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 Joe DiPrimaandClaude Fable 5
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sweep the knowledge base up to this session: log day, crash symbolization, a misnamed accessor
Audit of what actually landed in context/ versus what only ever got said in
chat. Five gaps and one stale claim repeated in four files.
New env gates were the biggest hole -- BT_TORSO_LOG, BT_MYOMERS_LOG,
BT_MYOMERS_REPAIR_TEST, BT_SELF_DAMAGE and BT_POWER_DETACH_TEST were all in the
code and none of them in decomp-reference §6, which is supposed to be the hub.
Added with the reasoning that makes them usable: why the myomers probe samples
every frame while unpowered (the NoVoltage window is about a second and a 1 Hz
probe steps straight over it), why the repair test also forces Manual (or
AutoConnect restores power a frame later), why SELF_DAMAGE latches off at the
first death, and why DETACH_TEST taking a NAME is what proves failover rather
than a same-generator re-attach.
The 6am log day was in the code and the player bats but not the KB. Now in
build-and-run with the stem table, the unconditional append, the 8 MB part
roll-over and the BT_LOG-truncates trap, plus the operator-facing note in
operator-console and OPERATOR_GUIDE that you ask for the NEWEST log, never
"today's".
Recorded the crash-symbolization gap, which is the one with teeth. BTCrashFilter
writes a stack into the day log and its own comment claims "we hold the PDB". We
do not: no Release PDB is produced at all, and /O2 implies /Oy so the EBP walk is
unreliable anyway. When the Owens crash finally lands we get an address we cannot
resolve. Written down with the fix (/Oy-, /Zi + /DEBUG, archive the PDB per
build) rather than left as something I mentioned once.
New gotcha 22: HeatModelOff() reads simulationState == 1, i.e. "am I destroyed",
and has nothing to do with the heat model. Behaviour at the call sites is right,
the name is not, and while chasing #70 it reads as "novice pilots cannot twist"
and sends you hunting an experience-level bug that does not exist. Same misnomer
in torso/gyro/sensor headers.
Also documented the dist flavor trap, having nearly shipped it myself: mkdist
reads build/CMakeCache.txt, so a tree configured BT_STEAM=OFF silently produces
a -nosteam zip with no play_steam.bat and no steam_api.dll. OFF is the CMake
default; ON is the documented dev state.
Swept the stale `btl4.log` filename out of reconstruction-gotchas,
reconstruction-method, build-and-run and CLAUDE.md itself -- the log has been
<stem>_YYYYMMDD.log since
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 CydandClaude Opus 5
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Mouse buttons are bindable; mouse LOOK scoped (not built)
BUTTONS (shipped). Win32 hands mouse buttons out as virtual keys, and the
binding path already stores VKs and polls GetAsyncKeyState -- so this needed no
verb, no parser change and no new machinery, just names:
key MOUSE4 button 0x40 # side buttons
key MOUSE5 button 0x46
key MOUSEMIDDLE button 0x41
MOUSELEFT/MOUSERIGHT are named too, with a warning in the file header and the
docs: they are how the player presses cockpit buttons (left = press, right =
latch), and the poll is focus-guarded but not click-aware, so binding either
ALSO fires on every panel click. The side and middle buttons are the free
ones. Axes work as well (`key MOUSE4 axis Throttle slew + 0.7`).
One guard: the RGB lamp mirror skips mouse VKs when building its map -- a
keyboard lamp array has no mouse buttons to paint (BTPadBindingIsMouseKey).
Verified live: a bindings.txt carrying two mouse rows loads 76 keys (74 + 2),
and a real injected XBUTTON1 press produced `[emitter] FIRED #1`. Clean A/B --
the earlier run whose SendInput failed the struct-size check logged no fire at
all. Shipped commented-out examples in the default profile so the capability
is discoverable.
LOOK (scoped only). docs/MOUSELOOK_PLAN.md. Mouse MOVEMENT is a real feature,
not a table entry, and the hard part is not reading the device:
- The cursor is already spoken for. The glass cockpit's premise is that all
72 buttons are mouse targets; mouse-look wants a captured, hidden, recentred
cursor. Both cannot be true, so this is a MODE question first -- four
models compared, recommending hold-to-look (costs nothing when unbound,
cannot strand a player, behaves the same in surround and exploded layouts).
- The channels are POSITIONAL (JoystickX/Y are -1..1 deflections the mapper
reads per control mode); a mouse gives deltas. Accumulate-into-a-virtual-
stick reuses every existing rule; a rate model would need new mapper
semantics.
- Control mode changes what it MEANS: BASIC steers with the stick, MID/ADV
twist the torso -- so mouse-look steers in one and aims in the other.
Proposed grammar (new row type, so old builds skip it with a warning),
where the code goes, ~250 lines, and a verification plan whose load-bearing
item is "panel clicks still work when a mouselook binding exists but is not
engaged". Also flagged: the pod had NO mouse, so nothing here is
reconstruction -- every choice is design, judged on feel, and it must stay out
of the pod build's path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CydandClaude Opus 5
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Proposal: ship the authentic single-folder dist layout (docs only, NOT implemented)
The bare-launch crash was a symptom; the cause is that BT411 hands players a developer tree. mkdist zips tracked repo paths verbatim, so the dist inherited build\Release\btl4.exe + content\ -- while the 1995 pod (BTL4OPT.EXE sits beside BTL4.RES to this day, in content\) and RP411/RP412 all ship ONE folder, where cwd is right by construction and a double-click just works. docs/DIST_LAYOUT_PLAN.md sets out the proposed tree, the file-by-file change (~50 lines total, no game code), what it buys, and the part that actually needs a decision: the upgrade story. Four migration options with a recommendation, plus the wrinkle that decides between them -- the zip root is VERSIONED, so every version may already land in its own folder, in which case the documented extract-over-top has never worked and the migration cost is near zero. Four open questions listed for the other author, including whether the .bat launchers still earn their keep and whether the pod cabinet's own install shape should be confirmed against Nick's notes before we call one folder authentic for the cabinet too. Not implemented pending that discussion. The 4.11.560 cwd guard stands either way and makes both layouts work. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 5
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console/relay: document it properly + fix two regressions the review caught
DOCS (the ask: after a compaction this session lost track of how the console
works and launched the wrong program, twice).
* NEW context/operator-console.md -- the dedicated topic that was missing.
Leads with the thing I got wrong: btoperator.py is the PySide6 GUI the
operator uses; btconsole.py is the headless relay it spawns. Then ports,
the route table, the roster/seat/identity model, the full round lifecycle
with every launch gate, liveness, mode-specific traps, and log locations.
* NEW docs/OPERATOR_GUIDE.md -- sysop-facing: start the console, set up a
mission, watch pods arrive, launch, run back-to-back rounds, what to press
when LAUNCH looks dead, a troubleshooting table keyed on the exact log
lines, and what to save BEFORE restarting a session (Start Session
truncates operator_relay.log, so restarting to clear a problem destroys the
evidence of it).
* CLAUDE.md: two Quick Lookup rows + a DO-NOT entry naming the two programs,
so the distinction survives the next compaction.
