Dumped each mech's subsystem->coolant-loop (BT_SPEC_LOG in mech4: walks
the roster once, resolves each subsystem's linked-condenser number via
BTCoolingLoopFrame) and diffed all 6 manual mechs' COOLANT LOOPS tables.
RESULT -- the structure survives the 4.0->4.10 gap remarkably well:
- BACKBONE identical on ALL 6: Generator A/B/C/D on loops 1/2/3/5,
Sensors(our Avionics) on loop 2, Myomers on loop 5, LRMs on 1&3,
autocannon on 4, big energy weapon on 6 -- exact match
- weapon LOADOUT identical on 5 of 6 (Thor/Vulture/MadCat/Owens/
Blackhawk); Loki is the one full rework (4.0 PPCx2/AFC100/SRM6 ->
4.10 AFC50x2/ER Medium x2/SRM4)
- the consistent 4.0->4.10 change is a small-laser REDISTRIBUTION: the
2 ER Small Lasers moved off the sensor/heavy loops onto the energy
loops 4&6 (Thor/MadCat/Vulture); Owens near-perfect (loops 1&3 exact)
- Loop 0 = correctly UNCOOLED infrastructure (condensers, reservoir,
gyro, torso, HUD, ammo bins, ...) -- not a coolant loop
CONCLUSION: the coolant-loop reconstruction is faithful; every diff is
4.0->4.10 balance tuning, not a bug. BT_SPEC_LOG retained.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
