Consumes VPXM records (fifodump file or live VPX_FIFOSOCK) and renders
through emu860c + the GPU tile path. The 'new C012 device' of the plan
turned out to already exist: vpxlog.cpp IS the link adapter and already
streams the wire over TCP; this server is the drop-in authentic listener
beside the GL bridge.
Validation on the netdeath battle capture (53,088 records) found the real
gap: the firmware dies with 'unrecognised or illegal action 0x2d' -- the
battle games speak a newer protocol than capfw7 (cap7's booted build).
Census: every boot-carrying capture ships the same old build; the 0x2d
sessions were all captured mid-run. The production build is in the game
files themselves: ALPHA_1/REL410/{BT,RP}/VREND.MNG (identical, 385KB,
csize 0x3ac80). Next: re-derive the hook map for that build (signature
anchors in emu_main) and replay the battle wire on its matching firmware.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CydandClaude Opus 4.8
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