[Mac OS] Game will not boot

Starbound worked great; apart from the bow bug on Mac. However, the game is now refusing to boot for me.

Clicking Play in Steam causes the Starbound Penguin to appear on my dock, and then close itself instantly. No error log or crash error messages.

Tried redownloading client, but same issue continues.

 

Sounds like your Java Cache is full. Have you tried restarting? Or perhaps updating to the latest 32/64 bit java versions provided by Apple?

-Night

 

Restarting doesn't solve issue, tried that already. As far as I know I'm using the latest versions of Java from Apple (always keep everything up to date).

 

I'm in the same boat.. if anyone has any feedback it would be much appreciated

 

Just double-checked because I forgot that Apple uninstalled Java from Mavericks. DLing latest version of Java to make sure it's not the lack of it that is causing the issue.

 

Don't think its going to work, I had previously done so... but definitely tell me how you fare.

 

Yup it failed to solve the issue. This was using a completely new install of Starbound as well (fresh DL from Steam). Back to square one unfortunately.

 

I'm having the same problem. I've reinstalled the game, made sure my Java is up to date, restarted Steam, nothing seems to work. It was working fine this morning.

 

Yup, sounds very similar to my issue where it worked initially, and is now refusing to boot.

 

Jup same problem, after he patched I played it once and then I couldn't start it anymore.
The penguin icon was in my dock and after 2 seconds it was gone.

 

Could you both pull logs from your console and post them?

Open Console (find it in the finder menu)
Keep it open and monitor it.
When you launch star bound, the console logs will begin filling up. Copy and paste from the start time to the end time.

Currently, I've noticed its cache fills up due to a default setting of 2048M. Since I can't reproduce the issue you're both having, I'm guessing at it haha. I do this stuff for a living. I'll help out the best I can.

 

What OSX versions are you on? I just found something in some logs others have posted that it is a possibility star bound was packaged using Mountain Lion. You may want to try upgrading to Mavericks since it is free and runs smoother.

 

I had the same problem. I updated my java and restarted my computer. I already have OS mavericks and the game worked fine for me yesterday

 

Yup! Same problem, but I do get a crash report witch i can post if necessary. I really want to play the game but the icon comes up on my bar and goes away immediately then a crash report comes up! Although the game never worked for me in the first place.

 

having the same problem: my console says this:

Dec 6 15:019 tristans-mbp starbound[22130]: CPSGetCurrentProcess(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Dec 6 15:019 tristans-mbp starbound[22130]: CPSSetForegroundOperationState(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Dec 6 15:01:40 tristans-mbp com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[143] (com.chucklefish.88912[22130]): Exited with code: 1


it was working fine yesterday before the patch, played multiple times, etc. now just the closing after 2 seconds and nothing actually popping up problem.

 

13-12-06 3:57:48.506 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: Focused window is now 1, 0
13-12-06 3:57:48.506 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: OnFocusWindowChanged to unknown window type: k_EWindowTypeSteamDesktop, 0
13-12-06 3:57:48.551 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: ExecSteamURL: "steam://run/211820"
13-12-06 3:57:48.927 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: Game update: AppID 211820 "Starbound", ProcID 941, IP 0.0.0.0:0
13-12-06 3:57:49.071 PM ReportCrash: Failed to create CSSymbolicatorRef for launchd[941]
13-12-06 3:57:49.180 PM ReportCrash: Failed to create dSYM-less CSSymbolicatorRef for launchd[941]
13-12-06 3:57:49.291 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0xc10c1].com.chucklefish[941]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11
13-12-06 3:57:49.609 PM ReportCrash: Saved crash report for launchd[941] version ??? (???) to /Users/amber/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchd_2013-12-06-155749_Amber-Downess-iMac-2.crash
13-12-06 3:57:49.701 PM ReportCrash: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Users/amber/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/launchd_2013-12-06-153155_Amber-Downess-iMac-2.crash
13-12-06 3:57:50.339 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: Focused window is now 0, 0
13-12-06 3:57:50.339 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: OnFocusWindowChanged to unknown window type: k_EWindowTypeNonSteamDesktop, 0
13-12-06 3:57:51.316 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: Game removed: AppID 211820 "Starbound", ProcID 941
13-12-06 3:57:51.355 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: Focused window is now 1, 0
13-12-06 3:57:51.356 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: OnFocusWindowChanged to unknown window type: k_EWindowTypeSteamDesktop, 0
13-12-06 3:57:52.939 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: Focused window is now 0, 0
13-12-06 3:57:52.939 PM [0x0-0x7c07c].com.valvesoftware.steam: OnFocusWindowChanged to unknown window type: k_EWindowTypeNonSteamDesktop, 0


Thats what mine says.

 

Same issue, my console shows this:

12/6/13 4:216.363 PM starbound[15479]: CPSGetCurrentProcess(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
12/6/13 4:216.363 PM starbound[15479]: CPSSetForegroundOperationState(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
12/6/13 4:218.106 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[153]: (com.chucklefish.64624[15479]) Exited with code: 1

 

anyone have any clue what the deprecated call thing even means? that doesn't make any sense to me.

 

Guys, I had the same problem. Try to delete the following folders:
Player
Universe
Both are located at the game directory.
Then: right click the game on steam > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game Cache
It worked for me.

 

thanks, i'll try that. redownloading atm, wanted a clean install.