Launcher doesn't work [MacOS]

[Blackwarder]

Hi guys, since the last expansion the game just won't launch. all I get is a tiny warning sign with the title "failed to launch game"

I'm running the game on Mac with the latest macOS version.

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019)
3.7 GHz ‏Intel Core i5
‏8 gb 2667 MHz DDR4
‏Radeon Pro 580X ‏8 gb

I've reinstalled the game 3 times, I rolled back to previous versions, I tried disabling DLCs in the launcher or through steam. none worked and I'm not going to format my Mac in hopes it will fix it.
I managed to launch the vanilla game by going through the game files but with none of my DLCs or expansions (I have everything).

Thanks in advance.

 

[AndrewT]

That sounds like a game issue not a launcher problem. What happens if you run stellaris.app directly?


if that still fails Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere, and user_empire_designs.txt from /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/ if you have made any custom empires or races.
- "uninstall" in Steam-Stellaris
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris 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 Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again.

**File Locations on Mac OS X**
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris/
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/Stellaris/ .

 

[Blackwarder]

If I run the stellaris.app directly I get vanilla version with no DLCs.

I’ll try the clean reinstall.

thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Blackwarder]

It helped.
Thank you!