I have a similar problem. Using Renpy-7.3.5-sdk in Big Sur (Mac OS 11.1). Double-clicking gets the renpy icon to appear on my dock for a brief moment, then it disappears. Right-clicking it open does nothing.
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What kind of output information do get when you try to run it through Terminal.app?
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Sounds like a permissions issue-- some versions of the renpy SDK do not reliably set the +x bit on the unerlying unix executables.
Try https://f95zone.to/threads/permission-fixer-for-mac-and-linux.24233/. Dig around in the thread, there's improved terminal scripts that work if the one in that thread's OP doesn't.
Try https://f95zone.to/threads/permission-fixer-for-mac-and-linux.24233/. Dig around in the thread, there's improved terminal scripts that work if the one in that thread's OP doesn't.
I haven't tried that/was not aware of it. I'll have to play around a bit. Things worked just fine until I upgraded to the latest OS.
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possible that it is a permission problem as user buff says in his post above yours. The output message from the terminal might help to narrow it down.
Tried the permission fixer in Terminal following the instructions in that thread. Copied and pasted the result below. Don't know what to do.
Please drag + drop the game you want to fix into the terminal
or copy/paste or type in the path to the app.
chmod -R a+x/Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app
Can't find chmod -R a+x/Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app! Exiting now
logout
Please drag + drop the game you want to fix into the terminal
or copy/paste or type in the path to the app.
chmod -R a+x/Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app
Can't find chmod -R a+x/Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app! Exiting now
logout
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You forgot to add a space after "+x". It should look like that:
Code:
chmod -R a+x /Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.appDid that. This happened:
chmod -R a+x /Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app
Can't find chmod -R a+x /Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app! Exiting now
logout
I may just be stuck with RenPy games formatted for Mac.
chmod -R a+x /Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app
Can't find chmod -R a+x /Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app! Exiting now
logout
I may just be stuck with RenPy games formatted for Mac.
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That error means that it's attempting to execute the entire thing as a command instead of executing 'chmod' with a list of arguments, so you're doing something strange.
Just open the terminal you'll get to a shell. Paste or type that command verbatim in there. Don't try to do anything clever like use the "run a command" button, or any "terminal helper" thingies.
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Try this with apostrophes (').
Code:
chmod -R a+x '/Volumes/Lexar/renpy-7.3.5-sdk/renpy.app'https://f95zone.to/threads/permission-fixer-for-mac-and-linux.24233/post-1492564
If by "Right-clicking it open does nothing" you mean the menu doesn't show up then this may be due to how the Mouse is configured in the control panel. Open up the mouse and make sure the right button is set to "Secondary Button" (the default at least when I got my Mac was it was set to "Primary Button" for both left and right buttons)
No. It means using the right click route to open the app does not open the app.
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Can you try and show us the output from Terminal.app after you drag and drop renpy.app into it.
Yes, I have done that. My issue is that the app won't open from that folder. The app opens fine when it's a Mac download. The app does not open from the folder I've created for PC download conversions to Mac.
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is the "PC download" folder located on an external HDD? Because if you can open RenPy from your Mac download folder, but not from a different folder, then it is a permission issue.