* context/multiplayer.md: a pointer out of the scattered console notes to the
new topic (they were buried across ~8 places in a large file, which is
exactly why they evaporated).
FIXES -- both are regressions in my own previous commit, found by the review
pass, and one would have made a games night WORSE:
* THE REAPER WOULD HAVE KILLED HEALTHY PLAYERS. It was gated only on "no
mission running", which a round RESET satisfies -- so it was armed for the
whole BETWEEN-ROUNDS wait, and that is a period when a pod is legitimately
byte-silent: its seat beacon is write-only for the process lifetime
(L4NET.CPP: "the relay ignores its silence") and its console pad has no egg
yet so it cannot ACK. A real night showed 12-minute and 5-minute gaps; the
180s deadline would have dropped healthy pods and forced their clients to
relaunch. It now runs ONLY in the active staging window, skips pads with no
egg and conns that have not HELLO'd, and last_seen is also stamped from
inbound UDP (a pod streaming updates while its TCP idles was being counted
as silent). Half-open detection is keepalive's job; this is just a backstop.
* UnboundLocalError in the operator UI. My end_sent reset was an `elif` in
the chain that assigns `head`, so that branch left `head` unbound -- a crash
on the first status refresh after End Mission, which is exactly the path the
relay's "StopMission sent" line produces. Moved out of the chain.
Plus one pre-existing wedge with the same symptom as the reported bug, live-
proven in operator_relay.log (~5 minutes of a night lost): _abort_round clears
eggs_released BEFORE the survivors' sockets close, so _maybe_reset_round's own
`if not self.eggs_released: return` skips the template restore forever -- the
roster stays trimmed, the release gates can never be met, and walk-ups get
ROSTER FULL. _rearm_for_new_round's restore is therefore now UNCONDITIONAL (it
was gated on eggs_released, which made Re-arm useless in the one state that most
needs it) and it clears round_hold_until so an abort's settle window is not
inherited. Aborts are ordinary: nothing on the wire distinguishes a straggler's
late FIN from a pod dying mid-load.
scratchpad/test_relay_rearm.py now 19 checks, all passing, including the two new
regression guards (a 15-minute-silent waiting pod is NOT reaped; a pad that was
never sent an egg is NOT reaped) and the mid-pair no-re-arm guard.
Still open, recorded in the new topic's frontmatter: the UDP endpoint map trusts
the sender's self-declared fromHost; the egg-ACK is a fixed-offset parse of one
recv with no reassembly; remote-operator mode can never enable LAUNCH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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arcattackandClaude Opus 5
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K/D scoreboard ROOT-CAUSED (#45) + respawn latch fix (#57) + plate stage ops (#58)
FIXES (compile clean; exe link pending -- a game client still holds btl4.exe): #57 respawn latch: deathPending was released in ONE place (btplayer.cpp:343) and only if a LATER re-post happened to find the mech alive -- so if the +5s re-post landed before the drop-zone reply, or never arrived, the flag stayed set while the pilot respawned and fought on, and their NEXT death hit the dedup at :391 and was swallowed whole (no warp, no tally, no hunt) for the rest of the process. Tonight 3 of 3 deaths in the final round were swallowed, each by a player who had respawned successfully earlier in the same process. Clear moved to the actual completion point (after Mech::Reset at the drop zone) + the four abandon paths that also stranded it. Cycle logging promoted to always-on (START / RESET / SWALLOWED warning) + a RESPAWN matchlog record. #58 reticle callsign plate drew as a SOLID RECTANGLE on some maps: my dpl2d_DrawTexturedRect bound a texture but never set COLOROP/ALPHAOP, and L4D3D.cpp:1085 sets both to SELECTARG1 from TFACTOR (ignores the texture, fills with a constant). Which state was live depended on what the 3D pass drew last -- hence 'depends on the level'. Now sets MODULATE texture x diffuse for both channels and restores. Latent sibling noted (CameraHUDDrawQuad, same omission). ROOT-CAUSE DOC (no code): docs/KD_SCOREBOARD_PLAN.md. Headlines: - the port reads DEATHS from the WRONG FIELD: the binary's PilotList draws +0x27c/+0x280; we labelled +0x280 'pad_0x280', never write it, and substituted the engine's Player::deathCount (+0x200, the respawn identity number seeded to -2) -> remote rows read a clamped fake 0 by construction; - BTPlayer::VehicleDeadMessageHandler @0x4c05c4 is MISSING from our decomp export (functions_index.tsv jumps 4c052c -> 4c083c, verified) -- that silence is what produced the 'pad' belief. An absent function is not evidence of an absent behaviour; - neither counter rides an update record, so divergence never self-heals and bystanders show 0/0 all mission; BTPlayerCountObservedDeath is unreachable dead code; - 'a kill I didn't earn' = last-hitter-takes-all via lastInflictingID, and COLLISIONS count (5 of 47 deaths had a type=0 killing blow); - the phantom kill is authentic 1995 (the kill handler bumps the victim's killCount too); - btplayer.cpp:453 does simulationFlags |= 0x1 where the binary does ForceUpdate() -- bit 0 is DelayWatchersFlag and nothing clears it, so the first death of any pilot permanently disables ExecuteWatchers on that player's simulation. Filing separately. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 5
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Respawn re-arm ROOT-CAUSED: David's death transition never started (#54) -- plan doc only
9-agent read-only investigation, every binary claim re-verified with capstone. VERDICT: respawn re-arm WORKS in 4.11.524 -- 21 own-deaths in tonight's matchlogs each have a 1:1 PLAYER_DEAD, except David's (1 death, 0 PLAYER_DEAD). So #22's fix is holding and is NOT implicated (my earlier claim retracted). His cycle never STARTED: PLAYER_DEAD is written unconditionally at btplayer.cpp:422 in the same straight-line block as ++deathCount, so its absence proves VehicleDeadMessageHandler never entered the deathCount==-1 branch -> no drop-zone hunt -> no DropZoneReply -> Mech::Reset never ran. Corroborated: a zone reads lvl=1.0000 11.18s AFTER death, which Reset would have healed. With no Reset movementMode stays 9, and ONE predicate -- Mech::IsDisabled() (mode 2||9) -- darkens all six panels via two authentic gates (emitter.cpp:431 currentLevel=0; projweap.cpp:707 recoil=rechargeRate + alarm 7). Ring and ready-disc are the SAME scalar, so six dark panels is one data fault. SEPARATE second bug: his AFC 100 went silent 123s BEFORE death holding 13 rounds, and one LRM 66s before while its twin kept firing -- that is the #21 family, untouched by this. Port divergences found on the way: mech4.cpp:1928 calls DeathShutdown(1) but the binary sweeps with 0 and forwards to DeathReset -- and our DeathShutdown is an empty base nobody overrides, so the whole death sweep is a no-op; only 7 of ~20 subsystem classes implement DeathReset; HeatSink::ResetToInitialState clobbers the startingTemperature it just wrote and stops short of the authentic terminus @004ac22c (which heals each subsystem's own crit zone + status alarm). UNKNOWN: why the -1 branch never ran. One survivor after static elimination (GetPlayerLink()==0 on his own master mech); section 6 'Check 0' settles it with no code change. Do that first. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 5
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Input-path audit: 206 paths traced, 22 dead -- plan doc only, no code changes
