The audio subsystem binds AudioStateWatchers (class 28) to per-subsystem state
attrs (GeneratorState/CondenserState/ReservoirState) BY NAME. Recovered the
watcher TYPE per attribute via a MakeObjectImplementation ClassID trace.
Root cause of the subsystem-state crash: the binary's 0x54-byte subsystem alarm
(FUN_0041b9ec, reconstructed as GaugeAlarm54) IS a StateIndicator -- its "three
sub-indicators" @0x18/0x2c/0x40 are the audio/video/gauge watcher SChains, and
level@0x14 is currentState. The reconstruction had modeled that tail as an opaque
`_tail`, so the sockets were never constructed -> AddAudioWatcher AV'd on 0xCDCDCDCD.
- GaugeAlarm54: give it the three REAL, constructed SChainOf<Component*> sockets +
AddAudioWatcher/Video/Gauge; SetLevel now fires the watchers on a level CHANGE
(empty sockets = no-op, so the ~all other alarms are unaffected). levelB (weapon
LevelCountB "reset source") is left untouched -- weapons unchanged. sizeof stays
0x54 (static_assert holds -> SChainOf<Component*> is 0x14, layout exact).
- Register the state attrs -> the subsystem's own alarm (own AttributePointers[]
chained to the parent): Generator.GeneratorState->stateAlarm, Condenser.
CondenserState->condenserAlarm, Reservoir.ReservoirState->reservoirAlarm. Those
alarms are already SetLevel'd by the sim, so the state audio fires on transition.
- AudioStateWatcher guard now validates the +0x18 SOCKET (what AddAudioWatcher
touches), not the +0 vtable -- GaugeAlarm54 is non-polymorphic at +0 (raw header)
but has a real socket at +0x18.
audiostate skips 85 -> 10 (only AmmoBin AmmoState/SimulationState left). The
Logical/Scalar/Enum subsystem attrs (ReportLeak/GeneratorOn/ConfigureActivePress/
MotionState/SpeedOfTorsoHorizontal/TargetRangeExponent) stay inert (read 0, silent,
non-crashing) -- they need backing members in size-locked layouts (a polish wave).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root cause of "no sound, ever": the two audio backend DLLs shipped in the repo
are fakes. libsndfile-1.dll exports 15 funcs BY ORDINAL ONLY (no names) and
sf_open() always returns NULL; OpenAL32.dll (72KB) imports only KERNEL32 -- no
dsound/wasapi/winmm -- so it is a pure no-op that returns fake handles
(ctx=0x00000001, alGenSources->0) and never touches the hardware. The whole
render->device->buffer->source->play chain ran clean and silent.
Fixes:
- OpenAL32.dll: replace the stub with the real OpenAL Soft 1.25.2 Win32 build
(imports AVRT/ole32/WINMM, real WASAPI backend). The exe imports the 25 AL
funcs by NAME so it is a drop-in; alGenSources now yields a live source and
alSourcePlay reaches AL_PLAYING.
- libsndfile: DROPPED entirely. It is replaced by LoadWavPCM() in L4AUDRES --
a tiny RIFF/WAVE fmt+data reader that loads our soundbank WAVs (16-bit PCM)
straight into the AL buffer. Removed the .lib/.dll from the link + copy and
git-rm'd the stub. (This also kills the "ordinal 50 could not be located in
libsndfile-1.dll" load-failure popup: adding an sf_strerror import bound to
an ordinal the 2..16-only stub could not satisfy.)
- Soundbank: 241 samples cracked from AUDIO1/2.RES (SF2 v1.0) by
tools/sf2extract.py into content/AUDIO/*.wav + the allPresets[2][128] table
(audiopresets.cpp), replacing the zero-init btstubs stub. All 241 now load
(alErr=0). BT_AUDIO_TEST plays buffer0 as proof-of-life; BT_AUDIO_LOG traces
the chain.
Remaining: in-game triggering (AudioEntities on fire/step/engine/explosion)
so PlayNote fires during play -- next audio wave.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
User reported never hearing any audio. Root-caused: the KB "Audio: DONE" was wrong.
The OpenAL playback chain IS fully implemented (device/buffers/sources; PlayNote
really calls alSourcePlay), but three gaps kept it silent:
1. GATED OFF (the "no sound" root cause): BTL4Application::MakeAudioRenderer returned
NULL unless the pod's AWE_FRONT/AWE_REAR AWE32-card env vars were set -- authentic
1995 pod behavior, dead on modern hardware, so the renderer was NEVER created.
FIXED: default audio ON (BT_NO_AUDIO=1 restores silence; AWE vars still force-on).
Verified: the OpenAL device now opens with no env vars ([audio] device OPENED).
2. Soundbank STUB: allPresets[2][100] (btstubs.cpp) is zero-init -> PRESET_isImplemented
false -> 0 buffers load. Sample data exists (AUDIO1/2.RES: EnginePower/LaserAFire/...)
but the event->sample map is gone (not in the decomp). STILL OPEN.
3. No triggering: the reconstructed game never creates AudioEntities on events. STILL OPEN.
So the device opens but nothing loads/plays yet -- enabling real sound needs the
soundbank reconstructed + the game triggers wired (a proper audio wave). Added a
BT_AUDIO_LOG trace harness across L4AUDRND/L4AUDRES/L4AUDLVL. KB corrected.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Clean, self-contained extraction of the BattleTech-specific work from the
reverse-engineering workspace -- engine + game + content + build, with nothing
from Red Planet or the raw archive dumps. Builds green (Win32) and runs the
single-player drive->animate->target->fire->damage->destroy loop out of the box.
Layout:
engine/ MUNGA + MUNGA_L4 shared 2007 engine, carrying our BT render/loader
work (bgfload/L4D3D/L4VIDEO: BSL bit-slice decode, LOD/ground/shadow
models) + image codec; the minimal rp/ headers the audio HAL needs
game/ reconstructed BT logic + surviving-original BT source + fwd shims
+ WinMain launcher
content/ full runtime tree (BTL4.RES, VIDEO/, GAUGE/, AUDIO/, eggs, BTDPL.INI)
docs/ format specs + reconstruction ledgers
reference/ raw Ghidra pseudocode (recon source-of-truth) + decomp exporter
tools/ MP console emulator + map/resource scanners
One top-level CMake builds munga_engine lib + bt410_l4 game lib + btl4.exe.
All paths relativized (186 fwd shims + ~437 CMake abs paths -> repo-relative);
DXSDK is the one external, overridable via -DDXSDK. Verified: builds to a
byte-identical 2.27MB exe and runs combat (TARGET DESTROYED, 0 crashes) against
the bundled content.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
