Problem with Mac client

[am0nkey 0]

Hey there! so i downloaded several mac clients already (including the one from the thread here from Ellipsea) and always encountered the same problem. I pulled the .zip into my applications folder unziped it, then edited the realmlist. wtf file if needed, and then started the .app file. After allowing the App to open in my settings and retried to open the .app file it ALWAYS quits unexpectedly. I hoped to not have to use wine. Does anyone have the same problem or a solution for this? thanks a lot!

 

This is the first party of the error report:

 

Process:               World of Warcraft [15379]

Path:                  /Volumes/VOLUME/*/WoW Classic.app/Contents/MacOS/World of Warcraft

Identifier:            com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft

Version:               1.12.1 (1.12.1)

Code Type:             X86 (Native)

Parent Process:        ??? [1]

Responsible:           World of Warcraft [15379]

User ID:               501

 

Date/Time:             2016-11-26 20:18:55.250 +0100

OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.12.1 (16B2555)

Report Version:        12

Anonymous UUID:        53359102-15F3-7A75-856D-CE32A365EE0A

 

Sleep/Wake UUID:       A7D0AB5D-F172-4C7D-ADB0-7F3DF121C9E7

 

Time Awake Since Boot: 150000 seconds

Time Since Wake:       33000 seconds

 

System Integrity Protection: enabled

 

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

 

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000024

Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

 

VM Regions Near 0x24:

--> 

    __TEXT                 0000000000001000-0000000000693000 [ 6728K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /var/folders/*/WoW Classic.app/Contents/MacOS/World of Warcraft

 

[Ellipsea 36]

A fellow named Tommytom reported the same issue.  Is that you?  I'm convinced at this point that its a conflict between the newer operating system and old WoW.  I think it might be possible that it would work sometimes and sometimes not.  Do you have an older mac laying around?  Something below 10.10 system?  The only clue I found after scrounging around was this:

 

 

IsoscelesMan (NA)

 - 10 months ago

Sorry if I leave this comment twice. Though I hit post, but I don't see it here...

So, I managed to fix this. Sort of. The problem is a permissions issue. I haven't figured out the root of it yet and how to fix it, though I have a few things I want to try, but the crux of it is that you can get the client to run without issue if you run it as root. 

Open your terminal and type: 

sudo /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app/Contents/MacOS/RiotMacContainer 

it should run from that point forward without issue.

Note that when you close League, it will not close cleanly (it never has), and you have to ctrl-c in the terminal to finish closing it.

[Ellipsea 36]

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Edited January 22, 2017 by Ellipsea

[am0nkey 0]

yeah i saw he had the same problem. thanks for your help Ellipsea! unfortunately i dont have an old mac lying arround so i will try the fix you or have to use wine then. 

[am0nkey 0]

ok so i ran the app as root and it worked! thanks man!

[Ellipsea 36]

Holy crap.  Can you PLEASE outline exactly how you did that.  it's going to be important

[am0nkey 0]

ok so in order to run it as root you have to be on your admin account. then just follow these instructions depending on where you put your WoW folder ( i dont know if it has to be in the applications folder though). http://www.wikihow.com/Open-Applications-With-Root-Privileges-on-a-Mac. 

 

On my macbook with the WoW folder unpacked in the applications folder the full command in terminal is: sudo /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft\ Classic/WoW\ Classic.app/Contents/MacOS/World\ of\ Warcraft

 

Then you enter your admin password and it should work!

 

i copy pasted the path to start it as root in a note so i have a fast access to it.

[Ellipsea 36]

RIGHT ON!  this is going to help a lot of people down the road.  Good job : )

[decoytroy 0]

I followed these instructions and when the application boots it just takes me to a blank screen with the gauntlet cursor. I can move the cursor around, but there is no sound. I have to hit Command + Option + Escape to get it to quit. Any advice? I'm running a 15-inch early Macbook Pro upgraded with an SSD and 16 gigs of ram. Mac OS Sierra 10.12.3

[Ellipsea 36]

9 hours ago, decoytroy said:

I followed these instructions and when the application boots it just takes me to a blank screen with the gauntlet cursor. I can move the cursor around, but there is no sound. I have to hit Command + Option + Escape to get it to quit. Any advice? I'm running a 15-inch early Macbook Pro upgraded with an SSD and 16 gigs of ram. Mac OS Sierra 10.12.3

Could be some previous settings issues.  Did you try throwing away the WTF folder?

[tong 0]

Seems like some display issues may cause client failed to generate the "Config.wtf" file. Here's a part of logs:

4/5 11:44:00.637  CGxDeviceOpenGl::DeviceSetFormat():
4/5 11:44:00.637  	Format 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Fullscreen, Rgb565, Ds160, multisample 1
4/5 11:44:00.638  SwitchToFullscreenMode failed: [resolution: 1680x1050 depth: 16]
4/5 11:44:00.645  SwitchToFullscreenMode failed: [resolution: 1680x1050 depth: 16]
4/5 11:44:00.645  ConsoleDeviceInitialize(): no output device available!

 

If anyone's client still crashes after launch executable file like Ellipsea said, check if there is a "Config.wtf" file in WTF folder.  If not, create one and paste the following code, save it and try launch wow again. 

SET preferredFullscreenMode "1"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET gxResolution "1440x900"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET fullAlpha "1"
SET doodadAnim "0"
SET lodDist "80.000000"
SET SmallCull "0.010000"
SET DistCull "350.000000"
SET frillDensity "48"
SET farclip "177"
SET particleDensity "0.300000"
SET movie "0"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET gxWindow "1"
SET Gamma "1.000000"
SET MusicVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET SoundVolume "1"
SET MasterVolume "1"
SET realmList "logon.elysium-project.org"
SET ffx "0"
SET realmName "Anathema"
SET gameTip "3"
SET AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET uiScale "1"
SET mouseSpeed "1"
SET cameraYawMoveSpeed "180"
SET cameraYawSmoothSpeed "180"
SET cameraSmoothStyle "0"
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "1"
SET minimapZoom "0"
SET deselectOnClick "0"
SET UnitNameOwn "1"
SET UnitNameNPC "1"