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jgaynor85
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Post by jgaynor85 »

Hey Guys,

I have downloaded this program to my macbook pro laptop and am having trouble running it. Just was hoping to get some help? I looked at the troubleshooting page but am not sure if it pertains to me. Any insight would help, thank you

Josh

EDIT:
Another thing to add:

When I try to open it reads "Invalid Installation: The sandbox folder must exist alongside this launcher"

AND

When I click play it reads "Can't Start Sandbox: Try moving the game folder contain sandbox so that the path doesn't contain weird characters, or start sandbox manually."

Any help would be much appreciated
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I wouldn’t know any of the technical problems but I would only guess one thing, When you first downloaded sandbox did you download the multiplatform version?
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GR1M wrote:I wouldn’t know any of the technical problems but I would only guess one thing, When you first downloaded sandbox did you download the multiplatform version?
Yes I downloaded the multiplatform version
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I would assume you followed the instructions in the included readme

very few of us have any experience with a mac here, so you're pretty much on your own if those instructions the mac binary compiler guy wrote up weren't enough
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ok thanks, I'll look into it
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i dont know much about the mac version, a friend had a similar problem, the binaries either the package and data folder were in the wrong place. best is to start from terminal to get some more output.
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yes! me! this is all wrote on a mac!
you have to download the launcher too!
go to sandboxgamemaker.com and go to download blah blah and then MAC USERS: download mac launcher (or something)
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Yeah, see how it says download the mac patch in big letters next to the multiplatform version? Well, you have to do that :D Unfortunately it is not optional. Take care!
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