Civilization 5 update for Mac - doesn't work anymore

[Donald Trump]

When I started Steam today, it automatically updated Civilization 5. Now Civilization 5 doesn't start anymore. It complains that I should have now Mac OSX 10.8.5 or more. Before 10.7.5 has worked. 10.7.5. should still work? What was that update? How could I remove this new civilization 5 update?

[jurrerere]

引用自 Nerf Kotl Pls：

Good evening everyone! I am by no means an expert on the topic, but I seem to have found a solution to my issue running Civ. I posted some screenshots to imgur detailing how I changed the Minimum System Version for my game files, and hopefully it can work for you as well!

it simply does not work, it still gives the 'version problem'...

[The Passenger]

This is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ disgrace! It's a way of doing business that i would normally only associate with con-men and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!! I only bought the game three months ago, and nowhere was it written that i would be left with an uplayable game three months later. Shame on you, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wankers!!

[Saul Tigh]

So Aspyr/2kgames is just going to sweep this problem under the rug?? There are a lot of Mac users that have this problem and cannot upgrade their os because there are other important software on their computer that they do not want to risk to stop working after the upgrade.

While i do not have a mac, this ridiculous move by Aspyr has efficiently stopped me from playing with my friend online.

I will not by buying or playing ANYTHING from aspyr/2kgames until this problem is fixed.

[RothX]

None of these suggestions work. The imgur thing doesn't even affect it at all. I don't even understand why Aspyr did this. I'm pretty sure that the update did not refactor the game or add significant content, so I would imagine that there is just a flag somewhere preventing this from working of OSX 10.6 or 10.7. That is the worst part. They say that it is common to drop support for old operating systems, but they aren't even really that old! My computer is 3 years old and it came with lion on it. My computer isn't even as old as Civ V. And it's one thing to make a new game that no longer supports "old" OSes. But to update an existing game to not work for an old OS is quite another! I only got this game about a month and a half ago, and now I can no longer play it. It was starting to become one of my favorite games too. They say that upgrading to 10.8 is free, but as far as I can tell, it costs $20. So they want me to pay another $20 to continue playing a game that I payed the shown price for, and I haven't even had that long? I feel like it must be illegal or something to not give a warning that this would happen when I bought the game. "Yeah, sorry we forgot to mention, the first payment is only for the trial rune of one and a half months." Even if there is a way to get 10.8 for free, it would be ridiculous for me to change my whole computer because of one game that no longer works. I'm happy with my computer the way it is, and the update might cause other applications to stop working as well! Horrible move Aspyr, horrible move. A game should not cease to work at a certain time! I am also a bit annoyed with Steam as well, as it really hard to avoid updating a game. I mean, you turn off auto-updating, and put it onto update on start mode, and then I have to turn the internet off every time I start the game. This is especially annoying, as I like to play multiplayer with my friends, so I need to escape from Civ and turn the internet back on, and I have to restart my Skype call. It's just a hassle I shouldn't have to do every time I play the game. And of course, forget to do it once, and then you're screwed forever. Actually, the game didn't even update because I forgot to turn off the internet when starting it, but because for some reason, Steam reverted it back to auto-update. This is flat out ridiculous. I demand that Aspyr fix this game.

[Seven]

I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bought this game today to play with my friends and it doesn't work, I'm about to sue

[soundcloud.com/kingbirdd]

引用自 jurrevdmije：

This is not okay. I just paid for Civ5 and now they kick me out, 'thanks for the money, now you can't play the game anymore'. I don't think this is neccesary and would very much like for Steam to reverse these actions. Keep Civ5 supported! This is very bad customer service :(

I will pray to gaben and voice my concerns

[Seven]

I got the free Yosemite 10.10.3 update and it works, problem fixed? , <3

[SamBC]

This is pretty sucky. I mean, not supporting 10.7 and earlier on newly-ported games is one thing, removing the support from games "in the wild" doesn't sound usual to me.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

it reminds me of The Witcher 1&2 for Mac.
They never ever bothered fixing it.
But took the money...

[SamBC]

I'd've at least set up the last version as a 'beta' on Steam, and noted that using it is unsupported.

[pocat]

This also happened to me today... I was playing Civ V a couple of days ago, and was planning on finishing that today...but steam updated and suddenly I require Mac OS X 10.8.5, when I have been running it on 10.6.8 for more than a year... I think steam should give my money back, because this is just wrong! I'm really pissed OFF!!!

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Why doesn't Steam simply republish the OS X 10.6 Mac version of Civ V somewhere, to be redowloaded at will?

[SamBC]

引用自 jml：

Why doesn't Steam simply republish the OS X 10.6 Mac version of Civ V somewhere, to be redowloaded at will?

Steam don't have that ability. That's down to Aspyr.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Someone could.
Someone should.
But Steam is partly responsible.
I have been suggesting Steam to offer a "can my computer run that game or not" feature, before bying anything foolish.
And that feature could, should be extanded to updates...
A warning would have been welcome, and a safety system able to disable the auto-update in that sort of risky circumstances would have been a great idea.
We all learn from mistakes.
That's how I learned almost everything I know today myself...

[of Anwyl]

To be fair there was a warning directly from the launcher but U doubt many people saw that, It is however definitely the fault of both Aspyr and Firaxis for forcing an update that had no patch notes, essentially changing nothing, except to increase the minimum mac specs.