Game no longer launches on Mac - OS Error 4294956486

[woolfie]

I've cleared the Steam download cache, and verified the game files and still the game refuses to launch.

I just get a dialog box from Steam that says "Steam - Error. Failed to start process for EmergeNYC: OS Error 4294956486" and another from MacOS which says "The application "EmergeNYC_Mac" can't be opened."

Any ideas?

[Factorio]

verify intergrity of game files

[woolfie]

Originally posted by Factorio:

verify intergrity of game files

As I mentioned in the original post, I already verified the game files. Still no dice.

[Factorio]

Originally posted by woolfie:

Originally posted by Factorio:

verify intergrity of game files

As I mentioned in the original post, I already verified the game files. Still no dice.

Oh sorry. Unistall and re-install

[woolfie]

Tried it on a different mac and it worked there OK. I will uninstall and reinstall on the mac with the problem as you suggest. Thanks.

[shawnkaplan]

curious if you guys figured this out? I have the same error with all games and cant run anything on my mac.

[Factorio]

Originally posted by shawnkaplan:

curious if you guys figured this out? I have the same error with all games and cant run anything on my mac.

all of them? something is wrong with your mac then.

[FlipSwitchGames]

Try now, we have updated the game. Be sure to reinstall the game completely if youre having issues with launching

[OldGrumpyDad]

I've solved this on my Mac for a totally different game, but exactly the same error and behaviour. Here's what I did.

On MY Mac, my steam games are stored in this location:

/Volumes/Geode/Shared/Steam/

On a more conventional setup, your games are probably stored in:

/Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Steam

The game that was giving me trouble was “Adventure Pals”. If I clicked on it in Steam, I got the OS Error. If I follow these steps, the game runs.

1. Start a Terminal (Go to Applications, Utilities, and double-click Terminal). This gets you a command line where you can type commands.
   
2. In the terminal, type:

   cd Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common

3. Type

   ls

   and press Enter. This will list what games you have. In my case I could see a folder called

   The Adventure Pals

   .
4. I needed to find the program to run. In my case that means typing 2 commands:

   cd "The Adventure Pals/Adventure Pals.app/Contents/MacOS"

   and then

   ./"Adventure Pals”

   . (See below for what this does.) When I did this, the game ran.

To make it easier, I created a shortcut on my desktop so that I wouldn’t have to do this every time. This command creates an (ugly looking, but effective) shortcut that launches the game when I click it.

ln -s "/Volumes/Geode/Shared/Steam/steamapps/common/The Adventure Pals/Adventure Pals.app/Contents/MacOS/Adventure Pals" ~/Desktop/

I don’t know what’s causing Steam to fail to launch the app from within the Steam desktop. But this totally works fine. If you want to do this for another game, you need to follow the steps, but change words like “The Adventure Pals" with EmergeNYC_Mac or whatever your game is called. There’s no magic fix or generic way to do this. This is just a clunky workaround. Hope this helps someone.

[Isharu Matsu]

Dont use a mac :P

[chloflo]

Originally posted by OldGrumpyDad:

I've solved this on my Mac for a totally different game, but exactly the same error and behaviour. Here's what I did.

On MY Mac, my steam games are stored in this location:

/Volumes/Geode/Shared/Steam/

On a more conventional setup, your games are probably stored in:

/Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Steam

The game that was giving me trouble was “Adventure Pals”. If I clicked on it in Steam, I got the OS Error. If I follow these steps, the game runs.

1. Start a Terminal (Go to Applications, Utilities, and double-click Terminal). This gets you a command line where you can type commands.
   
2. In the terminal, type:

   cd Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common

3. Type

   ls

   and press Enter. This will list what games you have. In my case I could see a folder called

   The Adventure Pals

   .
4. I needed to find the program to run. In my case that means typing 2 commands:

   cd "The Adventure Pals/Adventure Pals.app/Contents/MacOS"

   and then

   ./"Adventure Pals”

   . (See below for what this does.) When I did this, the game ran.

To make it easier, I created a shortcut on my desktop so that I wouldn’t have to do this every time. This command creates an (ugly looking, but effective) shortcut that launches the game when I click it.

ln -s "/Volumes/Geode/Shared/Steam/steamapps/common/The Adventure Pals/Adventure Pals.app/Contents/MacOS/Adventure Pals" ~/Desktop/

I don’t know what’s causing Steam to fail to launch the app from within the Steam desktop. But this totally works fine. If you want to do this for another game, you need to follow the steps, but change words like “The Adventure Pals" with EmergeNYC_Mac or whatever your game is called. There’s no magic fix or generic way to do this. This is just a clunky workaround. Hope this helps someone.

I kinda stuck at step 4.. what should I do?

[IDontHveAName]

Originally posted by OldGrumpyDad:

I've solved this on my Mac for a totally different game, but exactly the same error and behaviour. Here's what I did.

On MY Mac, my steam games are stored in this location:

/Volumes/Geode/Shared/Steam/

On a more conventional setup, your games are probably stored in:

/Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Steam

The game that was giving me trouble was “Adventure Pals”. If I clicked on it in Steam, I got the OS Error. If I follow these steps, the game runs.

1. Start a Terminal (Go to Applications, Utilities, and double-click Terminal). This gets you a command line where you can type commands.
   
2. In the terminal, type:

   cd Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common

3. Type

   ls

   and press Enter. This will list what games you have. In my case I could see a folder called

   The Adventure Pals

   .
4. I needed to find the program to run. In my case that means typing 2 commands:

   cd "The Adventure Pals/Adventure Pals.app/Contents/MacOS"

   and then

   ./"Adventure Pals”

   . (See below for what this does.) When I did this, the game ran.

To make it easier, I created a shortcut on my desktop so that I wouldn’t have to do this every time. This command creates an (ugly looking, but effective) shortcut that launches the game when I click it.

ln -s "/Volumes/Geode/Shared/Steam/steamapps/common/The Adventure Pals/Adventure Pals.app/Contents/MacOS/Adventure Pals" ~/Desktop/

I don’t know what’s causing Steam to fail to launch the app from within the Steam desktop. But this totally works fine. If you want to do this for another game, you need to follow the steps, but change words like “The Adventure Pals" with EmergeNYC_Mac or whatever your game is called. There’s no magic fix or generic way to do this. This is just a clunky workaround. Hope this helps someone.

When I do this it says Abort trap: 6

[! sabo5]

What error Abort trap : 6 ???

[abmeccod19]

I tried this but when I typed the first command into the terminal it just said "No such file or directory".
I know I don't have my files saved anywhere else but my library/Macintosh

[damiansummersall]

Originally posted by abmeccod19:

I tried this but when I typed the first command into the terminal it just said "No such file or directory".
I know I don't have my files saved anywhere else but my library/Macintosh

Did you find a fix? I'm having the same issue.

[nyeh]

Im having the same issue with Barony. Also tried verifying game files, clearing cache, even reinstalled steam and the game itself but nothing works. I hope someone finds a fix.