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arcattackandClaude Opus 5 cb50a1d491 Gitea #48: add BT_NO_PILOTLIST=1 -- make the operator's comms hypothesis decidable
The operator reports consistently, across two sessions, that the MFD artifacts
began the night the Comm pilot list was enabled (#43) and were never seen before.
Four static theories of mine died -- plane masks (all 7 primitives invert
correctly), L4GraphicLamp (never instantiated, dead code), the sec-port lamps
(wrong plane AND wrong colour, operator confirmed on sight from the decoded art),
vertBar/VertTwoPartBar (clamps every value, sets its cursor per draw).  And no
rig reproduces it: not 2 pilots, not 5 pilots on last night's exact roster, not
autofire + repeated valve moves.

So stop theorising and make the field observation decidable: BT_NO_PILOTLIST=1
makes PilotList::Execute draw nothing, everything else untouched.
  artifacts gone with it / present without => confirmed, and it is the workaround
  artifacts either way                     => not the pilot list

Diagnostic only, default OFF.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg
2026-07-25 08:22:08 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 5 5174c638ce 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
2026-07-25 01:50:07 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 5 23229e573e Reverse thrust was dead on the desktop (user report): wire the 0x3F throttle-handle button
LALT -> button 0x3F was bound in both binding layers and PadRIO pushed the RIO
ButtonPressed event correctly, but nothing ever set the mapper's ReverseThrust:

 - the authentic route is BTL4.RES 'L4' streamed record [2] (Button Throttle1
   0x3F -> attr 6 ReverseThrust@0x124), but our streamed BUTTON mappings are
   not consumed at all -- MechControlsMapper::AddOrErase is still the
   unreconstructed Fail stub, so the event never reaches the attribute;
 - the ONLY writer of reverseThrust was the keyboard bridge's
   'key_throttle < 0' test, which is bypassed whenever a RIO is operational
   (the pad RIO always is, so the bridge is OFF on the desktop) AND is
   unreachable regardless, because L4PADRIO clamps the Throttle channel to
   [0,1].  Net: Alt did nothing and the flag was re-zeroed every frame.

FIX: publish the 0x3F hold state from PadRIO::EmitButton -- the one chokepoint
every desktop source funnels through (keyboard, gamepad, DirectInput joystick,
glass-panel clicks via SetScreenButton) -- and apply it in InterpretControls
gated on BTPadRIOActive() so real pod hardware is untouched (there the streamed
mapping owns the flag).  Marked [T3]; delete once streamed button mappings land.
Reverse is a HOLD (manual: hold the red throttle button, release = forward).

Verified with scratchpad/revtest.py (keybd_event injection, BT_KEY_NOFOCUS):
forward = rev=0 dmd +61.501; LALT held = rev=1 dmd -61.501; release edge logged.

KB: pod-hardware.md now records the streamed-button-mapping gap + this seam.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg
2026-07-24 19:19:21 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 5 6c3fca2f67 Gitea #38 ROOT CAUSE + FIX: mech paint lost on geometry re-load (view toggle / respawn)
Found from the user's live 2-node demo: a Crimson MadCat went GREY in its own
view after a V (inside/outside) toggle, with NO new [paint] or
MakeMechRenderables line in the log -- so no rebuild, just a re-parse.

ROOT CAUSE: the per-pilot colour/badge/patch is applied by rewriting MATERIAL
NAMES while a BGF parses, and only while the substitution callback is installed
(SetupMaterialSubstitutionList .. TearDown, bgfload.cpp:15-18).
BTL4VideoRenderer::ApplyViewSkeleton re-parses every shown segment BGF on each
view toggle AND on respawn (that is what its fresh graphic-state read is for),
but did so OUTSIDE that bracket -> raw %color% placeholders -> unpainted
materials -> grey.  Nothing caches the geometry (d3d_OBJECT caches only
textures), so every call re-parses.  This is #38's mechanism: 'colors not
preserved on respawn' was never a replication or teardown bug.

FIX: re-install the substitution list around the reload, reusing the serial the
mech was BUILT with -- SetupMaterialSubstitutionList advances the global %serno%
per call, so a naive re-bracket would stamp a different serial and still resolve
the wrong names.  MechRenderTree gains paintSerno (captured before Setup at
build); ApplyViewSkeleton installs/restores around the loop and logs it.

Rig-verified: the crimson MadCat stays crimson (yellow patch intact) across
repeated inside/outside toggles; each toggle now logs '[paint] color=red
serno=0' + '(paint serno 0)'.

ALSO -- corrections to yesterday's #44 name plate from the adversarial pass:
 - kPlateARGB 0xFF808080 -> 0x80FFFFFF.  BMAP.BMF tag 0x0027 is
   dpfB_MATERIAL_OPACITY_TAG [T0 libDPL/dsys/PFBIZTAG.H], NOT a diffuse colour:
   the materials carry NO colour tag at all, so the plate is the unmodulated
   callsign raster at ~50% opacity, not a grey label.  (Two independent
   workflows converged on this.)
 - the plate's K = 1/2.8 is NOT the hotbox's constant (2.8145) -- de-unified.
 - the Lock attribute is HUD attr id 10, an int/Logical*, not a Scalar*.
 - the PNAME pair split is the V half, not U (our per-player texture is one
   128x32 cell, so the port quad samples v 0..1).
 - retracted bgf-format's 'tag 0x0027 likely SPECULAR [T4]'.

KB: new reconstruction-gotchas section on the whole bug class (load-time-only
state must be re-installed on every RE-load, incl. the serno trap).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg
2026-07-24 19:06:04 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 5 35c750dc7c Gitea #44: the reticle TARGET NAME PLATE (PNAME1-8) -- the target's callsign under the crosshair
Reconstructed the last deferred piece of the 1995 reticle, decoded from the
Execute disassembly @004cdcf0 [T1]:
 - selection: target_mech+0x190 (owning BTPlayer) -> player+0x1e0
   (playerBitmapIndex), 1-based into the mesh table at this+0x2e8
 - placement: re-placed every frame the aim moves -- scale 0.12 uniform,
   translate (K*retPos.x, K*retPos.y - 0.08, -1.0), K = 1/2.8 (the x87 long
   double @0x4cee64) -- so the label TRACKS THE AIM POINT, not screen centre
 - visibility: the LOCK attribute (this+0x184, cached +0x188) AND an owning
   player; reticle-off / simple-X also hide it
 - art: the plate quad UV-addresses a shared 128x64 bitslice texmap whose
   texels the pod OVERWROTE each mission with the egg's callsign rasters
   (original source commented out at L4VIDEO.cpp:5682-5710) -- the baked
   'PLAYER n' art in BMAP.BSL is only the shipped fallback.  Material colour
   is a neutral (0.5,0.5,0.5): grey-white, not phosphor green.

Port: same geometry in reticle units (0.224 below the aim point, 0.336x0.084)
drawn as the target's egg callsign texture through the reticle's own MapX/MapY
mapping, so it follows the world view in every layout and BT_SHOT captures it.
New: dpl2d_DrawTexturedRect, BTReticleTargetPlate, BTGetPlayerNameTexture.

Also: kRetCaret corrected 0.02f -> 0.025f (_DAT_004cd7f4 read from the binary;
the old value was a T3 guess, 20% small).

KB: gauges-hud + open-questions corrected (the chain was filed as deferred and
mis-attributed to 'the 3D marker'); TWO PNAME consumers now distinguished (this
plate, and CameraShipHUDRenderable's ranking window which shipped 2026-07-18);
new bgf-format section on the plate atlas.

Rig-verified: 2-node relay, BT_GOTO=enemy -> '[hud] name plate: bmp=2 tex=1'
and 'Boreas' rendered under the crosshair on the locked target.  Solo clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg
2026-07-24 18:36:02 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 5 b7107b1020 Gitea #43: the Comm pilot list now shows EVERY pilot -- three stacked fixes
1. Roster count used the binary's raw entry+0x29&0x40 read on our compiled
   objects (databinding trap) -> garbage latched pilotCount=1.  Decoded: the
   flag is Player::NonScoringPlayerFlag (bit 14 = Entity::NextBit); both
   loops now use IsScoringPlayer().  Also closes the pilotIDs[1] overrun.
2. The build-once latch races async replicant arrival (rig-proven 1-then-2):
   rebuild on scoring-census change [T3 accommodation, demand-latch
   precedent]; also un-dangles departed peers.  Forensic: '[score] pilot
   roster built: N'.
3. Name icons were a NULL stub + zeros blank authentically -> rows invisible.
   Wired BTPilotNameBitmap (playerBitmapIndex -> Mission small callsign
   raster, the radar-label chain); replaces the raw pilot+0x1e0 key.

Rig-verified: Aeolus + Boreas rows with callsigns on both nodes incl. the
staggered-start race; solo unregressed (1 scoring pilot).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0166KTsC7ADm7VXEi1HF1jNg
2026-07-24 17:51:52 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 a35cef4c01 Issue #42: doubled MFD joystick -- restore the dropped MoveToAbsolute(0,0)
The binary's ConfigMapGauge dirty-redraw (@004c6f1c) is SetColor(0xFF)
-> MoveToAbsolute(0,0) -> DrawBitMapOpaque; the transcription dropped
the reposition.  The FIRST draw worked by accident (fresh view cursor
at the origin); every forced redraw -- the weapon panel's DISPLAY
round-trip (main -> ENG DATA -> main, BecameActive sets dirty) --
blitted btjoy.pcc at the state-lamp loop's leftover cursor (0xc, 0x55),
painting an offset ghost joystick over the original on every MFD.

Repro pinned live by the operator (initial draw correct; doubles on
the DISPLAY round-trip, every MFD).  LIVE-VERIFIED fixed by the
operator: round-trips redraw cleanly.  NOT a regression -- present
since the joystick went live (89b4f53; bisect-confirmed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-24 09:25:12 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 ac7f0cb13a Issue #38 (partial): egg camo-color validation + paint forensics
Respawn-paint investigation: 10 forced respawns on the i22 rig showed
paint STABLE across in-place respawns on both master and replicant --
the in-place reset does NOT repaint.  Two real findings landed:

1. 'Red' is NOT a camo color (the vehicle table authors Crimson=red for
   camo; Red exists only as a PATCH color) -- an egg with color=Red
   paints the mech silent gray from first spawn (the engine tolerates
   the table miss by design).  The relay now WARNS at egg load on any
   color= outside the camo set; our MPSHORT test egg had exactly this
   bug (fixed).
2. [paint] log now carries the entity id, so the one-time-observed
   nondeterministic video-model rebuilds (sernos 2-5 with swapped
   colors, run 1 only) will be attributable when they recur.

