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Title: Crashes on startup: Mac OSX 10.3.9
Post by: Peripherus on September 01, 2007, 09:21:11 PM
Openarena 0.7.1 crashes immediately on startup. I'm running Mac OSX 10.3.9, 1 GHz G4 iMac, GeForce4 MX.

Error log:

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Host Name:      xxxxx-Computer.local
Date/Time:      2007-09-01 19:32:32 -0400
OS Version:     10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2

Command: ioquake3.ub
Path:    /Games/Open_Arena/OpenArena.app/Contents/MacOS/ioquake3.ub
Version: ??? (???)
PID:     456
Thread:  Unknown

Link (dyld) error:

dyld: /Games/Open_Arena/OpenArena.app/Contents/MacOS/ioquake3.ub can't open library: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenAL.framework/Versions/A/OpenAL  (No such file or directory, errno = 2)

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I don't have "OpenAL.framework" but I do have "OpenGL.framework."


Title: Re: Crashes on startup: Mac OSX 10.3.9
Post by: fromhell on September 01, 2007, 09:27:30 PM
Then you'll need OpenAL.Framework.

or !!!

start with +set s_useOpenAL 0 in the alias


go !


Title: Re: Crashes on startup: Mac OSX 10.3.9
Post by: Peripherus on September 01, 2007, 09:34:04 PM
Can't do pass parameters on Macs (yeah, it's a pain).

BTW I have ioquake3 running Quake 3 and it works just fine.


Title: Re: Crashes on startup: Mac OSX 10.3.9
Post by: fromhell on September 01, 2007, 09:50:27 PM
Well you can try running that parameter in a console, then keep s_useOpenAL set to 0 since that, and every attempt to run it should be fine from then.

If it's not, then you'll need to install OpenAL.


Title: Re: Crashes on startup: Mac OSX 10.3.9
Post by: Peripherus on September 02, 2007, 11:51:59 AM
OK, installed OpenAL and now it's working. Thanks fromhell.

Mac users FYI: the crash log is located in:

~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ioquake3.ub.crash.log

OpenAL (cross-platform 3D audio API) can be found at:

http://www.openal.org/