Where do I start with this error? I am using the Metal Debugger and have.a bunch of stuck command buffers. how do I look at the command buffers to see the errors? My suspicion is that the cause is some sort of memory leak. Not having access to the source for Metal leaves me stuck. The following message shows up in the logging pane of the execution. Execution of the command buffer was aborted due to an error during execution. Ignored (for causing prior/excessive GPU errors) (00000004:kIOGPUCommandBufferCallbackErrorSubmissionsIgnored) Type: Error | Timestamp: 2024-04-11 14:16:13.464336-05:00 | Library: Metal | Subsystem: Metal | Category: Default | TID: 0x2a0b8c I just need some guidance

Hello, As stated in the title, we implemented the GameKit unity package. We did a lot of testing and never encountered any issue related to the authentication until now, andwe identified that the device with the issue was Intel. The configurations and provisioning profile used are correctly set. I was wondering if any of you encountered this issue or had an idea how to debug this? Thanks!

Hi! I have a new game and I have setup the leaderboards and achievements in App Store Connect but all of them are "not live" and in console I see this warning: "No AchievementDescription could be found for Achievement with ID: {my_ID}" I did not do a fresh Game Center setup for a long time, but is there any way to test if achievements and leaderboards are working for nonreleased game? Thank you!

I have a two-level view-based NSOutlineView, employing a data-source and delegate. It is not populated by binding. My code is all ObjC, and my problem persist since MacOS 10.11 to the current MacOS 14.4.x Because of some specific visual issue, I use a very simple subclass of NSTableRowView, which has only this: @implementation MYRowView - (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect { self.emphasized = NO; // this affects the complicated color scheme for selection - will not use the "alternateColor" for drawing, but rather the "secondary color" - who knows what it is. This way our texts and icons and progress do NOT disappear on selected rows. [super drawRect:dirtyRect]; } @end And then later, in my NSOutlineView delegate: -(NSTableRowView *)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView rowViewForItem:(id)item { return [OITRowView new]; } There are, other more complicated @interface OITOutlineCellView : NSTableCellView That I makeViewWithIdentifier:owner: and populate in response to NSOutlineView - (NSView *)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView viewForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item { Now I noticed that after adding several items (top level) with some thousands sub-level items to my outline-view, and then REMOVING them and reloading all data - my app's memory is ever increasing When I used the memory graph feature in Xcode debugger - I found a huge number (actually identical to the maximum number of rows) - all of the class MYRowView. Interestingly enough - none of my cell-views remained in memory. Now I verified - my data source reported zero items, the UI looks empty, and all functions as expected - except for this "leak" of MYRowView objects. As you can see in the code (copied exactly from my app) I only create them - and return them to the OS - I never hold any reference to these objects. So.... What Am I doing wrong, and what can I do to alleviate the issue?? The methods [NSOutlineView reloadItem:reloadChildren:] and [NSTableView reloadData] are documented to "release all related views" -- but obviously they DONT. my app gets to ~300 MB (started at 20MB) with about 7500 rows Idea anyone? What to check? what to try?

I'm brand new to Metal. I've googled, but can't get the right answer to come up. (Thanks, unhelpful ChatGPT generated answers polluting everything, but I digress...) Ultimately, I'm trying to figure out how to use Metal to render 3D DICOM data on iOS specifically. If you're not familiar with DICOM, let's just say I've got a whole stack of CT image slices. Or to get really simple, I've got a cube of voxel values with differing values at each voxel coordinate. Where do I even start in Metal to render something like this? (I was trying to get the VTK toolkit compiled for iOS, which uses OpenGL, but that appears to be a dead end. And besides, Metal is supposed to be so much better.) Thanks for any tips/leads/suggestions/general pointers.

In my project, i want to use new shadergraphmaterial to do the stereoscopic render, i notice that there is a node called Camera Index Switch Node can do this. But when i tried it , i found that : It can only output Integer type value, when i change to float value , it change back again, i don't konw if it is a bug. 2. So i test this node with a IF node，i found that it output is weird. Below is zero should output，it is black but when i change to IF node，it is grey，it is neither 0 nor 1（My IF node result is TRUE result 1, FALSE result 0） I wanna ask if this is a bug, and if this is a correct way to do the stereoscopic render.

Hi there - Where would a dev go these days to get an initial understanding of SceneKit? The WWDC videos linked in various places seem to be gone?! For example, the SceneKit page at developer.apple.com lists features a session videos link that comes up without any result, https://developer.apple.com/scenekit/ Any advice..? Cheers, Jan

In the WWDC talk "Enhance your spatial computing app with RealityKit." we see how to create a portal effect with RealityKit. In the "Encounter Dinosaurs" experience on Vision Pro there is a similar portal, except this portal allows entities to stick out of the portal. Using the provided example code, I have been unable to replicate this effect. With the example code, anything that sticks out of the portal gets clipped. How do I get entities to stick out of the portal in a way similar to the "Encounter Dinosaurs" experience? I am familiar with the old way of using OcclusionMaterial to create portals, but if the camera gets between the OcclusionMaterial and the entity (such as walking behind the portal), this can break the effect, and I was unable to break the effect in the "Encounter Dinosaurs" experience. If it helps at all: I have noticed that if you look from the edge of the portal very closely, the rocks will not stick out the way that the dinosaurs do; The rocks get clipped. Therefore, the dinosaurs are somehow being rendered differently.