The reported color/style change on respawn remains unreproduced in the
deterministic rig -- needs the observer detail (whose mech, which view)
from the next field sighting.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-24 00:22:42 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 3d8bfdeba6 Hardening: unknown vehicle= in the egg fails loud instead of segfaulting
Found during the #35 (Owens laser crash) hunt: FindResourceDescription
returns NULL for an unknown vehicle name and release builds (Check
compiled out) segfaulted on Lock() -- a typo'd or corrupted vehicle
tag in a served egg would crash EVERY pod at drop.  Now logs
'[spawn] FATAL: unknown vehicle' + Fail() with a clean exit.
Verified: vehicle=nosuch -> message + exit 127 (was a segfault).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-24 00:10:04 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 86e387b6c7 Valve forensics + KB: the boost mechanic is real; the field cook-off was a detent question
Measured A/B/C (Blackhawk, sustained autofire, 150s soaks): SRM6 on
Condenser2 plateaus ~531 and COOLS at share 0.91 (boost 2), climbs to
the jam band at balanced (0.167), and runs at the 2000 failure line
starved (0.018).  MoveValve reruns the redistribute every press;
veteran passes the novice guard.  The field 'boosted loop 2 still
cooked' therefore means the valve was NOT at the 50 detent during the
fight -- the 1->5->50->0 cycle turns the loop OFF one press past max.
MoveValve presses now log always-on ('[valve] <name> -> detent N' +
a CLOSED warning) so the next field session records the detents.

Also: solo mission clock verified live (60s egg self-ends,
'[mission] solo game clock expired' -> RunMissions returns).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 15:59:04 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 2edd1b5363 Issue #31: wire the EJECT button (EjectAmmo msg 0xb @004bb9b8) -- the in-mission unjam
Disasm-faithful transcription of the export-gap handler onto
ProjectileWeapon (MESSAGE_ENTRY id 0xb, the #19 pattern).  PRESS arms
the ~3s UpdateEject countdown (bin alarm -> Ejecting(3); gate 2 parks
the weapon offline mid-eject -- authentic).  HOLD to completion =
DumpAmmo jettisons the bay -> NoAmmo.  TAP (release early) cycles ONE
round out via FeedAmmo and returns the weapon to Loading -- clears a
jam at the cost of a round (and recovers a FailureHeat 7 while rounds
remain).  Binary structure kept exactly incl. the press-no-bin
fall-through into the release block.

AmmoBin: Ejecting(3)/Ejected(4) alarm levels decoded + named
SetAmmoState accessor (databinding rule).  Always-on forensics:
'[weap] EJECT tap' + '[ammo] bay DUMPED overboard (N rounds)'.

Rig-verified live (BT_EJECTTEST=1 / =hold on LRM15): taps eject one
round each and return the weapon to service (15->8 across cycles);
hold dumps all 16 -> NoAmmo.  Awaiting a human press of the actual
ENG-page button on a jammed weapon.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 13:49:11 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 225fe43f0c CORRECTION: EJECT tap IS the in-mission unjam (EjectAmmo @004bb9b8 decoded)
Old-timer testimony (tap = eject one round, hold = eject the bay, eject
clears a jam) checked against the binary: raw disasm of the export-gap
handler @004bb9b8 confirms it byte-for-byte.  PRESS arms the ~3s
UpdateEject countdown (hold-to-completion = DumpAmmo whole bay ->
NoAmmo); RELEASE before completion (TAP) ejects ONE round (@004bd4f4)
and, with ammo remaining, sets weaponAlarm 3 + restarts the reload --
the weapon returns to service.  A tap even recovers a FailureHeat
level-7 launcher while rounds remain (empty-bin gate 2 re-pins 7 only
when the bay is dry).

The earlier 'jams are mission-permanent / no unjam exists' claim read
only the HOLD path -- corrected + swept: projweap.cpp case-5/jam-log/
CheckForJam comments, players/README.txt, decomp-reference.md
(message-tables entry), open-questions.md (state-7 recovery note).
Gitea #31 updated; wiring the handler now restores the pod's actual
jam-recovery mechanic.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 12:21:06 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 cbebb0f1c1 Audio source-pool census + fix the unbuilt jam-log literal
Field report (playtest night + operator): audio cutting in and out
toward the end of the match -- the classic shape of source-pool
pressure (sources release only at entity teardown; long matches
accumulate looping occupants like wreck burn/smoke until transients
lose the voice fight; OpenAL mixing capacity is finite).  L4AUDRND now
tracks live/deleted/failed sources: a 30s '[audio] source census' line
plus an ALWAYS-logged line on every acquisition failure (the smoking
gun).  Soak test next to confirm the leak/occupation slope.

Also: the ffa3933 jam-entry log had a raw newline in a string literal
(committed unbuilt -- process violation, caught by this build).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 10:59:39 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 cc6639d952 projweap: correct the msg-2 jam claim (it CAUSES jams, decomp-verified)
HandleMessage @004bcabc: message 2 -> SetLevel(weaponAlarm, 5) -- a
malfunction INDUCER, not an unjam; the state-machine comment had it
backwards.  There is NO in-mission unjam in the binary (jams clear only
at ResetToInitialState = mission reset/respawn), and the EJECT cycle is
the anti-cook-off ammo jettison (DumpAmmo -> NoAmmo), not an unjam.
The old 'unjam delay' follow-up suggestion is retired as unauthentic.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 10:33:37 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 ffa39335e0 Weapon jam/failure/dry transitions always log (field diagnosability)
Solo field report: both SRM launchers went inert with ammo remaining and
the default log could not answer whether they jammed or heat-failed --
every weapon-state transition log was gated behind BT_AMMO_LOG.  The
edges are rare and mission-permanent, so they now log unconditionally:
[weap] JAMMED with temperature/alarm evidence at the CheckForJam hit,
and both NoAmmo edge logs (gate 1 destroyed/failHeat/disabled, gate 2
dry bin) ungated.  The missing MFD presentation for these states is
issue #30.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 10:15:15 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 12a1fea823 Score replication: peers' scores now reach every pod (rank fix)
Field report (playtest night, voice channel): everyone's HUD showed
them in 1st place.  Root cause: the engine's score-replication
machinery was complete -- Player::WriteUpdateRecord ships currentScore,
the replicant ReadUpdateRecord applies it, CalcRanking sums every
scoring player -- but nothing marked the player's update record dirty
on a score change (the engine only ForceUpdates at mission end for the
fade sync).  Every peer's replicant player therefore stayed at score 0
and each machine ranked its own (only-nonzero) player first.

Fix: ForceUpdate() after every score application in the BTPlayer
handlers (main, inflicted, and the severed-vehicle branch) -- the
existing update-record path does the rest.

Verified 2-node (force-damage kill scoring): the victim's machine ranks
the killer's REPLICANT at its replicated score (24) above its own
master (0); standings consistent on both nodes.  BT_RANK_LOG=1 kept as
the 1 Hz per-player ranking dump.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 09:39:19 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 02a41f165f Issue #27: projectiles carry the weapon's real damage type (ballistic)
Playtest matchlog forensics: across 2,591 applied-damage events in two
rounds, Ballistic (type 1) damage NEVER appeared -- Collision/Explosive/
Laser/Energy only -- despite 136 projectile impacts and autocannon/Gauss
mechs.  The weapon parses its authentic damageData.damageType correctly
(mechweap.cpp:316 maps "BallisticDamage" -> 1), but BTPushProjectile
never carried the type and every projectile-impact site in mech4.cpp
hardcoded ExplosiveDamageType.  So autocannon/Gauss rounds were scaled
against armor by damageScale[Explosive] instead of damageScale[Ballistic]
(the model indexes a distinct scale cell per damage type) -- every
ballistic weapon did the wrong damage all night.

Lasers/PPCs were unaffected (their SendDamageMessage path carries the
weapon's own damageData); missiles happen to BE Explosive so only
autocannon & Gauss were mis-scaled.

BTProjectile gains a damageType field, threaded from the firing weapon
(damageData.damageType) at launch through to the impact dispatch;
missiles resolve Explosive from their own streamed type, autocannon/
Gauss now resolve Ballistic.  The missile-splash template stays
Explosive.  Enum is anonymous so the field casts to Enumeration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 01:09:13 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 4e0fcbf328 Issue #26: runtime master volume (-/= keys, persisted)
The game audio plays hot with no in-game control -- testers couldn't
hear voice chat without the Windows mixer (playtest night).  The -/=
keys now step the OpenAL listener gain (the master scale every source
inherits) in 5% steps, clamped 0..150%, edge-detected in the per-frame
poll with a foreground guard; the value persists to content\volume.cfg
and reloads at boot (BT_AUDIO_VOLUME env still wins when set; default
stays 0.6).  README updated.

Verified: volume.cfg 0.25 -> boot log "master gain=0.25"; key stepping
needs a live focused session (awaiting live verification).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 00:53:07 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 5f115eca19 Issue #22: respawn resets ammo + repairs weapons (the +0x28 mislabel)
ROOT CAUSE [T1]: Mech::Reset's subsystem sweep (@0049fb74 loop-2) calls
vtable slot +0x28, which the DATA-section vtables prove is
ResetToInitialState (0050f9d8/00511d2c/00512078/0051242c all carry the
class RTIS at +0x28) -- our reconstruction mislabeled it DeathReset,
the EMPTY engine base virtual, so the whole per-subsystem reset was a
silent no-op ("ammo and weapons do not reset on respawn", playtest
night; matchlogs: 3 of 7 players fired zero projectiles after their
first death).

