Considering it working, then not working, then working again - without any changes on our end - I don't think there's anything here for us to "fix". The issue is on your end with either the hardware of software being at fault.


Yeah that makes sense as a conclusion. Good luck with development! I ...

EDITED THIS BUG INSTEAD since it already has the info. Updated crash from factorio from 0.18.14 :

0.000 2020-03-19 21:55:24; Factorio 0.18.14 (build 50388, mac, alpha)
0.004 Operating system: macOS 10.15.3
0.004 Program arguments: "/Applications/factorio 2.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio" "-psn_0 ...

Final test: I tried resetting the NVRAM https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

and then tried resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

And still getting crashes. Here's the main thread from the apple crash handler:


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

Tried restarting -> launching the game, shut down -> wait a bit -> turn on -> launch the game, all of that is crashing.

Downloading the latest beta because I know folks will ask for that next.

Looks like it was a false positive. After playing for an hour a few days ago, it's back to crashing every time

0.001 2020-03-19 21:10:15; Factorio 0.17.79 (build 47865, mac, alpha)
0.005 Operating system: macOS 10.15.3
0.005 Program arguments: "/Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio ...

Try upgrading your Mac to the most recent version 10.15.3 - it runs on my MacBook Pro reasonable


GRATITUDE AND CREDIT! Just updated Mac OS 10.15.1 -> 10.15.3, and it seems to be working.

As a bonus, I just tested both the experimental (0.18.12) and stable (0.17.79) and both work now.

Should I ...

Ah yeah the min CPU specs I might not meet anymore :(

I'd probably be happy just playing the 0.16 series, but a bunch of my friends are on latest stable so I've wanted to play with them, so I've been trying to debug getting that version working on my laptop.

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier ...

Relevant HW info: On a macbook (the tiny one) with intel integrated graphics card.

From the system
Intel HD Graphics 515:

Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 515
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Vendor: Intel
Device ID: 0x191e
Revision ID: 0x0007
Metal: Supported, feature ...

Full list of binary images, snipped in previous post due to limitation on forum post length:




Binary Images:
0x106999000 - 0x10848bff7 +com.factorio (0.18.12 - 0.18.12) <DA38A1AC-408F-3073-8267-19A2D0848EFA> /Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio
0x10a5f6000 - 0x10a5f9047 libobjc ...

Edited title: new experimental came out, verified that this happens on that experimental too. Briefly fixed after upgrade, then broken again; latest at the end of the thread.

When I launch the game, it crashes before getting to the main menu. Fresh install of 0.18.12 from the website, no mods ...

I have this now but much later, going to re-run with latest version and post a new bug if I get it again!

Set to latest experimental and downloaded 0.17.43, the game fails to get to the main menu on my mac laptop.

I have no mods (vanilla).

Crash is very sparse, but it looks like the last thing it did was starting to load mod base data-updates.lua.

It's a short crash file, hope it's useful to what is ...