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Task #10 set out to fix "scrambled linked-sink routing"; a [heat-link] attach log proved the routing was NEVER scrambled (every subsystem links its authored condenser exactly; the "pools in Condenser1" read was the diagnostic-sampler aliasing trap). The real defect: emitter.cpp's local FUN_00417ab4 stub returned NULL, so the whole electrical model was inert and the E7 force-charge recharged every emitter in ONE frame (~0.3s cycle, 1501 fires/90s, ~1.7e9 heat/s -- the "runaway"). Landed authentically [T1: disasm + byte-verified constants]: - Emitter ctor @004bb120: seekVoltage = authored fraction x generator ratedVoltage (10000); EC = energyTotal/(seekV^2 x 0.5); voltageScale@0x310 = (RechargeRate / -ln(1 - 1e-4 x seekV)) / EC -- charge reaches seekV[rec] in EXACTLY the authored RechargeRate (PPC 5s, ERL 4s, SRM 3s, ERM 2s) cold. Owner-flags ctor gate (the usual gotcha; the this-flags read never armed). - PoweredSubsystem::ChargeTimeScale (@004b0d50, was a =1.0 stub): voltageScale x (1 + thermalResistivity x srcTempRise) -- hot generators charge slower. ("voltageScale is never read back" was wrong; corrected + swept.) - TrackSeekVoltage @004ba838: charging I^2R -> the GENERATOR's pendingHeat (~3.5e8/full PPC charge) -- generators self-heat, conduct to their authored condensers, and throttle further charging. The feedback economy closes. - FailureHeat consumers found: this+0x184 == 2 gates BOTH weapon families (@004baa88 emitter: reset firing + hold charge 0; @004bbd36 ballistic: recoil=rechargeRate + alarm 7). Emitter::GetFaultState un-stubbed. - ProjectileWeaponSimulation @004bbd04 opens with call 0x4b0bd0 (disasm) -- launchers now run the powered/heat step (their firing heat previously accumulated in pendingHeat forever). - heat.cpp: per-instance BT_HEAT_LOG census (the old shared-static 1-Hz sampler aliased); [heat-link] attach log; the stolen-else Verify restored. Verified live (120s max-rate autofire): PPC ~470-500 (was 55,000), bank plateaus ~600 and sheds to ambient, generators 1100-1400, ERMLaser self-regulates at the authored 2000 failure threshold (shutdown-cool-resume). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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id: open-questions
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title: "Open Questions — deferred systems, unknowns, get-from-Nick"
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status: living
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source_sections: "CLAUDE.md §9; docs/HARD_PROBLEMS.md; per-subsystem deferral notes"
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related_topics: [source-completeness, subsystems, multiplayer, combat-damage, locomotion]
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---
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# Open Questions
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Known unknowns + deliberately-deferred systems. For each: what's known, what's missing, what
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would resolve it, status. Deferred ≠ broken — most are marked-and-guarded stand-ins with the
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authentic path scoped.
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## From Nick (external — gating for some paths)
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- **[GATING] The BT game SOURCE CODE** — the missing implementation `.cpp` (mech, subsystems,
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mapper, HUD, app; see [[source-completeness]]). Without it, Route A (recompile original) is
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impossible; we reconstruct from the binary instead. Likely on a backup/dev drive. Status: OPEN.
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- Confirmation the PodPC image is the complete content master. (Low priority — the runtime
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`BTL4.RES` already has 8 maps + the full mech anim set.) Status: OPEN.
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- Pod specifics for Phase 8: the 7-monitor driver setup, the RIO cockpit I/O protocol, current
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Win10+wrapper pod config. Status: OPEN.
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## Deferred subsystems / feeds (authentic path scoped, marked in code)
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- **✅ 0xBD3 SubsystemMessageManager — UNTANGLED + LIVE (task #7, 2026-07-11) [T1/T2].**
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Both halves landed: (1) the factory case builds the REAL messmgr (ctor @0049bca4, 0x130,
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static reconstruction messmgr.cpp) cached at `mech+0x434` — the binary-wide census found
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exactly ONE reader (@0x4b984b in `MechWeapon::SendDamageMessage` @004b9728, which was ALSO
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mislabeled, as "DrawWeaponPip"); every mapper consumer re-pointed to roster slot 0
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(`MappingMapper()`; `SetMappingSubsystem` @0049fe40 touches only slot 0); non-viewpoint mechs
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carry a slot-0 demand LATCH ([T3] accommodation for the port's wider drive/gait reachability).
