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arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 f4b2a7f87f Audio: fix POISONED calibration rate (raw-offset garbage) + calibrated audio clock (task #50)
Two real bugs found + fixed chasing the footstep volume:

1. BTL4Application::MakeAudioRenderer read sample_rate from a raw 1995-layout
   offset (divisionParameters+0x10) -- the databinding trap: it yielded
   -1.6e14 (measured), poisoning Renderer::calibrationRate for the ENTIRE
   audio system.  Every AudioTime conversion (sequence event scheduling,
   compression curve durations, Seconds_To_Frames) was garbage.  Sanity-clamp
   to the authored 1000 frames/sec default (BT_AUDIO_LOG logs the value).

2. AudioHead::Execute fed audioFrameCount raw OS ticks; now converts
   ticks -> calibrated frames via SystemClock::GetTicksPerSecond (1000ms
   fallback when the static isn't measured yet), so AudioTime consumers see
   the rate they were calibrated for.  With rate=1000 + ms ticks the units
   now align end-to-end.

Footstep status: chain verified through pulse -> matcher -> Start -> renderer;
the volume mixer's two inputs receive only value-0 AudioControlSequence events
even with correct timing -- the authored event VALUES need decoding next
(sequence tempo/divisions ctor dump; possibly Verify()-stripped tempo garbage
or the events are resets and the true volume rides another control id).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-16 00:31:55 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 99757a947d Audio: footstep chain traced to the END -- gait VINDICATED; audio clock 18x unit mismatch found (task #50)
MAJOR RESULT -- THE GAIT IS CORRECT, the enum was mislabeled:
LoadLocomotionClips (binary-verified slot map) proves namedClip==&animationClips[5]:
clips 6/7 = wwr/wwl (WALK cycle), 12/13 = rrr/rrl (RUN cycle -- what autodrive
uses at full throttle), 10/11 = wrr/wrl, 14/15 = rwr/rwl, 16-21 = reverse set.
The mech2.cpp "MechAnimationState" enum (0x3c-stride name table) does NOT match
the runtime clip ids -- it is the mislabel (12/13 are NOT StandToReverse).
The authored AudioStateTriggers on AnimationState (statecfg dump: states
1,2,5,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,23,26,27 -> Start) align EXACTLY with the
TRANSITION clips under the true map; the CYCLING strides (6/7, 12/13) have no
state triggers because the FootStep pulse attribute serves them -- our FootStep
reconstruction is the authentic design.  DO NOT renumber the gait.

Footstep chain, fully mapped (all empirtical):
pulse -> AudioMatchOf(match=1) -> Start on the FootFall DirectPatchSource ->
DROPPED at volume 0.  Volume path: an AudioControlMixer (2 inputs, never fed)
<- an AudioControlSplitter <- AudioControlSequence timeline events.  The
sequences DO fire -- but only value-0 events (the tick-0 initializers); the
later (real-volume) events never land.

NEW ROOT-CAUSE CANDIDATE [T3]: audio clock unit mismatch.  The renderer is
constructed with DefaultRendererRate=30 (calibrationRate: Seconds_To_Frames =
s*30) but AudioHead::Execute sets audioFrameCount = Now().ticks which advances
~550/s (measured via the [audioclock] probe) -- sequence event scheduling runs
~18x off the authored timing.  Fix candidate: calibrate the audio renderer to
the actual Now().ticks rate (or drive audioFrameCount at the calibrated 30/s).

Also corrected en route: FUN_004b9550/95b8 are MechWeapon ConfigureMappables/
ChooseButton (mapper EnterConfiguration +0x38), NOT Myomers::ConnectToMover;
+0x31c there is fireImpulse.  Myomers::speedEffect has NO binary writer found
beyond the ctor 1.0f (its 'mover coupling' stand-in is spurious).

Diagnostics added: [statecfg] AudioStateTrigger ctor dump, [split] splitter
forwards, [seqev] sequence timeline events, [audioclock] frame-rate probe.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-16 00:25:18 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 c4be8d3a07 Audio: footstep volume chain FULLY mapped -- blocked on gait-state id mismatch (task #50)
Chain (every hop verified live): FootStep pulse (SetBodyAnimation, decay in
PerformAndWatch) -> AudioMatchOf match=1 -> Start(2.0) on the FootFall
DirectPatchSource... which the renderer DROPS because its volume is 0:
an AudioControlMixer (outCtl=3/Volume + a second outCtl=5 mixer) feeds the
source, and BOTH mixer inputs are 0 -- nothing ever sends them.

