Thanks for the info.

I tried replacing SDL, but to no avail. I guess I'll have to wait for a fix :( 

Do you have a copy of SDL.framework installed in /Library/Frameworks ? If so, try deleting it or moving it aside, this fixes the crash for me.

Otherwise, I can post a beta build that uses SDL2 and doesn't have this issue! 

OSX 10.9 

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/tools/mac/engines/quakespasm-0.85.10-sdl2-alpha.zip 

the sdl2 alpha fixes it. Thanks! 

Hmmm.. Tried out QS 0.85.9 (12 April 2013) and it works ok on my 10.9.2 box. I dont have 10.9.3

But Oz's latest dev version doesnt work on Lion or OS X 10.9.2 *without system SDL*. It seems to have a malformed dynamic lib path - the @rpath doesnt look familiar to me, and should probably be @executable_path

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @rpath/SDL.framework/Versions/A/SDL
Referenced from: /Users/USER/*/QuakeSpasm.app/Contents/MacOS/QuakeSpasm
Reason: image not found

Of course, the reported crash above has a different log. I dont have OS X 10.9.3 to test with 

Starts ok on Lion and Mavericks. :) FPS on demo1 is similar ro SDL 1.

But god-damn it , i still have the fullscreen gamma bug on both. What a crock &^% 

@than, cool, glad it works for you!

@stevenaaus, what's the fullscreen gamma bug you get? The brightness slider wasn't working for me for a while, but I found out it was my screen dimming software (f.lux) - I just have to quit that and then the brightness slider works correctly.

The brightness control in SDL kind of sucks, it affects the whole monitor in windowed mode and clashes with things like f.lux. From what I've read the proper way, if recent OpenGL is available, is to use a FBO + fragment shader, but not sure how much work it would be. 

Mark V uses a rather simple mechanism to handle brightness that only affects the window and is entirely crossplatform.

http://quake-1.com/docs/scr_brightness.txt

Called once per frame right before GL_EndRendering ();

No more hardware gamma and all the hassles/complexities.

MH wrote the code and Reckless saved it and pointed it out to me a little over a year ago. 

brightness is additive, contrast is multiplicative, gamma is exponential.

the code you (baker) linked is contrast, not brightness as you claim, nor gamma as the code appears to claim. these things all have quite specific definitions. :s

both contrast and brightness can easily be rendered using the appropriate combiners stuff (potentially requiring multiple passes). actual gamma requires glsl or hardware gamma ramps.

all this stuff will have the effect of slowing down the game.
its worth spending the time to add support for fragment shaders, if only to also fix the uglyness of water and skies... 

I'm monkeying with this from QC :D 

what's the fullscreen gamma bug you get?

When game runs in fullscreen, after a few seconds, or intermittantly, game goes quite dark. Longstanding and confusing thing.
Since it is seen to our SDL2 build too, maybe it is connected to our launcher ?

I think if i install libSDL.so and Quakespasm like on an ordinary Unix , there is no bug. 

Yeah sure except note the following ...

the code you (baker) linked is contrast, not brightness as you claim

The standard Quake brightness cvar is called "gamma" -- I wasn't about to change a cvar name everyone has used for 15 years ;)

And the function was named SCR_Brightness by MH so I kept the name, besides the slider bar is called "brightness."

Source thread: http://forums.inside3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5185

(Looks like Reckless goes by Revelator now. 

Gamma bug.

Is a major reason why I ditched hardware gamma in Mark V. It stupidly affects Windows and OS X.

I wrote tons of code trying to catch the system event that mucks up the brightness in Windows after switching between fullscreen and windowed mode. There isn't one.

Thread has some interesting infos on the topic: http://forums.inside3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5185 

The rpath thing is fixed in a later build+package, and there should be no crashes. Here:
http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/tmp/QuakeSpasm-0.85.10-macosx-TEST2.zip

Not sure about the gamaa issue, though. 

Something that's always bothered me: hide the crosshair while centerprint text is on screen. Otherwise it just looks awful with the big + jammed in the middle of a word.

I've tried doing this in qc with stuffcmd, and it works okay, except there's no way to remember what the user's original crosshair preference was if the map loads or the player f9's while text is on screen. I default to just assuming everyone wants it on, but I know someone's going to come out of the woodwork and complain if I do that.

It's a tiny bit of polish that should just always happen, and the proper place for it is at the engine level. 

Don't draw crosshair if centerprint code.

http://forums.inside3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5474 

Spike pointed out some mods actually strategically display console text as a status indicator.

Like Quoth's flashlight indicator bar (example map = Ruined Nation) 

Add CSQC support to Quakespasm. 

http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/tmp/QuakeSpasm-0.85.10-macosx-TEST3.zip

This is built against and packaged with today's SDL-1.2:
http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/tmp/SDL.framework-1.2-HG-20140623.tar.gz

And here is a test build of hexen2 along with it:
http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/tmp/hexen2demo_aug1997-macosx-TEST3.zip 

Sounds reasonable to move centerprints up 4 lines if crosshair ?? 

You probably want to head down in case the text is long... 

Guys, please, could you add the FSAA (Antialiasing) option to the OS X version ?

and also the command-Tab feature (as in Quake3) to switch app, without having to quit Quakespasm. 

Hmmm - some messages shown with SCR_DrawNotifyString are just too big to mess with positionally. But simple cases such as E1 entryway (SCR_DrawCenterString) have been moved up one line for the crosshair

@Barnak Where is the relevant command-Tab code ? Maybe i'll go look for it.

OS X FSAA has been talked about somewhere else. Maybe SDL2 with OS X makes a simple implementation possible. 

Mark V has anti-aliasing (cvar = vid_multisample, set to 2, 4 or 8) --- if you are staring at edges you can tell the difference. But who is doing that during regular game play?

I'm not arguing for or against such a feature, just saying I haven't seen anyone even comment on the availability of the feature and I forgot it myself.