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Reasons for missing mod support on OS X for some mods?

27.0k RobertsAeronautics  2 hours ago

After the sheer joy of discovering mods can be downloaded on Mac, I also discovered not all mods work how they are supposed to. Specifically, if a map or part mod doesn't support OS X (Mac), all textures show up pink. Fortunately, this only affects some mods.
Here's a list of some map and part mods without support (this is not to criticise the work of the creators), and hence have pink textures:

  • Train Map
  • Dunsfold
  • MDA Base
  • Nostalgic Simple wheel
  • GridPlane 1.1
  • GridPlane
  • Track MVC
  • Jundroo City
  • Suspension test (Ground texture works, so is still usable)
  • Xinshan Airport
  • SP Runway Lights (pink lights)
  • Death Star and Imperial Star Destroyer (technically still usable)

And here's a list of some map and part mods with support for OS X(excluding mods built with an old version of mod tools, regardless if they work or not) :

  • LeMans
  • Car Parts
  • The Items Racetracks
  • North Railway
  • Monza
  • The Items
  • Variterra Archipelago
  • Convenient Parts
  • Daytona
  • Nordschleife
  • Camera and Display
  • Hammer Airport Plugin
  • Aeroclub
  • Aeroclub 2
  • Aeroclub 3
  • Tracks
  • Tracks 2
  • Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
  • Smoke Trails
  • Smoke Trails 2
  • Tracks and Roads
  • SPR - Map Plugin
  • Motorsport Championship
  • Simple Race Tracks

I'm certain there are more mods for both lists, but the ones here are some that I know that work or don't work.

The reason I've created these lists is so that if anyone wants to look into this, they can identify features shared between mods in a list. Suspension test is notable for a working texture for the ground, but broken textures for everything else.
If anyone would to investigate this, especially anyone who knows a lot about mod, that would be smashing.

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    @PlaneFlightX Sure!

    16 minutes ago
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    59.9k PlaneFlightX

    Would you be interested in testing my SWL-120 Parts mod? I get some warnings about PC-only stuff when I build it so I would be interested to see if it works on OSX.

    an hour ago