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Mac Launching Problems (check patch above)
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#11
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: Mac Launching Problems (work around)

One work around you can use is to launch the game directly from the terminal. Open the terminal and go in to the Ovature (or Black Plague) directory. Launch the executable binary inside the Penumbra.app directory:

Penumbra.app/Contents/MacOS/Penumbra

No need to delete files, reboot the computer, or reinstall the game.

Step by step:

Ovature:
Run Utilities/Terminal.app
cd /Applications/Penumbra\ Collection/Overture/
Penumbra.app/Contents/MacOS/Penumbra

BP:
Run Utilities/Terminal.app
cd /Applications/Penumbra\ Collection/Black\ Plague/
BlackPlague.app/Contents/MacOS/BlackPlague

Req:
Run Utilities/Terminal.app
cd /Applications/Penumbra\ Collection/Black\ Plague/
Requiem.app/Contents/MacOS/Requiem
07-20-2009, 06:32 AM
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#12
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: Mac Launching Problems

Urkle> To add one more data point, my MacBook has Time Machine disabled. The launching problem also occurred with Overture only.
07-21-2009, 08:57 AM
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Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: Mac Launching Problems

Hi guys, I had the "this might me broken or corrupted" problem and found an easy and "confortable" way around it Smile
With fancy visual guide! :O

I'm using a Macbook pro 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X version 10.5.7

First follow the instructions of the link http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html BUT NOT points 3, 4 & 5. Just quit all the apps, delete the 2 files and empty trash.
Then open your Macintosh HD>Library>Caches and find the com.apple.LaunchServices-023nnn.csstore document (if it's not there don't worry, it will appear while you go on with this method). You now need to keep this window open and in sight.
Now open your Penumbra Collection folder (which is NOT "The Penumbra Collection" BUT the FOLDER that contains it), this makes the nnn.csstore document appear (if it wasn't already there).
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1079/immagine1c.png
TRASH the document.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4046/immagine2gbt.png
Now choose which game you want to play, but NOT from "The Penumbra Collection" BUT from the Penumbra Collection FOLDER which you just opened. The games are there, located under the PDF manuals. Open the game, the mac will ask "wanna open?", answer "yeah!" and there you are :3
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3461/immagine3c.png
I tried this method with all the three games and it works every time, just BE SURE TO REPEAT THIS PROCESS EVERY TIME YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN ANY ONE OF THE GAMES.

Hope this helps Big Grin
07-21-2009, 03:04 PM
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#14
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: Mac Launching Problems (check patch above)

Final patch available at: http://support.frictionalgames.com/entry/88/
08-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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#15
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: Mac Launching Problems (check patch above)

New Patch is available here

Developing away on one of
Multiple Macs running 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9.
Linux, 8-core AMD, 8GB RAM, Fedora 18, nVidia 450 1GB
03-14-2010, 03:32 PM
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