SECOND LAYER: the binary never refilled ammo at all -- its respawn
severed the vehicle and DropZoneReply built a NEW mech (fresh ctor =
full bins, pristine subsystems: the pod behavior testers remember).
Our port deliberately reuses the entity (the new-mech path was the
two-mech/camera-glitch family), so Reset now EMULATES ctor-freshness:

- the sweep starts at i=2 (binary-faithful: skips mapper + voltage
  bus) and dispatches the engine DeathReset virtual as the vehicle;
  per-class overrides chain each class's own authentic slot-10 RTIS
  body (the recon RTIS namesakes are statically bound -- no common
  virtual): MechWeapon @004b96ec, Emitter @004ba4d0 (charge cycle
  restarts from Loading), ProjectileWeapon @004bbaf8 (unjams).
- MechSubsystem::RespawnRepair (PORT): heals the subsystem's PRIVATE
  crit damage zone + status alarm -- the mech-zone heal never touched
  those, which kept destroyed weapons dead across respawns.
- AmmoBin::DeathReset (PORT): refills to initialAmmoCount (@0x220, the
  ctor value) + Loaded alarm + idle feed + cook-off disarmed;
  ResetToInitialState stays authentically EMPTY per AMMOBIN.TCP.

Verified (2-node force-damage kill/respawn rig, BT_DEATH_LOG): every
respawn logs [respawn] ammo bin refills for both bins to streamed
capacity across 4 death cycles; mission un-regressed.  KB corrected +
swept (multiplayer.md task #52 notes).  Awaiting live tester
verification of depleted-bin refill + revived weapons.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-23 00:42:31 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 753540de96 MP match forensics: per-peer matchlog + relay auto-upload + matchcheck
For the 8-player playtest.  Damage authority is VICTIM-side, so no single
peer sees the whole match: every -net instance now writes a compact
machine-parseable matchlog_<date>_<time>_<pid>.txt (auto-armed by -net;
BT_MATCHLOG=1/0 overrides; solo silent), and at mission end a relay-mode
pod dials the relay game port (the seat-request throwaway-dial pattern,
envelope route -9) and streams the file back -- the relay saves every
peer's copy under matchlogs/ on the operator's machine, so testers send
nothing by hand.  tools/matchcheck.py <dir> reconciles all of them:
damage claimed (FIRE/PROJ/SPLASH/RAM, shooter-side) vs applied (DMG,
victim-side authoritative), kill/death replication across observers,
PLAYER_DEAD counts, scores, version skew, replicant-application and
unattributed-damage anomalies, mid-mission disconnects.

Hooks at the authoritative sites: Mech::TakeDamageMessageHandler (DMG,
post-base, zone + post-application damageLevel), MechWeapon::
SendDamageMessage (FIRE), projectile impact/splash/collision dispatch
(PROJ/SPLASH/RAM), wreck entry (DEATH -- a ONE-SHOT latch at
MovementMode 9, NOT the transition: a replicant arrives at 9 straight
from the type-6 record header and never runs the transition branch),
BTPlayer vehicle/death/score handlers (VEHICLE/PLAYER_DEAD/SCORE), zone
crit cascade (CRIT), APP.cpp RunningMission (MISSION), L4NET host
handlers (PEER_UP/PEER_DOWN).  Every line t=/w=/st=-stamped + fflushed.

Verified 2-node: mesh run pairs A's 22 FIRE 1:1 with B's 22 DMG (same
amounts, cylinder-resolved zones, ~200ms latency); force-damage kill run
logs 103 DMG + 3 DEATH inst=M + 3 PLAYER_DEAD across three respawn
cycles victim-side and the kill SCOREs shooter-side; relay-mode run
auto-uploaded BOTH peers' files at the mission-clock stop and matchcheck
produced the full report with exactly one (correct) anomaly -- the force
hook's claim-less damage, the unattributed-damage detector working.
Relay gained a route-specific 8MB cap for the upload frame (game frames
stay capped at 1600).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-22 13:22:10 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 21b2bfc1c9 Issue #21: overcharge-bricked weapons -- latent ARCADE bug, deliberate divergence
The tester's ER small laser died permanently (recharge arc + ready dot dark,
no fire) after idle seek-gear clicking.  Root cause, byte-verified + headless-
reproduced -- a latent bug in the SHIPPED ARCADE BINARY:

- The charge integrates toward the GENERATOR voltage (@004ba838), not the
  gear target; "full" is only detected inside the +-1% snap window around
  seekVoltage[idx] (@004ba738), and overcharge reads ZERO (the byte-verified
  _DAT_004ba830 = 0.0 clamp).
- Toggle seek while a charge is in flight and the level can land ABOVE the
  new gear's window: rechargeLevel pins to 0, the ==1.0 Loaded test can
  never fire, and charging continues to the generator ceiling where EVERY
  gear reads overcharged.  Permanent brick; generator reselect cannot help.
- The arcade dodged it by circumstance (locked 60 fps, rare seek use); the
  port's clickable seek button hits it in seconds of casual clicking.

Fix (marked divergence in the Loading tick): overcharge counts as fully
charged -> Loaded.  The arcade's own discharge algebra says full == the
gear's seek voltage, so an overcharged weapon IS full.

Verified: the same 2.5-min BT_SEEKTEST abuse that bricked the laser pre-fix
now fires 38 overcharge rescues and ends Loaded/pct=1.  [seek] log now also
prints the per-gear voltage table + gen voltages (diagnosis instrumentation).

Ruled out on the way (documented in #21): overheat fuse (no firing occurred;
a 4-min autofire+coolant-abuse run wouldn't fuse), generator detach (gen
cycling + healthy siblings), seek-table corruption (table {6000,7000,8000,
9900} healthy).

KB: decomp-reference.md records the arcade-latent-bug analysis.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 15:39:56 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 e9db161404 Issue #20: wire Mech BalanceCoolant (id 0x16) -- the auto-cooling-balance button
Third instance of the silent-swallow pattern (unregistered handler id ->
Receiver NullHandler).  The Mech handler table @0x50BDF8 binds
{0x16, "BalanceCoolant" -> @0049f728}; the reconstruction never registered it.

Disasm-verified body (@0049f728): press-only guard (msg+0xc > 0; the binary
has NO novice lockout on this one), set EVERY condenser's valveState@0x1D0
to 1 (equal weights), then the shared redistribute @0049f788 -- which the
port ALREADY had faithfully as BTRecomputeCondenserValves (flow =
valve/total + condenserAlarm pulse; MoveValve calls it).  So the fix is:
- mech.hpp/mech.cpp: BalanceCoolantMessageID=0x16 + handler + MESSAGE_ENTRY
- heatfamily_reslice.cpp: BTBalanceCondenserValves bridge (Condenser is a
  complete type there; sets valves to 1 + redistributes)
- mech4.cpp: BT_BALTEST scripted harness (MoveValve press alternating with
  a Balance press)

VERIFIED headless (BT_BALTEST=1 BT_VALVE_LOG=1):
  boot     -> all valves 1, flows 0.1667 each
  MoveValve-> condenser#1 valve 5, flows 0.5 / 0.1x5 (the priority boost)
  BALANCE  -> all valves 1, flows 0.1667 each (equalized)
Awaiting the tester's live ADV-mode confirmation.

KB: decomp-reference.md Mech-table row marked wired.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 14:31:46 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 4aab10ba89 Issue #19: wire ToggleSeekVoltage (Myomers id 9 + energy weapons id 0xb)
Root cause -- NOT issue #2 (the experience mis-seed pins everyone to VETERAN,
which PASSES the novice lockout; the gates were never the blocker).  Two
unwired handlers, the same silent-swallow pattern ToggleCooling had
(Receiver::Receive -> NullHandler for an unregistered id):

- Myomers (handler table @0x51158C {9,"ToggleSeekVoltage"@004b8a48}): the
  reconstruction had an EMPTY stub (the address falls in the untagged decomp
  gap 0x4b8837..0x4b8a8c) and never registered the id.  Body reconstructed
  faithfully from the raw disassembly (tools/disas2.py 0x4b8a48): novice
  lockout (@4ac9c8) -> heat-model gate (@4ad7d4) -> press-only (msg+0xc>0) ->
  currentSeekVoltageIndex@0x320 = (idx+1) % (maxSeekVoltageIndex@0x32C + 1).
  Modulo from zero, min index not consulted, no ResetFiringState.

- Emitter (energy-weapon table @0x511DB8 {0xb,"ToggleSeekVoltage"@004ba478}):
  the faithful body already existed as the orphaned "AdvanceSeekVoltage"
  (ZERO callers) -- converted to the registered message handler (same guards;
  cycle + ResetFiringState when not wrapping, disasm re-verified).  PPC and
  GaussRifle copy-inherit the set; the ammo branch keeps its own id 0xb ==
  EjectAmmo (still unwired, tracked separately).

Both registered via MESSAGE_ENTRY on top of the inherited chains.  Permanent
diagnostics: [seek] gear log (BT_SEEK_LOG) + BT_SEEKTEST scripted dispatch
harness (mech4.cpp, the cooltoggle pattern).

VERIFIED headless: [seek] Myomers -> 3,0,1,2,3... and [seek] PPC_1 ->
3,0,1,2,3... (modulo-4 wrap, matching the binary's arithmetic).  Awaiting
the tester's live ADV-mode confirmation for the real MFD button route (the
routing layer is the same streamed-EventMapping path ToggleCooling verified).

KB: decomp-reference.md message-table rows marked wired.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 12:57:18 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 babf5b1e77 Keymap: sync CONTROLS.MAP to the bindings.txt layout (one map everywhere)
The user standardized on the "newer" layout (numpad aim cluster, arrows =
throttle/pedals, Alt = reverse thrust).  That layout lived only in
bindings.txt (PadRIO, GLASS-profile boots); CONTROLS.MAP (btinput, DEV/pod
boots) lacked the numpad cluster entirely and had NO reverse binding -- so
the felt keymap flip-flopped with the boot flavor.

