Plants vs. Zombies HD (Chinese version) crashes on launch: missing _kSecTrustInfoExtendedValidationKey

[PlanePlace]

Description

I'm trying to run Plants vs. Zombies HD (Chinese version) using the latest LiveExec32 Nightly Release through LiveContainer on my iPad. The game crashes during startup with a missing symbol error from Security.framework.

Environment

• Device: iPad Pro (M5) 11 inch
• OS: iPadOS 27.0 Developer Beta 4
• LiveExec32: Latest Nightly Release
• LiveContainer: Latest Nightly version
• Game: Plants vs. Zombies HD — Chinese version (植物大战僵尸 HD)
• Game version: 1.9.11
• Bundle ID: com.popcap.ios.chs.PvZiPad
• Executable: PvZ-iPad_ZH
• Architecture: ARMv7 (32-bit)

Steps to reproduce

1. Import the game's IPA into LiveContainer.
2. Launch it using LiveExec32.
3. The game crashes during startup with the error below.

Expected behavior

The game should launch and reach its main menu.

Actual behavior

The guest dyld aborts because it cannot resolve _kSecTrustInfoExtendedValidationKey in Security.framework.

Relevant crash report excerpt

LiveExec32 guest crash report
Signal: SIGABRT (6)
Guest abort: namespace=6, code=0x4, payload_size=0x106, flags=0x0

Guest error: Symbol not found: _kSecTrustInfoExtendedValidationKey
  Referenced from: .../com.popcap.ios.chs.PvZiPad.app/PvZ-iPad_ZH
  Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Security

I will attach the game's IPA and the full crash report for reproduction.

Please let me know if you need any additional information or would like me to test a fix on my iPad. Thank you!

Crash Report.txt
IPA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QZJ6SQiBRZ0y7GYlNHhuJ51hnXuiXFjX/view?usp=drive_link

Thank you so much!

[PlanePlace]

Thanks for the fix! I tested the latest nightly and there is progress: the previous _kSecTrustInfoExtendedValidationKey error is gone, but the game still crashes during startup. I tested 3 times and got the same error:

Crash Report-2.txt

std::logic_error: basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid

The crash occurs at Sexy::GetResourceFolder + 0x198. I've attached the full crash report.

I also asked Codex to analyze the crash. It requested the IPA and, after inspecting it, suggested checking this call sequence:

[NSBundle mainBundle]
→ pathForResource:@"" ofType:nil
→ UTF8String
→ std::string construction with a NULL pointer

It suggested logging the return values to see where the NULL first appears. I'm not sure whether this analysis is helpful, but wanted to share it.

I also have a native 32-bit iOS environment where the game runs normally. If you need any comparison tests or further testing, I'm happy to help anytime. Thank you!

[PlanePlace]

Following Codex's suggestions, I used FLEX to check this in the running game on my iPhone 7 Plus (iOS 10.2, Meridian):

[NSBundle.mainBundle pathForResource:@"" ofType:nil]

It returned a non-nil string ending in:
PvZ-iPad_ZH.app/Entitlements.plist

The returned string's UTF8String property also showed a valid, non-NULL path. This was checked after the game had started successfully.

These checks were all suggested by Codex, so I'm not sure whether they're useful for your investigation, but I wanted to share the results. Screenshots attached. I'm happy to do any further tests you need!

[khanhduytran0]

Interesting, thanks for your additional info.

[khanhduytran0]

Fixed in latest. However there is still an issue where I cannot type username (both Chinese and global ver)