Macos Monterey 12.3 - Python removed, FFIXV will not run

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Originally Posted by Tanarkus

Best to visit their discord for support. :)

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Issue fixed itself, I can confirm to use xiv.com for 12.3, though it eats away at the CPU, it also solves the audio artifact issue on the mac.

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Originally Posted by Darkhorse1202

Issue fixed itself, I can confirm to use xiv.com for 12.3, though it eats away at the CPU, it also solves the audio artifact issue on the mac.

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xivmac.com is the website NOT xiv.com :)

Just want to chime in on the XiVmac solution, it's significantly better than the official launcher even prior to 12.3. Better support, framerate & performance, and allows you to use Gshade if you're into that. Quite remarkable that 3 folks in their spare time are providing a better solution than the FFXIV team. A rare mis-step by the devs that I hope is rectified, but I doubt will be. The easiest solution would've been to work with CodeWeavers on a new 21.1 build and I suspect when this is resolved that's all it will be and XIV on Mac will still be better.

Hello
I have dowloaded the Mac launcher on https://www.xivmac.com
but my antivirus (AVAST) detects many occurrences of Win32:SuspBehav-B[Heur]
Do you know why ?

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Originally Posted by Alain63

Hello
I have dowloaded the Mac launcher on https://www.xivmac.com
but my antivirus (AVAST) detects many occurrences of Win32:SuspBehav-B[Heur]
Do you know why ?

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Quite a few reports of Avast and AVG false detecting crossover apps (this is one of those) heuristically.

But its likely a case you want to jump on their discord.

I am relatively new to this game and am astonished at the lack of support on this issue. I have submitted numerous tickets and the response I get from each ticket is the exact same...

We understand you may be having some difficulties and we are glad you reached out to us for assistance. We have reviewed the details you have provided and we have determined that your concern can be best handled by our Support Center team.

This is maddening.... are there any other options for support or should I just save myself the headache and cancel?

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Originally Posted by lordvaader

I am relatively new to this game and am astonished at the lack of support on this issue. I have submitted numerous tickets and the response I get from each ticket is the exact same...

We understand you may be having some difficulties and we are glad you reached out to us for assistance. We have reviewed the details you have provided and we have determined that your concern can be best handled by our Support Center team.

This is maddening.... are there any other options for support or should I just save myself the headache and cancel?

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This is perhaps the biggest problem for me. I understand that SE can do little about what Apple decides to take in or out of their system. However, the lack of official response in SOME fashion is galling. At least acknowledge the problem and that you're doing something SE...

didn't know launchers were allowed
gonna chime in and say though that this launcher is fantastic it improved my performance as well somehow. I can now run in 4k on my m1 max

The alternative is not playing if you're on MacOS 12.3 due to Squares negligence :p

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Originally Posted by pigzig

didn't know launchers were allowed

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They are not.

However, we paid a license fee to play the game on OS X, SE have had more than a year knowing Python 2.7 was EOL and due for removal, and SE haven't updated us since December on what is a game breaking problem.

In a choice between running an unpatched operating system, or a third party launcher, a lot of people will choose the launcher, and stay quiet.

There is no real other choice.