Eliminated as senders (all traced): AudioScaleOf scales (29 total, none target
the mixer), AudioControlMultiplier (one instance, other target), Random/
AudioSampleAndHold (RNG verified WORKING -- varied samples; RANDOM.cpp is in
the build, the self-init ctor runs).

HYPOTHESIS [T4, next session]: the mixer inputs are fed by AudioStateTriggers
on AnimationState keyed to the AUTHORED gait-clip ids (walk 2/3, run 8/9 =
per-gait footstep volume).  Our runtime body SM walks in states 12<->13 --
which the recovered MechAnimationState enum names RightStandToReverse/
LeftStandToReverse.  If the authored audio expects 2/3 for forward walk, the
runtime clip NUMBERING in the reconstructed gait SM is offset from the
authentic ids -- a locomotion-layer mismatch with implications beyond audio
(the audio config is an independent witness to the true clip numbering).
Verify via the AudioStateTrigger configs on the AnimationState watcher
(trigcfg dump exists) and cross-check the SetBodyAnimation clip table.

New diagnostics: [snh] SampleAndHold sends, [mix] mixer forwards with input
index + sum, [scalecfg] authored scale bindings/boundaries, [volset].

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-16 00:01:58 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 1d019e8109 Audio: footstep pulse VERIFIED end-to-end to the matcher; volume chain traced (task #50)
Footstep chain progress (each step empirically verified):
- The FootStep watcher is an AudioMatchOf<Logical> (AudioLogicalTrigger extends
  AudioMatchOf, NOT AudioTriggerOf): authored config match=1 -> Start(2.0) on a
  DirectPatchSource.  [trigcfg]/[matchcfg] ctor dumps added.
- The pulse was pinned at 1: the decay lived in IntegrateMotion, which the
  current gait path NEVER CALLS.  Moved to Mech::PerformAndWatch (provably
  per-frame) with a time-based 150ms window sized to the ~10Hz watcher poll.
  The matcher now fires per stride (14/run, was 1).
- Every footstep Start is DROPPED at the renderer: the source's volumeScale is
  0 (five VolumeAudioHandler sends of exactly 0 = inert/one-shot primes).  The
  volume arrives through the authored control chain (AudioControlMultiplier
  inputs ctl 100+; one 0 input pins the product).  Chain scales identified on
  this entity: LocalVelocity (live), LocalAcceleration (live), Myomers.
  SpeedEffect (=1.0 healthy; one authored scale maps [0,1]->[1,0] INVERTED),
  UnstablePercentage (INERT PAD -- always 0!), HeatSink.CurrentTemperature.
  PRIME SUSPECT: an UnstablePercentage-fed multiplier input primes 0 once and
  never updates (the pad never changes), pinning footstep volume at 0.
- SF2 numbering fact recorded: 38 presets in AUDIO1 / 5 in AUDIO2 have
  wPreset != file index (gap at preset 77); my table keys by wPreset.  The
  184x ProgramButton01 (bank1 patch83) storm at ~7/s needs an identity check
  against index-numbering (it may be the wrong sample for that patch id).

Diagnostics added (BT_AUDIO_SPATIAL/BT_ATTRBIND_LOG): [trigcfg]/[matchcfg]
ctor dumps, [matchfire] with component ptr+class, [volset] VolumeAudioHandler,
[mult0] multiplier zero-products, scale sends with authored boundaries,
[fswatch] dedicated footstep watcher tracer (g_btFootStepAddr), SetupPatch
ENTRY with bank/patch/state, Simulation::DebugAudioWatcherCount.

NEXT: back UnstablePercentage with a real (live) member -- it is the mech's
stability 0..1 (the stabilityAlarm/gyro family) -- or confirm via a one-run
chain dump which multiplier input pins the FS source; then the footstep
transient should clear the 0.3 drop gate at walking speed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 23:52:06 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 ba3040ea09 Audio: footstep-chain diagnostics -- every link verified except the final trigger fire (task #50)
Instrumentation (all BT_AUDIO_LOG/BT_AUDIO_SPATIAL-gated): mech watcher-poll
probe (delayed flag + socket count via new Simulation::DebugAudioWatcherCount),
per-sim audio-socket size in ExecuteWatchers, trigger notifications (val>0),
watcher poll-rate/change probes, footstep pulse address trace.

VERIFIED working: FootStep binds to the real member (pulse addr == bound ptr,
same run); pulses fire per stride (40/run); the watcher registers on the mech
(audioWatchers=20 after audio-object creation); the mech's poll runs
(delayed=0, simFlags=0x1110); Logical == int (STYLE.H:132) matches the member
type.  The idle<->moving engine crossfade (AudioMotionScale on LocalVelocity
through the restored watcher poll) is CONFIRMED audible in play.