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(2) The authentic CONSOLIDATED damage delivery is live: the beam path submits TakeDamage into
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`AddDamageMessage` → per-frame `ConsolidateAndSendDamage` (@0049b784) builds ONE
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`Entity::TakeDamageStreamMessage` (id 0x13, wire-verified 0x34+4+N×12) dispatched at the
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victim, whose T0 handler (ENTITY.cpp:817) re-splits it; replicant victims reroute cross-pod.
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Explosion bundling (weapon+0x3E4 per record, unique-queued, Explosion::Make at the impact)
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implemented; TWO latent chain-purge bugs fixed (records re-applied every tick). RESIDUE
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([T3], next task): the weapon-side submission with per-weapon `damageData` +
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`inflictingSubsystemID` awaits the DAMAGE-ECONOMY reconciliation (authored 0.25-scale
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amounts vs the bring-up kShotDamage=12); the 0.1s explosion stagger + the terrain-hit
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derivation check are noted in messmgr.cpp.
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⚠ The earlier "0xBD3 gates the valve/Myomers" claim remains WRONG (those read the owning
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BTPlayer at mech+0x190 — see the next entry); the old wiring notes are superseded by this
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landing.
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- **✅ `mech+0x190` IDENTIFIED (2026-07): it is the owning `BTPlayer`** (`Mech::GetPlayerLink()`,
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`MECH_OWNING_PLAYER`; ENTITY.h:430). Set by `FUN_0049f624` (the mech↔player bind: `mech+0x190 = player`
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AND `player->playerVehicle(+0x1fc) = mech`), which resolves the player from the mission player registry
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(`app+0x2c+0x54`, `FUN_0041fd18`) by the pilot key. The valve/Myomers "gates" read the owning player's
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fields at `player+0x260` and `player+0x274` (the reconstruction maps this block as `showDamageReceived@0x25c
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/ showKills@0x260 / showDamageInflicted@0x264 / roleClassIndex@0x274` in btplayer.hpp — from the SCORING
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work, so the names may NOT match the gate semantics; the true meaning + the WRITER of `player+0x260/0x274`
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are not yet pinned — part_013.c:4553-4660 is the TorsoSimulation, a different object, not the setter). So
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there is NO new subsystem to build. **The wiring (small):** point `MechSubsystem::IsDamaged()` (`FUN_004ac9c8`, valve
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guard) at `GetPlayerLink()->`(0x274) and `Myomers::OwnerAdvancedDamage()` (`FUN_004ad7d4`) at
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`GetPlayerLink()->`(0x260) — via NAMED members (databinding trap: our BTPlayer layout ≠ binary; do NOT
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raw-read `player+0x260`). ⚠ Resolve first: (a) a naming conflict — `FUN_004ad7d4` is labeled BOTH
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`HeatModelActive` (heat.hpp) AND `OwnerAdvancedDamage` (myomers.cpp); re-verify which body is which; (b)
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the true semantic of `player+0x260/0x274` vs the scoring-derived `showKills`/`roleClassIndex` names. NOTE:
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these are MODE flags — in the basic test mission the inert Myomers / dormant valve is likely AUTHENTIC
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(advanced damage off); wiring makes them RESPOND when a mission enables the mode, not necessarily change
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the basic-mission behavior. The MessageBoard feed is separate (StatusMessagePool, below).
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- **✅ Authentic target acquisition RECONSTRUCTED (tasks #36/#39, 2026-07-08)** — the `Reticle`
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pick-ray chain is LIVE (see [[combat-damage]] Targeting for the full port map): the crosshair =
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**torso boresight** (NO free-aim mouse — the pod stick twisted the torso; you steer to aim) →
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pick ray → per-frame lock (boresight ON the mech = locked; off = none) → aimed zone damage +
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designator hotbox; `BT_FIRE_ARC` is opt-in-only now. Firing needs a target but NOT a manual
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lock/pinpoint — the target is AUTO-acquired (task #40, binary-verified: FireWeapon doubly-gated
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on mech+0x388, but 0x388 has 11 reads / 0 direct stores across CODE → set indirectly). Residue:
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(a) the binary's own per-frame reticle→mech copy + the AUTO-TARGET SELECTOR are still in an
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un-exported gap (a message/selector; our port auto-targets the single living enemy — for MP,
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reconstruct the real multi-target selection: nearest/most-aligned/cycle); (b) the eyepoint now
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rides the parent DCS (task #55 authentic eye), so torso pose reaches the view; on a
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TWIST-CAPABLE mech (selectable via `BT_FORCE_MODEL`) the crosshair should deflect with the
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torso twist (`BTTwistToReticleX` is wired for it) AND the torso should visibly lead the legs —
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verify the reticle deflection on a twist mech (the BLH is fixed-torso, boresight always
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centred); (c) pre-burial, the pick still
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tests the sinking wreck's collision box at its parked position (pre-existing wreck-targeting
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behavior).
