Hey, i have created a game in unity with the apple core and apple gamekit plugins present. I setup 5 leaderboards on the app store connect. I made a unity build and did the whole testflight build loop to test everything. When i open my gamecenter panel via the button i see my leaderboards but they show as MISSING TITLE which is weird because i have for sure set them up correctly they have a leaderboard reference name and leaderboard id as well. When debugging i can see that when i call my submit score function it gets submitted with no error but then i also dont see the score appear anywhere .
Keep in mind the leaderboards are not live and are being tested on testflight first
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We have a macOS app (not yet released, but in use by ourselves), that provides scoreboards for streaming sport events.
Today it is expected, that there are nice animations for goals, etc. We are streaming using NDI, which requires a CVPixelBuffer for each frame.
We currently create these animations using CABasicAnimation, CAAnimation and CAKeyframeAnimation. In addition we use ScreenCaptureKit to generate the frames.
This works fine with 25/30 fps, as long as the window where our animations are performed in is visible. But this is not what it should be. We have a smaller window as main app window and control display performing the animations in reduced size, while the streaming animations need to be in HD format and later maybe in 4K.
When using an offscreen window, the animations are not calculated. We get 1 frame per second or so. So we actually have to connect an external display to the MacBook and open the large windows there. Ugly solution.
Do we use a completely wrong approach? Or is there a way to tell the macOS to perform the animations although it is an offscreen window?
If it cannot work that way, what is an alternative?
After watching WWDC 2025 session "Combine Metal 4 machine learning and graphics", I have decided to give it a shot to integrate the latest MTL4MachineLearningCommandEncoder to my existing render pipeline. After a lot of trial and errors, I managed to set up the pipeline and have the app compiled.
However, I am now stuck on creating a MTLLibrary with .mtlpackage.
Here is the code I have to create a MTLLibrary according the WWDC session https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/262/?time=550:
let coreMLFilePath = bundle.path(forResource: "my_model", ofType: "mtlpackage")!
let coreMLURL = URL(string: coreMLFilePath)!
do {
metalDevice.makeLibrary(URL: coreMLURL)
} catch {
print("error: \(error)")
}
With the above code, I am getting error:
Error Domain=MTLLibraryErrorDomain Code=1 "Invalid metal package" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Invalid metal package}
What is the correct way to create a MTLLibrary with .mtlpackage? Do I see this error because the .mtlpackage I am using is incorrect? How should I go with debugging this?
I'd really appreciate if I could get some help on this as I have been stuck with it for some time now. Thanks in advance!
I am trying to simulate a paste command and it seems to not want to paste. It worked at one point with the same code and now is causing issues.
My code looks like this:
` func simulatePaste() {
guard let source = CGEventSource(stateID: .hidSystemState) else {
print("Failed to create event source")
return
}
let keyDown = CGEvent(keyboardEventSource: source, virtualKey: CGKeyCode(9), keyDown: true)
let keyUp = CGEvent(keyboardEventSource: source, virtualKey: CGKeyCode(9), keyDown: false)
keyDown?.flags = .maskCommand
keyUp?.flags = .maskCommand
keyDown?.post(tap: .cgAnnotatedSessionEventTap)
keyUp?.post(tap: .cgAnnotatedSessionEventTap)
print("Simulated Cmd + V")
}
I know that there is some issues around permissions and so in my Info.plist I have this:
<string>NSApplication</string>
<key>NSAppleEventsUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app requires permission to send keyboard input for pasting from the clipboard.</string>
I have also disabled sandbox. It does ask me if I want to give the app permissions but after approving it, it still doesn't paste.
Does anyone know why the following call fails?
CGPDFOperatorTableSetCallback(operatorTable, "ID", &callback);
The PDF specification seems to indicate that ID is an operator?
BTW what is the proper topic/subtopic for questions about Quartz? Wasn't sure what topic on the new forums to post this under.
I want to use reality to create a custom material that can use my own shader and support Mesh instancing (for rendering 3D Gaussian splating), but I found that CustomMaterial does not support VisionOS. Is there any other interface that can achieve my needs? Where can I find examples?
