Wow! I vouch that this application is still relevant in 2021 especially for SS13. I am here in 2021 attempting to get this software to work.
So here is my experience thus far.
Step 1. Install latest BYOND [513.1542] using the installation wizard. I got smart and selected windows XP (even though BYOND works great on windows 10/11) with a modern DirectX profile.
Step 2. Go through the installation of BYOND, I ensured the directory for BYOND actually existed and fine tuned where it was putting it.
The forum won't display these, so here's the address.
https://imgur.com/a/upzjSYt.jpg
Step 2A. BYOND appears to have installed properly, here's an image of the final install screen -- and here's also the confirmed placement of BYOND files in my Macs document folder
The forum won't display these, so here's the address.
https://imgur.com/a/LrowKOW.jpg
The forum won't display these, so here's the address.
https://imgur.com/a/7lpsCVr.jpg
Step 3. Sadly the failure point of this application is "loading game information", If I had to make some presumptions I believe BYOND is attempting to fetch the current game list and cache them to disk. crossover asks the user if you want to "allow" the application to write to the documents file, upon selecting allow -- here's the result.
Here is a copy of the install log Install-Byond.cxlog
EDIT 2: Heres is a log when the issue happens, I see some DLL errors in there, hopefully this leads to a fix.
newlog.cxlog
I appreciate if anyone has any tips or tricks to getting this to function better.