Since the last build (64498 to 65588) every attempt to start PA has gotten me a window with a color pattern...and some music. That's it! p.s. I included the text from a terminal start up - for you developer types. Mac OS X 10.9.2 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 12 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
True, but in this case, the 'main' fabber has a continuous stream, while the fabbers assisting that one do not.
I hope I get my mex icons back before the tourney next Saturday. Has the problem been fixed yet? I know I'm being annoying here but without when all the mex spots on the are are invisible, mex spots in forests and light side of moon planets are hard to see and generally I have to zoom in quite close in order to see where to expand. I'm at an disadvantage and I don't want that. Note that I have also tried reinstalling PA and it didn't fix the problem.
You must be referring to the in game graphic settings? I can't do anything at all, there aren't even any clickable zones on the 'rainbow' window and the menu above only has Quit has an option.
I remember a post about this before. Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore. The "fix" was to run PA on the Intel card instead of the NVidia card. Not exactly a good solution and I don't know how to do it, but maybe this information will help you to get in the main menu again at least. Also, you can reset the game settings by deleting the directory "~/Library/Application Support/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation" (where ~ is you home dir).
poor man's fix: build a single fabber, well protected. Turn power off, click a single metal spot to build a mex. Then, shift and area build mex whole planet, marking whole planet in green dots. Repeat for other planets. Make sure fabber isn't killed at least early.
How about speaking to moldez and see if he can point you to the bits of his mod that only affect metal icons.
The last to games I have had agains the AI the game crashes. PA.exe stops responding. It was middle-late game both times. Both times is seems when I go hardcore orbital production. (50/25mbit, I7 with 680 gtx) I dont know if having multiple Pa installation, causes some problems?
Thanx for the answer. I don't know if I can run on another graphics card on my mac pro. I found the settings file and I even tried to manually set ao to OFF. Nothing worked out. I guess I wont be playing PA until they fix this problem.
