Lynx supplied a photo of the period credits page (preserved at
reference/manual/credits_page.webp). It confirms, corrects and completes
the oral-history identifications:
- ECH = Eric Huffman (Audio Director / 3D audio framework) -- corrects the
uncertain "Eric Nichols" guess
- JMA = Joanna Mason (Simulation Code and Cameras) -- inferred mapping
confirmed
- CPB = Chris Brewer: "Secondary/Auxiliary Screens and Low Level I/O" --
the exact MFD gauge/mode layer this project reconstructs
- GDU = Gabe Underwood: "Simulation Code and 'Mech Internal Systems" --
the heat/coolant/generator/seek economy
- Full roster: Jordan Weisman (producer/designer), David McCoy (art
director), J.M. Albertson (technical director), Bill Redmann (corporate
director of technology), plus Corson, Edsall, Ciolek, Olsen, the artists
(Burlington, Molitor, McCoy, Story; Allen Workshop: Bonilla, Peters) and
sound (Bing McCoy, Effinger, Huffman).
- 10 software engineers + 6 artists == Lynx's "maybe 8 dev, 6 art" memory.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
reference/manual/Tesla40_BT_manual.pdf -- the genuine Tesla 4.0 BT
player manual, 34pp. Primary-source alignment audit (pod-hardware.md
SManual): the reconstruction matches on EVERY checked control behavior:
- control modes are named BAS/MID/ADV in print (mechanics identical to
our Basic/Standard/Veteran incl. the ADV no-auto-slow turn clamp)
- stick right = torso right in MID/ADV (today's sign fix); Blackhawk
and Owens named as THE fixed-torso exceptions; twist arc ~120
(per-mech: Loki/Thor tables say 110 deg limit, 60 deg/s)
- continuous throttle lever; reverse = HOLD the red throttle button
(our 0x3F hold-state model)
- Hot Box MFD = callsign buttons + CLOSEST (our hotbox button 8 ->
ChooseNearestPilot); radar travel-oriented w/ 60-deg wedge sweeping
on twist; map zoom +/- beside the secondary screen
- experience gates the hunting aids (standard sim only); expert adds
movement heat
- per-mech stat sheets + coolant-loop tables = a systematic
cross-check source for our streamed subsystem resources
NEW LEADS the manual surfaces: CROUCH (button by the secondary screen;
duckState attr + SQUAT clips exist, no input drives them), EJECT
(button beside the joystick; EjectButton01 sounds exist), the hot-box
viewscreen framing (deferred PNAME marker chain).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
