How to get Civ4:BTS working on OS X Yosemite

[xavierschmit]

Looks like the link to the 3.19 patch isn't available anymore. Pretty sure I've kept the patch somewhere, when I get home in a few hours I'll check and upload it for you.

Many thanks! I hope that'll work. This forum really is something else ;-)

 

[Xyth]

Many thanks! I hope that'll work. This forum really is something else ;-)

Here you go: https://mega.nz/#!9U8RUSAL!ed2inTZIpERo1ITG-GOwlWlMJ6GY0chspm9mffwGvFo

 

[xavierschmit]

Thank you again, but it still didn't work out, the same problem as before, just the CrashReport says 3.19 now:

Crash Report
Process: Civilization IV Beyond the Sword [63477]
Path: /Applications/Civilization IV/*/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword.app/Contents/MacOS/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
Identifier: com.aspyr.civ4bts
Version: 3.19 (92131)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Civilization IV Beyond the Sword [63477]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2016-10-17 15:21:16.685 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F1912)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: F726DFCD-B53C-53A8-7D20-B4E0AE39ED84

Sleep/Wake UUID: 4D4B7A1D-A37A-4298-B12E-1B331322A18C

Time Awake Since Boot: 40000 seconds

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

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000

VM Regions Near 0:
-->
__TEXT 0000000000001000-0000000001340000 [ 19.2M] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Civilization IV/*/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword.app/Contents/MacOS/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9099a61e CFDataGetBytePtr + 30
1 testl 0x0273bb12 readTocX + 84
2 testl 0x0273bf29 buildPaths + 122
3 testl 0x0273c091 initReadDevicesX + 90
4 testl 0x0273b2e7 initReadDevices + 25
5 testl 0x02734b9a secheck + 112
6 testl 0x02734fe4 do_main + 145
7 ??? 0x023acda7 0 + 37408167
8 dyld 0x8fe2a0b3 ImageLoaderMachO::doModInitFunctions(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 291
9 dyld 0x8fe2a218 ImageLoaderMachO::doInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 64
10 dyld 0x8fe262f0 ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&, ImageLoader::UninitedUpwards&) + 296
11 dyld 0x8fe26176 ImageLoader:rocessInitializers(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&, ImageLoader::UninitedUpwards&) + 120
12 dyld 0x8fe263e1 ImageLoader::runInitializers(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&) + 79
13 dyld 0x8fe18125 dyld::initializeMainExecutable() + 183
14 dyld 0x8fe1bb12 dyld::_main(macho_header const*, unsigned long, int, char const**, char const**, char const**, unsigned long*) + 2538
15 dyld 0x8fe17232 dyldbootstrap::start(macho_header const*, int, char const**, long, macho_header const*, unsigned long*) + 428
16 dyld 0x8fe17047 _dyld_start + 71

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x903948ce kevent64 + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x94da1ce3 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 245
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x94da18c6 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 52

Thread 2:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90393e6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9001c72a _pthread_wqthread + 939
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90019e0e start_wqthread + 30

Thread 3:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90393e6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9001c72a _pthread_wqthread + 939
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90019e0e start_wqthread + 30

Thread 4:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90393e6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9001c72a _pthread_wqthread + 939
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90019e0e start_wqthread + 30

Thread 5:

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x0273baca ecx: 0x00000000 edx: 0x9038d9ce
edi: 0x9099a60e esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbfffdd68 esp: 0xbfffdd50
ss: 0x00000023 efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x9099a61e cs: 0x0000001b
ds: 0x00000023 es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x0000000f
cr2: 0x00000000

Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000004
Trap Number: 14


Binary Images:
0x1000 - 0x133ffff +com.aspyr.civ4bts (3.19 - 92131) <C18A2E86-5BAB-260A-04B5-B57EFF11AE6F> /Applications/Civilization IV/*/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword.app/Contents/MacOS/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
0x23c1000 - 0x2460ff7 org.python.python (2.3.6 - 2.3.6)
[e.t.c…]

 

[Xyth]

Damn. You may have to contact Aspyr for help. Unfortunately, they don't seem to support the disc versions anymore, just the Steam version. Can but try. I've sent you a PM as well

 

[xavierschmit]

I did that last night (GMT+1) as well and I repeated it this afternoon. So far no answer. Thanks for your efforts!

 

[coffee junkie]

I'm not sure to be in the right thread but ... Is there still modding tools ( such as nifskope ) working on new OS systems such as El Capitan and/or Sierra ?

 

[mimicucumber]

Hi there, thanks so much for this guide - it worked a dream on my macbook pro last time.

This time however, I'm on a new macbook, and I'm having trouble modifying the files inside <My Drive>/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/. I can't remove the old 2.3 and 2.5 alias folders - I get a notice saying: “2.5”/"2.3" can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by OS X."

I also just get a stern 'stop' traffic sign when I try to copy over the new versions from the download.

I tried unlocking the folder, but it hasn't helped.

Any help MUCH appreciated. I can't afford Civ 6 and anyway I prefer marching round the world like it's 2005. Not sure I can cope without my favourite comfort game.

 

[AlanH]

I guess you are running the latest OS version, which has a newer, tighter security system called System Integrity Protection. You need to disable that temporarily in order to modify the system files. Instructions are in the sister thread for Sierra and El Capitan.