Mac OSX demo wont launch! Help

Senaca · #1 October 29th, 2003, 02:20 AM

I've looked around and though I saw references to other people with this problem I couldn't find the solution posted. I've downloadedthe demo and ckicked on the app it starts to launch for about a second then just dies with no error message.

I have tried this on both 10.2.8 and the new 10.3 (Panther release. (I work at Apple)

Dual 1.25ghz powerPC G4 512mb memory
64MB graphic card ATI

HJ · #2 October 29th, 2003, 02:24 AM

I have the same problem, but with the PC Version. Does it crash immediately without even starting?
I don't know whether things are the same with Mac, but do you also have a text file in the instalation folder called stderr.txt that reads:

Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
?

I also added the -dd switch to my shortcut, and got the log.txt file in the folder which reads:

-------------------------
----- DOMINIONS ---------
-------------------------

dbglevel 2 pc_endian
datapath='.'
savepath='.'
temppath='C:\WINDOWS\TEMP/dom16882'

Incidentally, I also have ATI Radeon with 64 MB RAM (latest drivers, catalyst 3.8), although I'm using Win98SE. Maybe there is a link there?

[ October 29, 2003, 00:48: Message edited by: HJ ]

josh_f · #3 October 29th, 2003, 02:55 AM

Have you tried launching Dominions with the run in window mode switch? (could someone from IW post the switch). When I first tried to run the demo on my dual 500 g4, the video went all flakey. I discovered if I hit ctrl-tab to enter windowed mode it worked fine.

HJ · #4 October 29th, 2003, 02:58 AM

Well, I did, and it didn't work. The switch is --window, or --window --res 640 400. And for me it's not that the window goes flakey, the window terminates immediately after initializing. If I understood the starter of this thread correctly, he has the same problem while also using ATI.

[ October 29, 2003, 01:00: Message edited by: HJ ]

Stavetor · #5 October 29th, 2003, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Senaca:
I've looked around and though I saw references to other people with this problem I couldn't find the solution posted. I've downloadedthe demo and ckicked on the app it starts to launch for about a second then just dies with no error message.

I have tried this on both 10.2.8 and the new 10.3 (Panther release. (I work at Apple)

Dual 1.25ghz powerPC G4 512mb memory
64MB graphic card ATI

I've got this same problem, also on 10.2.8. I posted about this in the Linux Demo Problems thread, because I'd had trouble unpacking the .tar.gz like several Linux Users. Stuffit crashes about halfway through the unpacking process, but it does leave me with the dominions folder and the app. However, when I try to launch the app, it fires up for a few seconds and then quits, no message or anything. Very frustrating after sitting through a 4 hour download (I'm on a 56k modem).

st.patrik · #6 October 29th, 2003, 05:26 AM

I haven't had any problems on my iMac running 10.2.6, for whatever that's worth.