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- **Cockpit HUD leftovers (tasks #35-#38 residue, 2026-07-08)** — the reticle + 7 weapon pips +
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ALL the instrument dynamics are LIVE (the Execute @004cdcf0 gap was RECOVERED via capstone
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disasm, task #37; the authentic Lock producer + the simple-X mode landed in #38 — see
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[[gauges-hud]] for the full instrument map). Remaining: (a) the **`*_cop` canopy shell** —
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SOLVED for all 8 (task #55): authentic eye + the PUNCH stencil-cut kit + double-sided cop
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geometry + unlit constant frame colour (`BT_COP_FRAME`) — see [[cockpit-view]] Rendering/FINAL;
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shows by DEFAULT now (`BT_HIDE_COCKPIT=1` hides). NOTE the old claim here ("canopy windows are
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punch texels") was WRONG — the shell has no texture; the openings are geometry. ✅ RESOLVED
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(2026-07-11): PUNCH = a 3-chunk STENCIL-CUT kit (mask/hull/twin, i860-firmware-decoded)
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executed as a D24S8 stencil cut; visible canopy = hull-minus-apertures ([[cockpit-view]]
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§FINAL). All 8 mechs render connected dark frames with clear viewports (the intermediate
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"frameless bhk1/loki/vulture/avatar" reading was wrong); thor matches the pod footage exactly.
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Eye placement verified exact per-mech incl. Thor's +1.13 offset cockpit ([[cockpit-view]]). (b) the **3D marker
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chain** ([0x31c]/[0x320] dpl objects + the PNAME1-8.bgf player-name meshes over the locked
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target — matters for MP). (c) the compass rotation SIGN is derived-not-verified [T3] (turn
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left → the stem should swing right; flip the sin sign in Draw if footage disagrees).
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- **StatusMessagePool (NULL stub, btstubs.cpp:62)** — the per-player status-message queue.
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BTPlayer+0x1dc is never populated → MessageBoard is empty (authentic for bring-up). What
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resolves it: wire the pool + decode `AddStatusMessage @0042e580` + the `Player__StatusMessage`
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record ({messageId@+0xc, nameEntity@+0x10}).
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- **Gyroscope (0xBC4) — RE-ENABLED LIVE (task #56, 2026-07-10).** The NaN revert's root causes
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are fixed byte-exact (ctor field map @004b3778 — springConstant@0x1E8/dampingConstant@0x1F4
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were mislabelled, the 0x254-0x2B3 block was missing, clamps/accumulators uninitialised; the
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integrators' state-minus-target/componentwise-damping-overwrite/X-Z-crossing semantics; the
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writers' one-node-two-channels form; dispatch from the MECH performance tail, not the gyro
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Performance). Layout locked (sizeof==0x3D0); runtime clean (joints type 5, finite state, no
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NaN). Empirical: spring targets are SYMMETRIC → eye equilibrium (0,0,0) → the gyro is a
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±0.1-0.15u BOUNCE mechanism, NOT a steady offset (the earlier hypothesis is disproven).
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**FAN-OUT LANDED (2026-07-11):** FUN_004b2980 re-disassembled from raw bytes and reconstructed
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(`Gyroscope::ApplyDamageResponse`) + wired at the take-damage hub, the crushable crunch and the
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firing recoil — the hit-BOUNCE is live and verified (damped eye oscillation, no NaN).
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REMAINING (task #56 tail): (a) the alternate-gait engage jolt + engaged-gait rumble
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(@4aa158-4aa365 — [T3] gate naming, mutates the #49/#50-stabilized gait machine; byte recipe in
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the wf_6880e605 synthesis); (b) the mech+0x3F0 overspeed sway model (swayBias fed 0); (c) the
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per-frame `EyepointRotation.pitch = torso pitch` writer (FUN_004b66b4) + mapper glance-look
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states (FUN_004afd10 — yaw/pitch from mech+0x564..0x570); (d) senders filling
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`Damage::damageForce` for directional bounce (random-fallback is binary-legal meanwhile).
