UE4 Editor crashes on start after preview rendering changed to IOS on M1 Macbook Air 4.26.2

jyashi · June 16, 2021, 10:54am

Unreal Version : 4.26.2

I just got a Macbook air with M1 chip for IOS packaging purposes.

I did my whole project development on a Windows PC and brought the project inside macbook for packaging to IOS.

The first time i started the project everything was fine and i could see my project in the editor.

But as soon as i changed the preview rendering to IOS the editor crashed and since then everytime i open the project it crashes before loading. I am providing the error stack below.



Fatal error: [File:/Users/build/Build/++UE4/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/Apple/MetalRHI/Private/MetalRenderPass.cpp] [Line: 327] Failed to restart render pass with descriptor: <MTLRenderPassDescriptorInternal: 0x60000179c000> Color Attachment 0 texture = <AGXM1FamilyTexture: 0x7fcb086cb900> label = SceneColorMobile textureType = MTLTextureType2DMultisample pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatRGBA16Float width = 904 height = 424 depth = 1 arrayLength = 1 mipmapLevelCount = 1 sampleCount = 2 cpuCacheMode = MTLCPUCacheModeDefaultCache storageMode = MTLStorageModePrivate hazardTrackingMode = MTLHazardTrackingModeTracked resourceOptions = MTLResourceCPUCacheModeDefaultCache MTLResourceStorageModePrivate MTLResourceHazardTrackingModeTracked usage = MTLTextureUsageShaderRead MTLTextureUsageRenderTarget shareable = 0 framebufferOnly = 0 purgeableState = MTLPurgeableStateNonVolatile swizzle = [MTLTextureSwizzleRed, MTLTextureSwizzleGreen, MTLTextureSwizzleBlue, MTLTextureSwizzleAlpha] isCompressed = 1 parentTexture = <null> parentRelativeLevel = 0 parentRelativeSlice = 0 buffer = <null> bufferOffset = 0 bufferBytesPerRow = 0 iosurface = 0x0 iosurfacePlane = 0 allowGPUOptimizedContents = YES level = 0 slice = 0 depthPlane = 0 resolveTexture = <AGXM1FamilyTexture: 0x7fcb086cb500> label = <none> textureType = MTLTextureType2D pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatRGBA16Float width = 904 height = 424 depth = 1 arrayLength = 1 mipmapLevelCount = 1 sampleCount = 1 cpuCacheMode = MTLCPUCacheModeDefaultCache storageMode = MTLStorageModePrivate hazardTrackingMode = MTLHazardTrackingModeTracked resourceOptions = MTLResourceCPUCacheModeDefaultCache MTLResourceStorageModePrivate MTLResourceHazardTrackingModeTracked usage = MTLTextureUsageShaderRead MTLTextureUsageRenderTarget shareable = 0 framebufferOnly = 0 purgeableState = MTLPurgeableStateNonVolatile swizzle = [MTLTextureSwizzleRed, MTLTextureSwizzleGreen, MTLTextureSwizzleBlue, MTLTextureSwizzleAlpha] isCompressed = 1 parentTexture = <null> parentRelativeLevel = 0 parentRelativeSlice = 0 buffer = <null> bufferOffset = 0 bufferBytesPerRow = 0 iosurface = 0x0 iosurfacePlane = 0 allowGPUOptimizedContents = YES resolveLevel = 0 resolveSlice = 0 resolveDepthPlane = 0 loadAction = MTLLoadActionClear storeAction = MTLStoreActionUnknown storeActionOptions = none clearColor = (0 0 0 0) yInvert = NO Color Attachment 1 texture = <null> level = 0 slice = 0 depthPlane = 0 resolveTexture = <null> resolveLevel = 0 resolveSlice = 0 resolveDepthPlane = 0 loadAction = MTLLoadActionClear storeAction = MTLStoreActionStore storeActionOptions = none clearColor = (0 0 0 0) yInvert = NO Color Attachment 2 texture = <null> level = 0 slice = 0 depthPlane = 0 resolveTexture = <null> resolveLevel = 0 resolveSlice = 0 resolveDepthPlane = 0 loadAction = MTLLoadActionDontCare storeAction = MTLStoreActionStore storeActionOptions = none clearColor = (0 0 0 1) yInvert = NO Color Attachment 3 texture = <null> level = 0 slice = 0 depthPlane = 0 resolveTexture = <null> resolveLevel = 0 resolveSlice = 0 resolveDepthPlane = 0 loadAction = MTLLoadActionDontCare storeAction = MTLStoreActionStore

