Hi there,



I am running on a retina macbook pro with 8gb memory and an intel hd 4000 graphics card. I downloaded a cracked version of the game a few weeks ago to see if i'd like a 4x game since I never played one before. After 10-15 hours of testing, I bought the steam emperor edition of the game with the guardians expansion. I never had a problem playing the cracked version but the steam one keeps crashing on the startup loading screen. I can't even get into the main menu. I looked at these links: https://steamcommunity.com/app/289130/discussions/0/613938575197632682/ and https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space/forum/35-tech-support/thread/15225-crash-on-launch-mac-help-us-help-you-workarounds-found but none of the workarounds worked.



I thought that maybe the pirated version of the game might be somehow interfering so I uninstalled it but I still can't get the game to load. Also, I don't know if this is relevant but the pirated version of the game had the guardians logo on the loading screen but the steam version has the regular logo which is weird since I bought guardians.



Any help would be appreciated.