docs: v0.2.1 known-issues sweep, pre-1.0/roadmap framing, AI disclosure

Batched pass across README/release-notes/Pages (one commit instead of the
scattered per-fix pushes earlier this session, per new commit-cadence
preference):

- New known issues surfaced that weren't documented anywhere: no real
  widescreen (16:9 stretches 4:3 rather than expanding FOV), no controller
  rebinding UI / macOS-ARM builds, culling/LOD dropout on Streets/Egyptian
  (D249), gunshot SFX oddities under sustained fire (D240/D241).
- Fixed a stale claim (in three places) that a wrong-sounding-instrument bug
  was still open; it was fixed in v0.2.0 (D230).
- Softened the D259 "All unlocked" fix to reflect reality: still breaks
  audio/aim if enabled before any save exists; flagged experimental
  (new finding D281).
- Corrected D255's repro to the precise, deterministic trigger found this
  session (Facility's door-opening computer terminals, Linux-wide not
  Deck-specific) instead of the vaguer original combat-crash description.
- Logged D282 (front-end menus need right stick not left on gamepad) and
  D283 (Steam Deck first-run preset skipped by an early Desktop Mode
  launch) with user-facing workarounds.
- Refined D263 (Ourumov/Trevelyan) internally with a position-sensitivity
  caveat; no public bullet since it doesn't block progression.
- Added pre-1.0 framing and a new README Roadmap section (known-issues
  cleanup, PAL/JP, real widescreen, rebinding, macOS/ARM, LAN multiplayer
  explicitly "under consideration, no ETA", plus an explicit "not currently
  planned" list) across README/release-notes/Pages.
- Added an AI-development disclosure (agentic development as a genuine
  study of the process, not just a port) across the same three docs.
- Pinned the release-notes hero GIF to the v0.2.1 tag instead of v0.2.0.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KwZViAFaXua3PKgHHjNgvi

.github/release-notes.md

@@ -1,51 +1,194 @@
-## GoldenEye 007 PC Port — v0.1.0 alpha
+## GoldenEye 007 PC Port <version>
 
-> ⚠️ **Research alpha. Playable, not polished.**
-> The full single-player campaign runs. In a full-campaign playtest on this
-> build, **19 of 21 missions were completable start to finish**. Known issues:
-> - **no audio** (Phase 3, not started) — the game runs silent;
-> - **two levels crash mid-mission** — Bunker ii and Statue (one root cause, D191);
-> - **AI characters move too slowly**, which breaks Cradle (the final level)
->   via Trevelyan's scripted behavior (D193);
-> - **cutscenes frequently glitch** — skipped, wrong camera, misplaced actors (D148/D160);
-> - some front-end 3D models are broken (the spinning Nintendo logo, the
->   MISSION COMPLETE / mode-select models);
-> - outdoor levels render with a **black sky**;
-> - mouse aim and some textures/transparency have rough edges.
->
-> If you just want to *play* GoldenEye on PC today, use one of the Xbox 360
-> recompilation projects instead — see the
-> [project README](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#how-this-differs-from-the-other-goldeneye-pc-projects).
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/raw/v0.2.1/docs/media/goldeneye-gh-preview.gif" width="480"
+       alt="~32 s gameplay montage from live play sessions (no audio track)">
+</p>
+
+> The full single-player campaign runs at a steady 60 fps with audio (music +
+> SFX) playing throughout, on Windows and Linux including Steam Deck, and it
+> is completable end to end: the whole campaign has been playtested through
+> all 21 missions (Agent difficulty). It's an early public cut: all 21 solo
+> missions load and run crash-free, but the known issues below are real;
+> feedback is very welcome. **This is a pre-1.0 release, not a finished
+> product** — expect rough edges and missing features until v1.0; see the
+> [README's Roadmap section](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#roadmap)
+> for where this is headed.
+
+### What's new since v0.2.0
+
+Small hotfix batch from user playtest feedback on v0.2.0:
+
+- **Partially fixed: `All unlocked` + a completely fresh EEPROM produced
+  silent music/SFX** (D259). A brand-new save slot now seeds max volume the
+  same way the N64 does. **However, user testing after this fix still found
+  audio (and occasionally right-mouse aim) break when `All unlocked` is
+  turned on *before* a save has ever been written** — see the Known Issues
+  note below; do not enable it on a fresh install until you've completed at
+  least one level normally.
+- **Mouse wheel weapon cycling now matches the on-screen wheel-menu order**:
+  scroll up = previous weapon, scroll down = next (D260).
+- **Watch menu: holding a direction now auto-repeats** instead of crawling
+  one item per key press/notch (D261).
+- **Fixed: the watch menu's item-preview 3D model wasn't rendering** —
+  weapons now show their model when selected on the watch inventory page
+  (D264).
+- Investigated the Facility report of Ourumov never executing Trevelyan:
+  confirmed it's proximity/line-of-sight-triggered exactly as on the N64
+  (walk toward the room), not a port bug — the full scripted beat, including
+  the execution shot, fires correctly (D263).
+- **Removed the `Skip intro` F10 toggle** — user testing found it breaks
+  audio. It was already off by default; it's now also pulled from the menu
+  entirely until root-caused (D216).
+- **Removed the `Screen shake` F10 slider** — it only scaled explosion/effect
+  camera shake, not the always-on walking head-bob or any getting-shot
+  reaction, so it read as broken/useless. Pulled from the menu until it
+  covers all screen-shake/view-bob sources (D181).
+
+### What's new since v0.1.0
+
+- **Drop-in ROM, no tooling**: unpack the bundle, drop your NTSC-U (US) ROM
+  in `data/`, launch; the first run generates the derived assets
+  automatically. No Python, no installer, nothing to set up.
+- **Steady 60 fps** in normal play (the software RSP runs off the presentation
+  critical path); `Video.DisplayFPS` in the F10 overlay shows it.
+- **Audio**: in-level music and sound effects throughout (the alpha was
+  silent). A previous wrong-sounding-instrument bug (bad bass synth on
+  Control/Cavern/Runway) is fixed as of v0.2.0.
+- **Mouse**: click-to-lock capture (click to grab, ESC to release) with a
+  proportional GEPD-style aim mode; sensitivity / Y-inversion / aim-turn split
+  tunable in `ge007.ini` or the F10 overlay. The legacy always-grab mode is
+  gone.
+- **Rendering**: outdoor skies render correctly; water no longer renders
+  green/pulsing; reflective surfaces (glass, chrome weapon skins) work.
+- **Crash fixes**: the two v0.1.0-era crashing levels (Bunker ii, Statue) and
+  the AI-pacing bug that broke Cradle are fixed and playtest-verified: all 21
+  solo missions load and run crash-free. Also fixed: the Steam Deck / Linux
+  Facility crash triggered by walking into the crouch-forcing spot at the
+  level's opening (D253); this also revives the auto-crouch and ladder
+  signals, which were dead on PC before.
+- **QoL**: F10 in-game options overlay (fullscreen, resolution, frame cap,
+  MSAA, texture filtering, FOV/draw distance, sensitivity), F12 screenshot.
+- **Sharper defaults out of the box**: draw distance and LOD swap distance now
+  default to 150% of the authored N64 values, so props no longer fade in just
+  before they become visible (Dam's alarms and wall switches being the tell);
+  F10 → *Draw distance* / *LOD distance* set back to 100 restores the
+  console-authentic look. MSAA now defaults to 4× instead of off.
+- **All-unlocked toggle** *(experimental — see Known Issues before using)*:
+  F10 → *All unlocked* makes all 21 solo levels selectable at every
+  difficulty, adds 007 mode, and fully populates the cheat menu. It is off by
+  default (faithful N64
+  progression). No *active* cheats are enabled either way (weapons remain
+  per-mission pickups, as on N64).
+- **Steam Deck first-run preset**: on SteamOS the first launch seeds
+  Deck-friendly defaults (native 1280×800 fullscreen, VSync, MSAA 4, 150%
+  draw/LOD distance); an existing `ge007.ini` always wins. **If you first
+  launch it in Desktop Mode (e.g. to add it via Steam) before ever running
+  it in Game Mode, the preset can be skipped** — an ini gets created before
+  Game Mode's Deck-specific environment is detected, and once an ini exists
+  it always wins over the preset on every later launch. If your resolution
+  isn't 1280×800 on first Game Mode boot, just set it manually: F10 →
+  *Resolution* (D283). One more F10 row: *No hit flash* (suppresses the
+  damage-flash overlay).
+- **Modern dual-stick controller layout** (the scheme used by the console
+  re-releases): left stick move/strafe, right stick look, right trigger fire,
+  left trigger aim, A/X use, B/Y crouch/cancel, **RB/LB cycle weapons**.
+- **Linux / Steam Deck**: the Linux bundle now ships its own SDL2, so it runs
+  as-is on any distro, and sideloads onto a Steam Deck with nothing
+  installed. Saves and F10 settings now persist no matter which directory you
+  launch from (previously Linux wrote them relative to the launch directory
+  only, so they silently failed elsewhere; D256); the options overlay is
+  fully gamepad-driven on the Deck.
+
+### Known issues
+
+- **Cutscenes still glitch, mostly with James Bond**: in scripted sequences
+  Bond is the one who gets misplaced, hovers, or spins; the other actors are
+  fine for the most part now. The Dam level-end cutscene is racy (D243).
+  Still the most visible gap in this release.
+- **Particle colours cycle through a rainbow palette**: bullet-impact sparks
+  and lingering smoke/explosion residue drift through the hues over time
+  instead of holding their intended grey/orange palette (D252).
+- Water on `IsWater` levels shows a moving seam between two patterns (D245);
+  thin pixel strips at the left/right screen edges at non-integer window
+  scales (D246).
+- The front-end **Nintendo logo renders as two white blobs**, and the
+  Rareware logo is close but its texture filtering looks off (D75).
+- The F10 overlay's **bottom row duplicates whatever item is currently
+  selected** (e.g. the MSAA value appears both on its own row and again at
+  the panel bottom); earlier builds showed it as an intermittent 4K-
+  fullscreen ghost of the top row.
+- **Surface 1: the 2D billboard trees near the start render as a solid wall
+  of tree texture** instead of discrete sprites (D236). Under active
+  investigation; no fix in this release.
+- **No true widescreen support**: at 16:9 the game stretches the
+  4:3-authored view (world geometry and HUD) rather than properly expanding
+  the horizontal field of view. The F10 *FOV scale %* slider is a manual,
+  imperfect workaround for the resulting distortion, not real widescreen.
+- **No controller rebinding UI, and no macOS or ARM builds.**
+- **Distant geometry can drop out on the biggest open levels** (Streets,
+  Egyptian) at default FOV — a culling/LOD issue that sometimes
+  self-corrects as you keep moving (D249).
+- **Gunshot SFX can sound off during sustained/rapid fire**: cadence can
+  drift from the N64 original's rate, and PP7/AK47 fire can occasionally go
+  silent under heavy automatic fire near another looping sound (e.g. an
+  alarm klaxon) (D240/D241).
+- **`All unlocked` is highly experimental — do not enable it until you have
+  at least one save written.** Complete a level normally first (e.g. Dam on
+  Agent), then turn the toggle on. Enabling it on a brand-new install with
+  no prior save can still cause silent audio and odd right-mouse-aim
+  behavior even after the D259 fix above. We recommend leaving it off unless
+  you specifically want the unlock goodies and are willing to accept an
+  experimental feature (D259/D257).
+- **Linux / Steam Deck: an intermittent SIGSEGV remains, with a reliable
+  repro found this release** — Facility's computer terminals, the ones you
+  activate to open a door for level progression, consistently crash the
+  game on activation (D255; not Deck-hardware-specific, seen on Linux
+  generally). Combat-related crashes reported earlier on Bunker/Frigate may
+  be the same underlying bug (an object record whose model reference goes
+  NULL while the record is still active for one more tick) via a different
+  trigger. We're tracking down the exact cause using the terminal repro;
+  please report any other Deck/Linux-specific faults.
+- **Steam Deck / gamepad: the right analog stick currently navigates the
+  main menu, file select, and mission-select map** — not the left stick.
+  This matches the N64 default but is unintuitive on a modern controller;
+  moving front-end menu navigation to the left stick is a planned QoL fix,
+  not done in this release.
 