REMAINING: the FootFall transient still doesn't reach SetupPatch -- next probe
is the trigger's streamed threshold/inverse config and the speed-scaled
transient volume at the renderer drop gate (LowAudioVolumeThreshold=0.3).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 23:16:27 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 744ef8cc16 Audio: restore the dropped ExecuteWatchers poll -- polled audio watchers were ALL dead (task #50)
User: "when I start moving all the sounds fade away, no footsteps."  Diagnosis
chain (all empirical, BT_AUDIO_SPATIAL/BT_ATTRBIND_LOG traces):
- The audio head DOES track the mech (listener-relative positioning verified
  while driving) -- not a spatial bug.
- The idle sounds correctly STOP on leaving the standing state; the MOVING
  sounds never started because every POLLED audio watcher was dead:
  the reconstructed Mech::PerformAndWatch replaced the engine performance but
  dropped the ExecuteWatchers() step from the engine tail (Simulation::
  PerformAndWatch = Perform -> ExecuteWatchers -> WriteSimulationUpdate).
  Only PUSHED StateIndicator watchers (SetState->Execute) ever fired -- which
  is exactly why state sounds worked but footsteps/motion-scaled audio didn't.
  FIX: poll ExecuteWatchers() (AreWatchersDelayed-gated) before the update
  write.  Immediately unlocks the polled family: MissileLoaded01/LaserLoaded01
  ready dings, ProgramButton01, motion scales (PlayNote 15 -> 30 per run).

- FootStep (0x1e) backed REAL: was the inert attrPad (an AudioLogicalTrigger
  polls it -- threshold-crossing pulse per foot plant).  New footStep member,
  pulsed by SetBodyAnimation on entering any locomotion clip 1..0x17 (runtime
  stride alternation MEASURED as body states 12<->13 -- the enum-name numbering
  does not match runtime clip ids), decayed by IntegrateMotion (~1/3 s).
- Footstep volume is speed-scaled (AudioMotionScale on LocalVelocity): at
  standstill the transient start computes volume 0 and the renderer drops it
  (LowAudioVolumeThreshold) -- so footfalls are audible at real walking speed.

Diagnostics kept (BT_AUDIO_SPATIAL): spatial dist/vol per source, CLIPPED/DROP/
START at the request gate, vol=0 factor breakdown, scale->0 sends, trigger
notifications, watcher poll-rate probe.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 23:03:27 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 5ba541ed56 Audio: subsystem STATE sounds -- GaugeAlarm54 IS a StateIndicator; register Generator/Condenser/Reservoir state (task #50)
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>
2026-07-15 21:38:15 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 7b1e469ffa Audio: in-game TRIGGERING works -- real StateIndicator attrs + audio-watcher databinding (task #50)
Enabling audio unlocked L4AudioRenderer::CreateEntityAudioObjects, which binds
AudioStateWatchers to entity/subsystem state attrs BY NAME (attribute-pointer
databinding) and calls AddAudioWatcher on them.  The reconstruction pointed the
Mech's state attrs at the scalar read-pad `attrPad` (fine for gauges that READ a
value, fatal for a state watcher that calls a METHOD) -> AV in SChainOf::Add on
0xCDCDCDCD.  Root-caused via cdb + a BT_ATTRBIND_LOG trace in AttributeWatcher.

Mech-level state audio now REAL + driven (verified: walking fires SetupPatch +
PlayNote/alSourcePlay, patches 78/80/116):
- AnimationState (0x1f) / ReplicantAnimationState (0x20): real StateIndicators
  (0x21 states covering MechAnimationState 0..0x20), driven from SetBodyAnimation
  so footstep/gait/transition sounds fire on animation change.
- CollisionState (0x16): real 4-state StateIndicator driven from ProcessCollision
  via collisionTemporaryState (the deferred @4aa741 per-frame zero + the
  part_012.c:15406-15413 contact tail, InitialHit accumulation; the 1-vs-2 Slide
  split awaits the 0x240/0x244 floats still stubbed by fieldAt()).
- @0x44c CORRECTED: "ammoState (0/1 leaking/2 dry)" was a mislabel -> it is
  collisionTemporaryState (never read as ammo).