Topic:
Graphics & Games
SubTopic:
RealityKit
I play this game called Sonic Forces: Speed Battle that's available in the app store and I completed a quest outside of the app on this site called TapResearch for some rewards as I've done before and has worked, but after this one time I can no longer enter back into the game without crashing immediately. I tried deleting and reinstalling but nothing. I even tried signing into a different account but that didn't work either. So then I tried to make a new game center account to try and see if it works, and it did, though all my progress has been restarted. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I am using the latest version of the Game Center plugin for Unity and have noticed that my game will crash on launch when trying to authenticate.
I've tried this in an empty project with just the plugin and it still crashes with this exception.
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1; jobified=0
Initializing Metal device caps: Apple A14 GPU
Initialize engine version: 2022.3.62f2 (7670c08855a9)
GameKitException: Code=-7 Domain=GKErrorDomain Description=The operation couldn’t be completed. (GKErrorDomain error -7.) (UnsupportedOperationForOSVersion)
at Apple.GameKit.DefaultNSErrorHandler.ThrowNSError (System.IntPtr nsErrorPtr) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0
Rethrow as TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Apple.GameKit.GKGameActivity' threw an exception.
And the area in the native code that is triggering the crash is this inside the GKLocalPlayer_SetAuthenticateHandler function
`_onAuthenticate!(tid, _mostRecentAuthenticatePlayer!.passRetainedUnsafeMutablePointer());
I am using Unity 2022.3.62f2 and MacOS 15.6 with iOS 18.6.2 which based on the min specs for the plugin we should be within spec.
I have also included this message because I thought it might help too
`terminating due to uncaught exception of type Il2CppExceptionWrapper
Could not import Swift modules for translation unit: failed to get module "GameKitWrapper" from AST context:
error: 'GKErrorCodeExtension.h' file not found
in file included from :1:
error: could not build Objective-C module 'GameKitWrapper'
warning: Ignoring missing VFS file: /Users/james/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GameKitWrapper-dzawbtxqdxdviiakfxmfunexppqv/Build/Intermediates.noindex/GameKitWrapper.build/Release-iphoneos/GameKitWrapper-bc72bd3638f4d2956cac9b00e84c1a7d-VFS-iphoneos/all-product-headers.yaml
This is the likely root cause for any subsequent compiler
errors.warning: Ignoring missing VFS file: /Users/bill/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GameKitWrapper-dzawbtxqdxdviiakfxmfunexppqv/Build/Intermediates.noindex/GameKitWrapper.build/Release-iphoneos/GameKitWrapper iOS.build/unextended-module-overlay.yaml
This is the likely root cause for any subsequent compiler errors.warning: TypeSystemSwiftTypeRef::GetNumChildren: had to engage SwiftASTContext fallback for type $syyXCD
I've also attached the script that I am using for authentication, this script runs on the first scene.
GameCenterManager.cs
I'm looking to create an effect on iOS that tracks the user's face position with ARKit and shifts nearer/more prominent geometry in the scene around while more "distant" geometry stays fixed to the XY plane - making it look like the geometry on screen "sticks out"
I've managed to implement most of this successfully, but it's not perfect when using PerspectiveCameraComponent in RealityKit because as I shift the camera (and change its field of view based on the user's distance) the backplane changes its orientation (it's always orthogonal to camera's direction).
I've tried adopting ProjectiveTransformCameraComponent instead. The idea is that the camera shifts around the scene, mirroring the user's head's position, looking at (0,0,0) and the back plane is adjusted to be parallel with the X,Y plane (animation replicated in Blender below).
However, I can't manage to set up ProjectiveTransformCameraComponent with an appropriate matrix or update its transform property in a RealityKit System correctly.
I also tried setting many simpler projection matrices as described in a number of guides on camera projection matrices on the internet and all I get is a blank view.
Does anyone have some guidance on what the projection matrix that ProjectiveTransformCameraComponent expects is meant to look like or how I would go about accomplishing my goal?
Hi Apple & devs,
I'm trying to test various Windows .exe files using the Game Porting Toolkit (GPTK), but I’m hitting a wall: no matter what .exe I try, the command returns instantly with no output — no error, no logs, nothing.
Here's what I'm doing:
I'm using macOS Sequioa 15.5 on M1 macbook pro.
I installed gameportingtoolkt GPTK 2.1 through brew from gcenx:
brew install gcenx/wine/game-porting-toolkit
When I run any .exe using GPTK's wine64, like this, e.g. with steam
user@JMacBook-Pro / % WINEPREFIX=~/wine_prefix /usr/local/bin/gameportingtoolkit 'C:\SteamSetup.exe' --verbose
user@JMacBook-Pro / %
Immediate exit without any return code, output, nor errors.