 ### Downloads
 
 | File | Platform |
 |---|---|
 | `goldeneye-pc-port-<version>-win64.zip` | Windows x86-64 |
-| `goldeneye-pc-port-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` | Linux x86-64 |
+| `goldeneye-pc-port-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` | Linux x86-64 (incl. Steam Deck) |
 
 Each contains the engine executable, a README, license texts, and the
-`prepare-assets` tool. **No ROM, no game assets.** The Windows bundle also
-carries its runtime DLLs; the Linux bundle links against your distro's SDL2 /
-zlib / libGL (`sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 zlib1g libgl1`, or the equivalent).
-
-Windows development and playtesting is the primary path; the Linux build boots
-and renders (tested on WSLg) but has had far less exercise.
+`prepare-assets` tool. **No ROM, no game assets.** The Windows bundle carries
+its runtime DLLs; the Linux bundle carries SDL2, so on both platforms nothing
+needs to be installed first.
 
 ### Running it
 
-You supply your own **NTSC-U GoldenEye 007 N64 ROM** (`.z64`, big-endian,
-`SHA-1 abe01e4aeb033b6c0836819f549c791b26cfde83`). Only the US ROM is supported
-in this alpha.
+You supply your own **GoldenEye 007 N64 ROM** (`.z64`, big-endian) that you
+legally own: the **NTSC-U (US)** release is what this build supports (PAL / JP
+are on the roadmap). No Python, no toolchain, nothing to install.
 
 1. Unpack the archive.
-2. Make a `data/` folder next to the executable and put the ROM in it as
+2. Make a `data/` folder next to the executable and put the ROM in it, named
    `ge007.ntsc-final.z64`.
-3. Run the one-time asset step (needs Python 3.8+):
-   `python3 prepare-assets/prepare-assets.py`
-   — it reads your ROM and writes the two `data/pc*-ntsc-final/` folders the
-   engine needs. Standard library only; a few seconds.
-4. Run the executable **from that folder**.
+3. Run the executable **from that folder**. The first run takes a few extra
+   seconds: it detects your ROM, generates the two derived asset folders
+   (`data/pcmodels-ntsc-final/`, `data/pccg-ntsc-final/`) once, and saves them
+   for every future run. (The generator is `prepare-assets/ge007-convert`
+   inside the bundle; you can also run it manually; it prints what it's doing.)
+
+**Steam Deck:** sideload the unpacked folder (USB or a file manager), do steps
+2–3, then add the executable to Games → *Add Game* as a non-Steam game.
+
+**In-game settings on the Deck:** the options overlay is fully gamepad-driven:
+it opens with **Select**, the D-pad or left stick (up/down) moves between
+options, **A** steps the selected option forward, **B** steps it back, and
+**Start** (or Select again) closes. No keyboard needed.
 
 Full steps are in the bundled `README.md`.
 
@@ -58,8 +201,13 @@ sha256sum -c goldeneye-pc-port-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256
 
 ### Source & docs
 
-<https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port> — built on the
+<https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port>, built on the
 [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007), architecture
 after the [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark).
 Non-commercial fan preservation/research project; not affiliated with any
-rights holder.
+rights holder. **AI disclosure:** built through agentic AI coding (Claude
+Code + a local open-weight model), directed by one person in their spare
+time — as much a study of what agentic development gets wrong on a
+game-sized codebase as it is a port. See the README's
+[Background section](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#background)
+for the full account.

