The stubbed dpl-instance ranking display is reborn as screen-space
quads in CameraShipHUDRenderable::Render:
- followed-player callsign banner (bottom center; the old direct
index was correct -- Execute already converts to the 0-based
texture slot)
- the RANKING WINDOW: one row per scoring player, [ordinal][callsign]
in rank order right of center; visibility = the Director's
authentic flash logic (10s on / 15s off, solid final 30s); rows
follow LIVE playerRank pointers so they re-sort as scores change
- discovery: each 128x32 ordinal bitmap packs TWO ordinals side by
side ('1st|2nd', '3rd|4th' -- why 4 bitmaps serve 8 players);
draw = texture rank/2 with a u-half selected by rank parity
- alpha-blended A4R4G4B4 white-on-transparent textures x green
diffuse = the authentic green look
BT_SHOT moved AFTER the 2D pass -- it captured the backbuffer pre-HUD,
so overlays were on screen but invisible to screenshots (cost one
false debugging round). GetOrdinalTexture accessor added.
Screenshot-verified: '1st MAVERICK' standings + MAVERICK banner over
live auto-directed coverage; 2-node mech smoke PASS (un-regressed;
the new render path only executes when a CameraDirector HUD exists).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The spectator/broadcast seat works end-to-end: a hostType=1 +
vehicle=camera pilot page boots a CameraShip whose 62-camera arena1
network loads from the BTL4.RES type-27 resource (the engine's
CreateStreamedCameraInstances existed all along -- the file probe falls
back to it), the BTCameraDirector locks onto the first live mech, and
the ship TRACKS it (sees=1, goal advancing) and CUTS between authored
camera positions (screenshot-verified: wide arena shot -> close
tracking shot).
The missing piece was the Mech override of PlayerLinkMessageHandler
(@0049f624), which the reconstruction never filled. The engine base
resolves mech->player; BT's override adds:
1. the REVERSE link player->playerVehicle = this on EVERY node
(replicants included) -- how the camera director and scoreboard
find a REMOTE player's mech; without it a spectator parks forever
('NO goal entity')
2. clears NonScoringPlayerFlag (0x4000 = bit 14): a pilot with a
vehicle is a SCORING player -- this admits REPLICATED players to
the ranking pass, so cross-node rank/score displays work
3. master only: seeds the heat bank's ambientTemperature (bank
@0x1d4) from the mission [mission] temperature= (BTMission+0xf4)
-- correcting the heat family's 'frozen 300' deviation note (it
was never frozen; THIS is the writer)
Bridge BTSetBankAmbientTemperature lives in heatfamily_reslice.cpp
(mech.cpp cannot include subsystem headers -- local-stub collision).
BT_CAM_LOG diagnostics: camera-network count, director pick + Players
group census, ship follow state, link dispatch/receive.
Verified live: 2-seat (mech + camera) relay session -- replicated
player shows +veh, director goal locked w/ 30s timer, ship tracking a
moving mech through camera cuts; standard 2-node mech smoke PASS
(un-regressed). Lesson re-learned: a 'clean' build filtered on 'error
C' missed a linker file-lock failure -- one whole test cycle ran
against a stale exe (the /FORCE gotcha's cousin; grep -i error, not
error C).
Remaining (task open): ranking-window overlay draw (L4VIDRND stubs),
operator-app camera-seat row, shot polish.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The 'cameras\ directory missing, ask Nick' entry (a03b16f, same day)
was WRONG: the file path is only the DEV OVERRIDE (the RP-style loose
.CAM files -- present for RP in the nick-games 410SRC archive, which
prompted the re-check). The shipped binary falls back to a BTL4.RES
resource TYPE 27 (0x1b) named after the map (FUN_0042be3c probe ->
FUN_0042c078 res loader; per-cam binary records, parsers @0042ad54/
@0042b9f8) -- and our res has ALL 8 maps' networks (arena1 = 62
cameras; cavern/dbase/grass ~57KB each). First arena1 record parses
clean (pos+quat, type 2).
The spectator/broadcast seat needs no external data: remaining work is
the type-27 loader in the WinTesla CAMMGR (file flavor only today),
the stubbed ranking-window draw, and a camera-vehicle boot test.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The CameraShip spectator system is engine-complete (CameraDirector
auto-follows the score leader, CAMSHIP cuts between fixed map camera
positions like TV coverage, ranking window flashes 10s/15s + final
30s), but the per-map cameras\<mapname> notation files are absent from
the archive -- added to the get-from-Nick list with the reconstruction
alternatives (author our own / chase-cam fallback) and the two code
gaps (stubbed ranking-window draw, camera vehicle never boot-tested).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
User: 'isn't the game supposed to time out tho?' Yes -- and it was
HALF-implemented: the egg's [mission] length drives the pods' countdown
and the final-30s ranking window, and the full StopMission -> fade ->
end chain exists, but nothing ever fired it: in 1995 the CONSOLE sent
StopMission at expiry. Our console never did, so missions ran forever.
- btconsole relay: arms the clock when RunMission #2 fires; sends
Application::StopMissionMessage (clientID 4, msgID 6 per APP.h:383,
exitCode NullExitCodeID) at length + 2s grace; stdin 'stop' command
ends the mission early (works in auto and manual modes).
- btoperator: END MISSION button (enabled once launched; resets per
session).
