Mac Problem

[SomeRandomGuy]

Hi, I have a mac and can't run Battle for Wesnoth. It starts but when I get to the menu screen I can't click anything, I have the swirling rainbow orb and I'm forced to restart my computer. Please help!

[Raijer]

Just saying this doesn't actually give any information on what's your problem...
You need to give more details, like which version of Wesnoth you're using, which version of Mac OS you have, is your Mac a PowerPC or an Intel one...

[SomeRandomGuy]

It was extreme lag. Sorry I wasted your time.

[mattsc]

No worries, we are happy to help if you give us enough information so that we can help. As for the lag, there is a problem with Macs and color cursors sometimes causing huge lags. You did not say which version you are using. Since Wesnoth 1.11.8, color cursors have been disabled entirely on Macs, but if you are using an earlier version, you might be able to improve performance by going into the preferences and unchecking color cursors.

[SomeRandomGuy]

I can't actually find color cursors anywhere. Please help.

[Iris]

You can’t find the option because, as mattsc said above, it’s forcefully disabled on OS X builds since version 1.11.8. Even if the option was previously enabled, it would not have an effect anymore.

[ancestral]

It was extreme lag. Sorry I wasted your time.

There is a known issue with the display resolution where it could appear like mouse lag, if the resolution in the game is larger than what can fit in the screen. It can be quickly resolved by resizing the window (either click the zoom button in the top left of the window’s title bar, or just resize using the grow box in the bottom right corner) so give that a shot if you are still running into the same issue. (Alternatively, you can try full-screen as well.)