can't play games (i.e. WoW)

[anilini]

hi...

i hope somebody can help me...i've great running version of Mac OSX (AMD 10.5.2)
but i can't start many games..i allways get a error like this:

Process: World of Warcraft [378]
Path: /Users/norman/Downloads/Probeversion von World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft.app/Contents/MacOS/World of Warcraft
Identifier: com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft
Version: 2.3.3 (2.3.3)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [146]

Date/Time: 2008-03-04 19:38:34.091 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C31)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000b5b5b5b5
Crashed Thread: Unknown

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948af9e6 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948b71dc mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95ed50de CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1806
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95ed5d18 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x95a9aac0 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 320
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x95a375ad -[NSThread main] + 45
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x95a37154 __NSThread__main__ + 308
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948ffb3a select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948af9e6 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948b71dc mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95ed50de CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1806
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95ed5d18 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.CFNetwork 0x960c86cc CFURLCacheWorkerThread(void*) + 396
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9492d1f2 sem_wait + 10
1 com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft 0x00038aeb 0x1000 + 228075
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9492d1f2 sem_wait + 10
1 com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft 0x00038aeb 0x1000 + 228075
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948afb06 mach_wait_until + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9492772f nanosleep + 314
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x949275ef usleep + 61
3 com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft 0x00040b61 0x1000 + 260961
4 com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft 0x00038aeb 0x1000 + 228075
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948b6bce __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e18cd pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
2 libGLProgrammability.dylib 0x01096432 glvmDoWork + 162
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0c55 _pthread_start + 321
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x948e0b12 thread_start + 34

Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x01671038 ebx: 0xb5b5b5b5 ecx: 0x00000001 edx: 0x01671000
edi: 0x006baa80 esi: 0xb5b5b5b5 ebp: 0xb5b5b5b5 esp: 0xbfffdc90
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010282 eip: 0xb5b5b5b5 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0xb5b5b5b5

Binary Images:
0x1000 - 0x977fcf +com.blizzard.worldofwarcraft 2.3.3 (2.3.3) /Users/norman/Downloads/Probeversion von World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft.app/Contents/MacOS/World of Warcraft
0xf76000 - 0xf82fe7 com.apple.opengl 1.5.6 (1.5.6) <d599b1bb0f8a8da6fd125e2587b27776>
.....
.....

and so on....

[roisoft]

do you have CI/QE enabled?

[crawle]

Go to Apple-Logo (top left corner) -> About This Mac (in your language) -> More Information -> Graphics/Displays -> Your Graphics-Card/Display, look for Core Image (if it's hardware supported) and Quart Extreme.

-crawle

[iccthedral]

If you are having trouble launching PPC (Universal binaries) based games, you will need an unpatched (untouched by Marvin's cpuid/decrypt patcher) version of Rosetta.

[anilini]

CI/QE works .....

the only problem i had..... Audio (bulit in) ---> No Built-in Audio
but i can hear music and system-sounds, it works great but the system profiler doesn't show my ALC850 :(

@iccthedral
what i've to do?

[iccthedral]

Try this:

1. Download this file: <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/96033590/oah.zip.html">http://rapidshare.com/files/96033590/oah.zip.html</a>
2. As root, move /usr/libexec/oah directory somewhere safe for backup
3. unzip the downloaded file into /usr/libexec/
4. Run WOW and cross your fingers :)

If you prefer using command line:

Open Terminal
sudo -s
cd /usr/libexec
cp -R oah oah.bak
rm -rf /usr/libexec/oah
cp -R ~/Downloads/oah .

[anilini]

@iccthedral

:( i tried it...but i get the same error-message

[iccthedral]

I thought as much, cause the WoW application is intel-native. Have you tried launching any other games? Unreal? Doom 3?
I encountered the same problem you are having now, until I copied the Rosetta distribution from an unpatched intel-mac.

[anilini]

same problem with Tomb Raider - Anniversary Demo and Age of Empires III Trial :(

[Ianxxx]

Try running marvins, if you come up with an opengl file under frameworks that needs patching I think you have your answer

[iccthedral]

Bummer! Also, try running this command in terminal:

/usr/libexec/oah/translate

if your Rosetta is fine it should run, and give its usage details:

Usage: /usr/libexec/oah/translate [-argv0 <file>] [-b] [-z <file>] <subject program> <subject arguments>

Options:
-argv0
Override argv[0] for subject program execv, execve calls.
-b
Display the current baseline version.
-z <config file>
Config file.

[anilini]

@ iccthedral

i think rosetta is working fine...i get the same lines...

[iccthedral]

Did you already try running Marvin on your /System/Library/Frameworks folder as lanxx suggested?

[anilini]

i start marvin and:

make lists of binaries --> /System/Library/Frameworks --> then i get a log-folder

can you explain,plz...what i've to do next....?

[Ianxxx]

choose second option create patcher package
when completed copy patches folder including patcher and cpuid.txt
to root of your drive
reboot with -s
mount -uw /
cd patches
./patcher cpuid.txt

[Ianxxx]

by the way tombraider demo 1680x1050 full screen anti aliasing smooth as anything (geforce 7900gs)

[iccthedral]

If it found any files to patch it should say in the window, and if it did:

1. Boot in single user mode (-s)
2. Mount the root FS in r/w mode (mount -uw /)
3. Goto the folder containing the patcher
4. Run the patcher
5. exit or reboot

[iccthedral]

lanxxx beat me to it :)

[Ianxxx]

iccthedral:lanxxx beat me to it :)

lol ;-) so years of typing paid of for something then.

[iccthedral]

haha, and here I am mastering typing with two fingers!

[anilini]

@lanxxx and iccthedral

thx thx....big thx.....it WORKS :) :)

i 'm very appreciate on you.... *fat smile*

[Ianxxx]

Cool :-)

[iccthedral]

Sweet!

[Adrian]

Thanks a lot! This got me on the track to solve my problem with Toast and Popcorn (http://osx.kbot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=842&page=1#Item_1).

I just wanted to add here that I didn't have to boot into single user mode. I simply ran the patcher as super user and that seems to have done the trick. I didn't even have to reboot - Toast and Popcorn opened fine the first time I tried after applying the patch.

[nkbeedo]

I'm having a problem downloading and installing World of Warcraft. I tried installing off my CD, but when i get around 25% it gives me a kernel panic. Thought maybe my CD was messed up, so tried downloading it, but whenever i get around 80% (just downloading it) I get a kernel panic. Not sure if it's the same problem as the OP, but i figured I'd try posting here ._.; my CI is software and QE is not support (not 100% of what these are, kind of new to macs :p).

Specs:
AMD 6400+x2
ASUS CROSSHAIR
nVidia 8800 Ultra
(not sure what else you guys need :()