Macos Monterey 12.3 - Python removed, FFIXV will not run

Someone need to ping FFXIV on twitter.

I'm joining to the leftovers mac gang...
Even using third party addons to actually launch the game, then xbox one gamepad (Bluetooth) does not work properly (in macOS or other games works as intended)

I think most of us would get some satisfaction if SE would give us an update on their progress on updating the client, especially since its three months late.

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Originally Posted by OldGeekGamer

I think most of us would get some satisfaction if SE would give us an update on their progress on updating the client, especially since its three months late.

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three? it should have been updated with the release of endwalker to start with.

I would be happy if they even acknowledged they are working on a fix for Monterey.

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Originally Posted by Fiel_Tana

This is now the fourth weekly reset since patch 12.3 was released on 14 March 2022 and not a word and no fix.

They're still selling the Mac version with no warning that it won't work, though the system requirements page still has no mention of working on Monterey which was released on October 25, 2021 (almost 6 months ago) nor support for M1's first released November 2020 (16 months ago!).

The only official communication I've seen for Macs was back in October 2021 and December 2021.

So read of that what you will.

Providing slower support for a lesser used OS I can understand if it comes down to a crunch, providing no support or communication whilst still selling the (broken) product is another thing entirely.

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The hilarious thing about company proprietary softwares (Codeweavers for this one contracted to SE) are always way slower than anything. It is unbelieveable how fast the community open source project can fix things in matters of days. I don't get how company get by this, better off just fund open source communities to do the work and they do it better on top!

What a shame!

When the 64 bit thing happened I posted on these forums that the Mac OS client would need to be updated or it would not run - that was for Shadowbringers. Needless to say when Shadowbringers dropped it would not run on the then current MacOS build and it took them months to sort it. I expect nothing more and salute those who show it can be solved by simply paying attention and having knowledge of the OS.

The fact that the XIVMac team had the update ready and working for Mac users shows that while it might not have been easy (I have no idea what went into it tbh) but that it is possible to have a fully working update ready for 6.1.

Perhaps Sqeenix should hire them / pay them for the code since that team clearly cares and are amazing at taking care of the Mac customers.

*Hands XIVMac team all the comms *

Im sorry if more people have talked about this, this morning.
I expect literally everyone has had a similar issue at some point but currently my Launcher isn't even loading after the update.

Emailing Support multiple times has only resulted in receiving the same copy pasted email from the troubleshooting page.
And since I'm currently on an older mac and cannot update my OS from Catalina, I'm unable to use FFXIV on Mac.

https://i.imgur.com/3YhqrUo.png

I have already done what I could including reinstalling the launcher, removing the wine preloader, etc etc etc. If anyone has ANY advice right now it would be very much appreciated.

Hmm, according to the System Requirements page Catalina should be supported. Does your Mac meet the other system requirements?

Also, on the XIVMac discord, under the support-xivonmac section there's a link to a version that you can compile that may work "but it most likely won't". If you know how to compile that, it may be worth a shot? They're talking about it as I write this, so hopefully there will be a solution soon.