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arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 9eff043973 Diag: render-rate rotation-evenness probe + angular-drift instrumentation (task #50 spin residual)
Autonomous headless spin harness (BT_AUTODRIVE+BT_FORCE_TURN) + probes that
finally measure what the eye sees, not the sim heading:
 - BT_RENDHDG (L4VIDEO render loop): per-RENDERED-frame peer heading step
   evenness -- avgStep/maxStep/max-avg ratio.  Confirmed the residual spin
   'hesitation' is UNEVEN rendered rotation (max/avg ~2.8x), correlated with the
   byAngle resync-flood bursts (maxAng ~= pi), NOT a render-vs-sim rate stall
   (render redraws a fresh heading every frame).
 - BT_SPIN / BT_ANGSIGN: resync trigger breakdown (byAngle/byVel/byRest) + the
   frame-level local/update/projected angular-Y that exposed the Abs() macro bug.
 - gBTReplRenderYaw: peer heading published from the sim to the render probe.
 - Normalize projectedOrigin.angularPosition after the peer-mirror advance
   (adding a scaled ang-vel VECTOR to a quaternion denormalizes it) -- correct,
   but NOT sufficient: the pi divergence is REAL, from the crude large-angle
   quaternion projection over the sparse angular-record interval during a PURE
   spin (linear dense-send doesn't fire when not translating; type-4 is the only
   orientation carrier and resets the horizon, so dense type-4 -> half-rate).

Residual ROOT (scoped, not yet fixed): the reckoner (MOVER.cpp:457-466) projects
rotation by ADDING vector*t to the heading quaternion -- a small-angle approx the
original kept valid via dense records; our pure-spin case has 1.6s record gaps so
it diverges to ~180deg -> uneven render.  Fix path = proper quaternion integration
in the reckoner, or refresh the angular origin without the type-4 horizon reset.
Both touch the shared engine dead-reckon -> aligning before the change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 16:27:04 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 7615ecd316 MP: FIX peer spin freeze/half-rate -- unparenthesized Abs() macro floods angular resync (task #50)
Root cause found via autonomous headless spin (BT_AUTODRIVE+BT_FORCE_TURN) +
frame-level [angsign] probe: the STYLE.H:118 macro

    #define Abs(value) ((value>0) ? value : -value)

has NO parens around value, so Abs(a-b) mis-expands to (a-b>0 ? a-b : -a-b) ==
-(a+b) on the false branch, NOT |a-b|.  The angular resync velocity gate passed
an EXPRESSION: Abs(localVelocity.angular.y - updateVelocity.angular.y).  For a
steady spin the two are equal, so a-b==0 takes the false branch and yields
-(2*rate): on a REVERSE spin that is +2*rate > velDb, firing a type-4 resync
EVERY frame.  The resync flood reset the peer's dead-reckon horizon every frame,
pinning its angular slerp at ~half rate and (as the drift periodically ran to
180deg) freezing the rotation for seconds while the leg turn-clip kept stomping.

Confirmed live-autonomous: velDrift 0 (was +2.618), byVel 0 (was 55/55), peer
rendered-rotation median dyaw/expected 1.00 (was 0.49), no multi-second dt gaps.

Fix (mech4.cpp resync gate, reconstruction side -- the engine macro is original,
the original master-perf avoided it by diffing into a temp):
 - velDrift: diff into a temp, explicit (d<0?-d:d) so the macro never sees an
   expression.
 - angDrift: already reworked to a single-variable wrap-safe yaw delta (also
   dodges the macro) -- and it corrects a prior units/wrap bug (was comparing a
   raw quaternion-Y component against a radian deadband).
 - velocity gate now diffs vs updateVelocity (the value the peer extrapolates
   with), same scalar representation as localVelocity.
 - BT_SPIN / BT_ANGSIGN / updYaw diagnostic probes (env-gated).

KNOWN RESIDUAL (smaller, follow-up): the ANGLE gate still bursts when the crude
large-angle quaternion projection in the reckoner runs updateOrigin stale between
writes and drifts ~180deg; causes occasional single-frame hitches (peer median is
still 1.0), not the freeze.  Separate from this fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 16:04:32 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 6374efc26a MP: FIX peer gait jitter -- feed the leg channel the REPLICATED commanded speed (task #50)
Decomp-verified via multi-agent investigation (workflow wv1km7lvc, adversarially
checked against reference/decomp/all/part_012.c + engine T0).

ROOT CAUSE (D3 CONFIRMED): the peer's leg channel FUN_004a5028 reads its speed
demand from mapper->speedDemand (**(mech+0x128)+0x128, part_012.c:11947/11975/
12028). The reconstruction FABRICATED that input from the noisy dead-reckoned
velocity magnitude and PINNED it flat with a standSpeed*1.05 floor across the
walk threshold -- the leg stutter/skip + cadence-vs-travel desync, worst on
accel/decel. The authentic input is the replicated commanded speed
bodyTargetSpeed@0x6b4 -- the master's own throttle-commanded speedDemand
(mechmppr.cpp:749), stamped into every record (mech.cpp:2036) and read back on
the peer (mech.cpp:1833/1841/1871). It is the IDENTICAL value the master's leg
channel consumes, so the peer clears the stand->walk gate exactly when the master
does and ramps cadence continuously through accel/decel.

Confirms the 07-13/07-14 regression: bb795e2 (smooth, 07-12) fed raw derived
speed with NO floor; the floor added in the task-#64/#50 spiral is what pinned
the cadence.

CHANGES (mech4.cpp replicant branch):
 - Change 1 (D3): replMppr->speedDemand = bodyTargetSpeed (was derived velocity
   + standSpeed*1.05 floor). Old path kept behind BT_REPL_VEL for A/B.
 - Turning: authentic peer turning is net-driven (angular slerp in DeadReckon,
   MOVER.cpp:521-525, D8). Removed the flickery bare +-0.02 yawRate->turnDemand.
   The visible turn-STEP (authentically from the body channel replaying the
   type-3 turn state; we run the leg channel per D2) is reproduced by arming the
   trn clip from the replicated yaw rate with HYSTERESIS (enter >0.08, hold until
   <0.03) so the clip no longer chatters. BT_REPL_NOTURN = decomp-strict, no step.

REFUTED (kept as-is): D1/D5 -- peer POSITION authentically comes from the engine
velocity dead-reckoner (Mover::DeadReckon, T0), NOT the gait travel; the
body-channel switch DEVIATES (double-authors position + T4 leg-bone risk) and was
NOT taken. D4 -- bodyTargetSpeed is non-zero tracking throttle (0 only on coast,
which authentically winds down to stand).

Verified live: walking + accel/decel + in-place pivot all smooth (user-confirmed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 14:08:22 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 d5d512e087 WIP checkpoint: TCP_NODELAY + dense-send + BT_JIT/BT_ANIM probes + FOGDAY test egg (task #50 investigation)
Session-in-progress peer-motion work, checkpointed before bisecting the
07-13/07-14 gait regression. Contains: TCP_NODELAY on game sockets (L4NET),
every-frame dense position send while moving + came-to-rest/REST send +
per-frame BT_JIT/BT_ANIM smoothness probes (mech4). bodyTargetSpeed feed
reverted to derived-velocity default. MOVER.cpp spline experiment already
reverted. NOT a fix -- a checkpoint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 13:43:35 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 94647dd378 MP: FIX phantom walk-in-place -- master sends a pose record on came-to-rest (task #50)
The linear pose send-gate watched only POSITION drift + the 2s heartbeat.
When a mech stops, its localOrigin is pinned and the master's own dead-reckon
projection re-bases to it each frame, so error->0 and NO pose record fires --
leaving the peer holding the last WALKING velocity (updateVelocity). The
replicant then dead-reckons + animates a phantom walk-in-place until the 2s
heartbeat (stretched to ~30s when the master window is OS-throttled to ~8fps
while backgrounded during solo two-window testing).

Add the symmetric linear 'came-to-rest' trigger -- the exact analog of the
angular (live yaw-rate==0 && replicated yaw-rate!=0) resync trigger already
present in the type-4 gate: fire a pose record the frame the live horizontal
speed collapses while the last-SENT speed was still non-zero, so the replicant
receives velocity=0 immediately instead of waiting for the heartbeat.

Diagnosis established via BT_WIRE tx0/rx0 probes: records deliver 1:1
(239 tx =~ 240 rx), velocities match -- NOT a replication stall; the master
simply never transmitted the stop. Also confirmed the dominant choppiness is
OS window-throttling (master 8fps backgrounded vs observer 63fps), a
two-windows-on-one-box test artifact absent on real pod hardware.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 11:30:18 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 2aba89f962 MP: FIX replicant walk-entry floor -- gate on standSpeed not walkStrideLength (task #50)
The prior floor gated on walkStrideLength*0.5, but walkStrideLength is a
stride METRIC (~22.0), not the walk velocity (~6.1) -- so the condition
sd > 11 was never true for a walking peer and the floor never fired. The
replicant's derived speedDemand (== actual velocity 6.13) sits BELOW
standSpeed (6.83), so the leg SM's stand->walk gate (standSpeed < demand)
never tripped and the peer slid forward in the Standing pose.

Gate on standSpeed instead: floor the demand to standSpeed*1.05 when the
peer is clearly walking (demand in (standSpeed*0.5, standSpeed*1.05)).
Verified live: uvel=6.13 -> spd=7.169 floored, legState enters 5 (walk)
on frame 1 with no Standing-pose slide. standSpeed=6.8277 confirmed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 11:07:45 -05:00
arcattack 936c34c997 MP: FIX replicant 'slides before it steps' -- walk-entry floor on derived demand
Root-caused from a live per-frame [replmov] trace (user's session, where replication
works -- the headless rig won't spawn a replicant): the replicant's leg SM sat in
Standing (legState 0, legFrm pinned at 19) while dead-reckoning forward at spd=6.13,
until the master's speed rose to 6.99, then it snapped to StandToWalk.

Cause: the replicant derives speedDemand from the master's ACTUAL velocity, but a
mech's forward walk velocity == walkStrideLength, which sits BELOW standSpeed (bhk1:
walk 6.13 < stand ~6.8). The leg SM's stand->walk gate is ,
so a steadily-walking peer's derived demand NEVER crosses it -> the peer slides in the
standing pose until the master happens to accelerate past standSpeed. The master never
hits this: it feeds the leg SM its COMMANDED throttle speed (>> standSpeed), not the
actual velocity.

Fix: when the peer is clearly moving forward, floor the derived demand just past
standSpeed so it enters the walk cycle immediately; the walk case clamps legCycleSpeed
back to walkStrideLength, so cadence still matches travel (no foot-slip). Reverse
needs no floor (its gate is commandedSpeed < ZeroSpeed, tripped by any negative).

Diag: BT_REPL_MOV (per-frame replicant pos/vel/speed/legState/legFrm + master twin).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
EOF
2026-07-14 10:50:39 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 a3b735d5da MP: replicant motion chop ROOT-CAUSED + FIXED -- stale peer-mirror spammed re-base
records; also the 2007 call-counter clock stub + two crash fixes

User-reported: peer mechs turn/move choppy ("missing frames"). Measured per-frame
(BT_REPL_HDG): 13% of frames the replicant's heading STALLED, 11% it JUMPED 2-6x.

