Won't launch - "Missing Executable"? M1 Mac

[fotonut]

Purchased and downloaded Humankind on a M1 Mac. Launching fails with "missing executable" error, and indeed, the executable it refers to isn't in that folder. Uninstalled and downloaded again, and did the various other suggestions, but no luck.

Anyone have Humankind working on an M1 Mac? Or any Mac for that matter?

I have Civ VI on this same machine in Steam, and that works fine.

 

[The_J]

In case you have played any of the open-dev/beta versions, then there are instructions here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplit...rtant-note-to-opendev-and-beta-players?page=1

@Siptah has a Mac, and maybe an idea what to do.

 

[Siptah]

Hey @fotonut
Sadly, the game is not released yet for mac, it will come in a few weeks. I guess it's an oversight or bug that you are able to install it at all.

 

[The_J]

You'll ping the devs about this?

 

[Siptah]

Yes, it will be sorted.

 

[fotonut]

Ugh... Thank you both! And indeed, when I look a little deeper, I see an article in Steam from Aug 3 saying that the Mac version is postponed a month. Too bad Steam still takes my money and goes thru the motions of downloading the app, just to fail in a mysterious way, rather than telling me up front - especially since I did the purchase on a Mac. The "small" 170MB download also seemed too good to be true. I expect the game to be a much larger download.

I'll send a note, and in the meantime have Old World to tide me over.

 

[The_J]

@fotonut apparently the Mac version is supposed to become available today.

 

[Siptah]

Yes and no. The mac version that is/has been released today is only a beta. And as far as I know, the version is only for Intel Macs and not M1s.

 

[fotonut]

Yes and no. The mac version that is/has been released today is only a beta. And as far as I know, the version is only for Intel Macs and not M1s.

Intel binaries normally just run on M1 Macs just fine, often even faster than they do on Intel…

 

[The_J]

It seems the M1 version will be tremendously delayed. For anyone who owns a Mac, it is possible to get a refund, see here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/785

 

[fotonut]

It seems the M1 version will be tremendously delayed. For anyone who owns a Mac, it is possible to get a refund, see here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/785

Thanks again. Sadly my refund request got rejected (for the second time, since I had also tried early on, but right after the two-week deadline). I followed the link as described in the article, but couldn't exactly find a "Product Issue" category, so I went with "It doesn't work on my operating system."

Anyone manage to get a refund from Steam for the Mac version of Humankind?