Victoria III - Game won't start from Launcher (Mac)

[Gambrinus]

Short summary of your issue
Game won't start from Launcher (Mac)

Game Version
1.03

What OS are you playing on?
Mac

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Have you tried verifying your game files?
Yes

How much "pain" is this causing you?
10

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
Mac OS 10.12.6
Standard settings on the Launcher.
Same problem as many others here. When I try to start a game from the Launcher it gives an error message: ”Launching the game failed. Please verify the integrity of your game files. if you are using Windows, you may also need to install Visual C++ Redistributable and .Net Framework”
The details are:
dyld: Symbol not found: __ZNSt19bad_optional_accessD1Ev
Referenced from: /Users/[me]/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Victoria 3/binaries/victoria3.app/Contents/MacOS/victoria3
Expected in: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
in /Users/[me]/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Victoria 3/binaries/victoria3.app/Contents/MacOS/victoria3

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[georgerikerson]

I am having the exact same issue

 

[PeterCorless]

I have a similar issue. It doesn't even launch the launcher. Just says "Synchronizing Seam Cloud" and then returns the button to "> Play".

[Edit: I did a shutdown and a cold start, and now I am getting the launcher.]

 

[georgerikerson]

I have solved the issue. Gambrinus you will not be able to launch the game unless you update to a newer version of macos. specifically 10.15 or newer.

 

[PeterCorless]

I had the same problem and had already updated to 10.15. However, after I had the same problem after that, a complete shutdown and cold restart allowed me to finally launch the launcher.

 

[Gambrinus]

I have solved the issue. Gambrinus you will not be able to launch the game unless you update to a newer version of macos. specifically 10.15 or newer.

Yup, I realized that. I'm unwilling to do that since I tried updating the OS two years ago to be able to play Imperator, the upgrade broke so many things so I had to revert.
But I tried launching Victoria 3 in Windows 10 Pro, running on Parallells, it didn't crash, but nothing else happened either…
I'll just have to conclude my iMac Retina 5K 27" 3,3 i5 is too old for Victoria 3, it has a nice screen and an insane 64 GB RAM though which makes it work just fine for other things so I can't really motivate buying a new computer just for this
Oh well, I will now have to find a way to lure my son away from his new gaming rig…