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  • 2025-01-27: Quite unexpectedly, it seems that just setting Memory to minimum will work
    (unexpected because the error I get is about threads - CPUs)

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The "Performance Impact" has dozens of options. One or more of them is buggy on macOS and causes Civ VI to crash every few minutes.

I don't know which specific option(s) cause it to crash, but by turning them all off it's possible to play for hours without crashing.

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If you can interpret the error logs, or test and figure out which option(s) cause the crash, please comment and let the rest of us know.

@koynoyno
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koynoyno commented May 19, 2025 •
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The suggestion works on M4, macOS Sequoia 15.5, thank you.

Edit: works as long as I keep the game in foreground. If it stays a couple of minutes in background, it will crash anyway.

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coolaj86 commented May 20, 2025

I have a weekly Civ night with a friend and depending on the update any given week it's a complete grab bag. I wish I could pin it to the version from about two weeks ago and never have it update again.

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rudolfolah commented Oct 18, 2025

On M1 MacOS Sequoia 15.6, lowering both "Performance Impact" and "Memory Impact" settings to "Minimum" extended the game to at least 1 hour of gameplay time. With autosaving, this works well enough.

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