Does your Mac have an integrated Intel graphics chipset? And no AMD/NVIDIA chipset to switch to? If so, you're out of luck. It can't handle some of the new shaders introduced in BTS.
How to get Civ4:BTS working on OS X Yosemite
- Thread starter Xyth
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Does your Mac have an integrated Intel graphics chipset? And no AMD/NVIDIA chipset to switch to? If so, you're out of luck. It can't handle some of the new shaders introduced in BTS.
I'm using the Unarchiver and again, I get a file called exactly what you say i should but when I go into it all I get are folders with the names I gave you before.
That's seriously weird. I've repackaged the files in a different archive, get them here. This time, before unarchiving, move the file to a folder somewhere where it's all by itself with no other files or folders. Maybe make a new folder on your desktop and put it in there. Check The Unarchiver's settings, make sure it's set to extract to 'Same folder as archive'. See what happens.
Okay so maybe the "same folder as archive" was the problem because I was able to get everything! Told you I was probably doing something wrong. LOL But now, after following the directions I don't get a python fail comment I get "unable to open because of a problem" and then it goes on to say to check with software developer as it's unable to run on this version of OS X. Should I delete Civ 4 and reinstall?
Sorry to be such a problem....
Are you trying to launch Civ4 itself? It won't run, it's too old (though there is a work around apparently). You need to go launch directly from the Beyond the Sword application.
I'm doing it directly from the bts app. Even tried warlords, same message.
I'm done. This just isn't working for me, obviously. Thanks very much for all your help.
Thanks for the help. Looks like my wife has a mid-2011 MBA 11 inch, which uses the Intel Graphics. :-/
So there's no solution whatsoever to this, then?
None that I've seen. Any sort of 3D gaming, even an older game like BTS, really needs a dedicated graphics chipset and dedicated graphics memory. Those integrated chips just aren't designed for anything but rudimentary 3D rendering.
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Presumably this is the same problem which has been affecting Colonization in Yosemite? I've seen talk of an "unofficial workaround", which I take to mean Xyth's solution in this thread.
(Haven't played Colonization yet, was just about to take a look at it when I saw a warning that official support had been pulled from Yosemite.)
[EDIT: Re-reading the warning from Steam, they mention the same bug affects the Civ 4 "base game", so maybe it's something different.]
(Haven't played Colonization yet, was just about to take a look at it when I saw a warning that official support had been pulled from Yosemite.)
[EDIT: Re-reading the warning from Steam, they mention the same bug affects the Civ 4 "base game", so maybe it's something different.]
It fixes Colonization as well.
Thanks Xyth - your instructions worked perfectly for me. Now I have to find the time to play Civ 4 again!
You need to get The Unarchiver from the MacAppStore. Here's a link. It's free, and once it's installed just doubleclick 'BTS Yosemite Python Fix.7z' and it will unzip.
Hello everybody,
and thank you so much to Xyth for running through this issue.
However I run into another issue.
I am under Yosemite 10.10.1 with MacBook Pro 17'. The app launches perfectly but in a much smaller window than the entire screen of my MacBook. Moreover, the mouse pointer (mouse and trackpad) is inefficient to control the game : impossible to launch a new game or whatever.
Any help please ?
Thank you !
PS : sorry for my bad english I am French (and could not find any help about this issue on any forum in France, so thanks again to everybody !)
and thank you so much to Xyth for running through this issue.
However I run into another issue.
I am under Yosemite 10.10.1 with MacBook Pro 17'. The app launches perfectly but in a much smaller window than the entire screen of my MacBook. Moreover, the mouse pointer (mouse and trackpad) is inefficient to control the game : impossible to launch a new game or whatever.
Any help please ?
Thank you !
PS : sorry for my bad english I am French (and could not find any help about this issue on any forum in France, so thanks again to everybody !)
Hi. Welcome 
Have you tried switching between full screen and window mode? You can display the control screen for this by holding down the Command key while you launch the BTS application.
Have you tried switching between full screen and window mode? You can display the control screen for this by holding down the Command key while you launch the BTS application.
If you don't want to fuss around manually copying files, just extract the linked 7zip archive into your downloads, and use the following commands in the terminal:
(Note: This deletes some system files! If you don't want to delete anything: (UNTESTED!!!) )
(I didn't test the second set of commands, but it should work. The first set of commands worked for me on Yosemite).
EDIT: May as well give some (again untested!!!) commands to undo the second commandset:
Code:
sudo mv ~/Downloads/BTS\ Yosemite\ Python\ Fix/2.* /Library/Python/
sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3
sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5
sudo mv ~/Downloads/BTS\ Yosemite\ Python\ Fix/Framework/* /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/(Note: This deletes some system files! If you don't want to delete anything: (UNTESTED!!!) )
Code:
sudo mv ~/Downloads/BTS\ Yosemite\ Python\ Fix/2.* /Library/Python/
sudo mkdir /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Temp
sudo mv /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Temp/
sudo mv /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Temp/
sudo mv ~/Downloads/BTS\ Yosemite\ Python\ Fix/Framework/* /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/(I didn't test the second set of commands, but it should work. The first set of commands worked for me on Yosemite).
EDIT: May as well give some (again untested!!!) commands to undo the second commandset:
Code:
sudo rm /Library/Python/2.3
sudo rm /Library/Python/2.5
sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3
sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5
sudo mv /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Temp/* /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/TempHi,
In the second step, I cannot find my library/python or the folders 2.6 and 2.7 inside of it. Can anyone please help me with the step? I play BTS all the time but am not great with computers. Thanks in advance!
Navigate to <Your Drive>/Library/Python/. This is NOT the Library folder in your Home folder. In this location you should see two folders called '2.6' and '2.7'.
From the 'BTS Yosemite Python Fix' folder, copy the folders '2.3' and '2.5' to this location. You'll need to enter your administration password to do this.
In the second step, I cannot find my library/python or the folders 2.6 and 2.7 inside of it. Can anyone please help me with the step? I play BTS all the time but am not great with computers. Thanks in advance!
Navigate to <Your Drive>/Library/Python/. This is NOT the Library folder in your Home folder. In this location you should see two folders called '2.6' and '2.7'.
From the 'BTS Yosemite Python Fix' folder, copy the folders '2.3' and '2.5' to this location. You'll need to enter your administration password to do this.
Either use the commands I posted above, or if you don't like using the command line:
- Open finder
- Click Applications
- CMD+Up (Once)
- Double press Library
- Double press python
It's that folder.
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