THREE layered defects found:

1) THE CLOCK STUB (engine substrate): TIMESTUB.cpp's GetRTC/GetHiRes were 2007
   `return time++` call-counters -- the "clock" advanced per CALL, not per ms --
   and TIMESTUB won the /FORCE duplicate-symbol race over the REAL QPC clock in
   L4TIME.cpp (LNK4006). Every Now()-domain consumer (dead-reckon above all) ran
   on call-count pseudo-time. Removed TIMESTUB from the build; L4TIME covers every
   symbol. [The real clock alone did NOT cure the chop -- but it was objectively
   broken and un-gated the two latent bugs below.]

2) TWO CRASH FIXES the real clock exposed:
   - legAnimationState@0x3b0 never ctor-initialized (the task-#56 0xCDCDCDCD
     family): the type-3 writer re-dispatches SetBodyAnimation(legAnimationState)
     on the WRITER; a record emitted before the leg SM's first tick passed raw
     0xCDCDCDCD as a clip index -> AV (cdb-pinned, mech2.cpp:233). Init 0.
   - Replicants were SERIALIZING update records: the tail WriteSimulationUpdate ran
     for every instance, and the port's replicant leg-SM accommodation (task #50)
     calls ForceUpdate -> replicants emitted derived/uninitialized state into the
     stream. Master-gated; replicant marks discarded (master-authoritative).

3) THE CHOP ITSELF: the master's resync send-gate compares localOrigin vs
   projectedOrigin -- the PEER-ESTIMATE mirror -- but the port master never
   maintained projectedOrigin (the bring-up drive replaced Mover::Perform; the
   engine only updates the projection inside replicant-only DeadReckon). Stale
   mirror -> |local-projected| > deadband EVERY frame -> a type-4 re-base record
   EVERY frame -> the replicant hard-copied the master's deadband-quantized
   heading each frame (the engine lerp never engaged; nextUpdate always behind
   till) -> stall/snap beat = the chop. FIX: advance the mirror each frame by the
   last-SENT angular velocity (what the peer is extrapolating) and re-base it in
   the type-4 writer. Records now flow only on TRUE drift (~1 per 5 frames in a
   steady spin), the replicant extrapolates smoothly between them, and the lerp
   horizon finally engages. Measured: STALLS 13%->1%, JUMPS 11%->1% (residue: tiny
   sub-degree backward corrections on record arrival -- inherent dead-reckon
   overshoot the lerp absorbs).

Diag probes: BT_REPL_HDG (per-frame replicant heading + dead-reckon internals),
BT_REPL_TRN (replicant turn/leg state). scratchpad/clockcrash_bp.txt (cdb).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 10:08:47 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 02ce55194e Gait: FIX replicant statue + jerky walk -- replicant-tuned trn entry (regression)
Two more master rules in the trn entry broke replicants:
(1) the LOCKSTEP body weld: a replicant never runs the body SM ('joints only',
    mech4.cpp:1989), so the first trn entry armed the body to state 4 where it stuck
    forever -- bodyAnimationState==Standing then blocked EVERY later trn entry (the
    peer 'rotates as a statue').  Replicants now skip the weld gate and do not arm
    the inert body channel.
(2) today's authentic full [0,standSpeed] entry range: a replicant's DERIVED speed
    sweeps that band on every dead-reckoned start/stop with derived turnDemand
    pinned +-1, so trn kept arming mid-locomotion and speed-exiting (jerky walking).
    Replicants keep the narrow near-zero entry gate (the pre-#64b accommodation).
Masters keep the authentic dispatcher (full range + lockstep weld) unchanged. [T3
replicant accommodation / T1 master logic]

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 09:19:12 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 992aedece8 Gait: FIX replicant trn regression -- gate master-perf turn-stop exit to masters
Today's authentic trn dispatcher folded the master-perf turn-STOP exit into leg/body
case 4.  But the master perf (FUN_004a9b5c) runs on MasterInstance mechs, NOT
replicants -- and a replicant derives turnDemand from the noisy REPLICATED yaw rate
(mech4.cpp:1968), which dips into the +-0.05 deadband between dead-reckon updates.  So
the exit kicked the peer out of trn every few frames -> the peer 'rotated as a statue'
+ jerky (user-reported regression from yesterday).  Gate both turn-stop exits to
GetInstance() != ReplicantInstance; the replicant advances the trn clip from its
replicated turn signal exactly as before the exit was added.  Also BT_REPL_TRN probe
(mech4.cpp) logs the replicant yawRate/turnDemand/legState.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 09:11:22 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 530bbeb959 Fix BT_SPAWN_AT terrain embed + add BT_COOL_LOG probe
BT_SPAWN_AT teleport set only X/Z, keeping the old (dropzone) Y -- so teleporting to
a new spot embedded the mech in sloped terrain (user-reported).  Lift the teleport
+500 above the old elevation so the authentic per-frame ground SNAP (BoxTree
FindBoundingBoxUnder, no gravity) settles it onto the surface next frame (the snap
only lowers, so it must start above the surface).  Diagnostic only.

Also BT_COOL_LOG (heat.cpp): logs a heat subsystem's damageLevel/heatLoad/coolantDraw
when it carries damage -- for the 'do damaged mechs leak coolant' investigation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 08:46:00 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 b533725ae4 Radar: FIX heading flop every 180deg -- YawPitchRoll not EulerAngles (user-reported)
The radar map derived its rotation from EulerAngles(Quaternion), whose decomposition
is AMBIGUOUS for a yawing mech: as yaw sweeps past +/-pi the quaternion double-cover
flips it onto the pitch=roll=pi branch, so euler.yaw REVERSES -- the whole radar
counter-rotates the wrong way past 180deg (user: 'flops every 180 degrees'). Switched
both radar sites (view-matrix build + blip delta rotation) to YawPitchRoll, which
applies yaw first and yields a clean continuous 360deg heading -- the SAME fix the
compass HeadingPointer already uses (btl4gaug.cpp:2185). A/B verified live (BT_RADAR_LOG,
spinning madcat): euler.yaw folds (-0.30 vs true -2.84 rad) while ypr.yaw tracks clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 08:09:16 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 c4c51545fc Diag: BT_TEMPBAR_LOG -- verify the subsystem temperature-bar cluster renders live
Logs each SubsystemCluster::Execute's drawn CurrentTemperature vs the degradation/
failure thresholds + drawState. Confirmed (BT_DEV_GAUGES + madcat + autofire): the
per-subsystem temperature bars build lazily on the engineering MFD screen, execute
live with animating values (weapons heat toward the 1000K degradation line = the jam
threshold) and correct 1000/2000 markers, drawState=0 online. No behavior change (env).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 07:38:47 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 fcaea1862a Diag: BT_AF_PERIOD=<sec> autofire cadence throttle + afc_dump.py (raw RES verify)
Closes the coolant/jam investigation. BT_AF_PERIOD pulses the trigger every <sec>s so
a slower-than-max fire rate can be tested; afc_dump.py reads the AFC100 record raw from
BTL4.RES. Both confirm the QA report is FAITHFULLY reproduced (see KB).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 07:26:12 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 4e72f0c4f4 Diag: BT_VALVE_BOOST=<condenserNumber> (route coolant priority to one condenser)
Extends the coolant/jam probe: boost one condenser's valve to 50 and starve the rest
to 1 (share ~0.9 vs the ~1/N baseline) -- the authentic 'coolant priority' scenario,
for measuring the per-weapon boost effect. No behavior change (env-gated).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 07:11:15 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 3acab416ee Diag: BT_JAM_LOG (per-shot weapon temp/jam roll) + BT_VALVE (force condenser detent)
Probes for verifying the autocannon jam/coolant mechanic against QA ground-truth
(AFCs jam on ~3rd shot uncooled). BT_JAM_LOG logs currentTemp/degradT/failT/alarm/p
at each fire attempt; BT_VALVE=<n> forces every condenser valveState so cooling can
be tested at a known level. No behavior change (both gated on env).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 06:34:37 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 a83995a755 Locomotion: wire the AUTHENTIC per-mech turn-rate lerp (task #64b)
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>
2026-07-14 05:48:51 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 35c30bda67 Locomotion: replace task-#64 trn stand-ins with the AUTHENTIC dispatcher (disasm-decoded)
The turn-in-place dispatcher lives in the master-perf gap 0x4a9b5c-0x4ab188 that
Ghidra never lifted. Disassembled it with objdump (scratchpad/masterperf.asm) and
hand-decoded the real logic, replacing the two [T3] stand-ins I had invented:

- Entry gate was `commandedSpeed < 0.25*standSpeed` (a near-zero guess). AUTHENTIC
  (0x4aa505): arm trn when TURNING (|angVel|>1e-4, port proxy = turnDemand deadband)
  AND speed in the FULL [0, standSpeed] sub-walk range AND turnCapable. trn is gated
  on TURNING, not on being slow.
- Case-4 exit had a ×4 fast-forward + SetLegAnimation(5) invention. Restored the
  VERBATIM decompiled leg-SM exits (part_012.c:12013): standSpeed<spd or reverse ->
  Standing, else advance the pivot. Added the master-perf turn-STOP exit (0x4aa5c6):
  turn stopped -> Standing + legResetLatch=1 (folded into case 4 since the port has
  no separate master-perf frame).
- Body case-4 twin mirrors the authentic exits (mj=0, tracks state for lockstep).

The fast-forward was invented to dodge a turn->walk stutter that was ACTUALLY the
body channel leaking joints (mj=1) -- already root-caused + fixed by mj=0. The
trn->walk seam (legFrm7 cycle-end -> swr legFrm1) is the authentic pose-matched
boundary and the same seam the fast-forward version hit, just at the correct release
speed. Also decoded (documented, not yet wired) the authentic turn-RATE lerp
(walkingTurnRate@0x574 -> runningTurnRate@0x578 by speed; angVel = turnDemand*rate);
the bring-up drive still yaws at the constant kDriveTurnRate.

Headless-verified (BT_AUTODRIVE/BT_FORCE_TURN/BT_WALK_DELAY/BT_GAIT_TRACE): turn-in-
place enters state 4, ramp past standSpeed -> 4->stand->swr->walk, both channels in
lockstep. Feel re-verification pending. [T1 logic / T2 runtime]

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 00:31:56 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 bfdd41bb9d Gait: turn-then-walk stutter ROOT-CAUSED + FIXED -- one skeleton writer (task #64)
User repro (100%): turn in place, push forward before the turn stops -> the gait
skips/stutters + visibly reduced bob; standstill starts always clean.  Three-layer
fix, user-verified:

1) THE DISPLAY BUG (the actual visible artifact): v5's "body advances first with
mj=1, leg overwrites last, so body drift can't show" was FALSE.  Whenever the two
gait channels phase-split, the BODY channel's out-of-phase joint writes leaked
into the rendered skeleton (rhythmic leg skips, averaged-down bob) while every
leg-channel trace read clean -- the leg DATA was fine, the RENDERED pose wasn't
the leg's.  v6: AdvanceBodyAnimation(dt, mj=0) -- the body still advances +
projects for replication (records/cycle speeds unchanged) but no longer touches
the skeleton.  One writer, structurally; matches the binary's own observable
("body phase drift is locally INVISIBLE in the binary").  BT_BODY_MJ=1 = old A/B.

