I have been a long time player of EB2, and I have recently switched to Mac. However, I see that the settlements simply do not work and must be removed. I have played a few battles with settlements as long as they don't have walls (e.g. conquering Uesontiu, Ani-Kamah, etc) and they worked fine, no CTD. It's just like how it is with the TATW mod then, I presume, with the gates causing crashes, but this has been fixed for them I think. Could there be an attempt in the new patch to correct these errors so Mac and Linux users could use the spectacular settlements that Windows players can enjoy? I could help test them if there is interest. I'm not sure if the team accepts donations but I'd gladly donate as thanks if this gets done as well, I get tired of sieging medieval settlements with Hellenistic-era men!