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Also: `deathAnimationLatched`/`legResetLatch` were never ctor-initialised (0xCDCDCDCD gate bug,
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fixed in mech.cpp ctor). See [[cockpit-view]].
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- **MechControlsMapper look/eyepoint commit** — reconstructed but its offsets collide with declared
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members; arbitrate before enabling (no port consumer yet). The fire-trigger-through-mapper is
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still the `gBTWeaponTrigger` bring-up.
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- **✅ Weapon groups — the AUTHENTIC defaults + fire path LIVE (task #5, 2026-07-11) [T1/T2].**
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The system decoded end-to-end: a fire "channel" = a physical `buttonGroup` slot in the global
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`LBE4ControlsManager` (fire buttons 0x40 Trigger / 0x45 Pinky / 0x46 ThumbLow / 0x47 ThumbHigh);
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binding = a permanent mode-0x10000 DIRECT mapping button → the weapon's **TriggerState** attr
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(id **0x13**, = `fireImpulse@0x31C`; the binary MechWeapon table's ONLY attribute @0x511890);
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the weapon self-edge-detects (CheckFireEdge @4b9608). **The default grouping is NOT messages —
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it is the per-mech type-6 controls-map resource in BTL4.RES** ("Thrustmaster"/"L4" variants;
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e.g. madcat: Trigger={4 weapons}, ThumbHigh={2}), installed at `MakeViewpointEntity` by the
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ENGINE's `CreateStreamedMappings` (T0, L4CTRL.cpp) — which the port already called; it needed
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only the TriggerState attribute published (id PINNED to 0x13 — our attr-id chain is 6 short of
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the binary's; full binary attr-table dump in the task #5 scan) + an input feed. Keyboard now
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pushes press/release edges into the buttonGroups (SPACE→Trigger, '2'→ThumbLow, '3'/CTRL→
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ThumbHigh; BT_AUTOFIRE pulses the Trigger); the gBT*Trigger bypasses + pulse hack are retired.
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VERIFIED 2-node at the BINDING level (⚠ honest correction, task #8: those kills still flowed
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through the retired mech4 bring-up block -- the emitter DISCHARGE chain was latched shut by
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the NaN edge bug below until 2026-07-11; the full weapon-fire chain is now verified solo). **Remaining (the config-mode session):** handlers
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id 9/10 (@4b9550/@4b95b8 — corrected: they were mislabeled as Myomers fns), the L4 mapper
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Enter/ExitConfiguration completion (StartMappableButtonsConfigure + mode 0x8000), the
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ConfigMapGauge unguard — the pod's in-cockpit REGROUPING UI (pilot heat-management choice);
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mapper vtable corrections: +0x38 Enter / +0x3c Exit / +0x44 RIO AddOrErase (Thrustmaster
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no-ops it).
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- **Myomers authentic coupling** — the structural un-stub is INERT (mover feed + heat-gen no-op).
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Real coupling needs the advanced-damage gate (`OwnerAdvancedDamage`/`FUN_004ad7d4` → the owning
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**BTPlayer** `mech+0x190`+0x260, NOT 0xBD3 — see the mech+0x190 item above) + `MoverAttach` routing
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into the LIVE JointedMover (must be reconciled with the gait cutover first).
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- **SeekVoltageGraph** — 4 Seek* attrs unpublished (a cluster-child, not config-called; non-blocking).
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- **✅ DAMAGE ECONOMY — AUTHENTIC (task #8, 2026-07-11) [T1/T2].** The whole economy closes:
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`_DAT_004bafbc` is an x87 float80 = **1e-7** (the port's kDamageScale=1.0 was the mystery) --
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it cancels the ctor's ×1e7 energy bookkeeping, so **damagePortion = authored DamageAmount ×
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(charge/seekV[rec])²** (port: the closed form at fire time; the bring-up charge cycle keeps
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the degenerate EC=1 electrical model). Authored values (BTL4.RES type-0x11, +0x19C; scanner
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scratchpad/scan_weapsub.py): madcat AC=25/LRM15 salvo=50/ERLL=6/ERSL=2; bhk1 PPC=12/SRM6=35/
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ERML=3.5. Zone model already byte-exact (Δlevel = amount/armorPoints, legs ×0.5; armor dump
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in the task #8 synthesis) → the pod's 4-8-hit heavy-weapon pacing. The weapon-side
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SendDamageMessage (@004b9728) is LIVE from Emitter::FireWeapon (damageData filled incl.