Verified live: 40s test mission -- relay logged the armed clock, sent
StopMission on time, the pod ran the authentic end chain and exited
cleanly ('[boot] RunMissions returned'). Standard eggs carry
length=600, so real sessions are now authentic 10-minute pod missions
with the score display in the last 30 seconds.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The egg generator's known-good list was just bhk1+madcat (the only two
ever exercised as egg vehicles); the operator roster therefore leaned on
those. Swept every ModelList candidate as a solo egg vehicle: 18/18
boot a mission, spawn, and animate with no crash -- avatar, blkhawk,
loki, owens, sunder, thor, vulture and all short variants (ava1, lok1/2,
mad1/2, own1, snd1, thr1, vul1) join bhk1/madcat as first-class picks.
eggmodel now lists the canonical 8 first for the operator dropdown.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
4 pods, relay-assigned seats, 4-pilot MP4.EGG (eggmodel-generated incl.
callsign bitmaps): 4 distinct seats, full ladder, every node replicates
all 3 foreign mechs (host-qualified [repl] sets are exact complements),
4 distinct spawn positions (no dropzone stacking), UDP at 4-pod fan-out
(relay tx=3x rx, zero drops), all pods alive through the session.
Per-host [net-rx] census symmetric: 36 NewDynamicEntity makes (mech +
subsystem roster) from every host to every node.
DIAGNOSTIC TRAP that cost a false bug-hunt: EntityID::operator int()
returns localID ONLY, so the [repl] log's (long)GetEntityID() collapsed
different hosts' mechs onto one number and read as 'missing
replicants'. The log now streams the EntityID object (host:local via
its operator<<).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
4.10 = the 1995 arcade release; 4.11 = the win32 reconstruction; the
build number is the git commit count -- monotonic, zero-maintenance,
and every exe pins to exact source via the short hash ('+' = built
from an uncommitted tree). tools/btversion.cmake regenerates
build/btversion.h on every build (write-if-changed, no rebuild churn);
the stamp shows in the boot banner (btl4.log head, replacing the stale
'v4.10' line) and the window title (incl. the MP node tag).
Verified: build stamps 4.11.311 (980c9cd+), banner + title correct on
a live boot.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The pod's controls reach the game through the RIO serial board; on a
desktop that hardware is a keyboard shim of hardcoded GetAsyncKeyState
reads. New binding engine (game/reconstructed/btinput.cpp) maps PC keys
and an XInput pad onto the authentic channels through a user-editable
file (content/CONTROLS.MAP, community-suggested grammar, corrected):
key/pad -> button <addr> real buttonGroup emissions, mirroring the
RIO convention exactly (press a+1 w/ mode
mask saved, release -a-1 w/ saved mask;
L4CTRL.cpp:2470-2520) -- aux/preset banks,
hotbox, panic, reverse thrust all reachable
key/pad -> axis Throttle rate (lever), pedals/JoystickX
deflect (turn/twist) into the existing
virtual-controls integrators (feel, gait
detent, spring-centering all unchanged)
keypad pilot|external <n> keyboardGroup key values ('0'-'F')
pckey <char> any authentic 1995 typed hotkey
action <name> port dev controls (view, all-stop, ...)
Keys claimed by a binding are SUPPRESSED from the legacy WM_CHAR/KEYUP
feed -- ends the historic double-dispatch ('w' drove AND selected pilot
0; F5's key-up value 0x74 aliased to the 't' hotkey; letter key-ups fed
the developer fake-event dispatcher). Unbound keys keep their authentic
meaning. The dual-use 'V' is split: V = view toggle, B = look behind.
Default profile = WASD classic (compiled-in twin; delete the file to
restore). CONTROLS_NUMPAD.MAP ships the corrected community layout
(keypads are NOT buttons 0x50-0x6F -- that space doesn't exist; no
clickable cockpit exists so everything needs a binding; keyboard fire
buttons added; 0x36/0x37 are hotbox not 'config'; missiles moved off
Ctrl). XInput loads dynamically (1_4 -> 9_1_0), disconnected-pad
probing rate-limited; pad sticks write the axes as absolute positions
(the spring is physical), triggers/buttons per the file.
Verified live: bindings load (43), W and NumPad8 drive (speedDemand 0 ->
61.5), X all-stop (spd -> 0), aux-bank emission (D1 -> [input] 0x2f
PRESS/release under the numpad profile), suppression both directions
(posted 'r' reaches [keych], posted 'w' swallowed), full-keyspace
WM_CHAR+WM_KEYUP fuzz x3 survived with sim advancing, XInput graceful
with no pad, 2-node relay session un-regressed (full ladder + UDP).
Pad-in-hand testing still needs a physical controller.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The 1995 console let the operator type player callsigns; the pods render
them from 1bpp BITMAPS streamed in the egg ([largebitmap]/[smallbitmap]
lists + hex raster pages, bitmapindex per pilot; large 128x32 on the
score/ranking display via DPLRenderer name textures, small 64x16 on the
kill-feed and radar/target labels). The textual name= pilot key is dead
in the shipped binary -- its pilot parse reads bitmapindex only (decomp
part_014). Historical bug surfaced by this work: every egg in the repo
listed only ONE name bitmap (Aeolus) while pilot 2 pointed at index 2,
so player 2+'s callsign has never rendered (null-checked, silently
blank).
eggmodel.py: EggDoc.set_callsigns rewrites the lists + one raster page
per callsign per size + per-pilot name=/bitmapindex= (duplicate names
get disambiguated page tags); get_callsign_rows decodes pages back
(exact inverse of the engine's nibble-stream parse, GRAPH2D.cpp:340,
MSB-first bit order :558); rasterize_callsign/make_callsigns render
text via Qt (auto-shrink to fit, NoAntialias, 1bpp threshold) -- the
only PySide6-dependent corner of the module. validate() now catches
dangling bitmapindexes and missing raster pages.
btoperator.py: Callsign column in the roster (free text, PLAYERn
default); every save rasterizes the column into the egg exactly like
the original console did.
MP_BHMC.EGG template repaired: authentic Aeolus raster preserved
bit-exact, Boreas page generated and listed.
