Issues launching WoW OSX Monterey 12.2

[dabbler455]

Hey guys,

When launching games like world of Warcraft I get an immediate crash to the desktop. I am able to launch other games like Diablo 3 but it's easy to tell by the behavior of it that it's not fully utilizing the dedicated GPU.

Troubleshooting done:

1. Updated WhateverGreen to version 1.5.6
2. Checked to make sure Shaneee's - mttr_update_patch was enabled and algrey's was disabled.
3. disabled the integrated GPU in the config.plist by following dortania's guide.

Identified integrated GPU:



Disabled in config.plist:



Has anyone else ran into this issue and if so how did you fix it? Likewise if I am able to figure out a fix I'll make sure to share it in this thread!

 

[Shaneee]

Immediately crashing to the desktop doesn't mean it's the GPU at fault. Try this. Unzip the attached file and place it inside ~/Library/LaunchAgents.
You can use Finders Go -> Go to Folder function, just copy and paste the location. Then reboot and try to launch it again. Can't say any more without the crash log from the application.

 

[dabbler455]

It's the same behavior as before. I made sure to clear the nvram after I added the plist and no dice. How do I get you a crash log for WoW, is that from the console?

 

[dabbler455]

I may have had kext signing turned off when I initially installed it. Could that be the reason why it's crashing? I've attached the most recent log.

 

[Shaneee]

I'd suggest you make a support ticket with Blizard. I thought it was maybe an issue with the game looking for Intel specific instructions but that doesn't seem to be the case. Here it is running on my system. Never played it before

 

[tomnic]

Working perfectly here too, ASRock X570 Steel Legend, AMD R9 5950X and RX 6900XT: double check your settings. You can try "my" benchmark Xonotic and do a Timedemo to see how it runs

 

[dabbler455]

I unfortunately reached out to Blizzard already and they won't provide support since it's not actual Mac hardware. What version of the lilu kext are you running? I may try to update that to see if it helps. I'm also going to try a complete uninstall and reinstall of battle.net and World of Warcraft

 

[dabbler455]

Total reinstall did not work. In looking at the logs it's complaining about an invalid kernel address

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Assertion
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Exception Raised!
App:         /Applications/World of Warcraft/_retail_/World of Warcraft.app/Contents/MacOS/World of Warcraft
Error Code:  0x85100086
Exception:   EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Description: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000

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<Exception.IssueType> Exception
<ExceptionType> Crash
<Exception.PrimaryAssignment> .Mac Team
<Exception.Summary:>
ERROR #134 (0x85100086) KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
EXC_BAD_ACCESS
<:Exception.Summary>

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[dabbler455]

I tried removing

agdpmod=ignore

since I'm running a polaris card after. The issue was not fixed after making this change. In looking into this more it looks like some memory mapping is messed up somewhere in my config.plist

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000048
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Kernel Code meaning as per here

• EXC: The kernel sends an ‘exception’
• BAD ACESS: Your app is trying to access a block of memory which it can’t

 

[dabbler455]

@Shaneee when you have a moment can you look at my plist and see if I have something wonky in there that could be causing my issues?

 

[Shaneee]

Which PAT patch are you using in your config? This can sometimes alter how a program launches I found when testing.

 

[dabbler455]

I'm using your PAT patch currently. Should I try with Algrey's to see if there is any difference?

 

[dabbler455]

Since the console is complaining about invalid address could this be an issue with PciRoot addressing?

 

[Shaneee]

Strange I'm also using my patch. The only big difference between your config and mine that I can think of is I'm not using Whatevergreen. I don't suppose your RX 570 can boot without it?

 

[karenpowell]

I also encountered this error before, I fixed it by downloading the latest version, you can go to this page to download the latest version of the game https://techzapk.com