13-agent read-only audit (6 tracers -> adversarial verifiers -> triage), validated against 2,294 streamed control-mapping records decoded from all 18 mechs in BTL4.RES plus the live 121-record install dump. Verdict: 22 dead dispatch routes, 11 player-visible, 8 documentation defects, 2 entirely dormant input layers (CONTROLS.MAP and the whole DirectInput grammar). RETRACTS MY OWN DIAGNOSIS from the reverse-thrust fix earlier today: streamed BUTTON mappings ARE consumed (L4CTRL.cpp:2254-2262 / :2327-2336, and ctrlmap.log:32 shows reverse's record resolving to +0xec). The AddOrErase Fail bodies are the config-session base traps, overridden by MechRIOMapper. So 'reconstruct AddOrErase' would clear 0 of 2,294 records. The false claim is in pod-hardware.md:121-135 AND in mechmppr.cpp:894-919 -- both owed a sweep, and reverseThrust now has two writers (unknown #2 decides which to keep). The 'how did it break' question is therefore reopened; leading candidate is the unhandled WM_SYSKEYDOWN/SC_KEYMENU menu-modal loop on a held ALT. Biggest new finding: a default-constructed Receiver::MessageHandlerSet is a silent blackhole -- Sensor/Avionics alone kills 108 records (6 cockpit buttons + F5-F9). One accessor in sensor.cpp is the best findings-cleared/risk ratio. Worse-than-dead: target designation writes raw +0x284 on a modern-layout object, possibly out of bounds, reachable by pressing 't' -- flagged as a playtest safety note. Also lands scratchpad/keysweep.py: the empirical counterpart (presses every bound key, records what actually moves). Not yet run -- needs the machine idle. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg |
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KB: late-join make-sync gap + revolving-door plan digest (multiplayer, open-questions)
The 1995 engine tolerates late HOST attach but never finished late ENTITY sync (NotifyOfReplacementEntityCreation = Fail stub, makes broadcast-once). Routes to docs/REVOLVING_DOOR_PLAN.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg |
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CydandClaude Fable 5
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4.10 literal-source campaign: manifest DP upgrade, Route A closed, toolchain facts
- manifest410.py: monotone-DP TU labeling (data-cluster affinity + CLASSMAP seeds + recon @addr soft votes) replaces naive fill; BT region = 917 fn / ~230 KB, extents match every independently-known TU boundary. - source-completeness: ROUTE A CLOSED (Nick holds no further assets); toolchain = BC++ 4.52 PROVEN by CW32.LIB byte-match, archived at TeslaRel410/BORLAND; OPT.MAK = the shipped binary's exact recipe; extender corrected to Borland PowerPack DPMI32 (was "Phar Lap TNT"); "all BT headers survive" corrected (17/36 bt-side; mech.hpp etc. reconstruction-only); engine gaps enumerated (vdata.hpp first, back-dated from BT412). - phases/phase-03: rounds 1-3 of the source410 campaign - 6/10 surviving originals compile clean under BC4.52; console wire IDs recovered from the binary ctors (Killed=9 Damaged=10 ScoreUpdate=13 DWH=15 [T1], TeamScore guessed 12 [T4] - answers the TeslaSuite console-port spec's open item); round-3 finding: MECH.HPP is the capstone grown with the mech TU reconstructions, BTREG.CPP green = the header-family milestone. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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CydandClaude Fable 5
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KB: EXPERIENCE LEVELS decoded -- the 0x25c block is the simulation-mode flags
The egg's per-pilot 'experience' (novice/standard/veteran/expert) is the pod's simulation-fidelity tier -- stored at BTMission+0xe4 and seeded into the BTPlayer ctor's flag block @4c0bc8 [T1]. The old 'per-role display toggles / returnFromDeath' reading was WRONG: the source is mission->experienceLevel, and the neighboring pair copies mission->advancedDamageOn (the egg's technician splash/collision switch), not role floats. Known consumers: 0x260 = the HEAT-MODEL master switch (FUN_004ad7d4), 0x25c = the novice sim-lockout (jams/searchlight/powersub), 0x274 = the raw level (FUN_004ac9c8 ==0 novice predicate). NEW established topic context/experience-levels.md (data path, binary flag rows per level, manual cross-refs, corrections log) + router row; sweeps in decomp-reference/gauges-hud/open-questions/pod-hardware/subsystems. btplayer.cpp/.hpp re-annotated with the corrected semantics; the guarded role-based seeding stays as a marked [T3] stand-in (slot drift vs the binary switch documented inline) until the wiring task points it at BTMission::ExperienceLevel(). (Research by the parallel context session; committed from the glass line.) Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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CydandClaude Fable 5
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Merge origin/master: the D1 relay/operator line + input remap meet the glass layer
33 master commits in (relay TCP/UDP + PySide6 operator console, CONTROLS.MAP +XInput binding engine, camera seats, torso pitch aim, sign fixes, the 1995 manual, version stamping, 18-mech certification). Conflicts: .gitignore + CLAUDE.md router rows (combined). SEMANTIC RECONCILIATION (the one real overlap): masters btinput binding engine (ungated, CONTROLS.MAP) and the glass PadRIO (gated, bindings.txt) would both read the keyboard/pad in a glass+PAD session. btinput now joins the stand-down convention: BTInputPoll yields (and BTInputSuppressKey claims NOTHING, so authentic hotkeys flow) when an operational cockpit device owns the input path -- BTRIODevicePresent, BT_KEY_BRIDGE force-override honored, forced harness exempt. One input system per mode: btinput on pod/dev desktops, PadRIO on glass. The mechmppr/mech4 bridge merges composed clean (masters negate-once sign fix inside our device-gated bridge). The D1 relay keeps its own raw sockets by design (an alternative LAN wire; Steam and relay are separate modes). Verified post-merge: all 3 configs build; glass boots with [input] binding engine standing down + PadRIO owning input (30 ticks); pod forced-walk speedDemand=61.501 with btinput ACTIVE; 2-node loopback MP full 31/31 mission, 76/76 ticks. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Fable 5
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Archive the ORIGINAL 1995 player manual (from Nick) + alignment audit
reference/manual/Tesla40_BT_manual.pdf -- the genuine Tesla 4.0 BT player manual, 34pp. Primary-source alignment audit (pod-hardware.md SManual): the reconstruction matches on EVERY checked control behavior: - control modes are named BAS/MID/ADV in print (mechanics identical to our Basic/Standard/Veteran incl. the ADV no-auto-slow turn clamp) - stick right = torso right in MID/ADV (today's sign fix); Blackhawk and Owens named as THE fixed-torso exceptions; twist arc ~120 (per-mech: Loki/Thor tables say 110 deg limit, 60 deg/s) - continuous throttle lever; reverse = HOLD the red throttle button (our 0x3F hold-state model) - Hot Box MFD = callsign buttons + CLOSEST (our hotbox button 8 -> ChooseNearestPilot); radar travel-oriented w/ 60-deg wedge sweeping on twist; map zoom +/- beside the secondary screen - experience gates the hunting aids (standard sim only); expert adds movement heat - per-mech stat sheets + coolant-loop tables = a systematic cross-check source for our streamed subsystem resources NEW LEADS the manual surfaces: CROUCH (button by the secondary screen; duckState attr + SQUAT clips exist, no input drives them), EJECT (button beside the joystick; EjectButton01 sounds exist), the hot-box viewscreen framing (deferred PNAME marker chain). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Fable 5
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Input remap: CONTROLS.MAP binding engine + XInput gamepad support
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>
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CydandClaude Fable 5
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KB: step-4 closeout -- Steam wire documented, live-test procedure, router
