KB: document the #60 census/re-export aftermath across the context system

- CLAUDE.md front + project-overview: census/re-export DONE (93.5% coverage,
  41KB dark), polish list refreshed; the citation-policy warning rides the
  front matter so it is unmissable.
- locomotion §CROUCH addendum: the re-export CONFIRMS the hand transcription
  field-for-field, documents that Ghidra renders members as int-ARRAY indices
  ([0xfe] == byte 0x3f8 -- why offset-string greps of the export miss them),
  and records the AIRBORNE AUTO-RISE branch the raw pass missed (+ its fix).
- decomp-reference §7: citation policy (@ADDR, never part/LINE -- old
  citations resolve only against archive_2025export/), the array-index
  gotcha, and the full re-export toolchain (ghidra_reexport.sh incl. the 8.3
  short-path requirement, gapcensus, gapdiff).
- open-questions: the leads the re-export produced -- @0x4c0904 is the MASTER
  BTPlayer Performance (team-by-name resolve + EndMission post + score
  heartbeat; our @0x4c083c attribution needs a re-check) and the ~9KB
  l4splr|btmssn cluster that stayed dark THROUGH the fill (no call/data
  reference reaches it -- jump-table entry suspected).
- glossary: dark-region.
Section ordering fixed (addenda above Key Relationships); checkctx CLEAN.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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`engine/ game/ content/ docs/ reference/ tools/ context/`.
**Current front (2026-08-06):** core gameplay reconstruction is COMPLETE — SP+MP loop, combat/
damage/scoring, locomotion (gait/gimp/CROUCH), night kit (searchlight), death/respawn, replication
all authentic + benched (builds 4.11.774→801). Active work: the POLISH list + the #60 export
gap census. Details + what's-next: `context/project-overview.md`, `context/open-questions.md`,
recent git log.
all authentic + benched (builds 4.11.774→801). The decomp export was REBUILT 2026-08-06 (#60
closed: coverage 93.5%, dark code 41 KB — cite `@ADDR`, NOT `part_0NN.c:LINE`; the old export is
archived). Active work: the POLISH list. Details + what's-next: `context/project-overview.md`,
`context/open-questions.md`, recent git log.
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## 7. Tools
- `tools/gapcensus.py` — the #60 dark-region census: index/export coverage, function-start discovery, TU attribution, repo-citation flags → `reference/decomp/GAP_CENSUS.md` + `gap_census.tsv`. Consult BEFORE any "absent from the export" claim (gotcha §20).
- **CITATION POLICY (since the 2026-08-06 re-export): cite `@ADDR`, never `part_0NN.c:LINE`.**
Addresses are stable across exports; shard membership and line numbers are NOT. Pre-08-06
part/line citations resolve only against `reference/decomp/archive_2025export/`.
-**Ghidra renders member access as int-ARRAY indices** (`param_1[0xfe]` == byte offset 0x3f8,
`[0x1e7]` == 0x79c): grepping the export for an offset STRING misses every such site. Divide
by 4 (or grep both forms) — this is a live instance of gotcha §20.
- `tools/gapcensus.py [dir]` — the #60 dark-region census: index/export coverage, function-start
discovery, TU attribution, repo-citation flags → `<dir>/GAP_CENSUS.md` + `gap_census.tsv`.
Consult BEFORE any "absent from the export" claim (gotcha §20).
- `tools/ghidra_reexport.sh [reprocess]` — headless re-export: Ghidra 12.1.2 + JDK 21 (installed
in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\bt411-tools` beside DXSDK/cmake) run `reference/ghidra_scripts/ExportGaps.java`
(ExportAll's output contract + the dark-region gap fill). ⚠ the runner MUST use 8.3 SHORT paths
(`JOELAP~1`, `BT411-~1`): Ghidra's launcher .bat expands `%JAVA_HOME%` UNQUOTED and the user
profile has a space. `reprocess` re-runs the script on the saved project (skips re-analysis).
- `tools/gapdiff.py [old] [new]` — score two censused exports (coverage/dark deltas, which
previously-dark addresses the KB already cites, celebrity check).
- `tools/disas2.py <VA> [len]` — capstone disassembly of BTL4OPT.EXE at a VA (recovers x87 math
Ghidra drops; folds known call targets + float constants). THE tool for any `FUN_` the
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the interior looks unchanged and only the through-window ground shifts). Bench traps for reruns: MP button delivery can miss if pressed
during round-start jitter (press >= poll 900 after GO); diags all BT_DUCK_LOG-gated.
### CROUCH addendum -- the #60 re-export pass (2026-08-06) [T1]
The rebuilt export (93.5% coverage) produced pseudocode for the master-perf region this block
was hand-disassembled from, and it **confirms the transcription field for field**:
`param_1[0xfe]`=mapPosture(0x3f8), `[0xe6]`=duckState(0x398), `[0x161]`=squatCapable,
`[0x1e7]`=myomerEffectiveness(0x79c), `[0x10]`=movementMode, `player+0x25c` novice gate,
`FUN_004a7fc4(2|3)`=SetLegAnimation sqd/squ, `FUN_004a4c54(8)+(1)`=ForceUpdate, `+0x131`
stability alarm, duckState cleared after. (Ghidra renders these as int-ARRAY indices --
`[0xfe]` == byte 0x3f8 -- which is why an offset-string grep of the export misses them; see
[[reconstruction-gotchas]] §20.)
