Itch.io .zip Mac version of the launcher fails to launch the bundled Thrive

[hhyyrylainen]

It just closes the launcher. This is the last bit of the log which is a pretty weird error:

2025-05-23 14:39:29.3430|INFO|LauncherBackend.Services.ThriveRunner|Trying to start Thrive from folder: /private/var/folders/p7/ww6sbpr96b573y_86v42011m0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/CC271508-B854-4BDF-AC72-A4C65F55548C/d/
2025-05-23 14:39:29.3454|FATAL|ThriveLauncher.Program|Unhandled exception in the launcher. PLEASE REPORT THIS TO US!|System.IO.IOException: Result too large : '/private/var/folders/p7/ww6sbpr96b573y_86v42011m0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/CC271508-B854-4BDF-AC72-A4C65F55548C/d'
   at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerator`1.FindNextEntry(Byte* entryBufferPtr, Int32 bufferLength)
   at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerator`1.MoveNext()
   at LauncherBackend.Services.ThriveInstaller.FindThriveExecutableFolderInVersion(String installedThriveFolder, PackagePlatform platform, Boolean fallback)
   at LauncherBackend.Services.ThriveRunner.StartThrive(IPlayableVersion version, Boolean applyCommandLineCustomizations, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at ThriveLauncher.ViewModels.MainWindowViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass506_0.<CheckFilesAndStartThrive>b__0()
   at Avalonia.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeCore()
   at Avalonia.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Execute()
   at Avalonia.Threading.Dispatcher.ExecuteJob(DispatcherOperation job)
   at Avalonia.Threading.Dispatcher.ExecuteJobsCore(Boolean fromExplicitBackgroundProcessingCallback)
   at Avalonia.Threading.Dispatcher.Signaled()
   at Avalonia.Native.Interop.Impl.__MicroComIAvnPlatformThreadingInterfaceEventsVTable.Signaled(Void* this)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Avalonia.Native.DispatcherImpl.RunLoop(CancellationToken token)
   at Avalonia.Native.DispatcherImpl.RunLoop(CancellationToken token)
   at Avalonia.Threading.DispatcherFrame.Run(IControlledDispatcherImpl impl)
   at Avalonia.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(DispatcherFrame frame)
   at Avalonia.Threading.Dispatcher.MainLoop(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes.ClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime.StartCore(String[] args)
   at ThriveLauncher.Program.InnerMain(String[] args, ServiceProvider services, ILogger programLogger)
   at ThriveLauncher.Program.Main(String[] args)

Luckily running the Thrive.app directly works so this isn't the biggest problem. Also when running through the itch.io app that also makes things work.

[hhyyrylainen]

This is probably caused by AppTranslocation. And potential solutions include moving the app to the apps folder before running or asking players to use a specific command. So that's not super user-friendly.