EU4 on mac grey screen bug

[mouse318]

when opening eu4 i get a grey screen for around 3-4 minutes, before launching into the game. The bug also occurs when going from ingame to the main menu.

my issue is the same as this persons:

https://www.reddit.com/r/eu4/comments/qq2v67/help_my_eu4_is_always_like_this_when_i_open_it_on

a comment says a solution but i cannot find the launcher document in the eu4 folder.

 

[AndrewT]

when opening eu4 i get a grey screen for around 3-4 minutes, before launching into the game.

So the game actually works properly eventually, you would just like to not see that grey screen first, is that right?


Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log .

**File Locations on Mac OS X**
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Europa Universalis IV/
To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .
The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, gfx, mods) are in /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ .


Also in Steam please click on Steam-Help-System Info, and paste everything there into a text file and attach that here.

 

[mouse318]

So the game actually works properly eventually, you would just like to not see that grey screen first, is that right?


Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log .

**File Locations on Mac OS X**
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Europa Universalis IV/
To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .
The user files (settings.txt, error logs, saved games, gfx, mods) are in /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ .


Also in Steam please click on Steam-Help-System Info, and paste everything there into a text file and attach that here.

tried the sudo chmod terminal command suggested in the reddit comment, doesnt seem to fix the issue


heres the system info

Computer Information:​

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: Mac14,2
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:​

CPU Vendor: VirtualApple
CPU Brand: Apple M2
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0xc
CPU Stepping: 0x0
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3555728978 MHz
8 logical processors
8 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Unsupported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Unsupported
AVX2: Unsupported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:​

MacOS 14.6.0 (64 bit)

Video Card:​

Driver: Apple M2
Driver Version: 282.14
OpenGL Version: 4.1
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x106b
DeviceID: 0x0
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1470 x 956
Desktop Resolution: 1470 x 956
Primary Display Size: 11.42" x 7.40" (13.58" diag), 29.0cm x 18.8cm (34.5cm diag)
Primary VRAM: 16384 MB

Memory:​

RAM: 16384 Mb

VR Hardware:​

VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:​

UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 233752 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 101001 MB

Storage:​

Number of SSDs: 0
Number of HDDs: 0
Number of removable drives: 0
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[AndrewT]

The game actually works properly eventually, you would just like to not see that grey screen first, is that right?

Has this game always done this for you, or used to be okay up to some point?

I see you have our similar games CK2 and HOI4 - do they get this issue too?


You are on MacOS 14.6.0 - can you try updating to MacOS 14.6.1 or even MacOS 14.7.0 ? That will probably bring a newer video driver with it.

 

[mouse318]

The game actually works properly eventually, you would just like to not see that grey screen first, is that right?

Has this game always done this for you, or used to be okay up to some point?

I see you have our similar games CK2 and HOI4 - do they get this issue too?


You are on MacOS 14.6.0 - can you try updating to MacOS 14.6.1 or even MacOS 14.7.0 ? That will probably bring a newer video driver with it.

updated to 15.0.1 sequoia, grey screen still persists. Always had that grey screen so no its never been okay.

 

[ZarkinDrife]

I always assumed that was just intentional on mac due to mac being bit funky. It eventually loads it just takes some time when using some mods on the larger sider of things.

 

[AndrewT]

Certainly this is not intentional or normal - I don't see it on my iMac for instance.

I see you have our similar games CK2 and HOI4 - do they get this issue too?

 

[mouse318]

Certainly this is not intentional or normal - I don't see it on my iMac for instance.

I see you have our similar games CK2 and HOI4 - do they get this issue too?

ck2 and hoi4 are all good, seems to just be this game. I do get a weird purple outline on bottom of the screen maybe a pixel tall, and sometimes boxes with the purple outline fade in over provences when i zoom in, could be a coincidence but idk.

 

[AndrewT]

I don't know what is causing this to you, I am sorry! On the poure symptoms I would have thought it was a Rosetta limitation, but why am I and others not getting it? And a MacOS update should have fixed it anyway I would have thought.