OS X Client Crashes on Startup

[Oranus]

PlaneShift Version: 0.3.002
OS: 10.3.6, 512MB RAM
Computer: G4 800MHZ
Video Card: nvidia geforce4 MX 32MB
Character Name: None, as not able to open client

Details:
When double-clicking \'pssetup.app\' or \'psclient.app\' from the hardrive (with all files on disk image in same folder on HD) or from the disk image itself, both fail to load.

\'pssetup.app\' bounces on the dock and disappears. No \'Send Report to Apple\' dialogue box appears. For \'psclient.app\', the application appears to load successfully on the dock, and a window titled something like \'Planeshift Crystal Blue (vs)\' loads, and then the app crashes, icon disappears from dock, and a \'Sent Report to Apple\' dialogue box appears.

Note: It is hard to tell the name on the window that opens for \'psclient.app\', as it loads for only a very short moment.

[Oranus]

Log Report is as Follows:

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  0.99 r0 [MacOS/X-powerpc-GCC]
LOG_ANY flag deactivated.
LOG_WEATHER flag deactivated.
LOG_SPAWN flag deactivated.
LOG_CELPERSIST flag deactivated.
LOG_PAWS flag deactivated.
LOG_GROUP flag deactivated.
LOG_CHEAT flag deactivated.
LOG_LINMOVE flag deactivated.
LOG_SPELLS flag deactivated.
LOG_NEWCHAR flag deactivated.
LOG_SUPERCLIENT flag deactivated.
LOG_EXCHANGES flag deactivated.
LOG_ADMIN flag deactivated.
LOG_STARTUP flag deactivated.
LOG_CHARACTER flag deactivated.
LOG_CONNECTIONS flag deactivated.
LOG_CHAT flag deactivated.
LOG_NET flag deactivated.
LOG_LOAD flag deactivated.
LOG_NPC flag deactivated.
LOG_TRADE flag deactivated.
LOG_SOUND flag deactivated.
LOG_COMBAT flag deactivated.
LOG_SKILLXP flag deactivated.
dyld: /Users/gabe/Desktop/PS/psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient can\'t open library: /sw/lib/libvorbisfile.3.dylib  (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
Dec  4 19:39:36 Gabe-Steins-Computer crashdump: Started writing crash report to: /Users/gabe/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/psclient.crash.log
Dec  4 19:39:37 Gabe-Steins-Computer crashdump: Finished writing crash report to: /Users/gabe/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/psclient.crash.log

Note: I believe this is the double-clicking of \'pssetup.app\' (the first few lines) and then \'psclient.app\' (starting with \'planeshift.application.client:\')

-Gabe

[Talad]

Hi,
thanks for being the first to give us feedback on the Mac distro.

Right now the only app you should run is psclient, that was tested by Daniel (our Mac developer).

Checking the log you pasted, seems that the application cannot load :
/sw/lib/libvorbisfile.3.dylib
This is a library we use to play sounds. Maybe what we provided in the install is not enough to run it.

I suggest searching the net to install ogg vorbis support on your machine. We will provide more info to you as soon as Daniel is available.

Let\'s wait few hours, and see if other Mac testers have the same issue.

[Xeelee]

this works for me :

1. install fink distribution from http://fink.sourceforge.net/

2. run the included \"FinkCommander\"

3. select package \"libvorbis0-shlibs\" to install

after that the client works...

[Oranus]

Yes, so it would seem that Ogg Vorbis is needed. The problem is, I really dislike Fink. Is there any other Ogg Vorbis plugin or such that would work? I found one for iTunes/Quicktime, maybe that\'ll do the trick?

[Oranus]

Okay, so I installed Fink. It gave me an error with the pathsetup, even though the pathsetup.app says it\'s fine. So I manually edited .profile, and sure enough, it isn\'t there. So now it is, but FinkCommander still isn\'t working, even after I quit out and re-started the App.

Here\'s the error on FinkCommander:

dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it\'s part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libvorbis0-shlibs_1.0.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libvorbis0-shlibs_1.0.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Anyhow, that was a bust. Any way you can send me the libvorbis.3.dylib file?

Thanks,

Gabe

[Oranus]

Okay, the solution is to download the fink source and do a bootstrap compile, which takes a few hours.

Then using finkcommander, you can install libvorbis-shlib.

A warning to game designers, normal users will NOT want to/trust themselves to/be able to do this. There needs to be an install of the lib on installation of the game.

[Talad]

Can you provide the compiled lib, so we can post it here and other can just download it? Will that work on different systems?

[TheFuzz]

Indeed, I got the same bug:

dyld: /Applications/Planeshift/psclient.app/Contents/MacOS/psclient can\'t open library: /sw/lib/libvorbisfile.3.dylib  (No such file or directory, errno = 2)

I\'m proceeding to try the Fink route.

[Oranus]

Hrmm...is the compiled lib just one file? I know that it needs this file: libvorbisfile.3.dylib

But is that the entire library?

-Gabe

[Vaiyul]

First of all, greetings to all mac testers,

I had the same problem when I first launched the psclient.app from the freshly installed Planeshift3D folder.( can\'t find /sw/lib/libvorbisfile.3.dylib in the apple crash log)

So I read this forum and installed Fink 0.7.1 and ran FinkCommander, I entered vorbis in the text field  and clicked on libvorbis0-shlibs and then clicked on install binary package, the install went on fine. I later started the psclient.app witch loaded fine . (nice loading picture now on the login game screen)

Apple 17\"flatpannel iMac 800Mghz, GeForce 4 MX, 512 Mo ram, macos 10.3.6

[Sir Peter]

Planeshift version: PlaneShift_CBV0.3.002_macosx
OS: 10.3.6
Computer: 1.33Mhz iBook G4
Ram : 256 Mb
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9200, 32MoVRAM

I have to thank you all ! In particular Vaiyul...
Now with FINK it works.

Anyway how to get the \'pssetup.app\' to not crash immediatly ??

Do I need it to set up graphic things or not ?

Thanx and good testing

[(ryeenae)]

i\'ve tried to get fink to work, and i\'ve had exactly zero success, can we just download the missing file from somewhere?

[dfryer]

Sorry about this, I obviously missed moving this one inside the distribution.  

PSSetup will most likely not run, although you could try copying the contents of psclient.app/Contents/Resources to pssetup.app/Contents/Resources

I will provide the necessary file, tweaked so that it can be installed within the application bundle.

Apologies for the chaos!  I\'m only sporadically available...

Thanks,
Daniel

[evilweezul666]

Please anyone, what is fink? I have this very problem, but do not want to download anything to my computer that i am not familiar with. I would like to know exactly what it does, what it is, who distributes it, and if it is a safe download.
(thanks much)
cheers!

evilweezul666