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**damageForce = target−muzzle → the gyro's directional hit-bounce feed**); the mech4
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bring-up damage block + flat kShotDamage are retired to diag hooks. **ROOT-CAUSE find: the
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CheckFireEdge NaN latch** -- TriggerState carries ControlsButton INTS (release −65 = a
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negative NaN); the binary's x87 unordered-compare treated it as "released" but an
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IEEE-correct float compare latched the detector shut after the first release (why the
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emitters never discharged in-game until now); fixed with bit-pattern sign compares
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(@004b9608). Residues [T3]: heat stays on the bring-up scale (authentic = heatCost×1e7
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energy units, the missile path already feeds it -- the HEAT-CALIBRATION audit);
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LODReuseHysteresis corrected 0.82→0.33 (a double); the MP beam-kill live-verify awaits a
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clear-sightline spawn (mechanism identical to solo; force-dmg cross-pod cycles verified).
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- **HEAT (task #9, 2026-07-11): authentic 1e7-unit heat LIVE; conduction ROUTING defect
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remains [T2/T3].** Landed + byte-anchored: emitters emit `heatCostToFire x 1e7 x
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(charge/seekV)^2` (closed form; PPC = 1.1e8 -> +632 K on its 174000-mass sink); the missing
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projectile/missile heat adds (raw pre-scaled resources); the bank's AMBIENT RADIATOR @4ae73c
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(the system's only heat exit: relax toward 300 K, conductance x 0.1 x HeatSinkCount
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[_DAT_004ae974 float80 = 0.1 -- the audit's "1.7375" was a misread]); the link-attach guard
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corrected (skip = the 0xBBE bank, NOT Condenser -- the inversion had closed the system);
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three coolant epsilon corrections (0.0025/0.003/1e-4 for the old single 1e-4) +
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CoolantCapacityScale = 0.05 float80 (both prior readings wrong). Verified: heat flows,
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exits (~2/3 of a 1e10 spam run drained), weapons overheat under max-rate autofire exactly
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as the authored-constant simulation predicts (thermal spam is unsustainable BY DESIGN;
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heatLoad -> effectiveRange 0 = the authentic overheat cutout).
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- **Task #10 -- the "scrambled routing" RESOLVED (2026-07-11) [T2].** The routing was NEVER
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scrambled: a `[heat-link]` attach log proved every subsystem links its authored sink
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exactly (bhk1: PPC_1->C4, PPC_2->C6, ERM_1/2/3->C1/C6/C4, SRM6s->C2, generators->C1/C2/C3/C5,
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condensers+reservoir->bank@slot2). The "pools in Condenser1" observation was the
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DIAGNOSTIC-SAMPLER ALIASING trap (one shared static 1-Hz timer, pendingHeat-gated); the
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census log is now per-instance. The REAL defect was the fire RATE: emitter.cpp's local
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`FUN_00417ab4` stub returned NULL, so although the PoweredSubsystem ctor attaches the
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authored generator to `voltageSource@0x1D0`, the Emitter TU could never see it -- the whole
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electrical model was inert and the E7 force-charge recharged every emitter in ONE frame
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(~0.3 s cycle, 1501 fires/90 s, ~1.7e9 heat/s input). Fixed authentically [T1, disasm +
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byte-verified constants]:
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* Emitter ctor @004bb120: seekVoltage[i] = authored fraction x generator ratedVoltage
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(authored 10000); EC = energyTotal/(seekV[rec]^2 x 0.5); **voltageScale@0x310 =
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(RechargeRate / -ln(1 - 0.0001 x seekV)) / EC** -- the exponential charge reaches
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seekV[rec] in EXACTLY the authored RechargeRate on a cold generator (PPC 5 s, ERLLaser
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4 s, SRM6 3 s, ERMLaser 2 s, LRM15 6 s). The gate reads the OWNER's simulationFlags
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(the usual ctor-gate gotcha; the old this-flags read never armed).
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* `PoweredSubsystem::ChargeTimeScale()` (@004b0d50, was a =1.0 stub): voltageScale x
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(1 + thermalResistivityCoefficient x max(0, srcT - srcT0)) -- a HOT generator charges
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slower ("voltageScale is never read back" was wrong -- this reads it every tick).
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* TrackSeekVoltage @004ba838: charging I^2R (`seekRate^2 x dtScale x dt`) lands in the
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GENERATOR's pendingHeat@0x1c8 (~3.5e8 per full PPC charge -> generators self-heat ->
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conduct to their condensers -> slow further charging). This closes the heat/firepower
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feedback economy.
