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macOS — Game launches and immediately closes (no screen visible, just immediately crashes)

A topic by Joshua Meadows created Feb 26, 2018 Views: 2,853 Replies: 24

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Joshua Meadows6 years ago

As above, the moment I launch the game it just instantly closes without showing anything. If I launch it directly (without the itch app) it remains open but it sits in the dock and there's no game windows or anything else visible. I hadn't seen this posted already so I don't know if it's a bug on my end or what.

Cairn4Developer6 years ago

Sounds like the 'ol macOS gatekeeper / security thing preventing it from launching. Easiest thing that usually seems to work is just drag the MewnBase.app (not the folder) into your Applications folder and try launching it from there. Let me know if that works for you.

Joshua Meadows6 years ago

Unfortunately, I did try that and it didn't fix the issue.

I tried downloading it through the itch app and launching (it just closes instantly), also I tried downloading it through itch as well as directly from the website and the same thing happens if I move the .app file somewhere else or the entire folder. I've had to resort to playing it in a virtual machine to get it to work at all.

Cairn4Developer6 years ago

It crashes instantly through the itch app too? Hmmmmmm. And it doesn't throw an error popup? Does itch give any "Examine the cause of failure" dialog or something when it crashes?

Joshua Meadows6 years ago

Nope, it just literally opens for half a second, the icon bounces a couple times in the dock, and then the icon closes. If I open it directly, the application remains in the dock but doesn't show any windows or anything (it doesn't seem to be locked up, however) and nothing happens.

readingsnail6 years ago

__TEXT 000000010066e000-000000010067e000 [ 64K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/itch/*/MewnBase.app/Contents/MacOS/MewnBase

Application Specific Information:
abort() called
*** error for object 0x117232160: pointer being freed was not allocated

throught itch.app

bitprobe6 years ago

I get the same error, both through the itch app and downloaded from itch and run directly

Cairn4Developer6 years ago

Just wanted to mention that I'm still looking into this. There's clearly something up with the macOS version, unfortunately I can't reproduce this crash on my 2012 Mac Mini... but will keep at it. Is anyone with this issue able to launch the Java version directly? or does that give the same result?

bitprobe6 years ago (1 edit)

Trying to run the jar directly also crashes, but with a different error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwCreateWindow(GLFW.java:1647)
 at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.createGlfwWindow(Lwjgl3Application.java:442)
 at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.createWindow(Lwjgl3Application.java:391)
 at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.createWindow(Lwjgl3Application.java:379)
 at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.<init>(Lwjgl3Application.java:108)
 at com.cairn4.moonbase.desktop.DesktopLauncher.main(DesktopLauncher.java:41)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: GLFW windows may only be created on the main thread and that thread must be the first thread in the process. Please run the JVM with -XstartOnFirstThread. For offscreen rendering, make sure another window toolkit (e.g. AWT or JavaFX) is initialized before GLFW.
 at org.lwjgl.glfw.EventLoop$OffScreen.<clinit>(EventLoop.java:37)
 ... 6 more
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed

Cairn4Developer6 years ago

Thanks for posting this, think I'm starting to finally get some leads on why the macOS version is being so difficult...

Going to try out a few things over the weekend to see if I can get it launching more reliably.

Since it looks like you at least have a version of Java installed on your machine, see if running this from the Terminal works...

> java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar desktop-1.0.jar

(Assuming that you have the Terminal navigated to the same folder as the jar file)

There might also still be an issue where I'm using a AWT/Swing popup to show crash error messages... but worth trying.

bitprobe6 years ago

I get the following error:

java(3906,0x7fff99cea340) malloc: *** error for object 0x123b69140: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
[1]    3906 abort      java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar desktop-1.0.jar

Here's the Java version on my machine

java version "1.8.0_101"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)

Cairn4Developer6 years ago

I've just uploaded v0.42.4 of the game. It has some changes to the macOS version that I hope make it launch a little more reliably. Would love anyone that had the crash issues in this thread to check it out and let me know if it works better or worse.

Note: It sometimes will still silently crash the first time the .app is launched, but then will always run fine after that... still investigating.

