Recent Add-ons bug on multiplayer macOS?

[mihaim]

Wesnoth 1.6.11 on macOS Sonoma Steam

I'm frequently playing with a friend Ultimate Wesnoth Survival add-on. A month or so ago the following problem started only on mac:

When I Join official server, Create, Ultimate wesnoth survival - pvp race I get ERROR Failed to load scenario

On load an existing game, I get: ERROR Mandatory WML child missing yet untested for. Please report.
After that error, all Add-ons disappear from Create game (last available scenario listed is 9p - Merkwuerdigliebe)

Other observation: Ultimate wesnoth survival pack in add-ons has None for Dependencies, Website and Translations (only on Mac, on windows it's good).
I am able to create and load a local game though but I don't want to play solo.

I've read the guidelines for bug reporting but if I enter that command to write logs on Steam command then the game will not start.
I searched the forums for the add-on to find its thread but there seem to be none (except one where some guys praise it).

This happens on an intel Mac and on a different Apple silicon one. (All good on windows)

[Ravana]

Clear cache and reinstall addon.

[mihaim]

Clearing the cache doesn't work obviously since I've mentioned that I installed the game fresh on another Mac.

Here's a screen recording.

[Pentarctagon]

What command did you enter in Steam?

[mihaim]

The one in the guide for Mac Steam: %COMMAND% 2> ~/wesnoth.log
With this the game won't start.

[Pentarctagon]

Can you try running it from the console?

[mihaim]

How do I run it from the console?

admin@192-168-0-105 DEV % /Users/admin/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The\ Battle\ for\ Wesnoth.app
zsh: permission denied: /Users/admin/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The Battle for Wesnoth.app

[Pentarctagon]

I've never used macOS, so I don't know - maybe you need to use the standalone dmg?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wesnot ... h-1.16.11/

[Iris]

How do I run it from the console?

admin@192-168-0-105 DEV % /Users/admin/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The\ Battle\ for\ Wesnoth.app
zsh: permission denied: /Users/admin/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The Battle for Wesnoth.app

Try running this instead:

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'/Users/admin/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The Battle for Wesnoth.app/Contents/MacOS/The Battle for Wesnoth'

(The single quotes around the entire thing are just an easier way to escape the whitespace in the pathname. The only real difference is that this invocation actually points to the real executable and not the .app, which is just a specially-structured folder and not an executable file. You'd have to do a similar invocation even if you used the .dmg version Pentarctagon linked.)

[mihaim]

Thanks Iris, that worked. But outputting to a log file doesn't.

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admin@192-168-0-105 DEV % '/Users/admin/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The Battle for Wesnoth.app/Contents/MacOS/The Battle for Wesnoth' %COMMAND% 2> ~/wesnoth.log    
admin@192-168-0-105 DEV % '/Users/admin/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The Battle for Wesnoth.app/Contents/MacOS/The Battle for Wesnoth' %COMMAND% > ~/wesnoth.log 2>&1

Anyway I grabbed the output from the terminal "manually". The full log is attached.
Some excerpts:

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20240221 10:14:10 error config: Multiple [unit_type]s with id=AE_arc_ukians_Royal_Constable encountered.
20240221 10:14:10 error config: Multiple [unit_type]s with id=AE_arc_ukians_Northern_Fighter encountered.
20240221 10:14:10 error config: Multiple [unit_type]s with id=AE_arc_ukians_Royal_FireKnight encountered.

...

20240221 10:14:44 error engine: Unable to find config for content QQ_UWS_race of type multiplayer
20240221 10:14:44 error engine: Unable to find config for content Ageless Era of type era
20240221 10:14:44 error engine: Couldn't find [multiplayer] with id=QQ_UWS_race
20240221 10:14:44 error general: Failed to load the scenario

[Pentarctagon]

That's really bizarre - I don't know what could cause that. If it didn't know what it was, it should exist to be selectable in the first place.