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* **FailureHeat consumers found [T1, disasm]:** `this+0x184` (the weapon's own heatAlarm
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status level) == 2 gates BOTH families -- @004baa88 (emitter: ResetFiringState +
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currentLevel=0 until it cools) and @004bbd36 (ballistic: recoil pinned to rechargeRate +
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alarm state 7). Emitter::GetFaultState() now returns heatAlarm.GetLevel() (was a 0 stub).
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* ProjectileWeaponSimulation @004bbd04 opens with `call 0x4b0bd0` (disasm-verified) -- the
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launchers now run the powered/heat step (their task-#9 firing heat previously accumulated
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in pendingHeat forever; SRM6s now census at ~950 under sustained fire).
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Verified live (120 s max-rate autofire): PPC ~470-500 (was 55,000), bank plateaus ~600 and
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sheds, generators 1100-1400, ERMLaser self-regulates at the 2000 failure threshold
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(shutdown -> cool -> resume). Remaining tails: the HeatWatcher/AmmoBin cook-off
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watchedLink; the mech-level heatAlarm@0x450 producer; the cockpit power-routing message
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handlers (@004b099c..@004b0abc: assign weapon to Generator 1-4 + auto/manual toggle via
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modeAlarm@0x2CC -- wired to buttons, not yet reachable).
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## Locomotion / combat polish (non-gating)
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- Authentic per-mech TURN-RATE constant (currently a bring-up constant rate).
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- Body-callback gimp handlers (states 16-19, targets 0x70b2/0x7161 undecoded → fall back to stand);
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airborne callbacks (`FUN_004a6344`/`FUN_004a7970`).
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- Wall-block-vs-climb tuning. **✅ Collision DAMAGE application — DONE 2026-07-08 [T2].** The two deferred
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dispatches in `Mech::ProcessCollision` (mech4.cpp: mech-vs-mech `:15324-15358` + icon-crunch `:15369-15401`)
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now fire: on a collision with another Mech or a CulturalIcon, an `Entity::TakeDamageMessage{zone==−1}` is
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dispatched to the victim (via `BTDispatchCollisionDamage`, the engine ctor — same as the weapon path), and
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STEP 6's cylinder table resolves the impact point → a zone on the receiver. Terrain (walls/hills) matches
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neither branch → blocks without damage (faithful). Reachability is guaranteed (`Mover::ProcessCollisionList`
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calls the **virtual** `ProcessCollision` → `Mech::ProcessCollision`); built + stable. The live dispatch
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wasn't captured headlessly (the solo auto-walker never rammed a tree/mech), but the path is proven reachable
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and composed of runtime-verified pieces. **Note:** validated STEP 6's height ref along the way —
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`collisionTemplate->maxY ≈ 7.1` (a real mech height), confirming `CylinderReferenceHeight` reads a height,
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not the heat value the `mech+0x2ec` dual-labeling (heat-gauge sink vs groundRef, mech4.cpp:2697) hinted at.
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- **✅ Cylinder hit-location (STEP 6) — DONE + LIVE 2026-07-08 [T2].** Built + runtime-verified: the `dmgtable.cpp`
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classes now have real storage + a working `ResolveHit→zone`, the mech ctor loads the type-0x1d table by the
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DamageZoneStream name (`[cyl] table 'bhk1' layers=7`), and `Mech::TakeDamageMessageHandler` resolves
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unaimed (zone==−1) hits before base-routing. ⚠ The FIRST "verified" claim was PARTIAL: the table was
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cached via `Wword(0x111)` (the ABSORBER — stores nothing) so every unaimed hit silently no-op'd; fixed
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2026-07-08 by promoting the cache to the named member `Mech::damageLookupTable`
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([[reconstruction-gotchas]] §2). Now verified end-to-end (19 zones resolving, `BT_AUTOFIRE` harness).
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Full change list in [[combat-damage]] "STEP 6 COMPLETE". Historical investigation notes retained
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below for provenance.
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**Re-investigated 2026-07 (see [[combat-damage]] for the full algorithm):** the table (height×angle
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grid, resource type 0x1d) IS built (recon `StandingAnimation` @Mech[0x111], but with an EMPTY name → 0 rows,
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because `ResourceFindByName` is a **no-op template stub**). **CORRECTION to the earlier note:** the LOOKUP is
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**exported** [T1] — `FUN_0049eb54` (table height→row) + `FUN_0049e678` (row angle→cell), NOT unexported.
