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Support => Mac OSX Specific Issues => Topic started by: Trymm on October 30, 2007, 12:45:07 pm
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It seems like we might have found a work-around which will solve the system crash on intel-based macs using the ATI X1600 graphics card. Use it at your own risk, of course. :)
I do not know how this relates to problems others have experienced, but feel free to try. Maybe it is a magic cure for all. ;)
As has been mentioned before, the crash problems on X1600 graphics cards is most likely caused by a driver bug. However, by disabeling some of the shader capabilities, it appears like we are able to avoid the offending code. More specifically:
1) Open the file psclient.cfg in a text editor.
2) Add the following two lines to the end of that file:
Video.OpenGL.Shader.Cg.Enable.Fragment=false
Video.OpenGL.Shader.Cg.Enable.Vertex=false
3) Save the file, and hope for the best.
Thanks to Iriss for patiently testing my various attempts before arriving at this one. :flowers:
I hope it works for others too. :sweatdrop:
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Didn't try long term...
But!
As it would work for about 30 seconds before this little change, running around the sewers and the city for five minutes and having no problem seems to say:
Fix! Yay! \\o//
You guys are my personal heroes for the next... oh... five minutes. :thumbup:
KR
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I have been to Oja and Eagle Bronze Doors, testing - It works wonders! No crashes at all!
\\o//
Well done Trymm and thank you for your hard work to get this solved :thumbup:
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Trymm - you are a genius :)
That lines also helped the graphics problem I had, after upgrading to Leopard on a 2x1,8 PowerMac. Thanks alot.
Colim
Correction: Chrashing when trying to enter Jayose's.
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I love you so much for proposing this. No crash, even after more than five minutes. And almost no lag. :thumbup: That was definitely worth the waiting :D
Thank for the hard work. And thanks to the team for 3.020.
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I was having problems with leopard...
nothing seemed to work so i just decided to try this for no reason (I don't even have ATI X1600!)
it worked!! nice job, it even makes un-intended fixes! :thumbup:
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Any text editor program I try to do this with won't let me save it when I'm done. Text Editor says just that it can not be saved. Microsoft Word tells me: This file is read-only. To save a copy give the document a new name in the save dialog box. Has this been noticed before? I am sorry if it has but I didn't want to check too much. I want to get to playing. I am having the same thing happen to me as the guy in the "The world according to me on Leopard." I am running Leopard. If anyone could tell me how to avoid this it would be helpful.
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Did you copy the game from the disk image to your computer? Are you an administrator?
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Hi, I just want to post some additional information. I have two machines I tried this on,
a 1st gen Macbook Pro (2.16Ghz core duo, 2gb ram, 256mb ATI Radeon X1600, Mac OS 10.5.1)
a Mac Pro (two 2Ghz Xeon 5130's, 6gb ram, 512mb ATI Radeon X1900XT, Mac OS 10.5.1)
I wasn't getting any crashes but the graphics were so garbled on both that I couldn't see or do anything. Here's a screenshot http://loveturtle.net/stuff/ps/ps-garbled.png (http://loveturtle.net/stuff/ps/ps-garbled.png)
After adding these two lines to psclient.cfg the graphical glitches were gone on both machines and everything appears to be fine (i only played for a few seconds). Here's a screenshot after the changes http://loveturtle.net/stuff/ps/ps-fine.png (http://loveturtle.net/stuff/ps/ps-fine.png)
So, Anyone experiencing horrible graphical glitches on Mac OS should try this out.
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I have to chime in too. My MacBook & iMac would completely lock up after the game started (would require a reboot to unlock). After this fix, the game seems to be working perfectly on both machines. Kudos, guys!
Specs of iMac & MacBook are the same: OS X 10.4.11. 2.16Ghz Intel core duo, 1 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1600 video card.
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Did you copy the game from the disk image to your computer? Are you an administrator?
I am having the same problem, I can not save the changes. I did copy the the disk image to my folder and I am the admin. But, I've only had my Mac since March so I am pretty new to Macs and may be missing something.
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Did you copy the game from the disk image to your computer? Are you an administrator?
I am having the same problem, I can not save the changes. I did copy the the disk image to my folder and I am the admin. But, I've only had my Mac since March so I am pretty new to Macs and may be missing something.
you copied it to what folder?
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Did you copy the game from the disk image to your computer? Are you an administrator?
I am having the same problem, I can not save the changes. I did copy the the disk image to my folder and I am the admin. But, I've only had my Mac since March so I am pretty new to Macs and may be missing something.
you copied it to what folder?
I had it under applications, do I need to move it to Mac HD or elsewhere?
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no that should work fine, what program are you using to do the editing?
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Just text edit, it is all I have I believe. My word trial was up months ago.
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if you moved the game off the dmg as you said and you are modifing the files that are on your hd, i see no reason that it does not work.
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Trymm
Thank you soooo much!
I was having such problems before now - you are a STAR! \\o//
Arka
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if you moved the game off the dmg as you said and you are modifing the files that are on your hd, i see no reason that it does not work.
