There is one persistent problem that I can never get fixed, which is the settlements crash on Mac. Hear me out before this gets banished to the bugs section. For some reason on Mac, fighting siege battles with the custom settlements on Mac crashes the game.
It isn't anything new, this old thread discusses the problem.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ot-for-battles
The easy fix is to just remove the settlements folder, which is what I've done for it. The issue is that I get stuck with Aztec pyramids for Greek settlements, and settlement battles are incredibly clunky. In defending siege battles as the player, the clunkiness puts me at the disadvantage (I almost always lose even when odds are even, the best thing for me to do is not use the walls at all). This is the opposite of how it actually worked. The towers don't shoot (I don't know if they do in the custom EB 2 settlements since I've never played them). The biggest issue is that EB settlements look so good, and I'm stuck with out of place base game cities.
That other thread directed this as a solution:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...buntu)-and-Mac
The issue with this is that I have the computer skills of a potato. Somehow getting EB 2 onto mac is my greatest computer accomplishment. Believe me, I've tried, but even with the directions I couldn't figure out how to use those programs.
This brings me here. People who have seen me address this problem earlier might be a bit annoyed, but unfortunately I haven't gotten any help with it. As soon as this gets banished to the bugs, it's out of sight and out of mind. For anyone that wants to joke about getting a pc, I have one. It just has a lot of problems (including not running EB 2), so using a mac is the most reliable option. Plus, I can play on huge unit sizes.
What I am asking is if someone can help with the problem, or if someone can create a mac friendly settlements folder? EB 2 is above and beyond my favorite game, but as someone who has to use a mac, it hurts not being able to completely experience it. Mac players may be crimes against nature, but we still exist.
Any help would be appreciated, and thanks for hearing me out.