64 Bit Civ on macOS for Steam

[nebbigredmachine]

Posting this here, but question about two versions of Civ on Mac through Steam. Civ 4 and Civ 5. Will they both be updated to 64 bit? I noticed the App Store version was updated to 64 for Civ 5. Haven't checked on Civ 4 yet. I have a lot of $$ invested via Steam for the game, and would hate to have to buy it again.

[donald23]

The chance of someone from the community knowing this is pretty low, nearing zero.

Your best bet is to put in a support ticket with the publisher/developer: Aspyr.

[extegral]

i tried through support and got no response. anyone else here from blair or anyone at Aspyr? their website suggests "no" for Civ iv, but is silent on Civ V

[*******s]

I asked Aspyr support about this a few months ago

https://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/0/3570700856113393777/

Still nothing.

I opened another request with Aspyr. Will update when I hear back.

[nebbigredmachine]

I saw this on MacRumors a couple weeks ago. My inference is if it stopped being sold, it won't be updated. https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000214186

[*******s]

I just got the following from Aspyr:

>The Steam version of Civilization V will be receiving a 64-bit update. However, at this time we >do not have an ETA for when the update will be available.

So Civ5 will live on, but according to the link posted by nebbigredmachine, Civ4 is toast on Catalina.

[Blublub]

Awesome - that should also solve the problems with out-of-memory errors for a lot of mods.

[Litchi]

that said i think i'll myself skip the 10.15 because a lot of others games will not work or will take time to adapt 64 bit. Maybe even the 10.16, it's not a big deal to skip 2 versions.

[henning.micah]

Originally posted by l-alchimiste:

that said i think i'll myself skip the 10.15 because a lot of others games will not work or will take time to adapt 64 bit. Maybe even the 10.16, it's not a big deal to skip 2 versions.

They removed 32-bit emulation and aren't likely to ever add it back. So there's really not much use in waiting. However, you could virtualize a 32-bit OS with VirtualBox. That's what I'm doing for older games.

[ScotusBr]

I've found this on Aspyr website: https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000214186-MacOS-Catalina-64-bit-32-bit-and-related-Questions

[larry43]

henning.micah can you tell me more about running a 32bit emulation with Virtual Box. I have tried to make a VM using Fusion 11.5, but Civ V shuts down with no error message.
[e-mail]

[GLUK]

I face the same problem of Civ V after upgrading my MacOS to Catalina. It shows me "unknown error".

[steve.reichbach]

wow!! Thanks to Aspyr <3 <3 <3

[mpschmidty]

If it is available on apples app store in 64 bit but not in steam, isn't that a steam issue?

[donald23]

Originally posted by mpschmidty:

If it is available on apples app store in 64 bit but not in steam, isn't that a steam issue?

No, Aspyr hasn't published it yet in 64-bit on Steam. They have announced they will though. No official ETA yet.

[nebbigredmachine]

I’d guess about a month to get the binary updated. There was a similar issue back in the day when Apple moved to Intel from PPC, then again when they dropped the PPC emulating support. Change is inevitable.