.github/social-preview.html

@@ -118,18 +118,18 @@
     <div class="h1">GOLDENEYE <span class="r">007</span><br><small>PC&nbsp;PORT</small></div>
 
     <div class="meta">
-      Mission: Native PC port of GoldenEye, compiled from the N64 decomp project
+      Mission: Native PC port of GoldenEye 007, compiled from the N64 decomp project
     </div>
 
     <div class="rep">REPORT:</div>
 
     <div class="rows">
-      <div class="statusline">Status: <span class="status">ALPHA v0.1.0 &mdash; PHASE 2 OF 4</span></div>
+      <div class="statusline">Status: <span class="status">RELEASED v0.2.0 &mdash; WINDOWS &middot; LINUX &middot; STEAM DECK</span></div>
       <div class="stats">
-        <span class="k">Statistics:</span><span>19 / 21 solo missions completable in a full playthrough</span>
+        <span class="k">Statistics:</span><span>All 21 solo missions &mdash; full campaign completed in playtesting</span>
         <span></span><span>~230 game-code units, compiled unmodified</span>
-        <span></span><span>~17k lines C/C++ &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; ~6k Python  (port layer + tools)</span>
-        <span></span><span>~190 bugs root-caused &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; built in ~3 weeks, part-time</span>
+        <span></span><span>~22k lines C/C++ &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; ~10k Python  (port layer + tools)</span>
+        <span></span><span>~250 bugs root-caused &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; two coding agents, one human, part-time</span>
       </div>
     </div>
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -66,12 +66,31 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       code: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.code }}
+      # Windows builds default to the self-hosted box (fast, local ccache;
+      # docs/dev/notes/SELFHOSTED-RUNNER-PLAN.md §G2) for everything EXCEPT:
+      # (a) a release build (tag push) -- keep that on a clean, reproducible
+      #     GitHub-hosted runner for the artifact that actually ships, and
+      # (b) a fork PR -- untrusted PR code must never reach a box that will
+      #     later hold a ROM. Same-repo (non-fork) PRs now also get routed to
+      #     self-hosted per the 2026-09-12 standing preference.
+      windows_selfhosted: ${{ steps.runner.outputs.selfhosted }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - id: runner
+        run: |
+          if [ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" = "tag" ]; then
+            echo "selfhosted=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ] && \
+               [ "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}" != "${{ github.repository }}" ]; then
+            echo "selfhosted=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "selfhosted=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
       - id: filter
         run: |
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ]; then
@@ -113,6 +132,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Byte-compile Python tooling
         run: python3 -m compileall -q scripts tools_pc
 
+      # Generated dev-docs stay in sync with the tree (speed-ups plan Step 4).
+      - name: Check generated dev indexes are current
+        run: |
+          python3 tools_pc/gen_findings_index.py --check
+          python3 tools_pc/gen_env_probes.py --check
+
       # US only. gen_romassets.py resolves every symbol for the US region from
       # the committed CSVs with no ROM present; PAL/JP each need a handful of
       # region-specific prop/font offsets that only come from that region's ROM
@@ -141,6 +166,12 @@ jobs:
     env:
       CC: gcc-14
       CXX: g++-14
+      # CMakeLists.txt opt-in enables CMAKE_{C,CXX}_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+      # when ccache is on PATH (b4de1c68, speed-ups plan Step 5). Game
+      # sources are frozen (1:1 with the decomp), so after the first run only
+      # touched port/ files miss cache -- near-total hit rate.
+      CCACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache
+      CCACHE_MAXSIZE: 500M
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
@@ -150,11 +181,36 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y build-essential gcc-14 g++-14 cmake python3 \
-            libsdl2-dev zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
+            python3-pip libsdl2-dev zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev ccache patchelf
+
+      - name: Restore ccache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
+          key: ccache-linux-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ccache-linux-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}-
+            ccache-linux-
 
       - name: Regenerate ROM-asset symbol file (US)
         run: python3 scripts/gen_romassets.py u
 
+      # Drop-in ROM support: freeze the asset-prep tool into a single
+      # ge007-convert binary the engine spawns on first run when the
+      # pcmodels/pccg sidecars are missing (port/src/romconvert.c). Pure-
+      # stdlib scripts, so PyInstaller --onefile is clean; lands in
+      # tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/ where bundle-linux.sh picks it up.
+      - name: Freeze asset converter (PyInstaller)
+        run: |
+          python3 -c "import PyInstaller" 2>/dev/null \
+            || python3 -m pip install --quiet --break-system-packages pyinstaller
+          python3 -m PyInstaller --onefile --noconfirm --clean \
+            --name ge007-convert \
+            --distpath tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets \
+            --workpath build-pyinst --specpath build-pyinst \
+            tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/prepare-assets.py
+          ls -la tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/ge007-convert
+
       - name: Configure (ntsc-final)
         run: cmake -S . -B build-linux -DROMID=ntsc-final
              -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-14 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-14
@@ -162,15 +218,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build (ntsc-final)
         run: cmake --build build-linux -j"$(nproc)"
 
+      - name: ccache stats
+        run: ccache -s
+
       - name: Show binary
         run: |
           ls -la build-linux/ge007* || true
           file build-linux/ge007* || true
 
       # Package the Linux bundle on every run so the release path stays
-      # exercised. No shared libs are bundled — the README tells the user to
-      # install SDL2 / zlib / libGL from their distro. Same ROM / size guards
-      # as the Windows bundle.
+      # exercised. SDL2 is bundled (patchelf sets the exe's rpath to $ORIGIN)
+      # so the tarball runs as-is on any distro / a sideloaded Steam Deck;
+      # zlib + libGL stay system deps. Same ROM / size guards as Windows.
       - name: Package Linux bundle
         run: |
           if [ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" = "tag" ]; then
@@ -200,34 +259,85 @@ jobs:
   windows-build:
     needs: changes
     if: needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true'
-    runs-on: windows-latest
+    # Self-hosted by default (fast, local ccache); windows-latest only for a
+    # release (tag) build or a fork PR — see the `changes` job's `runner`
+    # step for the exact rule (docs/dev/notes/SELFHOSTED-RUNNER-PLAN.md §G2).
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.windows_selfhosted == 'true' && fromJSON('["self-hosted", "windows"]') || 'windows-latest' }}
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: msys2 {0}
+    env:
+      # Same opt-in ccache CMakeLists.txt already wires up (Step 5). Note:
+      # this cache path is read/written by the JS actions/cache step outside
+      # the msys2 shell too, so it stays a plain workspace-relative path
+      # rather than an msys /c/... form.
+      CCACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache
+      CCACHE_MAXSIZE: 500M
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      # windows-latest (release tag / fork PR) is ephemeral: full install +
+      # update every run. Self-hosted (everything else): `release: false`
+      # reuses the box's own C:\msys64 as-is and, with update/install both
+      # empty here, does no pacman -Syu / pacman -S at all (verified against
+      # the action's source) — it only registers the `msys2 {0}` shell
+      # wrapper every job needs. Packages themselves are hand-maintained on
+      # the box; the dependency check below (not this step) verifies they're
+      # present.
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
         with:
           msystem: MINGW64
-          update: true
-          install: >-
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-python
-            zip
-            unzip
+          release: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.windows_selfhosted != 'true' }}
+          update: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.windows_selfhosted != 'true' }}
+          install: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.windows_selfhosted != 'true' && 'mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib mingw-w64-x86_64-python mingw-w64-x86_64-ccache zip unzip' || '' }}
+
+      # Self-hosted only: fails fast with exact install instructions if the
+      # box's hand-maintained MSYS2 is missing a required package, instead of
+      # a confusing failure deeper in the build. windows-latest just installed
+      # everything above, so this would be redundant there.
+      - name: Check self-hosted dependencies
+        if: needs.changes.outputs.windows_selfhosted == 'true'
+        run: tools_pc/check-selfhosted-deps.sh
+
+      - name: Restore ccache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
+          key: ccache-windows-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ccache-windows-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}-
+            ccache-windows-
 
       - name: Regenerate ROM-asset symbol file (US)
         run: python scripts/gen_romassets.py u
 
+      # Drop-in ROM support: freeze the asset-prep tool into a single
+      # ge007-convert.exe the engine spawns on first run when the pcmodels/
+      # pccg sidecars are missing (port/src/romconvert.c). Lands in
+      # tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/ where bundle-win.sh picks it up.
+      - name: Freeze asset converter (PyInstaller)
+        run: |
+          # MSYS2's mingw python ships without pip and has ensurepip
+          # disabled — install pip from pacman, then PyInstaller.
+          python -c "import PyInstaller" 2>/dev/null || {
+            pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip
+            python -m pip install --quiet --break-system-packages pyinstaller
+          }
+          python -m PyInstaller --onefile --noconfirm --clean \
+            --name ge007-convert \
+            --distpath tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets \
+            --workpath build-pyinst --specpath build-pyinst \
+            tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/prepare-assets.py
+          ls -la tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/ge007-convert.exe
+
       - name: Build (ntsc-final)
         run: ./build-pc.sh ntsc-final
 