Verified: eggmodel self-test 20/20 (bit-exact raster round-trip, dup
disambiguation, dangling-index catch); ASCII-art decode of the
app-generated VIPER/MONGOOSE rasters reads correctly; live 2-node
relay session on the generated egg -- full ladder, launch, zero
name-bitmap load warnings; operator GUI e2e PASS after the column
shift.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A pod launched with no BT_SELF asks the relay for a seat before joining:
new control frames SEAT_REQUEST (-6) -> relay reserves the lowest roster
seat not claimed or reserved (60s reservation so simultaneous joiners
can't race onto one seat) -> SEAT_ASSIGN (-7, int32 hostID + NUL tag)
becomes relaySelf; everything downstream (egg self-match, HELLO) runs
exactly as if BT_SELF had been set. Roster full -> SEAT_FULL (-8) ->
clean Fail(). A real HELLO pops the reservation; a pod drop frees the
seat. Explicit BT_SELF still claims a specific seat (the operator's
local launches use it).
Client: L4NetworkManager::RelayRequestSeat (throwaway TCP dial to the
relay game port, 10s reply window). Relay: SEAT_REQUEST branch in
_handle_game_frame. Operator exporter collapsed from per-seat
join_as_playerN.bat to ONE universal join.bat (+ join_lan.bat with
BT_RELAY=auto) -- every player gets the same file, first come first
served, the arcade walk-up-to-a-pod model. players/ regenerated.
Verified: 8/8 seat stub tests (distinct seats in roster order, FULL on
exhaustion, claimed+reserved stays FULL, HELLO claim accepted, duplicate
HELLO refused); 2-node localhost e2e with NO BT_SELF on either pod ->
both seated, full ladder, RunMission pair, UDP flowing post-launch;
regression smoke: explicit-BT_SELF relay session clean with zero seat
requests, classic mesh (no BT_RELAY) un-regressed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
LAN players now find the game with zero configuration -- the 90s arcade
model (cabinets locate the operator station) restored:
- Client (L4NET RelayDiscover): BT_RELAY=auto broadcasts 'BTR1DISC' on
udp/15999 (255.255.255.255 AND 127.0.0.1 -- broadcast doesn't reliably
loop back on Windows; covers same-box sessions), 5 x 1s attempts; the
answering relay's SOURCE IP + its advertised console port become the
relay address. Explicit <host>:<port> path unchanged; mesh untouched.
- Relay (btconsole.py): best-effort discovery responder on udp/15999
answers 'BTR1HERE' + <u16 consolePort>; degrades gracefully (logged) if
the port is taken.
- Operator app: Export player scripts now writes a join_as_playerN_lan.bat
pair (BT_RELAY=auto) next to each internet script -- LAN guests
double-click and are found; internet guests use the public-host script.
Verified 2-node: both pods BT_RELAY=auto -> probe answered through a real
interface (not just loopback) -> discovered 172.19.x.x:1500 -> full session
to RunningMission. KB: multiplayer.md D1 section updated (+ the operator
console entry).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The ~60Hz entity update records now ride UDP in relay mode, so a lost/late
datagram is dropped (dead reckoning absorbs the gap) instead of head-of-line-
blocking the reliable TCP stream -- the fix for internet rubber-banding.
Reliable traffic (make/damage/death/control/egg/launch) stays on TCP.
This RESTORES the authentic 1995 NETNUB split, it doesn't invent one:
Receiver::Message defaults messageFlags=ReliableFlag; the update path clears
it (flags=0, ENTITY.cpp:590); Mode(UnreliableMode) fires at LoadingMission
(APP.cpp:704 -- the 2007 port's Mode() was a no-op, now it STORES the mode).
Routing gate = (mode==UnreliableMode && !(flags & ReliableFlag)) -- flag AND
mode, so the map-stream creation messages (also flags=0 but flowing during the
still-Reliable CreatingMission window) ride TCP for free.
Client (L4NET):
- Mode() stores currentNetworkMode (was ignored).
- ConnectRelayUdp: UDP socket connect()ed to the relay game port; HELLO
(outbound punch-through, relay learns our endpoint); udpUp on HELLO-ACK.
BT_RELAY_TCP_ONLY=1 disables the channel (UDP-blocked nets degrade to the
pure-TCP checkpoint automatically -- no ACK => everything stays on TCP).
- RelayUdpSendFrame: {route, fromHost, seq} envelope + frame, best-effort.
- RelayUdpKeepalive: ~15s NAT-hold + ~1s HELLO retry until acked.
- CheckRelayUdp: HELLO-ACK sets udpUp; per-sender seq gate drops stale/
out-of-order datagrams; frames handed up envelope-stripped like TCP.
- Send / ExclusiveBroadcast: route unreliable-window traffic to UDP, else TCP.
- CheckBuffers polls the UDP channel first, then TCP; keepalive tick.
(The relay-side UDP forwarder + endpoint learning + --udp-drop hook landed in
phase 1.)
Verified 2-node localhost relay: during a drive the update stream flows on UDP
(relay udp tx 2->190+, TCP frozen at 53) and the peer's replicant tracks the
master to sub-2u; 15% forced drop (--udp-drop 15) stays coherent (tracked to
0.1u); TCP-only fallback confirmed (udp-known drops the TCP-only pod); no
crashes; mesh mode un-regressed. KB: context/multiplayer.md gains the D1
RELAY MODE section.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reproduced by full-keyboard fuzz (every WM_CHAR + WM_KEYUP posted to the
game window, per-key liveness; delivery proven by the new BT_KEY_LOG
[keych] trace). Two distinct issues:
1) '&' == Shift+7 is the engine's dev-console STOP-MISSION keystroke --
one shifted-key slip while hunting unmapped panel keys (MAP zoom '+'
is Shift+'=') instantly ended the session, indistinguishable from a
crash. Now env-gated (APP.cpp): default ignored with a log line;
BT_KEY_STOP=1 restores the authentic stop (verified both ways live).