Bring-up guards [T3, temporary, self-clearing] so audio-on is STABLE while the
subsystem state models are still stubs (Generators/Condensers/Myomers/Torso/
Avionics/Reservoir/ControlsMapper -- ~15 subsystems, ~40 attrs: GeneratorState,
CondenserState, ReportLeak, ...): a NULL subsystem attr redirects to an inert pad
(was a fatal Fail); an AudioStateWatcher on an unconstructed StateIndicator (null/
0xCDCDCDCD) skips instead of AV.  Both pass automatically once the subsystem is
reconstructed.  Those subsystem sounds stay silent until then (their audio wave).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 19:40:08 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 de8f6d02c1 MP: world structures (garages/walls) TARGETABLE -- boresight ray-tests the static collision tree (task #50)
The boresight's non-mech pick only sampled the VISUAL heightfield (BTGroundRayHit),
which on arena1 is a single flat 'sky'-named ground mesh (and class-42 BuildTables
likewise holds only 'sky') -- so shots passed THROUGH the garages/walls and only mechs
moved the HUD range axis (user-reported regression: "buildings used to move the range
axis; now only mechs do, and you can only fire at a peer").

Real fix: the boresight now ALSO ray-tests the ZONE'S STATIC COLLISION SOLID TREE --
the same geometry that already blocks the mech's walk. Authentic engine mechanism:
Mover::FindBoxedSolidHitBy already tests the static world via
zone->GetCollisionRoot()->FindBoundingBoxHitBy(line). Factored its "static world" tail
into Mover::FindStaticSolidHitBy(Line*) (static solids only, no movers), wrapped by
Mech::WorldStructurePick(start,dir,range,&hit) (builds the world-space Line, reads the
entry point back via line->FindEnd since HitByBounded clips line->length=enter).

Boresight pick order is now: closest MECH (PickRayHit, damage zones + lock) -> closest
STRUCTURE (WorldStructurePick; occludes a mech BEHIND it; designates the gBTTerrainEntity
sentinel + entry point, so the range caret reads the structure distance and NO lock ring
draws, mech4.cpp:4529) -> flat ground (BTGroundRayHit) -> sky (fire-at-nothing). Also
un-skips arena1's misnamed-'sky' flat ground so the ground tier works (btvisgnd
geometry-aware skip + [mapent]/[rendent] census).

Verified headless: a BT_WSWEEP horizontal ray-fan on arena1 tracks position (3/24 hits
near the boundary -> 17-21/24 inside the interior garage cluster -> 3/24 past it =
DISCRETE interior solids, not an enclosing box), no crash/assert/AV. Interactive aim
(BTGetAimRay) can't run headless (no window -> noRay), so the sweep is the headless proof;
interactive aim is user-verified.

Note: FindBoundingBoxUnder (the ground/containedByNode BoundingBoxTree) is DOWNWARD-only
(gravity/ground-snap: *height = FindDistanceBelowBounded), useless for a horizontal
boresight; the static SOLID tree's FindBoundingBoxHitBy is the only ray-vs-world query.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 10:08:45 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 a8eb8a427f MP: FIX peer spin hang/divergence -- exact quaternion integration + frequent orientation (task #50)
Answers 'how did the original handle this?' from the decomp (subagent hunt):
the 1995 binary's replicant reckoner (FUN_004ab1c8 -> FUN_00409f58, part_000.c:9359)
integrates heading EXACTLY: build a unit axis-angle rotation quaternion from
angularVelocity*dt ({axis*sin(t/2), cos(t/2)}) and Hamilton-multiply it onto the
heading (FUN_00409d9c) -- exact for any timestep, stays on the unit sphere.  It
further carries the full orientation quaternion in the FREQUENT pose record
(FUN_0040a938, 7-float pose), so the dead-reckon gap stays tiny.

Our reconstruction diverged two ways, both fixed:
 1. ReconQuatIntegrate (mechrecon.hpp) -- the reconstruction of FUN_00409f58 -- was
    STUBBED as , a crude small-angle VECTOR add.  Restored to
    the real exact axis-angle composition.  (A 'no stand-ins' violation: the comment
    even wrongly claimed Quaternion::Add == FUN_00409f58.)
 2. The engine Mover reckoner (MOVER.cpp AcceleratedDeadReckoner/LinearDeadReckoner)
    also did the vector Add on projectedOrigin.angularPosition -> over a long peer
    record gap it diverged to ~180deg then snapped (the reported spin HANG/hesitation).
    Routed both through a new ExactAngularProject() helper (same exact math).
 3. Orientation only rode the sparse type-4 resync; during a PURE spin the linear
    dense-send never fires (not translating), so the gap ballooned (~1.6s) and the now-
    exact projection sat far ahead -> the slerp jumped.  Added an ANGULAR dense-send
    (resync every frame while |yawRate|>0.1), mirroring the original's frequent-
    orientation model -> gap stays tiny -> smooth.

