Save files not available in load game screen after upgrading to Mac OS 10.11

lsrw

Hi,

I have an issue where my save games are no longer available to load within the 'load game' screen in BG:EE after upgrading from OS 10.6 to OS 10.11 directly. I am still able to find the files in the Finder and have tried selecting File>Open With... and then selecting the BG:EE application but it simply opens the game to the main menu and the save games are still not available.

Game Version: 1.3.2053

System Information:

- Device model: iMac, Mid 2007
- Operating System: Mac OS 10.11.1
- CPU: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- GPU: ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB
- System RAM: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Luke

Cerevant

Hi Luke,

This is a result of Apple's introduction of Sandboxing in OSX 10.7 and later. You can fix this by doing the following:

1) Open Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition in one finder window
2) Open another finder window, hold down option and choose the Go/Library
3) In the Library folder, navigate to: Containers/com.beamdog.baldursgateenhancededition/Data/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
4) Copy the contents of #1 over to #3

lsrw

Thanks very much Servant for your prompt reply. I will do as instructed and report back on my success.

lsrw

Hi Cerevant,

Your method worked first time. Does this mean that I can now trash the BG:EE folder inside the Documents folder? I hate it when apps put folders everywhere on your hard disk...

Also, apologies for referring to you as 'Servant' in my previous post, I got autocorrected

lsrw

Hi,

Just loaded my saved game and it appears that most things have loaded correctly. However, the world map is now completely unexplored and the area that I am currently in (southwest Baldur's Gate) has only a small explored area around the line of sight of my character... the rest is black. Any suggestions on what I can do to rectify this situation?

Luke

Cerevant

Did you try reloading after this error came up? We've had an elusive issue where the world map is cleared, but if you quit and restart everything is ok.

If that doesn't work, can you check the permissions on the folders in the container and make sure you have write access? If you need help with that let us know.

lsrw

Hi again Cerevant

I hadn't tried to load since then, but I just have and the map is unfortunately still unexplored. I think that I can check the permissions (it's just File > Get Info, right?). Which folders exactly do I need to check the permissions for and where are they?

Luke