How do I play this on Mac?!?!

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I have all the system requirements.

I have seen an array of weird tips and troubleshooting things that seem reidiculous.

One is updating my JAVA, but I cant even do that :S any update I try do stops responding

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Im on Ventura 13.2.1

and a MacBook Pro 15-inch, with plenty of power!


I bought the game today, and in my frustration have already requested a refund. As this is annoying. But of course, if it will work, will want to play it...

I am running Java 8 301, and I am unable to update it, as the updater stops responding every time. I also have just validated all the files (again) to no avail.

I wish this was easy to play! haha. The icon just bounces and bounces in my dock...

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What are the exact Mac specifications? Since there are several Macbook Pro models.

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Processor: 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
Graphics: Radeon Pro 555X 4 GB
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
Memory: 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4

I also managed to update to the latest Java today! And the PZ app still does the same thing.. It just keeps bouncing in the dock

I also saved the game to an external Harddrive when downloading? I am not sure if this changes anything.

Any help is realllly appreciated! I have seen in the forums that plenty of people play on Mac so I am not sure what I am doing wrong

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I have also done pretty much everything on this guide:
{LINK REMOVED}https://www.getdroidtips.com/project-zomboid-not-working-on-mac/

and to no avail! I still cant even get to a PZ screen.. All I get is the application bouncing in dock

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Amazing! Thanks so much. This really helped.

It loaded the game, there was a request to "Allow Mic" which I had to open my other monitor to access whilst PZ loaded.
I got onto the menu screen, and tried to boot up a quick single player game.

After trying to start, (Selecting difficulty etc), it then came up with an error which quit the game and took me to desktop!

*In the MacOs folder I selected the "JavaAppLauncher" - there is another terminal file called "libsteam_api.dylib"

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Okay thanks so much!

I have the console.txt file, and have tried to use PasteBin but I am exceeding the amount of KB i can share... Its saying the max is about 500kb, and my console.txt file is 4.3mb... :S

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I actually cleared the console.txt file, but upon rebooting it still is about 3mb of stuff... Meaning I cant share it with PasteBin... darn

I dont know if anything in the "Logs" folder is of use to you?

Whenever I get onto PZ and try to load the game, instantly there is a red error in the bottom right of the screen. A notice comes up saying refer to logs. And upon quitting the console.txt file jumps from 700kb to 3.4mb..


I keep trying to get an optimal console.txt file so I can share it... On my last try there was a glimpse of a screen after the menu before it filled with error messages

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my play time for this game is now at 37 minutes... I havent been past the first menu.

Steam states that any game over 2hour playtime wont be refunded... I literally havent even played the game yet

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I am not sure if this will help at all, but here is the bottom bit of the console.txt file

{LINK REMOVED}https://pastebin.com/WViDPtVa

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Also all of my "buglogs" are over 1mb so I cant share with paste bin :(

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Wow thanks for all your help mate!

Over the weekend Steam refunded my purchase, so now I dont have the game to play.
Which is a shame...

Do you think that in the future (if I was to re-purchase PZ) or any other Mac game, that it may be best to not save the Application to a Harddrive?