Verified live-autonomous (BT_AUTODRIVE+BT_FORCE_TURN + BT_RENDHDG render-rate probe):
the ~180deg divergence + multi-radian snaps are GONE (rendered maxStep 0.05-0.10 rad,
no jumps).  User confirms: no frame hang/hesitation.  MOVER.cpp change is strictly
more correct (exact==crude for the small per-frame master case; only large-gap peer
extrapolation changes), so walking is unaffected.

KNOWN REMAINING (separate, smaller): the turn-STEP leg animation (trn clip, mech2.cpp
advance_normally) runs at a FIXED idleStrideScale cadence that does not scale with the
rotation rate, so the legs lag/skip vs the (now-correct) body rotation.  Next.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 17:05:16 -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 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 04a2049ce2 MP task #47: DISPROVE the Entity-layout root cause; correct the record
The prior commit (c78662a) filed cross-pod damage failure under a
"cross-TU Entity/EntityID layout divergence" (and the P5 base-region
audit). A compile-time offsetof probe injected into BOTH translation
units disproves that: game/reconstructed AND engine/MUNGA compute an
IDENTICAL Entity layout --

  sizeof(Entity)=444  offsetof(entityID)=380 (0x17C)
  offsetof(ownerID)=388  offsetof(simulationFlags)=32
  offsetof(Mech,entityID)=380  (Entity subobject at 0)

So Entity::Dispatch reads this->entityID at the SAME offset mech4's
GetEntityID() does -- there is no per-TU read difference, and the
logged 3:22 (mech4 candidate) vs 3:19 (engine Dispatch) cannot be one
object read two ways. Those lines were different objects/messages,
mis-correlated. The distinct, REAL P5 "base-region layout divergence"
(HARD_PROBLEMS.md) is about raw-offset stomps at this+0x2d4..0x2f0 --
far above entityID -- and is unrelated to #47.

Changes:
- Revert the committed BT_MP_NET engine diagnostics (ENTITY/EVENT/
  NTTMGR/RECEIVER/L4NET) to the clean a9c3e96 baseline -- those are
  the very instruments that produced the mis-correlated data.
- mech4 BT_MP_FORCE_DMG hook: dispatch via the real m->Dispatch(&td)
  path (no false id stamping); comment records the offsetof finding.
- context/multiplayer.md: layout-divergence RULED OUT; 3:22/3:19 marked
  unconfirmed; leading hypotheses reframed as H2 (wire host-relative
  (de)serialization) vs H3 (replicant id != master's registered key),
  to be distinguished by a 2-node run with per-message correlation.

Solo un-regressed (mech walks + targets, 0 faults). Cross-pod delivery
remains open, but the investigation is redirected off the wrong (large,
structural) layout-audit path onto the EntityID wire/id-assignment path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-09 12:09:50 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 c78662a0f1 MP cross-pod damage ROOT-CAUSED: EntityID localID corrupted by hostID on the wire (task #47)
Traced the dispatched-message delivery end to end with BT_MP_NET /
BT_MP_FORCE_DMG. Everything works except one wire step:
- A's Entity::Dispatch reroutes the replicant's TakeDamage
  (application->SendMessage(ownerID=3, EntityManager, msg)); POST-Dispatch
  the message carries entityID=3:22 (host:local) -- the replicant's own
  ID, matching B's master (GetEntityID()==3:22). VERIFIED sent.
- On B the message ARRIVES, GetEntityPointer finds an entity, Posts it,
  the event drains (ProcessEventTask = ProcessOneEvent(0)), Event::Process
  runs, Receive finds+calls a handler. VERIFIED the full deliver chain.
- BUG: B receives entityID=3:19, NOT 3:22 -- the localID dropped by
  exactly the hostID (3) between A's send and B's receive. So
  GetEntityPointer(3:19) returns the WRONG entity (classID 48, not the
  mech 0xBB9), whose base handler ignores the unaimed hit -> 0 damage.
  Auto-replicated UPDATE records (msgID 18) arrive with the correct 3:22
  and find the mech, so the corruption is specific to the dispatched-
  message wire path/direction.

Next: the host-relative EntityID (de)serialization on the dispatched-msg
path (RoutePacket / packet EntityID encoding) -- diff vs the update path
which translates correctly. Diagnostics retained (all BT_MP_NET-gated,
off in solo -- verified: solo 22 hits, 0 probe noise).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-09 11:03:32 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Fable 5 c0fa6bf21a Death = the burning WRECK-HULK swap (effect 104) -- the authentic chain, reconstructed
The user was right: a dead mech turns into a pile of wreckage.  The authentic
1995 chain, recovered end-to-end:

  kill -> the victim's per-mech DEATH ModelList ('blhdead'/'lokdead'/'owndead'/
  'thrdead', .RES ids 22-25) -> its authored effects: 104 (the WRECK script) +
  1007 (dnboom big explosion) + 1001 (ddthsmk rubble smoke plume) + a damage-
  smoke burst (3/4/5/15).