Same hazard class as the arrow-release '&' alias already swallowed in
L4CTRL.cpp:1516.
2) '\' (the developer fake-event key) was a REAL wild-jump crash:
Entity::Dispatch STAMPS entityID/interestZoneID into the message at
Entity::Message offsets (ENTITY.cpp:236), and the '\' case dispatched
a bare Receiver-sized ReceiverDataMessageOf<ControlsButton> at the
Mech -- the stamp wrote past the stack object and corrupted the frame
(cdb: call to eip=1 out of Receiver::Receive). The 1995 binary does
the identical overwrite and survived on stack-layout luck. Fixed with
Entity::Message-sized placement-new backing (btl4mppr.cpp); the only
such call site (grep-verified).
Verified: full fuzz (95 chars + F-keys + letter/digit keyups, 118 keys
delivered) survives end-to-end; '&' stops cleanly under BT_KEY_STOP=1.
KB: reconstruction-gotchas.md gains gotcha 19 (Entity::Dispatch message
stamping) + the '&' note.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The SECTOR radar's view cone read viewHorizontalRotation, wired by the
MapDisplay ctor from the mech's Torso -- but FindSubObject and
GetHorizontalRotation were NULL stubs, so the connection was never created
and the wedge sat at heading 0 regardless of twist.
Reconstructed from the binary:
- FindSubObject (FUN_0041f98c): a subsystem-ROSTER walk (count @+0x124,
array @+0x128) matching the streamed subsystem name (sub+0xd4) with a
tolower-strcmp (FUN_004d4b58) -- the 'Torso' sub-object IS the roster
Torso subsystem.
- GetHorizontalRotation: torso+0x1D8 == Torso::currentTwist (layout-locked),
via the existing task-#56 bridge BTGetTorsoTwistAddr (Radian is layout-
identical to Scalar).
Verified live (MadCat, Standard mode Q/E): the wedge tracks the twist in
lockstep (rot 0 -> -2.21 rad), and the semantic test passes -- body turned
away, torso twisted back onto the enemy: reticle green + wedge pointing at
the enemy's blip on the body-fixed scope. NB the Blackhawk's torso is FIXED
(+/-0.01 deg limits) -- its wedge authentically never moves; test with a
twisting mech. Diag env: BT_RADAR_LOG.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Both surfaced today (dormant ~1 day) the moment the pod launch flags
(BT_DEV_GAUGES=1 BT_START_INSIDE=1, tools/mp_launch.sh) were used to drive in
multiplayer -- which made the same-day paint change look guilty. Confirmed on
the pre-paint build too; the trigger was the Jul-16 audio attribute work.
1) BT_DEV_GAUGES crash (cdb: CoolingLoopConnection::Update, ~15s in as the gauge
builds lazily). The dev-gauge cooling-loop lamp reached the cooling master by
RAW attribute index -- GetAttributePointer(3) + *(master+0x1d4). The audio
commits (cc2b109 ReportLeak etc.) inserted rows into the chained attribute
tables, so index 3 shifted onto a scalar, the resolve walked garbage, and the
background pass AV'd. Fix: route through a complete-type bridge reading NAMED
members (heat.cpp BTCoolingLoopFrame: linkedSinks.Resolve() +
Condenser::condenserNumber) -- the databinding rule; never a raw numeric
attribute index. Removed the now-orphaned GetAttributePointer-by-index
helper. Name-keyed samplers (InputVoltage) were unaffected.
2) -net dead controls mapper (mech wouldn't walk; turning/weapons still worked).
The RIO mapper is built from a stack SubsystemResource in btl4app.cpp that set
only name/classID/modelSize -- leaving subsystemFlags as stack GARBAGE, which
Subsystem::Subsystem copies into simulationFlags. A stray DontExecuteFlag
(0x2) froze the mapper (speedDemand stuck at 0). Config-dependent: clean in
SP, dirty in -net; the audio commits shifted the stack and flipped the bit.
Fix: memset each hand-built control-mapper resource to 0 (flags 0 =
AlwaysExecute, the faithful value -- a mapper must tick every frame).
Verified with the pod launch flags: SP alive 32s no crash; MP mech walks
(speedDemand 61.5 at full throttle, ~430u traveled), both nodes alive, no crash.
KB: reconstruction-gotchas.md gains gotcha 18 (uninitialized stack-resource
flags + the raw-attribute-index-into-a-growing-table variant) and a
verify-under-the-user's-launch-flags note.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Mech::resourceNameA/B/C -> real CString members (the binary's 16-byte
CStringRepresentation; deep-copy bind from the MakeMessage = FUN_00402a98,
implicit member dtors) + paint-name accessors
- SetupMaterialSubstitutionList reads the real egg names ([paint] log);
TearDown clears the callback first (FUN_004d11e8)
- dpl_SetMaterialNameCallback is real now (L4VIDEO registry); bgfload
MaterialResolver::resolve() applies it to every material name -- the
port analogue of the dpl board rewriting names at load
- MP_BHMC.EGG: color=Red -> Crimson (vehicletable has no Red; binary Fail()ed)
Verified live 2-node MP: crimson MadCat with hip hazard stripes + yellow VGL
leg emblems; white Blackhawk + emblems; replicants painted on both nodes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
What's carried + plausibly functional vs what will need real work on modern
hardware: RIO serial chain / RGB-splitter channel packing / multi-output
selection / plasma driver all EXIST but are pod-untested; expected work =
multi-head D3D9 fullscreen modernization, the folded-away rear sound card
(4-speaker split), RIO protocol timing, and the undocumented pod bring-up.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- decomp-reference.md: the binary ATTRIBUTE-TABLE section -- 16-byte
{id,name,off+1,0} row format (alignment warning), the walker technique,
and the three recovered tables (Mech ids 21-56 incl the corrected
EyepointRotation@0x360 / RearFiring@0x410 / DistanceToMissile@0x400
labels; HeatSink 3-12; Torso 3-15; the weapon RearFiring 'b' marker).