FGenericPlatformMisc::RaiseException(unsigned int) Address = 0x109190757 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
FMacErrorOutputDevice::Serialize(char16_t const*, ELogVerbosity::Type, FName const&) Address = 0x109324673 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
FOutputDevice::LogfImpl(char16_t const*, ...) Address = 0x109432799 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
auto FMetalRenderPass::RestartRenderPass(mtlpp::RenderPassDescriptor)::$_14::operator()<FLogCategoryLogMetal, char16_t [50], char16_t const*>(FLogCategoryLogMetal const&, char16_t const (&) [50], char16_t const* const&) const Address = 0x17278eb76 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib]
FMetalRenderPass::RestartRenderPass(mtlpp::RenderPassDescriptor) Address = 0x17278d278 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib]
FMetalRenderPass::ConditionalSwitchToRender() Address = 0x17278f29b (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib]
FMetalRenderPass::DrawIndexedPrimitive(FMetalBuffer const&, unsigned int, unsigned int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int) Address = 0x172795613 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib]
FMetalRHICommandContext::RHIDrawIndexedPrimitive(FRHIIndexBuffer*, int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int) Address = 0x17270e171 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib]
FMeshDrawCommand::SubmitDraw(FMeshDrawCommand const&, Experimental::TRobinHoodHashSet<FGraphicsMinimalPipelineStateInitializer, DefaultKeyFuncs<FGraphicsMinimalPipelineStateInitializer, false>, TSizedDefaultAllocator<32> > const&, FRHIVertexBuffer*, int, unsigned int, FRHICommandList&, FMeshDrawCommandStateCache&) Address = 0x137a5bb64 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
SubmitMeshDrawCommandsRange(TArray<FVisibleMeshDrawCommand, TMemStackAllocator<0u> > const&, Experimental::TRobinHoodHashSet<FGraphicsMinimalPipelineStateInitializer, DefaultKeyFuncs<FGraphicsMinimalPipelineStateInitializer, false>, TSizedDefaultAllocator<32> > const&, FRHIVertexBuffer*, int, bool, int, int, unsigned int, FRHICommandList&) Address = 0x137a55c95 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
FParallelMeshDrawCommandPass::DispatchDraw(FParallelCommandListSet*, FRHICommandList&) const Address = 0x137a547ab (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
FMobileSceneRenderer::RenderMobileBasePass(FRHICommandListImmediate&, TArrayView<FViewInfo const*, int>) Address = 0x137a93d8f (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
FMobileSceneRenderer::RenderForward(FRHICommandListImmediate&, TArrayView<FViewInfo const*, int>) Address = 0x137b372db (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
FMobileSceneRenderer::Render(FRHICommandListImmediate&) Address = 0x137b32362 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
RenderViewFamily_RenderThread(FRHICommandListImmediate&, FSceneRenderer*) Address = 0x137edb39a (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
TEnqueueUniqueRenderCommandType<FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::FDrawSceneCommandName, FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::$_45>::DoTask(ENamedThreads::Type, TRefCountPtr<FGraphEvent> const&) Address = 0x137edab92 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
TGraphTask<TEnqueueUniqueRenderCommandType<FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::FDrawSceneCommandName, FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::$_45> >::ExecuteTask(TArray<FBaseGraphTask*, TSizedDefaultAllocator<32> >&, ENamedThreads::Type) Address = 0x137eddada (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib]
FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksNamedThread(int, bool) Address = 0x10910b466 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksUntilQuit(int) Address = 0x109109a80 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
RenderingThreadMain(FEvent*) Address = 0x11a697aa3 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-RenderCore.dylib]
FRenderingThread::Run() Address = 0x11a6c2407 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-RenderCore.dylib]
FRunnableThreadPThread::Run() Address = 0x1092303b8 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
FRunnableThreadPThread::_ThreadProc(void*) Address = 0x1091bc9a4 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib]
_pthread_start Address = 0x7fff2034e950 (filename not found) [in libsystem_pthread.dylib]
thread_start Address = 0x7fff2034a47b (filename not found) [in libsystem_pthread.dylib]

I have tried one solution without success of going to the ConsoleVariable.ini and uncommenting the r.Shaders.optimize=0 as was suggested here UE Editor 4.17 Mac consistent crash on launch - Platform & Builds - Unreal Engine Forums

IOS Devs ASSEMBLE !!!

Edit 1 : After running some tests i have boiled down the problem to the config folder being the problem of the crash. If i remove the config folder thing works normally.

But obviously this is a problem because without config my game instance fails to cast as config folder has the location info for game instance.

Are we not supposed to include config folder in mac projects?

jyashi · June 17, 2021, 2:06am

Has no one had this problem after they transfer their windows project to Mac?

jyashi · June 17, 2021, 3:43am

I have solved the error myself. Leaving solution here for people from future:

Create a blank project with no starter content on Mac
Copy your windows project file and content folder into your mac project folder, BUT NOT config
Copy the location of your game instance and game mode from windows project config file to the mac project config file.

You should be good to go.

wagner.schmitt · August 28, 2021, 3:38am

Hello,
Thanks for the tip, just had the same issue.
Also I found which configuration causes the Unreal Editor to crash after enabling the IOS Render Preview (at least for me).

Inside my Config/DefaultEngine.ini I had
r.MobileMSAA=4

By changing it to

r.MobileMSAA=1
the editor was no longer crashing.

jyashi · August 31, 2021, 2:40am

That’s good. I hope these tips help someone in the future…

These forums are the only life line we have when things go bad.

jump123 · January 16, 2022, 5:47pm

I had similar issue - Material Editor was crashing in iOS Preview mode.

After changing Project Settings / Target Hardware to Mobile/Target it started working back.

Simon36457 · June 3, 2023, 2:56pm

I also encountered this issue (unable to launch UE 4.27 editor on Mac M1 after setting the preview rendering to iOS). I found I could revert this preview rendering setting as follows - after which the editor started up ok.

Edit ~/Library/Preferences/Unreal Engine/<your_project>Editor/Mac/EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini and find the lines that look like so:

PreviewFeatureLevel=1
PreviewPlatformName=IOS
PreviewShaderFormatName=SF_METAL
bPreviewFeatureLevelActive=True
PreviewDeviceProfileName=IOS

…and replace with the following
(or go look in ~/Library/Preferences/Unreal Engine/Editor/Mac/EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini to see what the default state of these settings is ther.)

PreviewFeatureLevel=3
PreviewPlatformName=None
PreviewShaderFormatName=None
bPreviewFeatureLevelActive=False
PreviewDeviceProfileName=None

Hope this helps someone.