DavidLaing
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Hi all,
I get the following when I launch the application:
"An error occurred while trying to open "DROD-GatEB-64bit".

I have downloaded the DMG twice, and reinstalled twice, same result.

I am running Lion Mac OS X 10.7.3

Hope someone can help!
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David

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I think the bug I had in build 108 is fixed now in build 109. Would someone who was initially seeing the startup crash try to download the game again to see whether it's fixed now without running with the "nofullscreen" command line argument?

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By renaming my ~/Library/Application Support/Caravel/drod-4_0 folder, I was able to launch build 109 from a fresh configuration. The game launched successfully in windowed mode, made it to the main screen, and was playable as normal.

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Thanks, Chaco, for verifying the fix in build 109. David, would you download and install build 109 (4.0.0.109)? It should have the startup crash fixed for you.

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In Leopard, I am unable to launch build 109. Does the game not support the older OS? Error message is as follows:

Process: drod [45175]
Path: /Volumes/drod-4.0.0/DROD-GatEB-64bit.app/Contents/MacOS/drod
Identifier: drod
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [130]

Interval Since Last Report: 447 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 5
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2

Date/Time: 2012-04-03 12:59:51.579 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 710835AA-FEBD-4753-B053-32EE3BCE56A5

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/libmk4.dylib
Referenced from: /Volumes/drod-4.0.0/DROD-GatEB-64bit.app/Contents/MacOS/drod
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/Volumes/drod-4.0.0/DROD-GatEB-64bit.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libmk4.dylib: unknown required load command 0x80000022
/Volumes/drod-4.0.0/DROD-GatEB-64bit.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libmk4.dylib: unknown required load command 0x80000022


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DavidLaing
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Chaco wrote:
By renaming my ~/Library/Application Support/Caravel/drod-4_0 folder, I was able to launch build 109 from a fresh configuration. The game launched successfully in windowed mode, made it to the main screen, and was playable as normal.

Hi
I downloaded a fresh copy (from the Download page), relaunched, and got same message. I checked the ~/Library/Application Support/Caravel folder, and there was no drod-4.0 folder, so I surmise that the application isn't getting far enough to create this.

Am I downloading the right file? Or is there another location I should be accessing?

I am using a MacBook Pro, vintage 2009, 8 GB memory, NVidia 9400M graphics board, if that helps. Processor 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
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The folder is also missing for me.

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Confirmed that I have a 64-bit processor (Intel Core 2 Duo).

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libmk4.dylib is the Metakit library we use to work with the game's .dat files. I have no idea what the "libmk4.dylib: unknown required load command 0x80000022" message is about, but it's ostensibly what's causing the game to fail to start up. I'll have to research this. If anyone else can help explain and suggest a fix for this, I'm all ears.


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I'd like to check: is everyone having trouble here running 10.5 or 10.6? In other words, only people with 10.7 are getting the game to run?

Edit: I'm about to get technical here, citing from some stuff at

http://grauonline.de/wordpress/?p=71

They say to watch out for LC_DYLD_INFO_ONLY when running "otool -l <binary>", and that instead you should only have "LC_DYLD_INFO". But I see neither when I build on 10.7 with gcc 4.2.1. Instead, "otool -l path/to/drod" shows me "LC_LOAD_DYLIB". Where is the "LC_DYLD_*" part supposed to show up in the otool output?

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DavidLaing wrote:
I get the following when I launch the application:
"An error occurred while trying to open "DROD-GatEB-64bit".

I am running Lion Mac OS X 10.7.3

David, when you unpackage the app and then the game fails to run, can you click on "Report" in the error box that pops up and paste here what the error details are? I'm thinking you might have a different error than what people with 10.5 are experiencing.

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mrimer wrote:
I'd like to check: is everyone having trouble here running 10.5 or 10.6? In other words, only people with 10.7 are getting the game to run?

I'd responded to this question in chat with mrimer, but it seems like it might be a good idea to post this for others for the sake of helping to clarify things:

Aside from fullscreen problems, it seems to me (so far from looking at people's specs) that only people with 10.6 are getting the game to run. Snacko has 10.5 and David has 10.7 and neither of them have (has?) been able to run the game...all the other people are running 10.6 and have been able to run the game. Though I could be wrong.

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Oy, and people say Windows is the only compatibility nightmare.

I should see if I can get my old 10.3.9 powerpc to boot...

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Keiya wrote:
Oy, and people say Windows is the only compatibility nightmare.

Clearly you guys just aren't holding it right.

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Yes, I'm using 10.5.

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Lamkin wrote:

mrimer wrote:
I'd like to check: is everyone having trouble here running 10.5 or 10.6? In other words, only people with 10.7 are getting the game to run?

I'd responded to this question in chat with mrimer, but it seems like it might be a good idea to post this for others for the sake of helping to clarify things:

Aside from fullscreen problems, it seems to me (so far from looking at people's specs) that only people with 10.6 are getting the game to run. Snacko has 10.5 and David has 10.7 and neither of them have (has?) been able to run the game...all the other people are running 10.6 and have been able to run the game. Though I could be wrong.

Hi, a short update. Unfortunately (for me), my car was stolen last night, together with my MacBook. So, this is now somewhat a moot point for me. I will be replacing it soon, when I can retest.

However, I have now downloaded the demo on my iMac, also running 10.7.3, and the application is working properly. No error on launch. I now plan to have a test play. Although I do need to call the insurance company and a couple of banks too.... What to do first?

Regards
David

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Oh, no! I am so sorry to hear of your misfortune. Getting DROD to run is the least of your worries, and I'll be sending good vibes your way that everything will work out for you.

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Still non-functional after the patch.

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And again after the new one.

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