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BT411 -- ALL OPEN TRACKER ISSUES (59), SORTED FOR PLAYTESTERS
Updated 2026-08-10 (evening) -- after Oracle's full annotated sweep, which
closed 35 issues. Thank you Oracle: that is what this list is for.
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HOW TO REPORT: drop a line in Discord with the issue number and PASS /
FAIL / what you saw. Screenshots and rough times help; logs get collected
as usual.
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A. FIXED -- PLEASE VERIFY (headliners first: new fixes fielded THIS build)
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#149 Glass cockpit stutter / hitching ** HEADLINER **
First fielded build with the fix. Glass users -- especially Oracle:
mission load and play should feel smooth again (repaints now skip
windows whose gauges did not change).
#150 Double kill credit (one kill counted twice) ** HEADLINER **
First fielded build with the fix (868's double-kills were pre-fix).
TEST: kill someone with a missile volley -- scoreboard +1, not +2.
#69 "Sunder V1" renamed to DENKOU
TEST: vehicle picker shows Denkou -- era witnesses, confirm spelling.
#71 Closing the Plasma window lost it until restart
TEST: X the plasma window -- it minimizes to the taskbar; click restores.
#25 Gamepad turn profile (stick X could not turn the mech)
TEST: RajelAran -- bind an axis to "Turn" in content\bindings.txt.
#27 Autocannon/Gauss dealt the wrong damage type
Oracle asked for a RETEST before closing: ballistics should feel/score
like solid shot (no blast splash).
#38 Mech colors reverted on respawn
TEST: custom paint, die, respawn -- colors stay.
#39 Controls were live before the game screen appeared
TEST: mash fire during load -- nothing happens until the scene shows.
#41 (David/Auric) launcher killed before it could run -- forensics armed
TEST: if join.bat ever fails again, send content\lastrun_join.txt.
#56 MFD buttons drift away from where they are drawn
TEST: alt-tab / focus changes mid-round -- buttons stay aligned.
#147 Range caret vanished for the session (ticks stayed)
Monitoring: if it happens, the log traps the culprit -- just report it.
#158 (Sauron) could not move after respawn until throttle cycled
TEST when it happens: does cycling the throttle free you?
YES -> the #146 release mechanic (expected). NO -> map + spawn spot.
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B. OPEN -- HELP US REPRODUCE / NARROW (what to note when it happens)
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#24 Controller hat/look view sticks (recovers after wiggling)
#37 Mech torso appears BACKWARDS to other players (transient)
#74 8BitDo gamepad works solo, dead in Steam MP (VexUbiquity)
#102 Owens: full-throttle run -> hold reverse = animation/audio hang
REPRO known (exterior cam, savannah); self-clears on a torso twist.
#125 Peers do not see the FIRST destroyed-zone graphic (2nd hit shows it)
#126 Peer weapon fire invisible AND silent from some positions
#128 Ramming terrain = INSTANT coolant leak -- Oracle re-confirms STILL LIVE
#130 Vulture "skating" (gliding without walk animation)
#132 (Conn Man) persistent yellow line on the HUD in every mech
#135 Coolant leak with NO flashing annunciators -- Oracle re-confirms LIVE
#136 A SHUT leaking loop starts/stops leaking with COMPONENT toggles
(Oracle marked "Clarify" -- one more description pass requested.)
#143 One panel hit -> smoke erupts from MULTIPLE places at once
#153 Basic-mode elevation limit only applies after cycling modes (fix pending)
#154 Generator Out warning fires on the WRONG EDGE (at recovery, not trip)
Refined by Oracle: the stuck-forever gen did NOT reproduce; era rule =
gens return at HALF-cooled (red bar portion gone). Threshold audit due.
#155 PANIC lit: Eng + Weapon MFD banks dead; Score/Radar/Coolant stay live
(Oracle mapped the exact bank split; #50 closed into this ticket.
Flicker half = authentic. Next: is the bank capture authentic too?)
#159 (Conn Man) lag during drops -- missiles / fire exploding in empty space
NOTE: shooter + target + rough time; match receipts measure the rest.
#160 Pod cab: RIO axis dropouts + boot wedges (hardware investigation)
Cab-side only. Bounded-write hardening is in this build; the cage
hardware work continues with Nick.
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C. STILL-OPEN ERA QUESTIONS
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#103 Mech-to-mech RAM: armor damage or internals only? (Oracle: don't know;
Lynx / Ronin / Draco -- your call. Binary does internals-only.)
#133 Generator X-out on the MFD: Oracle recalls an X "under certain
circumstances" -- WHICH circumstances? (shutdown / overheat / destroyed)
ALSO (#152 rider): did Mid/Adv auto-recentre the torso in the pod, or only
Basic? (Oracle: don't know. Binary says: no auto-recentre.)
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D. DESIGN CALLS -- group opinions wanted
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#151 Panic eject costs -499: verified REAL 1995 scoring (your death scored
as suicide + death penalty). Keep authentic, or house-rule a flat cost?
#23 Non-glass screen layout: Oracle proposes widescreen-aware sizing --
world view wider + taller, moved up, allowed to overlap the radar.
Opinions welcome before anyone prototypes it.
#77 Resizable Secondary/Radar window (touch-panel cockpits). Want it?
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E. KNOWN GAPS -- confirmed and on the list, no need to re-report
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#49 Radar/map does not draw the arena WALL geometry
#76 Glass layout save/restore rework (some windows not saved)
#83 INCOMING MISSILE alarm not implemented yet
#90 Flames/smoke from serious damage: less than the original (tuning)
#104 Mad Dog "NARC 15" label: NARC postdates our 4.10 binary (Oracle: added
in a late 4.x release; zero NARC in our decomp) -- content rename due.
#105 Sensor damage effects: Oracle's era spec captured (HUD flicker/loss,
radar loss) -- implementation pending.
#111 Peers see a dying mech's blue warp bubble (should see explosion only)
#112 AFC rounds shotgun across zones (should land as one projectile)
#113 LRM burn/hit state lasts too long
#115 Hot box / target select not connected (Oracle era note: hotbox was a
STANDARD-mode feature; absent in Expert -- gating to reconcile)
#121 Sensor HEAT has no consequences yet
#123 Searchlight: the visible LIGHT + night-fog swap still to come
#145 IR "predator vision": decode done, display not implemented
#156 Fade-to-black at mission end not happening
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F. INTERNAL ENGINEERING BACKLOG (nothing to test)
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#14 Glass panel unreconstructed button handler backlog (census)
#17 Cavern upper-butte halves lack a collision stream (authenticity TBD)
#21 Weapon recharge arc dark after eng-page use (symptom trail -> #62)
#28 Confirm the vital-subsystem-crit death path can fire (machinery in)
#30 Weapon "unavailable" (level-7) display verification + accessor cleanup
#63 PlayerStatus reads raw 1995 offsets (databinding trap, dormant)
#64 damageZone shadow field (half-fixed; consequences disarmed)
#65 HandleMessage non-virtual across 10 classes (latent dispatch trap)
#72 BTLoadPump swallows WM_QUIT during load (latent)
#107 Destroyed HeatSink annunciates nothing (no lamp for condition 0)
#117 KB note: per-chassis cockpit bounce was deliberate (Ronin) -- FYI
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End of list. 59 open issues total:
12 verify (2 headliners), 17 reproduce, 3 era questions, 3 design calls,
14 known gaps, 11 internal.
35 issues closed 2026-08-10 on Oracle's annotated sweep.
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