I am trying to implement a way to rotate a 3D model around its y axis, but this doesn't seem to work. What am I missing? The scene only contains one model entity. @State private var rotateBy:Double = 0.0 RealityView { content in do { let entity = try await Entity.init(named: "VinylScene", in: realityKitContentBundle) entity.scale = SIMD3<Float>(repeating: 0.6) content.add(entity) } catch { ProgressView() } } .gesture( DragGesture(minimumDistance: 0.0) .targetedToAnyEntity() .onChanged { value in let location3d = value.convert(value.location3D, from: .local, to: .scene) let startLocation = value.convert(value.startLocation3D, from: .local, to: .scene) let delta = location3d - startLocation rotateBy = Double(atan(delta.x * 200)) } )

Hi All! I'm being asked to migrate an app which utilizes iCloud KVS (Key Value Storage). This ability is a new-ish feature, and the documentation about this is sparse [1]. Honestly, the entire documentation about the new iCloud transfer functionality seems to be missing. Same with Game Center / GameKit. While the docs say that it should work, I'd like to understand the process in more detail. Has anyone migrated an iCloud KVS app? What happens after the transfer goes through, but before the first release? Do I need to do anything special? I see that the Entitlements file has the TeamID in the Key Value store - is that fine? <key>com.apple.developer.ubiquity-kvstore-identifier</key> <string>$(TeamIdentifierPrefix)$(CFBundleIdentifier)</string> Can someone please share their experience? Thank you! [1] https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/transfer-an-app/overview-of-app-transfer

Hi, I'm struggling a little with the Shader Graph in Reality Composer Pro. Doing something simple like linearly interpolating between two colors has me searching through nodes without any luck. Is there a node comparable to the lerp node in Unity? And if so, what is it called?

App Store Connect says that the name for my app is taken, but when I search on the App Store, there aren't any apps with that name. Is this a bug? Is there a way to contact Apple so that we can claim the name we'd like? Thank you!

I have a fbo generated by last frame, which contain a color texture and a depth texture. Then i want blit that fbo to current MTKView, but failed. Thanks a lot for any suggestions. Here is the code: last frame: id <MTLTexture> src_color; id <MTLTexture> src_depth; drawTo(src_color, src_depth); current frame: first, init a depth texture if null: id<MTLTexture> depth_texture_; if(depth_texture_) { depth_texture_ = [device_ newTextureWithDescriptor:desc]; } second， create desc for encoder: current_desc = metal_view_.currentRenderPassDescriptor; current_desc.depthAttachment.texture = depth_texture_; current_desc.depthAttachment.loadAction = MTLLoadActionClear; current_desc.depthAttachment.clearDepth = 1.0; current_desc.stencilAttachment.texture = depth_texture_; current_desc.stencilAttachment.loadAction = MTLLoadActionClear; current_desc.stencilAttachment.clearStencil = 0; current_desc.colorAttachments[0].loadAction = MTLLoadActionClear; current_desc.colorAttachments[0].clearColor = MTLClearColorMake(1.0, 1, 1, 1.0); third, blit to current MTKView: auto dst_color = current_desc.colorAttachments[0].texture; auto dst_depth = current_desc.depthAttachment.texture; id<MTLCommandBuffer> commandBuffer = [command_queue_ commandBuffer]; commandBuffer.label = @"blit"; id <MTLBlitCommandEncoder> blitEncoder = [commandBuffer blitCommandEncoder]; [blitEncoder copyFromTexture:src_color sourceSlice:0 sourceLevel:0 sourceOrigin:MTLOriginMake(srcRect.x, srcRect.y, 0) sourceSize:MTLSizeMake(srcRect.width, srcRect.height, 1) toTexture:dst_color destinationSlice:0 destinationLevel:0 destinationOrigin:MTLOriginMake(dstRect.x, dstRect.y, 0)]; [blitEncoder copyFromTexture:src_depth sourceSlice:0 sourceLevel:0 sourceOrigin:MTLOriginMake(srcRect.x, srcRect.y, 0) sourceSize:MTLSizeMake(srcRect.width, srcRect.height, 1) toTexture:dst_depth destinationSlice:0 destinationLevel:0 destinationOrigin:MTLOriginMake(dstRect.x, dstRect.y, 0)]; [blitEncoder endEncoding]; [commandBuffer commit]; [commandBuffer waitUntilCompleted];