+      - name: ccache stats
+        run: ccache -s
+
       # Package the distributable bundle on every run so the release path is
       # always exercised. On a tag build VERSION is the tag; otherwise it is a
       # throwaway CI string. bundle-win.sh hard-fails if a ROM image or an
@@ -286,11 +396,21 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
           ASSETS=(dist/*.zip dist/*.zip.sha256 dist/*.tar.gz dist/*.tar.gz.sha256)
+          NOTES="$(mktemp)"
+          # Asset names are built from the tag with the leading v stripped
+          # (bundle-{linux,win}.sh), so substitute the same form -- a raw
+          # TAG would make the notes reference goldeneye-pc-port-v*.* assets
+          # that don't exist.
+          NOTES_VERSION="${TAG#v}"
+          sed "s/<version>/${NOTES_VERSION}/g" .github/release-notes.md > "$NOTES"
           if gh release view "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             gh release upload "$TAG" "${ASSETS[@]}" --clobber
+            # Re-stamp the notes body too: it is only set at creation, and
+            # release-notes.md may have moved since the draft was first cut.
+            gh release edit "$TAG" --notes-file "$NOTES"
           else
             gh release create "$TAG" "${ASSETS[@]}" \
               --draft --prerelease \
               --title "GoldenEye 007 PC Port $TAG" \
-              --notes-file .github/release-notes.md
+              --notes-file "$NOTES"
           fi

.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+# Self-hosted runtime (ROM-gated)
+#
+# Runs the build + the 21-level headless sweep (tools_pc/verify.sh) on the
+# self-hosted runner "corpyvt6agent01", the one machine that has a legal ROM.
+# This is the job class ci.yml explicitly does NOT do: CI is build-only, no
+# ROM, so runtime checks live here. Setup + rollout plan (gitignored, local):
+#   docs/dev/notes/SELFHOSTED-RUNNER-PLAN.md
+#
+# Persistence model — everything lives under the runner's own paths, managed
+# by the pipeline; no hand-maintained directories:
+#   - ccache  -> actions/cache (stored by the runner under _work/_temp)
+#   - ROM     -> actions/cache, key ge-rom-data-ntsc-v1. Bootstrap: copy the
+#                three files into {runner_home}/_rom-seed/ on the box; a run
+#                with an empty cache copies them in and attempts to save the
+#                cache entry. The seed dir is kept (NOT deleted) rather than
+#                treated as one-time -- actions/cache/save has been silently
+#                failing to persist on this box (warning, not a hard step
+#                failure; root cause open, see SELFHOSTED-RUNNER-PLAN.md), so
+#                the seed is the durable fallback every run re-copies from
+#                until that's fixed. Integrity is re-verified every run
+#                against the committed ge007.u.sha1 (repo-tracked US ROM hash).
+#   - MSYS2   -> machine-level install at C:\msys64 (verify.sh hardcodes the
+#                prefix), installed and its packages maintained BY HAND on
+#                the box. msys2/setup-msys2 still runs every job (it's what
+#                registers the `msys2 {0}` shell wrapper), but with
+#                `release: false` and update/install both omitted — verified
+#                against the action's source to do no pacman -Syu / pacman -S
+#                / network round-trip, just a fast reuse of the existing
+#                C:\msys64. Package presence is checked (not installed) by
+#                tools_pc/check-selfhosted-deps.sh, which fails fast with
+#                exact install instructions if something's missing.
+#
+# Trigger gating (non-negotiable):
+#   - workflow_dispatch ONLY for now. Flip on `push: branches: [main]` once
+#     the first manual runs are reliably green.
+#   - NEVER add `pull_request`: unreviewed fork code must not be routable to
+#     a runner that can see the ROM.
+#
+# Leak rules (docs/dev/notes/AGENT-VM-FORGEJO-PLAN.md checklist):
+#   - The ROM + sidecars live in the runner-managed cache only; nothing in
+#     this workflow uploads from data/.
+#   - Artifacts here are console logs + a JSON verdict only. Rendered frames
+#     (ppm/) are ROM-derived content and are NOT uploaded.
+
+name: Self-hosted runtime
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      levels:
+        description: "Sweep subset, SWEEP_LEVELS format (blank = all 21)"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# One ROM job at a time per ref; never cancel an in-flight sweep out from
+# under itself (the sweep is serialized by its own lockdir + watchdog). Group
+# + cancel-in-progress:false is what actually serializes runs — GitHub
+# Actions' workflow-level `concurrency` has no `max-parallel` key (that only
+# exists under a job's `strategy:` for matrix jobs); a stray one here is a
+# hard parse error that blocks every dispatch.
+concurrency:
+  group: selfhosted-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  ROM_CACHE_KEY: ge-rom-data-ntsc-v1
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-sweep:
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, windows ]
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+    env:
+      CCACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache
+      CCACHE_MAXSIZE: 500M
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      # `release: false` reuses the box's own C:\msys64 as-is instead of
+      # downloading/installing MSYS2 fresh (verified against the action's
+      # source: with this set, and update/install both omitted, it does
+      # exactly one `uname -a` + a pacman.conf sed tweak — no pacman -Syu,
+      # no pacman -S, no network round-trip). This step still has to run
+      # every time — it's what registers the `msys2 {0}` shell wrapper
+      # above — but does no install/update work.
+      - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: MINGW64
+          release: false
+
+      # Packages themselves are hand-maintained on the box (never installed
+      # by this workflow) — fails fast with exact install instructions if
+      # one's missing, instead of a confusing failure deeper in the build.
+      - name: Check self-hosted dependencies
+        run: tools_pc/check-selfhosted-deps.sh
+
+      # --- ROM + sidecars: runner-managed cache, one-time seed --------------
+      - name: Restore ROM + sidecars (runner cache)
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            data/ge007.ntsc-final.z64
+            data/pcmodels-ntsc-final
+            data/pccg-ntsc-final
+          key: ${{ env.ROM_CACHE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Check ROM store presence
+        id: romcheck
+        run: |
+          present=true
+          for f in ge007.ntsc-final.z64 pcmodels-ntsc-final pccg-ntsc-final; do
+            if [ ! -f "data/$f" ]; then echo "missing from cache: $f"; present=false; fi
+          done
+          echo "present=$present" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      # {runner_home} = two levels up from RUNNER_WORKSPACE ({home}/_work/{repo}).
+      # NOT deleted after the cache save below (see that step's comment) --
+      # kept as a durable fallback source until the cache save is proven to
+      # actually round-trip on this box.
+      - name: Seed ROM cache (from durable seed dir)
+        if: steps.romcheck.outputs.present == 'false'
+        run: |
+          seed="$(dirname "$(dirname "$RUNNER_WORKSPACE")")/_rom-seed"
+          [ -d "$seed" ] || {
+            echo "ROM cache is empty and no seed found at $seed." >&2
+            echo "One-time bootstrap: copy ge007.ntsc-final.z64, pcmodels-ntsc-final," >&2
+            echo "and pccg-ntsc-final into that directory on the runner, then re-run." >&2
+            exit 2
+          }
+          mkdir -p data
+          # -r: pcmodels-*/pccg-* are directories, not single files (found by
+          # testing — a plain cp failed with "omitting directory").
+          cp -r "$seed/ge007.ntsc-final.z64" "$seed/pcmodels-ntsc-final" \
+                "$seed/pccg-ntsc-final" data/
+          echo "seeded ROM store from $seed"
+
+      # Explicit save (restore alone never saves): persist the seeded store
+      # immediately, before the build/sweep can fail out from under it.
+      # KNOWN ISSUE (2026-09-12): this reliably logs a WARNING annotation
+      # ("Failed to save: ... tar.exe failed with exit code 2") on this box
+      # and never actually persists anything to the cache -- but
+      # actions/cache/save treats a save failure as non-fatal by design, so
+      # the step still reports success and the job carries on. Root cause not
+      # yet found (see docs/dev/notes/SELFHOSTED-RUNNER-PLAN.md). Consequence:
+      # do NOT delete the seed dir after this step (previously done, and it
+      # meant a *silent* cache-save failure combined with the delete wiped
+      # the only copy of the ROM every run -- exactly what broke rollout
+      # step 5's repeated dispatches). The seed dir now stays in place
+      # indefinitely as a durable fallback; "Check ROM store presence" /
+      # "Seed ROM cache" above already re-copy from it whenever the cache
+      # comes back empty, so this is safe to leave as a no-op once the cache
+      # save is fixed for real.
+      - name: Save ROM cache
+        if: steps.romcheck.outputs.present == 'false'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            data/ge007.ntsc-final.z64
+            data/pcmodels-ntsc-final
+            data/pccg-ntsc-final
+          key: ${{ env.ROM_CACHE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Verify ROM integrity (committed US sha1)
+        run: |
+          cd data
+          want="$(cut -d' ' -f1 ../ge007.u.sha1)"
+          got="$(sha1sum ge007.ntsc-final.z64 | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+          [ "$want" = "$got" ] || { echo "ROM hash mismatch: want $want got $got" >&2; exit 2; }
+          echo "ROM sha1 ok: $got"
+
+      # --- build -------------------------------------------------------------
+      # Same opt-in ccache CMakeLists.txt wires up (speed-ups plan Step 5);
+      # persisted via actions/cache like ci.yml's windows-build.
+      - name: Restore ccache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
+          key: ccache-selfhosted-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ccache-selfhosted-${{ hashFiles('CMakeLists.txt') }}-
+            ccache-selfhosted-
+
+      - name: Regenerate ROM-asset symbol file (US)
+        run: python scripts/gen_romassets.py u
+
+      - name: Build (ntsc-final)
+        run: ./build-pc.sh ntsc-final
+
+      # verify.sh: build-if-stale -> headless GE_PCDUMP per level -> crash
+      # symbolication -> pixcount -> framediff vs tools_pc/golden/. Serialized
+      # + watchdog + one retry by design (D117: not frame-deterministic).
+      - name: Level sweep (all 21, or dispatch subset)
+        run: |
+          [ -n "${{ inputs.levels }}" ] && export SWEEP_LEVELS='${{ inputs.levels }}'
+          tools_pc/verify.sh sweep --json > sweep.log 2>&1
+          rc=$?
+          cat sweep.log
+          exit $rc
+
+      # Pull the JSON verdict array out of the mixed stdout for easy review.
+      - name: Extract JSON verdict
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          python -c "
+          import json, sys
+          s = open('sweep.log', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace').read()
+          i = s.rfind('[{')
+          out = '[]'
+          if i >= 0:
+              d, _ = json.JSONDecoder().raw_decode(s[i:])
+              out = json.dumps(d, indent=1)
+          open('sweep-verdict.json', 'w').write(out + '\n')
+          print(out)
+          "
+
+      # Console logs + verdict only — no frames, no ROM bytes (leak rules).
+      - name: Upload sweep report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: selfhosted-sweep-${{ github.run_number }}
+          path: |
+            sweep.log
+            sweep-verdict.json
+            ge007.crash.log
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 14

