I bought Cities in Motion off of Steam for the mac release and when I start up my game, I get through the Colossal and Paradox intros, I hear music and then the game crashes. I need ideas on how I can get this resolved. Thanks.
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i have the same problem , the game switches on and works fine, i can start the campaign , but when i click the screen it stops responding and the music keeps playing , it dosent even crash , i have to reboot my computer , also got it from steam on mac. Please Help, Thank You.
I also have this issue.
Playing immediately after downloading the game from Steam, I saw the problem as observed by JohnFozzy: I saw the initial screens with the developer logos, heard a brief phrase of music and then the game crashed.
Trying again after a reboot, I see the problem as observed by Quit. The game loads as far as pressing the 'Play' button once the campaign has loaded, then crashes.
Playing immediately after downloading the game from Steam, I saw the problem as observed by JohnFozzy: I saw the initial screens with the developer logos, heard a brief phrase of music and then the game crashed.
Trying again after a reboot, I see the problem as observed by Quit. The game loads as far as pressing the 'Play' button once the campaign has loaded, then crashes.
Hi Gebbiz. System details as reported by 'About this Mac' are as follows:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system): 1.58f16
Serial Number (system): W8031B9HAGU
Intel HD Graphics:
Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 288 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0046
Revision ID: 0x0018
gMux Version: 1.9.21
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0a29
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 3560
gMux Version: 1.9.21
Not a mac user, but that integrated graphics card might just be what's causing the crash. Does your macbook switch between the integrated card and the nVidia card while running?
Can you post your log_metro.txt found in /Users/<your_username>/Library/Application Support/Cities in Motion ?
I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. The system requirements for the Mac version were not published at the same time than the version, but they are now working on it. Unfortunately the Mac version requires the same amount on RAM than the Windows version, and I'm afraid it means that eudaemonia's system doesn't have enough RAM.
Again, I'm very sorry that the system requirements are not out yet. I will post them here asap.
Again, I'm very sorry that the system requirements are not out yet. I will post them here asap.
The game requires more than 8gb of RAM? 
The system requirements for both pc and mac on steam are 2gb...
The system requirements for both pc and mac on steam are 2gb...
The game requires more than 8gb of RAM?
I think they are referring to the amount of GPU RAM. You have 256 on your GT330 whereas the game needs 512. (For what reason I don't know.) It's times like this where I'm glad I bought the 2010 i7 Macbook Pro over the i5 (the only real difference between a little faster processor and a 512 GT330) but it does strike me as an odd requirement.
Yea, obviously co_martsu was referring to Video RAM which is required to be 512MB.
Also, for the people crashing, are you CMD+Tabbing the game during loading? Switching the process requires GL to reupload some video data and can cause the running out of memory faster.
On my MBP I seem to be able to reproduce (inconsistently) a crash when CMD+Tabbing the game while it runs on the 9400M card (if i never CMD+Tab, I can playing the game normally), however, if I set it on High performance mode, it will use the 9600GT and there is no issues anymore. So it looks a lot like a driver issue (especially that only the GPU crashes, the CPU keeps running the game in the background).
So for all people with dual graphics card in their laptop, make sure to set the Power Save options to Higher Performances so the decent graphics card is in use and not the lower-end one.
Also, for the people crashing, are you CMD+Tabbing the game during loading? Switching the process requires GL to reupload some video data and can cause the running out of memory faster.
On my MBP I seem to be able to reproduce (inconsistently) a crash when CMD+Tabbing the game while it runs on the 9400M card (if i never CMD+Tab, I can playing the game normally), however, if I set it on High performance mode, it will use the 9600GT and there is no issues anymore. So it looks a lot like a driver issue (especially that only the GPU crashes, the CPU keeps running the game in the background).
So for all people with dual graphics card in their laptop, make sure to set the Power Save options to Higher Performances so the decent graphics card is in use and not the lower-end one.
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have sam problems
Hi there,
i can see both logos at the starting to and after that only a black screen. On the second start i can see the menu and select city and so on. After loading i get a black screen again and crash...
System:
MacPook Pro 13,3
I2D 2.16 GHz
4 GB RAM
Nvidia 9400M
10.6.7
Regards,
Rotze
EDIT: ok, i changed now the graphics settings, now it works... strange...
Hi there,
i can see both logos at the starting to and after that only a black screen. On the second start i can see the menu and select city and so on. After loading i get a black screen again and crash...
System:
MacPook Pro 13,3
I2D 2.16 GHz
4 GB RAM
Nvidia 9400M
10.6.7
Regards,
Rotze
EDIT: ok, i changed now the graphics settings, now it works... strange...
Hi there,
i only set Antialising to off. Then i start to work correctly.
Regards,
Rotze
i only set Antialising to off. Then i start to work correctly.
Regards,
Rotze
Oooh anti-aliasing chews up video memory, since the card is basically rendering the scene at 2x / 4x /8x (etc) the resolution internally to get rid of the jagged edges.
Thankfully I manage to avoid the whole driver switching issue by having my MBP hooked up to an external monitor, which forces the GT330 card to run at all times. Performance still isn't all that great though. However, I would have thought that CIM would always trip the switch for OSX to switch to the discrete graphics card, since I thought it automatically detects calls to 3D games?
Thankfully I manage to avoid the whole driver switching issue by having my MBP hooked up to an external monitor, which forces the GT330 card to run at all times. Performance still isn't all that great though. However, I would have thought that CIM would always trip the switch for OSX to switch to the discrete graphics card, since I thought it automatically detects calls to 3D games?
As far as I understand it, switching the card requires to log out and in (as required when changing the powersave mode). I'm not sure the card can be switched on the fly with OSX.
I think that limitation went away with the second generation of switchable graphics (or at least was removed through updates to OSX.) I use a neat little program called gfxCardStatus to manually switch between the cards though.
Hmm, interesting, I have Snow Leopard with the latest update and I have no choice but log out and in if i change the powersave mode. Maybe it's not because of the gfx card though
My mac is Crashing all the time, i can play it for a little time and then it crashes i can play it if i save all the time but it is very annoy.
I hope that there will come an update
And is my system requirements ok?
And i have turned all grafik setting to minnimum.
Memory: 2x 1gb memory (2gb)
Intel GMA X3100:
Chipset Model: GMA X3100
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 144 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x2a02
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Displ
ay: Yes
Mirror: Off Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
Thank you!!
I hope that there will come an update
And is my system requirements ok?
And i have turned all grafik setting to minnimum.
Memory: 2x 1gb memory (2gb)
Intel GMA X3100:
Chipset Model: GMA X3100
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 144 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x2a02
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Displ
ay: Yes
Mirror: Off Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
Thank you!!