High Sierra

[docbud]

I'm guessing that Civ V will eventually will be patched for High Sierra?

But--what is going to happen when a newer OS comes out in 2018 and no longer supports 32-bit? Will Aspyr make it 64 bit?

Or is Civ V basically on borrowed time and in its death throes for Mac users (unless we run windows via Bootcamp or something)?

I know for now Civ V will work--but only if G&K and BNW are disabled--which basically means playing vanilla--which I don't wish to do.

Any thoughts?

 

[mbbcam]

The report that I saw on Steam stated that you had to disable G&K *OR* BNW -- not both. Not that that is a lot better.

For some reason, Civ5 has been running on my iMac, complete with G&K and BNW, despite the fact that I upgraded to High Sierra. No idea why.

 

[docbud]

You may be right about the *OR*.

Glad it's working for you. I'm not sure if I want to take the chance.

 

[mbbcam]

Here's a post confirming what I wrote:

https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004974766-Civ-5-crashing-after-updating-to-OS-10-13-

The problem seems to be caused by the new APFS -- this is why Civ5 still works on my iMac, but won't on my MacBook. The former has a fusion drive, so it wasn't updated to APFS and still uses the old drive formatting. My MacBook, on the other hand, has a solid state HD, which would have been automatically updated when I updated to High Sierra. See this article:

http://www.downloadbureau.com/apfs-...y-engine-cities-skylines-civilization-v-more/

 

[docbud]

Thanks

 

[Justin0100]

Here is the reply from Aspyr. This is beyond disappointing.

"Sorry for the delay. It can take upwards of 1-3 months for game updates to roll out. Follow our KB article to be notified when we have more info to share: https://support.aspyr.com/.../115004944283-Aspyr-games... . If the game is still crashing when you have one of the expansion packs disabled, open a ticket with our support team so they can get details (crash log, save game file, etc): https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/requests/new"

 

[mbbcam]

Apparently there is an option to continue using HFS instead of APFS with High Sierra. See:

https://www.macworld.com/article/32...-sierra-you-dont-have-to-upgrade-to-apfs.html

That ought to permit Civ5 to run, I would think. But I haven't tried it. Depends on how desperate you are to continue playing, I suppose.

 

[Justin0100]

For me it's too late, I already upgraded. Just frustrated that Aspyr does not seem to have a handle on their games and testing.

 

[docbud]

Well, since I have a fusion drive and not SSD, it won't be converted to AFPS.

So would I be okay to upgrade to High Sierra?

Part of me thinks I should just wait until Aspyr does their patch, and I also wait until High Sierra does the AFPS thing on fusion drives.

 

[Justin0100]

Not that I expected it to but to confirm for everyone: The macOS High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update released on 10/5/17 did absolutly nothing to fix the Civ 5 issues relating to game play. The game still cannot be played, even with one or both of the expansion packs loaded. It will not load with both checked, and crashes within the first 30 minutes with one or the other checked.

 

[docbud]

^^That sucks. Sorry to hear that.

 

[docbud]

For those with fusion drives--I updated and no problem. Seems the AFPS issue. If you have an SSD you are screwed. If Fusion Drive you are okay.

 

[Schamberg]

While Aspyr is supposedly preparing a fix, there is a temporary fix available that I explained on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/6mhvag/anyone_get_civ_v_running_on_the_macos_high_sierra/ . Alternatively, see leap's idea in the same reddit thread, which I have to admit is more elegant than mine.

 

[mbbcam]

Brilliant.

 

[jpinoniemi]

While Aspyr is supposedly preparing a fix, there is a temporary fix available that I explained on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/6mhvag/anyone_get_civ_v_running_on_the_macos_high_sierra/ . Alternatively, see leap's idea in the same reddit thread, which I have to admit is more elegant than mine.

I replied to the Reddit thread but this worked for me, thank you for posting. Instead of creating the disk image, I used an SD card and it worked great.

 

[lp60068]

Civ 5 works for me now on High Sierra 10.13.1
I have a 2013 Mac Pro

 

[Schamberg]

Civ 5 works for me now on High Sierra 10.13.1
I have a 2013 Mac Pro

Do you mean straight, out of the box?

 

[beetle]

This thread warned me off upgrading to High Sierra for a while, but thought I would try it since the 13.1 patch is now widely available.

I finally did so, and CiV seems to be fine. I played a game from scratch and picked up an old game with no problems at all.

I did not have to do anything special (like disabling GnK, how crazy). I do not have a fusion drive.

 

[djimi888]

I use a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012, Model MackBookPro9,2) .

It has a 2,5 GHz Intel Core i5 (1 processor, 2 cores), 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 and Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB.

I have Sierra 10.12.6, and currently experience no problems when running CiV5 (App Store Campaign Edition, with Gods & Kings + Brave New World + most of the 'maps', but no mods).


How safe would it be to upgrade to High Sierra?

Thanks for any reply.

 

[temp1]

mbpro mid 2014 - cannot select G&K and BNW cis in start game menu, EUI also doesn't work