A fresh extract has net_*.conf.tmpl but no rendered confs until postinstall/
configure.ps1 runs; the old "pass --conf" error led straight to renaming the
template by hand (which then breaks configure: the tokens never substitute
and the tmpl is no longer found). Detect the sitting .tmpl and point at the
real fix.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
--no-sound strips VWE_AWE32, the FAST (28Hz SOS) clock never ticks, and
BTL4OPT hangs forever in the RIO-reset busy-wait (L4RIO.cpp SetDTR loop on
a frozen Now()) -- looks exactly like a vRIO/serial failure but isn't.
Root-caused during the 2026-07-10 dist smoke test. Only safe with a
SLOW-clock conf (setenv arg2=s). Warn at launch + document in usage/README.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Complete arg surface of the single installed entry-point -- mode selector
(bt/rp + recognized-unsupported), feature toggles, window placement, path
overrides, diagnostics, and the exit codes the console reads back (game
ExitCodeID passed through; 2=bad args; 3=mode not yet wired).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Network-agnostic, air-gapped pod install for the two DOSBox titles (BT/RP 4.10),
fitting the existing TeslaConsole/TeslaLauncher pod-bay architecture.
emulator/DEPLOYMENT-PLAN.md
Full design: bridge on the one NIC (pods form a source-proven P2P TCP mesh, so
NAT/slirp is out); launcher keeps the bay IP, the DOSBox guest bridges at
bayIP+100 (egg/mesh/game endpoint); two-edit +100 convention (postinstall +
console DOSBox flag); static, air-gapped, <=32 pods.
emulator/pod-launch/ (C# net8 supervising entry-point)
Creates a Job Object (KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE), launches DOSBox-X + the render bridge
into it and blocks -- kill this process and both die (kernel-enforced, even on
a hard TerminateProcess of a hung session; verified). Mode dispatch: bt/rp
wired (also serve camera + live mission-review via egg hostType); review +
diagnostics recognized but fail clean until their DOS launch args are known.
emulator/deploy/ (install side)
postinstall.bat (thin elevated wrapper) + configure.ps1 (NIC detect, realnic
bind as a contiguous letter-leading GUID fragment, game IP = bayIP+100, stable
MAC, render net_*.conf templates, stamp WATTCP.CFG my_ip) + tokenized conf
templates + package.ps1 (assemble the zip). Render/bind/stamp + packaging
verified against a scratch tree.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CydandClaude Opus 4.8