docs/GLASS_COCKPIT.md gains the step-4 ledger (seam/transport/lobby + THE FAKEIP LESSON); NEW context/steam-networking.md topic (+ router row) and docs/STEAM_TEST.md (the 2-machine live procedure = the step-4 exit criterion on user hardware). context/glass-cockpit.md: steps 3+4 status. Final purity re-check: pod build clean, forced-walk mission runs, ZERO glass/steam tags in the pod log. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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CydandClaude Fable 5
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Build: the BT_GLASS/BT_STEAM compile gates -- glass-cockpit dev-layer scaffolding
Step 1 of the desktop developer layer: option(BT_GLASS OFF) + option(BT_STEAM OFF) (BT_STEAM requires BT_GLASS, configure-time FATAL_ERROR), defines flow to all three targets via BT_DEFS. Defaults build = the pure pod game, verified: 3-config configure matrix + negative test + defaults Debug build (known mech3 /FORCE externals only). New topic context/glass-cockpit.md + ledger docs/GLASS_COCKPIT.md; router rows added. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Fable 5
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Cockpit: authentic eyepoint + canopy lattice render (task #55)
The first-person cockpit now shows by default and matches gameplay footage (verified on the Madcat). Two decomp-verified reconstructions: EYEPOINT (FUN_004579a8 + caller part_014.c:5525, FUN_004c22c4): - eye offset = siteeyepoint GetBaseOffset (not GetSegmentToEntity, not the upright hack), parented on the PARENT segment DCS (btl4vid.cpp) - live view = affine INVERSE of the eye world matrix (L4VIDRND Execute) -- replaces the hand-rolled LookAtRH whose +Z-forward/+Y-up row guess aimed some mechs into the canopy; combine order fixed to baseOffset * R - chase camera basis + aim boresight re-expressed for the inverse convention (row2 = back); boresight now derives from the view matrix (the stale rows aimed the pick ray at the sky = no target, no discharge) CANOPY (*_COP.BGF, dpl_Punchize geogroups): - every shell is an open strut lattice (38-59% boundary edges, all 12 mechs); rendered single-sided with per-face INWARD winding (l/r torso patches are mirrored, so no global winding works) the struts are the dark frame and the openings show the world - frame colour = the 'softer' ramp near its dark end (texture-less unlit ramp; BLXSKIN.BMF has no texture -- the old "punch texels" theory was wrong) - scoped by filename (meshIsCop); wrong drop-punch + view-cut paths removed - BT_FORCE_MODEL=<name> forces the player mech for per-mech bring-up KB: new context/cockpit-view.md topic; punch split corrected in bgf-format; gotchas 14 (LookAt axis guess) + 15 (per-patch edge namespaces); env gates + eye/punch addresses in decomp-reference. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Warp: restore the translocation-vortex look + fix texture-scroll precision collapse (task #52)
The death/respawn "blue whirlwind" (tsphere) now matches the original cabinet
photo (capture.png): a smooth spinning lavender vortex with a bright core.
Root cause of the long-standing "radial spokes" artifact was NOT the warp code
but a general engine bug: L4D3D::SetTextureScrolling computed its texture-matrix
offset as scrollDelta * absolute_time, which grows unbounded and collapses UV
float precision -> a smooth scrolled cloud shatters into grainy radial steps.
Wrapped with fmodf(..., 1.0f) (identical under REPEAT tiling, full precision).
This also cleans the scrolling bexp beam grit and any other SCROLL material.
Visual reconstruction (verified against the real 45-vtx TSPHERE.BGF bicone,
offline-rasterized then ported):
- view ON-AXIS (eye centred on the throat) + spin in place -> concentric rings
(decomp FUN_00453dc4 does spin-about-local-Z + submit; the port had stubbed it)
- bintA cloud through a WIDE lavender ramp at full contrast (drawn as SKY);
no geometry "bands", no log-polar twist, no off-axis tornado (all discarded)
- tessellate the 12-facet bicone smooth; isotropic + trilinear; ramp baked into
the texture and drawn SELECTARG1(TEXTURE) to avoid double-tinting
Env knobs (BT_WARP_*) default to the verified values; BT_WARP_SELFTEST/SELFSHOT
are an off-by-default visual-verification harness (backbuffer frame dump).
Docs: new context/translocation-warp.md (geometry/material/visual/lifecycle/env);
reconstruction-gotchas.md gains the accumulated-time precision-collapse bug class;
rendering.md / multiplayer.md / decomp-reference.md / CLAUDE.md cross-linked.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CLAUDE.md: add convention — correct (+ sweep) context-system errors when ground truth contradicts them
The context system is a reconstruction; some claims are wrong. When the decomp/binary/engine source contradicts a context/glossary/docs claim, FIX it + grep-sweep the same claim across the other topic files + re-run checkctx.py -- don't just work around it. Archetype cited: the 0xBD3 'gates the valve/message routes' correction from this session. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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context-system: complete migration -> CLAUDE.md is now a 160-line router (zero context lost)
Full migration of the 2236-line monolithic CLAUDE.md into the progressive-context knowledge graph (per spark-lesson / expert-seed.md), so the deep RE knowledge loads on-demand instead of every session. ZERO CONTEXT LOST: - docs/PROGRESS_LOG.md = the complete old CLAUDE.md, VERBATIM (byte-identical) -- the lossless safety net + the "full detail" quick-lookup fallback. - 18 context/*.md topic files (1343 lines) digest every section (§1-3 -> project-overview, §4 -> content-archives, §5 -> asset-formats/bgf-format, §5a -> source-completeness, §5b/§8 -> wintesla-port, §7/§10 -> locomotion, §10a -> build-and-run, §10b -> reconstruction-method, §10c -> combat-damage + reconstruction-gotchas, §10d -> subsystems, render notes -> rendering, gauges -> gauges-hud, MP -> multiplayer, §9 -> open-questions). - reference/glossary.yaml (53 terms). decomp-reference.md = the offsets/ClassIDs/addresses hub. CLAUDE.md (160 lines) = router: identity, answer/reason protocols, quick-lookup table, evidence tiers (T0 engine-truth / T1 decompiled+verified / T2 reconstructed+runtime / T3 guarded / T4 hypothesis), conventions + DO-NOT (the systemic bug classes), structure. Retains the load-bearing work directives (build recipe pointer, "keep current" mandate). Knowledge graph validates CLEAN (scratchpad/checkctx.py -- all [[links]] + quick-lookup + docs refs resolve; [[name]] -> topic file or glossary term). docs/*.md ledgers stay as the detailed logs; context/*.md are the curated digests that route into them. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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CLAUDE.md §8: gauge system COMPLETE — 0 NULL bindings + 0 parse-skips (aggregate bank, valve, SectorDisplay/PrepEngr/MessageBoard)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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f52bf057e6 |
WAVE 7 Phase B: the Mad Cat's LRMs LAUNCH flying missiles that fly + damage (autocannon too)
The byte-exact WORLD-ENTITY reconstruction (Projectile @4be1bc 0x340 / Missile @4bf5b4 0x368)
is infeasible on the 2007 engine: measured sizeof(engine Entity)=0x1BC vs the 1995 binary's
0x300, so the reconstruction's raw base-offset reads (velocity@0x1dc, roster@0x124, motion@0x250)
read GARBAGE on the engine (the Mech 0x638-vs-0x854 gap, but the entity integrator DEPENDS on
those offsets). So -- like the mech drive and the beam renderer -- flying projectiles are a PORT
reconstruction (BTPushProjectile/BTUpdateProjectiles in mech4.cpp, a static array + stack
messages, ZERO heap ops): seeded from the launcher's fire with the decomp's real muzzle
(GetMuzzlePoint) / launch speed (|launchVelocity|) / per-shot damage (damageData, split across
missileCount), they fly to the target (tracer via BTPushBeam) and deliver the weapon's damage on
impact through the SAME Entity::TakeDamage path as the beam (aim Mech::FirstVitalZone()).
