Surviving Mars - Mac OSX Blurry Text, HUD and Menu: Missing Display Settings

[Cosmish]

Description
Mac OSX Blurry Text, HUD and Menu: Missing Display Settings


Mac


Steam

What is your game version?
1001586

Do you have Space Race installed?
Yes

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
Last time I played was December. Updates loaded and when I opened the game, all the text is blurry. The gameplay screen is not as clear as it was. Previously I had the issue where the game would load in 1/4 screen, but at least it was crystal clear and I could change the display options. Now the display options are missing, and all text and menus are poor resolution despite my computer's native display resolution or changing the HUD size.

Can you replicate the issue?
Yes. Happens every time I open the game. Unistalled/reinstalled game, updated computer, restarted.

Attachments
File(s) attached

 

[AndrewT]

What I'd suggest is a full clean reinstall of the game:

- move any valued save games elsewhere; they are under
~/Library/Application Support/Surviving Mars/{large number}/
- "uninstall" in Steam-Surviving Mars
- manually delete both the ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Surviving Mars AND ~/Library/Application Support/Surviving Mars/ folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam SM or Application Support SM locations, before installing again.

Good luck with that!

 

[OShmelev]

It doesn't work, and this "bug" still actual exist.
Even if you'll try change resolution in LocalStorage.lua - after game start, it'll be reseted to 1496, 934 in my case.
For example I've tried set it to 1920*1200

 

[AndrewT]

You have the missing display options and so on, also? Because that stuff all works fine on my iMac for instance.


Please attach here the latest log from the game :

~/Library/Application Support/Surviving Mars/logs/

To find that file, in Finder do cmd-shift-G to bring up the GOTO box. In there paste ~/Library/ . You will see a /Application Support/ folder, and inside that /Surviving Mars/ and then a /logs/ folder. Please attach the latest file from in there to here by dropping it on this support ticket, or use the "Attach file" link here.

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

 

[OShmelev]

Thank you for reply.

I've realised that game applies the same resolution as desktop, and doesn't give option to change it. (it also worked on Mac mini M1 in same way)


Here System info:

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MacBookPro18,2
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: VirtualApple
CPU Brand: Apple M1 Max
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0xc
CPU Stepping: 0x0
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2400 Mhz
10 logical processors
10 physical processors
HyperThreading: 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 12.1.0 (64 bit)

Video Card:
Driver: Apple G13X
Driver Version: 187.59
OpenGL Version: 4.1
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 120 Hz
VendorID: 0x106b
DeviceID: 0x0
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1496 x 967
Desktop Resolution: 1496 x 967
Primary Display Size: 13.58" x 8.78" (16.14" diag)
34.5cm x 22.3cm (41.0cm diag)
Primary VRAM: 32768 MB

Memory:
RAM: 32768 MB

VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 948584 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 413051 MB

Storage:
Number of SSDs: 0
Number of HDDs: 0

And log (can't attach it due to error that it is a looks like an empty file)

time 0:00:00:117
*** executable info
Timestamp: 61b23b8b
Date: Thu Dec 09 17:23:23 2021 (UTC)


*** hardware info
CPU: Apple M1 Max
CPU speed: 2400 MHz
CPU count: 10
CPU cores: 10
Phys. Memory: 32768 MBytes
Memory In Use: 57%
Disk Free: 413446 MBytes


*** OS info
OS: Darwin 21.2.0
Version: Darwin Kernel Version 21.2.0: Sun Nov 28 20:28:41 PST 2021; root:xnu-8019.61.5~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000


*** Debug::Init()


time 0:00:00:163
Steam initialized (AppId 464920)
time 0:00:00:164
Language: English
time 0:00:00:475
*** Texture headers: 18414 loaded, 0 newer, 8 ms

time 0:00:00:760
*** graphics info
GPU Apple M1 Max
API opengl41
GPU Driver Version 4.1 Metal - 76.3
GPU Driver Package Version N/A
time 0:00:01:814
Platform: {
desktop = true,
developer = false,
editor = true,
goldmaster = true,
osx = true,
pops = true,
steam = true,
}

 

[AndrewT]

Ah, I see you are on an M1 Mac. This game has not (and at this stage I suspect never will be) ported to native M1 code so we are reliant on Apple's Rosetta emulation. I've seen that cause similar visual issues on several games now. In some cases it has improved with newer MacOS versions.

I don't yet have an M1 Mac to test this on (waiting for the 27" iMac!). @AG_MarkPittam does Abstraction have access to one to diagnose this issue on, do you know?