issues

By msb9372 posted 27th May 2012

Crusader Kings 2 launcher for Mac not working for ver 10.6.8

By Psyringe posted 27th May 2012

How exactly is it not working for you? Do you get an error message?

By Alcifer posted 27th May 2012

Can you also give details of your Mac hardware? The requirements list ATI and Nvidia graphics cards so the game may not work on Macs running Intel graphics chips.

By msb9372 posted 28th May 2012

My Mac has a NVIDIA GeForce 9400 OSX 10.6.8

This is the error message that displays when I try to launch game:
You have Mac OS X 10.6.8. The application requires Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

This appears to be be happening to everyone running 10.6.8

This is the reply from Paradox in Crusaders Kings 2 forum:
The launcher is the culprit. We've made an update and are currently pushing it to steam and gg.
I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

We are all hoping that the patch has been sent to Gamers Gate and a new launcher will be released.

Thanks you for your help

By KingRodjr posted 29th May 2012

Hope it works, am thinking about buying it :D

By secretkillerofnames posted 29th May 2012

I have this problem also - have put a ticket in.
It's also been noted here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2722885

By secretkillerofnames posted 29th May 2012

I have a temporary fix but it's a pain in the ass. You need to have admin rights.
1) Open up the installer... note the "contents" folder sitting below the "CrusaderKings2.app" and "Applications" icons?
2) open the "Contents" folder and navigate to "game"
3) select all the contents of that folder and Command+C to Copy
4) Right click on the "CrusaderKings2.app" that you have installed in your "Applications" folder (or wherever you put it)
5) select "Show Package Contents" and navigate through the folder to "Contents/game"
6) Command+V paste contents into this directory - you will need to type in your admin password.
7) now run the game from "ck2.app"

I think the main problem is that they have compiled it to run as 10.7 only... if you look in the "Info.plist" file it has been set as the minimum.

By msb9372 posted 30th May 2012

Thanks, I already have the ck2.app and I can run the game but the problem is I have flickering shields, towns, map borders etc. I am hoping that once they fix the launcher it will also fix the flickering graphics.

By secretkillerofnames posted 30th May 2012

I believe that is a problem being reported by all Mac users. The launcher is unlikely to fix that.

By msb9372 posted 30th May 2012

It may be wishful thinking but I hope that they are able to fix this issue. It's not just the $40 dollars that I spent but now I am leery of buying any other MAC port from Paradox.

By secretkillerofnames posted 30th May 2012

Wine versions of the PC version are having the same issue.

By msb9372 posted 30th May 2012

I was using the wine version as well. It didn't have any flickering graphics but it kept crashing instead.

By secretkillerofnames posted 30th May 2012

OK. I haven't tried it but I was reading about flickering on WineHQ. SO when is this new launcher going to show up? Haven't had any response from GG yet.

By secretkillerofnames posted 31st May 2012

Well there is a patch tonight. It allows the program to launch but flickering graphics are very unappealing

By msb9372 posted 1st June 2012

Launcher working but graphics still flickering. Hopefully this will be fixed next.

By santoka posted 28th December 2012

Still the same, and it was the same with Rome for some time, though I think it got fixed with Vae Victis, maybe there's something there?