Help me with openBVE Mac

Hello guys, hope someone on here can help.

I downloaded openBVE for Mac (the 'Auto Installer) as well as Mono, OpenAL and SDL which I then installed according to the instructions. I have also installed a route and a train to run.

However, I can open openBVE, BUT when I click on a route/train to select in in the window, openBVE closes with no error message.

Can anyone help?

Martin H. Heron

What version of OS X are you using?


Also, is the user account on your Mac an administrator account?

I am using version 10.6.8 and i am the only administrator.

Rgds

I can confirm this issue on 10.7.3 as administrator. When starting OpenBVE via the Terminal, I get the following Error-Message:

Code:

[SpoF@MacBook ~/Downloads/OpenBVE.app/Contents/Resources]$ mono OpenBve.exe
2012-06-10 15:46:46.606 mono[17442:707] WARNING: CFSTR("C69/77 Circle/Hammersmith and City/District Line \37777777757\37777777677\37777777675sub-surface\37777777757\37777777677\37777777675 EMU 
Built 1969/77

Design Speed 45mph
2 car set used in diagrams of 2car x 3

www.trainsimcentral.co.uk

Power :0- coast  1-Shunt  2-Series 3-Parallel
Brake: 3 steps + Emergency
Combined Traction/Brake controller

Photo taken at Notting Hill Gate, February 1998. 
Photo taken by Paul Jobber.

-----------------------------------------------

Train last updated February 2005

Cab, sound arrangement, and physics by and (c) Steve Green.

Train performance data, photographic reference, Run, door & whistle sounds provided by and (c) Alan Lee & Solidbond.

Base art for Traction/Brake Controller & Reverser by Dr. Jimi, used originally on his C Stock cab for MSTS

Motor 0 sound and Air sound provided by and (c) Dan Lewis

Motor 1 & 2 sounds provided by and (c) David White

Emergency brake sound provided by and (c) John Owen


Point sound thanks to Wulf, (c) Wulf

") has non-7 bit chars, interpreting using MacOS Roman encoding for now, but this will change. Please eliminate usages of non-7 bit chars (including escaped characters above \177 octal) in CFSTR().
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at System.Windows.Forms.ListView+ItemControl.ItemsMouseDown (System.Object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs me) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseDown (System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmLButtonDown (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.ListView+ItemControl.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlWindowTarget.OnMessage (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.WndProc (IntPtr hWnd, Msg msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceGetGeometry: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceSynchronize: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceGetGeometry: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceSynchronize: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceGetGeometry: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceSynchronize: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceGetGeometry: Invalid device window
Jun 10 15:46:46 MacBook.local mono[17442] <Error>: kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGSDeviceSynchronize: Invalid device window
[SpoF@MacBook ~/Downloads/OpenBVE.app/Contents/Resources]$


Did you install OpenBVE on your Mac manually, or with the self-installer hosted on http://www.openBVE.org ?

Also, do you have the latest version of mono and SDL installed?

I used the self installer, and yes I have the latest verison of mono and SDL.

Any help gratefully received!

MHH

Will openBVE crash when you try clicking on any of the side buttons such as the "Options" button?

They all work without crashing. It only has a problem when you select the route. When you select it, it crashes before the preview window shows and before you get a chance to select a train without any explanatory dialogue.

Thanks for your ongoing help

M Heron

I supposed you have already tried with more than one specific route...

Yeah tried different activities and different routes.

This is a very interesting issue being that the "invalid device window" error only appears on some systems, but not all.

Don't worry, we haven't given up. A solution is actively being researched.