THREE bring-up fixes were needed to make a projectile weapon fire at all (found by tracing):
1. TRIGGER: fireImpulse was only driven for the Emitter; ProjectileWeaponSimulation now sets
fireImpulse = gBTWeaponTrigger too (else CheckFireEdge never sees an edge).
2. AMMO BIN: OwnerSubsystemCount/OwnerSubsystem were stubbed ->0, so ammoBinLink never resolved
and ConsumeRound always failed; redirected to the real roster (owner->GetSubsystemCount()/
GetSubsystem(i) -- the AmmoBin 0xBCB constructs before the weapons 0xBCD/0xBD0).
3. JAM ROLL: UniformRandom() was stubbed `return 0.0f`, so CheckForJam's `0 < jamChance` ALWAYS
jammed (a projectile weapon could NEVER fire); replaced with a real LCG [0,1) (fires
~1-jamChance of the time -- authentic occasional jams).
Also: the mech's own target slot (owner+0x388) isn't populated in bring-up (the visible fire
targets the gEnemyMech global), so BTPushProjectile falls back to gEnemyMech.
Verified: Mad Cat PUSH=62 / IMPACT=31 (LRM missiles 3.33 dmg each split across the salvo + AFC100
autocannon 25 dmg), TARGET DESTROYED, 0 crashes, construction heapcheck-clean; BLH un-regressed
(also fires its ballistic weapon now). Diagnostics BT_PROJ_LOG ([projectile] PUSH/IMPACT).
REMAINING (deferred): the byte-exact world-entity Missile (Projectile : Mover, MP-replicable via
Registry::MakeEntity) -- the port projectile is master-local only (no MP replication); the real
per-weapon fire-rate/heat wiring off the subsystem sim (mech4 beam path is still the bring-up harness).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2bcca26cea |
WAVE 7 Phase A: wire the projectile/missile weapon SUBSYSTEMS byte-exact (un-mislabeled)
An 8-agent decomp-mapping workflow mapped every weapon-family ctor + fire/spawn path
(scratchpad/wave7_maps.txt). KEY IDENTITY CORRECTION via VDATA.h enum (base 3000=0xBB8):
the factory ctor-address comments were right but the built CLASS names were stubs/base --
0xBCD == ProjectileWeapon (was building the base MechWeapon stub)
0xBCE == GaussRifle (NOT MissileLauncher -- was a MissileLauncher stub)
0xBD0 == MissileLauncher (NOT BallisticWeapon -- was a BallisticWeapon stub)
Un-mislabeled + wired via Create<Class>Subsystem bridges (mirroring CreateEmitterSubsystem),
each static_assert-locked byte-exact on the now-locked MechWeapon(0x3F0)/Emitter(0x478) bases:
* ProjectileWeapon (0xBCD, @4bc3fc : MechWeapon, sizeof 0x448)
FIX: AmmoBinConnection was an empty 1-byte struct -> retyped to the binary's 0xC
SharedData::Connection (was making the object 8 bytes short, sliding
MissileLauncher's missileCount off 0x448).
* MissileLauncher (0xBD0, @4bcff0 : ProjectileWeapon, sizeof 0x44C)
FIX: deleted muzzleVelocity (ALIAS of inherited ProjectileWeapon launchVelocity@0x410)
and salvoCount (SHADOW of inherited MechWeapon damageData.burstCount@0x3d4),
keeping the single own field missileCount@0x448.
* GaussRifle (0xBCE, @4bdcb4 : Emitter, sizeof 0x484 = Emitter + Vector3D muzzleVelocity)
DEDICATED bridge (not CreateEmitter): its FireWeapon is a no-op (mov [eax+0x414],0) --
a non-functional weapon in this 1995 build. Also fixed GAUSS.CPP's discharge write
rechargeLevel -> currentLevel@0x414 (the binary writes this+0x414).
Phase A safe-stubs FireWeapon (consume round + recoil, NO spawn): the reconstructed
Projectile (@4be1bc, 0x340) + Missile (@4bf5b4, 0x368) ENTITY classes are NOT spawn-ready
(Entity-base phantom members overflow their New() alloc -> heap corruption; New() takes
(int)this instead of the 0xD4 descriptor; Entity base size unconfirmed 2007-vs-1995, the
Mech 0x638-vs-0x854 problem). The workflow's adversarial verify flagged the live spawn as a
heap-overflow hazard and recommended exactly this phasing. Phase B = the entity byte-exactness
+ descriptor build + New(MakeMessage*) so a fired shot becomes a flying entity that damages.
