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Rigs of Rods for iOS - unsigned IPA (rolling)

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Unsigned, ad-hoc-signed RoR IPA for arm64 iPhone/iPad, built from c9c0243.

Files (release-dependent):

  • RoR-ios.ipa - the full game, ~112 MB. Ships its data in
    RoR.app/rorres/ (not resources/ - see below).
  • RoR-ios-lite.ipa - the same app with the content-only archives
    dropped (meshes/textures/sounds/caelum/SkyX/
    hydrax), ~40 MB. Every archive the startup path
    loads is kept, so it launches exactly like the
    full build - this is what makes it a usable
    launch diagnostic.
  • RoR-ios-tiny.ipa - NOT the game. Shares Info.plist/signature/packaging
    with the game. Installs and launches (green screen).
  • RoR-ios-bin.ipa - diagnostic (only on 'diag' tag). Real RoR binary,
    no data directory at all. The known-good baseline.
  • RoR-ios-res0.ipa - diagnostic (only on 'diag' tag). bin plus a single
    file in resources/ . The known-BAD reference.
  • RoR-ios-res0r.ipa - diagnostic (only on 'diag' tag). bin plus the same
    single file, in rorres/ instead. What the fix does.

Why the directory is called rorres:

An .app whose bundle contains a top-level directory named resources
(or Resources - the check is case-insensitive) is refused by the iOS
installer with the generic "Unable to Install", while the very same
directory under any other name (zzz/, Base.lproj/, rorres/) installs
and runs. Measured on device: bin - no directory -> installs
zzz/rotest.txt -> installs
Base.lproj/rotest.txt -> installs
resources/rotest.txt -> refused
Resources/rotest.txt -> refused

codesign is what flips. With a resources/ (or Resources/) directory
present it switches its resource rules to the macOS "resource
envelope" set - rules=^Resources/, plus a '^[^/]+$ -> nested' rule in
rules2 - and iOS will not install a bundle sealed that way. With any
other directory name it keeps the plain ^.* rules that iOS accepts.
The ad-hoc signature was never the problem: an unsigned variant with
resources/ is refused just the same.

If the game installs but crashes right after launching:

It now writes Documents/ror-trace.log - one line per startup phase,
plus every OGRE log line and, if it dies, the reason (SIGSEGV, or the
uncaught exception's message). That file is flushed line by line with
write(2), so it is complete even when the process is killed mid-line.
Open it on the phone: Files app -> On My iPhone -> Rigs of Rods ->
ror-trace.log. The last lines are the interesting ones. The same
folder holds RigsOfRods/logs/RoR.log, which OGRE writes - but that one
is buffered and loses its tail on a crash, so prefer ror-trace.log.

Hand the file itself to ESIGN / Sideloadly / SideStore - it is served
as a plain file, nothing to unpack. An .ipa is a zip whose root
contains Payload/.

CHECK THE DOWNLOAD BEFORE INSTALLING

A truncated download makes every installer fail, and the error looks
like a build problem ("Truncated input file", "Unable to Install").
Compare the byte size of the file you downloaded with the list below;
if it differs by even one byte, download the file again.

RoR-ios.ipa 114920088 sha256:ba79d3ac9b09a96eb006af4a136a85eb158d68e2ab224a268d0fbf04411d1368
RoR-ios-lite.ipa 43280043 sha256:e7899efbe2fef4255c3b6295dc99c6e2545e23abe2064d7597892b2701bafac2
RoR-ios-tiny.ipa 37864 sha256:785c106e07b41c9b60100006e50272e28fe93f4af505fc9179662eb583253350
RoR-ios-bin.ipa 6788935 sha256:c16fbc8b1e06341d3d79b81dba65ed88ec6132bdbe24fa861855798f2b6e1bd0
RoR-ios-res0.ipa 6789397 sha256:b337aa8bf72d9cf7b44b7504afdd00a0122ca052e16f75b3d490b04c9dd7d632
RoR-ios-res0r.ipa 6789391 sha256:5ce556df830627f77234f3a23c49f170302437a7e29fcf2018c6840ad02de132