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4 years ago
Aug 17, 2021, 3:02:26 PM

When launching Humankind from steam on Mac, I get the Steam error message "Failed to Start Game (Missing Executable)" it's looking for a humankind.exe file. This seems wrong, shouldn't it be a .dmg file, since it's on Mac?


I have restarted Steam, restarted the Mac, uninstalled the game and reinstalled, cleared download cache and verified file integrity, still the problem persists.

Updated 4 years ago.
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4 years ago
Aug 17, 2021, 3:11:51 PM

I have the same problem.  The download folder only has subfolders "Poster" and "Soundtrack", totaling 245.6 MB.

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4 years ago
Aug 17, 2021, 3:13:06 PM

Ah okay, thought it wouldn't download from Steam on Mac if the Mac version wasn't available. Thanks for clearing that up. Excited to see it launch in Mac.

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4 years ago
Aug 23, 2021, 6:46:57 PM

Hello, I bought the game on steam not knowing it was delayed and I had the same problem. 

Will I be able to install the game after it's released without having to rebuy ?


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4 years ago
Aug 23, 2021, 6:47:41 PM

Hello, I bought the game on steam not knowing it was delayed and I had the same problem. 

Will I be able to install the game after it's released without having to rebuy ?

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Hello,


The Mac version unfortunately had to be delayed a few weeks, as we are not satisfied with its stability and performance. We have announced this about 2 weeks ago in our Progress Report blog.


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4 years ago
Aug 28, 2021, 8:18:39 PM
It's been about a month since the Mac version has been delayed. Any update on when this will be available? 
Thanks.
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4 years ago
Aug 29, 2021, 12:40:08 AM

I just purchased this game for Mac on Steam and there was no indication I could find on the purchase screen that I would not be able to play the game... It's being presented there as "ready" and playable. Based on the comments above, this has been going on for month now. Did I just purchase a game presented as ready to play but without any indication of when it will actually be ready to play? 

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4 years ago
Aug 29, 2021, 9:43:45 AM
zoern wrote:
It's been about a month since the Mac version has been delayed. Any update on when this will be available? 
Thanks.
The update said:

We’d also like to let you all know that the Mac version will be postponed about one month.

So it should be available around mid/end of september I suppose.

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4 years ago
Sep 12, 2021, 3:37:15 PM

Just a question, why the mac version is available on steam.

Once i've bought & see it doesn't work, i made my research and discover it's postponed ? 

Suggest you to make things in the good order ....


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4 years ago
Sep 13, 2021, 7:19:19 PM

Share your frustration... we are 4 days away from the month point so hopefully we hear something soon... Amplitude, show us Mac users some love....

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4 years ago
Sep 17, 2021, 11:56:23 PM

It was a major letdown when I purchased the game only to find I had to wait another month for the Mac version (and it was hard to find!). Any news on the progress there?? Any hopes of an ARM optimised version?

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4 years ago
Sep 20, 2021, 8:06:54 AM
The Mac version is out and I still get the same problem (after uninstalling and installig) Missing executable
The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Hello,


The Mac version unfortunately had to be delayed a few weeks, as we are not satisfied with its stability and performance. We have announced this about 2 weeks ago in our Progress Report blog.


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4 years ago
Sep 20, 2021, 9:36:58 AM

The latest beta 1.0.3.248 was released for mac, which was announced on steam. I guess the stable version 1.0.3.253 will work now, too.

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4 years ago
Sep 20, 2021, 12:11:52 PM

Hi There,


I can't get this game to work on PC - so switched it to the Mac version 


still getting same issue however now it says :


An error occurred while updating HUMANKIND tm (missing Executable) :


Then points me to a location in my libary folder and when I browse to the steam apps - common - humankind       There is no files within this folder



Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game.


Any ideas people ?


Much appreciated 

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4 years ago
Sep 20, 2021, 1:52:12 PM
oi_yourmother wrote:

Hi There,


I can't get this game to work on PC - so switched it to the Mac version 


still getting same issue however now it says :


An error occurred while updating HUMANKIND tm (missing Executable) :


Then points me to a location in my libary folder and when I browse to the steam apps - common - humankind       There is no files within this folder



Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game.


Any ideas people ?


Much appreciated 

I think you still need to opt-in for the Mac beta instead of the regular version. 

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