notimaginative · Oct 17, 2026 · Oct 16, 2026 · Oct 16, 2026 · Oct 16, 2026 · Oct 16, 2026
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,20 +29,30 @@ ENDIF(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
 SET(TARGET_COPY_FILES "" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
 SET(TARGET_COPY_DIRS "" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
 
-### Define options and editable variables in the section below:
-# This is only needed for single configuration generators so don't annoy others
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-	set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Default build configuration used." FORCE)
-	message(WARNING "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE was not specified, defaulting to Release configuration.")
-endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+get_property(is_multi_config GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
 
 # Override standard CMake configurations
-set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES Debug Release FastDebug CACHE STRING "Available configurations" FORCE)
+set(FSO_BUILD_TYPES Debug Release FastDebug)
+
+if(is_multi_config)
+	set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "${FSO_BUILD_TYPES}" CACHE STRING "Configuration types" FORCE)
+elseif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+	set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Default build configuration used." FORCE)
+	message(WARNING "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE was not specified, defaulting to Release configuration.")
+	set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "${FSO_BUILD_TYPES}")
+endif()
 
 set(FSO_LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 if(APPLE)
 	set(FSO_LANGUAGES ${FSO_LANGUAGES} OBJC OBJCXX)
+
+	# 10.15 for c++17 std::filesystem
+	# NOTE: this must be set *before* the project() call to work properly!!
+	set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.15" CACHE STRING "macOS deployment target")
+
+	# fix all targets in scheme (so it's not just qtfred)
+	set(CMAKE_XCODE_GENERATE_SCHEME TRUE)
 endif()
 
 PROJECT(FS2_Open LANGUAGES ${FSO_LANGUAGES})
@@ -196,11 +206,11 @@ include(clang-tidy)
 
 include(CheckIPOSupported)
 check_ipo_supported(RESULT LTO_AVAILABLE)
-if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release" AND FSO_USE_LTO AND LTO_AVAILABLE)
+if (FSO_USE_LTO AND LTO_AVAILABLE)
 	set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0069 NEW)
-	message("Enabled LTO")
-	set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
-endif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release" AND FSO_USE_LTO AND LTO_AVAILABLE)
+	message("Enabled LTO for Release builds")
+	set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELEASE TRUE)
+endif (FSO_USE_LTO AND LTO_AVAILABLE)
 
 # This includes source code for some tools, either used in the build or also for something else
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(tools)

diff --git a/cmake/platform-darwin.cmake b/cmake/platform-darwin.cmake
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(platform INTERFACE ${COCOA_LIBRARY})
 
-# To support C++17 we need to target at least 10.13. maybe 10.14 for some rare features
-# bump to 10.15 for c++17 std::filesystem usage in qtFRED
-SET(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.15")
-
 SET(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH FALSE)
 SET(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH @loader_path/../Frameworks/)

diff --git a/cmake/util.cmake b/cmake/util.cmake
@@ -241,6 +241,17 @@ function(suppress_file_warnings)
 	endif()
 endfunction(suppress_file_warnings)
 
+# Suppress no symbols warnings in static libraries (on Xcode)
+function(suppress_no_symbol_warnings _target)
+	if(XCODE)
+		get_target_property(target_type ${_target} TYPE)
+		if(target_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
+			set_property(TARGET ${_target} APPEND PROPERTY
+				STATIC_LIBRARY_OPTIONS "-no_warning_for_no_symbols"
+			)
+		endif()
+	endif()
+endfunction(suppress_no_symbol_warnings)
 
 function(list_target_dependencies _target _out_var)
 	set(out_list)

diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,5 +130,8 @@ set_target_properties(code PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=D
 set_target_properties(code PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT[variant=Debug] "NO")
 set_target_properties(code PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN[variant=Debug] "NO")
 
