First real new-build drop on the cart exposed it: the kit pushed environ.ini
and glass_layout.cfg into the fresh 4.11.817 extract, but runpod.bat launches
`-egg PODTEST.EGG` and that mission only ever existed on the pod -- mkdist
ships git-TRACKED content only, so the new install had no mission to run.
Master copy now sits at C:\bt411\ with the other kit files and podkit.ps1
installs it.
Does not affect testers: play_solo/join/play_steam pick their own missions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Rw7No5wLTpkaUgA3ANbtZZ
Both frozen files live inside the versioned install and neither ships in the
zip -- environ.ini is generated on first run, glass_layout.cfg is ours. So
Nick extracting the next build would get a cab that comes up wrong with no
error anywhere, which is exactly the failure the freeze was supposed to end.
Masters now live at the stable C:\bt411\ (podprofile.ini, glass_layout.cfg,
podkit.ps1). setup_pod.bat pushes them into the newest BT411_* folder -- run
once per extract. runpod.bat resolves the newest install and applies the kit
itself, so the remote launch path needs no per-build edit. Re-tuning means
editing the MASTER: the apply overwrites the install's copy on purpose, so a
moved panel has one place to look.
Also records, for playtesting on the cab: all five tester launchers set no pod
key at all, so each inherits the rig from environ.ini without knowing the pod
exists -- verified by running play_solo.bat on the cart (7 settings applied,
not 9, because the bat sets BT_PLATFORM and BT_START_INSIDE itself and the
real environment wins). That is the case against a separate pod-only ini: a
second file would need every launcher to opt in.
Verified: kit re-applies idempotently, and the rewritten runpod.bat brings the
cab up correct -- 9 settings, GLASS, -fit borderless, all three surfaces on
their intended displays.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Rw7No5wLTpkaUgA3ANbtZZ