Effect 104 = ExplosionScripts case 4 (part_008.c:2663, LIVE in the 1996 binary;
the "disabled" warning is case 6): loads the destroyed hulk + flamesml/flamebig
flame meshes with sweep flicker.  Every mech ships its hulk (BLHDBR/MADDBR/
LOKDBR/... + GENDBR generic); the 1996 script hardcoded thrdbr.bgf (dev
shortcut) -- we use the victim's own.

Reconstructed as BTL4VideoRenderer::SwapToWreck: hide every segment mesh, hang
"<prefix>dbr.bgf" on the tree root (pending-swap if death precedes tree build);
routed from the engine's ExplosionClassID dispatch (effect 104 ->
BTSwapMechToWreck(explosion->GetEntityHit())).  The kill now fires the
authentic 'blhdead' resource (manual 7+1 pfx calls removed -- the list carries
1007/1001 itself).  Verified live:
  [death] firing authentic death list 'blhdead' id=22
     ** effect_number = 104
  [BTrender] wreck swap: victim -> 'blhdbr.bgf'

Follow-ups noted: mesh flames + hulk settle (cosmetic), DeathSplash.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-08 15:43:08 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 4a4ec6855c gauge-complete P4e: SectorDisplay reconstructed + registered -> radar SECTOR X/Z read-out LIVE
The "sectorDisplay" cockpit primitive (Secondary overlay, the radar SECTOR X/Z
coordinate read-out) was PROSE-ONLY in btl4gau3 (placeholder Make, no ctor/
methodDescription/registration) -> the config line was parse-SKIPPED and never built.

Reconstructed byte-verified from the disassembly (ctor @4c9e10, Execute @4ca07c,
methodDescription PE-parse): SectorDisplay : GraphicGauge, sizeof 0xC4. Its Execute
reads the linked mech's world position and shows two 100-unit sector numerics:
  numericA = Round(-localOrigin.z * 0.01) + 500
  numericB = Round( localOrigin.x * 0.01) + 500
(rounding = round-to-nearest == FUN_004dcd94, corrected from the reviewer's wrong
"truncate" claim; 0.01 const PE-verified; -Z/+X axis + fchs confirmed from asm).
Overridden slots: LinkToEntity(9) caches the subject, BecameActive(3, non-inactivating),
Execute(16) -> satisfies the container-Execute rule. Layout overflow-locked
(static_assert sizeof<=0xC4). Make/ctor/dtor mirror the registered PilotList sibling;
the config image name is copied (nameCopy) since Execute reads it per-frame.
Registered in BTL4MethodDescription[].

VERIFIED LIVE (BT_SECTOR_LOG): Make port=1 pos=(125,579) image=helv15.pcc gridCached=1;
Execute -Z=960.4 X=361.6 -> sectorA=510 sectorB=504 (Round(9.6)+500=510, Round(3.6)+500=504
-- authentic 100-unit sectors from live mech position). Gauge composite renders full,
no crash. The skip list is now exactly the two remaining widgets (prepEngr x12, messageBoard).

Also: a permanent BT_GAUGE_SKIP_LOG diagnostic (GAUGREND.cpp, gated) that logs each
unregistered gauge primitive the dev-parse skips -- the tool that pinned this down
(earlier "not built" runs were killed before the lazy gauge-renderer init).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 21:25:48 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 070af409f7 gauge wave P1a: publish heat/power/weapon attributes + radar zoom
The gauge-databinding-map workflow found most cockpit gauges resolve NULL
because the reconstructed subsystems publish only a fraction of the attributes
the config binds.  First publishing batch (attribute tables are read-only static
data; ids kept a dense prefix from each parent's NextAttributeID):