Joshua Meadows6 years ago

I still get it launching and then instantly/immediately closing whether I launch it through the itch app or from the standalone zip download. I tried opening it a couple of times to clear out the first launch issue, but nah — still unplayable for me on macOS unfortunately. Anything else I can test?

bitprobe6 years ago

I too still get the same crash on launch

WrongWayRed5 years ago

I'm getting the having the same problem and have tried all suggested fixes from this thread.

I have the error report that OSX gave me.

Process: MewnBase [1135]
Path: /Applications/MewnBase.app/Contents/MacOS/MewnBase
Identifier: com.cairn4.moonbase.desktop
Version: 1.0 (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: MewnBase [1135]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2018-05-29 04:37:54.910 -0600
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.4 (17E202)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: D57E2DA7-FE96-A96C-1274-19D360ED19CB

Sleep/Wake UUID: 3A6E2513-5A00-4170-924E-577A5175D676

Time Awake Since Boot: 9400 seconds
Time Since Wake: 1100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 9 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.utility-qos.overcommit

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000113115000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

VM Regions Near 0x113115000:
VM_ALLOCATE 0000000113106000-0000000113107000 [ 4K] rw-/rw- SM=PRV
--> shared memory 0000000113107000-0000000113190000 [ 548K] r--/r-- SM=SHM
VM_ALLOCATE 0000000113190000-000000011319b000 [ 44K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV

Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x02000148
Trap Number: 13

External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 4821
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=347.5M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=347.5M(100%)
Writable regions: Total=406.2M written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=406.2M(100%)

VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
Activity Tracing 256K 2
CoreUI image file 116K 2
Kernel Alloc Once 8K 2
MALLOC 55.0M 22
MALLOC guard page 32K 9
MALLOC_LARGE (reserved) 15.6M 2 reserved VM address space (unallocated)
STACK GUARD 144K 21
Stack 24.1M 21
Stack Guard 56.0M 9
VM_ALLOCATE 2.1G 32
VM_ALLOCATE (reserved) 205.1M 3 reserved VM address space (unallocated)
__DATA 24.5M 240
__FONT_DATA 4K 2
__LINKEDIT 199.7M 18
__TEXT 147.8M 240
__UNICODE 560K 2
mapped file 36.6M 12
shared memory 624K 9
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 2.8G 630
TOTAL, minus reserved VM space 2.6G 630

Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.004F.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.68f99
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x04CD, 0x46412D3133333343392D3847535100000020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x04CD, 0x46412D3133333343392D3847535100000020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.102.30)
Bluetooth: Version 6.0.5f3, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF, 750.16 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

bytesoup5 years ago (1 edit)

Just bought the game and experienced the same issue. Here are some details:

MewnBase Version: 0.43
macOS: High Sierra Version 10.13.5

$ java --version
java 9
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9+181)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9+181, mixed mode)

$ java -jar MewnBase.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwCreateWindow(GLFW.java:1647)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.createGlfwWindow(Lwjgl3Application.java:442)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.createWindow(Lwjgl3Application.java:391)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.createWindow(Lwjgl3Application.java:379)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.<init>(Lwjgl3Application.java:108)
    at com.cairn4.moonbase.desktop.DesktopLauncher.main(DesktopLauncher.java:41)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: GLFW windows may only be created on the main thread and that thread must be the first thread in the process. Please run the JVM with -XstartOnFirstThread. For offscreen rendering, make sure another window toolkit (e.g. AWT or JavaFX) is initialized before GLFW.
    at org.lwjgl.glfw.EventLoop$OffScreen.<clinit>(EventLoop.java:37)
    ... 6 more
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed</clinit></init>

$ java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar MewnBase.jar
MewnBase: SettingsLoader: Creating default settings file
MewnBase: SettingsLoader: Writing settings to disk.
MewnBase: SettingsLoader: validating settings file
MewnBase: Compiling shaders...
java(92750,0x7fff9a00f380) malloc: *** error for object 0x12db1b1a0: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
[1]    92750 abort      java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar MewnBase.jar

Cairn4Developer5 years ago

Sorry it's still being crashy on macOS everyone :(

Thanks for posting those attempts at running it bytesoup. Found a bug/issue post for libgdx (engine that MewnBase uses) that sounds like it might be the same issue: https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/issues/5205

Although I'm not able to test this on my end... the post suggests trying to disable the dedicated/integrated gpu switching on your system (probably like this http://osxdaily.com/2017/01/08/disable-gpu-switching-macbook-pro/) - and then running the game again. Would you mind trying that out and letting me know if it fares any better?

bytesoup5 years ago

Thanks for the prompt response! And no worries; I still have at least one fallback OS to play it on.

