Os Error 4294956469 on Mac - please help!

[peterstapor]

Hello! When I tried to launch game today I was presented with a strange error message saying that it was impossible to start a process for Order Of Battle due to Os Error 4294956469. Also a second notification appeared: <<You can’t open the application "Order of Battle - WW2"; ” because it may be damaged or incomplete.>> The icon of the application in finder seems to have a crossed out circle watermark superimposed on it. I tried reinstalling the game, but that did not help. Perhaps updating my Os X to 10.13.5 caused that. How I can continue playing OOB? Please help! Thank you in advance!

[Shards]

Mac and Steam can be a bit of a mystery...

My initital recommendation would be to uninstall the game completely, and then fully close and restart steam (maybe restart your mac too?). Then reinstall the game after reboot?

We've found that the Steam client can get confused about what file it should be running sometimes...

[wrovee]

Followed Shards advice and nothing happened. Unistalled, closed Steam, shut down computer, then restarted computer, then Steam, then reinstall. Still getting the same message.

[peterstapor]

Thank you for answer, but unfortunatelly it did not help... :(

[Shards]

Hi,

This is the only other reference I can find on this:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/2/1473095331494510416/

I don't know much about Mac anti-virus options, but perhaps that's the issue?

[peterstapor]

Thank you for answers, but I finally solved the problem. The error was in configuration file Info.plist inside OOB application package.

<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>Order of Battle - WW2</string>

I changed it to match Mac OS X executable:

<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>Order of Battle - WWII</string>

...and the game works again!

[Shards]

Steam and Mac are capricious beasts... In 6.1.8, when we did change that value, the game wouldn't start for a lot of people on Mac with a different error!

[rikpapa70]

Hi there, I have the same problem with the same error Os Error 4294956469.
I am rumina it on steam with Mac OS X. After the update to to High Sierra 10.13.5 done the 13th of June, the game won't start anymore.
I tried to uninstall and install again both Steam and OOB but didn't work.
The buildID is 2852367.
As peterstapor suggest i looked for the info.plist file inside OOB package but i did't find it...
Please help!

[rikpapa70]

Never mind, I found the info.plist file, the solution of peterstrapor worked also for me.
Thanks man!

[ctskelly]

I found the plist and made the fix. (For novices, you have to control click on the game app icon and choose "Show Contents") Unfortunately, this fix did not work. (The II in WWII is two cap Is, right?)

The game app runs if I click it inthe Applications folder, but I cannot run it from Steam, which means I no longer have access to the DLCs. Not sure what to do. I love this game.

[ctskelly]

I deleted the game app and did a reinstall but I do not know where it is on my mac. A 92KB steam icon "Order of Battle World War II" is in my Applications, but it seems like an alias for another app. The info.plist. does not have the same line listed above. Does anyone know where the game app is?

[VPaulus]

Library\Application Support\ Steam\SteamApps\common\Order of Battle Pacific\Contents\Info.pslit

[ctskelly]

YES! It worked. Thnak you so much VPaulus & Peterstapor. For Mac novices, Library in the address above does not mean the Steam Library, but rather the Mac Library. It is a hidden folder, so to get to it, you have to click on teh Finder "Go" menu with the option key down. Then just click your way through the folders above to the Info.plist file. You might need to download a text editor, like the free TextWrangler to edit the WW2 into WWII.

Also, if you edit the WW2 into WWIII, you cruise missiles and B52s. The DLC is North Korea. (just kidding)

[Timoschenko]

Worked. Thanks ctskelly for very good explaining and all others for support!

[VPaulus]

Please also note that the plist is inside the APP (an App is really just a folder), and you have to right click and select Show Package Contents.

[Hazard]

Cheers guys, I can confirm WW2 -> WWII fix works.