Startup Crash on Mac OS

Just_Want_to_Play

Chieftain

Apr 18, 2021

HI, never played before, but my friend suggested I download it to play with him. Went on Steam, saw there was Mac support, great. Downloaded the latest version -

April 13, 2021 - Build ID: 4390913 - Version 1.4.2 (1.0.3.279 (180925))

But I am having trouble running it; more info on running specs below.

It seems to start up fine, but while loading, throws this error:

Movement Overlay XML Error
Could not load movement overlay XML file.

(Screenshot attached... hopefully)

If I accept the error, it continues loading, and I am able to navigate the start menu, but when I attempt to start a game (single player) it crashes almost immediately upon the screen where it shows you the leader you are starting as.

I have scanned the game files, and cannot find this file anywhere. Curiously, my friend does not seem to have the file anywhere in his game files either, on Windows, but his game runs fine.

I am running on a MacBook Pro, Retina 13" early 2015 (I know I need to upgrade if I want to play modern games, but it still works great for most things)

Some system info:
Processor: 2.7 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
Memory: 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
Running macOS Big Sur (11.2.3)

My game is installed on an external SSD, formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)

I have read through some of these forums, and it seems that Civ V may not be able to run without a non-intel graphics card, and also may have some issues being stored on a case-sensitive Mac OS volume.

There were several other errors initially:

Could not load culture borders xml file
Could not load hex grid xml file
Could not load highlight xml file

and interestingly, I was able to find these files in my game folder, renamed them in lower-case, and the errors stopped for those 3 – and I suspect I would be able to fix that final error by doing the same – but I have not been able to find any Movement Overlay file anywhere.

Below, hopefully hidden under a spoiler tag, is the lengthy crash report from Apple, if it's any help.

TIA, I just want to play with my friend and am quite annoyed that a game on Steam with Mac support is bugged like this

Spoiler Crash Report Data from Apple :

Startup Crash on Mac OS

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