- combat-damage.md: the REAR-FIRE + look-view system (roster survey: the
Blackhawk's ERMLaser_2/3 are the game's only rear weapons; every missile
rack forward), the missile mount-frame launch truth, and the BANKED
full Missile flight-model decode (three performances, proximity fuse).
- wintesla-port.md: post-Phase-4 closures (instability model live, F14
static filter baked, the footstep warm-up bug + its trace-cap lesson);
deferred list trimmed to F21/HRTF.
- AUDIO_FIDELITY.md: status block -- F14 FIXED, warm-up bug noted.
- open-questions.md: "which mechs used rear fire" answered from data;
remaining look-view key bindings noted.
checkctx: CLEAN.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Byte-decoded the un-exported master-perf block @0x4aad3d-0x4aaf14 (capstone;
the same gap that held the F5 footstep code) [T1]:
instab = (min(|AccelerationLastFrame| / maxUnstableAcceleration, 1)
x unstableAccelerationEffect)^2
instab += clamp((demand - legCycleSpeed)/demand, <=1) # "gun the engine"
x unstableGunTheEngineEffect # (demand clamped to
# [gimpStride(neg), runMax2])
if (legAnimationState == 4 /*turn-in-place*/) instab += unstableStopedTurnEffect
clamp to 1 -> mech+0x3F0 -> gyro->swayBias (gyro+0x3A8)
Every piece resolves to already-reconstructed structure: the model-record
tuning block rec+0x80..0x94 (ctor copy @0x4a2593 -- the six authored
Unstable* fields, previously parked in the Wword scratch bank, now real
members); AccelerationLastFrame@0x82c = the snapshot of the ring-derived
localAcceleration (copied at the perf tail @0x4ab142); CurrentSpeed@0x348 =
legCycleSpeed; the trn state 4 gate; and the gyro feed lands in the
EXISTING swayBias member + GyroscopeSimulation consumer (task #56) --
GyroFrameJointWrite's "0.0f model TBD" argument is now the live value.
UnstablePercentage (binary id 52 @0x3F0) binds the real member: the LAST
dead audio attribute is live -- the authored instability alarm (start
thresh 0.01 + volume = the fraction) sounds under hard maneuvers, and the
cockpit ambient sway now scales with reckless driving.
Live verification (30s, 0.6-throttle run): instab 0.38 during the walk->run
chase (cyc 22.2 vs demand 33.6), settling to 0.002-0.12 per-stride ripple at
steady run; attribute binds with live float values; [instab] trace under
BT_GYRO_TRACE. unstableSuperStopEffect/unstableHighVelocityEffect writers
remain unlocated (plausibly the airborne perf variant) -- noted on members.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Byte-decoded finding [T1]: the gait SM has no stable state for a demand in
(walkStrideLength@0x534, reverseSpeedMax@0x538). Cap semantics settled from
LoadLocomotionClips @0x4a80d4: 0x538 is the walk->run TRANSITION CLIP's exit
speed (the run ENGAGE threshold -- not a reverse max) and 0x34c (run-cycle avg
root speed) is the mapper's continuous demand multiplier (FUN_004afd10). The
finished-callbacks up-shift when tgt > 0x534 but enter/sustain run only when
tgt >= 0x538, so a demand parked between them (Blackhawk: 22.02-30.87 =
throttle 36-50%) hunts walk -> shift-up -> shift-down forever, firing the
authored EngineShiftFwd/Rev sounds each swing -- the user's repro, faithfully
reproduced by all-authentic logic + data. Likely masked on the pod by
MECHANICAL throttle-quadrant detents ("5 speeds" lore; the software path is
notch-free) [T4] -- added to get-from-Nick.
Accommodation (keyboard = our stand-in lever): at key REST, snap the lever to
the nearer dead-band edge (walk cap, or run engage + margin since the cont
check is >=). Sweeping THROUGH the band while held stays continuous -- an
authentic moving lever; the single shift it fires is the authentic shift.
BT_GAIT_TRACE logs [gaitdetent] snaps.
KB: locomotion.md gait-dead-band section, pod-hardware.md mechanical-notch
hypothesis, open-questions.md Nick item.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Correct the audio digest in wintesla-port.md + project-overview.md: the "no
sound ever" root cause was that BOTH engine/lib backend DLLs were no-op stubs
(libsndfile ordinal-only sf_open->NULL; OpenAL32 imports only KERNEL32). Now
real OpenAL Soft + LoadWavPCM; soundbank cracked (241 samples). Only remaining
gap = game triggering (AudioEntities).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
User reported never hearing any audio. Root-caused: the KB "Audio: DONE" was wrong.
The OpenAL playback chain IS fully implemented (device/buffers/sources; PlayNote
really calls alSourcePlay), but three gaps kept it silent:
1. GATED OFF (the "no sound" root cause): BTL4Application::MakeAudioRenderer returned
NULL unless the pod's AWE_FRONT/AWE_REAR AWE32-card env vars were set -- authentic
1995 pod behavior, dead on modern hardware, so the renderer was NEVER created.
FIXED: default audio ON (BT_NO_AUDIO=1 restores silence; AWE vars still force-on).
Verified: the OpenAL device now opens with no env vars ([audio] device OPENED).
