CIV3Edit and MacOS10.3.7

[fires]

Hi there

I can not run CIV3Edit on my mac. I have MacOSX 10.3.7 and CivIII 1.21g

I have both files in the same folder, but the application does not want to start. it just apperas quickly in the dock but disappears immediatly.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks

Fires

 

[AlanH]

Hello, welcome

Which version of Civ3Edit do you have? Version 1.32.1 launches OK here, in OS 10.3.7. There have been previous reports of mysterious failures like yours, but we've never got to the root of the problem.

Does your log give any clues? Open /Appications/Utilities/Console. Click the Logs button at the left hand end of the toolbar. Select ~/Library/Logs, then CrashReporter and look for Civ3Edit.crash.log. Look for something like the following report header (ignore the OS version - this was an old one), and if there's anything to see, copy/paste it here. Can't promise it'll mean anything, but we can try.

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Host Name:      Alan.local
Date/Time:      2004-09-23 02:14:45 +0100
OS Version:     10.3.5 (Build 7M34)
Report Version: 2
Command: Civ3Edit
Path:    /Applications/Civilization III/Civ3Edit.app/Contents/MacOS/Civ3Edit
Version: 1.32.1 (1.32.1)
PID:     641
Thread:  0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xbf7ffff0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x000aafc4 __begin_critical_region + 0x1c
1   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x000ab4c4 fwrite + 0x34
2   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x000af5bc __FileWrite + 0x2c
3   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x000ae840 __pformatter + 0xb0
4   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x000af774 fprintf + 0x74
5   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x0000ee00 CStdioFile::Open(char const*, unsigned, CFileException*) + 0x184
6   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x00090ae0 CCiv3EditDoc::Load(CString const&, CScenarioChunk&) + 0xe0
7   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x00090fac CCiv3EditDoc::LoadDefault() + 0xf4
8   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x00091a0c CCiv3EditDoc::RestoreDefaultRules() + 0x5c
9   com.macsoft.civ3edit 	0x00091b34 CCiv3EditDoc::UseDefaultRules(int) + 0x34

 

[fires]

thanks for your quick help

I looked into crash report and I did not found any report.

i copied also the files into the application folder sometimes this helps

but no crash report appeard


Any other hint ?

best regards

fires

 

[AlanH]

Are you running English versions of Mac OS and Civ3?

 

[fires]

german version

why ?

 

[AlanH]

Your English is very good, but there was one clue in your post that indicated you may not be a native English speaker I have suspected in the past that the editor was failing with non-English software versions, but I was never able to pin it down. People who reported the problem didn't seem to stick around long enough to investigate.

If it *is* a compatibility problem with the German version of Civ3 then I'm not sure what to suggest. I don't have a German version of Civ3 that I could use to try to reproduce this. Your best bet is probably to contact MacSoft and ask if they know of the problem and have a solution. I think they distribute both Civ3 1.21g and the editor, though I don't know if this applies in Germany. If they do then I guess they have a responsibility to make them work together for you.