2) THE SPLIT SEED: the bring-up trn trigger armed only the LEG channel, so a
turn-in-place entry guaranteed the channels re-entered walk frames apart and the
walk cycles ran permanently out of phase.  Lockstep: the Standing trn entry arms
BOTH channels the same frame (body case-4 twin added, same rate/keying), gated on
both Standing.  The authentic dispatcher (un-decompiled master-perf gap 0x4a9b5c-
0x4ab188, the sole reader of turnDemand/turnCapable) armed both -- the body's
case-4 machinery is dead code otherwise [T1].

3) THE POSE-MATCH INVARIANT: the engine has NO pose blending; transitions avoid
pops purely by authored pose-matched boundaries.  The old trn exits cut the pivot
clip MID-STEP (legFrm 7->1 teleport).  Now: entry gated on near-zero speed
(turn-IN-place); on forward command the pivot FAST-FORWARDS to completion (x4)
and the authentic finish callback lands Standing at the stand pose -> the normal
pose-matched stand->walk runs.  Decompiled reverse abort kept; the standSpeed
mid-clip abort subsumed (it WAS the pose cut).  [T3: 0.25*standSpeed threshold +
4x rate stand in for the gap's constants.]

Harness: BT_FORCE_TURN now reaches gBTDrive.turn (was silently inert for the
gait), BT_WALK_DELAY=<s> holds forced throttle then ramps (the turn-first repro),
BT_GAIT_TRACE=1 per-frame gait trace.  Regressions: standstill start, turn-entry,
pure pivot loops, run cycle -- all clean, bob full amplitude (1.33/1.32).
KB: locomotion.md v6 section + trn reconstruction + symptom-family closure.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 23:52:35 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 a9c0d2c854 Combat: FIX splash mis-routed onto the direct victim via the msgmgr (task #62)
User: struck a mech ~4x, still standing -- but the [dmghit] trace showed the
DIRECT victim taking 16 applications for 8 impacts while the intended splash
bystander took 0.  Root cause: BTApplySplashDamage delivered splash through the
shooter's SubsystemMessageManager::AddDamageMessage, which CONSOLIDATES every
damage message of a frame onto the FIRST hit entity (commonDamageInformation.
entityHit, messmgr.cpp:279).  The direct hit registered the primary as the common
entity, so the bystander's splash was consolidated onto the primary too -- the
excluded direct victim took 8 direct + 8 mis-routed splash = 2x, and the real
bystander took nothing.

Fix: deliver splash with a DIRECT e->Dispatch to each victim, matching the T0
source (EXPLODE.cpp:246 target_entity->Dispatch); Dispatch reroutes cross-pod for
a replicant on its own.  Verified (BT_DMG_LOG): 8 impacts -> 8 dmghit on the
direct victim + 8 on the bystander (was 16/0); no death; per-hit 5.83.

KB: combat-damage.md warns not to route splash through the consolidating msgmgr.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 20:10:51 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 fa0b825b60 Combat: FIX missile direct damage 6x over-application -- damage once per salvo (task #62)
User live regression: missiles killed a mech in ~2 shots ("takes way more than 2
normally"). Root cause -- DamageZone::TakeDamage (arcade @0041e4e0 == WinTesla
DAMAGE.cpp:379) is `damageLevel += amount*scale` and IGNORES burstCount. So the
arcade's ONE cluster Missile per trigger lands its damageAmount EXACTLY ONCE; the
missileCount/burstCount split is cosmetic for zone damage (only gyro-bounce +
splash-falloff read burstCount). The port re-expresses that one cluster as N
flying rounds and was damaging on EVERY round = ~missileCount x too lethal on the
direct hit (mirrors the splash over-application fixed in 145a69f).

Fix (mislanch.cpp FireWeapon): only the salvo-LEAD round (i==0) carries damage
(damageData.damageAmount) AND the cluster splash; the other N-1 rounds are VISUAL
(damage 0) -- the tracer ripple, no extra damage. AC unaffected (one round/shot,
not a cluster).

Verified (BT_DMG_LOG [dmghit] trace): per-hit missile damage = clean 5.83, burst
1, once. Missiles-ONLY (BT_AF_MISSILE now independent of BT_AUTOFIRE), single
enemy, 45s: 8 damaging hits, top zone reaches only 0.18, NO death (was death in
~3 pulls) -- "way more than 2" restored. Earlier test deaths were BT_AUTOFIRE
firing laser+PPC+missiles combined, not missiles alone.

KB: combat-damage.md documents burstCount-ignored + the N-round cluster trap
(direct + splash both once-per-salvo).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 20:01:44 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 145a69f865 Combat: FIX missile splash over-application -- once per salvo, not per round (task #62)
Live regression: a clustered bystander died in ~2 missile salvos ("suddenly
lethal"). Root cause, not authentic: the arcade fires ONE cluster Missile per
trigger (burstCount=missileCount) doing ONE SplashDamage event with baseBurst =
missileCount, floored at 1 ONCE. The port re-expresses that cluster as N flying
BTProjectile rounds, and task #62 fired splash PER ROUND -- each baseBurst=1,
each floored at 1 -- so the distance floor was applied N times = ~missileCount x
too much splash.

Fix: BTProjectile.splashBurst tags ONLY the salvo-lead round. MissileLauncher::
FireWeapon passes nmiss (the cluster count) on i==0 and 0 on every other round;
the contact + world-impact splash hooks fire only when splashBurst>0, using it as
baseBurst. One splash event per salvo with baseBurst=missileCount -- matches the
single arcade cluster missile. Replicant mirror rounds carry 0 (damage 0 too) so
the master's cross-pod splash isn't doubled. AC unaffected (not a MissileLauncher;
splash_burst defaults 0).

Verified headless (BT_SPAWN_ENEMY=2 clustered rig, 45s): bystander now takes 6
splash events (1/salvo, baseBurst=6) and SURVIVES (was ~2 shots); primary dies to
direct hits in ~3 trigger pulls (36 missiles == single-enemy TTK); AC does not
splash; no crash. Also: BT_SPAWN_ENEMY read as a COUNT (=2 clusters a bystander
within SplashRadius) for eyeballing splash; entity-id logging on [enemy]/[splash].
KB: combat-damage.md documents the N-round cluster trap.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 19:43:50 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 12fbc023a8 Combat: MISSILE SPLASH DAMAGE -- Explosion::SplashDamage reconstructed (task #62)
Area-of-effect blast on missile detonation, from the T0 source EXPLODE.cpp:50-254
(@0042fad0) + the arcade decomp. Fires on ANY missile impact (world or mech) --
the +0x360 gate sits in the Missile::Perform collision branch (part_013.c:10097).
Only missiles splash; the AC's tracer is not a Missile.

Radius source CORRECTED: it is the ROUND's own GameModel (type-0xf) +0x50, seeded
from the launcher's linked AmmoBin ammoModelFile @0x1e8 (part_013.c:8778) -- NOT
the launcher's ExplosionModelFile (which resolved to 0). Live-resolved radius = 30
for both MP missile launchers; 0 for AC/Emitters.

Burst falloff = baseBurst / dist^exp floored at 1 (arcade 1.25 = decomp 0x3ff40000;
WinTesla EXPLODE.cpp:209 drifted to 1.2f). damageType/amount pass through unchanged;
only burstCount, radial damageForce, and impactPoint are set. Excludes shooter +
direct victim; dist>radius gated; delivered via msgmgr (cross-pod) or Dispatch.

New: BTResolveSplashRadius / BTApplySplashDamage (mech4.cpp), hooked at both the
world-impact and contact detonation paths; BTAmmoRoundModelResource bridge
(ammobin). Env: BT_SPLASH_LOG, BT_SPLASH_TEST (synthetic near-miss), BT_AF_MISSILE
(missile autofire). Verified: near-miss dist=15 -> 1 burst to a bystander; live
missiles detonate + exclude the direct victim; AC does not splash; no crash.

Deferred (T3): per-player enable sub-gate missile+0x360 = BTPlayer+0x264 (writers
read as a per-frame toggle, not a config flag) -- port treats SplashRadius>0 as the
enable. KB: combat-damage.md + open-questions.md updated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 19:06:24 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 4c54f7ef0c Ballistic FX: DAFC muzzle flash + autocannon fire replication (task #61)
The autocannon gains its authentic muzzle effect AND becomes visible when an
enemy fires it -- the ballistic-FX gap behind "I only see the AC from my own
view."

MUZZLE FLASH (the genuine shipped effect, not the cut card):
- MUZFLASH.BGF is an orphaned/cut asset (nothing references it) -- so it is NOT
  rendered.  The shipped projectile-gun muzzle effect is DAFC.PFX, which
  BTDPL.INI documents as "the effect used on all projectile guns" (psfx 6
  external / 14 internal): an orange fire-smoke blast (btfx:firesmoke1),
  maxIssue 25 over ~0.2s so the emitter auto-expires = one burst per shot.
- BTFlashMuzzle (mech4.cpp) spawns it on the gun-port SEGMENT via the existing
  BTStartPfxAttached path; the segment frame sprays -Z out the barrel.  Hooked
  at ProjectileWeapon::FireWeapon (the fire edge).  Default ON (BT_MUZZLE=0
  disables).  AC only -- lasers show their beam, missiles their launch.

ENEMY AC FIRE NOW REPLICATES (the real find):
- ROOT CAUSE: the subsystem-record replication channel EXISTS and works (mech
  ticks subsystem->PerformAndWatch(update_stream); Entity::UpdateMessageHandler
  routes incoming records to GetSimulation(subsystemID-1)->ReadUpdateRecord).
  The emitter (beam) and MissileLauncher (salvo mirror) both call ForceUpdate()
  so their fire serializes -> enemy lasers + missiles ARE visible on the peer.
  The AUTOCANNON set only `simulationFlags |= 0x1` (the +0x28 instance flag,
  NOT the updateModel bit WriteSimulationUpdate walks) and had NO fire record,
  so its shot never crossed the wire -- the enemy's cannon was invisible.
- FIX (the AC twin of the missile salvo mirror): ProjectileWeapon::
  WriteUpdateRecord/ReadUpdateRecord (fire counter + aim) + ForceUpdate() in
  FireWeapon.  The replicant edge-detects the counter and mirrors ONE visual
  round + DAFC muzzle flash from its own resolved muzzle; a null/untargeted aim
  streaks straight out the barrel (launchVelocity) instead of toward origin.
- Verified live 2-node: the watching node logs REPLICANT AC shots + DAFC
  flashes at the enemy's gun-port (seg 7), aimed shots fly to the real target;
  no crashes.

TRACER: all ACs author TracerInterval=1 (every round is a tracer); the existing
amber streak is acceptable-authentic, so no tracer change was needed.

KB: open-questions.md -- CORRECTED the (wrong) earlier note that claimed no
subsystem-record channel exists; it does, the AC just wasn't using it.  Logged
the methodology lesson: the coverage audit finds UNWRITTEN functions, not
"reconstructed but inert" ones (a function present but never called -- the AC
record + the missile mirror both looked done); a LIVENESS audit would catch
that class.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 17:23:59 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 267059ab88 Damage economy RECONCILED: 3 stand-ins fixed, 3 paths confirmed authentic (task #60)
Full 5-path audit of the damage economy vs the decomp (5-finder +
adversarial-verify workflow), resolving the KB self-contradiction the
binary-coverage audit flagged.

