BTPlayer::CreatePlayerVehicle reconstructed (faithful; BT411's BT_SPAWN_XZ/
BT_SPAWN_ENEMY bring-up scaffolding dropped): builds the Mech::MakeMessage from
the mission game-model resource and hands it to MakeAndLinkViewpointEntity.
Mech::Make = new Mech(creation_message); a staged Mech ctor chains the real
JointedMover base (so the model skeleton/segments stream from BTL4.RES) then
Fails.
This validates the entire spawn factory chain live: CreatePlayerVehicle ->
MakeAndLinkViewpointEntity -> registry -> Mech::Make -> new Mech -> JointedMover
base ctor (streams the mech model) -> halts at the Mech ctor (mech.cpp:66).
The Mech ctor (@004a1674, 5690 bytes -- the largest function in the game) plus
the subsystem roster is the next MAJOR milestone, not a brick: it needs the full
1995 Mech member layout derived first (MECH.HPP is still reserved[331]; BT411's
decomp uses raw offset pokes that can't compile fresh), the subsystem class
hierarchy (only GAUSS/PPC/SENSOR survive in the 4.10 archive; the rest are the
measured "917 missing functions"), and the segment-table walk. Plan + scope in
MECH.NOTES.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixes the incorrect DefaultData reuse of Player::MessageHandlers -- BTPlayer now
has its own handler table (DropZoneReply, VehicleDead, Score, ScoreInflicted,
ScoreUpdate; the last two add BT message IDs) chained onto the base set, matching
the .data table recovered in BT411. A mission-start DropZoneReply now routes to
BTPlayer::DropZoneReplyMessageHandler (the real spawn/respawn dispatch skeleton)
instead of the base "should not be handled by base player class" Fail stub.
Boot ladder now runs the full engine + app + network + mission + player path and
reaches the spawn handshake, halting at CreatePlayerVehicle -> Mech::Make -- the
Mech subsystem frontier (Mech ctor + mech2/3/4 + subsystems + weapons), the next
major reconstruction milestone. Scoring/death handlers, PlayerSimulation, and the
mech-placement tail staged with documented Fail bodies (BTPLAYER.NOTES.md).
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Boot ladder advances past player creation. BTPlayer ctor/dtor/Make/
TestInstance/GetExperienceLevel reconstructed from BT411's Ghidra-recovered
body (@004c0bc8) backdated to 1995 idiom; the reserved[38] placeholder in
BTPLAYER.HPP replaced with the real BT-own members.
Key fidelity call: the game-mode flags are derived from
btMission->ExperienceLevel() (the egg's per-pilot experience key) with the
binary-accurate switch rows from the [T1] disassembly -- NOT from the scenario
role's returnFromDeath, which BT411's port uses as a [T3] stand-in. Mapping and
residual naming/[T4] uncertainty documented in BTPLAYER.NOTES.md.
Live boot now runs: banner -> resources -> app ctor -> network single-user ->
egg -> mission -> SetPlayerData -> BTRegistry::MakePlayer -> BTPlayer ctor
(resolves team, seeds experience flags) -> halts at the base
Player::DropZoneReplyMessageHandler stub (BTPlayer's own message-handler table
is the next brick -- DefaultData still reuses Player::MessageHandlers).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The reconstructed tree now produces a runnable binary with the authentic
1995 toolchain (BC4.52 / tlink32 / DPMI32):
- BTL4.CPP main TU reconstructed from the 4.11 Ghidra decomp (FUN_0040109c)
+ the 4.10 binary's own string pool + surviving RPL4TOOL.CPP house style;
probe_main.cpp scaffold retired (BTL4.NOTES.md documents every decoded call)
- L4NET.CPP staged: L4NetworkManager ctor/dtor + 10 vtable-pulled virtuals
(standalone-benign ones no-op, network ones Fail loudly) + NetNub client
globals (Net_Common_Ptr=NULL routes L4File to its plain-DOS path)
- build410.sh: libs now built in the AUTHENTIC makefile member order
(MUNGA.MAK / mungal4.mak / BT.MAK / BTL4.MAK). Order is load-bearing:
tlink emits static-init records in module pull order, and alphabetical
order booted into a null-vptr crash (IcomManager::ClassDerivations
constructing before parent NetworkClient::ClassDerivations). Also fixed
stage_link to the proven 32-bit lib set (SOSDBXC+SOSMBXC, no WATTCPLG)
- BOXTREE.HPP MemoryBlock unify, BTL4GRND notify stubs, remaining engine
backfills (audio/gauge/resource/stream TUs) that closed the deep ledger
Smoke test (DOSBox-X + 32RTM, copy of the pod BT tree, our exe swapped in):
BattleTech v4.10
BTL4Application::BTL4Application
l4net.cpp(22): L4NetworkManager -- l4net.cpp not yet reconstructed
Static init, main, -egg parse, BTL4.RES load (version 1.0.6 check passes),
ApplicationManager and the BTL4Application ctor chain all execute real
reconstructed code; boot halts at the first staged Fail() as designed.
Next brick: the real l4net.cpp body.
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The tlink32 campaign after the checkpoint: eleven engine bodies back-dated
from BT412 (rotation player team explode dropzone terrain cultural receiver
subsystm app l4gauge - the Application core included), the WinTesla-ectomy
handled by backdate.py's new unwrap rules (accessor-fn statics -> 1995 static
objects, decl rewrites, pointer->reference Derivation ctor, 2007 windowed-
gauge/console-marshal/idle-pump excisions), staged statics TUs opened for the
game classes (MECH/BTPLAYER/BTDIRECT/PROJTILE/MISSILE/BTL4MPPR .CPP + L4APP/
NETWORK engine statics).
