CSGO - Won't Start - Super Alpha Championship Edition

[rbp15]

Context

Please read all information and gists. I've spent a lot of time trying solutions in various other issues that have been marked as resolved etc. I've seen issues filed for the 3 scenarios listed below separately, but I am experiencing them all together and none of the solutions have worked.

The game was working. I had downloaded it a while back without really playing it. I then let it update 1-2 times and after the last update I was able to play the game for a while (1-2 rounds). I closed the game out and haven't been able to get back into it.

I am able to play original counterstrike fine.

Feel free to get technical with me. I'm a software engineer.

Your system information

I've confirmed under activity monitor / energy that Steam and CSGO are utilizing my dedicated graphics card - Radeon Pro 560

• System information from Steam (Full output): https://gist.github.com/randallbpotter15/70e71ecfeccd022f5d44a486f19eeeac

• Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

• Are you opted into Steam Betas? No - never opted in

• Are you opted into CSGO Betas? No

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

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Scenario A:

Expectation: I click play within the Steam UI client to launch CounterStrike Global Offensive.

What Happened: The game did not launch to an interactive UI. I saw no visible change in the UI or dock. It's as if I hadn't clicked at all.

Resultant output: https://gist.github.com/randallbpotter15/37cde9907f0107b1900185dff10a5a98

Solutions? See "Attempted Solutions" below. All were tried for each scenario listed.

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Scenario B:

Expectation:

1. I open up a terminal within the following folder: /{USERNAME}/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive
2. I run the command ./csgo_osx64 . (tried with sudo as well)
3. The game starts

   What Happened: The game did not launch to an interactive UI. A terminal style icon appeared in my dock labeled csgo_osx64 and briefly changed to a CSGO icon before crashing and closing completely.

   Resultant output: https://gist.github.com/randallbpotter15/58856b5b52dc3d36d8c8eda4b1a2a434

   Solutions? See "Attempted Solutions" below. All were tried for each scenario listed.

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   Scenario C:

4. I open up a terminal within the following folder: /{USERNAME}/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive
5. I run the command ./csgo.sh
6. The game starts

   What Happened: The game did not launch to an interactive UI. A terminal style icon appeared in my dock labeled csgo_osx64 and briefly changed to a CSGO icon before crashing and closing completely.

   Solutions? See "Attempted Solutions" below. All were tried for each scenario listed.

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Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Please see scenarios outlined above.

Attempted Solutions:

• Fresh install of Steam with subsequent fresh* install of CSGO
• Uninstalling and reinstalling just CSGO
• Uninstalling and reinstalling CSGO after scouring and removing all file references to it
• The following items were done before I did a fresh install of Steam and afterwards with no affect.
• Deleting all temp or cache sounding files from the game directory
• Validating local files
• Deleting all VPK files and verifying local files, and the system downloading fresh ones
• Changing all VPK files to be perms: 755
• Opting into CSGO betas
• Choosing beta: 1.36.7.0 -
• Choosing NONE (opt out)
• Opting out of CSGo betas
• Adding command line options:
  • -nojoy
  • then appending -console
  • then appending -window -novid -nod3d9ex1
  • then appending w- 800 h-600
    • Final launch options: -nojoy -console -window -novid -nod3d9ex1 w- 800 h-600

*Fresh means: Steam app deleted from Applications directory, all library folders deleted, crap cleaner ran on entire system, system wide search for any related files turned up empty.

[rbp15]

Any updates? Recently logged back in to the same result.

[aKalisch]

Sometimes I have the same issue. This is fixed after restarting steam.