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Running MacOS 26.1 on an M2 Pro Mac, I am unable to start a new game. After finishing character creation the cc screen says waiting and eventually pinwheels into application not responding, never advancing to the opening cinematic. The same game files work fine if copied to an Intel mac, and saves created on the Intel mac work fine on the m-series Mac. The files pass steam verification in both places, and the cinematic at the end of the boat tutorial section works fine. Any ideas?

Agreed. I am on 26.2 and same problem. Interestingly, when I reloaded the game from Steam after a few years away my old save games were brought down. I can load and play that, but if I want to start from the very beginning I get stuck at same spot after character creation and hitting START. Odd.

Well, I discovered the problem. It is with the opening movies it seems. I have cloud saves on and started a new game on my iPad with the character I wanted. Then I saved right after getting off of the bed. Then went to steam on my Mac and loaded the game and that works.