2. Soundbank STUB: allPresets[2][100] (btstubs.cpp) is zero-init -> PRESET_isImplemented
false -> 0 buffers load. Sample data exists (AUDIO1/2.RES: EnginePower/LaserAFire/...)
but the event->sample map is gone (not in the decomp). STILL OPEN.
3. No triggering: the reconstructed game never creates AudioEntities on events. STILL OPEN.
So the device opens but nothing loads/plays yet -- enabling real sound needs the
soundbank reconstructed + the game triggers wired (a proper audio wave). Added a
BT_AUDIO_LOG trace harness across L4AUDRND/L4AUDRES/L4AUDLVL. KB corrected.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tested the real-IP config path (not just 127.0.0.1): an egg with this machine's
real LAN IP (10.0.0.46) in [pilots] connected + replicated + moved end-to-end
between two nodes (Connected to GameMachineHost at 10.0.0.46:1602 / All
connections completed! / peer telemetry flowing). Confirms gethostbyname
local-address matching + WSAStringToAddressA IP:PORT parse work with real
addresses. Recorded the LAN recipe + noted the one remaining unknown: an actual
two-physical-machine run (firewall) -- validated single-box via the real IP.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Went after the flagged ~2.9u peer-motion snap. Added a BT_SNAPLOG diagnostic
(mech4.cpp: logs the re-anchor drift eMag = |authority - dead-reckon| absorbed per
frame) and ran a controlled accel/decel soak: node B BT_AUTODRIVE + BT_DRIVE_SWEEP0
sweeping the throttle through STOP, node A observing, affinity-pinned.
Result: peer drift maxes at ~0.64u (median 0.54u, 18 events >0.5u over 48s), gently
absorbed at k~0.24/frame -- SUB-UNIT, at the noise floor. The ~2.9u figure was stale:
it predated the peer body-channel swap (96a896a, which put the peer on the same
channel the master's mirror predicts) AND was measured without the CPU-affinity fix
(packet-jitter-sparse records inflate the drift). The old "run the master mirror on a
leg-channel prediction" plan is moot now the peer is on the body channel.
No motion-code change -- just the measurement + the BT_SNAPLOG diagnostic (retained).
KB (multiplayer.md, open-questions.md) corrected to the measured value. checkctx CLEAN.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Investigated the "console death froze peer replication" open question (2026-07-14)
with a direct 2-node repro (BT_REPL_LOG on a circling peer, affinity-pinned):
- Clean relay kill -> replicant kept circling smoothly through the kill, NO
disconnect logged, node survived. Replication did NOT freeze.
- Deliberately STUCK console (scratchpad/btconsole_stuck.py: connect, start
mission, then stop recv() while holding the socket OPEN = the exact
"receive pad full -> close never seen" mode hypothesized) -> replicant kept
moving the whole run. Replication did NOT freeze.
Conclusion: peer replication is INDEPENDENT of the console (pods replicate
peer-to-peer over the GAME socket; the console is a separate egg/mission/status
channel). The original freeze was a transient -- plausibly the same single-box
packet-jitter/CPU-contention artifact root-caused in 49d73dc -- or was fixed by
later MP work.
FIX (the one real bug found): L4NetworkManager::HostDisconnectedMessageHandler's
ConsoleHostType branch closed gameListenerSocket (the GAME listener) on a CONSOLE
disconnect -- a naming bug (the comment + commented-out OpenConnection intended a
CONSOLE re-listen, which CreateConsoleHost already does). Removed. Harmless to
established peer sockets (why a live match survives console loss) but it would
have blocked a NEW peer from joining after a console cycle. Verified: 2-node
still connects (All connections completed!) + the peer circles.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Targeted pass on "stand-in / not-wired / stub / no-op" claims, verified against
CODE + runtime (not KB wording -- the trap that hid the peer-warp staleness):
- combat-damage.md STEP-6 "remaining = fix ResourceFindByName no-op -> empty
table" (reads present-tense above the "STEP 6 COMPLETE" header): STALE. The
table LOADS live ([cyl] table 'bhk1'/'madcat'/'ava1' layers=7); the name-load
BYPASSED the no-op ResourceFindByName via SearchList(type=0x14) (mech.cpp:1631).
d07ac7d. ResolveHit resolves unaimed hits.
- multiplayer.md "Mech::Reset full subsystem-reset sweep is still a bring-up TODO":
STALE. mech4.cpp:1616 loops every subsystem -> DeathReset(mode) (heat/power/ammo/
charge) + heals zones + ForceUpdate(0x1f). Per-subsystem DeathReset bodies are
authentically trivial for some classes -- not a missing sweep.
Verified ACCURATE (not stale, left as-is): GaussRifle FireWeapon no-op (a decomp
fact -- inert in the 1995 binary; btl4gau2 faithfully marks it "not yet supported");
StatusMessagePool NULL stub (kill ticker live, non-kill status messages genuinely
deferred); Myomers coupling inert (genuinely open); searchlight fog-swap (open by
decision). checkctx CLEAN.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
User observed peer warp spheres in 2-player mode; the KB (translocation-warp.md
frontmatter+body, multiplayer.md frontmatter+body) still called the peer path a
"local-player sphere stand-in until SimulationState/DropZoneLocation replication."
