So, I've got a friend using a mac (poor guy), and he recently got JKA for mac. He installed it and what-not, and SP works fine. However, when he loads up MP and tries to connect to a server, it goes to the "Awaiting Gamestate" screen, then the game just crashes (no error message or anything).

He's installed the 1.01 patch, he's tried lowering video settings to bare minimum, and nothing works. Any ideas?

Thanks ahead of time,
GOB

Sounds like his install is corrupted... or illegal. I've been using Outcast and Academy on a Mac forever and NEVER seen that behavior.

Have them reinstall the game from the CD.

also tell him to install all MAC patches
you will find links here
http://www.japlus.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6)

this is a detailed instruction to install JA+ on a MAC using the lastest MAC patches.
So you can use the link given for the MAC patch even if you don't want to install JA+