Game Crashing on Startup; Mac

[Bugg Mac]

I just purchased the game and have been unable to get it running. Crash report outputs this message:

 Crashed Thread:        0  MainThrd  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Dyld Error Message:
  can't resolve symbol _MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice in /Users/Buggman/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle/Steam/Contents/MacOS/gameoverlayrenderer.dylib because dependent dylib #6 could not be loaded

Additional information:

Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 10 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, PCIe, 4096 MB

Edit, Nov 1 2018:

Originally posted by Bugg Mac:

Okay, everyone. I obsessed enough until I fixed my issue.

It seems it had nothing to do with For The King. It was Steam's fault from the very start. Once I was certain Steam was at fault, I popped into the settings and eventually noticed they had me opted in to the beta program.

Steam > Preferences > Account > Beta Participation > NONE – opt out of all beta programs.

Simple as that. Steam will restart and you should be able to run FTK without issue.

[CrystalicFlame]

Yeah, all the issues that we're having are too similar to be of any coincidence, I think its pretty stable to assume at this point that the latest steam update caused this, and needs to either be reverted by the devs, or they need to release a patch for it asap. I tried the Xquartz thing to no avail, as well as resets, hard resets, uninstallation and reinstallation of several things, deletion of things I recently downloaded, and nothing. The worst part is that I can only really use steam on the weekends to play games, and now that won't really be possible. I'm off to create a ticket and hope devs see it soon.

[skmidge]

I'm having the same problem with all of my games on my Mac. I'm having the same exception codes regardless of what game I opened.

I tried the suggestions above that I can (xquartz, opting out of betas, etc) and nothing seems to be working.

I am also running Mavericks if its of any meaning.

This sounds like it's probably just a steam issue altogether rather than with a particular game.

[Lord_Treepa]

Originally posted by skmidge:

I'm having the same problem with all of my games on my Mac. I'm having the same exception codes regardless of what game I opened.

I tried the suggestions above that I can (xquartz, opting out of betas, etc) and nothing seems to be working.

I am also running Mavericks if its of any meaning.

This sounds like it's probably just a steam issue altogether rather than with a particular game.

Yeah, at this stage I think the best thing to do is just make a steam support ticket. Then hopefully the message will get through to the steam developers and they'll fix it.

[tino]

same problem with

yld Error Message:
can't resolve symbol _MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice in /Users/kostya/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle/Steam/Contents/MacOS/gameoverlayrenderer.dylib because dependent dylib #6 could not be loaded

[Ste]

I'm also running Mavericks and have the same issue when opening Stellaris, so it's obviously only an issue that's affecting those of us using the older OS version, I guess we could update but I'd rather not if there is an option.

[useramps]

All right, this problem is due to the fact that Steam has stopped supporting Mac OS version lower than 10.11 (El Capitan) by using the Metal framework only available to 10.11 and up without providing any fail safe solution for older system version. I opened a ticket and the response was:

"You've actually guessed it right, though I'll wager it's not the answer you were hoping for.

As you are well aware of, OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and older is no longer supported by Steam. Steam on Mac requires at least OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan") or higher.

Your Steam account, as well as any associated games and purchases will continue to be accessible through all supported platforms. If you continue to use OS X 10.10 or older the client may remain functional and accessible for a time, however should you experience any technical issues we will be unable to provide support while using this OS."

If you don't plan to update your OS now for some reason, as I do, we are probably out of luck.

They don't give a damn about anyone not fitting in their plans. Steam will most likely not even care to provide a simple way to run your legitimate purchased games in a "legacy" offline mode. How hard would it be for them? Let me guess: too much trouble to please a small bunch of whining retrograde mac users, not worth it from their perspective I suppose.

[Ste]

Originally posted by useramps:

All right, this problem is due to the fact that Steam has stopped supporting Mac OS version lower than 10.11 (El Capitan) by using the Metal framework only available to 10.11 and up without providing any fail safe solution for older system version. I opened a ticket and the response was:

"You've actually guessed it right, though I'll wager it's not the answer you were hoping for.