Added to CONTROLS.MAP + the byte-identical compiled-in default profile
(btinput.cpp sDefaultProfile):
  Alt          -> button 0x3F (throttle-head REVERSE THRUST)
  NumPad8/2    -> JoystickY aim up/down
  NumPad4/6    -> JoystickX torso twist
  NumPad7/9    -> pedals (turn)
  NumPad5      -> AllStop
  Shift        -> throttle up (alt)
Parse-verified: [input] loaded 61 binding(s) from CONTROLS.MAP, no warnings.
Both engines now carry the same layout, so DEV/pod boots (MP join bats) and
GLASS boots (play_solo) feel identical.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 09:36:27 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 4215b98655 Trigger config: root-cause the dead cockpit clicks (missing BT_PLATFORM=glass)
The user held the MFD PROGRAM button and nothing happened (weapons kept
firing).  Diagnosis, verified end-to-end:

- The cockpit mouse handler DID register the click ([cockpit] CLICK addr=0x8
  press) and 0x8 IS a streamed PROGRAM element (EVENT msg 0x9 -> weapon,
  Mfd1 quad page mask).
- But every launch ran the DEV platform profile (no BT_PLATFORM) ->
  L4CONTROLS=KEYBOARD -> no PadRIO instance -> PadRIO::SetScreenButton
  no-ops (activeInstance NULL) -> the press never entered the RIO queue ->
  ConfigureMappables (id 9) never dispatched -> the mode never flipped ->
  fire keys kept firing.  The config machinery itself was never broken.
- With BT_PLATFORM=glass (the GLASS profile: L4CONTROLS=PAD -> PadRIO), the
  full chain now proves out headlessly:
    [btntest] PRESS 0x8 -> [cfgmap] ENTER session on ERMLaser_1
      mode 0x450421 -> 0x448421 (NonMapping 0x10000 -> Mapping 0x8000)
    [btntest] RELEASE 0x8 -> [cfgmap] EXIT (mode restored)

Landed:
- mechweap.cpp: [cfgmap] BT_FIRE_LOG diagnostics in the real
  ConfigureMappables/ChooseButton handlers (they were silent -- the G-key
  harness had logs but the authentic button path had none).
- L4PADRIO.cpp: BT_BTNTEST="addr,pressPoll,releasePoll" scripted screen-
  button harness through the REAL click seam (EmitButton -> RIO queue ->
  manager drain -> buttonGroup mapping) for headless verification.
- play_solo.bat: prefer the glass build when present AND set
  BT_PLATFORM=glass so PadRIO exists and cockpit clicks work.

Side finding (the user's keymap "flip-flop"): CONTROLS.MAP (btinput, DEV/pod
profile) and bindings.txt (PadRIO, GLASS profile) are two parallel binding
engines; which one runs depends on the platform profile, so the felt keymap
changes with the boot flavor.  Unification pending (user decision).

Awaiting live verification of the full hold-PROGRAM + tap-fire regroup flow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 09:31:52 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 89b4f53046 Gauges: trigger-config joystick is LIVE -- @004c6ee0 is LinkToEntity, not SetColor
The weapon panel's btjoy trigger-config display (ConfigMapGauge) never rendered
because the reconstruction labelled @004c6ee0 as "SetColor(int)" and, finding no
caller, concluded the gauge was authentically dormant (task #6), gating it
behind a BT_CONFIGMAP dev env.

The user challenged this (the PROGRAM/TRIGGER CONFIG button implies the display
visualizes your config).  Re-verification found the old analysis failed twice:
the "no caller" search looked for direct calls to a VIRTUAL, and its slot math
used the wrong vtable copy.  The real ConfigMapGauge vtable @0051a1b8, matched
against the T0 GaugeBase virtual roster (GAUGE.h), pins @004c6ee0 at slot 9
(+0x24) == GaugeBase::LinkToEntity, and @0x94 is the linkedEntity -- the
Execute gate is "not yet linked", not "disabled".  The engine broadcasts
LinkToEntity(viewpointEntity) to every gauge at viewpoint bind (APP.cpp:1277 ->
GaugeRenderer::LinkToEntity GAUGREND.cpp:3011), arming the gate -- the joystick
DOES render in the shipped game, showing per-trigger mapping state (solid =
mapped, matching the DOSBox reference).

Port fix: SetColor(int color) -> LinkToEntity(Entity*), color -> linkedEntity,
BT_CONFIGMAP dev enable deleted (the authentic path lights it).  Render-verified
with no env override: the joystick + mapped-trigger lamp draw on weapon panels.

KB swept per the correction mandate: gauges-hud.md, decomp-reference.md,
open-questions.md, GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md, VEHICLE_SUBSYSTEMS.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 08:49:58 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 4fbc911f55 Gauges: fix temp/status bar colours (black remainder, not green)
Follow-up to the tiled-render fix: the two colour params were swapped.  The
binary caller (@004c8269) pushes the colours 0xff then 0; they land at
[this+0xA0]=fillColor (0xff green) and [this+0xA4]=backgroundColor (0 black).
The binary uses the GREEN for zone 1 (tile SetColor / dots) and zone 2 (the
over-degrade fill), and BLACK only for zone 3 (the unfilled remainder
[valPix,width]).

The port had them reversed -- zone 3 used fillColor -- so the whole remainder
of the bar (most of it, since valPix is small when cold) rendered solid green
instead of black.  Swapped: zone 1 + zone 2 = fillColor (green), zone 3 =
backgroundColor (black).  Render-verified: black background + green dotted tick
scale + a green hatch fill growing from the left, matching the reference.
Both builds clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 08:19:05 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 4d4436ed03 Gauges: temp/status bar tiles the striped pattern from x=0 (HorizTwoPartBar)
The per-weapon TEMP/STATUS bar (HorizTwoPartBar) rendered as a solid block
starting at the warn-threshold pixel -- it "started in the middle" and was
never striped.  The port's Execute had been rewritten with DrawFilledRectangle
and never used the interned tile image, unlike the (correct) VertTwoPartBar
which tiles via DrawTiledBitmap.

Restored the binary's three-zone render (disasm @004c4340), along X:
  [0, warnPix)      DrawTiledBitmap(tileImage) -- the striped/dotted pattern
  [warnPix, valPix) backgroundColor solid (only when value > low)
  [valPix, width)   fillColor solid
So the bar now fills the striped tile from the beginning and matches the
reference (hatched fill block on the left + dotted tick scale).  Render-
verified vs the DOSBox reference capture.  Both builds clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 08:03:41 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 66dcdf23db Gauges: ammo count stencils out of the fire-ready dot (BallisticWeaponCluster)
The base-page missile/round count sat on the fire-ready "dot" (the cluster
image blitted green when charged) as green digits on an opaque black box --
a messy dark rectangle punched into the solid green dot.

The binary swaps the ammo count's colours with the dot state.  Verified from
the decomp: BallisticWeaponCluster overrides DrawWarningLamp (@004c9b50) --
it chains the base (@004c932c, which blits the dot in on-colour 0xff /
off-colour 0) and then calls the ammo NumericDisplayInteger's SetColors:
  dot ABSENT  -> SetColors(0, 0xff)  == green digits on black
  dot PRESENT -> SetColors(0xff, 0)  == BLACK digits cut out of the green dot
so the count is always legible (a stencil against the solid dot -- the same
black-on-green look as the loop/generator squares).  SetColors ForceUpdate()s
the numeric so it repaints over the freshly drawn dot.

The port had only the base WeaponCluster::DrawWarningLamp (non-virtual, no
swap), so the count stayed green-on-black and clashed with the green dot.
Made DrawWarningLamp virtual and added the BallisticWeaponCluster override.
Render-verified (STREAK "0024" now black-cut-out of the solid dot); energy
weapons (no ammo count) unaffected.  Both builds clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 00:44:38 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 f2eaf3d0ac Gauges: convert generator-voltage bar to named-member bridge
The eng-page generator-voltage bar (evolt.pcc, ScalarBarGauge @004c721c) and
the MyomerCluster seek-voltage graph were fed by GeneratorVoltageConnection,
which walked the same dead path as the generator-letter lamp:
ResolveLink(AttributePointerOf(subsystem,"InputVoltage")) -> read resolved
+0x1DC == Generator::outputVoltage. The BT_DEV_GAUGES audio attribute rows
shifted the chained attribute ids so AttributePointerOf no longer lands on
voltageSource@0x1D0 -> the bar always read 0.

New BTGeneratorVoltage(subsystem) bridge (powersub.cpp) reads the NAMED member
via PoweredSubsystem::ResolveVoltageSource()->Generator::MeasuredVoltage()
(outputVoltage@0x1DC), bypassing the attribute table -- same pattern as
BTPowerSourceFrame/BTCoolingLoopFrame. Both GeneratorVoltageConnection callers
(the ScalarBarGauge param + the MyomerCluster seekValue) now pass subsystem_in.

[voltfeed]-verified: Myomers -> 10000V from GeneratorD (was 0 on the dead
path). Both pod + glass builds clean. Eng-page render awaiting live playtest.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 00:21:41 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 e634709e5d Gauges: fix blank per-weapon loop/generator lamps (4A/1B/5D boxes)
The SubsystemCluster per-weapon MFD panels render two image-strip lamps in
the TEMP/STATUS area: the cooling-loop number (btploop, 1..6) and the
generator letter (btpbus, A..D). Both drew as completely empty boxes.
Three stacked databinding bugs, all now fixed:

1. Color drop (btl4gau2.cpp): AnimatedSubsystemLamp/AnimatedSourceLamp
   ctors dropped the bg/fg color params the binary passes (bg=0xff,fg=0,
   same as the neighboring temp bar) and hardcoded 0,0 -> OneOfSeveral::
   Execute did SetColor(0)+DrawBitMapOpaque(0), i.e. black-on-black.
   Restored 0xff,0 (verified vs @004c70a4 / caller SubsystemCluster
   @004c8140).

2. Shadow-field trap (btl4gau2.hpp, gotcha #2): both lamp classes
   re-declared `int selected;` while already inheriting it from
   OneOfSeveral (@0xAC). The CoolingLoop/PowerSource connection wrote the
   derived shadow copy while OneOfSeveral::Execute read the base @0xAC
   (always 0) -> every lamp stuck on frame 0 ("OFF"). Removed the
   redeclarations so &selected binds the inherited member. Loop numbers
   now render (verified: PPC->4, Myomers->5, ERMLaser->1/6, etc.).

3. Attribute-table shift (powersub.cpp + btl4gau2.cpp, gotcha #8): the
   generator-letter lamp resolved its source via
   ResolveLink(AttributePointerOf(subsystem,"InputVoltage")), but the
   BT_DEV_GAUGES audio attribute rows shifted the chained attribute ids so
   AttributePointerOf no longer landed on voltageSource@0x1D0 -> the link
   always resolved to 0 (OFF) even though the master PoweredSubsystem ctor
   DID bind voltageSource to its Generator. New BTPowerSourceFrame bridge
   reads the NAMED member via PoweredSubsystem::ResolveVoltageSource() and
   returns Generator::generatorNumber (@0x1E0), bypassing the attribute
   table -- the same pattern as the BTCoolingLoopFrame fix. Generator
   letters now render (verified: PPC_1->GeneratorA="A", Myomers->
   GeneratorD="D", SRM6->GeneratorB="B").

