KSP 24.2 crashing on Mac with B9 Aerospace and NEAR

[Teuthos_41]

I've been trying, without success, to get B9 Aerospace working on Kerbal Space Program 24.2 on OS X Mavericks. Whenever I install B9 Aerospace and attempt to launch Kerbal Space Program, the launcher freezes on either a stock part or a NASA mission part. I've had launcher freezes before on another computer so the problem is not limited to Mac OS X.

I got to the error by:

1. Reinstalling KSP (clear local content on Steam, install the game again).

2. Downloading B9 Aerospace. In the file I downloaded, I have the following:

README.md

Ships

Source

changelog.txt

GameData

The interesting thing is that Game Data has 10 folders and 1 file:

B9_Aerospace_DEPRECATED

CrossFeedEnabler

Firespitter

JSI

KineTechAnimation

Klockheed_Martian

ModuleManager.2.3.5.dll

MP_Nazari

ResGen

SmokeScreen

Virgin Kalactic

B9_Aerospace

In previous versions of KSP, there hasn't been nearly this much stuff in the file, but as per instructions on the 24.2 version, I merged everything with GameData and put the change log and readme files together with the Source and Ships folders into the main KSP directory. I have also tried only putting the B9_Aerospace into GameData, but without success.

The launcher froze and stopped loading at a stock engine part.

3. I read somewhere in the comments of the Curse page for B9 Aerospace that you need NEAR and/or FAR installed together with it. I installed FAR, I managed to load the game. I installed B9 Aerospace, same thing as on my previous attempt, but the game froze on the grappling hook that comes with the NASA mission.

4. I deleted the NASA mission parts completely and installed NEAR; game crashed with the "spinning beach ball of death" that you get when programs crash on Macs.

5. So now, having completely messed up my game directory, I just downloaded KSP again for the third time. What should I do to get B9 Aerospace to work with KSP 24.2?

[NathanKell]

Please follow the instructions in the READ FIRST sticky; they will tell you where you can find the log we need to be able to help.

[kStrout]

I had the exact same problem just a few weeks ago. Try installing the texture compression mod. It performed wonders and then some for me, I now use B9 and interstellar as well as pretty much any other minor mod I want on a laptop!