CONFIRMED AUTHENTIC as-is (no change needed):
- Energy beam (emitter.cpp): damagePortion = authored DamageAmount x
  (charge/seekV)^2; the ctor x1e7 and fire x1e-7 cancel (_DAT_004bafbc
  dumped from the exe = x87 80-bit 1e-7 exactly).
- Autocannon (projweap.cpp): full authored DamageAmount from resource
  +0x19C delivered unmodified; the 0.0625 at :667 is the shooter's own
  gyro recoil, not the round.
- Zone-armor BASE model: damageLevel += amount x damageScale[type]
  (engine DAMAGE.cpp:379, called mechdmg.cpp:427), legs x0.5, 1.0=dead.

3 STAND-INS FIXED (all byte-verified against the decomp):
- A. mechdmg.cpp:451 -- read the phantom `stance` member (no binary
  offset, zero writers -> perma-0), so the leg-shot-out -> fall/death
  branch was DEAD. Now MovementMode() (mech+0x40, @part_012.c:6910).
- B. mechdmg.cpp:458 -- guarded the leg partial-failure graphic on the
  always-0 IsAirborne() stub where the binary calls IsDisabled()
  (@0049fb54 = movementMode 2||9). On a wreck the binary SUPPRESSES the
  write; the stub let it corrupt graphicAlarm 9->4/3 -- the task-#52
  wreck-graphic bug, now fixed AT SOURCE (was only masked by the
  IsMechDestroyed latch).
- C. mech4.cpp:1551 -- flat kShotDamage=12 fed as the kill-score
  damageAmount (the KB self-contradiction: task #8 claimed it retired,
  but it was live). The score handler @0x4c02e4 derives the whole kill
  award from it, so every kill scored identically regardless of weapon.
  Now lastInflictingDamage -- the real killing-blow magnitude, latched
  in TakeDamageMessageHandler (mech.cpp:624), mirroring the per-hit path
  (mech4.cpp:1207). The phantom `int stance` slot is reused for the new
  Scalar member (size-neutral, no layout shift); init 0 in the ctor.

DEFERRED (task #60-D, documented): the missile CLUSTER model -- the port
fires N flying rounds (net armor total authentic) vs the binary's ONE
missile with a random burstCount cluster roll (loses cluster variance +
single-zone concentration). Blocked on an OPEN decomp semantic (does
burstCount multiply armor or only the gyro kick? settle at FUN_004bef78
-> FUN_004be078 -> EXPLODE.cpp:209-210).

VERIFIED live: clean build; 2-node fight -> clean center-mass kill (no
crash, kills 0->1); [zone-armor] dump confirms per-zone armor 50-140 +
legs x0.5. NB the displayed POINTS score still reads 0 -- a SEPARATE
open gap (scoreAward + role/team/tonnage multipliers unwired); fix C
corrected the damage INPUT to that formula.

KB swept: open-questions.md (self-contradiction resolved + task #60
summary + deferred missile item), combat-damage.md (damageScale is
type-indexed not even/odd; task-#52 source fix; kill-score section),
RECONCILE.md (missile = ONE spawn not N), stale comments in mechweap.cpp
(SendDamageMessage is LIVE), mislanch.hpp, mechdmg.cpp (FUN_0049fb54 =
IsDisabled).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 15:38:04 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 2e9c78d604 Gait: the AUTHENTIC walk lean -- interior/exterior clip sets, level cockpit + leaning mechs (task #59)
The MadCat (and every leg-mech) leans -8deg into a walk / -11deg into a run --
an authored jointhip (hingex) pose in the EXTERIOR gait clips that the walk/run
CYCLE clips never rebind, so it HOLDS.  The 1995 game keeps a separate INTERIOR
('i'-suffix) clip set for the mech you PILOT: those shake jointshakey (cockpit
rattle) and OMIT jointhip, so your own view stays level while everyone else sees
you lean.  The port had this entirely dead -- the local cockpit mech pitched
-8deg into the ground (user-reported "staring at the ground").

ROOT CAUSE (two stacked bugs):
- The authentic ctor clip-set gate (@part_012.c:10308-10320) was reconstructed
  as no-op stubs: LoadLowDetailBody/LoadHighDetailBody MISLABELED the
  FUN_004a80d4/86c8 GAIT-CLIP loader addresses as a "body LOD" pair, so the gate
  did nothing and a separate unconditional LoadLocomotionClips always loaded
  EXTERIOR clips.
- LoadLocomotionClipsExt (the interior loader) was a stub aliased to the
  exterior loader.

FIX:
- Reconstructed the real 4-char INTERIOR loader (byte-exact vs @004a86c8; the
  'i'-suffix table dumped from the exe @0x10d74d: swri/wwri/wwli/...; all 18
  base clips confirmed present in BTL4.RES for mad/blh/ava).
- Fixed the ctor gate: getenv("L4VIEWEXT") || (instanceFlags&0xC)==4 -> exterior
  (replicant / forced external view); else -> interior (local cockpit master).
  Removed the mislabeling no-op stubs.
- PORT ADAPTATION (MaintainViewClipSet, per-frame in PerformAndWatch): the port
  never sets the replicant COPY bit (all MP mechs build as local masters --
  heat-sim/scoring/torso-watcher-connect all run on both, by design), so the
  ctor gate lands everyone on interior.  Pick the set by VIEWPOINT instead: the
  mech you pilot keeps interior (level cockpit), every other mech flips once to
  exterior (the lean).  Reloads only on a viewpoint-status change; the sets
  share stride data so the swap is seamless.  Model pointers stashed at ctor.

VERIFIED live (BT_HIP_LOG probe): your walking mech writes jointhip=0 (level);
the peer's replica in the other pod's view leans at exactly -8.0/-11.1deg --
the authored clip values.  A/B control: L4VIEWEXT=1 forces the walking master
back to 74 sustained -8/-11 writes.

KB: locomotion.md ("NO walk lean" audit conclusion CORRECTED -- the lean is
authored + sustained + clip-set-specific), asset-formats.md (.ANI parses
pitch/yaw/roll for all joint types; KeyJointPos translation; cycle clips carry
no pitch), open-questions.md (item closed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 14:46:22 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 02cdfd6576 Torso: the TWIST goes LIVE -- electrical watchdog chain, centered crosshair, coherent controls (task #57/#58)
The MadCat torso twists, the view turns with it, and targeting follows.
Three reconstruction fronts closed:

THE ELECTRICAL WATCHDOG CHAIN (why the torso never powered up):
- PowerWatcher::UpdateWatch reconstructed (@004b181c, the REAL registered
  Performance -- PTR @0050f5fc; Ghidra missed the fn start): the watchdog
  MIRRORS the watched subsystem's electrical level (+0x278), brownout
  downgrade when gen output <= minVoltage% x rated.  @004b1804 relabeled
  ResetToInitialState (slot 10) -- the old "Simulation" tag was wrong.
- The factory watcher-CONNECT pass reconstructed (vtable slot +0x38,
  @004aee2c/@004b1a40 byte-identical, recovered from raw exe bytes):
  watchedLink.Add(roster[watchedSubsystem]) on the master node.  Was the
  SubProxy::Start() no-op -- every watchdog sat at 0 forever.
- MinVoltageScale = 0.01 (a 10-byte x87 literal @0x4b1924; was 1.0f =
  permanent brownout) and PowerWatcher's Derivation chains its REAL base
  HeatWatcher (the HeatableSubsystem stand-in broke IsDerivedFrom for the
  whole Torso/Searchlight/ThermalSight family).
- KB correction swept: derivation tag 0x50e604 = HEATWATCHER (not
  "HeatSink"); the btl4gaug heat-widget gate now tests it via the
  BTIsHeatWatcher bridge.

THE CROSSHAIR (task #58 forensics, 6-agent workflow + live probes):
- The VIEW is TORSO-MOUNTED: jointtorso -> jointeye -> siteeyepoint in
  every twist-capable .SKL; the camera + canopy ride the same hinge
  subtree through HingeRenderable's live matrix-stack compose -- ALREADY
  WORKING in the port.  The crosshair stays screen-centered (center IS
  the boresight); the twist reads on the tape carets/compass/radar.
- The real bug was the port's gBTAimX = tan(twist) slew (the falsified
  "body-mounted view" model): the camera already carried the twist, so
  the crosshair counter-slid to hull-forward and the fire ray with it.
  Deleted; the pick ray inherits the twist from the yawing eye basis.
- Two instrumentation traps documented (chase-eye-as-default-camera,
  BT_FORCE_TORSO clobbering real joints -> the hook now only fills
  unresolved ones); an over-correcting explicit eye compose was added on
  those false readings and retired the same day.

CONTROLS + REPLICATION:
- Q/E spring-center on release (the axis is a twist-RATE demand; the old
  hold-deflection model drifted forever); X also zeroes the axis and
  pulses the authentic torso Recenter (@004b6918).  M cycles control
  mode via the real CycleControlMode body.
- Torso update-record DIRECTION fixed: engine truth is Write=serialize /
  Read=apply; @004b6a78 is the READ (was mislabeled Write) and the
  missing WRITE @004b6a1c recovered from raw disasm (recordLength 0x1C,
  twist/vel/rate at +0x10/14/18) -- kills the replicant's 0xCDCDCDCD
  -140-degree ghost twist.
- Marching-ghost desync: 4 Standing-case guards zero stale reverse
  cycleSpeed (negative cadence passed the <= ZeroSpeed stop gate).
- Kill credit rerouted to the OBSERVED killer (lastInflictingID ->
  killer's player link) -- kills count, target K/D populates.

KB: subsystems.md (watcher chain), multiplayer.md (record direction),
combat-damage.md + gauges-hud.md + cockpit-view.md (torso-mounted view
re-correction), decomp-reference.md (new addresses + tag fix),
open-questions.md (dead capability-roster loops 2-4, snapshot CD read).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 13:27:49 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 065c114590 Impact-FX FORENSICS wave: the i860 specialfx engine, per-round detonations, the ram economy closed
The "we're off the rails" reinvestigation -- a 5-thread evidence workflow
(logs / PFX data / RES model lists / decomp / port audit) + the i860 firmware
decode, then surgical fixes.  Every claim tiered; the wrong turns are on the
record in the KB alongside the corrections.

THE OLD-STYLE SPECIALFX ENGINE [T1, firmware-decoded from VREND.MNG]:
rebuilt scratchpad/i860dis.py (binutils opcode table); mapped the dispatch
(data+0xdd0c; sfx trigger 0xf040cda0, install 0xf040cdc0, step ~0xf0413698,
instance init 0xf04128d8); decoded the heat model EXACTLY: per 30Hz board
frame h *= cool_a; RGB_ch = h_old*(h_new*cook_ch - 0.25) + 0.25 (K=0.25 =
the ember floor @VA 0xF080; kill at h <= 1e-4 @0xF0A0); alpha fades cool_b
x RAW dt (PER-SECOND -- the x30 scaling made laser hits invisible); 7s cap;
y_off = the kill plane; "variance" is DEAD DATA (binary reads "variance",
INI authors "varience").  The 13 descriptors (PPCHit/LaserHit/MissileHit/
Chunks/Sparks/Fireball...) parse from BTDPL.INI and render via the BTPfx
layer -- heat bursts draw the FIERY sheet (brightness over fire), .PFX keeps
GRAYSCALE (authored colours: DNBOOM orange, DDAM gray).

