Wouldn't open on Macbook Pro(M2)

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don't know why it wouldn't work, i really want to play this game...when i click start game the icon reacts to it but it wouldn't open up and it didn't say why.

[Iskander Bey]

Interesting, it works just fine on my Macbook Air M2. I am sure this would solve the problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS1nDox1yRo

This program lets you easily play windows games on your mac. It works fine on my mac. Try Stardew Valley with it.

[Nakos]

https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-troubleshooting-guide/

Try this:

Stardew Valley is not launching on Mac

Run the Terminal application (if you’re not sure how, click the magnifying glass in the top right, type Terminal, and select the first result). In the window that appears, paste in the following line (CHANGE “USER” to your username) and press enter:

sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config

This should correct the ownership of a folder that Stardew Valley needs to write under.

You’ll probably be prompted for your password by the above command, and then it’ll output something like /Users/yournamehere/.config. Try running Stardew Valley again, and hopefully it’ll work this time.

Dunno if that'll work or not, I've never tried to run the game on an M2 machine (nor do I have one to check with). Regardless, it's a thing to try.

You might also want to verify your game files: Right-click on the game in your Steam library, Properties, Local Files, Verify.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by Iskander Bey:

I am sure this would solve the problem:

Huh... interesting. Back in the pre-Catalina days, I used to sometimes run Play-On-Mac which did the same thing (but was a bit clunkier than Whisky looks to be).

My desktop is an old Intel chip iMac, so ... as long at it runs, I can still just boot Windows 10 using Bootcamp. But my current MacBook is an M1 machine and I've been looking for a way to run (at least some) windows games on it. I'll have to give that a try.