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Patch Loader - MacOS Installation
By Krzychu1245 and 1 collaborators
Patch Loader mod installation guide for MacOS users
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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13 Oct, 2021 @ 2:43pm
13 Dec, 2022 @ 12:48am
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Guide Index
Overview
Installation 
Before change 
After change 
Final words 
Known Issues 
Comments
Installation
Due to how the Patch Loader and MacOS system works the user needs to perform additional action to make the mod working.


Navigate to game directory, usually it's located in
/Users/<your_name>/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Cities_Skylines

Important: make sure that Cities_Loader.sh file is present, if not launch the game and enable Patch Loader mod on the Content Manager -> Mods tab first.


Navigate further to the Cities.app/Contents/Launcher (right-click on Cities.app then select "show package contents")
Find the file launcher-settings.json and open it in any text editor as shown below

Before change
Find and change value of "exePath" property replacing "../MacOS/Cities" with "../../../Cities_Loader.sh" as shown on the screenshot in the section After change

After change
Final words
Save laucher-settings.json file and run game as usual.

If everything was done correctly game should launch normally and Patch Loader mod should stop warning about "Critital error".

Keep in mind that future Paradox Launcher updates may overwrite the config file so above procedure needs to be performed once again.

Known Issues
If you see following screen then it means that you've made a typo or provided solution no longer works.

95 Comments
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dodo 1 Apr @ 4:02pm 
Oh my god, it works! Thank you so much for this.
I kept getting the same error messages over and over again, no matter what I tried. I nearly gave up. BUT it turns out that using Apple’s TextEdit app to copy the command from Steam Workshop into the actual file messed something up.

After reopening the file with another editor—in my case, MaxConsole (MaxForLife)—I noticed a missing comma and a weird floating space that I’m pretty sure weren’t there before. After deleting and recopying the same command, I saved it, and it just worked.

It probably took me an hour to figure this out. It’s so stupid how something this small and simple can mess you up for hours sometimes.

I hope this helps!

And if anyone’s interested, I’m running the game on an older MacBook Pro (2018) with Ventura. Still, lol.
Dion 19 Feb @ 1:10pm 
works great -- but this does break the steam overlay. still worth it though!
Krzychu1245  [author] 23 Jan @ 10:43am 
@Bubitalk I mentioned it multiple times. If it works, it works, if not then sorry. I can do nothing about it. There is no update for internal library I use and I can't even test it myself because I don't have MacOS system.
Bubitalk 22 Jan @ 11:44pm 
@Krzychu1245 I followed the guide perfectly and made sure there are no issues but when i click play it gets stuck on a black screen and the only way to exit is by force quitting from steam
Krzychu1245  [author] 16 Jan @ 8:54am 
@Bubitalk nothing has changed with the new update, but make sure there are correct permissions. Many users reported issues with permissions to folders inside Cities.app (many mods no longer can create text files because steam or OS removed write permissions)
Bubitalk 15 Jan @ 9:23pm 
this doesn't work with the new update. I followed every step perfectly but CS just doesn't open
ceminess 29 Dec, 2024 @ 12:24pm 
I have been unable to get this to work since the new update. Cities Skylines won't open, I just get a black screen.
pinke 11 Jul, 2024 @ 2:25am 
Yeah, no, it's about Intersection Marking Tool, Network Multitool and Node Controller. None of these have the option in the options. But I assume something is just wrong, i just can't figure out what.
Krzychu1245  [author] 10 Jul, 2024 @ 2:17pm 
@pinke just go to TMPE options and enable UUI integration.
pinke 9 Jul, 2024 @ 1:38am 
No, I mean they don't show up in the UUI tool bar, sorry for the confusion. Also there should be a pin icon in the UUI bar, right? It doesn't show.