[GS] Sprite Flashing macOS appstore 1.3.7 - 1.0.7.9(211110)Metal

[Keith Gabryelski]

the sprite flashing occurs in relation to yield icons (I believe) and is exacerbated when a UI mod is used that overlays sprites near them.

This occurs on a beefy macbook pro with the integrated AMD Radeon Pro 5500M as well as the discrete
Intel UHD Graphics 630

version on startup screen: 1.0.7.9(211110)Metal

video with CSUI mods (flash is much more noticable)
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0d59UlCq7mPHU;FBF7EBB9-D71F-4E6D-AE98-090E10872870

video without UI mods
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0d59UlCq7mPHU;AE23CF37-A1BA-4C68-BA4A-7401FD7DAD7D

there is also a third case I wasn't able to readily reproduce... the flash occurred without CSUI and in two different spots at once (that seemed to be associated with the bottom of hectares instead of yield icons

system:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro16,1
Processor Name: 8-Core Intel Core i9
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB
Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
Memory: 32 GB
System Firmware Version: 1554.60.15.0.0 (iBridge: 18.16.13017.5.3,0)
Activation Lock Status: Enabled

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (the discrete gpu):

Chipset Model: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 8 GB
Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x7340
Revision ID: 0x0040
ROM Revision: 113-D3220E-190
VBIOS Version: 113-D32206U1-019
Option ROM Version: 113-D32206U1-019
EFI Driver Version: 01.A1.190
Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
gMux Version: 5.0.0
Metal Family: Supported, Metal GPUFamily macOS 2
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: Built-In Retina LCD
Resolution: 3072 x 1920 Retina
Framebuffer Depth: 24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes
Connection Type: Internal

the integrated gpu: Intel UHD Graphics 630:

Chipset Model: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Vendor: Intel
Device ID: 0x3e9b
Revision ID: 0x0002
Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
gMux Version: 5.0.0
Metal Family: Supported, Metal GPUFamily macOS 2

 

[Keith Gabryelski]

i can't edit my post, above, to change CSUI to CQUI because of spam assumptions.
poop

 

[Keith Gabryelski]

as an addition, the save file above has exhibited TWICE a graphics freeze and game crash which takes out the GPU.
if you follow the instructions I show in the first video (with CQUI enabled) you will sometimes see a freeze just after the flashing starts to occur.

As I said... I've seen this twice, now -- didn't mention it before because I thought it was unrelated.
I have not seen it without the extra ui mod, however.

Attached has full report, summary here:

Process: Civ6_Metal_Exe [1002]
Path: /Applications/Civ6.app/Contents/MacOS/Civ6_Metal_Exe
Identifier: com.aspyr.civ6.appstore
Version: 1.3.7 (211110)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Civ6_Metal_Exe [1002]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2020-12-06 19:32:55.333 -0500
OS Version: macOS 11.1 (20C5048k)
Report Version: 12
Bridge OS Version: 5.1 (18P53017c)
Anonymous UUID: B7E13A9C-0562-DCAC-52DE-425C15AEED5A


Time Awake Since Boot: 5300 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 4 com.apple.NSEventThread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal: Illegal instruction: 4
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0x4
Terminating Process: exc handler [1002]

 

[Keith Gabryelski]

ok... i've recreated the freeze that results in a crash on video:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0d59UlCq7mPHU;94CB2C1E-0AEC-4927-A1FB-BBCD1F075012

it starts from the saved game above -- if you notice me dawdling or distracted -- please forgive...
i have noticed that this freeze/crash happens as the camera automatically pans after assigning work to a unit that is at least a half page away.

 

[Keith Gabryelski]

this may be fixed: https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/...-Why-is-Civilization-VI-is-freezing-mid-game-

**Update 12/9/20 Our development team has found a fix for the freezing/crashing issue in the Mac version of Civilization VI. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming patch scheduled for December 17th.**



**Update 11/12/20: We have found that lowering your resolution settings may help improve performance. This is a temporary workaround while we continue to investigate the issue.**



Original Post:

We are currently investigating freezes/crashes on the Mac version of Civilization VI. If you are experiencing freezes on a MacBook Pro, please send us a copy of your "Saves" folder. This can be found in the following location in Finder:

Mac App Store: ~/Library/Containers/com.aspyr.civ6.appstore/Data/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Mac Steam: ~/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Copy this save folder and attach it to your “Report a Bug” ticket and we’ll reach out to you as soon as we can.​