FelipePrado0/SpartanPort macos-v2.6.0-apple-silicon-test2

Test build apple-silicon-test2 on 2.6.0: macOS support (2.6.0-apple-silicon-test2)

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Experimental Apple Silicon test build based on 2.6.0 and the consolidated macOS port from #798. This replaces test1 for package startup testing. Requires an M1 or newer Mac, macOS 26 or newer and Rosetta 2.

What changed

• Fixed the bundled KosmicKrisp ICD manifest to use ./libvulkan_kosmickrisp.dylib, relative to the manifest rather than a system library search.
• Added the relative libvulkan.dylib and libvulkan.1.dylib aliases required by the renderer's dynamic Vulkan loader. Both point to the versioned loader included inside the app.
• Made packaging stop if the required Vulkan loader or KosmicKrisp driver is missing.
• Added a regression test and a macOS smoke test against the final mounted DMG. The smoke test loads both loader names under Rosetta, creates a Vulkan instance with Metal surface extensions and checks loaded library origins with Vulkan and dyld overrides cleared.
• Preserved the experimental Apple Silicon port, runtime settings and credits to Fleurat (#798), nizwar (#510) and Incognito-Coder (#469). Thanks to Lucas-Kobayashi for the startup report and moamlmushtaq for investigating and testing the two packaging fixes.

How to test

1. Close the launcher and game. Download spartanport-macos.dmg, open it and replace the old application in Applications with the new SpartanPort.app. Read README-macOS.txt inside the disk image. Please use the unmodified application for the first test; no manual driver-path edits, library links, Homebrew or system Vulkan installation should be needed.
2. Use your own compatible game files. Start at 720p, with engine frame rate and frame limit both set to 60 FPS.
3. Check whether the game starts past the Vulkan window error from test1. Then test cinematics, gameplay, audio, keyboard/controller input, saving/loading and scene transitions.
4. Export the log from the launcher. Report results in #798 with the macos-v2.6.0-apple-silicon-test2 tag, Mac model, RAM, macOS version, game title ID/update, FPS and scene tested, controller and any problems. Please report successful startup too.

Saves, settings and logs remain in ~/Library/Application Support/SpartanPort. Replacing the application preserves that folder; back up saves before testing.

Known issues

• Gameplay, FPS, scene transitions and physical controllers on this new package still need player testing. The earlier M4 report concerned test1 with local changes and does not validate this DMG.
• Apple Silicon and macOS 26 or newer only. Intel Macs, Sonoma and other older macOS versions, MetalFX and the alternate MoltenVK path are outside this package.
• The application is signed ad hoc and is not notarized with an Apple Developer ID. macOS may block its first launch; see the installation notes inside the DMG.

Validation so far

• Added the packaging regression before implementation and confirmed it failed without the fix.
• Passed the macOS 26 CI on the release source commit: runtime build, 12 native tests and the no-MSAA test.
• Python suite: 556 tests run, 50 skipped, no failures. Skipped tests are not counted as validated behavior.
• Generated the app and DMG. The existing packaging checks verified x86-64 runtime libraries, dependency relocation, redistribution boundaries and ad hoc code signatures.
• Mounted the final DMG read-only, verified the app signature again and passed all 8 package tests. Under Rosetta, both libvulkan.dylib and libvulkan.1.dylib loaded the bundled loader and KosmicKrisp driver and created a Vulkan 1.3 instance with Metal surface extensions. The test rejected non-system libraries outside the bundle, with Vulkan/dyld environment overrides cleared and an isolated temporary home.
• Downloaded the CI artifact and independently checked the DMG SHA-256 and source-commit.txt against the exact source commit.
• Source: eb5b29d565ef2e9facb668c8f00f9233b1a2b343 on fix/macos-test2-vulkan, based on the test1 PR head 76830ef10f99cf5ca26f0cd2e41a4ab83207ae5f.
• Build and test evidence: macOS workflow, attempt 3. The first two attempts of this run could not acquire a hosted macOS ARM64 runner; the successful attempt rebuilt and tested this exact source.
• Not validated here: game startup through the full launcher/game flow, gameplay, FPS, scene transitions and physical controllers on this new package. The isolated Vulkan instance test does not validate those behaviors.

SHA-256 of spartanport-macos.dmg: 3fcaadd85b055b1db6068e4d3fe569e2e87942846466014cd06efd6145b39a80.

You need your own game files. None are included.