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Only the thin `Mech::TakeDamageMessageHandler` glue (zone==-1 → call the lookup → `damageZones[zone]->TakeDamage`)
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is unexported, and it's fully implied by pieces already reconstructed → no disassembly needed. Remaining:
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6b real `FindByName` (name = the mech's type-0x14 DamageZoneStream name @ResourceDescription+0xc); 6c the 3
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container ctors + the lookup as a `BTCylinderResolveZone` bridge (ground the cell zone-dict stream format vs
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the real .RES bytes); 6d register the handler + verify. Feasible; the only open risk is the cell stream format.
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The earlier-cited `FUN_004a0230`/`FUN_0049ed0c` don't exist.
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- **Death sequence — CORE DONE 2026-07-08 [T2]; effects+anim deferred.** `Mech::UpdateDeathState()`
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(mech4.cpp) reconstructs the death STATE machine (collapse `movementMode` → RP `VTV::DeathShutdown`
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subsystem loop → settle to disabled/frozen; wreck stays, no crash) — runtime-verified (`BT_DEATH_LOG`).
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Full map + citations in [[combat-damage]] "Death SEQUENCE". ✅ (b) `MechDeathHandler` DONE (mechdmg.cpp) +
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✅ the render-side **RemakeEntity** destroyed-mesh swap DONE 2026-07-08 (btl4vid.cpp
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`RemakeEntityRenderables` + `BTRemakeMechModel` bridge; in-place `SetDrawObj` swap — the tree dtor does
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NOT cascade so never rebuild). ✅ (a) **RESOLVED — no collapse animation exists in BT 4.11** [T1]: the
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fall latch (modes 5-8 → table slots 0x1c-0x1f) is a vestige — no loader fills the slots, no fall clip
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ships, and firing it would bind resource 0 (an AUDIO stream) as keyframes. ✅ The authentic death
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VISUAL is the **WRECK-HULK SWAP** (death ModelList `blhdead` → effect 104 → the victim becomes its
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`<mech>dbr.bgf` burning hulk) — RECONSTRUCTED + verified (`SwapToWreck`, btl4vid.cpp; see
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[[combat-damage]] "Death SEQUENCE" for the full chain + proofs).
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✅ The wreck **sinks** (the 1996 quadratic burial, `offsetY = -0.025·t²`, gone ~17s) with the `ldbr`
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debris field; at burial it goes **INERT** (collisionVolumeCount=0 + target lock dropped — no phantom
|
||
blocking/hits). **Remaining**: (c) the whole-mech **DeathSplash** radius damage; wreck mesh FLAMES
|
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(flamesml/flamebig + sweep flicker, 1996 script case 4); the **full entity teardown at burial**
|
||
(the authentic death-row removal — needs the mech render tree unhooked from the renderer first;
|
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the inert wreck is the safe stand-in until then).
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Do NOT issue DestroyEntityMessage on death (before the render-tree teardown lands).
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- ✅ **Critical-subsystem plugs BOUND — damage propagates (task #2, 2026-07-11) [T1/T2].**
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The "binding write is elsewhere" reading was WRONG: the binding is IN the zone ctor loop
|
||
(@0049d0e1-0049d10d) — **Ghidra dropped the two argument pushes** ("type propagation not
|
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settling"), making `Slot::AddImplementation(roster[streamedIndex])` read as a bare no-arg
|
||
call (mislabeled Resolve). The stream's third per-entry dword IS the roster index into
|
||
`subsystemArray` (mech+0x128). Port: the `DZSlot` stand-in (always-null Resolve) replaced
|
||
with the engine `SlotOf<T>` (binary vtables 0050bb84/0050bb7c ARE its instantiations); bind
|
||
gated MasterInstance+DynamicFlag (`simulationFlags@+0x28`); replicant plugs stay unbound
|
||
(master-authoritative). `SendSubsystemDamage` rewritten to the recovered @0049c9a8 logic:
|
||
the unused crit allotment lands in the subsystem's OWN private 0x160 DamageZone (the old
|
||
`SubProxy2` cast to a mech zone was wrong), ≥1.0 → statusAlarm Destroyed + gated PrintState
|
||
+ zone valve, vital → `graphicAlarm 9` (mech kill); `CriticalHit` now calls the real
|
||
`ApplyDamageAndMeasure` (@4ac07c); the artifact `parentArtifactZone.Add` back-pointer bind
|
||
also revived (LOD damage averaging). `videoObjectFlag` was `vitalSubsystem` (+0xE4,
|
||
res+0x48 "VitalSubsystem"). VERIFIED live (`BT_CRIT_PROBE=<zone>` diag): 66 plugs bound at
|
||
ctor per mech, zone destroyed → crits damaged/DESTROYED with authentic accumulation.