:oops: :-[ I just moved the whole thing but your statement there clued me in and I actually copied it off to applications. I was able to edit the file and now I'll load the game to see if that solved my computer freeze problem. I apologize, I'm still learning the finer details of Mac use, though I should have picked that bit up months ago.
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I was able to walk around for a few minutes before the game froze but movement was a bit glichy. The computer didn't immediately and completely freeze up as before, I could still move my cursor. But I couldn't open anything, not even a right click and force quit for PS. I did eventually have to reboot.
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Hi, all, I'm new to Macs too, and can't save the changes. Caarie, what do you mean by move the game off the dmg? ???
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click the planeshift icon [first thing you see when you mount the dmg] and move it to Applications
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hmmm... I did that, it still won't let me save the changes. What am I missing?? :(
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where are you editing the files? and the WHOLE game is off the dmg now not just the psclient.app
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I'm using the text editor. And yes, I moved everything into Applications, but there's still an icon on my desktop.
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and where is the file you are trying to edit? unmout the dmg [from finder press the close button]
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Thanks a lot! I am no longer seeing furnace people.
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Eh.. It still dosen't work, I have a version 10.4.5 mac mini (a powermac I believe) and It opens the page for five seconds, and (showing nothing on that page) "closes unexpectedly"
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I have the same problem like all here and i have tried but it does´t work :'( I maybe missed something ???
a) I click on the dmg and moved the planeshift3D to aplications
b) I open the psclient.cfg file in text editor and copy
Video.OpenGL.Shader.Cg.Enable.Fragment=false
Video.OpenGL.Shader.Cg.Enable.Vertex=false
into the last two lines
c)it doesnt work
??? ???
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Did you save the file then launch psclient?
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Did you save the file then launch psclient?
yes, and it work now because i have save and have two psclient.cfg one wrong and rigth so i clear the wrong one and it work
thank very much for your helping :thumbup:
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Works fine, thanks :lol:
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// thx u so much! it works now!!!!!!!! :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: but it still logs me off
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Please help, I tried using text editor and adding those two lines of text, but now the freezing problem is no longer my prerogative, the game won't even launch!!! Please help!
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This fix appears to have solved the problem of graphics freezes/game lockups on my Mac Pro with a ATI Radeon X1900 XT card as well.
EDIT * I was wrong. They just occur at irregular intervals. Please disregard this post. :oops:
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well this helped me out a bundle thanks! :D
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Hi Guys. I hope that will help me too. My problem is:
The game crushed when try to go to arena and even when i try to load it again and again it says: "Can't load region" and crushes again.
I did open the file psclient.cfg and put that as you teach and save. Is that all that I have to do? because I still have the problem that I cant load the game an it crushes. Of course I can try to create new character, but not really want to start again. Please help ???
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I think some regions are still difficult with mac client. I would try to get a gm (best possibility is via irc on server irc.freenode.net and channel #planeshift or #planeshift-gmtalk) to work out which regions work for you.
As second possibility you can create another char and do "/who game" and look for a game master to then "/tell <name>" him. Third possibility would be to file a petition with that new char.
Preferrably irc though
Sen
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I think some regions are still difficult with mac client. I would try to get a gm (best possibility is via irc on server irc.freenode.net and channel #planeshift or #planeshift-gmtalk) to work out which regions work for you.
As second possibility you can create another char and do "/who game" and look for a game master to then "/tell <name>" him. Third possibility would be to file a petition with that new char.
Preferrably irc though
Sen
I had 10.3.5 psclient, now i downloaded new one, that solve some a lot of problems from before, but now it crushes when I try to go to Ojaveda. When before I couldn't go even to east Hydlaa ( map, region not found). When now it crushes when I try to cross Ojaveda border..But for macs in general it should be ok... :'(
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There is an inofficial workaround of some issues by using the maps from the original 0401 client (maps are in the world.zip in your installation; don't forget a backup before ;) ). I don't know if it would help here so it would be great if someone can sum up what is the status of the mac-map problems.
If you can't find a download for the 0401 client pm me and we will work something out.
Sen
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i entered the code but still for some reason i've got some serious grain on certain parts of the screen and when i try open boxes such as the quest list. it's a pain because i cant actually read the quest description :(
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i have the same problem
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i have the same problem
download http://planeshift.caarrie.org/Fix%20PS.zip and run the fix for texture compression
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wow! this fix really w...wait. No. It failed. Is there nothing that will let me play this once epic game. I played it ages ago, but had to stop, and when I come back to it, I can't play anymore!
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I am running a MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo, Radeon x1600, and the character creation screen is messed up, ie, the top third of the picture is offset, I can't really see the character that I am creating, and in the game, the menus that are across the top are stretched vertically. I tried the listed two-line workaround to no avail. Any suggestions?
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To fix the stretched out tool bar icons you can just click and hold in the corner of the tool bar and drag the edge of the toolbar so the icons are the shape/size you want and this should be maintained the next time you log in.
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Thanks, now that my noobness has been exposed ;) any recommendations on fixing the character creation/selection screen?