Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

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Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:00 am

Very weird, well i’ll try it out when i get the chance and download a new version

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by _mental_ » Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:01 am

I added safeguards against the crash in ae2fa11. The reason of such significant change in behavior is still a mystery to me.

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:23 am

I’ll try updating but i just don’t get why it broke in the first place, as it could very well happen again.
i am currently waiting till i can actually reset my computer to see if its still an issue

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by Redneckerz » Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:09 pm

RetroBox wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:19 am the thing is im planning on resetting my computer anyway, im just waiting on the useless icloud to sync all the documents as while they are uploading i cant take them out of icloud to put them on a hard drive
If that is the case (You were going to reset your computer) then why are you reporting a issue that very well might get fixed by doing said reset?

If possible update to latest Mac and see what happens.

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:19 am

the thing is im planning on resetting my computer anyway, im just waiting on the useless icloud to sync all the documents as while they are uploading i cant take them out of icloud to put them on a hard drive

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:07 am

the thing is it worked fine on this
i didnt update what so ever and now it refuses to launch even though it was great for 2 days, then when i closed it ato play it again 4 hours later it just wouldnt work

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by _mental_ » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:19 am

According to the provided crash log, you are running Sonoma 4.0 Developer Beta 3 update / Public Beta 1, macOS 14.0 (23A5286i).
We cannot provide any support for preview software, especially for an outdated version of it.

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:25 am

heres the ini file
also where do i locate the startup log
ok so after removing the inifile from there nothing has changed
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gzdoom.ini
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Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by _mental_ » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:56 am

Do 'Go to Folder' in Finder (Shift+Cmd+G), enter ~/Library/Preferences, and press Return. Move gzdoom.ini file out of this folder, e.g. to Desktop.
This allows to start without any user settings. It would be nice if you attach this file to the topic as well.

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by Graf Zahl » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:32 am

Can you post the contents of the startup log? It may give a hint at something going wrong at startup.
You could also try deleting your config and restart.

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:26 pm

so i know gzdoom can run on this mac as it did it before really well
but its no longer working
but here are the specs of the computer
Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini9,1
Model Number: MGNT3X/A
Chip: Apple M1
Total Number of Cores: 8 (4 performance and 4 efficiency)
Memory: 8 GB
System Firmware Version: 10151.0.172.0.3
OS Loader Version: 10151.0.172.0.3
Serial Number (system): C07GV0SWQ6NW
Hardware UUID: F84C7A9B-F48E-5062-AEA4-9C4B5C173E38
Provisioning UDID: 00008103-0018456E1EC3001E
Activation Lock Status: Enabled

Re: Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:49 pm

An explanation of what i am doing is as follows:
I click on the app
it bounces symbolising that it is opening
then it stops, closes and gives me an apple crash popup

so because it doesnt work i try downloading a new version from zdoom.org which doesnt work and now i am just confused because it worked extremely well before so i can only think that the only option is to reset the app by deleting all the files it has made, the problem is i dont know where they are stored if there even is any

Mac mini M1 GZDoom won't open

by RetroBox » Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:42 pm

Hi, I'm relatively new to GZDoom but I had gotten it to work and was able to play some Doom 1 successfully, however, frustratingly the application will no longer open and gives me an error message (the attachment is the error).
I have tried redownloading the app a few times but nothing seems to work! I really want to play Doom and this is my only way of doing so as my Mac can't run apps that are not 64-bit.
If there is anything else I need to provide to help you understand what is happening, I will do my best to provide it.
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GZDoom Error.txt
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