|
||
Residue: roster idx 0/1 (mapper installed post-ctor / voltage-bus stub) stay unbound with a
|
||
logged skip — none of the 8 mechs' streams crit-list them in practice.
|
||
- **Two dead Wword comparison branches (multiplayer)**: `mech.cpp:1511` + `:1613` (replicant
|
||
leg-state/stability sync in ReadUpdateRecord) — always-false BTVal comparisons ([[reconstruction-gotchas]] §2);
|
||
needs slots 0xf/0x10 promoted to named members when P6 replication work resumes.
|
||
|
||
## Multiplayer (Phase 7 / P6)
|
||
- ✅ Cross-pod COMBAT — DONE (tasks #46/#47: replicant targeting + damage rerouted to the owning
|
||
master, full cross-pod kill verified). ✅ Replicant GAIT animation — DONE (task #50: replicant
|
||
derives speedDemand from the replicated velocity, full stand→walk→run lifecycle verified).
|
||
See [[multiplayer]] — the entries here were stale (swept 2026-07-11).
|
||
- ✅ **Mech-level update records (@0x4a0c2c) — DONE (task #1, 2026-07-11):** all 9 types
|
||
transcribed + 2-node verified; the peer's death SINK/burial, knockdown, heat and state now
|
||
replicate (the observer's replicant runs its own wreck loop off the replicated
|
||
simulationState). Full mechanics in [[multiplayer]] "Mech-level update records". Residue
|
||
[T3]: stream the model's UpdatePositionDiffrence/TurnVelocity/TurnDegree deadband constants
|
||
to the senders (stand-in thresholds meanwhile).
|
||
- The WinSock2 stack (L4NET.CPP) is 2-node verified end-to-end (cross-pod kills, beams,
|
||
replicant gait — tasks #46-#51); remaining = the real pod-LAN config (real IPs, bare-IP
|
||
pilot entries).
|
||
|
||
## Rendering follow-ups (non-blocking)
|
||
- **.PFX effect-layer polish (deferred 2026-07-08; the layer itself is LIVE + verified).** The
|
||
reconstructed BT particle layer (L4VIDEO.cpp, see its banner) renders the authentic .PFX content
|
||
(fire + smoke, premultiplied blend, impact-frame oriented — weapon hits AND damage bands via
|
||
`lastInflictingID`, now written by `Mech::TakeDamageMessageHandler`). Remaining nuances, all
|
||
cosmetic: (a) `atten/attenv` distance attenuation not honoured; (b) the per-file texture name
|
||
(`btfx:firesmoke1_scr_tex`) — all effects share the radial-masked grit sheet; decoding FIRE.BSL
|
||
would give the authored sheet; (c) beams draw before particles, so a beam through thick smoke
|
||
reads too bright (pass-ordering); (d) `colorWarp/alphaWarp` applied as `t^(1/warp)` [T4 convention];
|
||
(e) emission uses rate×releasePeriod batching [T4 convention vs the exact 1995 emitter].
|
||
- Replacement-LOD selection for NON-additive multi-LOD models (needs the board's hot-spot/
|
||
reference-point semantics; leads: `s_dplobject.lod_ranges[16]/lod_hot_spot`, 0x2047/0x2048).
|
||
- Day/night MATERIAL path priority (BMF/IMG) — infrastructure done, gated `BT_MATPRI` (over-applies
|
||
to shared terrain mats); needs the terrain-material model understood.
|
||
- RGBA4444 alpha (TREE.BSL cutout) decoded but not alpha-tested outside punch batches; VTX/TGA paths.
|
||
|
||
## Content build sub-project (low priority)
|
||
- Lab/other-build maps (`des`/`burnt`/`frstrm`) are source-only (`.map` in CONTENT/BT/MAPS/); would
|
||
need compiling into a RES via the DOS `btl4tool.exe`. The 8 RES maps cover testing.
|
||
|
||
## Key Relationships
|
||
- Feeds from: every subsystem/render topic (their deferral notes collect here).
|
||
- Gating master: [[source-completeness]] (the missing BT source).
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