game will not launch on mac

[Spcike]

this is mac big sur
just got this game, but have not got it to run once on normal or compatibility mode.
i click play and it says im playing it, but nothing ever pops up and then when i go into the force quit menu, it says the game is not responding even though there is zero visual cue it even opened.
i have turned off steam overlay, restarted my computer, revalidated steam files, uninstalled the game three times, and even tried to open it with terminal, and updated my java to the latest update. it still wont ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work. please help??

[Beard]

Can you share your game logs so we can check for any errors there?
Go to your Home / Zomboid folder
Open the console.txt
Copy everything from there to https://pastebin.com/
Click “Create a new paste”
Share the website link of the new paste here.

[Spcike]

sorry how do i find this folder?

[Beard]

It should be in your main Home folder in Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/folders-that-come-with-your-mac-mchlp1143/mac

[Spcike]

sorry ive looked there doesnt appear to be any file linked to zomboid other than the actual zomboid app in the games folder

[Astral Frog]

Originally posted by Spcike:

sorry ive looked there doesnt appear to be any file linked to zomboid other than the actual zomboid app in the games folder

Turning off Steam overlay worked for me.

[Kurobo]

Hmm quick check but did you right click it and open the package content? that gets you to the actual local files (if all you see is the icon then you probably didn`t do that. Sry if wording of links or files are slightly off, my OS is all in Japanese so working from memory >.>``

Going to list up from start (ignore steps you may have already done),

1. Go to the game in steam library, go to the manage option and open link to local files
2. (I think you got stuck here) Right click the Zomboid game icon and open the package option to access game files.
3. Use the search option and just put in `console.txt` to find the file the moderator requested (make sure it is only searching in the Zomboid folder).

Hopefully that helps with getting the info requested. For me it`s working fine but I got Monterey OS running. Good luck

[Spcike]

sorry for all this hassle - ive checked the steam zomboid folder and opened package contents, theres a lot of txt files but not a single one called console.txt.
only console related files in the zomboid app is radiodebugconsole.class and uidebugconsole.class and uidebugconsole$commandentry.class

[Kurobo]

Hmm when I went to the game folder via steam and did `info` on the game icon it came out as...
--> /Users/(name)/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ProjectZomboid
but when i tried the search bar for the file it appears for me in...
--> /Users/(name)/Zomboid
so it was actually in a different location (not in the library folder for steam games). I couldn`t find it without using the search bar but it was there. All I did was put in `console.txt` in the search bar so try that (assuming that you didn`t when you were looking through files manually). If you tried that already then I`m not sure what else you could try.

[Spcike]

/Users/(name)Zomboid sadly doesnt come up with anything :(

[Beard]

Can you try the Finder: go menu - home - zomboid

[Spcike]

doesnt exist sorry :(
no worries thanks for all the help i really appreciate it i think i just need a new computer probably ahahaha

[jeremykid]

This is the error I got

LOG : General , 1640149221147> GraphicsCard: Apple Apple M1

LOG : General , 1640149221150> OpenGL version: 2.1 Metal - 76.3

LOG : General , 1640149221155> Desktop resolution 1440x900

LOG : General , 1640149221156> Initial resolution 1650x1050 fullScreen=false

LOG : General , 1640149221157> OpenGL 1.5 buffer objects supported

LOG : General , 1640149221158> VSync: OFF

ERROR: General , 1640149221327> [LWJGL] GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR error

ERROR: General , 1640149221328> Description : Cocoa: Failed to find service port for display

ERROR: General , 1640149221329> Stacktrace :

ERROR: General , 1640149221329> ERROR: General , 1640149221330> org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwPollEvents(GLFW.java:3094)

ERROR: General , 1640149221330> ERROR: General , 1640149221332> org.lwjglx.opengl.Display.processMessages(Display.java:281)

ERROR: General , 1640149221332> ERROR: General , 1640149221333> zombie.core.opengl.RenderThread.lambda$lockStepRenderStep$1(RenderThread.java:342)