.gitignore

@@ -142,14 +142,29 @@ ge007.crash.log
 run_out.log
 ppm/
 screenshots/
+# tools_pc/perf.ps1 output (raw ETW traces + CSV analysis, regenerable)
+perf_captures/
 # local Mupen64 Plus checkout (N64 reference footage); binaries, do not commit
 tools_pc/mupen64/
+# local N64 emulator checkout (D205 A/B reference)
+mupen64/
 
 # PC port run/scratch logs
 run_*.log
 d6*.log
 ge007.crash.log
 
+# agent scratch space + audio probe artifacts (regenerable dumps/traces)
+scratchpad/
+# local research/backlog working docs (TCRF cut-content cross-reference etc.)
+backlog/
+# montage work artifact: the tiled contact sheet behind docs/img/shots/ and
+# the preview video (regenerable from the same session recordings)
+docs/img/shots/CONTACT-SHEET.jpg
+/audiodump.raw
+/audiotrace.log
+/mixertrace.log
+
 # Claude Code local state / agent worktrees
 .claude/
 
@@ -159,3 +174,7 @@ nohup.out
 
 gdb.txt
 gdb-hang.txt
+
+# frozen asset converter (built by CI via PyInstaller; local freezes land here)
+tools_pc/dist/prepare-assets/ge007-convert*
+build-pyinst/

AGENTS.md

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Run `/linkcheck` for this sweep. Record new findings in `docs/dev/findings.md`
   parked in `docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`.
 - **Phase 3 (audio + input):** input layer done (`port/src/input.c`); polish
   bugs open (D118* mouse-look residuals; interactive feel-checks owed). Audio
-  not started — libaudio → SDL, copy-and-adapt from the PD port's `mixer.c`.
+  mixer done (libaudio → SDL software mixer, D198–D201); D204 tempo drift
+  fixed + measured; D202 stuck door loop root-caused with a port-side
+  expiration (M-66b) awaiting by-ear verification.
 - **Phase 4 (saves + polish):** file-backed EEPROM done; widescreen, config,
   rebinding UI outstanding.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ A subagent brief is INVALID and must not be sent unless it contains all of:
   write-up of a half-solved bug is a deliverable, not a failure.
 - **KNOWN-GOOD / RULED OUT**, **CONSTRAINTS** (no game-logic changes;
   ABI/layout/format only; `#ifdef PORT`; documented in §F), **REPORT** shape.
+- **VERIFY** — the exact `tools_pc/verify.sh` / probe invocation that proves
+  the task done, or an explicit "runtime verification impossible here; a human
+  must run X".
 - Instruction to read `docs/porting-notes.md` first and append any
   generalisable quirk to it.
 
@@ -85,9 +88,27 @@ still owns judgment, planning, and the verification gate.
 - **Backend reality:** ~1 inference slot, slow per token — dispatch
   **sequentially**, `max_tokens` ~4–8K, treat as batch work. Needs the LiteLLM
   proxy (`litellm/run.ps1`) + Unsloth Studio both up.
-- **Windows quirk:** the worker's shell is `cmd.exe`, not bash — its agent
-  prompt tells it to use `read_file`/`findstr`, not `cat`/`grep`. Always
-  spot-check the returned artifact against the real files before integrating;
-  the 27B will confidently fabricate if a read fails.
+- **Corrected 2026-09-04:** the "worker's shell is `cmd.exe`, no grep/cat"
+  claim that used to live here was WRONG — verified directly against the
+  harness's own `_run_bash` (`C:\Users\james\tools\claude-code-delegate-local`):
+  `grep`, `sed`, `cat`, `ls`, `head`, pipes, and `grep -rn` all work fine
+  (Git-for-Windows/MSYS2 toolchain on PATH). The stale claim, baked into 4 of
+  5 local agent `.md` files, caused a real dispatch (a multi-file
+  cross-referencing investigation) to burn its whole turn budget
+  full-`read_file`-ing files instead of grepping them, hit the turn limit, and
+  returned nothing. Agent files fixed. Always still spot-check the returned
+  artifact against the real files before integrating — the 27B will
+  confidently fabricate if a read fails, independent of this.
+- **Landing delegate output on its own branch: branch off `main` explicitly,
+  never off whatever's currently checked out.** (2026-09-12: a delegate's
+  docs-only writeup got `git branch <name> <sha>` where `<sha>` happened to
+  sit on top of an unrelated in-flight feature branch — the resulting PR
+  silently carried that branch's whole history, including code that had
+  since been reverted, and it only surfaced as a CI failure (a stale
+  env-probe-index check), not from inspecting the diff.) Before creating the
+  branch, confirm you're branching from `main`/`origin/main` HEAD, not from
+  `HEAD` of the session's current checkout; after pushing, sanity-check with
+  `git log --oneline main..<branch>` that it contains only the commit(s) the
+  delegate's task actually produced.
 - Fits the **dispatch preflight** rules above (FILES / BUDGET / ON EXPIRY /
   CONSTRAINTS / REPORT) — write the `task` string to that shape.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse --short HEAD
 if(NOT VERSION_HASH)
   set(VERSION_HASH "unknown")
 endif()
+
+# Provenance, printed by --version and at startup (port/src/main.c): a build
+# keeps pointing at this repository no matter who compiles or renames it.
+set(VERSION_CODENAME "larkspur")
+set(ORIGIN_URL "https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port")
+
 configure_file(
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/port/include/versioninfo.h.in"
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/port/include/versioninfo.h" @ONLY)

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ keep the port faithful to the original game.
 - Port-layer code is plain C11 / C++17, SDL2 + OpenGL, no extra dependencies.
 - Keep commits focused and describe *why*, not just *what*.
 
