How Secrets of the Atlas Launch Went

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TomerBrosh#6412 wrote:

so if in 2/3 of the day the player count is less than 50%, it means that everywhere over the world, other than in 1/3 of the day, most people skip this game.
if this was due to work hours, you wouldn't have seen the same spikes since those players wouldn't play at that time anyways.
if this was due to just being in another timezone (what?) you could say that the US or whatever is playing at that time and have bigger population, but you aren't saying that.

people play at different times but its all about the percentages when you look at it from a better perspective, and from there you see 50% have already left.

It's so sad to use the compare button in steamcharts, this game feels dead

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Iewoo#8782 wrote:

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TomerBrosh#6412 wrote:

so if in 2/3 of the day the player count is less than 50%, it means that everywhere over the world, other than in 1/3 of the day, most people skip this game.
if this was due to work hours, you wouldn't have seen the same spikes since those players wouldn't play at that time anyways.
if this was due to just being in another timezone (what?) you could say that the US or whatever is playing at that time and have bigger population, but you aren't saying that.

people play at different times but its all about the percentages when you look at it from a better perspective, and from there you see 50% have already left.

It's so sad to use the compare button in steamcharts, this game feels dead

50% of 180000 is 90000, not 113000.

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ExileWeasel42#1955 wrote:

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Vorgaath#3620 wrote:

I'm not sure you investigated the real problem: the update code. The mac client is unusable since the the update:

This is happening on Intel, M2, and M3 Macbook Pros, with a standalone Mac client. Not going to dual boot these, it would be great to get acknowledgement of this problem and that a fix is in the works. Thank you!

Edit: This workaround actually works!:

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BowWizard#1239 wrote:

- Kick off update. It will fail with a message that POE has quit unexpectedly or that the file is damaged.
- Go into the Path of Exile.app directory (/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile). Library is a hidden file, so unhide it first.
- Move the .app file to Trash bin.,
- Check if there is an update.dat and Hashcache.dat file. If so move them to the Trash bin too. Leave Content.ggpk alone.,
- Empty the Trash bin,
- Check System settings -> Privacy&Security -> Security. If there is a message about Path of Exile being blocked click on "Open anyway". This should then go away.,
- Restart the update. This should result in the dreaded "File is damaged ..." message. Select "Move file to the Trash bin" but DON'T delete it.,
- Move the Path of Exile.app from Trash bin back to the original folder to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Path of Exile/
- Right click and select open (double left click will work too).,
You will get an error message, but it should not be the "File is damaged .." There should be an option to "Open". Select that. The update should now run.
- IF you do get the error message that the file is damaged again select "Cancel". Then check the Privacy&Security tab in System Settings again. The message that POE is blocked may have come back. Select "Open Anyway" and the update should start (you may need to choose "open" from the 3 options you get after selecting cancel after doing this).

Note: The security setting might pop up a few times. You need to make sure it has been removed before the update will run so you may need to check it a few times.

I just wish GGG would communicate instead of giving us stone cold silence. I signed up to kill things and get loot, not play a game of tech support to even run the game (edited)