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[meepster3000]

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[Jeslijar]

Same issue here. Mavericks with the same crash report as Meepster on a mid 2010 mbp 15

[Lis]

I have the same issue on Mac "Mavericks".
Demo works fine but Alpha is Death...

[slpwnd]

This seems to be the problem with not enough video memory. Your graphical card has 256MB which is not enough. Normally the game wouldn't crash but there is some error in handling the error on osx / linux. Very soon we will either lower the game requirements or make it use the memore more efficiently. In the meantime you can use the low graphics mode (set low-graphics = true in the config.ini in the ~/Library/Application\ Support/factorio/config/config.ini).

[Jeslijar]

This seems to be the problem with not enough video memory. Your graphical card has 256MB which is not enough. Normally the game wouldn't crash but there is some error in handling the error on osx / linux. Very soon we will either lower the game requirements or make it use the memore more efficiently. In the meantime you can use the low graphics mode (set low-graphics = true in the config.ini in the ~/Library/Application\ Support/factorio/config/config.ini).

So I found a workaround to this on my own now that I have an idea what the problem is. Simply download the demo and enable the following: options -> graphics -> low graphics settings (requires restart)

then launch the normal program and it works properly.


Details for my troubleshooting:

From a fresh download and launch I don't have any files under ~/Library/Application Support/factorio/config/
I created a config.ini and tried just adding the one line:

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low-graphics=true

No luck.



So then I downloaded the oldest available alpha to DL (0.6.4) and it created a default_config.ini with the following in it:

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[general]
locale=en
[path]
read-data=__PATH__system-read-data__
write-data=__PATH__system-write-data__
[debug]
show_fps=basic
show_tile_grid=full
show_paths=full
show_rail_paths=full
show_path_cache=full
show_rolling_stock_count=full
show_next_waypoint_bb=full
show_leader_info=full
show_last_path_detail=full
detailed_info=basic
show_collision_rectangles=detailed
show_selection_rectangles=detailed
show_rail_connections=detailed
show_rail_segments=detailed
show_rail_joints=detailed
show_network_connected_entities=detailed
show_time_used_percent=basic
show_energy_sources_networks=detailed
show_circuit_network_numbers=detailed
show_blocked_by=detailed
[controls]
move-up=W
move-right=D
move-left=A
move-down=S
open-character-gui=E
open-technology-gui=T
close-gui=E
mine=Left Mouse Button
build=Right Mouse Button
open-gui=Right Mouse Button
show-info=ALT
next-weapon=Q
pick-item=Left Mouse Button
stack-transfer=SHIFT + Left Mouse Button
inventory-transfer=CONTROL + Left Mouse Button
fast-entity-transfer=CONTROL + Left Mouse Button
set-filter=Middle Mouse Button
quickbar-1=1
quickbar-2=2
quickbar-3=3
quickbar-4=4
quickbar-5=5
cursor-split=Right Mouse Button
stack-split=SHIFT + Right Mouse Button
inventory-split=CONTROL + Right Mouse Button
fast-entity-split=CONTROL + Right Mouse Button
clear-filter=CONTROL + Middle Mouse Button
quickbar-6=SHIFT + 1
quickbar-7=SHIFT + 2
quickbar-8=SHIFT + 3
quickbar-9=SHIFT + 4
quickbar-10=SHIFT + 5
clean-cursor=Q
drop-cursor=Z
rotate=R
pick-items=F
shoot-enemy=SPACE
shoot-selected=C
toggle-driving=ENTER
zoom-in=Mouse wheel up
zoom-out=Mouse wheel down
toggle-menu=ESCAPE
confirm-message=TAB
connect-train=G
disconnect-train=V
pause-game=SHIFT + SPACE
craft=Left Mouse Button
craft-5=Right Mouse Button
craft-all=SHIFT + Left Mouse Button
cancel-craft=Left Mouse Button
cancel-craft-5=Right Mouse Button
cancel-craft-all=SHIFT + Left Mouse Button
editor-increase-resource=F
editor-decrease-resource=V
editor-next-force=F
editor-remove-entity=X
editor-toggle-tile-transitions=F6
editor-edit-entity-details=T
editor-show-all-difficulties=F8
editor-show-easy-difficulty=F9
editor-show-normal-difficulty=F10
editor-show-hard-difficulty=F11
[sound]
effects_volume=1
walking_volume=0.3
ambient_volume=1

which is useless even when renamed to config.ini or manipulated in any way for me.

Finally, I downloaded the demo, changed the setting in the options there... then launched the full alpha program. Loads main screen fine now.

[meepster3000]

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[bird2750]

I have the same issue on Mac "Mavericks".
Demo works fine but Alpha is Death...

Exactly the same thing here.

So I found a workaround to this on my own now that I have an idea what the problem is. Simply download the demo and enable the following: options -> graphics -> low graphics settings (requires restart)

then launch the normal program and it works properly.

Oh yay, that worked.