HIT-PACKAGE CENSUS [T1, RES byte-verified]: ppchit=[8] lzrhit=[9] mghit=[7,11]
canhit=[11] mslhit=[10,12,1023] explode=[6]; all 8 mech death lists identical.
Effect routing corrected in BOTH consumers: <100 = specialfx, >=1000 = psfx.

"SILVER MIST x5" ROOT CAUSE: SHKWAVE.PFX (mslhit's 1023) authors maxIssue=5
relPeriod=0.2 rate=1 -- the ONE file where rate contradicts the window; the
emitter trusted rate -> 5 shells at exactly 1Hz.  Emission rate now always
maxIssue/releasePeriod.

PER-ROUND DETONATIONS [T1 @004bef78]: every missile round spawns its own
ExplosionModelFile at ITS impact (hull + terrain) -- a volley ripples 12
fireballs like the demos; rack-tube launch spread [T3] (GUIDED rounds only --
the slot-0 deflection sent every AFC100 shell 3.4deg left/2.5deg down: the
phantom "4th gold beam"); replicant salvos detonate too (launcher index rides
the visual push).  Missile damage bundles through the shooter's messmgr with
the launcher's subsystemID (mslhit fires at the consolidated point; the
binary's dedup CONFIRMED [T1 @0049b784] -- a workflow agent's per-record
claim REFUTED by direct decomp read).

DAMAGE-BAND SEMANTICS [T1]: MechDeathHandler fires the CURRENT band effect on
any damage rise (the binary's changed-flag coalescing) -- a mauled mech under
fire smokes/burns per hit; bands 3/4 are authored fire plumes.

THE RAM ECONOMY -- CLOSED (3 layers, measured live):
 1. armor = POINTS (every zone: damageScale = 1/armorPoints, armor 50-140;
    the [zone-armor] BT_DMG_LOG dump);
 2. StaticBounce prices rams with authored moverMass ~1.3e6 -> ~59,000 pts
    @10m/s; the binary dispatches it RAW but pod MP dropped it on the local
    replicant (MECH.CPP:986 warns) -- ram damage was NETWORK-INERT; our
    task-#47 replicant forwarding surfaced it as a one-shot.  Port
    normalizes x1e-3 to the point economy [T3];
 3. contact EDGE (ramLastVictim/ramContactLinger): the binary's bounce made
    separation implicit; our gait-derived velocity re-priced full rams at
    60Hz (the respawn explode-loop).  One bump = one hit; pressed = BLOCK.

PLUS: sfx size x0.5 + 1.25m visibility floor + hot-phase occlusion [T3];
particle pool 2048->8192 (missile traffic starved laser bursts -- the
"intermittent effects"); replicant beam aging (a lost beam-END record pinned
a stale beam on forever); UV-variant noise stamps (mask-safe mirror/swap);
no scroll on particle stamps (material-path only); BT_FX_TEST/fxshot.py
self-verification harness ([beam-draw]/[zone-armor]/[collide-tx] telemetry).

KB: rendering.md (specialfx engine + census + closeout), combat-damage.md
(ram economy + band semantics).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-13 08:14:12 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 48c9c8444f Fire VISUALS wave: the authored firesmoke sheet, vertex-alpha effect cards, the case-4 wreck dressing
The "fireballs like the demo vids" arc, decomp/content-grounded end to end,
plus the live-play UX batch verified over the same sessions:

FIRESMOKE SHEET (the PFX fireball fix): every firesmokeN_scr_tex in BTFX.VMF
maps the SAME 64x64 tileable noise image bintA (variants differ only in SCROLL
rate) and firesmoke1_mtl colours it through the "fiery" ramp (0.3,0.1,0.1)->
(0.9,0.7,0.3).  The particle layer now bakes ramp(lum(bintA)) as its sprite
colour (noise detail in alpha) and SCROLLS it at firesmoke1's authored rate
via a texture-transform; the port's radial soft-edge mask moved to a second
CLAMPed stage so the WRAPPED scroll rolls flame through the sprite without
scrolling the edge away.  Old grit x radial bake kept as the no-BINTA fallback.
Impact hits, damage-band smoke and death booms all ride this layer.

AUTHORED TEXTURE SCROLL in the model path: the BMF TEXTURE records carry
SPECIAL " SCROLL u0 v0 du dv" (tag 0x2037); the draw path always supported
per-op scrolling (SetTextureScrolling) but the BGF loader never parsed it, so
every scrolling material rendered frozen.  Wired TexRef -> MatInfo -> batch ->
L4TEXOP.doScroll: the flame cards (flamebig/fire5) now roll fire noise.

VERTEX-ALPHA EFFECT CARDS (the "twisted drill bit of fire" fix): FLAMEBIG's
verts carry authored float RGBA -- white-hot base (1.0,0.99,0.97) -> dark-red
tip fading to alpha -0.2 (the DPL clamp convention).  The loader kept a flat
batch colour and drew it OPAQUE = a solid orange spike.  Corpus sweep: exactly
14 shipped BGFs carry vertex alpha, ALL effect cards (flames, MUZFLASH,
EXDISK_A/B/C, TMST_A/B/C, beam models, DECLOUDS).  Such batches now keep the
authored per-vertex gradient and route to the alpha-blend pass, unlit,
colour = texture x gradient, alpha = the vertex fade; sky objects excluded
(drawAsSky + alphaTest passes NEITHER pass filter -- DECLOUDS stays in the
sky pass).  MUZFLASH/EXDISK render correctly for free when the muzzle-model
work lands.

WRECK DRESSING (the 1996 ExplosionScripts case-4 transcription): pieces spawn
HIDDEN and reveal 0.25s after the boom (the InstanceSwitch delay, behind the
dnboom flash); flamebig hangs over the pile, Y-BILLBOARDED at the camera
(SetOffsetYaw + a camera-pos getter -- the dpl_SetDCSReorientAxes analog);
the MakeDCSFall settle arms at the reveal with the two authored rates (hulk/
debris -0.025 t^2, fires -0.01 t^2 -- the flames ride above the sinking pile
and die with it at burial).  EMPTY-PLACEHOLDER hulk guard: THRDBR.BGF is a
153-byte zero-geometry stub that "loads fine" -- vertex-count check now routes
it to the gendbr fallback (a Thor wreck was invisible).  Hulk content census
recorded: AVADBR==MADDBR==VULDBR geometry (palette-only prefix diffs),
RAPDBR==SNDDBR==STIDBR byte-identical -- wreck variety is materials + the
dressing, not unique piles.

LIVE-PLAY BATCH: muzzle resolve uses the named segmentIndex (raw +0xdc read
was layout garbage); forward launch frame (authored MuzzleVelocity +Z vs the
mech's -Z facing); dock-bottom single window (gauge strip appended below the
world viewport, 1100x600 default, BT_DEV_GAUGES_WINDOW=1 restores the separate
window); portrait sec surface unrotated CW; ammo counters live via typed
bridges (BTAmmoBinCountPtr/BTAmmoBinFeeding/BTWeaponAmmoBin -- raw bin+0x180
and a hand-rolled link walk were garbage); fourth fire key ('4' = Pinky);
panel/arc probes de-aliased (%61 prime).

KB: rendering.md (vertex-alpha card family + scroll), combat-damage.md (hulk
census + THRDBR stub), gauges-hud.md (ammo bridges).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-12 20:04:29 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 bb795e2805 MP live-play wave: collision economy, missiles, radar transform, panel polarity, comm ticker
The interactive 2-node playtest wave -- every fix decomp-grounded and live-verified:

COLLISION ECONOMY (the ram one-shot): StaticBounce mutates worldLinearVelocity
per contact and ProcessCollisionList walks EVERY touched solid per frame; with
2007 terrain-as-solids the reflections compounded x4-x40 within one frame and a
walking bump one-shot a pristine mech for 112,375 pts (62-pt authentic economy).
Fix: frameEntryWorldVelocity restore per contact (damage always priced at the
real approach speed -- all the binary's physics ever saw); Mech::Reset zeroes
the mover motion (respawn = teleport); [collide-tx]/[mp-hdlr] telemetry.
Gotcha #16 (engine-facility drift class).

MISSILES: peer-visible salvos (the launcher record extension carries a salvo
counter + aim point; ForceUpdate actually enqueues it -- the dirty flag alone
never serialized), the authentic arc (authored MuzzleVelocity vector + the
Seeker's 200m/0.1/300 loft + gain-4 steering, decoded from @004beae4/@004bef78),
world-impact bursts (rounds detonate on cave geometry instead of phasing
through), contact-only damage (flight-cap expiry = fizzle, no more teleport
damage), live re-lead, and ballistic (unguided) shells for autocannons.
projweap's stale BTPushProjectile extern (the /FORCE signature trap, gotcha #6
corollary) crashed the Avatar's first AFC100 shot -- fixed + sweep rule recorded.

RADAR: two transcription bugs made the scope permanently empty -- FUN_0040b244
is the affine INVERSE (not a copy) and FUN_0040adec writes ONLY the 3x3 rotation
(never the translation); worldToView now Invert(view) built rotation-first.
CulturalIcons sorted out of the moving grid (the phantom red pips were map
props), visible-radius culls on all three draw passes, live pip verified at
|delta| x ppm px.  Gotcha #17 (verify the FUN_ body, not its call shape).

WEAPON PANELS (the frozen-dial hunt): the binary's *(subsystem+0x40) means
FAILED -- the recon's 'operating' name was backwards, inverting the destroyed-X
lamps, the panel look, the children enable and the ready-lamp gate (which had
NEVER executed).  Polarity chain corrected end-to-end (failedState, fed by real
damage saturation).  Root cause of the freezes: MFD page-mode gating -- the dev
composite shows ALL pages at once, so off-page dials legitimately stopped; under
BT_DEV_GAUGES the 15 page-plane bits stay active (the exclusive secondary trio
untouched).  The SEH gauge guard now names its kills; repaint-heal resets the
incremental arc after panel repaints; [panel]/[arc] probes added.

COMM/SCORE: MessageBoard LIVE (the engine already shipped the whole
Player__StatusMessage queue; wired the binary's one producer -- the kill branch,
victim's name, 6s -- plus the consumer bridge and a lazy source bind); MP DEATHS
counted via the observed-death tally (each node scores every pilot from locally
observed events, the same model as the KILLS credit) and the -2/-1 engine seed
clamped for display.