+## Forks and derivative works
+
+Fork away — the code is MIT and the `port/` layer exists to be extended.
+Rebranding, localizing and extending are all welcome, and none of them need
+permission. If you carry the work forward under your own name, please keep
+two things:
+
+- **Attribution.** A clear statement, in your README and about page, that the
+  project derives from this one — with a link. The engine prints its origin at
+  startup and in its `--version` output; keeping that intact is part of the
+  ask.
+- **The record.** `docs/dev/` (the finding log, porting notes, per-level
+  status) is the engineering record behind every fix. Derivative projects are
+  asked to preserve or link to it rather than fork-and-forget.
+
+Stripping the attribution is the one thing that turns a fork into something
+we no longer recognize as a descendant of this project.
+
 ## Where to look
 
 - `docs/internals.md` — how the port is structured.

README.md

@@ -1,232 +1,245 @@
 # GoldenEye 007 PC Port
 
 [![CI](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
-![status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-alpha_v0.1.0_(Phase_2_of_4)-orange)
-![tested on](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested_on-Windows_%2B_Linux_x86--64-blue)
 ![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green)
-![built with](https://img.shields.io/badge/built_with-coding_agents-8A2BE2)
 
-**A native PC port of _GoldenEye 007_ (Rare, 1997, Nintendo 64), compiled from
-the [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) — the
-original N64 game running from reconstructed source, not the Xbox 360 remaster.**
-The first alpha, **[v0.1.0](../../releases)**, is out for Windows and Linux: it
-boots, renders the full intro and front end, and runs all 21 solo missions — in
-a full-campaign playtest 19 of the 21 were completable start to finish (two
-levels still crash). **There is no audio yet** and rough edges remain; this is
-Phase 2 of 4. See [Status](#status) and [Background](#background).
+A native PC port of _GoldenEye 007_ (Rare, 1997, Nintendo 64), compiled from
+the [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007): the
+original N64 game running from reconstructed source, not the Xbox 360
+remaster. The N64's graphics coprocessor (RSP) is emulated in software; every
+other hardware surface (video, audio, input, timers, save storage) is shimmed
+in a dedicated `port/` layer, following the architecture of the
+[Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark), the same
+Rare "Indy" engine family, one hardware generation apart.
 
-It is also a **research project on AI-agent collaboration in a large,
-unfamiliar, low-level codebase** — how far two coding agents (a local
-open-weight model and Claude), driven by one person part-time, can be pushed
-through ~230 translation units of unmodified big-endian MIPS game code and made
-to run on a 64-bit desktop. See [Background](#background).
+**v0.2.1** is out for Windows and Linux (including Steam Deck, where the
+Linux bundle sideloads as-is) and runs the full campaign at a steady 60 fps
+with known rough edges ([Status](#status)). Free to download, build on and
+modify (you bring the ROM).
 
-Technically, it follows the architecture of the
-[Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark) — the same
-Rare "Indy" engine family, one hardware generation apart. The unmodified game C
-sources are compiled for the host; the N64's Reality Signal Processor (RSP) is
-emulated in software; every other hardware surface (video, audio, input,
-timers, save storage) is shimmed in a dedicated `port/` layer.
+**This is a pre-1.0 release, not a finished product.** v1.0 is the target
+for a polished, feature-complete build; until then, expect rough edges,
+missing features, and breaking changes between versions. See
+[Status](#status) for what works today and [Roadmap](#roadmap) for where
+this is headed.
+
+**AI disclosure:** development here was agentic - Claude Pro plus a local
+open-weight model on a single RTX 5090, as of August–September 2026. This
+project is as much a study of *that process* as it is a port: whether
+current LLMs can carry a codebase like this, and what actually goes wrong
+along the way. Judge the result for yourself.
+I'm one person doing this in my spare time, not a team. See
+[Background](#background) for the full setup, timeline, and an honest
+account of what worked and what didn't.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > **You must supply your own GoldenEye 007 ROM.** This repository contains no
 > Nintendo code or assets, and no ROM. Nothing here is distributable as a
-> playable game — see [Requirements](#requirements) and [Legal](#legal).
+> playable game: see [Requirements](#requirements) and [Legal](#legal).
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/img/attract-bunker1.png" width="32%" alt="Bunker 1 intro camera">
-  <img src="docs/media/goldeneye-demo.gif" width="32%" alt="~15 s of the port running: mission dossier, Facility, Silo, Jungle, Archives">
-  <img src="docs/img/attract-dam.png" width="32%" alt="Dam intro camera">
-  <br><em>In-engine, running in the port — Bunker&nbsp;1 and Dam attract views, and a
-  ~15&nbsp;s clip (no audio yet, Phase&nbsp;3): mission dossier &rarr; Facility &rarr; Silo &rarr;
-  Jungle &rarr; Archives.</em>
+  <img src="docs/media/goldeneye-gh-preview.gif" width="64%"
+       alt="~32 s gameplay montage from live play sessions">
+  <br><em>All in-engine, running in the port, a ~32&nbsp;s gameplay montage loop
+  from the v0.2.0 playtest.</em>
 </p>
 