STALE: mechdmg.cpp:1074 fires BTStartWarpEffect at the peer's position gated to
ReplicantInstance, and simulationState rides every update-record header -- so an
observer DOES see a peer's un-wreck/respawn warp. Committed 160b78e ("observer
sees peer un-wreck"). The only genuine remainder is a [T3] fidelity nuance: the
peer sphere is anchored to the peer's WORLD position rather than the peer's
authentic (un-replicated) DropZoneLocation. (The staleness audit itself missed
this -- it trusted the file's own stale wording over its body + the code.)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The open-questions.md block was the old completion PLAN (ea39af1) and was never
updated after the work actually landed + the residual was root-caused. It
contradicted multiplayer.md (which correctly documents both "Authentic coupled
peer motion -- DONE" and the packet-jitter resolution). Reconciled to DONE:
coupled single-source gait pipeline default-on (c52a1ad/b013742/96a896a/f094d78/
23f1532); the "needs master half" conclusion superseded by 49d73dc (residual
shakiness = single-box packet jitter, a test-rig artifact, fixed with CPU
affinity, user-confirmed -- NOT a game bug). Minor follow-ups (2.9u channel-snap,
decay constant) tracked in multiplayer.md. No code change -- KB currency only.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
MechWeapon::UpdateTargeting computed effectiveRange = (1 - heatLoad) * weaponRange,
reading the weapon's own inherited HeatableSubsystem heatLoad. The authentic decomp
(@004b9bdc:6983) reads *(weapon+0xE0)+0x158 = Subsystem::damageZone->damageLevel --
i.e. effectiveRange = (1 - HOST-ZONE DAMAGE) * weaponRange. Same @0xE0-DamageZone-vs-
heat misattribution already corrected in HeatSink::UpdateCoolant (heat.cpp:803).
Impact: for a charge/discharge weapon (ER laser) the weapon's OWN heatLoad swings
0..1 every fire cycle, so effectiveRange collapsed toward 0 and the weapon was
perpetually "out of range" -> Emitter::FireWeapon's `if (dist <= effectiveRange)`
gate skipped SendDamageMessage -> NO damage submission and hence NO impact explosion.
The beam still rendered (beamFlag/beamEndpoint set before the gate), so the shot LOOKED
like a hit but did nothing -- the user-reported "lackluster/absent laser hits, esp.
the ER medium, on mechs AND buildings". PPCs mostly worked only because their heatLoad
happened to sit low/stable.
Fix: read the QUALIFIED this->Subsystem::damageZone->damageLevel (the MechSubsystem
shadow is a shim -- heat.cpp:812) so an UNDAMAGED weapon holds its full, STABLE
weaponRange, and range shortens only as the weapon's host zone takes battle damage.
Verified (parked in range of a building, autofire): laser effRange 500 STABLE
(was fluctuating 0/59/340/424 -> mostly out of range); impact explosions 13 in 22s
(11 laser id=16 + 2 PPC), up from ~2. Lasers now consistently damage + spawn FX.
Also adds env-gated diagnostics used to root-cause this: [fireW] range trace +
per-weapon explID (emitter.cpp), and BT_FIRE_AT_STRUCT (mech4.cpp) which designates
the nearest world structure so weapon-vs-structure fire can be tested without the
screen aim ray.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The boresight's non-mech pick only sampled the VISUAL heightfield (BTGroundRayHit),
which on arena1 is a single flat 'sky'-named ground mesh (and class-42 BuildTables
likewise holds only 'sky') -- so shots passed THROUGH the garages/walls and only mechs
moved the HUD range axis (user-reported regression: "buildings used to move the range
axis; now only mechs do, and you can only fire at a peer").
Real fix: the boresight now ALSO ray-tests the ZONE'S STATIC COLLISION SOLID TREE --
the same geometry that already blocks the mech's walk. Authentic engine mechanism:
Mover::FindBoxedSolidHitBy already tests the static world via
zone->GetCollisionRoot()->FindBoundingBoxHitBy(line). Factored its "static world" tail
into Mover::FindStaticSolidHitBy(Line*) (static solids only, no movers), wrapped by
Mech::WorldStructurePick(start,dir,range,&hit) (builds the world-space Line, reads the
entry point back via line->FindEnd since HitByBounded clips line->length=enter).
Boresight pick order is now: closest MECH (PickRayHit, damage zones + lock) -> closest
STRUCTURE (WorldStructurePick; occludes a mech BEHIND it; designates the gBTTerrainEntity
sentinel + entry point, so the range caret reads the structure distance and NO lock ring
draws, mech4.cpp:4529) -> flat ground (BTGroundRayHit) -> sky (fire-at-nothing). Also
un-skips arena1's misnamed-'sky' flat ground so the ground tier works (btvisgnd
geometry-aware skip + [mapent]/[rendent] census).
Verified headless: a BT_WSWEEP horizontal ray-fan on arena1 tracks position (3/24 hits
near the boundary -> 17-21/24 inside the interior garage cluster -> 3/24 past it =
DISCRETE interior solids, not an enclosing box), no crash/assert/AV. Interactive aim
(BTGetAimRay) can't run headless (no window -> noRay), so the sweep is the headless proof;
interactive aim is user-verified.
Note: FindBoundingBoxUnder (the ground/containedByNode BoundingBoxTree) is DOWNWARD-only
(gravity/ground-snap: *height = FindDistanceBelowBounded), useless for a horizontal
boresight; the static SOLID tree's FindBoundingBoxHitBy is the only ray-vs-world query.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The residual RANDOM peer shakiness on accel/decel was proven (BT_RXJIT record
inter-arrival probe) to be TEST-RIG packet jitter, not the game: two Debug btl4
nodes on one box contend for CPU, so Windows batches their TCP delivery -- records
arrive in bursts (max 56-226ms gaps, burstiness 3-7x) instead of even ~17ms. The
peer dead-reckons across the gaps then snaps -> random shake. Pinning the nodes to
disjoint cores restored even ~17ms delivery (burstiness ~1.0) and the shakiness
vanished (user-confirmed 'that was it'). Real pods = dedicated machines, no
contention -> never see it. So NO un-authentic jitter buffer -- the coupled
body-channel peer (96a896a/f094d78/23f1532) is the authentic + correct finish.
- mech.cpp: BT_RXJIT record-arrival-jitter probe (env-gated).