No output, no crash, no logs. Same result with simple test apps
Running with WINEDEBUG=+all (still no output)
Even running wine64 does the same thing.
I’ve tried:
Removing and reinstalling GPTK
Creating a fresh WINEPREFIX
Checking /tmp and ~/Library/Logs for logs — nothing
Has anyone else experienced this or have any idea how to debug it?
Is there ANY Apple support for this??
Thanks in advance.
I have a UIView that displays lines, and I zoom in (scale by 2 on the scroll view zoomScale variable containing the UIView).
As I zoom in, on the Mac version (Designed for IPad) I loose the graphic after a certain number of zooms (the scrollView maximumZoomScale is set at 10).
To ensure that lines are correctly represented, I modify the contentScaleFactor variable on the UIView; otherwise, the line's display is pixelated.
On the IPad (simulator and real) I do not loose the graphic when zooming.
So the Mac port of the UIView drawing is not working as the IPad version.
Everything else of the application works fine except this important details.
I already submitted a feedback request (#FB16829106) with the images showing the problem. I need a solution to this problem.
Thanks.
Hello, I’m the developer of the “ StepSquad” app. Our app uses the Game Center achievement feature, but we’ve been encountering a problem: the “Global Players” metric always shows 0%, even though there are friends who have already achieved these achievements. Initially, I thought it might be because the app was newly launched. However, it’s now been over two months since release, and it’s still showing 0%. If anyone has any insight into this issue, please leave a comment.
Hello
I would like to know how to combine 2 animations with RealityKit (one animation for the arms and one for the legs for example)
I saw this apple demo that seems to explain it but I don't understand at all how to do it...
Thanks
Starting with iOS 18.0 beta 1, I've noticed that RealityKit frequently crashes in the simulator when an app launches and presents an ARView.
I was able to create a small sample app with repro steps that demonstrates the issue, and I've submitted feedback: FB16144085
I've included a crash log with the feedback.
If possible, I'd appreciate it if an Apple engineer could investigate and suggest a workaround. It's awkward to be restricted to the iOS 17 simulator, which does not exhibit this behavior.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
Thank you.
Hey, I've been struggling with this for some days now.
I am trying to write to a sparse texture in a compute shader. I'm performing the following steps:
Set up a sparse heap and create a texture from it
Map the whole area of the sparse texture using updateTextureMapping(..)
Overwrite every value with the value "4" in a compute shader
Blit the texture to a shared buffer
Assert that the values in the buffer are "4".
I have a minimal example (which is still pretty long unfortunately).
It works perfectly when removing the line heapDesc.type = .sparse.
What am I missing? I could not find any information that writes to sparse textures are unsupported. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
import Metal
func sparseTexture64x64Demo() throws {
// ── Metal objects
guard let device = MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice()
else { throw NSError(domain: "SparseNotSupported", code: -1) }
let queue = device.makeCommandQueue()!
let lib = device.makeDefaultLibrary()!
let pipeline = try device.makeComputePipelineState(function: lib.makeFunction(name: "addOne")!)
// ── Texture descriptor
let width = 64, height = 64
let format: MTLPixelFormat = .r32Uint // 4 B per texel
let desc = MTLTextureDescriptor()
desc.textureType = .type2D
desc.pixelFormat = format
desc.width = width
desc.height = height
desc.storageMode = .private
desc.usage = [.shaderWrite, .shaderRead]
// ── Sparse heap
let bytesPerTile = device.sparseTileSizeInBytes
let meta = device.heapTextureSizeAndAlign(descriptor: desc)
let heapBytes = ((bytesPerTile + meta.size + bytesPerTile - 1) / bytesPerTile) * bytesPerTile
let heapDesc = MTLHeapDescriptor()
heapDesc.type = .sparse
heapDesc.storageMode = .private
heapDesc.size = heapBytes
let heap = device.makeHeap(descriptor: heapDesc)!
let tex = heap.makeTexture(descriptor: desc)!
// ── CPU buffers
let bytesPerPixel = MemoryLayout<UInt32>.stride
let rowStride = width * bytesPerPixel
let totalBytes = rowStride * height
let dstBuf = device.makeBuffer(length: totalBytes, options: .storageModeShared)!
let cb = queue.makeCommandBuffer()!
let fence = device.makeFence()!
