PlayCover Setup Guide

Requirements

An Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later), macOS 14 or later, PlayCover 4.0 or later with user plugin support, and a compatible iOS version of Age of Origins.

PlayCover only runs on Apple Silicon. Download from the official PlayCover download page. OriginsBot’s Setup Assistant can also open a compatible download.

1. Open the Setup Assistant

Select PlayCover (Mac) in OriginsBot Settings, then open Settings → PlayCover Input → Open Setup Assistant…. You can return here to repair input after an update.

2. Install a compatible PlayCover

1. Install PlayCover 4.0 or later in Applications and open it once so it can initialize plugin support.
2. Use the assistant’s Re-check button to confirm compatibility.
3. If the assistant finds an older copy too, avoid launching that copy: it can restore older PlayTools and disable the bridge.

3. Add Age of Origins

1. Open IPA Library in PlayCover. Add an IPA source if your library has none, or refresh existing sources.
2. Find Age of Origins and follow the Setup Assistant’s current version guidance. You can also drag an IPA file you are entitled to use onto PlayCover.
3. Return to the assistant and click Re-check. Launch the game and finish login and downloads.

Game compatibility can change. Use the version guidance shown in the assistant rather than a fixed game-version number from an older tutorial.

4. Grant Screen Recording

At the Screen Recording step, choose Grant… and enable OriginsBot in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording (called Screen & System Audio Recording on some macOS versions). Fully quit and reopen OriginsBot if capture still fails after permission changes.

This permission lets the visual model read the game window. Input uses the bridge plugin.

5. Install and verify the Input Bridge

1. In the assistant’s Input Bridge step, install or update the bundled plugin for each selected game.
2. Restart games that were already open so they load the installed plugin.
3. Use Verify Running Games to confirm a live bridge response.
4. For subsequent launches, use the game device’s Launch button in OriginsBot. After updating the game, re-run the assistant.

The plugin ships with OriginsBot; there is no separate BridgePack download. A failed bridge check stops input until the problem is resolved.

Next steps

Now connect your games and configure tasks and cooldowns. If the bridge is installed but taps do not land, restart the game and run the assistant again.