DEV UX: node-tagged window titles (-net port), gauge panel reworked (1320x480,
true 4:3 MFD cells, the portrait secondary UNROTATED upright, linear filtering,
BT_GAUGE_SCALE), fixed close spawns via BT_SPAWN_XZ, Boreas flies an Avatar
(first second-chassis live outing).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-12 17:24:15 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 dd27238ceb Gauges: the CLOSEOUT wave -- radar pips, Myomers dedup, attribute parity, ledger sweep (tasks #14-#17)
TASK #17 -- AUTHENTIC RADAR SYMBOLOGY (the cross-blip stand-in retired).
The recon proved the 'missing pip raster set' never existed as BT game code:
pips are the ENGINE's L4GaugeImage vector-stroke system (T0 source in tree,
L4GAUIMA.cpp == FUN_0046f0c0 line-for-line), the 'pip table' is L4Warehouse::
gaugeImageBin keyed by Entity::resourceID, and BTL4.RES ships 110 type-0x12
shapes (every mech/vehicle/building/tree).  The six btl4rdr stubs are wired
to the real facilities: contacts draw their authentic model silhouettes with
LOD selection, the target gets the binary's 4px-inflated box highlight, and
player-name labels resolve via Mission::GetSmallNameBitmap (the prebuilt
64x16 egg rasters keyed by the player's bitmapindex).  DECODED: the invented
'VideoObject' was Entity::owningPlayer all along (+0x190; nameID =
playerBitmapIndex@0x1E0, target = BTPlayer::objectiveMech@0x284 -- new
bridge BTPlayerObjectiveMechOf); the 'LabelledEntity' class is Landmark
(cultural.h; label path dormant -- no landmark content ships, no runtime
landmarkID writer).  The L4GREND BT_DEV_GAUGES warehouse guard is removed
(its AV had a different culprit, below); resource type 18 corrected to
GaugeImageStream in decomp-reference (was mislabeled 'ModelList').

TASK #14 -- the Myomers ODR duplicate ELIMINATED: the powersub.cpp/hpp
'Myomers' (classID 0xBC3 -- actually Sensor) is retired whole; it duplicated
?DefaultData@Myomers@@ against the real class (dumpbin-verified) and /FORCE
picked the winner by link order.  The real Myomers (0xBC6) now chains
PoweredSubsystem's handler set (ids 4-8) and publishes its SEVEN binary
attributes (@00511588: SpeedEffect/Current/Recommended/Min/MaxSeekVoltage-
Index/SeekVoltage/OutputVoltage) -- the old empty unchained index starved
the Myomer engineering panel of every resolve.

TASK #16 -- attribute parity: MechWeapon publishes the FULL binary table
@0x511890 (11 entries; ids renumbered to binary truth -- the port aliases
had squatted the binary's DistanceToTarget/TargetWithinRange ids; the
streamed TriggerState 0x13 binding unchanged).  Binary names resolved two
TODO members: pipState -> estimatedReadyTime (attr 0x1A), and the EXT-model
flag is the binary's RearFiring (0x1B).  ThermalSight LightState published.
HUD (offset conflicts) + missile-side tables (id encoding suspect)
documented for a re-dump instead of publishing blind.
  THE CRASH THIS EXPOSED [T2, cdb-verified]: gotcha #11's dense-table gap
is a LATENT AV, not a guaranteed one -- the old table's 0x0D..0x12 gap
(task #5) survived on heap luck; the renumber reshuffled allocations and
Find() AV'd on a garbage entryName in WeaponCluster's PercentDone resolve.
Fixed with five named PAD entries (the mech.cpp attrPad idiom) + a
static_assert locking the pad base to PoweredSubsystem::NextAttributeID.
Gotcha #11 amended with the proof.

TASK #15 -- stale-ledger sweep: GAUGE_COMPOSITE ('composite not yet built',
Reservoir shadow, PlayerStatus/vehicleSubSystems 'remaining', valve-dormant-
until-0xBD3, sensor guard, the superseded 'Heat MFD near-static' reframe --
all banner-corrected), gauges-hud frontmatter, L4VB16 + powersub comments.

Verified live: 50/50 config attribute bindings resolve, 0 NULLs, 0 parse
skips, mech spawns and simulates 31/31 subsystems, no cross-blip fallbacks,
the pip cache fills through entity registration without the old guard.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-12 00:57:45 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 80cadc98c7 Cockpit: the COOLANT VALVE control -- the heat-management triad completes (task #13)
The pilot's third heat tool: Condenser::MoveValve (id 4, the Condenser handler
table @0x50E52C -- PE-verified, exactly one entry) registered via the
order-proof function-local accessor and GUARDED by the real FUN_004ac9c8
(task #12's BTPlayerRoleLocksAdvanced rookie-role bridge -- the old deferral
note blamed the 0xBD3 messmgr, a stale misattribution, swept).  Each press
cycles the valve 1 -> 5 -> 50 -> 0 -> 1 and RecomputeCondenserValves re-shares
the fixed total coolant flow across all six condensers -- opening one valve
wide starves the others: the pilot's cooling-triage lever.

Desktop: 'C' cycles the selected condenser's valve (BT_VALVE_SLOT picks the
roster slot; default Condenser1).  BT_VALVE_TEST scripts a headless press.

Verified live: press -> "[valve] condenser#1 valveState=5 flow=0.5 (total=10)"
-- exactly the authored redistribution math (5/(5+5x1)), through the real
role gate.

The heat-management triad is now complete and all-authentic:
  G + fire buttons  = regroup weapons across buttons     (task #6)
  F5-F8 / F9        = reassign weapon generators / mode  (task #12)
  C                 = coolant valve triage               (task #13)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 23:33:27 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 d7b900d108 Cockpit: GENERATOR POWER ROUTING -- assign weapons to generators (task #12)
The pilot's second heat-management tool: the PoweredSubsystem message table
@0x50F4EC (ids 4-8) registered and implemented -- SelectGeneratorA-D
(@004b099c..@004b0a74: FindGeneratorByNumber roster walk on generatorNumber
@0x1E0 -> AttachToVoltageSource re-tap with tap accounting -> modeAlarm
Connected) and ToggleGeneratorMode (@004b0abc: Manual -> Auto -> detach+Manual
cycle).  Weapons inherit via the MechWeapon handler chain.  Desktop: F5-F8
assign the selected weapon (BT_CONFIG_SLOT) to Generator A-D, F9 toggles
reconnect mode; BT_GENSEL_TEST scripts a headless verify.

Verified live end-to-end: dispatch -> handler -> re-tap ("PPC_1 ->
GeneratorD (tapped)") -> the charging I^2R physically moved (GenD cold ~90K
baseline -> ~1570K carrying the PPC; GenA relieved), stable over a sustained
autofire soak with thermal-breaker trips.

FOUR defects found and fixed on the way [all T1/T2]:
- THE e17 HEAT EXPLOSION: Generator::SourceLevel misread *(this[0x38]+0x158)
  as linkedSinks->heatEnergy; it is the engine-base DamageZone @0xE0 ->
  damageLevel [0..1] (the same named-member pattern as the bank radiator's
  zone read).  A breaker-restarting generator emitted (1 - 4e8) x 10000
  volts; squared through the customers' I^2R feed, one restart blew the
  whole thermal network to e17.  Authentic: a damaged generator yields
  proportionally less voltage.
- FUN_004ac9c8 is NOT "IsDamaged": raw body = owner -> mech+0x190 player ->
  roleClassIndex(+0x274) == 0 -- the ROOKIE-role lockout for advanced
  cockpit systems.  New bridge BTPlayerRoleLocksAdvanced (NULL player =
  unlocked [T3]; bring-up role 2 = unlocked).  The old stand-in gated the
  handlers off permanently (healthy subsystems have simulationState==1).
- MESSAGE_ENTRY tables must be FUNCTION-LOCAL statics inside the accessor:
  as namespace-scope arrays they are read by other TUs' static-init chains
  before their own initializers run -- Build copies zeros and every id in
  the table is silently dropped (ids 9/10 only worked by TU-order luck;
  both tables relocated; gotcha recorded, reconstruction-gotchas #9).
- The AutoConnect hunt scanned GetSegment() -- the raw @004b0bd0 walks the
  subsystem ROSTER (+0x124/+0x128); EntitySegments were being cast to
  Subsystems (the classic +0x128 gotcha).

Also: the dense handler table's GAP slots (skipped ids) are uninitialized
heap -- the name-based Find strcmp-walks them and AVs; diagnostic probes use
the id-based Find only (the 1995 binary's own tables carry the same holes).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 23:16:48 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 092408041c Cockpit: the CONFIG-MODE weapon-regrouping session + the live-play fire fixes (tasks #6+#11)
TASK #6 -- the pod's in-cockpit weapon regrouping, fully reconstructed and
live-verified (hold-configure -> tap fire button -> toggle membership ->
release-commit):
- MechWeapon handlers id 9 ConfigureMappables @004b9550 / id 10 ChooseButton
  @004b95b8 (binary table @0x511860; the old "Myomers fns" mislabel swept)
  + the GetMessageHandlers() accessor chain through Emitter/ProjectileWeapon/
  MissileLauncher/GAUSS/PPC (empty per-class sets swallowed dispatch).
- Mapper vtable truth: +0x38 EnterConfiguration / +0x3C ExitConfiguration /
  +0x40,+0x44 AddOrErase evt/dir.  No "secondary vtable @0050f498", no
  "CreateTemporaryEventMappings" virtual (RP-name drift; swept incl CLASSMAP).
  L4 Enter/Exit rebuilt complete: StartMappableButtonsConfigure (the
  NonMapping 0x10000 <-> Mapping 0x8000 mode flip + the gauge's active-weapon
  latch) + the held-button re-arm + the 4 fire-button temp maps; only the RIO
  mapper implements the toggle (Thrustmaster no-ops = can't regroup).
- MechSubsystem +0xE8/+0xEC corrected to controlDestination/controlMessageID
  (ex hostEntity/subsystemId2 mislabel); MechWeapon ctor defaults the
  destination to &fireImpulse (@004b99a8).
- ConfigMapGauge state loop reconstructed (PE-recovered DAT_00518eb4 table;
  buttonGroup GetMapState sampler -- the "needs ModeManager" guard rationale
  was wrong).  Finding [T1]: the shipped binary NEVER enables this gauge (no
  SetColor caller) -- authentically dormant; BT_CONFIGMAP=1 is the dev enable.
- Dev harness: HOLD 'G' opens the session (BT_CONFIG_SLOT picks the weapon);
  BT_CONFIG_TEST scripts a headless verify.  @004afbc4 corrected to its real
  Fail-trap body (the guessed AddOrErase(NULL) body would corrupt groups).
- Bonus [T1]: the binary MechWeapon ATTRIBUTE table has ELEVEN entries
  (PercentDone..WeaponState) -- "TriggerState is the only one" was wrong.

