Deployed game tree copied back from the Windows build machine, containing the
compiled 5.1.0b_RC1 binaries and every asset the deploy produces. 846 files:
21 added, 825 modified.
Freshly built binaries: MW4.exe, Launcher.exe, autoconfig.exe, ctcls.dll,
MissionLang.dll, ScriptStrings.dll, Language.dll and the rest of the runtime DLL
set, carrying everything merged this cycle -- the 16-pilots-plus-cameraship launch
fix, the MFD mode 4 split-display support and its stutter fix, -tmon, -tcoop, -fps,
-tbaud, the Load File console lobby feature, configurable Rookie Mission, and the
English Language.dll build.
New in the deployment:
- set-appcompat.bat / set-appcompat.ps1 -- the one-click AppCompat shim installer,
now shipped by deploy-mw4.ps1 so any copy of an install can repair its own
registration (the layer is keyed on the exe's full path).
- libmysql.dll -- required by mw4print 2.0's MySQL export, late-bound at runtime.
- Four hsh art files restored from 5.0.7D: MFD/assassin2.bmp, Mechs/battlemaster
iic.bmp, Mechs/behemoth ii.bmp, Mechs/mad cat mkii.bmp.
- banner.txt, dbstruct.txt -- mw4print banner text and the exported DB structure
reference.
dgVoodoo2 is included as MW4/dgvoodoo2_files/ -- deliberately in a subfolder and
NOT alongside the executable. Nothing loads from there, so the files are available
for a pod owner to install on Windows 10/11 without being active by default. This
keeps XP pods safe: they use native DirectDraw, and having dgVoodoo2 loose in the
game folder would break them. Do not move these files up a level in the repo.
Runtime leftovers from testing on the build machine are included as well
(DDrawCompat logs, DebugLog.txt, mw4-help.txt, two screenshots), consistent with
this repo's stated purpose as a full disaster-recovery mirror in which nothing is
excluded on purpose.
All binaries and art are stored via Git LFS per .gitattributes; verified that
MW4.exe, libmysql.dll, the dgVoodoo2 DLLs and the screenshots staged as LFS
pointers rather than raw blobs.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: GitHub Copilot <copilot@github.com>
Incremental Release + Profile builds (0 errors) picking up the
CRIOMAIN.CPP UpdateThrottle change; rel.bin\MW4.exe and MW4pro.exe
deployed to MW4\. Build logs in build-env\build_pr4_*.log.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
FS507D_20161015 release analysis wrap-up (drop itself is gitignored; art-review
folder kept local for review):
- Recovered the only assets our tree lacked: 13 hsh HUD/radar/mech bmps and the
two 5.07D lobby decals (decal_46/47.tga, extracted from release props.mw4 via
a ported gos_LZDecompress).
- ResourceImagePool.cpp: missing-texture placeholder is now LAB_ONLY (editor
keeps degraded mode); Release restores the original fatal STOP. Release +
Profile rebuilt, 0 errors.
Console script reconciled:
- ConLobby.script.new ("BattleTech Console V5.0.7Df", newest revision anywhere)
promoted to Content\ShellScripts\ConLobby.script; .new removed; stale loose
deploy copy removed. Verified in-game (console title shows V5.0.7Df).
- Corrected CLAUDE.md: the release never "renamed" the console to
ComputerPlayer.script -- the resource packer stores script contents under
alphabetically skewed entry names (runtime resolves the same pairing).
Packer quirks documented (stale entry carry-forward on incremental builds,
name/content skew in directory sweeps).
Mechlab bug fix (first FireStorm bug hunt):
- New-Mech dialog showed blank rows for Wolfhound/Zeus and crashed (KERNELBASE
read AV) when creating a Zeus. Root cause: newmech in chassis.script created
its Type droplist without setting $$m_listBoxSize$$, so capacity defaulted to
60 while 65 chassis were written in -- OOB script-array writes. Fixed by
sizing the list from $$m_chassisCount$$. Latent stock-MW4 bug armed when the
FireStorm roster passed 60 chassis. Verified: Zeus variant creates cleanly.
props.mw4 fully repacked (decals + promoted console + mechlab fix, junk
.new/.org entries gone); game deploy refreshed at MW4\. Gitignore: FS507D drop
and player-created MW4\Resource\Variants.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Complete disaster-recovery snapshot: engine/game source, game data assets,
VC6 toolchain + DX SDKs, build outputs, deployed game, and _UNUSED archive.
Large binaries in Git LFS; text preserved byte-for-byte (core.autocrlf=false,
no eol attributes). See RECOVERY.md for the one-clone rebuild procedure.
CydandClaude Fable 5