I'm trying to follow the metal-cpp tutorials I've found at https://developer.apple.com/metal/sample-code/?q=learn The program seems to be launching correctly (I can see the menu bar and interact with it), but nothing is rendered inside the window. I suppose the culprit is somewhere in the following function (I see it binds the device, the view and the window with the object in charge of drawing stuff in the view) void core::Application::applicationDidFinishLaunching(NS::Notification *pNotification) { CGRect frame = (CGRect){{100.0, 100.0}, {512.0, 512.0}}; m_Window->init(frame, NS::WindowStyleMaskClosable | NS::WindowStyleMaskTitled, NS::BackingStoreBuffered, false); m_Device = MTL::CreateSystemDefaultDevice(); m_View = MTK::View::alloc()->init(frame, m_Device); m_View->setColorPixelFormat(MTL::PixelFormat::PixelFormatBGRA8Unorm); m_View->setClearColor(MTL::ClearColor::Make(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)); m_ViewDelegate = new graphics::ViewDelegate(m_Device); m_View->setDelegate(m_ViewDelegate); m_Window->setContentView(m_View); m_Window->setTitle(NS::String::string("Template 1", NS::StringEncoding::UTF8StringEncoding)); m_Window->makeKeyAndOrderFront(nullptr); NS::Application* nsApp = reinterpret_cast<NS::Application*>(pNotification->object()); nsApp->activateIgnoringOtherApps(true); } but, as you can infer from the fact that I'm failing at the very first tutorial of the bunch, I'm quite lost. I've tried debugging the app with the Xcode debugger and I saw that it never enters in this function. void ViewDelegate::drawInMTKView(MTK::View *pView) { m_Renderer->Draw(pView); } Can it be a symptom of some call missing from my code? Thank you in advance for your help

Hi there, I'm reaching out to inquire about compatibility restrictions regarding the 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G Wireless Controller on macOS systems, particularly its functionality with third-party applications such as Construct 3, a browser-based game development software. As an indie game developer, I recently acquired the 8BitDo Ultimate controller for its touted compatibility and functionality. While I've primarily used it in Bluetooth mode on my Mac without encountering any significant issues, I've stumbled upon a peculiar problem when using the controller while developing projects in Construct 3, specifically within the preview mode of the game engine. In attempting to test my projects using Construct 3's preview feature, the controller fails to detect any of my inputs. This is particularly confounding as the controller operates flawlessly when I export a proper macOS build of the game from the engine and play it externally. To further investigate, I experimented with Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons, which surprisingly worked seamlessly without encountering any issues during testing within Construct 3's preview mode. Upon reaching out to both Construct 3 and 8BitDo customer support, I was informed that the compatibility restriction with third-party controllers on macOS is due to limitations imposed by Apple, which are beyond their control. Consequently, I sought assistance from Apple Developer Program Support, who directed me to contact the Code-level Technical Support team or inquire on the developer forum. The lack of compatibility with crucial development tools like Construct 3 significantly hampers my workflow as an indie developer, and I'm eager to find a resolution to this issue. Thank you for your time, and I'm hopeful that someone within the community might be able to provide guidance on this matter.

Hi, I have a CUDA program that I want to convert to Metal Compute so that we can support Apple hardware. When I wrote the CUDA version, I was able to write efficient code because I learned first about the Cuda-core architecture. The way the cores can access memory for instance is very important information so that I could write code that efficiently access the memory. Now I want to do the same for the Metal Compute software. But I can not find any information about the low level architecture and especially the things you should know to be able to write efficient code. Do I miss something? Is there some guide giving hints for the most efficient way to access memory for instance?

Hey, I'm wondering what would be the proper way to add RealityView content asynchronously, while doing the heavy lifting in a background thread. My use case is that I am generating procedural geometry which takes a few seconds to complete. Meanwhile I would like the UI to show other geometry / UI elements and the Main thread to be responsive. Basically what I would like to do, in pseudocode, is: runInBackgroundThread { let geometry = generateGeometry() // CPU intensive, takes 1-2 s let entity = createEntity(geometry) // CPU intensive, takes ~1 s let material = try! await ShaderGraphMaterial(..) entity.model!.materials = [material] runInMainThread { addToRealityViewContent(entity) } } With this I am running into so many issues with especially the material, which apparently cannot be constructed on a non-main thread and cannot be passed over thread borders.

Recently (I'm not sure exactly when), the "Sign in to Game Center" banner started appearing at the top of my app when the app sets the GC authentication handler and there is no Game Center player currently signed in on the device: So far so good. But if the banner is tapped, a full "Sign In to Game Center" modal view automatically appears and covers the app without notification: This is not the sign-in view controller that the GC authentication handler normally passes when a player is not signed in, which previously gave my app control over when to present it. My app is unaware that it is covered by this new sign-in screen. Is there any way for my app to know when the user taps the "Sign In" banner and causes this new automatic sign-in screen to appear? I need to pause my game while it is covered up. In general, is there a way for my view controller to be notified when it has been covered by a modal view controller that's outside my app's control?

I am trying to make a shader for a disco ball lighting effect for my app. I want the light to reflect on the scene mesh. i was curious if anyone has pointers on how to do this in shader graph in reality composer pro or writing a surface shader. The effect rotates the dots as the ball spins. This is the effect in the apple clips that applies the effect to the scene mesh

I re-posted to fix format issues as neither edit nor remove seems to work. However I am not able to delete this post. Please check the latest version of this post with the same title and also posted by playbrainiacs. Thanks.