- HeatSink table dense-append: DegradationTemperature/FailureTemperature (the
  condenser temp-bar warn/max endpoints -- were NULL, so the two-part bars could
  not scale), NormalizedPressure/DegradationPressure/CoolantMassLeakRate, and the
  HeatSink link.  Condenser/Reservoir inherit this -> all 6 condenser temp bars
  now resolve current/warn/max (verified: BT_GAUGE_ATTR_LOG all OK).
- PoweredSubsystem::GetAttributeIndex() (new) publishes InputVoltage->voltageSource
  -- the cluster power-branch gate (the power-lamp/generator-voltage/state-lamp
  sub-branch is skipped when it resolves NULL).  Flows to Sensor/Myomers/weapons.
- MechWeapon::GetAttributeIndex() (new) publishes OutputVoltage/PercentDone->
  rechargeLevel; Emitter/PPC/ProjectileWeapon/MissileLauncher/GaussRifle DefaultData
  re-pointed at it (they carried an EMPTY default-constructed index -> resolved
  NOTHING).  Verified: the ER MED LASER / PPC / STREAK weapon clusters now render
  live recharge dials (were blank TEMP/STATUS).
- Mech::SetTargetRange un-stubbed (radarRange = range) -> the radar map scale +
  overlay range readout track the mapper's zoom (was frozen at 1000).
- GAUGREND ParseAttribute: env-gated per-binding resolution trace (BT_GAUGE_ATTR_LOG)
  -- durable diagnostic infra for the wave.

Verified DBASE+dev gauges: no startup/gauge-construction crash (dense chain intact),
combat un-regressed (TARGET DESTROYED), clusters build with InputVoltage resolving.
Remaining config-binding NULLs: HeatSink/AmbientTemperature (aggregate bank, P3) +
Searchlight/LightOn (P1b).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 16:22:45 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 0bceb9a638 gauges/map: populate the radar entity grid + draw mech contact blips
Root-caused why the radar showed 0 contacts: the gauge renderer's moving/static
entity grids (queried by GetMoving/StaticEntitiesWithinBounds) were NEVER
populated -- the 1995 game fed them from ExecuteImplementation's InterestingEntity
iterator, which the WinTesla port dropped.

Fix (engine): add GaugeRenderer::RebuildEntityGrid() -- Clear + repopulate
movingEntities from the world's DynamicMaster + DynamicReplicant entities (the
vehicles/mechs; AllEntity would flood the grid with ~300 props/effects/terrain).
Called from the map's Execute phase 0 (under the gauge's guarded Execute, so a
fault disables only the map).  Verified: contacts are now found, combat un-
regressed (TARGET DESTROYED), heap-clean under BT_HEAPCHECK.

Fix (map): DrawMoving now draws a cross blip for mech-class contacts (0xBB9) when
the authentic pip raster set is absent (the BT pip table is stubbed in this engine
build).  KEY PROJECTION FIX: worldToView is a camera (view->world) matrix and
Point3D::Multiply applies only rotation+scale (NOT translation), so projecting the
absolute entity position left the viewpoint un-subtracted and the blip landed
off-screen (verified: blip @(580,-1154)).  Project the RELATIVE position (delta =
entity - viewpoint, already computed for the range check) instead -> the blip
projects viewpoint-relative + heading-rotated correctly (@(164,221)).

radarRange default 500->1000 (1km zoom) so contacts within ~500m show on the
radar (SetTargetRange, the real player zoom, is still stubbed).  BT_MAP_LOG traces
the blip coords.

STATE: the grid population + viewpoint-relative blip projection are correct and
combat-safe.  A reliable on-screen contact demo still needs the display-scale vs
spawn-distance reconciliation (the BT_SPAWN_ENEMY dummy sits at a varying, large
distance -- 377-828m -- beyond the display radius across runs) + the authentic pip
symbol/name/video-object infrastructure (still stubbed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 22:07:19 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 fb8c1d6ace gauges: colorMapperMultiArmor (worst-of-8-zones) + fix the interpreterTable overflow [widget recon 4]
Reconstructs colorMapperMultiArmor -- tints one schematic colour (a whole torso
section) by the WORST of up to 8 damage zones:
- MultiArmorConnection (@004c346c/@004c34f4): scans 8 zones via
  entity->damageZones[idx], keeps the max damageLevel, count==0 ? 100 :
  Round(worst*100).
- ColorMapperMultiArmor::Make/ctor (@004c3c48/@004c3d60): resolves 8 named
  zones to indices via Entity::GetDamageZoneIndex (13-param methodDescription).

ALSO fixes a latent HEAP CORRUPTION that registering this widget exposed (and
that would have blocked every further widget): GaugeInterpreter's bytecode
buffer is a fixed interpreterTableSize=46864 (GAUGREND.h) tuned for RP's config,
and its Insert() bounds guard is a Verify() that compiles out at DEBUG_LEVEL 0.
As each BT gauge widget is registered, more of BT's larger L4GAUGE.CFG resolves
into bytecode (vs being parse-skipped); colorMapperMultiArmor's 13 params x
hundreds of calls pushed the total past 46864 -> silent overflow past the char[]
-> heap smash detected later in mission bitmap loading (not the gauge code).
Fix: interpreterTableSize -> 262144 (sized for BT's full config).