**It also caught a branch the raw pass missed** (the hand disassembly stopped at `0x4aa0af`):
an **AIRBORNE AUTO-RISE** immediately after the duck consumer --
`if ((movementMode == 3 || movementMode == 4) && legState == 1) -> SetLegAnimation(3) +
ForceUpdate(8)+(1) + stability 1`. A mech that leaves the ground (jump/knockback) while PARKED
in the squat is forced upright; unconditional on duckState/squatCapable, i.e. a safety
un-crouch rather than a request. Implemented in mech4.cpp the same day; crouch re-benched
un-regressed (squat still holds on flat ground, no spurious rises).
## Key Relationships
- Detail: `docs/P3_LOCOMOTION.md`. Uses: [[asset-formats]] (SKL/ANI), [[decomp-reference]] (offsets).
- Feeds: [[combat-damage]] (collision→damage), [[rendering]] (shadow/visual-conform).
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silent-node-crash opens: neither reproduced at 5 players this session. Not evidence of a fix
(neither was addressed), but it bounds how often they occur.
## Post-re-export leads (2026-08-06, #60 closed — [[source-completeness]], `phases/phase-04-gap-census.md`)
- **`@0x4c0904` is the MASTER BTPlayer Performance — our `@0x4c083c` attribution needs a
re-check.** Newly lit by the re-export: it resolves the player's Team by name out of the
`Teams` registry (error string "Team ... does not exist"), calls `@0x4c083c` and the engine
`Player::PlayerSimulation` (`@0x42e100`), then at mission-end (state 4, past a threshold,
once) posts "Sending EndMission" to the console host, and on a timer posts the periodic
console SCORE update (`Round(currentScore)` — corroborating our hand-built scoreboard
heartbeat). btplayer.cpp currently documents `@0x4c083c` as PlayerSimulation; read both and
fix the attribution + fold in the team resolution (we have no Team-by-name resolve today).
- **`0x480a2a-0x487ca0` (~9 KB, l4splr|btmssn boundary) stayed dark THROUGH the re-export** —
the gap fill reached it with neither a call nor a data reference, which is itself a finding:
dead code, data misparsed as code, or reachable only through a jump table. The earlier
spot-check showed a real `enter 0x3c` function driven by a global-index dispatch table
(`[0x4fef88]` → table `0x501588`), so "dead code" is unlikely. Byte-scan for the table's
writers to find the entry path.
- **~41 KB is still dark overall**, mostly munga/munga_l4 (we compile the real engine source, so
low value). Current map: `reference/decomp/GAP_CENSUS.md`; re-run the pipeline after any
future re-export.
## Key Relationships
- Feeds from: every subsystem/render topic (their deferral notes collect here).
- Gating master: [[source-completeness]] (the missing BT source).
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ghost+skate field detectors); the Steam wire seam + build gate; the operator console/relay
lifecycle; gauges/HUD; audio (real OpenAL backend + the AUDIO_FIDELITY trigger waves — footsteps/
gait/alarms/impacts live in the field). [T2]
**Remaining (polish + infra):** the #60 export gap census (NEXT — export-gap blindness has caused
4 wrong conclusions, [[reconstruction-gotchas]] §20); VehicleDead killed-by consumption (operator
"X killed by Y"); burning-wreck handler (mech-0x17 label mismatch); the id-0x16 type-0 curiosity;
MechRIOMapper Keypress @004d2514; marker beacon (LoadObject wrapper stub); DIV firmware
intersection routine (deep-cut); deferred ledger items in [[open-questions]]. [T2]
**Infra ✅ 2026-08-06:** the #60 export gap census AND re-export shipped — coverage 87.3% →
93.5%, dark code 90 → 41 KB, +205 functions, and the re-export independently confirmed the
week's raw-disasm reconstructions ([[source-completeness]], `phases/phase-04-gap-census.md`).
**Remaining (polish):** VehicleDead killed-by consumption (operator "X killed by Y" — the sender
already ships the fields); burning-wreck handler (mech-0x17 label mismatch); `@0x4c0904` master
BTPlayer Performance vs our `@0x4c083c` attribution; the id-0x16 type-0 curiosity; MechRIOMapper
Keypress @004d2514; marker beacon (LoadObject wrapper stub); DIV firmware intersection routine
(deep-cut); deferred ledger items in [[open-questions]]. [T2]
## Key Relationships
- Full detail: `docs/PROGRESS_LOG.md`.
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definition: Concluding "the binary/content lacks X" from the Ghidra EXPORT or the port alone. The export has coverage gaps (#60) and RES-archive content never appears in it, so absence there proves nothing. Four incidents (two falsely [T1]); rule + checklist in reconstruction-gotchas §20 — byte-scan the exe, grep NAMED members, walk the BTL4.RES TOC, consult the manifest.
related_terms: [decomp, RES]
related_topics: [reconstruction-gotchas, source-completeness]
dark-region:
kind: concept
definition: A stretch of BTL4OPT.EXE's code section belonging to no function in the Ghidra export -- invisible to any grep of reference/decomp. Inventoried by tools/gapcensus.py into reference/decomp/GAP_CENSUS.md (after the 2026-08-06 re-export: ~41 KB across 321 regions, down from 90 KB). Absence of an address from the export proves nothing until you check whether it is dark; see reconstruction-gotchas 20 (export-gap-blindness).
related_terms: [decomp, export-gap-blindness]
related_topics: [source-completeness, reconstruction-gotchas]