Result: the "4 A / 1 B / 5 D" boxes render with both the loop number and
generator letter, matching the reference. Kept BT_LOOP_LOG-gated
[loopfeed]/[busfeed] feed diagnostics; both pod + glass builds clean.

Awaiting live playtest verification.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 00:08:58 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 cbc5ff9532 Wire ToggleCooling (msg 3): restore the coolant on/off button + handler chain
Coolant priority (Lynx: weapon MFD -> Display -> Coolant) was unreachable: the
ToggleCooling handler (@004ad6f8, HeatableSubsystem table @0x50E41C id 3) was
undefined AND the handler chain skipped it -- PoweredSubsystem::GetMessageHandlers
chained straight to the Receiver root, bypassing HeatSink/HeatableSubsystem, so a
weapon's dispatch never saw id 3.

Reconstructed ToggleCooling from the disassembly (tools/disas2.py 0x4ad6f8): a
per-subsystem coolant on/off TOGGLE -- novice-locked (owner->BTPlayer->
roleClassIndex+0x274==0, the same guard as MoveValve), press-only, then flip
coolantAvailable(+0x134) 0<->1 and coolantFlowScale(+0x15C) 0.0f<->1.0f.  Cutting a
system's cooling frees the shared loop for the rest -- the emergent "coolant
priority" (the mechanism is a toggle, not a multi-level cycle).

- heat.hpp / heatfamily_reslice.cpp: HeatSink::ToggleCoolingMessageHandler (id 3)
  + HeatSink::GetMessageHandlers.  Registered at HeatSink (the abstract
  HeatableSubsystem never instantiates; every concrete heatable subsystem is a
  HeatSink, where the coolant fields live) -- identical coverage to the binary's
  base-table registration, no downcast.
- powersub.cpp + Condenser/Reservoir: chain their handler sets through
  HeatSink::GetMessageHandlers so id 3 reaches every heatable subsystem.
- mech4.cpp: BT_COOLTOGGLE_TEST scripted inject (dispatch id 3 to the first weapon)
  for verification.

Verified (BT_COOLTOGGLE_TEST + BT_COOL_LOG, expert egg): "[cool] PPC_1 ToggleCooling
reached" then coolant OFF(flow 0.0) <-> ON(flow 1.0) each press -- chain routes,
handler toggles, novice guard honored.  Both build/ + build-glass/ compile clean;
existing ids 4-8 unaffected (found before id 3).  NEXT: the #2 MFD button routing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 23:04:04 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 89ddd49283 Add [ammo] fire trace (BT_AMMO_LOG); reproduces the missile FailureHeat->NoAmmo brick
Playtest: "lost missiles mid-fight, no pips, sad noise -- out of ammo?"  The default
build didn't trace ammo, so it couldn't be answered from the log.  Added a [ammo]
trace (env BT_AMMO_LOG) at the four ProjectileWeaponSimulation decision points --
FIRED+rounds-left, gate1/gate2 dry-transition edge, dry-fire blip, and denial -- plus
a public AmmoBin::GetAmmoCount() const getter.

Reproduced the actual cause: NOT ammo depletion.  The SRM6 trips gate 1 FailureHeat
(heatLvl=2) after ~5 volleys and latches into the permanent NoAmmo roach-motel with
19 rounds still in the bin:
  [ammo] SRM6_2 FIRED, rounds left=19
  [ammo] SRM6_2 -> NoAmmo (gate1): destroyed=0 failHeat=1 heatLvl=2 mechDisabled=0
Logged as the concrete instance of the heat-economy open question (open-questions.md).
Trace-only; no behavior change (all output gated on BT_AMMO_LOG).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 21:59:46 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 70eea6c1a4 Boresight parallax FIXED + the #4/#5 verdict instrumentation (Gitea #16, #4, #5)
PARALLAX (#16): the pick/fire ray was anchored at mech.y+5.0 (a port
improvisation) while the sight line ran from the eyepoint (y=6.23) --
two parallel rays whose constant offset grew into the reported low-miss
as range closed (measured ry +0.072 @50u -> +1.54 @2.7u).  The decomp's
sight and pick share the eye origin (HudSimulation @4b7830 chain).  Fix:
the viewpoint mech's cockpit eye owns the aim-camera publish in BOTH
views, origin = its own eye translation; leveling + deliberate elevation
untouched; chase view now converges to cockpit ballistics (V cannot
change where shots land).  After: pick pinned to the crosshair (ry <=
5e-6) from 50u to point-blank; 26 laser + 8 missile center-mass hits at
3/4-screen.  Awaiting the reporters' approach-test.

VERDICT INSTRUMENTATION (#4 closed authentic, #5 verdict posted):
BT_RANGE_LOG per-frame pick tracing + BTGroundRayHitExact analytic
cross-check (0/8000 arena fall-throughs; cavern 6/8400 single-frame
grazes -- the 'crazy sliding' is the authentic world-pick + 500 m/s
slide over depth discontinuities); BT_AUD_TAIL StopNote/fade timing +
BT_FIRE_PULSE single-shot driver (the energy 'buzz' is the AUTHORED
charging loop: crescendo through recharge, 1.309s authored release,
measured within one frame).  CAVERN.EGG: solo cavern test egg.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 14:51:54 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 d7158f1f82 Experience levels WIRED: the egg field drives the simulation tier (Gitea #2)
BTPlayer's master ctor now seeds the flag block from
btMission->ExperienceLevel() + AdvancedDamageOn() (accessors from the
SURVIVED 1995 BTMSSN.HPP [T0]) instead of the NULL-stubbed scenario
role -- the egg experience knob works for the first time.  Both switch
slot errors fixed vs the binary @4c0bc8; phantom btMission duplicate
member removed (+0x1f8 IS Player::playerMission).

SEVEN gate stubs unified onto the real flags (two found empirically):
HeatModelActive, OwnerAdvancedDamage, LiveFireEnabled,
ControlsAllowLights, powersub @4b0efc, emitter's file-local FUN_004ad7d4
+ FUN_004ac9c8 stubs.  FUN_004ac9c8 family swept (incl. a live raw-offset
databinding trap in MechSubsystem::IsDamaged).  Flag block renamed to its
true semantics (simLive/heatModelOn/...), scoring-era names kept as
comments.  Includes the #5 [aud-tail] diag in emitter.cpp.

ALL 19 shipped eggs say experience=expert -> default behavior UNCHANGED
(per-tier verified: novice/standard = no heat/jams, authentic; veteran/
expert = today's exact behavior).  Real delta: egg advancedDamage=1 now
reaches player+0x264/0x268 (was hardwired 0).  Follow-up flagged: the
glass FE defaults empty experience to veteran (one tier below shipped).

Awaiting human verification.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 14:51:35 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 6ad1e074cc Glass lever: port the pod-build GAIT DETENT to the PadRIO throttle slew
Human re-test on the fresh build: zero-stop OK, but the lever could PARK inside
the walk/run hysteresis band (walkStrideLength@0x534 .. reverseSpeedMax@0x538)
where the gait SM has no stable state -- walk<->run hunt, EngineShiftFwd/Rev
retriggering ("mixed walk/run mode + repeated acceleration sample").  The
pod-build keyboard lever already snaps out of the band to the NEARER edge at
key-rest (mech4.cpp GAIT DETENT); the PadRIO slew channel lacked it.

Faithful port, not an invention: mech4.cpp publishes the band in lever units
every driven frame (gBTGaitDetentLo/Hi seam, same guards + the same +0.002
engage margin); L4PADRIO Poll() applies the identical nearer-edge snap to the
Throttle channel when the slew rests (no slew key held, no pad slew axis
deflected).  Sweeping through the band while held stays continuous (the
authentic moving lever, one authentic shift).

Verified (DEV.EGG glass, graduated parks each ~0.10 of the sweep,
BT_GAIT_TRACE+BT_MPPR_TRACE): band [0.358026,0.50388) = demand 22.02-30.87;
in-band parks snap both directions (0.4137->lo, 0.465126->hi); no at-rest
sample in the band; exactly ONE walk->run clip (state 10) up and ONE run->walk
(state 14) down across the whole sweep; zero-stop unaffected; pod build
rebuilt + BT_AUTODRIVE smoke clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 10:57:34 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 1535e3e48d Glass 'keymap regression' triage: stale build-glass exe, not code — rebuild + full re-verify
The live-reported glass regressions (arrows dead / lever+detent missing /
V+J/K/L+N inert / weapons into the ground) were build-glass/Release/btl4.exe
built at 07:47 running the pre-5dd3536 image: no suppression tables, no V/J/K/L
keys, unpinned RIO ids.  content\bindings.txt already carried the merged map
(arrows = W/S lever + A/D pedals) and parsed clean.  Clean rebuild closed every
symptom; SendInput re-verification: lever holds on release + stops at zero,
LEFT/RIGHT turn in MID (wire-sign correct), V toggles with BT_SHOT pair, level
boresight at spawn, R/F elevation drive; pod build rebuilt + smoked un-regressed.

Code delta: BT_MPPR_TRACE [mppr-c] line enriched with mode/pedals/stick/turn/elev
so one env-gated line proves the whole control surface.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 10:36:16 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 5dd35365c7 Glass input audit: RIO mapper id fix (panel banks live), keyboard reconciliation
Root cause of the dead on-screen panel: MechRIOMapper's message-id enum
chained off L4MechControlsMapper::NextMessageID (=0x19), registering all 18
RIO override handlers at 0x19-0x2a while the streamed .CTL EventMapping
records carry the binary's ids -- the binary RIO table @0051dd30 re-registers
the BASE aux/zoom ids 3..0x13 (Hotbox 0x1a @0051de98).  Every MFD-bank/zoom
press hit the base ConfigureMappableMessageHandler FAIL trap (26/72 buttons
dead; an abort() on a trap-armed pod).  Ids now pinned to the binary
numbering + static_assert-locked (btl4mppr.hpp) -- panel goes 26 -> 52
working buttons (8 await handler reconstruction, filed on Gitea; 12 have no
streamed mapping authored = authentically inert).

