Mac Crash on Launch in 1.6.15

[timdurning]

Hi all- So I played the game this morning, came back the afternoon and now Stardew starts loading then abruptly crashes.

Issue process in order:

• Open Steam
• Navigate to Stardew and press Play
• Stardew app appears in dock, bounces as if opening, then goes away

This is happening repeatedly. I've so far attempted a Steam restart, then a computer restart.

My info:

• MacBook Pro, 16-inch, 2019
• MacOS 15.2 (24C101)
• 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7,
• AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
• Steam Beta Branch: Stable Client
• Steam Version: 1733265492
• Game Language: English
• Single-player
• Keyboard/mouse

I reviewed the Please Read, but can't provide error logs because there are none in the Stardew folder (see screenshot). Details from "Stardew Valley has quit unexpectedly" window is attached along with latest save file.

Appreciate any help you all have! I'm one recipe away from my first Perfection run

Thanks!

 

[zenrina]

I'm having the exact same issue!

I've tried the Terminal fix as mentioned in the troubleshooting guide, but no luck. Ever since the update today it just won't work.

 

[Jor]

Hi all- So I played the game this morning, came back the afternoon and now Stardew starts loading then abruptly crashes.

Issue process in order:

• Open Steam
• Navigate to Stardew and press Play
• Stardew app appears in dock, bounces as if opening, then goes away

This is happening repeatedly. I've so far attempted a Steam restart, then a computer restart.

My info:

• MacBook Pro, 16-inch, 2019
• MacOS 15.2 (24C101)
• 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7,
• AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
• Steam Beta Branch: Stable Client
• Steam Version: 1733265492
• Game Language: English
• Single-player
• Keyboard/mouse

I reviewed the Please Read, but can't provide error logs because there are none in the Stardew folder (see screenshot). Details from "Stardew Valley has quit unexpectedly" window is attached along with latest save file.

Appreciate any help you all have! I'm one recipe away from my first Perfection run

Thanks!

yea. I have the exact same issue. It began the moment I tried to run the game after the update to 1.6.15.

 

[Jor]

yea. I have the exact same issue. It began the moment I tried to run the game after the update to 1.6.15.

This is a short term solution if you’re desperate to play: in Steam you can right click on the game, go to “properties”, navigate to “betas”, and the previous version is available there.
I downloaded the previous version and it works fine. Obviously, I’d like the new update, but this lets my kids get back to work on their farms tonight.

 

[mewsubi]

@Jor @zenrina @timdurning
Hey all! Sorry to hear you're having issues with the 1.6.15 update.

I wanted to let you all know that CA and the rest of the dev team are aware of this issue affecting all devices running MacOS Mojave 10.14 or earlier, and a handful of others on later MacOS versions. We're attempting to work on a fix, but in the meantime can you try this for me?

1. (Optional) If you changed to the previous_version beta, return back to the "None" beta to update back to 1.6.15
2. Download & unzip the attached file "libopenal.1.zip" below. It should contain a file named "libopenal.1.dylib"
3. Right-click Stardew Valley in your Steam Library -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Browse...
4. In the Finder window opened by Step 3, navigate to Contents -> MacOS.
5. Drag the "libopenal.1.dylib" file from Step 2 into the Finder window from Step 3 - 4.
6. Click "Replace" on the prompt that appears

After all of these, attempt to relaunch the game, and let me know if it works! We'll look into getting a fix in the game properly as soon as we can, so please let me know if these steps do work for you.

Thanks!