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First, Hi to anyone from long ago! I've been away for a long time, but I was always there back in the day. And second, thanks for helping out!

On a 2019 iMac 27" running latest Catalina OS 10.15.4

In trying to get some Myth II back on, I have a couple hiccups:
1) Some solo levels are available, but not all, and not consecutively. I thought they'd be available as I completed them. It crashes on some levels and not others.
2) Willow Creek is available, but a crasher: after the scrolling narration the game crashes back to the OS.

and D) (we'll call it), The Great Library did work, but it kicked my butt! And it wasn't even on Total Carnage,or Legendary -- whichever Myth was (one was Marathon). Obviously I have a lot of rust to knock off.

I have the crash log to the most recent crash. I can try various things if it helps figure it out. Thanks for taking a look and your time, I appreciate it:

Crash log for Willow Creek crash:
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2020-05-08 21:00:42
Myth II |iUniversal|p Build 454 (64-bit) running under MacOS 1094 (Intel) ----------------------------------------------
Loading poweruser.txt... not found.
DEBUG: Updating monolithic tag cache:
Initial count: 333
Number removed: 0
Number added: 0
New count: 333
INFO: ignoring non-required patch file 'Patch 1.4 Interface'
DEBUG: Adding 13 monolithic tags:
small install
medium install
large install
international small install
international large install
Patch 1.2
Patch 1.3
Patch 1.4
Patch 1.5
GateofStormsNet
Patch 1.8 Interface
Myth II Interface (800x600)
Patch Templates
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
Found 1 to use
ATI Radeon Pro 580X OpenGL Engine | ATI Technologies Inc. | OpenGL 2.1
Initializing sound with OpenAL...
OpenAL: Loaded OpenAL library 'libopenal.1.18.2.dylib'.
OpenAL initialized successfully with output device 'OpenAL Soft'.
Running OpenGL 2.1 at 2560 x 1440 (VSync ON)
Starting mesh "The Stair of Grief"...
Using 1.8.3 gameplay...
OpenGL: Initialized with TexCacheSize=512, ErasePreviousFrame=0, MaxAnisotropy=8, MSAASamples=1, UseDepthTest=1, UseMipMaps=1, UseNPO2Textures=1, UseShaders=1, UseLightmapBlendingShader=0, UpdateCMapChunked=1, UseCMapTiles=1, UseAppleClientStorage=1
Quitting single player game...
Abort trap: 6
0 Myth II 1.8.3 0x00000001000e7ec3 handle_signal + 79
1 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x00007fff7098c5fd _sigtramp + 29
2 Myth II 1.8.3 0x0000000100000400 Myth II 1.8.3 + 1024
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff70862808 abort + 120
4 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff6dac2458 abort_message + 231
5 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff6dab38bf _ZL29demangling_unexpected_handlerv + 0
6 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff6f5ee5a9 _ZL15_objc_terminatev + 96
7 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff6dac1887 _ZSt11__terminatePFvvE + 8
8 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff6dac41a2 __cxa_get_exception_ptr + 0
9 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff6dac4169 _ZN10__cxxabiv1L22exception_cleanup_funcE19_Unwind_Reason_CodeP17_Unwind_Exception + 0
10 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff6f5ec6ed objc_exception_throw + 350
11 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff36947c97 -[NSObject(NSObject) __retain_OA] + 0
12 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff3682d57b ___forwarding___ + 1427
13 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff3682cf58 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
14 Myth II 1.8.3 0x00000001000f68ef display_cutscene + 292
15 Myth II 1.8.3 0x00000001000f6df6 display_mesh_cutscene + 197
16 Myth II 1.8.3 0x00000001000c9a7a display_mesh_prologue + 182
17 Myth II 1.8.3 0x00000001000baa72 update_everything + 1206
18 Myth II 1.8.3 0x00000001000bb469 main + 1180
19 Myth II 1.8.3 0x0000000100001d88 start + 52
20 ??? 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1

I believe this only happens if you have cutscenes enabled, or any cutscenes in your Myth II folder.

The problem is that QuickTime is no longer part of Mac OS X in Catalina. Any attempt made to call the QuickTime frameworks in an app will leave you with, rrreeeeooooowwww, ker-splat. As you see with Myth II on Mac OS X.

Workaround is to play without cutscenes, which is a bit of a bummer. I think the new-ish macOS movie player framework is AVFoundation, with its own codec and container mess that a few someones will need to sort out on their spare time.