I checked the issue raised in the libGDX project. Unfortunately I'm running the game on a MacBook (not MacBook Pro) so there is no GPU switch available. However, I'm using an external monitor which was also mentioned - so I unplugged it, but the issue remained.

I have experienced issues with using the LWJGL3 backend before; LWJGL works just fine. I will spend a bit more time looking for a solution and will report back here if I stumble upon something.

Joshua Meadows5 years ago

Yeah I'm also on a MacBook Pro with a single GPU, so there's no graphics switching on my end either unfortunately.

BenJackson5 years ago

Same here. I cannot run this game on my Mac. Can I get a refund if it's just not going to work on MACs? And I'd also suggest you take down the links to download it for Mac, and also not advertise it as a MAC OS compatible game since it isn't?

Cairn4Developer5 years ago

Sorry the game didn't work for you.

Yes, you can get a refund if it's not working for you on your machine, just shoot me an email (steve@cairn4.com) from the one you used to buy the game and I can forward the request along if you'd like.

Have considered removing the Mac version, but haven't because on some Apple machines it works fine without any issues (like on my Mac mini), while others experience the launch issue you mentioned. Still haven't been able to figure out why.

In the meantime, will at least either make it super clear to buyers that the Mac version might be crashy or drop it from the store listing for now.

Tirix5 years ago

Hi,

There seem to be crashlog files under the application directory. The stack there seems to be a bit different:

cat /Applications/MewnBase.app/Contents/Resources/crashlog_v0.45_2018-7-22_2.45.04PM.txt
x86_64 | Mac OS X | 10.10.5
UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen(/var/folders/b1/1bg9m9pj5bs5z590qkg1brcw0000gn/T/jna-318421385/jna1833933783035071754.tmp, 9): no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /var/folders/b1/1bg9m9pj5bs5z590qkg1brcw0000gn/T/jna-318421385/jna1833933783035071754.tmp: code signature invalid for '/var/folders/b1/1bg9m9pj5bs5z590qkg1brcw0000gn/T/jna-318421385/jna1833933783035071754.tmp'
com.sun.jna.Native.open(Native Method)
com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.loadLibrary(NativeLibrary.java:288)
com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.getInstance(NativeLibrary.java:427)
com.sun.jna.Library$Handler.<init>(Library.java:179)
com.sun.jna.Native.loadLibrary(Native.java:569)
com.sun.jna.Native.loadLibrary(Native.java:544)
club.minnced.discord.rpc.DiscordRPC.<clinit>(DiscordRPC.java:42)
com.cairn4.moonbase.desktop.DesktopAdapter.updateRPC(DesktopAdapter.java:128)
com.cairn4.moonbase.MoonBase.create(MoonBase.java:139)
com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Window.initializeListener(Lwjgl3Window.java:429)
com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Window.update(Lwjgl3Window.java:377)
com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.loop(Lwjgl3Application.java:137)
com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl3.Lwjgl3Application.<init>(Lwjgl3Application.java:111)
com.cairn4.moonbase.desktop.DesktopLauncher.main(DesktopLauncher.java:41)</init></clinit></init>

Mikiniss5 years ago

It won't launch for me either... on a Mac book pro.

Freedark5 years ago

Still crash on my new MacBook Air .

Hope you fix it soon

Tirix5 years ago

Update! After I upgraded my MacOS from 10.10.5 to 10.13.6, the issue disappeared - I could launch and enjoy the game!
(just after solving the "Mac Screen Issue" from the other thread...)

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macOS — Game launches and immediately closes (no screen visible, just immediately crashes)