// 2. Map the sparse tile, then signal the fence
let rse = cb.makeResourceStateCommandEncoder()!
rse.updateTextureMapping(
tex,
mode: .map,
region: MTLRegionMake2D(0, 0, width, height),
mipLevel: 0,
slice: 0)
rse.update(fence) // ← capture all work so far
rse.endEncoding()
let ce = cb.makeComputeCommandEncoder()!
ce.waitForFence(fence)
ce.setComputePipelineState(pipeline)
ce.setTexture(tex, index: 0)
let threadsPerTG = MTLSize(width: 8, height: 8, depth: 1)
let tgCount = MTLSize(width: (width + 7) / 8,
height: (height + 7) / 8,
depth: 1)
ce.dispatchThreadgroups(tgCount, threadsPerThreadgroup: threadsPerTG)
ce.updateFence(fence)
ce.endEncoding()
// Blit texture into shared buffer
let blit = cb.makeBlitCommandEncoder()!
blit.waitForFence(fence)
blit.copy(
from: tex,
sourceSlice: 0,
sourceLevel: 0,
sourceOrigin: MTLOrigin(x: 0, y: 0, z: 0),
sourceSize: MTLSize(width: width, height: height, depth: 1),
to: dstBuf,
destinationOffset: 0,
destinationBytesPerRow: rowStride,
destinationBytesPerImage: totalBytes)
blit.endEncoding()
cb.commit()
cb.waitUntilCompleted()
assert(cb.error == nil, "GPU error: \(String(describing: cb.error))")
// ── Verify a few texels
let out = dstBuf.contents().bindMemory(to: UInt32.self, capacity: width * height)
print("first three texels:", out[0], out[1], out[width]) // 0 1 64
assert(out[0] == 4 && out[1] == 4 && out[width] == 4)
}
Metal shader:
#include <metal_stdlib>
using namespace metal;
kernel void addOne(texture2d<uint, access::write> tex [[texture(0)]],
uint2 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
{
tex.write(4, gid);
}
I'm encountering a build failure when trying to install the Game Porting Toolkit via Homebrew. The installation fails during the game-porting-toolkit-compiler dependency build phase with a CMake compatibility error.
Error Message:
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:3 (cmake_minimum_required):
Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 has been removed from CMake.
Update the VERSION argument <min> value. Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.
Or, add -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 to try configuring anyway.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Environment:
macOS: 15.6.1 (Sequoia)
Homebrew: 5.0.1
CMake: 3.20.2
Architecture: x86_64 (via Rosetta)
Formula: apple/apple/game-porting-toolkit-compiler v0.1
Source: crossover-sources-22.1.1.tar.gz
Steps to Reproduce:
Install x86_64 Homebrew for Rosetta compatibility
Run: arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install apple/apple/game-porting-toolkit
Build fails during dependency installation
Root Cause:
The LLVM/Clang sources included in crossover-sources-22.1.1.tar.gz contain a CMakeLists.txt file that specifies a minimum CMake version lower than 3.5. Modern CMake versions (3.5+) have removed backward compatibility with these older version requirements.
Potential Solutions:
Update the Homebrew formula to patch the CMakeLists.txt with cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) or higher
Update to newer CrossOver sources with updated CMake requirements
Add the -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 flag to the CMake build command in the formula
Is this a known issue? Are there plans to update the formula or the source package to resolve this compatibility problem? Any guidance on a workaround would be appreciated.
Full log available at: /Users/kentarovadney/Library/Logs/Homebrew/game-porting-toolkit-compiler/02.cmake.log
Thanks for any assistance!
Hello I trying to implement authentication via apple services in unity game with server made as another unity app On client side I succesfully got teamPlayerID signature salt timestamp publicKeyUrl According to this documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/gklocalplayer/fetchitems(foridentityverificationsignature:)?language=objc
I have to
Verify with the appropriate signing authority that Apple signed the public key.