As you are well aware of, OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and older is no longer supported by Steam. Steam on Mac requires at least OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan") or higher.

Your Steam account, as well as any associated games and purchases will continue to be accessible through all supported platforms. If you continue to use OS X 10.10 or older the client may remain functional and accessible for a time, however should you experience any technical issues we will be unable to provide support while using this OS."

If you don't plan to update your OS now for some reason, as I do, we are probably out of luck.

They don't give a damn about anyone not fitting in their plans. Steam will most likely not even care to provide a simple way to run your legitimate purchased games in a "legacy" offline mode. How hard would it be for them? Let me guess: too much trouble to please a small bunch of whining retrograde mac users, not worth it from their perspective I suppose.

Ah well, thanks for your post, I also tried the XQuartz update that was mentioned earlier but that didn't work either.

I guess the only option is to update...

[useramps]

Surprisingly, I'm glad to report that this issue HAS BEEN ADDRESSED and actually FIXED by Steam.

However, you need to manually go in the Steam preferences, under the Account tab, you have to opt-in for the Steam BETA update.

Steam client will restart and auto update. And VOILA, all my games are back. Thank you Steam for your consideration, although I'm not sure how long it will be until this breaks again. it would be nice if Steam would let us know in advance before forcing an update that breaks everything so I could switch to offline mode and take an indefinite dive in a pre-Y2K era simulation at least until I resort to either get a new machine or update to more modern OS.

[CrystalicFlame]

Originally posted by useramps:

Surprisingly, I'm glad to report that this issue HAS BEEN ADDRESSED and actually FIXED by Steam.

However, you need to manually go in the Steam preferences, under the Account tab, you have to opt-in for the Steam BETA update.

Steam client will restart and auto update. And VOILA, all my games are back. Thank you Steam for your consideration, although I'm not sure how long it will be until this breaks again. it would be nice if Steam would let us know in advance before forcing an update that breaks everything so I could switch to offline mode and take an indefinite dive in a pre-Y2K era simulation at least until I resort to either get a new machine or update to more modern OS.

Yes!!!!! Thank you steam for caring about the people who refuse to update their computers due to the fact that the newer versions of OS X don't support a lot of things we love! I wonder how many support tickets they got in total XD.

[unc]

Same thing is happening to me, but with Town Of Salem. I have 10.10.5 Yosemite as well.

[favouritevampire]

I have the same problem too. It makes me sad((
I am running under Mac OS 10.9.5 (Mavericks ) on MacBook Pro 2013.

[千キングス ☼]

Originally posted by useramps:

Surprisingly, I'm glad to report that this issue HAS BEEN ADDRESSED and actually FIXED by Steam.

However, you need to manually go in the Steam preferences, under the Account tab, you have to opt-in for the Steam BETA update.

Steam client will restart and auto update. And VOILA, all my games are back. Thank you Steam for your consideration, although I'm not sure how long it will be until this breaks again. it would be nice if Steam would let us know in advance before forcing an update that breaks everything so I could switch to offline mode and take an indefinite dive in a pre-Y2K era simulation at least until I resort to either get a new machine or update to more modern OS.

This fix did not work for me, still dealing with Steam customer support to find another solution...will keep this thread updated.

[千キングス ☼]

After I changed my "Beta Participation" options to opt-into the Steam BETA update(again) as steam support suggested this morning, nothing worked. I then went into the "Steam" drop-down menu at the top left of the screen, then to the sub-heading "Downloads" on the left-hand side of the "Steam Preferences" pop up screen, and clicked the option "Clear Download Cache"...after it re-booted/made me re-sign in everything worked properly.

Hopefully this works for everyone else too!

[Lord_Treepa]

Got the same reply from Steam support as others that OS X 10.10 and earlier is no longer supported. Just testing Beta Participation now and seeing if it works.

EDIT: Problem seems to be all gone, I can open games!