Solved Steam: Stardew Valley crashes on launch.

[Jarorix123]

Hi there,

I bought Stardew Valley on steam wanting to play it on Mac but it keeps crashing on launch. Restarted my MacBook, reinstalled steam and the game. Nothing...Any tips?

Thanks in advance,
Jarorix

 

[Jarorix123]

This is what I'm running on...

 

[Jarorix123]

SMAPI log parser - SMAPI.io

 

[Lew Zealand]

As long as you're playing unmodded SDV, you can try installing the Compatibility mode version of the game. I'm currently using as similar a Mac to yours as possible though I get my SDV from GOG.com so it should be working. Frankly, I've swapped between versions of SDV testing to see what works enough times that I don't even know which version (Compatibility or not) I'm currently using. I'll have a look for the instructions here...

Edit:

In your Steam library, right-click Stardew Valley and select Properties... > Betas > then "compatibility" under the dropdown.

 

[Jarorix123]

Thank you for the help, but compatability mode doesn't work either. I found something about copypasting,

"
sudo chown -v “$robert” ~/.config
"

,but this did not work either.

 

[Lew Zealand]

I don't know enough about the crashlogs to help but sometimes @MysticTempest has insight that helps solve startup problems.

 

[Jarorix123]

Got it working! Thank you @Lew Zealand

 

[Lew Zealand]

Got it working! Thank you @Lew Zealand

Yayyy! Awesome! Got any insight on what it was in case other people come across a similar issue?

 

[Jarorix123]

It was the copy paste thing,

sudo chown -v ${username here} ~/.config

, but I tried it without the quotation marks.

 

[M1de._x]

I have the same problem and don't know how to do the copy and paste thing

 

[lisadacheese]

I have the same problem and don't know how to do the copy and paste thing

Hi, I don't know if you still have this problem, but on mac, you can hit command space and type in terminal to access terminal, and then copy and paste
sudo chown -v “$(your username)” ~/.config in there
If it doesn't work, try deleting the quotation marks or the dollar sign, deleting the dollar sign and quotations is what worked for me
https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-troubleshooting-guide/ is a better explanation

 

[beepbeep]

Hi, does anyone have a solution for mac if none of these things work? I've tried every terminal copy and paste thing I can manage, and it's still not working! Would uninstalling/redownloading mods do it? I need explaining to like a 5 year old because I just have NO idea

Also - it kept telling me the username was illegal. How do I know when it's right?