-## Quick start
-
-You supply your own **NTSC-U GoldenEye 007 N64 ROM** (`.z64`, big-endian) — no
-ROM or game asset is included or distributed. Then:
-
-1. Download the Windows or Linux bundle from [Releases](../../releases) and unpack it.
-2. Make a `data/` folder next to the executable and drop the ROM in as `ge007.ntsc-final.z64`.
-3. Run the one-time asset step: `python3 prepare-assets/prepare-assets.py` (Python 3.8+, stdlib only).
-4. Launch the executable from that folder.
-
-Building from source instead: see [Building](#building). Read the
-[Status](#status) caveats first — this is an early alpha.
-
-## Contents
-
-- [Quick start](#quick-start)
-- [Background](#background)
-- [How this differs from the other GoldenEye PC projects](#how-this-differs-from-the-other-goldeneye-pc-projects)
-- [Status](#status)
-- [Download](#download)
-- [Requirements](#requirements)
-- [Building](#building) · [Windows (MSYS2)](#windows-msys2) · [Linux](#linux)
-- [Running](#running) · [Default controls](#default-controls)
-- [How it works](#how-it-works)
-- [Project layout](#project-layout)
-- [Documentation](#documentation)
-- [Credits](#credits)
-- [Legal](#legal)
-- [License](#license)
-
-## Background
-
-Beyond the port itself, this is primarily a **research project on agentic
-software development** — specifically, on AI-agent collaboration in a large,
-unfamiliar, low-level codebase: how far coding agents can be driven, by one
-person working part-time, through ~230 translation units of unmodified
-big-endian MIPS game code, made to run on a 64-bit desktop.
-
-It used two agents:
-
-- a **local open-weight model** —
-  `unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL` on a single **RTX 5090**, driven mainly
-  through the **[pi](https://pi.dev/)** coding agent (Unsloth Desktop was also
-  trialed) — which did the groundwork: the CMake build, the boot chain, the
-  software-RSP integration, the offline asset-conversion pipeline, and the
-  first rendered frames;
-- **Claude** (via **Claude Code** — mostly **Sonnet 5**, with **Opus 5** as an
-  escalation tier for the hardest bugs), which joined on 27 Aug 2026 for a
-  collaborative phase: the 21-level load/render/no-crash sweep, the ABI/layout
-  finding catalog, the SDL input layer, and the front-end flow.
-
-The two **handed work back and forth** through shared written artifacts:
-
-```mermaid
-flowchart TD
-    H["human<br/>direction · integration · playtest"]
-    C["Claude<br/>(Claude Code)"]
-    Q["Qwen 3.8<br/>(pi, local RTX 5090)"]
-    D[("shared artifacts<br/>findings · notes · handoff doc")]
-    H -->|"scoped task + budget"| C
-    H -->|"scoped task + budget"| Q
-    C -->|"patch + write-up"| D
-    Q -->|"patch + write-up"| D
-    C <-.->|handoff| Q
-    D --> H
-```
-
-The handoff document was originally a session-to-session note; it became the
-**interface between the two models** — when Claude hit a usage limit
-mid-problem, the local model picked the task up from that state and continued.
-
-**By the numbers:**
-
-| Metric | Value |
-|---|---|
-| Timeline | ~3 weeks, one person part-time |
-| Commits | ~320 |
-| Root-caused bugs logged | ~190 (`D1`–`D196`; some later merged or withdrawn) |
-| Handoff sessions | ~49 |
-| ABI edits to game code | 69 files, all `#ifdef PORT` |
-| Port layer / tooling | ~17k lines C/C++ · ~6k lines Python |
-| Effort split (milestone-weighted) | ~60% Claude · ~40% local model |
-
-The local model built the entire foundation — build, boot chain, RSP wiring,
-asset converters — then both agents ran the debugging phase together:
-
-- **Day 4** — the full ~230-unit codebase compiles and links
-- **Day 8** — the whole intro renders
-- **Day 13** — all 21 solo missions run crash-free
-- **Day 14** — front end playable end to end
-- **Week 3** — v0.1.0 alpha; a full-campaign playtest completes 19 of 21 missions
-
-Full write-up, timeline chart, and an honest "what worked / what didn't":
-[`docs/dev/agentic-development.md`](docs/dev/agentic-development.md). The
-workflow itself: [`docs/dev-process.md`](docs/dev-process.md). To cite this
-project or its findings, use [`CITATION.cff`](CITATION.cff) (GitHub's "Cite
-this repository" menu).
-
-## How this differs from the other GoldenEye PC projects
-
-This is a **native port of the original 1997 Nintendo 64 game, built from its
-actual reconstructed source code** — the same lineage as the Perfect Dark PC
-port. The other well-known "GoldenEye on PC" projects are something different:
-they machine-translate the shipped binary of the *unreleased Xbox 360 XBLA
-remaster* — a different game, a different codebase, no shared code with this.
-
-| | This project | [GoldenEye-Recomp](https://github.com/SunJaycy/GoldenEye-Recomp) / [Steam Deck build](https://github.com/couchk1ng/GoldenEye-Recomp-SteamDeck) |
-|---|---|---|
-| **What it ports** | The original **Nintendo 64** game (1997) | The **Xbox 360 XBLA** HD remaster (built ~2007, never released) |
-| **How** | **Decompilation-based source port** — human-reconstructed C, compiled for the host; game logic runs as written | **Static binary recompilation** — the shipped machine code is auto-translated to C; no source-level understanding |
-| **Lineage** | [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) + [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark) engine family | Xbox 360 "…Recompiled" static-recompilation family |
-| **Renderer** | Software RSP → OpenGL | Hardware (Vulkan) |
-| **Status** | WIP, Phase 2, alpha v0.1.0 — runs all 21 levels, 19/21 completable in a full playthrough; no audio; rough edges | Playable full game, higher frame rates, online multiplayer |
-| **Why it exists** | A [case study in AI-agent collaboration](#background) on a hard low-level codebase; the port is the target, not a product | A polished, playable PC release of the remaster |
-
-**If you just want to play GoldenEye on PC today, use one of the recompilation
-projects — they are finished and this is not.** What is interesting here is the
-other half: getting the *original* game running from source, and how much of
-that work was driven by AI agents.
-
-## Status
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> **Alpha — playable, not polished.** This is a work-in-progress research port.
-> It runs the full single-player campaign, but there is **no audio**, some
-> front-end 3D models and cutscenes are broken, AI characters move too slowly,
-> input has known rough edges, and two levels (Bunker ii, Statue) still crash.
-> Treat it as an early alpha of the porting work, not a finished way to play
-> GoldenEye.
-
-**Phase 2 of 4 (rendering). First alpha: [v0.1.0](../../releases).** The port
-boots, renders, and plays through the front end and the campaign. It is not
-finished and it is not fully stable.
-
-**Working**
-
-- Boot → Rare/Nintendo logos → gun-barrel → cast intro, fully rendered.
-- Front end: main menu → mission select → difficulty → briefing → mission start.
-- **All 21 solo missions load and render.** In a full-campaign playtest on the
-  packaged Windows build, **19 of 21 were completable start to finish**; Bunker
-  ii and Statue crash mid-level (one root cause, tracked as D191). See
-  [`docs/dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md`](docs/dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md).
-- Software RSP (fast3d): textured world geometry, skeletal characters, HUD,
-  the GE-specific color-combiner / render modes and `G_TRI4`.
-- Input: keyboard + mouse (with mode-aware mouse-look) and SDL game
-  controllers, mapped onto the N64 pad. Tunable via `ge007.ini`.
-- File-backed EEPROM saves.
-- **Windows and Linux** (`x86_64`). Windows is the primary development and
-  playtest path; the Linux build boots, renders, and passes the level sweep,
-  with far less human playtime.
-
-**Not yet working**
-
-- **Audio** — not implemented (Phase 3). The game runs silent.
-- **AI pacing** — scripted and combat AI characters travel to their
-  destinations noticeably slower than on N64. This breaks Cradle (the final
-  level) via Trevelyan's scripted progression. Top post-alpha fix (D193).
-- **Cutscenes** — frequently glitch: skipped, wrong camera, misplaced or
-  hovering actors, wrong timing (D148/D160).
-- Some front-end 3D models — the spinning Nintendo logo, and the MISSION
-  COMPLETE / mode-select models — are mispositioned or absent. (The
-  gun-barrel Bond intro renders correctly.)
-- Outdoor levels render with a **black sky**; assorted other cosmetic defects
-  are tracked in
-  [`docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`](docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md).
-- No macOS or ARM support; no controller rebinding UI; no widescreen.
-
-Next up: audio (Phase 3), the AI-pacing fix, and the two remaining level
-crashes. Cosmetic defects are tracked in
-[`docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`](docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md).
-
 ## Download
 
-Pre-built **Windows** and **Linux** `x86_64` bundles are published under
-[Releases](../../releases), starting with **v0.1.0**. Each contains the engine
-executable, its runtime libraries, and the one-time `prepare-assets` tool —
-**no ROM and no game assets**. See [Quick start](#quick-start) for the four
-steps to get it running, [Requirements](#requirements) for accepted ROMs, and
-[Status](#status) for the alpha caveats.
+| Platform | Bundle | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Windows** (x86_64) | [win64.zip](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) | Engine + runtime DLLs + the one-time asset tool. |
+| **Linux** (x86_64) / **Steam Deck** | [linux tarball](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) | SDL2 is bundled, so it runs as-is on any distro, and sideloads onto a Deck with nothing installed. |
 