Factory now 18 of 20 cases wired to real ticking classes (remaining: SubsystemMessageManager
0xBD3 [WAVE 8], Gyroscope 0xBC4 [deferred]). Verified: Mad Cat (LRM/ballistic) + BLH construct
the real weapon classes + tick authentic charge/ammo/heat/recoil, DESTROYED-in-8, 0 crashes,
heapcheck-clean through construction. Energy weapons already damage via the mech4 beam path,
so combat is unaffected.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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P7: subsystem-tree alarm unification -- the whole PoweredSubsystem weapon/power subtree is byte-exact
The reconstruction modeled the binary's 0x54 AlarmIndicator (FUN_0041b9ec) with undersized
stand-ins (AlarmIndicator==ReconAlarm==4B; HeatAlarm==8B) across the entire subsystem tree, so
every field above an alarm sat at the wrong compiled offset. Retype every such stand-in to
GaugeAlarm54(0x54) and de-phantom each class against its ctor, so the whole PoweredSubsystem
subtree becomes byte-exact. An 8-agent read-only decomp-mapping workflow decoded every ctor
first; then hands-on implementation. static_assert-locked chain (verified vs the raw ctors):
HeatSink 0x1D0
-> PoweredSubsystem 0x31C retype electricalStateAlarm@0x264 + modeAlarm@0x2B8 @004b0f74
-> MechWeapon 0x3F0 retype weaponAlarm@0x350; delete 5 phantom tail fields @004b99a8
-> Emitter 0x478 delete outputVoltage/beamLengthRatio/firingArmed aliases
+ beamHit*/beamColor/beamHitData/energyRampTime phantoms;
retype beamOrientation EulerAngles->Quaternion(16B) @004bb120
-> PPC 0x478 (no own fields) @004bb888
PoweredSubsystem -> Sensor 0x328 (no alarm; 3 own fields) @004b1d18
PoweredSubsystem -> Myomers 0x358 (no alarm) @004b8fec
New systemic bug-class instances fixed (added to the CLAUDE.md checklist):
* alias field - Emitter outputVoltage==inherited rechargeLevel@0x320; beamLengthRatio==
beamScale.z@0x434; firingArmed==inherited useConfiguredPip@0x3E0
* phantom field - MechWeapon segmentReference/pipSegment/hasTarget/targetPoint/muzzlePoint
(past 0x3F0); Emitter beamHitPoint/beamImpact/beamImpactScalar/beamColor/
beamHitData/energyRampTime (binary writes inherited damageData/voltageScale
or the value is a method local)
Non-layout fixes required in the same wave:
* outputVoltage->rechargeLevel also in the compiled GAUSS.CPP:74/93 (external readers of the
removed Emitter field -- must grep EVERY TU, not just the class's own .cpp)
* MechWeapon::GetMuzzlePoint reimplemented faithfully (removed muzzlePoint collided with
Emitter's own fields at 0x3F0) via a BTResolveWeaponMuzzle void* bridge in mech4.cpp,
resolving the weapon's mount segment (inherited this+0xdc) through the owner segment table
* DetachFromVoltageSource fixed to set electricalStateAlarm not modeAlarm (raw @004b0e30
writes the 0x264 alarm)
The vehicleSubSystems aux-screen gauge raw reads (btl4gau2.cpp:868/952 at subsystem+0x2b8/+0x278)
and the Sensor RadarPercent path now read the CORRECT byte offsets (garbage under the short layout).
Verified: combat DESTROYED-in-8, 28 shots, 0 crashes, heat heatEnergy=1.34e7, every static_assert
lock passes, heapcheck-clean through construction (the phase the isolated PoweredSubsystem retype
had overflowed). LESSON: a factory-bridge runtime Check(sizeof<=alloc) does NOT fail the build --
only a static_assert sizeof lock catches alloc overflow at compile time.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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P7: byte-exact re-base of the CORE heat leaf (HeatSink/Condenser/Reservoir/Generator/Myomers)
The reconstruction modeled the binary's shared alarm/connection types with undersized
stand-ins, sliding every field above them low (the 72-byte auxScreenNumber gap). Fix the
foundational heat-leaf classes byte-exact + static_assert-lock them, from the ctor decomp:
Shared types corrected:
* SubsystemConnection 4 -> 0xC (binary link node FUN_004af9cf; FUN_00417ab4 derefs +8)
* GaugeAlarm54 = 0x54 (real AlarmIndicator FUN_0041b9ec; STATUS level at +0x14,
so subsystem+0x184 == heatAlarm+0x14 == GetLevel())
WatcherGaugeAlarm now typedefs GaugeAlarm54 (Watcher branch locks stay valid).
Byte-exact + locked (ctor-verified):
* HeatSink heatEnergy@0x158 linkedSinks@0x164 heatAlarm@0x170 resource@0x1C4
pendingHeat@0x1C8, sizeof 0x1D0 (@004adda0)
* Condenser valveState@0x1D0 condenserAlarm@0x1DC (@004ae568)
* Reservoir reservoirAlarm@0x1D0 ... squirtEfficiency@0x22C, sizeof 0x230 (@4aef78)
* Generator stateAlarm@0x1FC, sizeof 0x250 (@004b225c)
* Myomers phantom moverConnection tail removed (fits 0x358)
Three systemic bug classes fixed (added to the checklist in CLAUDE.md / HARD_PROBLEMS.md):
* alias field - a subclass member re-declaring an inherited slot the ctor reuses
(Condenser refrigerationOutput==massScale@0x160; Reservoir
coolantCapacity==thermalCapacity@0x128) -> use the inherited name
* alarm-interior - a value read at alarm+0x14 modeled as a separate member
(HeatSink heatState@0x184, Reservoir injectActive@0x1e4)
-> route to alarm.GetLevel()
* phantom field - a member past the object end (Generator shortFlag@0x25C is really
*(owner+0x190)+0x25c the msg-manager, @004b0efc; Myomers
moverConnection@0x110 a write-only base slot) -> remove it
Heat conduction now reads the REAL heatEnergy=1.34e7 (not garbage); combat DESTROYED-in-8,
0 crashes, heapcheck-clean through construction.