TASK #11 -- the user-reported live-play regressions (both real bugs):
- PHANTOM FIRE: the mech4 bring-up shot block painted an explosion at the
  victim on its OWN 0.3s cadence whenever fire was held -- desynced once the
  authentic recharges landed.  Retired (the real impact visual flows from
  each discharge via the messmgr SubmitExplosion).
- WEAPON BRICKING (the "cuts out" bug): the Loading->Loaded snap window
  (+-0.01 around seekV) assumes the pod's LOCKED 60 fps; one port dt-spike
  jumps it, the byte-verified >1.0 clamp (_DAT_004ba830=0) zeroes readiness,
  and the weapon sticks in Loading at level ~10000 forever (observed live).
  Fixed with pod-frame (1/60s) sub-stepping of the binary's own Loading tick
  -- also fixes the I^2R integral over-heating generators on big steps.
  NEW GOTCHA CLASS recorded: reconstruction-gotchas #12 (frame-pacing trap).
- Duty-cycle measured (max-rate autofire): generators equilibrate in the
  degradation band (recharge stretch ~3.5-4.4x), the FailureHeat breaker
  never trips solo, PPCs sustain ~11.8-damage full-charge fire.  The slow
  kill pacing and recharge gaps are the AUTHENTIC heat economy; the pilot's
  counters (this regrouping UI, generator reassignment, coolant valves) are
  the reconstruction queue.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 19:39:35 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 4e63a7b6c3 Heat: THE AUTHENTIC ELECTRICAL MODEL -- weapons recharge from generators (task #10)
Task #10 set out to fix "scrambled linked-sink routing"; a [heat-link] attach
log proved the routing was NEVER scrambled (every subsystem links its authored
condenser exactly; the "pools in Condenser1" read was the diagnostic-sampler
aliasing trap).  The real defect: emitter.cpp's local FUN_00417ab4 stub
returned NULL, so the whole electrical model was inert and the E7 force-charge
recharged every emitter in ONE frame (~0.3s cycle, 1501 fires/90s, ~1.7e9
heat/s -- the "runaway").

Landed authentically [T1: disasm + byte-verified constants]:
- Emitter ctor @004bb120: seekVoltage = authored fraction x generator
  ratedVoltage (10000); EC = energyTotal/(seekV^2 x 0.5); voltageScale@0x310 =
  (RechargeRate / -ln(1 - 1e-4 x seekV)) / EC -- charge reaches seekV[rec] in
  EXACTLY the authored RechargeRate (PPC 5s, ERL 4s, SRM 3s, ERM 2s) cold.
  Owner-flags ctor gate (the usual gotcha; the this-flags read never armed).
- PoweredSubsystem::ChargeTimeScale (@004b0d50, was a =1.0 stub): voltageScale
  x (1 + thermalResistivity x srcTempRise) -- hot generators charge slower.
  ("voltageScale is never read back" was wrong; corrected + swept.)
- TrackSeekVoltage @004ba838: charging I^2R -> the GENERATOR's pendingHeat
  (~3.5e8/full PPC charge) -- generators self-heat, conduct to their authored
  condensers, and throttle further charging.  The feedback economy closes.
- FailureHeat consumers found: this+0x184 == 2 gates BOTH weapon families
  (@004baa88 emitter: reset firing + hold charge 0; @004bbd36 ballistic:
  recoil=rechargeRate + alarm 7).  Emitter::GetFaultState un-stubbed.
- ProjectileWeaponSimulation @004bbd04 opens with call 0x4b0bd0 (disasm) --
  launchers now run the powered/heat step (their firing heat previously
  accumulated in pendingHeat forever).
- heat.cpp: per-instance BT_HEAT_LOG census (the old shared-static 1-Hz
  sampler aliased); [heat-link] attach log; the stolen-else Verify restored.

Verified live (120s max-rate autofire): PPC ~470-500 (was 55,000), bank
plateaus ~600 and sheds to ambient, generators 1100-1400, ERMLaser
self-regulates at the authored 2000 failure threshold (shutdown-cool-resume).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 16:59:29 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 4ed2bbc293 Heat: authentic 1e7-unit heat + the ambient radiator land (task #9)
- Emitters: heatPortion closed form = heatCostToFire x 1e7 x (charge/seekV)^2
  (PPC 1.1e8 -> +632K on its own sink); the missing projectile/missile heat
  adds (raw -- resources author pre-scaled 1e7 units).
- The bank's AMBIENT RADIATOR @4ae73c reconstructed (the system's ONLY heat
  exit; conductance x 0.1 x HeatSinkCount -- _DAT_004ae974 float80 = 0.1) +
  the link-attach guard corrected (skip = the 0xBBE bank, not Condenser; the
  inversion blocked condenser->bank links and closed the system).
- Constant corrections (all byte-verified float80s): coolant epsilons
  0.0025/0.003/1e-4 (was a single 1e-4 serving three sites);
  CoolantCapacityScale 0.05 (was 1.738).
- Verified: heat flows + exits; max-rate autofire overheats weapons into the
  authentic heatLoad range-cutout (thermal spam unsustainable by design).
- KNOWN REMAINING: linked-sink routing scrambled (heat pools in Condenser1;
  authored map says PPC->C4/C6) -- the heat-stream offset audit, filed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 16:21:37 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 fd055281a8 Combat: THE AUTHENTIC DAMAGE ECONOMY -- authored per-weapon amounts through the real fire chain (task #8)
Three root causes, all fixed:
1. kDamageScale was 1.0 -- _DAT_004bafbc is an x87 float80 = 1e-7, cancelling
   the ctor's x1e7: damagePortion = authored DamageAmount x (charge/seekV)^2
   (closed form at fire time; madcat AC=25/LRM=50/ERLL=6, bhk1 PPC=12/SRM=35).
   The observed "0.25" was the degenerate EC=1 fallback, never authored data.
2. CheckFireEdge NaN latch: TriggerState carries ControlsButton INTS; the
   release value (-65) is a negative NaN.  The binary's x87 unordered compare
   read it as "released"; IEEE-correct float compares latched the edge
   detector shut after the first release -- the reason the emitter discharge
   chain NEVER fired in-game.  Fixed with bit-pattern sign compares.
3. The weapon-side submission LIVE: Emitter::FireWeapon fills damageData
   (amount + damageForce=target-muzzle [the gyro directional-bounce feed] +
   impact) -> MechWeapon::SendDamageMessage (@004b9728 real body) ->
   messmgr consolidation with per-weapon records + explosion bundling.
   The mech4 bring-up damage block + flat kShotDamage retired to diag hooks.
Bonus: LODReuseHysteresis 0.82 -> 0.33 (double misread).  Zone model
verified byte-exact (no change).  Solo end-to-end: 5-record volleys (2 PPC
+ 3 ERML with authored amounts), per-weapon zone granularity, explosions,
kill.  Heat stays bring-up scale pending the heat-calibration audit [T3].

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 15:32:24 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 77190c93e5 Combat: the AUTHENTIC consolidated damage delivery -- TakeDamageStream through the message manager (task #7 tail)
ConsolidateAndSendDamage @0049b784 fully implemented: the beam path submits
into AddDamageMessage; each messmgr tick builds ONE Entity::
TakeDamageStreamMessage (id 0x13; wire-verified 0x34+4+Nx12) with the
common impact record + appended {type, amount, subsystemID} entries and
Dispatches it at the victim -- the T0 handler (ENTITY.cpp:817) re-splits
into per-record TakeDamage; replicants reroute cross-pod.  Real
ResolveExplosionID (firing weapon's +0x3E4, guarded) + SubmitExplosion via
the Explosion::Make port; TWO chain-purge bugs fixed (the "iterator dtor
clears it" assumption was wrong -- records re-applied every tick, observed
1->2->3->4 double-counting).  @004b9728 identity corrected (SendDamageMessage,
not DrawWeaponPip).  Verified solo: 25 clean single-record consolidations ->
kill -> death transition.  Residue: weapon-side submission awaits the
damage-economy reconciliation (authored 0.25-scale vs kShotDamage=12).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 14:30:30 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 afefaeece5 Mech: THE 0xBD3 UNTANGLE -- real SubsystemMessageManager in [0x10d], the mapper's one true home is roster slot 0 (task #7)
Binary census [T1]: mech+0x434 has exactly 2 writers (ctor init + factory
case 0xBD3) and ONE reader (@0x4b984b in MechWeapon::SendDamageMessage
@004b9728) -- pure message-manager semantics, nothing mapper-like.  The
factory case now builds the real SubsystemMessageManager (ctor @0049bca4,
0x130, ConsolidateAndSendDamage Performance); the misbuilt MechControlsMapper
squatter is evicted.  Every mapper consumer re-pointed to MappingMapper()
(roster slot 0 = the binary's **(mech+0x128); SetMappingSubsystem @0049fe40
touches ONLY slot 0 -- its [0x10d] mirror removed).  Non-viewpoint mechs get
a slot-0 demand LATCH (base mapper, [T3] accommodation -- the binary leaves
slot 0 NULL off-viewpoint but never drives/animates those paths; ours does).
Verified: solo drive+gait clean; MP replicant gait through the latch (full
run lifecycle); 3x kill/respawn cycle with type-6 records on the observer.
Remaining (task #7 tail): the messmgr's consolidated TakeDamageStream send +
weapon-path routing (@004b9728 real body).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 14:16:27 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 8ed6184d65 Combat: AUTHENTIC weapon groups -- streamed per-mech button bindings + the real fire chain (task #5)
The recovered system: fire channels = LBE4ControlsManager buttonGroups
(0x40/0x45/0x46/0x47); default groups = the per-mech type-6 controls-map
resource in BTL4.RES, installed by the T0 CreateStreamedMappings the port
already called -- it needed only the TriggerState attribute (id 0x13 PINNED
to the binary value; fireImpulse@0x31C is the binary's TriggerState) and an
input feed.  Keyboard/harness now push press/release edges into the button
groups; the gBT*Trigger bypasses, per-type keyboard split and 1,0 pulse
hack are retired -- weapons sharing a button fire TOGETHER (madcat Trigger
= 4 weapons).  Myomers @4b9550/@4b95b8 misattribution corrected (they are
MechWeapon ConfigureMappables/ChooseButton).  Verified 2-node: kill through
the authentic chain (12 hits vs ~36 pre-groups).  Config-mode session
(regrouping UI) = the remaining stage, KB-scoped.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 13:06:29 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 63206d7f19 Model record: the authoritative 200-byte overlay -- struct skew fixed, floor-25 era retired (task #4)
Two size errors (animationPrefix char[12] vs 4 bytes; a FICTITIOUS 64-byte
skeletonName block -- the record has no skl name) skewed every member after
word 0x10 by +2/+15 words and pushed the fieldXX block past the record end.
Full writer map recovered (FUN_004a2da8 + Mover FUN_004238bc + Reticle
FUN_00435ac8 chains) + runtime reader map (ctor pass @0x4a24d1-0x4a2968,
capstone-verified).  Struct rewritten as the exact overlay (static_assert-
locked); all Pass-2 consumers renamed to real fields; retired: ctor +
replicant + master-gait floor-25 hacks, the throttle guard, the fictitious
classID stamp.  Verified: accel=30 superStop=10 throttleAdj=1 (was ~1/OOB/0),
deadbands byte-identical via named fields, full walk->run lifecycle clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 12:36:12 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 87c25b9206 Combat: critical-subsystem plugs BOUND -- zone destruction damages carried subsystems (task #2)
The binding was in the zone ctor all along: Ghidra dropped the two arg
pushes @0049d0e1 (Slot::AddImplementation(subsystemArray[streamedIndex])),
making it read as a bare Resolve().  DZSlot stand-in -> engine SlotOf<T>;
SendSubsystemDamage rewritten to the recovered @0049c9a8 body (allotment
into the subsystem's OWN private zone; vital -> graphicAlarm 9); CriticalHit
-> real ApplyDamageAndMeasure; parentArtifactZone.Add revived (LOD damage
averaging); videoObjectFlag renamed vitalSubsystem (+0xE4).  BT_CRIT_PROBE
diag added.  Verified: 66 plugs bound/mech; probe-destroyed zone -> crits
damaged/DESTROYED, statusAlarm + destroyed-skin chain fire; MP kill + solo
un-regressed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 12:10:43 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 a652ddcdbc MP: authentic update-record deadbands streamed from the model record (task #3)
Binary ctor @0x4a26a7-0x4a26ef: mech+0x768/76c/770 <- raw record words
0x26/0x27/0x28 (UpdatePositionDiffrence / UpdateTurnVelocityDiffrence /
UpdateTurnDegreeDiffrence x pi/180 [const @0x4a2d44]).  Read at RAW record
offsets -- the Mech__ModelResource struct is layout-skewed (field98 gave
-1.5 where the record holds 0.3; audit filed as task #4, also explains the
old forwardCycleRate "floor 25" hack).  Sender triggers now use the
authored constants: pos-deadband type 0, quat-Y delta + yaw-rate delta +
stopped-turn edge type 4 (binary @0x4aad35/@0x4aac2b/@0x4aac6c).
Verified 2-node: madcat streams 0.3/0.045/3deg, type-4 spam gone, walking
replicant clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 11:55:25 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 c9f0c2a7f1 MP: the Mech-level update records @0x4a0c2c/@0x4a1232 -- all 9 types byte-exact (task #1)
- Writer transcribed from the recovered disasm; reader rewritten from
  part_012.c with every Wword absorber promoted to named engine/port members
  (updateOrigin/updateVelocity/projectedOrigin/projectedVelocity/nextUpdate/
  lastUpdate + bodyTargetSpeed/latches/alarms).  Wire sizes verified live:
  0x14/0x20/0x2c/0x78.
- movementMode UNIFIED with Simulation::simulationState (binary mech+0x40 =
  StateIndicator@0x2c currentState) -- death/limbo/airborne now replicate in
  every record header.  Three mislabels of the same binary fns retired:
  SetInstanceFlags + RequestActionFlags -> Mech::ForceUpdate (updateModel |=
  mask, 0xfe03 disabled filter); IsNetworkCopy -> IsDisabled.
- Senders wired byte-exact: gait transitions Force(8), knockdown Force(1|0x20),
  death Force(1|0x40), Reset Force(0x1f) + binary zero-set, perf-loop
  deadbands (speed type 2, orientation type 4, heat type 7).
- 2-node verified: types 2/3/4 flow while driving; kill -> type-6 record
  (simState=9) -> the OBSERVER's replicant runs the wreck sink loop with no
  double death transition; respawn 0x1f burst snaps + un-wrecks the peer;
  walking replicant un-regressed (run 12, cycle tracking); solo clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 11:38:49 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 1ace2e3cb4 Gyro: BT_GYRO_TRACE per-frame integrator trace -- oscillation verified vs authored constants (task #56)
25-hit MP autofire trace: kick -> damped oscillation -> settle, peaks well
inside clamps, no NaN/drift; measured Y:X frequency ratio 7.75x matches
sqrt(springK.y/springK.x) exactly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 09:56:55 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 946323b696 Gyro: damage fan-out FUN_004b2980 -- the cockpit hit-BOUNCE is live (task #56)
Re-disassembled the unexported gap 0x4b2980-0x4b2d8b byte-exact (capstone over
section_dump.txt) and reconstructed Gyroscope::ApplyDamageResponse:
- zero-damage + Collision(type 0) no-op; hit direction = Damage::damageForce
  or a RANDOM horizontal fallback when ~zero (per-component sign roll then
  value roll -- binary-legal until senders fill damageForce)
- direction rotated by the yaw-only torso-twist frame (placeRot=(0,twist,0)
  -> euler->matrix, the FUN_00408744 raw row-dot reproduced verbatim)
- per-type scaling amount / damageMultiplier[type] * damageResponse[type]
  .{trans,pitchRoll,yaw,vibration}; Explosive alone multiplies burstCount;
  each clamped at 1.3f
- four kicks: impulse(trans, dir), torque(pitchRoll, dir), impulse(vibration,
  vibrationDirection@0x390) and verticalImpulse(yaw, dir)