Keyboard reconciliation (glass-only): the merged map -- keyboard hosts the
~20 core gameplay actions on the CONTROLS.MAP keys, the panel covers every
pod address by click (right-click = hold latch):
- W/S throttle lever, A/D pedals, Q/E twist, R/F elevation, X all-stop,
  arrows drive; numpad flight cluster kept (Cyd)
- 1/2/3/4/Space/LCTRL/RCTRL fire, LALT reverse, B look-behind (0x41)
- M=0x18 mode cycle, N=0x15 display cycle, H=0x2C coolant flush (hold),
  C=0x2F Condenser1 valve, G=0x0E weapon-1 configure (Mfd1-Quad-gated)
- F5-F9 = Mfd2 bank 0x27-0x24 + 0x22 (page-gated gen A-D / gen mode)
- hardcoded: ` or V = view toggle, J/K/L = Mfd1/2/3 preset-page cycle
  (PadRIO edges -> gBTPresetCycle; no pod "cycle" button exists)
- PadRIO::SuppressKey: bound keys are swallowed from the typed 1995 channel
  (the btinput suppression pattern, glass side) -- ends the glass double
  dispatch ('w'=pilot select 0, 'a'..'g'=MFD2 presets, NUMPAD/F-key key-up
  VK aliases like VK_F5=0x74='t').  Unbound keys keep their authentic
  meanings (5/z presets, t-o pilot select, +/- zoom, F1/F2 align).

DISPLACED from Cyd's default bindings (each reachable on the panel or by a
bindings.txt edit -- flagging for Cyd's veto): number row -> secondary panel
(1-4 now fire), QWERTY row -> pilot keypad (dropped), arrows -> hat looks
(now drive), V/C/B -> fire 0x47/0x46/0x45 (now view/valve/look-behind),
LCTRL -> throttle-down (now fire).  XInput pad section untouched.

Audit by-products (KB updated): the always-active msg-4 records identified
(0x2C = Reservoir flush, 0x29-0x2F = condenser valves, 0x1A-0x1D =
GeneratorA-D ToggleGeneratorOnOff @004b1ed0 unreconstructed); 0x13 = Mech
DuckRequest (crouch), 0x28 = BalanceCoolant; Searchlight/ThermalSight
ToggleLamp handler-sets are default-constructed EMPTY; weapon Eng-page msgs
0x3/0xb = ToggleCooling / ToggleSeekVoltage / EjectAmmo, all unwired;
unhandled messages are SILENT (no [FAIL] -- census = BT_CTRLMAP_LOG dump x
handler tables).

Verified live (build-glass2, ARENA1): panel presets/zoom/display/flush;
W drive (speedDemand 61.5, gait advances), Q turn (BAS), M -> MID, A turn
(MID), Space fires, N display, J/K/L presets, H flush drain, C valve 1->5;
suppression ('w' swallowed, 't' flows, F5-keyup swallowed); BT_SHOT frame.
Un-regression: pod build (gates OFF) compiles 0 errors, forced-walk drives,
streamed ids unchanged; CONTROLS.MAP/btinput untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 08:35:55 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 0d032029a0 Fix 2 (Gitea #12): gauge tree survives the in-session mech re-stream
The pre-launch host drop/rejoin re-stream re-creates every mech at mission
launch; the LOBBY-built gauge tree kept attribute pointers into the freed
first-stream mechs, every widget Execute AV'd, and the BT_DEV_GAUGES SEH
guard (Gauge::GuardedExecute, GAUGE.cpp:618) disabled each one PERMANENTLY
(rate=0, no rebind) -- the frozen dev-gauges window of incident #12.  The
authentic engine flow only tears the tree down at mission transitions
(Application::Shutdown -> gaugeRenderer->Shutdown() -> ShutdownImplementation
-> Remove(0), APP.cpp:787 / GAUGREND.cpp:3264); the re-stream bypassed it.

Fix: BTL4GaugeRenderer::TearDownForViewpointRestream() performs the
ENTITY-BOUND half of that same ShutdownImplementation sequence, in order
(gaugeAlarmManager->RemoveAllAlarms() -> Remove(0) -> moving/static entity
grid Clear), keeping the mission-scoped state (warehouse, graphics ports,
interpreter, controls-owned L4Lamps -- RemoveAllLamps would delete them
behind the buttonGroup's &lamp->automaticValue registrations).  Called from
BTL4Application::MakeViewpointEntity before ConfigureForModel("Init") on any
viewpoint RE-make -- that handler runs once per stream (the incident log's
[ctrlmap] installing x2) -- so the tree rebuilds bound to the NEW mech via
the renderer's existing lazy build.  Sentinel: "[gauge] viewpoint re-stream:
tearing the gauge tree down for rebuild".

Verified with the 2-instance relay harness (port 15600, MP_RELAY.EGG,
the incident sequence): join A (dev gauges) + B, kill B by exact PID at
WAITING FOR OPERATOR LAUNCH, rejoin B, operator launch.  Pod A re-streamed
(2x ctrlmap install, 4x zonebuild), logged the sentinel, and post-launch the
docked composite is fully live (mission clock/heading/radar advancing between
BT_SHOT frames) with ZERO [gauge-fault] DISABLED lines (the incident had 11).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 23:30:43 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 2edde29671 Fix 1 (Gitea #12): disasm-exact ProjectileWeaponSimulation @004bbd04 + the dirty-bit sweep
Replace the RivetGun-modeled ProjectileWeaponSimulation body with the fully
recovered binary machine (capstone disasm, every branch address-cited):

- gate 1 @4bbd36: simulationState@0x40==1 (destroyed) || heatAlarm==FailureHeat
  || owner disabled -> recoil=rechargeRate + alarm 7 (was: simulationFlags==1)
- gate 2 @4bbd71: bin alarm 2/3 or bin destroyed -> alarm 7 re-pinned per frame
- Loaded @4bbec2: DENIED shots (viewFireEnable off / no owner target) blip
  SetLevel(4);SetLevel(2) and STAY LOADED, no ammo pull (the old FireWeapon
  early-returns under an unconditionally-cycling caller faked a full firing
  pip cycle -- the "missiles cycle but never launch" incident mechanic);
  the ammo pull is bin->FeedAmmo @4bbee6 in the CALLER; both updateModel|=1
  marks (@4bbf05/@4bbf4c = ForceUpdate) bracket FireWeapon; recoil set @4bbf51
- Loading @4bbdd2: recoil bleeds ONLY here at electrical Ready and CLAMPS at 0
  (it ran to -114 before); bin Loaded -> weapon Loaded
- 7 @4bbe4d: binary-faithful roach motel (re-asserted unconditionally;
  recovery = ResetToInitialState only)
- slot 17 @004b9c9c reconstructed as MechWeapon::ComputeOutputVoltage
  (rechargeLevel=(rechargeRate-recoil)/rechargeRate, Emitter overrides with
  @4ba738) and called from Loading/7 -- the launcher recharge dial ANIMATES
  (the old "authentically static" claim was wrong)

FireWeapon bodies stripped to heat+spawn only per @004bcc60 (no view gate, no
ConsumeRound, no recoil); ConsumeRound retired (not a binary method).

Gotcha #20 sweep (all sites disasm-verified): simulationFlags|=0x1 == engine
DelayWatchersFlag (audio watchers muted forever) removed everywhere --
projweap/mislanch fire marks, ProjectileWeapon::ResetToInitialState (@4bbb47
= updateModel|=1); Emitter::SetDirty retired and split per binary site into
ForceUpdate() (@4bafaa/@4ba55d) vs ExecuteOnUpdate() (@4ba99a/@4ba943);
Emitter fault gate GetFlags()==1 -> simulationState==1 (@4baab9).

AmmoBin::GetAmmoState() accessor added (named-member read of ammoAlarm@0x1A8).
BT_LOOK_TEST=<frame> scripted verify added (mech4.cpp): holds the rear-view
button 300f on/300f off to drive viewFireEnable headlessly.

Verified solo ARENA1 (bhk1, autofire): 54-60 [projectile] PUSH + impact smoke;
look-back denial window = trigger pulses, state stays 2, zero launches,
resumes on release; enemy (disabled) mech launchers pinned 7 + full recoil;
STREAK-6 recharge dial sweeps across BT_SHOT frames; lasers fire throughout;
zero gauge faults.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 23:26:11 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 63b168cb92 SeekVoltageGraph: full reconstruction -- the eng-page POWER graph + top-box eraser (Gitea #11)
The #10 audit's one WRONG: the port Execute was a bring-up no-op, so the
emitter/myomer engineering pages never erased their top data box -> stale
sibling-page ghosts on the shared Eng bit-plane (SYSTEM 10 PPC showing the
Streak ammo box, etc).  Full faithful widget landed:

- btl4gau2: ctor/BecameActive/Execute/clear/ticks/cursor recovered from the
  capstone disasm of @004c6798/@004c6920/@004c6934/@004c6be4/@004c6c30/
  @004c6c6c (Ghidra dropped every x87 arg).  Plot: v=0..12000 step 1200,
  x=Round(response(v)*230), y=Round(v*(1/12000)*187) (ld80 @004c6bd0/@004c6d74
  = exactly 1/12000); change-test samples the response at 12000V vs the 9999
  activation sentinel; XOR op for tick/cursor move-by-redraw; destroyed branch
  centres edestryd.pcc and revives via own vtbl+0xC (BecameActive, slot 3 of
  PTR_0051a1fc -- vtable-dump verified).
- The vtbl+0x3C sampler identified from the binary vtables: Emitter slot 15
  @004bb42c = sqrt(P(v)/2.0e8), P @004bb3f4 = damageFraction*v^2*0.5*
  energyCoefficient; Myomers slot 15 @004b8f94 = sqrt(AvailableOutput(v)*3.6/
  350).  FUN_004dd138 == sqrt (part_015.c:4026): myomers' fabs reading
  corrected, GetSpeedReading renamed SeekVoltageResponse.  Port dispatch via
  complete-type bridges BTSeekVoltageSample/BTMyomersSeekSample +
  BTSubsystemDestroyed (databinding rule).
- Emitter's AUTHENTIC attribute table recovered (binary @0x511dd4, ids
  0x1D-0x25) and published: Laser*/Seek*/OutputVoltage@0x414 (currentLevel,
  RAW volts -- the live-cursor feed).  Field renames per the table:
  0x3F8 minSeekVoltageIndex / 0x3FC maxSeekVoltageIndex (static_assert-locked).
  The MechWeapon 0x1D OutputVoltage PORT ALIAS retired (binary table ends
  0x1C; Find walks lowest-id-first, the alias shadowed the authentic row).
  PPC::DefaultData -> Emitter::GetAttributeIndex().
- mech4: BT_PRESET_HOLD=<n> (freeze the #9 preset cycler after n pulses) for
  steady-state pixel verification; BT_SEEK_LOG diag.

