GTA: San Andreas won't launch on Mac!

[daniirwan]

GTA: San Andreas for Mac took 3 hours to download via Steam. Once it finished downloading, I quickly clicked 'Play' in Steam. Darn thing won't even start All I got was a quick notification saying Steam is peparing to launch the game then suddenly this:

Application load error 5:0000065434

I'm frustrated to say the least.

Any ideas what could be the cause & what's a fix for it? FYI, I'm using a mid-2011 iMac 27" Intel i5 with 4GB RAM running OSX 10.7.3. I've done all the updates, I've verified all the game files in Steam & also checked the game's cache via Steam. Everything seems to be in order, except it just won't run.

If it's worth anything, just prior to purchasing the game on Steam, I uninstalled the GTA: San Andreas (at least the version I got from the Mac App Store launched, but it stuttered from time to time which was annoying) version I got from the Mac App Store by clicking on it's icon in Launchpad then clicking the cross when it appears. Is that enough to delete all previous game data? Any folders I need to specifically go to to delete all the previous install data? It might be the reason why the error is popping up in the Steam version of San Andreas.

Any help appreciated!

[sand44]

Have you tried to verify cache? Just right click the game and go to properties and then click on local files and itll say "verify integrity of game cache." if that doesnt work then you might have to reinstall it.

I'm using a macbook from 2010 and it plays good but the framerate is kinda bad when driving high speeds. Sadly the torrent I had had better framerate, so I bought this for the updated jet control and I enjoyed this game a lot.

After downloading the game, I clicked "play" and it started updating, but it started from about 60%. But I hope you get it to work soon.

"edit: oh i see you already verified it, lol my bad.

[Charu]

So um... does that torrent of yours also say something along the lines of "You shouldn't mention me on popular public forums"? Just... wondering, you know.

[daniirwan]

Originally Posted by sand44

Have you tried to verify cache? Just right click the game and go to properties and then click on local files and itll say "verify integrity of game cache." if that doesnt work then you might have to reinstall it.

I'm using a macbook from 2010 and it plays good but the framerate is kinda bad when driving high speeds. Sadly the torrent I had had better framerate, so I bought this for the updated jet control and I enjoyed this game a lot.

After downloading the game, I clicked "play" and it started updating, but it started from about 60%. But I hope you get it to work soon.

"edit: oh i see you already verified it, lol my bad.

sand44: Yes, I've done that. I've also tried deleting/uninstalling the game from my Mac and then redownloading & reinstalling it again via Steam. No luck. The error still pops up

This sucks.

I wonder why the game you downloaded from Steam can run fine on your Macbook Pro but it won't run at all on my Mac...

[sand44]

I dont know why it runs fine for me, have you tried closing steam and logging back in?
sometimes I cant play any games or it doesnt load up my stats because I have steam logged in 24/7

[daniirwan]

sand44: Yes, I have closed & re-launched Steam multiple times, still no go.