Layout corrections (byte-verified): gyro+0x390 is ONE Vector3D vibration axis
init (0,1,0) -- was mis-split as scalars animationOffset/Scale/Phase; mech
+0x5c4 is a FLOAT rumble-period countdown (gyroRumbleTimer) -- was mis-typed
int clipLoadGuard.

Call sites wired (binary-gated):
- take-damage hub: mech.cpp TakeDamageMessageHandler, FIRST action (@0x4a0264
  in hub FUN_004a0230) -- an invalid-zone hit still bounces
- crushable-icon crunch: mech4.cpp, torque 0.4 along the bounce delta-v + up
  impulse 0.2 (@4aa81e/@4aa86c)
- firing recoil: projweap.cpp FireWeapon, damage>3 -> impulse (0,0.6,-1.5)
  x damage/16 (@4bc136-4bc19c) via the new Mech::GetGyroSubsystem accessor

DEFERRED (recorded in KB with the byte recipe): the alternate-gait engage
jolt + 0.4s rumble (@4aa158-4aa365) -- its gates are [T3]-flagged and it
mutates the #49/#50-stabilized gait machine.

Verified live: [gyro-dmg] fires per hit with correct type scaling; eyePosition
shows the damped bounce (ramp to ~0.015u, oscillating Y, decay to zero); kill
chain un-regressed; no NaN.

Also recorded in KB: the OFFSET-COCKPIT verification -- Thor's authored
jointeye tranx=+1.13 matches its canopy X-center exactly AND our in-game eye
reproduces it to the hundredth (the placement model is correct per-mech); and
the playable roster is 8 models (strider/raptor/firstrtr/blkjack have assets
but no model resource -- BT_FORCE_MODEL with those names = NULL-resource AV,
cdb-verified, not a code bug).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 07:36:25 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 cb85517ede Gyro: byte-exact re-enable -- ctor map, integrators, jointeye writers (task #56)
The Gyroscope subsystem is LIVE again (was a stub since the NaN revert).
Reconstructed byte-exact from @004b3778 / @004b2ec0 / @004b30ec / @004b33e0 /
@004b34ec + the byte-verified dispatch in the unexported Mech performance
FUN_004a9b5c (calls @0x4aaf74/0x4aaf83):

- ctor field map corrected: springConstant@0x1E8 / dampingConstant@0x1F4 were
  mislabelled (the old 'eyeOrientation = r->springConstant' poison line), the
  0x254-0x2B3 block (externalPitchPtr, work matrix, placement) was missing so
  everything after was mis-offset, and clamps/accumulators were 0xCD fill --
  every field now initialised per the binary; 33 offsets static_assert-locked,
  sizeof == 0x3D0 exact
- integrators: state-minus-target displacements, componentwise damping
  OVERWRITE (FUN_004086d0 is a component multiply, not a cross), position step
  without dt, clamp to [posSpring, negSpring]; IntegrateBody's X/Z-crossed
  force + integration terms
- writers: WriteMechJoint drives ONE node ('jointeye', type 5): TRANSLATION =
  eyePosition spring, ROTATION = bodyOrientation spring; WriteEyeJoint is a
  multiplicative sway attenuator on 'jointlocal' (post-anim only)
- dispatch moved out of GyroscopeSimulation into the Mech performance tail
  (GyroFrameJointWrite bridge, mech4.cpp) with the binary gates; gyro<->torso
  pitch link wired (gyro+0x258 = &torso currentTwist) via complete-type-TU
  bridges, retiring the SubProxy::linkTarget landmine
- Mech ctor: deathAnimationLatched/legResetLatch were never initialised --
  0xCDCDCDCD gated the writers off silently

Runtime-verified: joints resolve (both BallTranslation), Performance installs,
WriteMechJoint finite from frame 0 (no NaN), Madcat cockpit un-regressed,
combat targeting healthy. Empirical: spring targets are SYMMETRIC -> eye
equilibrium (0,0,0), clamps +/-0.1-0.15u -- the gyro is the hit-BOUNCE
mechanism, not a steady eye offset (hypothesis disproven, recorded in KB).

Pending (task #56 tail): the damage->gyro fan-out FUN_004b2980 (unexported
gap) so hits actually kick the springs; the mech+0x3F0 overspeed sway model;
the torso-pitch EyepointRotation writer (FUN_004b66b4) + glance-look states.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 06:47:22 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 abaa145b6f 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>
2026-07-11 06:46:54 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 0bfb3d4ab3 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>
2026-07-10 14:53:50 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 a35f321ba1 Warp: exact POVTranslocateRenderable replica (collapse/throb/reveal + world mask)
Stop approximating -- replicate POVTranslocateRenderable::Execute() behaviorally,
byte-for-byte on the constants and transitions (engine T0, L4VIDRND.cpp:1763-2076),
per the user's "replicate the effect exactly".  The five prior piecemeal attempts
each fixed one facet and broke another because they left out the WHOLE mechanism.

Full state machine (btl4vid.cpp), driven by two decoupled events (NOT the
SimulationState trigger -- that dial also drives camera/POV+targeting, the f053535
regression; SetIsDead is a separate pure-render flag, verified safe):
  - LOCAL DEATH -> InitialCollapse: scale (pct_left*100)+1 over 1.3s (world visible),
    then SetIsDead(true) + WaitForReincarnate.  (btplayer VehicleDeadMessageHandler,
    deathCount==-1, local-guarded.)
  - WaitForReincarnate: world BLACK (mask), scale 1, Lissajous throb
    (cos(t*3.33), sin(t*2.5)) x2.0 -- the "dances around playfully".
  - LOCAL RESPAWN -> ExpandReveal: SetIsDead(false) + scale (pct_used*150)+1 over
    1.0s -- blasts open, world revealed ("shoots off into the distance").  (btplayer
    DropZoneReplyMessageHandler, local-guarded.)

Draw EXACTLY as the engine (isDeathDraw -> drawAsSky): PASS_SKY, OPAQUE,
CULLMODE=CW, z-test ON (L4VIDEO.cpp:7526/7568-7570/7693).  This kills the "glitchy
funnel" -- opaque = one write/pixel (no translucent double-blend), CW = one winding
of the double-sided mesh (no coincident z-fight), z-on = the expand shell is
occluded/revealed by the returning world.  Placement = Scale * inverse(view) with
NO recenter (the mesh is authored off-origin so the eye sits inside, authentic);
dropped the wrong mCullCenter recenter and the Z-off overlay hack.  Colour is the
"sky" ramp (per prior commit); no geometry spin (myRotateY is dead) -- swirl is the
texture scroll.  SetIsDead reached via a BTSetWorldDead bridge (L4VIDRND.cpp).

STUCK-BLACK SAFETY (the one new risk of decoupling mask-on from mask-off): a 12s
WaitForReincarnate render-loop timeout un-masks if no respawn arrives, plus
BTWarpForceUnmask on the mission-ending + no-DropZones abort paths.  Smoke-verified
2-node: collapse->wait(masked=1)->expand(masked=0), ends masked=0, no crash.

The peer-observer warp stays a world-anchored translucent alpha draw (port
extension; the authentic effect is POV-only).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-10 09:43:54 -05:00