ERROR: General , 1640149221334> ERROR: General , 1640149221335> zombie.core.profiling.AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.invokeAndMeasure(AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.java:71)

ERROR: General , 1640149221335> ERROR: General , 1640149221336> zombie.core.opengl.RenderThread.lockStepRenderStep(RenderThread.java:342)

ERROR: General , 1640149221336> ERROR: General , 1640149221337> zombie.core.opengl.RenderThread.renderStep(RenderThread.java:317)

ERROR: General , 1640149221338> ERROR: General , 1640149221338> zombie.core.profiling.AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.invokeAndMeasure(AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.java:71)

ERROR: General , 1640149221339> ERROR: General , 1640149221340> zombie.core.opengl.RenderThread.renderLoop(RenderThread.java:179)

ERROR: General , 1640149221342> ERROR: General , 1640149221343> zombie.gameStates.MainScreenState.main(MainScreenState.java:230)

WARN : General , 1640149222514> TextManager.Init> font "Small" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222516> TextManager.Init> font "Medium" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222517> TextManager.Init> font "Large" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222518> TextManager.Init> font "Massive" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222521> TextManager.Init> font "MainMenu1" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222523> TextManager.Init> font "MainMenu2" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222524> TextManager.Init> font "Cred1" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222525> TextManager.Init> font "Cred2" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222527> TextManager.Init> font "NewSmall" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222528> TextManager.Init> font "NewMedium" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222529> TextManager.Init> font "NewLarge" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222532> TextManager.Init> font "Code" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222535> TextManager.Init> font "MediumNew" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222535> TextManager.Init> font "AutoNormSmall" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222536> TextManager.Init> font "AutoNormMedium" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222537> TextManager.Init> font "AutoNormLarge" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222537> TextManager.Init> font "Dialogue" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222538> TextManager.Init> font "Intro" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222540> TextManager.Init> font "Handwritten" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222541> TextManager.Init> font "DebugConsole" not found in fonts.txt

WARN : General , 1640149222542> TextManager.Init> font "Title" not found in fonts.txt

ERROR: General , 1640149222614> GameWindow.uncaughtException> Unhandled java.lang.RuntimeException thrown by thread MainThread.

ERROR: General , 1640149222618> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: media/fonts/zomboidNormal11.fnt (No such file or directory) at GameWindow.mainThreadInit line:561. Message: Unhandled java.lang.RuntimeException thrown by thread MainThread.

ERROR: General , 1640149222618> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: media/fonts/zomboidNormal11.fnt (No such file or directory)

at zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadInit(GameWindow.java:561)

at zombie.GameWindow.mainThread(GameWindow.java:470)

at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: media/fonts/zomboidNormal11.fnt (No such file or directory)

at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)

at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)

at zombie.core.fonts.AngelCodeFont.<init>(AngelCodeFont.java:182)

at zombie.ui.TextManager.Init(TextManager.java:385)

at zombie.GameWindow.initFonts(GameWindow.java:1180)

at zombie.GameWindow.init(GameWindow.java:1117)

at zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadInit(GameWindow.java:557)

... 2 more

LOG : General , 1640149222619> GameThread exited.



Saving session...

...copying shared history...

...saving history...truncating history files...

...completed.

[Spcike]

that guide doesnt work - the 'get info' window has no mention of opening the app in rosetta

[Spcike]

Originally posted by EnigmaGrey:

Originally posted by Spcike:

doesnt exist sorry :(
no worries thanks for all the help i really appreciate it i think i just need a new computer probably ahahaha

Hm, so it might not be getting far enough to create the user files.

Try going to the ProjectZomboid.app again.

Right click it and open it as a folder.

Go to contents then, iirc, java.

Run the script there.

Might work, or it’ll at least display the error.

also, i cannot see a folder in the app called iirc.
in contents there is a folder called java but there is a whole lot of stuff in there

[Lion.]

I have the same error. I play on M1 Mac Mini. :( I would like to play :(