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lap.felix
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I think I did everything that was needed (the right Bundle ID, logged out in GC app, registered on iTunes connect) and it still doesn't work ! It says: "This Game Is Not Recognized By Game Center"
What's weird is that it works fine on my sister's iPod touch (4th gen 32GB, 4.2).
What could I do to make my game work in Sandbox mode on my iPod touch (3rd gen 32GB, 4.3.1) ?
Thanks !
*Damn it! Can I edit the title of this post !?!
lap.felix
Member
I have 2 sandbox accounts (one created on the simulator, one created on the iPod that can connect to GC as sandbox).
I can't even create a sandbox account on MY iPod. And sandbox accounts that are already created aren't valid on my iPod because they're sandbox accounts, not real ones and my iPod is on the real servers.
I'm currently facing a sandbox issue as well.
I'm working on an update of a released Game Center enabled game, which I tested in sandbox mode before release, of course. So at some point I could login to the sandbox, but not anymore. Every time I install the game on the iPad I am asked to log in to Game Center, but the live one, not the sandbox. It's clearly a developer version, signed with my Developer provisioning profile, and as per Apple's documentation there should only be one case when the real Game Center would kick in instead of the sandbox, and that is if it's a "Signed Distribution build" AND the audience are the "End Users".
I tried all the "tricks" like logging out of Game Center, and deleting the App from the device and reinstalling it. Nothing works, I always end up in the live Game Center (which sucks for testing).
So, who else has or had trouble like this? And how did you fix it, or what else can I look for?
Oh, that's interesting. As a matter of fact, I am upgrading the game to the iPad. So it is a new device. Previously I tested Game Center on my iPod touch 2G, but I currently lent it to my uncle for his USA trip. So, I guess I'm stuck with the Simulator for GC testing, or just have to disable GC score updates and such for a while, I don't want to spam all over the leaderboards, that's my main issue.
Thanks! This will save me some hassle. Time to concentrate on other things.
Did you try this?
1. Go to settings->store. Sign out.
2. You can create test accounts in itunesconnect. Then you can use one of those test accounts to sign into GC. I found creating accounts on the device for GC to be hit or miss as to whether it creates a sandbox one or not.
GC Sandbox is not very consistent. I couldn't get friend invites working for 2 months. With zero code changes, it started working a couple weeks ago. Some devices worked better with GC than others as well. Some could not accept invites, others got to the point where they waited to start game but it never did. It all works now (as of a couple days ago).
It's really messy and at some point I was angry about this problems with the sandbox, so I tried nearly everything to get it working. These steps will hopefully help you to get your App on your iPhone into the sandbox more quickly:
1. Activate Game Center for your App in iTunes Connect
2. Create a test account in iTunes Connect
3. Settings -> Store -> Sign Out on your iPhone
4. Delete the App on your iPhone
5. Restart your iPhone
6. Build your App and install it on the iPhone again.
Hope it will work better for you than for me.
Hmm, I tried to log out from the store as well as from Game Center, deleting the App and rebooting. No luck. I couldn't try the Test User trick via iTunes Connect, as it gave me some error message and asked me to try again later.
I will just do that later. Thanks for all your new input so far :)
zaaroth
Member
From my past experience, live users are only able to log in the sandbox when the app is not released, otherwise (in case there is an available version) the live user will always connect on the live database instead of sandbox.
Sandboxes users will never ever connect on the live database, so thats pretty much the solution for your problems.
The documentation states live users should never be used for testing purposes on the sandbox ;)
zaaroth
Member
Just to be sure, have you added a new version on itunes connect?
I am assuming you have gamecenter enabled for the new version and your main project plist contains the version you are working on (that field itunes connect complains when you try to upload an update and have just forgotten to update the version to match the number informed on the app metadata). If thats correct I cant help further.
What is clearly happening is that the framework doesnt know you are aiming for the new version of your app.
I did my Game Center testing in the sandbox for version 1.0 before it went live.
Then an update 1.0.2 without any need for the Sandbox, so I didn't have the problem.
Now I'm working on 1.1, so it's a new version. iTunes Connect knows nothing about this new version.
What do I have to do, to make the framework aware of it being a new version? Currently I changed these values:
CFBundleVersion = 1.1
CFBundleShortVersionString = 1.1
What else do I need?
Having the same problem. I've tried everything.
Can log in to GC on the simulator, but not on my device.
One thing though, I was testing GC in a previous version, and that worked, but I was using pure GC. Now I'm using Openfeint with GC.
Also, I noticed that now when you create a new version, you get to choose the GC leaderboards and achievements you want to include. Is this new?
All their support/system is shady... I had problems downloading promo codes for 2 weeks and they were trying to "fix" it. They finally got it to work. Also had problems with my IAP sandbox. I actually never even got to test it, so I just submitted it and it was approved.
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btw., I did not succeed with the steps above. I failed to create a Test User on iTunes Connect, most likely because that functionality was down.
Setting up the new version of the App on iTC didn't do the trick. It just kept sending me to the live Game Center.
Submitted anyway, as I didn't change a thing regarding GC integration and only wanted to avoid sending stupid test play scores all of the time (which I did by just disabling the corresponding code for a while).
But in the end, I'd like to be able to test this stuff, if not for this App, than probably for another.
Apple Sandbox has been flaky over the past couple days and I saw posts about test user accounts not working properly. I currently cannot complete In App Purchases from my devices. It says cannot connect to itunes store. I was able to do it for months until yesterday. But it coincides with me changing my app bundle id, so I'm worried about that even though everything else works. However, I took Ray Wenderlich's IAP demo and got the same error. So it must be the Sandbox environment.
mrandrey
Member
Im also stuck with that . So iv got the same 2 iphone4 devices. So the 1th one is clear and the 2nd one is jailbroken , so i can login into Sandbox only from clear iphone4 with Apple firmware, for jailbroken iphone4 iv got "GameCenter cant recognize that game blabla" after Startup ingame login
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