State: every compiled symbol short of the shallow graph RESOLVED (the 52- and
17-symbol ledgers burned to zero); with 32stub.exe in place the linker reaches
full vtable closure and emits the deep ledger (~210 symbols, UNRESOLVED-
LEDGER.txt): remaining engine bodies (objstrm cstr gauge/gaugrend graphics
pixelmap palette resfile ray scnrole explosion-table), the DOS driver extern
layer (_SVGA*/_PCSerial*/_PCSPAK*/joystick/netnub/sosMIDI), the full L4App
body, and the real game-TU frontier (Mech::Make et al.). Recipe proven for
every category.
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All 10 surviving original TUs plus the reconstructed BTL4APP.CPP pilot build
clean with the authentic OPT.MAK flags (compile410.sh --sweep). First time
the 4.10 BattleTech source has compiled since 1996.
- layout_probe.cpp: the period compiler measures 1995 layouts from the
surviving headers; validated 3/3 against binary alloc sizes (BTMission
0xFC, BTL4ModeManager 0xC, BTRegistry 0x10). Base boundary: Simulation
0xD0 / Entity 0x1C4 / Mover 0x300 / JointedMover 0x328 => Mech-own region
0x328-0x854 (MECH-LAYOUT.md staging worksheet).
- 13 staged headers close the family ([T3] reserved[]-parked layouts;
interfaces PROVEN by the surviving consumers): MECH, MECHSUB, HEAT,
POWERSUB, MECHWEAP, EMITTER, MECHMPPR, BTPLAYER (BTPlayer__MakeMessage =
Player's 8 args + roleName/teamName [T1 via BTREG]), PROJTILE, MISSILE,
BTL4MPPR, BTL4VID + the round-2 BTCNSL/BTSCNRL.
- compile410.sh: PCH gate retired (bt.hpp/mungal4.hpp full include sets),
DPL SDK roots on the include line.
- BTL4APP.CPP: appmgr include + GetApplicationManager()->GetFrameRate() +
ResourceDescription:: scoping; Fail() held at its recorded line 400.
- Evidence ledgers: STAGED-HEADERS.NOTES.md, MECH-LAYOUT.md, BACKFILLS,
BTCNSL (binary-recovered console wire IDs), BTSCNRL.
Remaining for a linkable BTL4OPT: the ~40 missing TU bodies (917-function
manifest) - the header skeleton they grow into now exists and compiles.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- BORLAND/: Borland C++ 4.52 (chosen over 4.5 by byte-match: CODE/RP/CW32.LIB
is identical to 4.52's install lib). BCC32/TLINK32/TLIB/MAKE run natively on
Win11; CODE/BT/OPT.MAK is the shipped BTL4OPT.EXE's exact flag recipe
(extender = Borland PowerPack DPMI32, not Phar Lap TNT).
- restoration/source410/: the literal 1995-form reconstruction of the missing
BT game source (never mixed into CODE/). Round 1-3 state:
* 6 of 10 surviving original TUs COMPILE CLEAN under the period toolchain
(BTMSSN, BTCNSL, BTSCNRL, BTTEAM, BTL4MODE, BTL4ARND) - first builds
since 1996.
* BT_L4/BTL4APP.CPP pilot reconstruction: 12/12 functions, Fail() lands on
its binary-recorded line 400 exactly.
* BT/BTCNSL.HPP: console wire IDs recovered from the binary's ctors
(Killed=9, Damaged=10, ScoreUpdate=13, DeathWithoutHonor=15 [T1];
TeamScore=12 flagged [T4]).
* MUNGA/: 8 engine-header backfills back-dated from the BT412 WinTesla tree
(VDATA numbering decomp-verified; AUDREND's OpenAL-era virtual removed -
the period compiler is the drift detector).
* Tooling: backdate.py (WinTesla->1995 header transform), compile410.sh
(per-TU verification sweep under authentic OPT.MAK flags).
* README: corrected roadmap - MECH.HPP is the capstone grown with the mech
TU reconstructions; BTREG.CPP green = the header-family milestone.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Cracks the DIV-BIZ2 binary format (BGF/BMF) using Division's own
reader source (DPL3/BIZREAD.C) as reference: block stream, 14 vertex
layouts, pmesh/strip connectivity, LOD nesting, embedded materials.
Adds SVT raw-texture decoding, 1995-dialect VGF support (implicit
CONNECTION_LIST, header SCALE), and a whole-drive scene audit.
108 of 241 scenes on the Glaze drive are recoverable; 26 are curated
into restoration/vwe-archive.html, a self-contained WebGL gallery:
Star Trek, Hull Pressure, BattleTech (incl. the polar-map mech
lineup), Red Planet's Mars-canal raceway, and the Canyon demos.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Parses the DIV-VIZ2 formats (VGF geometry, VMF materials, TGA
textures, SPL splines, SCN scenes) from the STDAVE directory of the
Glaze drive and re-renders VWE's unreleased 1996 Star Trek pod
scenes in a self-contained WebGL page: the Enterprise-D among
drifting starfields (TREK.SCN) and the Klingon flyby (KLNGVID.SCN).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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