[Bug] Ark crashes after a fixed time in the menu after patching

[SangeloDev]

So, prior to patching, the game always crashed as I expect.
After the patch though, the game boots up, plays music and crashes after a few seconds. It seems the time it takes to crash is always the same.
Here's a screen recording of that in action:

crash.mov

And here's a crash dump from the console app:
https://paste.sangelo.space/opifisufep.pl

I don't know weather this is due to the patcher or my M1 mac. I've tried both the Intel and the NVIDIA options.
I am running this on a 2020 13" MacBook Pro

[Coder-256]

That is very very strange. Could you post the crash log when the patch is removed?

[JaxkDev]

How can I grab the crash log ?
I've got this issue too can remove patch and grab log.

[Coder-256]

Just the log at the bottom of the patcher window.

[JaxkDev]

URL: file:///Users/jackhonour/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/
Starting patch...
Exec URL: file:///Users/jackhonour/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/Contents/MacOS/ShooterGame
Backup URL: file:///Users/jackhonour/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/Contents/MacOS/ShooterGame.bak
Patch removed!

and

URL: file:///Users/jackhonour/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/
Starting patch...
Exec URL: file:///Users/jackhonour/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/Contents/MacOS/ShooterGame
Backup URL: file:///Users/jackhonour/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/Contents/MacOS/ShooterGame.bak
Macho: Executable (x86_64)
Symbol:
<Section Symbol 0x60001447ca00; contextAddress = 0x65663c8; size = 16> {
	strx = 35266274
	type = 15
	sect = (null)
	desc = 0
	value = 4335675856
	name = __Z16IsRHIDeviceIntelv
	section = __TEXT,__text
	address = 0x00000001026d29d0
}
Section:
<Section 0x60001447cda0; contextAddress = 0x8980; size = 65429174> {
	name = __text
	alignment = 32
	fileOffset = 0x0000000000008980
	vmAddress = 0x0000000100008980
	size = 65429174
	type = S_REGULAR
	userAttributes = S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS
	systemAttributes = (1<<10)
}
Symbol file offset: 0x26D29D0
Patched symbol at 0x26D29D0
Symbol:
<Section Symbol 0x60001447c2c0; contextAddress = 0x6566758; size = 16> {
	strx = 35269544
	type = 15
	sect = (null)
	desc = 0
	value = 4335675920
	name = __Z17IsRHIDeviceNVIDIAv
	section = __TEXT,__text
	address = 0x00000001026d2a10
}
Section:
<Section 0x60001447c840; contextAddress = 0x8980; size = 65429174> {
	name = __text
	alignment = 32
	fileOffset = 0x0000000000008980
	vmAddress = 0x0000000100008980
	size = 65429174
	type = S_REGULAR
	userAttributes = S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS
	systemAttributes = (1<<10)
}
Symbol file offset: 0x26D2A10
Patched symbol at 0x26D2A10
Patch successful!

[JaxkDev]

hmmm, after removing patch and re-applying to get that log it no longer crashes.

[Coder-256]

Glad to hear it! I'm going to close this issue for now, if you or someone else runs into this issue again please leave a comment.

[gordon0907]

Sorry for commenting on a closed issue, but since I found that I'm facing an extremely similar issue as this. And thank you for creating this patch to let ARK runs under ARM macOS, even though this is not a popular gaming platform.

In my case, the ARK crashing behavior just looks the same as the one shown in the above recording. The game boots up, plays music and crashes after a few seconds. Also, the time it takes to crash also seems to be the same always.

I have tried to verify the game file with Steam, and repatch "ShooterGame.app", but it hasn't made any change. Here below is my patching log(Intel mode):

URL: file:///Users/gordon/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/
Starting patch...
Exec URL: file:///Users/gordon/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/Contents/MacOS/ShooterGame
Backup URL: file:///Users/gordon/Library/Application%20Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame.app/Contents/MacOS/ShooterGame.bak
Macho: Executable (x86_64)
Symbol:
<Section Symbol 0x600024b68400; contextAddress = 0x6570298; size = 16> {
	strx = 35272103
	type = 15
	sect = (null)
	desc = 0
	value = 4335697056
	name = __Z16IsRHIDeviceIntelv
	section = __TEXT,__text
	address = 0x00000001026d7ca0
}
Section:
<Section 0x600024b68500; contextAddress = 0x9420; size = 65454678> {
	name = __text
	alignment = 32
	fileOffset = 0x0000000000009420
	vmAddress = 0x0000000100009420
	size = 65454678
	type = S_REGULAR
	userAttributes = S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS
	systemAttributes = (1<<10)
}
Symbol file offset: 0x26D7CA0
Patched symbol at 0x26D7CA0
Symbol:
<Section Symbol 0x600024b68760; contextAddress = 0x6570628; size = 16> {
	strx = 35275373
	type = 15
	sect = (null)
	desc = 0
	value = 4335697120
	name = __Z17IsRHIDeviceNVIDIAv
	section = __TEXT,__text
	address = 0x00000001026d7ce0
}
Section:
<Section 0x600024b68840; contextAddress = 0x9420; size = 65454678> {
	name = __text
	alignment = 32
	fileOffset = 0x0000000000009420
	vmAddress = 0x0000000100009420
	size = 65454678
	type = S_REGULAR
	userAttributes = S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS
	systemAttributes = (1<<10)
}
Symbol file offset: 0x26D7CE0
Patched symbol at 0x26D7CE0
Patch successful!

MacOS crash report:
https://paste.sangelo.space/xofanuxowu.pl

Environment:
2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max
MacOS 13.2.1（22D68）