Mac Game not launching on MacBook via Steam

[Caztiel]

Hi everyone,

I have problem with launching SDV through Steam. I've tried these methods:

- checking compatibility on Steam (everything is fine)

- the game does not start through terminal:

1. In your Steam library, right click on Stardew Valley in the list on the left
2. Choose 'Properties' (at the bottom)
3. Click the "Local Files" tab
4. Click the "Browse Local Files" buttton. This should open your file manager application.
5. Double-click the Stardew Valley app

- I have also tried "sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config"

I entered the password, but instead of receiving /Users/yournamehere/.config I get that response
usage: chown [-fhnvx] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] owner[:group] file ...
chown [-fhnvx] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] :group file ... :

 

[mewsubi]

Hi everyone,

I have problem with launching SDV through Steam. I've tried these methods:

- checking compatibility on Steam (everything is fine)

- the game does not start through terminal:

1. In your Steam library, right click on Stardew Valley in the list on the left
2. Choose 'Properties' (at the bottom)
3. Click the "Local Files" tab
4. Click the "Browse Local Files" buttton. This should open your file manager application.
5. Double-click the Stardew Valley app

- I have also tried "sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config"

I entered the password, but instead of receiving /Users/yournamehere/.config I get that response
usage: chown [-fhnvx] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] owner[:group] file ...
chown [-fhnvx] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] :group file ... :

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$USER is not supposed to be substituted with your username; that is the name of the command variable. Type in the command verbatim.

That said, were you playing with any mods? Can you find the error log? There's some other info we'd need to be able to troubleshoot this issue, as detailed in the pinned post for bug reports.

 

[Caztiel]

Thanks for the response. When I put the command without changing the username it says "illegal user name".

No, I didn't use any mods. I haven't been able to launch the game since I bought it on Steam. Yes, after few second the error log appears:

 

[mewsubi]

Thanks for the response. When I put the command without changing the username it says "illegal user name".

No, I didn't use any mods. I haven't been able to launch the game since I bought it on Steam. Yes, after few second the error log appears:

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I don't think there are supposed to be those types of quotes around $USER, either. It should either be the normal double quote character ("), or shouldn't be there at all. It seems whatever website had this command auto-formatted the quotes to be the opening/closing double quotes (“ and ”).

That is the MacOS error report; I'm referring to the Stardew error report, which can be found in ~/.config/StardewValley/ErrorLogs, if it exists. You can enter that verbatim in Finder, after clicking Go » Go to Folder. If it does not exist, there's no error logs yet, but that's good information to know as well.