- tools/mp_launch.sh: 2-node launcher that pins nodes to disjoint cores (bakes in
the fair-delivery condition; documents why).
- context/multiplayer.md: the finding, so it is not re-litigated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Uncommitted work from the speed-model + peer-motion investigation:
- btl4mppr.cpp: the L4MechControlsMapper full-throttle detent used the
unparenthesized Abs() macro (STYLE.H:118) on an expression -- Abs(throttlePos
- 1.0f) mis-expands to -(throttlePos + 1.0f), always <= 0.05, so the detent
snapped throttle to full EVERY frame. Diff into a temp first (same class as
the 7615ecd angular-resync Abs fix).
- context/pod-hardware.md: document the decomp-verified analog-continuous pod
throttle path (RIO Ranger 0-800 counts, 0.05 deadband, no notching; '5 speeds'
is false) from workflow w0odszxro.
- mech4.cpp: BT_SLIDE/[mslide] per-frame slide diagnostics (peer position moving
while legs in stand; master decel profile) -- used to prove the stop-slide is a
peer leg-SM-winds-down-early desync, not master momentum. Env-gated.
The 'pretty good' coupled-motion gameplay state is already shipped (a9ab3db).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reproduced the QA report end-to-end from the decomp + raw-binary-verified constants.
The coolant-priority effect is real but fire-rate-dependent: at the ~11s combat
cadence, not-boosted jams (T=1058>1000) while boosting the AFC's condenser keeps it
below the line (T=953, no jam) -- exactly as the QA described. Max-spam (8s) overheats
regardless (why the earlier 'weak boost' read was wrong); 16s never jams. All AFC100
constants verified authentic vs BTL4.RES raw bytes (afc_dump.py). No bug, no stand-in.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two-agent decomp hunt on the QA report ('AFCs jam on 3rd shot if coolant priority
not boosted'). Conclusion: the whole coolant->jam chain is reconstructed end-to-end
and FAITHFUL -- the weapon's constant coolantFlowScale=1.0 is authentic (only
condensers' 0x15C is written from the valve, via RecomputeCondenserValves over the
condenser chain mech+0x7cc). Authentic mechanism is second-order-in-equation but
first-order-in-outcome: weapon -> its condenser -> bank; boosting a condenser's valve
share (~5x conductance swing) keeps its weapon below degradationTemp -> no jam.
Distinguished the sticky probabilistic jam (degrad 1000, JammedState 5) from the
self-clearing overheat lockout (failure 2000, weaponAlarm 7). Empirically the port is
directionally correct (~4th-shot probabilistic) but not the QA's deterministic 3rd
shot -- a calibration/scenario question pending QA clarification, NOT a stubbed path.
Do not tune the heat economy to force it without ground-truth.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Closed the loop: BT_CRIT_PROBE=8 on solo DEV.EGG drove the full per-zone FX chain
end-to-end -- [zonefx] entity 1:321 seg 12 psfx 12/13 -- proving TakeDamage ->
mechdmg effect loop -> BTStartZoneEffect -> StartEntityEffectImplementation (segment
world-pos resolve) -> BTStartPfxAttached fires live. The 2-node fight harness didn't
engage (mechPicks=0, an MP-harness spawn/connect issue, not FX); BT_CRIT_PROBE is the
reliable solo liveness path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reverting a wrong 'correction' I just made: I claimed the six L4VIDRND explosion
renderables were STUBBED and 'never draw'. WRONG -- ScalingExplosionRenderable has a
real ctor/Execute body, and the impact/fire/detonation FX were reconstructed in the
Fire VISUALS (48c9c84) + Impact-FX FORENSICS (065c114) waves. The '//STUBBED: DPL RB'
markers I grepped are benign 2007 empty ctor/dtor notes on unrelated renderables
(InnerProjectile/DPLObjectWrapper/ChildLight), not the explosion FX. Only genuine
open item: the chain is not yet liveness-verified headlessly (no solo enemy).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The per-zone effect dispatcher was reconstructed + wired the same day the audit
flagged it as 'RECOMMENDED NEXT TARGET' -- the entry was never updated. Correct it:
dispatcher done (btl4vid.cpp:889, wired at mechdmg.cpp:1120); the real remaining
FX gap is the six still-STUBBED L4VIDRND scaling-explosion renderable bodies.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The master-perf disasm (0x4aa3d3-0x4aa4ff) computes the yaw rate as
lerp(walkingTurnRate@0x574, runningTurnRate@0x578) by ground speed, not a
constant. Wired it into the drive, replacing the bring-up constant kDriveTurnRate:
- walkingTurnRate/runningTurnRate are now REAL named members. The ctor's
`Wword(0x15d)/(0x15e) = model->...TurnRate * DegreesToRadians` writes were
NO-OPS -- Wword() returns a shared static scratch cell, so the rates were
silently discarded. Now stored + read by name.
- The drive (mech4.cpp) computes authTurnRate: base = walkingTurnRate; above
reverseSpeedMax(0x538) lerp walk->run across [walkStride 0x534 .. topSpeed
0x34c] with an over-run falloff runningTurnRate/t^2; clamp >=0; zeroed in the
death/limbo/airborne leg states (1/2/3) or when deathAnimationLatched(0x650) is
set. Falls back to kDriveTurnRate if the model gave no rates.
The lerp is a RUN-speed refinement -- below reverseSpeedMax (walk / turn-in-place)
the rate is the constant walkTR base; runningTurnRate < walkingTurnRate (a running
mech is less maneuverable). Verified headless (DEV mech, BT_TURN_LOG): walkTR
1.309 rad/s (75 deg/s), runTR 0.873 (50 deg/s), turn-in-place + walk yaw at walkTR,
no crash. [T1 logic / T2 runtime]
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