REMAINING (measured; a distinct larger task): making PoweredSubsystem byte-exact grows it
+0x98 and cascades into MechWeapon/Emitter/PPC/Sensor/Myomers -- all model the 0x54
AlarmIndicator with 4-byte ReconAlarm / 8-byte HeatAlarm stand-ins and are short +
phantom-tailed; retyping without byte-exacting them overflows the Emitter alloc (heap
corruption). PoweredSubsystem kept on HeatAlarm(8) stand-ins (marked) pending a
subsystem-tree ALARM UNIFICATION. See docs/HARD_PROBLEMS.md P7.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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docs: vehicleSubSystems DONE + render-verified
Mark the engineering-screen cluster-panel system complete in the spec + CLAUDE.md §10. Render-verified (BT_DEV_GAUGES_DOCK): 7 authentic panels build + draw -- SENSOR CLUSTER, MYOMERS, ER MED LASER RANGE 500M x3, PPC RANGE 500M x2 -- with bar gauges, recharge dials, and lamps; 0 crashes, combat un-regressed. Records that the aux-screen blocker resolved cleanly via the PoweredSubsystem bridge (the fields were already populated; no MechSubsystem core re-base was needed) and lists the non-blocking follow-ups. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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vehicleSubSystems: full reverse-engineering + reconstruction spec (blocked)
Reverse-engineered the vehicleSubSystems config primitive end to end (Ghidra headless, all ~28 functions). It is NOT a widget: it is the engineering-screen (MFD) subsystem-panel system. Its Make (FUN_004cbaf0) is a per-subsystem factory that builds a SubsystemCluster-family status panel onto one of 12 auxiliary MFD positions, dispatching on subsystem classID (HeatSink/Myomer/Energy/Ballistic clusters). The whole cluster family (base + 5 subclasses) + 4 btl4gau2 sub-gauges (CoolingLoop/PowerSource/ScalarBarGauge/ConfigMapGauge) are declared in btl4gau2.hpp but not reconstructed. BLOCKER: the Make reads base subsystem fields subsystem[0x1dc] (aux-screen position), [0x1e4]/[0x1e0]/[0x224] that our MechSubsystem reconstruction (ends 0x114) does not have or populate -- so the panels render nothing until the core subsystem layout is extended + populated from the resource parse, which touches the working combat/heat subsystem code (regression risk). Checkpointed at full spec pending go/no-go on the large core-touching implementation. - docs/VEHICLE_SUBSYSTEMS.md: complete reconstruction spec (dispatch table, geometry table, class family map, sub-gauge inventory, engine-primitive reuse, the blocker, the Phase-1/Phase-2 plan). - reference/ghidra_scripts/DecompVSS.java: headless address-list decompiler (reusable for any function the assert-anchored exporter skipped). - CLAUDE.md: record the finding in the gauge-widget notes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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ab039bcc1e |
docs: map radar contacts now render (grid population + projection fix)
Update GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md + CLAUDE.md: the radar plots the enemy contact inside the FOV wedge. Record the two fixes (engine RebuildEntityGrid populating the dropped entity feed; the delta-relative blip projection replacing the wrong camera-matrix point transform) and narrow the remaining map work to the authentic pip/name infrastructure + SetTargetRange zoom. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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docs: record the map (radar) gauge as done + its follow-ups
GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md + CLAUDE.md: add the map/MapDisplay radar (increment 6, the view wedge renders) to the done list; note the systemic pattern (a newly-consumed reconstructed gauge is the first reader of stubbed helpers -- the map exposed 3); narrow the remaining gauge widgets to PlayerStatus + vehicleSubSystems, and list the map follow-ups (contact classification / stubbed pip+name infra, SetTargetRange zoom). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8
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docs: record oneOfSeveralPixInt (increment 5) + update remaining-widget list
GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md + CLAUDE.md: add the OneOfSeveral/oneOfSeveralPixInt button- lamp reconstruction to the done list; narrow the remaining widgets to map (radar marquee), PlayerStatus, vehicleSubSystems, plus the follow-ups to make the duck/searchlight buttons dynamic (extend the Mech table to 0x37 + a Searchlight table). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8
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c2c4ab1f67 |
docs: record the gauge attribute-wave (mechanism + 4 increments) + durable RE tools
Document the cockpit-gauge attribute-pointer system in GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md (§Attribute wave) and CLAUDE.md §10: how a Subsystem/Attribute or bare-Attribute binding resolves (ParseAttribute -> FindSubsystem/GetName -> GetAttributePointer -> activeAttributeIndex), what a class must publish (AttributeID enum + AttributePointers[] + GetAttributeIndex chained + DefaultData wiring), the DENSE-TABLE HAZARD (Build leaves gap slots uninitialized, Find strcmps every slot -> tables must be a dense prefix), and the base-primitive vs BT-specific widget split. Records the 4 committed increments (HeatSink table, Mech table, vertBar, segmentArcRatio) and the follow-ups (oneOfSeveralPixInt/map/PlayerStatus/ vehicleSubSystems, the #if0'd HeatSink-bank AmbientTemperature, the Reservoir coolantCapacity shadow). Promote the two reverse-engineering helpers from the session scratchpad into tools/ (durable): disas2.py (capstone + PE parse -- recovers x87 float math Ghidra drops; FUN_004dcd94=round, FUN_004dcd00=fabs) and vtdump.py (dump a class vtable to find an override the assert-anchored decomp never exported, e.g. SegmentArcRatio::Execute). Doc references updated scratchpad/ -> tools/. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8
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b526e92cad |
gauges: all 6 cockpit MFD surfaces in a SEPARATE dev window (Milestone C)
Generalizes the single-'sec'-inset (Milestone B) into a full 6-surface compositor presented in its own top-level window -- the default under BT_DEV_GAUGES (BT_DEV_GAUGES_DOCK=1 docks it into the main window instead). A 960x384 window tiles all six pod instrument screens: Heat (COOLANT/BALANCE/ RES + condenser gauges), Comm (KILLS/DEATHS/SELECT TARGET), Mfd1/2/3 (DISPLAY/ PROGRAM/NEAREST frames), and the color radar (SCALE grid + dials + ARMOR DAMAGE). Main 800x600 3D view is un-occluded; default DEV un-regressed (TARGET DESTROYED after 8 hits, 0 crashes). Design (mapped by the mfd-multisurface-map workflow): - All 6 surfaces are bit-plane MASKS over the ONE shared SVGA16/pixelBuffer (sec=palette low byte; Heat=0x4000 UL, Mfd2=0x0400 UC, Comm=0x8000 UR, Mfd1=0x0100 LL, Mfd3=0x1000 LR), so the compositor reaches the SVGA16 once and extracts each by mask. No port-name reconcile needed on the dev path -- fetch the BT names directly; the RP aux* names only matter to the pod's own SVGA16::Update demux (a deferred pod-only fallback). - SVGA16::DrawDevSurface: two kernels -- palette-LUT (sec) + mono bit-plane-> tint ((word&mask)?tint:0). BTDrawGaugeSurfaces iterates a 6-entry table. - Separate window = one CreateAdditionalSwapChain on the existing device (no 2nd D3D device). BTGaugeWindowRenderAndPresent (after the main EndScene): SetRenderTarget -> SetDepthStencilSurface(NULL) -> Clear -> BeginScene -> 6 tiles -> EndScene -> restore -> swap->Present. - KEY BUG fixed: the main 800x600 depth surface stays bound when rendering to the 960x384 gauge backbuffer; a bound depth smaller than the RT is invalid -> all draws silently fail (clear color, no geometry). Unbind depth (Z is off), restore after. Pod SVGA16::Update/BuildWindows path byte-unchanged; all gated BT_DEV_GAUGES. Content is still the authored cockpit frames + base-table gauges -- the live MFD widgets need the BTL4MethodDescription reconstruction (this window is now the live viewer for that work). Details: docs/GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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gauges: secondary/radar MFD composites live on a dev box (Milestone B)