+# Prevent warnings on files with no symbols on Mac
+suppress_no_symbol_warnings(code)
+
 # Prevent GCC warnings in third-party BitOp... see GitHub #4366
 suppress_file_warnings(scripting/lua/bitop/bit.c)
diff --git a/freespace2/CMakeLists.txt b/freespace2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,3 +102,9 @@ set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGI
 set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_PHASE_STRIP[variant=Debug] "NO")
 set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT[variant=Debug] "NO")
 set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN[variant=Debug] "NO")
+
+set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_SCHEME_ARGUMENTS "${FSO_RUN_ARGUMENTS}")
+
+if(FSO_FREESPACE_PATH AND NOT "${FSO_FREESPACE_PATH}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+	set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_SCHEME_WORKING_DIRECTORY "${FSO_FREESPACE_PATH}")
+endif()
diff --git a/freespace2/resources.cmake b/freespace2/resources.cmake
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ elseif(PLATFORM_MAC)
     set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${FSO_FULL_VERSION_STRING}")
     set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "${FSO_PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING}")
     set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME "FreeSpace Open")
-    set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
     set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "us.indiegames.scp.FreeSpaceOpen")
-
+
+    set_target_properties(Freespace2 PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "us.indiegames.scp.FreeSpaceOpen")
+
     # Copy everything from the Resources directory
     add_custom_command(TARGET Freespace2 POST_BUILD
         COMMAND cp -a "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${subpath}/Resources" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:Freespace2>/../Resources"

diff --git a/freespace2/resources/mac/Info.plist.in b/freespace2/resources/mac/Info.plist.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
 	<string>public.app-category.games</string>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
-	<string>${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}</string>
+	<string>${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}</string>
 	<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
 	<string>MainMenu</string>
 	<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>

diff --git a/lib/antlr4-cpp-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/antlr4-cpp-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH OFF)
 
 set(ANTLR_BUILD_SHARED OFF)
 
-# Detect build type, fallback to release and throw a warning if use didn't specify any
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+get_property(is_multi_config GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT is_multi_config)
   message(WARNING "Build type not set, falling back to Release mode.
  To specify build type use:
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<mode> where <mode> is Debug or Release.")
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING
        "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug Release."
        FORCE)
-endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT is_multi_config)
 
 if(NOT WITH_DEMO)
   message(STATUS "Building without demo. To enable demo build use: -DWITH_DEMO=True")

diff --git a/lib/antlr4.cmake b/lib/antlr4.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ add_subdirectory(antlr4-cpp-runtime EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/antlr4-cpp-runtime/cmake" PARENT_SCOPE)
 suppress_warnings(antlr4_static)
 
+# Prevent warnings on files with no symbols on Mac
+suppress_no_symbol_warnings(antlr4_static)
+
 target_include_directories(antlr4_static PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/antlr4-cpp-runtime/runtime/src")
 
 set_target_properties(antlr4_static

diff --git a/parsers/CMakeLists.txt b/parsers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ add_parser(action_expression/ActionExpression.g4)
 target_include_directories(parsers PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 suppress_warnings(parsers)
+
+# Prevent warnings on files with no symbols on Mac
+suppress_no_symbol_warnings(parsers)
diff --git a/qtfred/CMakeLists.txt b/qtfred/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -241,10 +241,16 @@ elseif(PLATFORM_MAC)
     set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${FSO_FULL_VERSION_STRING}")
     set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "${FSO_PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING}")
     set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME "qtFRED")
-    set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
     set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "us.indiegames.scp.qtFRED")
+
+    set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "us.indiegames.scp.qtFRED")
     set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CODE_SIGN_STYLE "Manual")
     set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY "")
+    set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES XCODE_SCHEME_ARGUMENTS "${FSO_RUN_ARGUMENTS}")
+
+    if(FSO_FREESPACE_PATH AND NOT "${FSO_FREESPACE_PATH}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+        set_target_properties(qtfred PROPERTIES XCODE_SCHEME_WORKING_DIRECTORY "${FSO_FREESPACE_PATH}")
+    endif()
 
     # Copy everything from the Resources directory
     add_custom_command(TARGET qtfred POST_BUILD

diff --git a/qtfred/resources/mac/Info.plist.in b/qtfred/resources/mac/Info.plist.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
 	<string>public.app-category.games</string>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
-	<string>${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}</string>
+	<string>${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}</string>
 	<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
 	<string>MainMenu</string>
 	<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>