Verified live (BLH, autofire): both #10 repro pairs held ghost-free for
minutes (SYS09->SYS10 PPC, SYS02->SYS04 ERMed, SYS05->SYS06 Myomers); curves
draw with live cursors; one replot per activation; quad panels/J-K-L/sec
panel un-regressed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 20:27:39 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 904c75aff9 Gitea #10 audit fixes: HUD attr table re-based (@5110b8, one-record shift) + BT_SHOT dock capture
- hud.hpp/hud.cpp/CLASSMAP.md: the binary HUD AttributePointers table starts at
  @5110b8 with a FULL id-3 FlickerRate record (the old transcription read it as a
  label and shifted every offset one slot). Re-based member names/offsets:
  rotationOfTorsoHorizontal@0x1DC (<- Torso+0x1D8 twist), limits@0x1E0/0x1E4,
  speed@0x1E8, rangeToTarget@0x1EC, @0x1F0 unbound, Visible@0x1F4 (init 1),
  Lock@0x1F8 (init 0), HotBoxVector P3D@0x1FC, ThreatVector P3D@0x208,
  CompassHeading Scalar@0x214 (= yaw euler[0] + twist, HudSimulation :5676).
  Cross-checked vs ctor @004b7f94 + HudSimulation @004b7830 (Lock rule writes
  @0x1F8 :5622/:5633; range default 1200 + 500 m/s slide @0x1EC). SetCompassHeading
  renamed SetThreatVector (@004b7810 writes @0x208 = the threat vector; no port
  caller). No behavioral change: the reticle feeds via port globals and the CFG
  never binds HUD attrs. Resolves the gauges-hud open question (Gitea #10 entry b).
- L4VIDEO.cpp: BT_SHOT capture moved AFTER BTDrawGaugeInset -- the 2026-07-18
  reorder had left it before the dock blit, so BT_DEV_GAUGES_DOCK screenshots
  silently omitted the gauge panel.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 18:33:44 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 6783619069 Gitea #9: the upper-MFD PRESET pages (3 MFDs x 5) live -- SetPresetMode
table re-decoded to the ModeMFD bits + desktop J/K/L page cycle

The preset system was unwired by ONE defect in the message layer: the
SetPresetMode @004d1b24 table @0051dbf0 had been transcribed from the
section dump as BIG-endian dwords ({0x1e,0x01000000} instead of
{0x1e,0x01}), so a preset press set a garbage high bit -- and for group 1
items 3-4 / group 2 items 0-2 stomped the LIVE NonMapping / Intercom /
ModeSecondary* bits -- while the real page bits never moved.  Ground
truth (section_dump.txt:72901-72908, little-endian + BTL4MODE.HPP [T0]):
set = ModeMFD{1,2,3}{Quad,Eng1-4} = 1<<(group*5+item), bits 0-14, fully
disjoint from the #6 secondary trio (bits 18-20); group 2 is MFD3, NOT a
duplicate of the secondary views.

What the 15 presets show (l4gauge.cfg): group = the MFD (Mfd1 lower left
/ Mfd2 upper center / Mfd3 lower right), item 0 = the btquad.pcx Quad
overview (up to 4 vehicleSubSystems cluster panels), items 1-4 = the
full-screen engineering-detail pages (bteng.pcx + prepEngr screens
group*4+1..4 + the cluster eng children: GENERATOR SELECT A-D, POWER
graph, COOLING loop, DAMAGE, ammo).  Empty screens are authored per mech
(Blackhawk: 3/11/12 empty).

Authentic dispatch (streamed "L4" .CTL EventMappings, BT_CTRLMAP_LOG
dump): each MFD owns the 8-button RIO bank around it, MODE-MASK-gated --
Mfd1 = 0x08-0x0F, Mfd2 = 0x20-0x27, Mfd3 = 0x00-0x07.  Quad page ->
direct-select buttons for the POPULATED eng pages (mapper msgs
Aux1Eng1-4 0x4-0x7 / Aux2* 0x9-0xC / Aux3* 0xE-0x11); eng page -> one
back-to-Quad button (0x3/0x8/0xD) + per-subsystem controls.  These
records already install and fire on desktop (btinput passes the live
manager mask), so the NUMPAD profile's 0x20-0x27 keys page MFD2
authentically.

Port wiring (the #6 pattern): keys J/K/L -> actions Mfd1/2/3Cycle ->
gBTPresetCycle -> L4MechControlsMapper::CyclePresetModeNow(group) -- a
documented desktop shim (24 mode-dependent pod buttons don't fit a
keyboard) that cycles Quad -> populated Eng pages -> Quad, visiting
exactly the pod-reachable set; the body is the authentic SetPresetMode.

Dev-composite: BTDrawGaugeSurfaces now draws the Eng1-3 planes at their
sibling cells and skips any mono plane whose channel is BlankColor,
honoring the mode-driven reconfigure (RemapGraphicsPort) -- each dev
cell shows the ACTIVE page like the pod monitor.  This supersedes and
removes the 2026-07-12 GAUGREND "frozen-dial" scaffold (forced all 15
page bits active under BT_DEV_GAUGES; it pinned the shared Eng plane on
the highest screen and ate the page flips).

Pixel-verified (BT_PRESET_TEST + BT_DEV_GAUGES_DOCK + BT_SHOT,
Blackhawk): all three MFDs page Quad -> SYSTEM NN eng details -> back to
Quad in lockstep with the [mode] preset mask log; group 0 skips the
authored-empty screen 3, group 2 skips 11/12.  Un-regressed: N display
cycle (0x450421->0x490421->0x510421, page bits intact), M control mode,
CONTROLS.MAP 52 bindings parse clean.

Diags: BT_MODE_LOG ([mode] preset), BT_PRESET_TEST=<frame>.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 17:30:35 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 1d6339b226 Gitea #6: secondary MFD Damage/Critical/Heat cycling -- reconstruct the
NotifyOfDisplayModeChange override (vtbl+0x4C @4d1ae4) + wire desktop 'N'

The secondary screen's schematic selector was mislabeled: @004d1ae4 (the
bits-18..20 ModeSecondary* mask swap) was reconstructed as a non-virtual
"SetControlMode" that nothing called, so the desktop stayed pinned on the
Damage view.  The binary's L4 vtable @0051e440 pins the truth:

  +0x48 = @004d1acc  <- CycleControlModeMessageHandler (FUN_004afbe0):
          forwards to the base RET no-op @004b048c.  A BAS/MID/ADV
          control-mode change never touches the secondary view
          (empirically confirmed: BT_MODECYCLE_TEST cycles the CONTROL
          MODE lamp, mask bits 18-20 unchanged, schematic stays ARMOR).
  +0x4C = @004d1ae4  <- CycleDisplayModeMessageHandler (FUN_004afcac):
          THE Damage/Critical/Heat selector, indexed by displayMode
          (table @0051dbe4 = ModeSecondaryDamage/Critical/Heat).

Authentic pod inputs (streamed type-6 .CTL EventMappings, dumped via the
new BT_CTRLMAP_LOG EVENT records): secondary-panel button 0x15 -> msg
0x15 CycleDisplayMode (manual p13, the "'Mech status Info center" bottom
left of the secondary screen), button 0x18 -> msg 0x14 CycleControlMode
(manual p6, top right), 0x10/0x11 -> ZoomIn/Out.  The DOS keyboard
fallbacks (Keypress 0x13d/0x13e = extended F3/F4) are dead under the
WinTesla VK map, hence the desktop pin.

Port wiring (the M/ModeCycle pattern): key N / pad RightThumb -> action
DisplayCycle -> gBTDisplayCycle -> CycleDisplayModeNow() -- the same body
the pod console button message drives.  Both .MAP profiles + the
compiled-in default updated.

Verified live (docked gauges + BT_SHOT, BT_VIEWCYCLE_TEST): the sec
panel cycles ARMOR DAMAGE silhouette -> CRITICAL DAMAGE subsystem list
-> HEAT DAMAGE colored list, mask 0x450421 -> 0x490421 -> 0x510421; M
control-mode cycling un-regressed (BAS/MID/ADV lamp cycles, view pinned).

Diags: BT_MODE_LOG, BT_VIEWCYCLE_TEST=<frame>, BT_MODECYCLE_TEST=<frame>,
BT_CTRLMAP_LOG now dumps EVENT records.  KB: gauges-hud secondary-view
section rewritten, CLASSMAP +0x48/+0x4C slots, decomp-reference env
gates, GAUGE_COMPOSITE phase-4 entry resolved.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 16:28:38 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 2ae9bd43ae Coolant Flush end-to-end (Gitea #7): InjectCoolant id-4 handler + drain + FLUSH.PFX cloud + 'H' key
The playtest report (sound plays, no gauge drop, no cloud) traced to the
Reservoir's InjectCoolant chain being dead in three places:

- The handler was never REGISTERED: the binary's Reservoir handler table
  @0x50e680 has one entry {4, "InjectCoolant", @4aee70}; added
  Reservoir::GetMessageHandlers + the press/release handler (press starts
  the flush gated on coolantLevel@0x12C > 0 -- the old body misread +0x12C
  as currentTemperature; release stops it; novice lockout via FUN_004ac9c8).

- Reservoir::InjectCoolant (@4aefa4, 1019 bytes) was an empty stub -- the
  drain the coolant gauge reads.  Reconstructed in full: work list =
  condenser/weapon/heatable chains (+0x7cc/+0x7bc/+0x7ac, roster-walk
  emulation with the binary's duplicate-visit weighting; HeatSink-filtered
  [T2 guarded]) + the linked master sink; per sink with flowScale != 0 move
  squirtMass x flowScale x dt (clamped to the tank / sink capacity) and
  credit pendingHeat with the negative carried-heat delta capped at
  sinkMass x reservoir startingTemperature -- the set%-biased flush of the
  manual (p24), riding the existing heat model.