The pod's secondary/radar cockpit surface now renders as an inset in the 800x600 dev window under BT_DEV_GAUGES: radar/tactical grid, SPEED/HEADING/ MAGNETIC/PROP dials, and the color-coded ARMOR DAMAGE mech schematic -- real gauge content (nzSec=27247), composited from the shared CPU pixelBuffer. Composite pass (engine): SVGA16::DrawDevInset palette-expands the secondary plane into a MANAGED texture on the MAIN device and draws an XYZRHW inset quad; BTDrawGaugeInset() reaches the gauge renderer's 'sec' port and is called from DPLRenderer::ExecuteImplementation as the last draw before EndScene. Three reconstruction bugs fixed to get real content: 1. BTL4Application::MakeGaugeRenderer signature mismatch (REAL fix): the reconstructed no-arg override only HID the 2007-engine's widened 3-arg virtual MakeGaugeRenderer(int*,int*,int*), so the engine built a base L4GaugeRenderer whose ctor never parsed gauge/l4gauge.cfg -> empty symbol table -> "undefined label 'bhk1Init'" -> no ports/gauges. Matched the 3-arg signature so it truly overrides (args ignored; BT is fullscreen). Same bug class as the BTL4GaugeRenderer(false,NULL,NULL,NULL) ctor fix. 2. Parse hung on undefined primitives (gated dev accommodation): the BT gauge primitive table (BTL4MethodDescription) is still a stub, so an unknown primitive -> ReportParsingError -> Fail() -> a MODAL dialog freezing the parse. Under BT_DEV_GAUGES, skip the unknown primitive's params so labels register and the base "configure" primitive builds the ports. 3. Gauge widgets AV on NULL data bindings (gated): NumericDisplayScalar's NULL value_pointer -> GaugeConnectionDirectOf ctor deref (bind NULL->static zero); RankAndScore::Execute derefs unreconstructed game state (Gauge::GuardedExecute SEH wrapper -> Disable(True) on first fault). All guards gated on BT_DEV_GAUGES: default DEV un-regressed (TARGET DESTROYED, 0 crashes) and the pod path is byte-unchanged (strict Fail, no guards). Remaining (docs/GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md): the real gauge WIDGET reconstruction (BTL4MethodDescription method table + gauge->game-state data bindings), then Step 2 (RP<->BT MFD port-name reconcile) + Step 3 (2-window layout). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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platform profile + gauge dev-composite (Milestone A: gauge renderer woken)
PLATFORM PROFILE (-platform pod|dev / BT_PLATFORM / run.cmd pod; default dev): an env-preset selector, NOT a code fork -- it picks which environment the existing video/gauge/input code reads. dev = single 800x600 window + keyboard (the working build); pod = RIO input + (on real hardware) the multi-surface gauges/MFDs, mirroring content/SETENV.BAT (the pod path -- FindBestAdapterIndices / SVGA16 -- is left untouched). The multi-surface needs the pod's 2 video cards, so -platform pod does NOT auto-enable L4GAUGE on a dev box (stays bootable, single-window). Also fixes a real engine bug: SVGA16::BuildWindows PostQuitMessage'd on a CreateDevice failure but fell through to a null-device deref (segfault) -- now breaks (inert on the pod). GAUGE DEV-COMPOSITE, Milestone A (option B; opt-in BT_DEV_GAUGES, default OFF): wake the (dormant) gauge renderer so its CPU-rastered pixelBuffer can later be composited into the dev window, WITHOUT touching the pod SVGA16 output path. SVGA16 does no per-surface D3D in this mode (a DevGaugeComposite() gate forces the no-surface path + short-circuits Update/Refresh). Waking the never-exercised gauge subsystem exposed 4 latent reconstruction bugs, each guarded: SVGA16::Update / Refresh (empty mSurfaces[]), LBE4ControlsManager::MakeLinkedLamp (NULL lamp manager), L4GaugeRenderer::NotifyOfNewInterestingEntity (garbage warehouse chain). It now boots STABLY; the gauge reconstruction is incomplete (shadowed lamp-manager + warehouse members) -- Milestone B (the composite pass) will reveal whether the content is real. See docs/GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md. Verified: default DEV un-regressed (combat DESTROYED, 0 crashes); pod path untouched; BT_DEV_GAUGES boots stable. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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subsystems: un-stub Wave 4 readouts + Wave 6 Myomers (10->15 factory cases)
WAVE 4 (standalone readouts) -- Sensor(0xBC3)/Searchlight(0xBD8)/ ThermalSight(0xBDE)/AmmoBin(0xBCB) un-stubbed via Create<Class>Subsystem bridges + Torso-style de-shim (drop cross-family shadow fields, redirect accessors to the real inherited base, static_assert layout locks). - FIX: Searchlight/ThermalSight ctors gated their Performance on the shadow segmentFlags(=0) so it NEVER installed; switched to owner->simulationFlags. - AmmoBin: retype ammoAlarm HeatAlarm->WatcherGaugeAlarm(0x54) + drop the statusState@0x40 shadow -> exact 0x22C layout. - Guard HeatWatcher::WatchSimulation against the unresolved watchedLink (null-deref exposed once these sims run; faithful fix = resolve the link). - Heat-leaf branch (Sensor) is not byte-exact -> overflow-lock only. WAVE 6 (Myomers 0xBC6, mover-coupled) -- structural un-stub, gated BT_MYOMERS (default on; =0 -> Actuator stub). Wired INERT: MyomersSimulation early-returns (advanced-damage gate stubbed) + no-op mover feed, so the live JointedMover is untouched and the gait cannot regress. De-shim drops the owner*/segmentFlags shims to fit the exact-0x358 alloc. Authentic mover/heat coupling deferred (needs messmgr 0xBD3 + reconciling the mover feed with the gait cutover). Verified: BLH tick 20->27, Mad Cat 24, combat DESTROYED un-regressed, locomotion un-regressed, 0 crashes, 0 heap detections under BT_HEAPCHECK. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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CLAUDE.md: fix the §10 intro build path to bt411
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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CLAUDE.md: adapt operational sections to the bt411 tree
Rewrite the build/run/debug recipe (§10a) and the "where inputs live" section (§10a-bis) for the consolidated bt411 layout; remap the reconstruction-ledger citations (btbuild/*.md -> docs/*.md); flag §6's port/ viewer as archive-only. The deep decomp-history sections still cite the original nick-games paths as provenance -- the orientation banner at the top maps them onto the new tree. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8
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Initial commit: bt411 -- standalone Windows BattleTech (Tesla 4.10 port)
Clean, self-contained extraction of the BattleTech-specific work from the
reverse-engineering workspace -- engine + game + content + build, with nothing
from Red Planet or the raw archive dumps. Builds green (Win32) and runs the
single-player drive->animate->target->fire->damage->destroy loop out of the box.
Layout:
engine/ MUNGA + MUNGA_L4 shared 2007 engine, carrying our BT render/loader
work (bgfload/L4D3D/L4VIDEO: BSL bit-slice decode, LOD/ground/shadow
models) + image codec; the minimal rp/ headers the audio HAL needs
game/ reconstructed BT logic + surviving-original BT source + fwd shims
+ WinMain launcher
content/ full runtime tree (BTL4.RES, VIDEO/, GAUGE/, AUDIO/, eggs, BTDPL.INI)
docs/ format specs + reconstruction ledgers
reference/ raw Ghidra pseudocode (recon source-of-truth) + decomp exporter
tools/ MP console emulator + map/resource scanners
One top-level CMake builds munga_engine lib + bt410_l4 game lib + btl4.exe.
All paths relativized (186 fwd shims + ~437 CMake abs paths -> repo-relative);
DXSDK is the one external, overridable via -DDXSDK. Verified: builds to a
byte-identical 2.27MB exe and runs combat (TARGET DESTROYED, 0 crashes) against
the bundled content.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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