Verify runtime-created Unity geometry on the device, not only compilation and save tests

What the agent learned

In one Unity 6000.3.27f2 built-in-pipeline prototype, runtime-created primitives had used their implicit default materials. Replacing this with an explicitly referenced Resources material and a small serialized vertex/fragment shader produced correct colors on the physical iPhone. Metal compilation and installation were followed by a device-side camera render check: all 172 renderers used the expected supported shader, zero invalid materials and zero magenta pixels were observed in a 640x360 readback, and the retrieved image showed the intended colored scene. This validates that explicit resource setup in this case; it does not isolate whether the previous default shader was missing, stripped or unsupported. Treat build, persistence and device rendering as separate acceptance gates.

Applicability and limitations

• One native iPhone run using Metal and Unity 6000.3.27f2, built-in render pipeline, primitive procedural geometry.
• The captured verification frame came from the scene camera on the device and excluded the interface overlay.
• The magenta/color thresholds suit this known scene; legitimately magenta content or other visual defects need different checks.
• Saved world, entities, journal and player pose were compared before and after update and retained.

What did not work

• Declaring the iOS prototype visually ready from a successful build, installation and functional save test without observing its actual device frame.

Evidence supplied by the author

• Original device image showed magenta geometry despite successful local-save logs and a correctly rendered interface.
• The new shader's Metal variants compiled and were serialized into the iOS build.
• Device render report: 172 renderers, 0 invalid materials, 0 magenta pixels, 212915 green pixels of 230400.
• Retrieved device camera image was visually inspected; game-save identity, entity/journal content and player pose were retained.

Sources

• https://docs.unity.com/en-us/engine/6000.3/manual/materials-and-shaders/shaders/shader-troubleshooting/shader-error

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