- Two latent ctor decode bugs surfaced and fixed: the master gate @4af408
  (and @4aeb40 HeatWatcher, swept) reads the OWNER MECH's simulationFlags
  (*(param_2+0x28)), not the resource's subsystemFlags (the misread left
  the CoolantSimulation Performance unregistered); and the capacity scale
  FILDs the bank's INTEGER HeatSinkCount ((float10)*(int*)(link+0x1d0)) --
  the float reinterpret gave ~1e-44 -> a permanently empty tank.
  Capacity = 0.05 x heatSinkCount x streamed CoolantCapacity (BLH: 6.0).

Visual: the binary's mode-1 coolant-effect renderable (FUN_00456a68, built
for classID 0xBC0 on "ReservoirState", part_014.c:5439; tick @part_007.c:
8780) starts psfx 19 = FLUSH.PFX ("Coolant flush", BTDPL.INI) when the
state changes to 1 -- BTSpawnFlushCloud (mech4.cpp) spawns it on the same
alarm edge as an attached emitter at torso height.

Input: new CONTROLS.MAP action "Flush" on 'H' (HELD; press+release both
dispatch, the held-button payload).  Diags: BT_FLUSH_LOG, BT_FLUSH_TEST.

Verified live (FOGDAY): [flush] Reservoir level 6 -> 0.13 -> 0 over ~0.6 s
held (= the manual's 3-4 punches to empty), the coolant vertBar source
Reservoir/CoolantMass drains, and the bluish condensation cloud rises from
the mech (scratchpad/flush_cloud.png vs flush_before.png).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 15:15:44 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 d9ceddb12a Aim ray follows the torso elevation (the boresight leveling erased it)
Follow-through on the pitch fix: the view pitched but shots still flew
level (user report).  Cause: the task-#48 AIM BORESIGHT leveling in the
eye's aim-camera publish (L4VIDRND) strips ALL pitch from the pick-ray
direction -- correct for the TERRAIN body pitch it was built against, but
it also erased the pilot's deliberate R/F elevation.

Fix: mech4's per-frame eye compose publishes the torso elevation
(gBTEyeElev); the publisher re-applies it onto the LEVELED forward
(fwd = (cos e * level, sin e)) before building the basis -- terrain pitch
stays stripped, the deliberate aim survives into BTGetAimRay.  Sign
matches the pixel-calibrated view compose (+ = up).

Harness evidence: pinned-down elevation visibly pitches the chase eye
into the terrain (the ray basis moves); a full headless aimed-kill could
not be driven (the autofire gate needs a designated target and the
random spawns wedged short of the truck row) -- aim-at-truck kill needs
the human pass.  Awaiting human verification (issue #8).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 13:44:49 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 b85afed925 Torso-elevation aim LIVE: R/F now pitches the view + aim ray (pitch was inert)
User + tester reports: pitch does not work.  Root cause: the Torso sim
integrated the R/F / stick-Y axis into currentElevation (authored limits
and rates all correct) but NOTHING consumed it -- eyepointRotation's only
writer was the look-state switch, so neither the cockpit view nor the aim
ray (camera basis) ever pitched.  Shots always flew level; low targets
(trucks) were unhittable.

Fix (faithful: the pod's stick-Y pitches the EYE; the torso geometry does
not tilt): per-frame compose in the HUD tick --
eyepointRotation = EulerAngles(lookPitch + torsoElevation, lookYaw, 0);
BTCommitLookState now stores its look component in gBTLookPitch/Yaw; new
complete-type bridge BTGetTorsoElevation (torso.cpp, mirrors
BTGetTorsoTwist).  DPLEyeRenderable consumes it every frame, so the view
and the boresight aim pitch together (crosshair stays screen-centred).

Sign PIXEL-CALIBRATED via new diag BT_FORCE_ELEV=<-1..1> (pins the axis
headless): screenshots confirm axis +1 (key R) = aim UP, -1 (F) = down.
X still recenters.  Awaiting human verification.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 12:54:39 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 6f6a39b8c9 Issue #3 (b)+(c): weapon damage reaches cultural icons -> full trkdead explosion + authored burn fire
(b) The 'tiny explosion' on the ram kill is AUTHORED: crunch res 31 = 'stephit'
(one video object, effect 1008 = ddam5 damage smoke) -- a step/ram squash is
small by design.  The FULL explosion res 32 = 'trkdead' = psfx 15 dtrkboom
(fiery omni burst) + psfx 16 dtrkburn (the burning-wreck fire), reached by
WEAPON kills -- which the 1995 binary dispatches [T1]:
  - MechWeapon::SendDamageMessage @004b9728 (part_013.c:6765) gates only
    "target NOT derived from Mech@0x50bdb4 OR aimed zone set": a non-Mech
    boresight target takes the zone=-1 damage UNCONDITIONALLY;
  - Missile contact @004be078 dispatches at the struck solid's OWNER entity
    with no class test at all.
Port wiring: Mech::WorldStructurePick returns the struck solid's owning entity
(BoxedSolid::GetOwningSimulation; TERRAIN.cpp:107/246 build every static solid
with its Terrain/CulturalIcon/Door entity as owner); the mech4 pick block
designates IT instead of the gBTTerrainEntity sentinel (sentinel = fallback);
the projectile contact path grew the non-mech damage-zoned else-branch
(@004be078 mirror, direct Dispatch).  Plain terrain ignores the damage
(ENTITY.cpp:885 zone==-1 guard); an icon's handler maps -1 -> 0 and dies.
Truck armor is WeaponDamagePoints=1 (TRK.DMG): one laser = one dead truck.

(c) The burning fire is dtrkburn.pfx, authored INTO the death package (every
icon family carries 1016: trkdead/bigdead/meddead/msldead/twrdead).  There is
NO looping BurningState fire in the binary: the damage-zone effect watcher
ctor @0042a984 has exactly one call site (the Mech ctor, part_012.c:10405), so
icon ExplosionTables are inert, and CulturalIcon has no Performance.
Documented as authentic -- nothing invented.

Verified live (BT_SHOT pixel capture): 26 laser kills, [cult] TakeDamage
type=3 -> DYING res=32 -> DPLIndependantEffect 1015+1016 at the icon origin;
frames show the orange dtrkboom fireball, dtrkburn flames on the fresh wreck,
and the rubble aftermath; ram harness re-run still fires crunch res 31.
Diags: BT_FIRE_AT_ICON (designate nearest ahead icon; live-icon census in
CULTURAL.cpp), BT_FX_TEST="1015,1016".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-19 12:02:15 -05:00
0bcba26213 KB: land the EXPERIENCE-LEVELS decode from glass-cockpit (Cyd)
Brings Cyd's experience-level / simulation-mode research onto master (the
KB-decode portion of glass-cockpit 4e01e83; the bundled BT410 source
manifest is left for the full glass-cockpit merge).

- context/experience-levels.md (NEW): the egg per-pilot 'experience' field
  (novice/standard/veteran/expert) is the pod's SIMULATION-FIDELITY tier,
  decoded end-to-end. FUN_004c0bc8 reads btMission->experienceLevel(+0xe4)
  and fans it into the +0x25c/+0x260/+0x26c/+0x270/+0x274 flag block:
  +0x25c 'sim live' (novice lockout: jams/searchlight/powersub), +0x260 the
  HEAT-MODEL master switch (veteran+expert; FUN_004ad7d4), +0x274 raw level
  (FUN_004ac9c8 = ==0 novice predicate; the valve/advanced-cockpit lockout).
  4.0->4.10 drift: the viewscreen hunting-aid gate is GONE in 4.10 (HUD reads
  none of these flags), and movement heat is veteran+expert not expert-only.
- btplayer.cpp/.hpp: CORRECTED comments/labels -- the +0x25c..+0x274 block is
  seeded from btMission experienceLevel/advancedDamageOn, NOT the scenario
  role's returnFromDeath; the 'roleClassIndex/showKills' names are scoring-era
  mislabels. Code logic UNCHANGED (comment-only): the ctor still reads
  scenarioRole (STAND-IN, defaults 2 = veteran) pending the wiring task.
- Corrections swept into gauges-hud.md (ROOKIE->novice lockout),
  open-questions.md (player+0x260/0x274 semantics now PINNED),
  pod-hardware.md, subsystems.md, decomp-reference.md; CLAUDE.md router row.

No code-logic change -> no rebuild needed (comment + markdown only). The
runtime wiring (seed from BTMission::ExperienceLevel()) remains TODO.

Co-Authored-By: Cyd <cyd@falloutshelterarcade.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-18 23:20:51 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 171c993147 HUD: missile/AC weapon pips blink on fire again -- read authentic WeaponState (attr 0x1C)
Reported: the reticle's missile pips no longer momentarily disappear when
firing.  Traced it: the pip's 'loaded' flag has read MechWeapon::rechargeLevel
(>= 0.999) since the reticle Execute was recovered (task #37).  That's a port
APPROXIMATION of the binary's authentic attr 0x1C (WeaponState @0x350).  It
works for emitters -- rechargeLevel is charge-driven and tops off at 1.0 when
Loaded -- but projectile weapons (MissileLauncher/autocannon) never write
rechargeLevel (it's authentically static at 1.0; the recharge DIAL draws full
and never moves).  So a missile pip's 'loaded' was permanently true and the pip
never blinked.  NOT an audio regression -- it never worked in the port; the
audio wave (ea85554) is actually what made the projectile fire-cycle state
(weaponAlarm Loaded/Loading/Firing) correct, i.e. the very signal the pip
should have been reading.

Fix (faithful to the binary): the pip now reads attr 0x1C = the weaponAlarm
StateIndicator level (new MechWeapon::WeaponStatePtr -> GaugeAlarm54::LevelPtr)
and compares it '== stateConst2' -- the loaded constant (2) the binary itself
already stores in AddWeapon (param_10).  The state cycles
Loaded(2)<->Firing(0)/Loading(3)/Jammed(5) for BOTH weapon families, so every
pip momentarily drops on fire.  The authentically-static rechargeLevel dial is
untouched.

Verified live (Blackhawk solo, BT_AUTOFIRE=1 BT_AF_MISSILE=1): both SRM6
missile pips toggle loaded 2<->0/5 on each salvo (emitter pips unchanged);
game boots + runs clean.  KB: context/gauges-hud.md pip entry corrected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-18 22:39:38 -05:00