Verified: parses, builds, all zones resolve, no /FORCE unresolved, combat
un-regressed (TARGET DESTROYED, 0 crashes), stable. Details: docs/GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 16:56:13 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 a256813395 gauges: secondary/radar MFD composites live on a dev box (Milestone B)
The pod's secondary/radar cockpit surface now renders as an inset in the
800x600 dev window under BT_DEV_GAUGES: radar/tactical grid, SPEED/HEADING/
MAGNETIC/PROP dials, and the color-coded ARMOR DAMAGE mech schematic -- real
gauge content (nzSec=27247), composited from the shared CPU pixelBuffer.

Composite pass (engine): SVGA16::DrawDevInset palette-expands the secondary
plane into a MANAGED texture on the MAIN device and draws an XYZRHW inset quad;
BTDrawGaugeInset() reaches the gauge renderer's 'sec' port and is called from
DPLRenderer::ExecuteImplementation as the last draw before EndScene.

Three reconstruction bugs fixed to get real content:
1. BTL4Application::MakeGaugeRenderer signature mismatch (REAL fix): the
   reconstructed no-arg override only HID the 2007-engine's widened 3-arg
   virtual MakeGaugeRenderer(int*,int*,int*), so the engine built a base
   L4GaugeRenderer whose ctor never parsed gauge/l4gauge.cfg -> empty symbol
   table -> "undefined label 'bhk1Init'" -> no ports/gauges. Matched the 3-arg
   signature so it truly overrides (args ignored; BT is fullscreen). Same bug
   class as the BTL4GaugeRenderer(false,NULL,NULL,NULL) ctor fix.
2. Parse hung on undefined primitives (gated dev accommodation): the BT gauge
   primitive table (BTL4MethodDescription) is still a stub, so an unknown
   primitive -> ReportParsingError -> Fail() -> a MODAL dialog freezing the
   parse. Under BT_DEV_GAUGES, skip the unknown primitive's params so labels
   register and the base "configure" primitive builds the ports.
3. Gauge widgets AV on NULL data bindings (gated): NumericDisplayScalar's NULL
   value_pointer -> GaugeConnectionDirectOf ctor deref (bind NULL->static zero);
   RankAndScore::Execute derefs unreconstructed game state (Gauge::GuardedExecute
   SEH wrapper -> Disable(True) on first fault).

All guards gated on BT_DEV_GAUGES: default DEV un-regressed (TARGET DESTROYED,
0 crashes) and the pod path is byte-unchanged (strict Fail, no guards).

Remaining (docs/GAUGE_COMPOSITE.md): the real gauge WIDGET reconstruction
(BTL4MethodDescription method table + gauge->game-state data bindings), then
Step 2 (RP<->BT MFD port-name reconcile) + Step 3 (2-window layout).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:59:45 -05:00
arcattackandClaude Opus 4.8 7b7d465e5e Initial commit: bt411 -- standalone Windows BattleTech (Tesla 4.10 port)
Clean, self-contained extraction of the BattleTech-specific work from the
reverse-engineering workspace -- engine + game + content + build, with nothing
from Red Planet or the raw archive dumps. Builds green (Win32) and runs the
single-player drive->animate->target->fire->damage->destroy loop out of the box.

Layout:
  engine/   MUNGA + MUNGA_L4 shared 2007 engine, carrying our BT render/loader
            work (bgfload/L4D3D/L4VIDEO: BSL bit-slice decode, LOD/ground/shadow
            models) + image codec; the minimal rp/ headers the audio HAL needs
  game/     reconstructed BT logic + surviving-original BT source + fwd shims
            + WinMain launcher
  content/  full runtime tree (BTL4.RES, VIDEO/, GAUGE/, AUDIO/, eggs, BTDPL.INI)
  docs/     format specs + reconstruction ledgers
  reference/ raw Ghidra pseudocode (recon source-of-truth) + decomp exporter
  tools/    MP console emulator + map/resource scanners

One top-level CMake builds munga_engine lib + bt410_l4 game lib + btl4.exe.
All paths relativized (186 fwd shims + ~437 CMake abs paths -> repo-relative);
DXSDK is the one external, overridable via -DDXSDK. Verified: builds to a
byte-identical 2.27MB exe and runs combat (TARGET DESTROYED, 0 crashes) against
the bundled content.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-05 21:03:40 -05:00