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CASTLE STANDSURE
Nourwolf Corporation
Fortis Et Certus
#1 - 2013-08-21 14:21:32 UTC
hi all
well I've been getting this problem for a week now and thought that it might get sorted on this DT but still no

i can log in but soon as i hit the the play button it just sits there on launching then go's back to play
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the hole game and re downloaded the hole thing but still no joy
I've seen other posts on the same problem but I'm not tech minded

i got pointed to this but i cannot rename the eve online (broken icon). then i see in the path c-drive / but I'm using a mac no c_drive

right click the client, show package contents
browse to /Contents/Resources
rename the EVE Online (broken icon) package here to 'bad package'
show package contents on 'bad package'
show package contents on 'EVE Online'
browse to /Contents/Resources to find another 'EVE Online'
open another Finder window and browse to the 'bad package' (steps 1 & 2)
move the EVE Online package from the first Finder window to the second one
delete 'bad package' (move to trash)
the path you should end up with is: EVE Online/Contents/Resources/EVE Online/Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/...
launch the client normally, if the launcher tries to download an unreasonable amount of data please close it and double check the path in step number ten

please any help on this matter would be most welcome and if possible with a idiot's guide a hole week not playing is killing me
many thanks
castle
CASTLE STANDSURE
Nourwolf Corporation
Fortis Et Certus
#2 - 2013-08-25 20:18:50 UTC
this worked for me and i found it at

eveonline.com/en/wiki/EVE_Launcher_Issues_and_WorkaroundsOS X specific issues

EVE LAUNCHER ISSUES AND WORKAROUNDS

The following are a list of specific issues for OS X 10.6 and 10.7

Corrupt installation/patching

In the case of a corrupt installation or patch the Launcher will not start or the client will not start.
You can work around this in two different ways.

1. Open the Terminal Application or use Finder to work your way to this path:
EVE Online.app/Contents/Resources/EVE Online.app/Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/CCP/EVE

In there delete the "common.ini" file and start the client again. It will start the launcher and repair the client for you automatically.

2. Uninstall the client, delete the EVE Online Preferences folder for it from /Users/username/Library/Application support/
Then download the latest full version of the client from: http://community.eveonline.com/download/ and install. This is a bit more severe fix for the issue but hopefully will only be needed under severe client corruption circumstances.

the hardest bit was trying to find user / library thats hidden

so goto finder then CMD/SHIFT/G then ~library and away you go

playing at last Big smile