Three lines before that one, there's a TLS (thread local storage) callback exception. On line 244198 you can see the game initialization error message box being populated:Ġ0b8:Call user32.MessageBoxW(00000000,0021fd50 L"Game Initialization Failed: I",0021fd40 L"ERROR",00000010) ret=1400b7171 I executed Overwatch with the verbose logs to see if there are more clues there about what could be wrong. I wonder if I should open up a support ticket or if this is the right place for discussion. Overwatch is supposed to leave some logs in the Documents folder but I can't find anything there (I even tried removing the Desktop integration features on the Wine Configuration so that "My Documents" is not linked to the Documents folder in my Mac). I found some docs about these dependencies on the lutris repo: I found some linux users having these issues years ago, they solved them by installing some dependencies. I tried with both the latest stable build and a recent nightly (2120211030) and the result is the same. Overwatch is installed successfully, but when opening it, an error showing "Game Initialization Failed: I" pops up: The Overwatch bottle has a broken link, while the correct link is: The other approach is using the standalone Overwatch installer (that also installs but kicks off the download/installation process of Overwatch).
Installing and then Overwatch through it is not an option because of the main UI version. The icon appears on the menu bar and you can right click it to reveal the list of games and open the config (that does work).
#IS OVERWATCH ON MAC OS INSTALL#
I was able to install it and to log in (although log in was a bit trickier because there were some white rectangles in the UI), but after installing the main UI does not show up.
One first issue that I encountered, is that the client does not open. I tried to run it both on an Intel Mac and an M1 Max Mac, and the results are the same.
Given that linux users have been running it with a very good experience for some time now. After adding DXVK support on CrossOver 21 for Mac, I had some hope to get Overwatch running on Mac.