As I said my server is special build of unity project So now I have this kind of C# programm to check apple authority over public certificate i got from publicKeyUrl
TextAsset textAsset;
byte[] bytes;
textAsset = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("AppleRootCA-G3");
bytes = textAsset.bytes;
rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes));
textAsset = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("AppleRootCA-G2");
bytes = textAsset.bytes;
rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes));
textAsset = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("AppleIncRootCertificate");
bytes = textAsset.bytes;
rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes));
rootCert.Build(cert);
Where cert is X509Certificate2 object I ge from publicKeyUrl
AppleIncRootCertificate AppleRootCA-G2 AppleRootCA-G3 is certificates I got from https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/
But it is not work Anytime rootCert.Build(cert); return false Why it is not work? May be I build keychain using wrong root CA cert? Or whole approach incorrect? Please help
Given a graph with added obstacles I want to make a copy of it.
When I make the copy:
currentGrath added 20 obstacles.
var newGrapth = currentGrath.copy() as? GKObstacleGraph
newGrapth2.removeObstacles([newGrapth!.obstacles.first!])
This returns a BAD ACCESS.
I don't understand what's going on or what the problem is.
If I do this same thing with the main network there is no problem:
currentGrath.removeObstacles([currentGrath!.obstacles.first!])
Thanks for the help
Topic:
Graphics & Games
SubTopic:
SpriteKit
Hi,
I’m testing Unity’s Spaceship HDRP demo on iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPad Pro M4 (iOS 26.1).
Everything renders correctly, and my custom MetalFX Spatial plugin initializes successfully — it briefly reports active scaling (e.g. 1434×660 → 2868×1320 at 50% scaling), then reverts to native rendering a few frames later.
Setup:
Xcode 16.1 (targeting iOS 18)
Unity 2022.3.62f3 (HDRP)
Metal backend
Dynamic Resolution enabled in HDRP assets and cameras
Relevant Xcode console excerpt:
[MetalFXPlugin] MetalFX_Enable(True) called.
[SpaceshipOptions] MetalFX enabled with HDRP dynamic resolution integration.
[SpaceshipOptions] Disabled TAA for MetalFX Spatial.
[SpaceshipOptions] Created runtime RenderTexture: 1434x660
[MetalFX] Spatial scaler created (1434x660 → 2868x1320).
[MetalFX] Processed frame with scaler.
[MetalFXPlugin] Sent RenderTexture (1434x660) to MetalFX. Output target 2868x1320.
[SpaceshipOptions] MetalFX target set: 1434x660
[SpaceshipOptions] Camera targetTexture cleared after MetalFX handoff.
It looks like HDRP clears the camera’s target texture right after MetalFX submits the frame, which causes it to revert to native rendering.
Is there a recommended way to persist or rebind the MetalFX output texture when using HDRP on iOS?
Unity doesn’t appear to support MetalFX in the Editor either:
Thanks!
I'm trying to add support to PS5 DualSense controller.
when I try to use the API from here:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamecontroller/gcdualsenseadaptivetrigger?language=objc
None of the API works, am I missed anything?
The code is like this:
if ( [ controller.extendedGamepad isKindOfClass:[ GCDualSenseGamepad class ] ] )
{
GCDualSenseGamepad * dualSenseGamePad = ( GCDualSenseGamepad * )controller.extendedGamepad;
auto funcSetEffectTrigger = []( TriggerEffectParams& params, GCDualSenseAdaptiveTrigger *trigger ) {
if ( params.m_mode == TriggerEffectMode::Off )
{
[ trigger setModeOff ];
NSLog(@"setModeOff trigger.mode:%d", trigger.mode );
}
else if ( params.m_mode == TriggerEffectMode::Feedback )
{
[ trigger setModeFeedbackWithStartPosition: 0.2f resistiveStrength: 0.5f ];
}
else if ( params.m_mode == TriggerEffectMode::Weapon )
{
[ trigger setModeWeaponWithStartPosition: 0.2f endPosition: 0.4f resistiveStrength: 0.5f ];
}
else if ( params.m_mode == TriggerEffectMode::Vibration )
{
[ trigger setModeVibrationWithStartPosition: position amplitude: amplitude frequency: frequency ];
}
};
if ( L2 )
{
funcSetEffectTrigger( params, dualSenseGamePad.leftTrigger );
}
if ( R2 )
{
funcSetEffectTrigger( params, dualSenseGamePad.rightTrigger );
}
}
I've also tested to add "Game Controllers" capability to Target, still not working.
Can't find anything else from the document or forums.
I've no idea what need to do.