Bug/Issue [Mac] Game won't launch

I just installed the game, and upon trying to launch the game, I get nothing but a bouncing icon in my tray. I tried this several times, including uninstalling and reinstalling as well as restarting my computer, but nothing seems to work.

I tried looking at the other threads on the game not launching, and most of them seem to be Windows related. I am running Mac OS 10.11.6

Looking at the log file:

Code:

[20:09:14.545] [Info] Root: Preparing Root...
[20:09:14.545] [Info] Root: Done preparing Root.
[20:09:14.545] [Info] Client Version 1.0.1 (macos x86_64) Source ID: 428f541bba9b7fd4212bb2cbd39cd18bcd928c49 Protocol: 723
[20:09:14.545] [Info] Root: Scanning for asset sources in directory '../assets/'
[20:09:14.678] [Info] Root: Scanning for asset sources in directory '../mods/'
[20:09:14.678] [Warn] Root: Unrecognized file in asset directory 'mods_go_here', skipping
[20:09:14.678] [Info] Root: Detected asset source named 'base' at '../assets/packed.pak'
[20:09:14.678] [Info] Root: Detected unnamed asset source at '../assets/user'
[20:09:14.678] [Info] Loading assets from: '../assets/packed.pak'
[20:09:14.876] [Info] Loading assets from: '../assets/user'
[20:09:15.679] [Info] Assets digest is c694d1f2cdf830628eb4d7c31fc636697cf2e9d6fc78cea0083d5312e4c8fc2c
[20:09:15.679] [Info] Root: Loaded Assets in 1.13323 seconds
[20:09:15.681] [Info] Application: Initializing SDL Video
[20:09:15.781] [Info] Application: Initializing SDL Joystick
[20:09:15.782] [Info] Application: Initializing SDL Sound
[20:09:15.900] [Info] Initialized Steam services
[20:09:15.900] [Info] Application: Creating SDL Window
[20:19:24.139] [Info] Application: Enabling VSync with late swap tearing
[20:19:24.139] [Info] Application: Enabling VSync late swap tearing failed, falling back to full VSync
[20:19:24.151] [Info] Application: Opened default audio device with 44.1khz / 16 bit stereo audio, 2048 sample size buffer
[20:19:24.154] [Info] OpenGL version: '2.1 INTEL-10.14.73' vendor: 'Intel Inc.' renderer: 'Intel Iris Pro OpenGL Engine' shader: '1.20'
[20:19:24.161] [Info] Application: initialization...
[20:19:24.165] [Info] Root: Loaded Configuration in 0.0040034 seconds
[20:19:24.632] [Info] Application: renderer initialization...
[20:19:24.636] [Info] Root: Loaded ImageMetadataDatabase in 4e-07 seconds
[20:19:24.648] [Info] Application: main update loop...
[20:19:24.860] [Info] No subscribed user generated content
[20:19:24.865] [Info] Root: Loaded NameGenerator in 0.00383 seconds
[20:19:24.886] [Info] Application: quit requested
[20:19:24.886] [Info] Application: quitting...
[20:19:24.886] [Info] Application: shutdown...
[20:19:24.901] [Info] Root: Loaded PlantDatabase in 0.0363912 seconds
[20:19:25.050] [Info] Root: Loaded ObjectDatabase in 0.188958 seconds
[20:19:25.127] [Info] Root: Loaded ProjectileDatabase in 0.225773 seconds
[20:19:25.130] [Info] Root: Loaded MonsterDatabase in 0.0798867 seconds
[20:19:25.131] [Info] Root: Writing runtime configuration to '../storage/starbound.config'
[20:19:25.133] [Info] Root: Loaded StagehandDatabase in 0.0032767 seconds
[20:19:25.136] [Info] Root: Loaded VehicleDatabase in 0.0024606 seconds
[20:19:25.137] [Info] Root: Loaded PlayerFactory in 0.0018258 seconds
[20:19:25.156] [Info] Root: Loaded NpcDatabase in 0.0289231 seconds
[20:19:25.156] [Info] Root: Loaded VersioningDatabase in 0.0004336 seconds
[20:19:25.156] [Info] Root: Loaded EntityFactory in 0.0189654 seconds
[20:19:25.188] [Info] Root: Loaded ParticleDatabase in 0.031251 seconds
[20:19:25.399] [Info] Root: Loaded MaterialDatabase in 0.242463 seconds
[20:19:25.402] [Info] Root: Loaded TerrainDatabase in 0.0030385 seconds
[20:19:25.419] [Info] Root: Loaded BiomeDatabase in 0.0169052 seconds
[20:19:25.420] [Info] Root: Loaded LiquidsDatabase in 0.0006061 seconds
[20:19:25.425] [Info] Root: Loaded StatusEffectDatabase in 0.0057708 seconds
[20:19:25.481] [Info] Root: Loaded DamageDatabase in 0.0551283 seconds
[20:19:25.486] [Info] Root: Loaded EffectSourceDatabase in 0.0049773 seconds
[20:19:25.488] [Info] Root: Loaded FunctionDatabase in 0.0019703 seconds
[20:19:25.501] [Info] Root: Loaded TreasureDatabase in 0.0134633 seconds
[20:19:25.626] [Info] Root: Loaded DungeonDefinitions in 0.12459 seconds
[20:19:25.626] [Info] Root: Loaded TilesetDatabase in 8e-06 seconds
[20:19:25.628] [Info] Root: Loaded StatisticsDatabase in 0.0017402 seconds
[20:19:25.628] [Info] Root: Loaded EmoteProcessor in 6.72e-05 seconds
[20:19:25.631] [Info] Root: Loaded SpeciesDatabase in 0.0030271 seconds
[20:19:25.640] [Info] Root: Loaded QuestTemplateDatabase in 0.0088863 seconds
[20:19:25.641] [Info] Root: Loaded AiDatabase in 0.000954 seconds
[20:19:25.641] [Info] Root: Loaded TechDatabase in 0.0006066 seconds
[20:19:25.646] [Info] Root: Loaded CodexDatabase in 0.0045852 seconds
[20:19:25.688] [Info] Root: Loaded BehaviorDatabase in 0.0424877 seconds
[20:19:25.690] [Info] Root: Loaded DanceDatabase in 0.0013421 seconds
[20:19:25.693] [Info] Root: Loaded SpawnTypeDatabase in 0.0030548 seconds
[20:19:25.695] [Info] Root: Loaded RadioMessageDatabase in 0.0018004 seconds
[20:19:27.064] [Info] Root: Loaded ItemDatabase in 1.90843 seconds

It looks like the game hung while creating the SDL window. I let it try to do its thing for 10 minutes before trying to force quit, and that's when the rest of the log was produced. When I did this, a window came up, but then immediately closed. This seems like some kind of deadlocking issue, but I'm not sure.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

EDIT
After launching the application from command line, I found the following line in the output that wasn't in the log:

Code:

KQ: Error reading KQ:Bad file descriptor

This appears to be caused by a failure in OpenGL caused by Mac's dynamic graphics card switching. Changing my mac to only use the discrete graphics card fixed the problem.

 

so how to change to only use the discrete graphics card?

 

I use an app called gfxCardStatus. It lets you choose dynamic, discrete, or integrated.