-You can also build it yourself; see [Building](#building).
+Both bundles contain **no ROM and no game assets**: you supply your own
+(see [Requirements](#requirements)), which keeps the release legal to
+distribute. Earlier builds: v0.2.0 and v0.1.0 alpha, same page. You can also build it
+yourself; see [Building](#building).
+
+### Quick start
+
+You need a GoldenEye 007 N64 ROM (`.z64`, big-endian). This release supports
+the **NTSC-U (US)** version; PAL and JP are on the roadmap ([issue
+#85](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/issues/85)). No ROM or game asset is
+included or distributed. Then:
+
+1. Download the Windows or Linux bundle from [Releases](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) and unpack it.
+2. Make a `data/` folder next to the executable and drop the ROM in as `ge007.ntsc-final.z64`.
+3. Launch the executable from that folder. The first run takes a few extra seconds: it detects the ROM and generates the derived asset folders once (no Python or other tooling needed).
+
+Read the [Status](#status) caveats first: v0.2.1 has known rough edges,
+listed plainly there.
+
+## Status
+
+**v0.2.1 - playable, with known rough edges.** The full single-player
+campaign is completable end to end (all 21 missions, Agent difficulty,
+playtested), at a steady 60 fps; all 21 solo missions load, render and run
+crash-free, verified on Windows, Linux and real Steam Deck hardware. Feedback
+is very welcome.
+
+**Working:** boot sequence and front end (menu → mission select → briefing →
+start); all 21 solo missions load, render and are crash-free (full campaign
+playtested end to end at Agent difficulty); steady 60 fps
+(software RSP off the presentation critical path); full audio: in-level music and SFX; keyboard + mouse (click-to-lock, proportional aim mode) and a modern
+dual-stick controller layout; file-backed saves; faithful N64 progression by default
+(F10 → *All unlocked* opens every level, 007 mode and the full cheat menu); F10 in-game
+options overlay (resolution, frame cap, MSAA, filtering, FOV, sensitivity);
+Windows and Linux.
+
+**Known issues:**
+
+- **Cutscenes still glitch, mostly with James Bond**: in scripted sequences
+  Bond is the one who gets misplaced, hovers, or spins; the other actors are
+  fine for the most part now. The Dam level-end cutscene is racy (D243).
+  Still the most visible gap in this release.
+- Particle colours drift through a rainbow palette instead of holding their
+  grey/orange intent (bullet sparks, lingering smoke/explosion residue) (D252).
+- Water levels show a moving seam between two water patterns (D245); thin
+  pixel strips at the left/right screen edges at non-integer window scales
+  (D246).
+- Some front-end 3D models are off: the spinning Nintendo logo renders as two
+  white blobs and the Rareware logo's texture filtering looks wrong (D75).
+- The F10 overlay's bottom row duplicates whatever item is currently selected
+  (D251).
+- Surface 1's 2D billboard trees render as a solid wall of tree texture
+  instead of discrete sprites (D236). Under active investigation.
+- No true widescreen: 16:9 stretches the 4:3-authored view (world + HUD)
+  rather than properly expanding the horizontal FOV; the F10 *FOV scale %*
+  slider is a manual workaround, not real widescreen.
+- Distant geometry can drop out on the biggest open levels (Streets,
+  Egyptian) at default FOV — a culling/LOD issue that sometimes
+  self-corrects as you keep moving (D249).
+- Gunshot SFX can sound off during sustained/rapid fire: cadence can drift
+  from the N64 original's rate, and PP7/AK47 fire can occasionally go silent
+  under heavy automatic fire near another looping sound (D240/D241).
+- **`All unlocked` is highly experimental — don't enable it until you have
+  at least one save written** (complete a level normally first, e.g. Dam on
+  Agent). Enabling it on a brand-new install with no prior save can still
+  cause silent audio and odd right-mouse-aim behavior (D257/D259/D281).
+- **Linux / Steam Deck:** an intermittent SIGSEGV remains, with a reliable
+  repro found this release — Facility's computer terminals (the ones you
+  activate to open a door for level progression) consistently crash the
+  game on activation (D255; seen on Linux generally, not Deck-hardware
+  specific). Combat-related crashes reported earlier (Bunker, Frigate) may
+  be the same bug via a different trigger; current builds capture full
+  faulting registers in `ge007.crash.log`.
+- Steam Deck / gamepad: front-end menu navigation (main menu, file select,
+  mission-select map) currently requires the right analog stick, not the
+  left (D282) — a planned QoL fix, not done in this release.
+- Assorted further cosmetic defects are tracked in
+  [`docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`](docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md).
+- No macOS or ARM support; no controller rebinding UI.
+
+Root causes and fix status for every item: the [release notes](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases)
+and the finding log in [`docs/dev/findings.md`](docs/dev/findings.md).
+
+### Steam Deck
+
+The Linux bundle is the Deck build. SFTP it over from your PC, or download
+it straight from the [releases page](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) on the Deck itself:
+unzip, drop your ROM in `data/`, launch it once (the first run generates the
+derived assets), and add the executable as a non-Steam game. SDL2 is bundled, so no dependencies need
+installing. On SteamOS the first launch seeds `ge007.ini` with Deck-friendly
+defaults: native 1280×800 fullscreen, VSync, MSAA 4, and 150% draw/LOD
+distance (the authored N64 fade distances read short on the close-up panel);
+everything is changeable in the options overlay and persists afterwards.
+**Do that first launch in Game Mode, not Desktop Mode** — an ini created by
+an earlier Desktop Mode launch (e.g. while testing before adding it as a
+Steam shortcut) permanently skips the Deck preset, since any existing ini
+always wins over it (D283). If your resolution isn't 1280×800 on first
+Game Mode boot, just set it manually: F10 → *Resolution*. The renderer is
+CPU-bound (software RSP); expect original N64-era
+performance at 60 fps rather than more. This release was playtested on real
+Deck hardware; the v0.1.0-era Facility crash (D203) did not recur: its root
+cause was identified and fixed (D253), verified on the Deck; one intermittent
+SIGSEGV in heavy firefights remains open (D255).
+
+**In-game settings on the Deck.** The options overlay is fully gamepad-driven:
+it opens with **Select**, the D-pad or left stick (up/down) moves between
+options, **A** steps the selected option forward, **B** steps it back, and
+**Start** (or Select again) closes. Toggles flip, resolution / MSAA /
+filtering cycle, sliders step in increments. With a keyboard attached the same
+overlay is `F10` + arrows/Enter.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+No fixed timeline or committed feature list — this is spare-time work — but
+directionally, on the way to v1.0:
+
+- Working through the [known issues](#status) above and the fuller list in
+  [`docs/dev/findings.md`](docs/dev/findings.md).
+- **PAL and JP ROM support** ([issue #85](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/issues/85)); NTSC-U is the only supported region today.
+- **Real widescreen** (properly expanding the field of view at 16:9, rather
+  than today's 4:3-stretch).
+- **Controller rebinding UI**, and macOS/ARM builds.
+- **LAN multiplayer**: reviving GoldenEye's original split-screen/deathmatch
+  netplay across multiple PCs on a local network. Genuinely under
+  consideration, but early and not started; no ETA.
+- General polish: performance, remaining rendering/audio defects, save/config
+  robustness.
+
+Not currently planned: new game modes GE never shipped (e.g. co-op), online (non-LAN)
+multiplayer, ray tracing. If any of these matter to you, open an issue —
+it helps prioritize.
+
+## Beyond playing
+
+- **Tweak it**: `ge007.ini` and the F10 in-game overlay expose resolution,
+  frame cap, MSAA, texture filtering, FOV/draw distance and mouse feel;
+  launch with `-fresh` for a clean-slate run.
+- **Read it**: [`docs/internals.md`](docs/internals.md) maps the
+  architecture and the software RSP; [`docs/porting-notes.md`](docs/porting-notes.md)
+  is the catalogue of N64→PC bug classes hit along the way. Game logic in
+  `src/` is unmodified decompilation; every hardware surface lives in the
+  MIT-licensed `port/` layer.
+- **Mod it**: the port layer, build system and `tools_pc/` are yours to
+  extend (see [License](#license)); [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) has
+  the ground rules for getting changes in, and [`docs/dev/`](docs/dev/) is
+  the raw engineering record behind every fix.
+
+## Background
+
+The port was built by two coding agents, a local open-weight model
+(`unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF` on one RTX 5090, via the [pi](https://pi.dev/)
+agent) doing the groundwork (build, boot chain, software-RSP integration,
+asset pipeline, first frames), and **Claude Code** (Sonnet 5, Opus 5 for the
+hardest bugs) joining for the collaborative phase (the 21-level sweep, the
+ABI finding catalog, SDL input, front end), handing work back and forth
+through shared written notes, directed by one person part-time. In short:
+~3.5 weeks, ~430 commits, 200+ bugs logged and tracked to resolution.
+
+The full write-up (timeline, handoff mechanism, effort breakdown, an honest
+"what worked / what didn't"): [`docs/dev/agentic-development.md`](docs/dev/agentic-development.md).
+The workflow itself: [`docs/dev-process.md`](docs/dev-process.md). To cite the
+project or its findings: [`CITATION.cff`](CITATION.cff) (GitHub's "Cite this
+repository" menu).
+
+## How this differs from the other GoldenEye PC projects
+
+This is a native port of the original 1997 Nintendo 64 game, built from its
+actual reconstructed source code, the same lineage as the Perfect Dark PC
+port. The other well-known "GoldenEye on PC" projects are something
+different: they machine-translate the shipped binary of the *unreleased Xbox
+360 XBLA remaster*, a different game on a different codebase with no shared
+code with this one.
+
+| | This project | The other well-known "GoldenEye on PC" recompilation projects (and their Steam Deck builds) |
+|---|---|---|
+| **What it ports** | The original **Nintendo 64** game (1997) | The **Xbox 360 XBLA** HD remaster (built ~2007, never released) |
+| **How** | Decompilation-based source port: human-reconstructed C, compiled for the host; game logic runs as written | Static binary recompilation: the shipped machine code is auto-translated to C; no source-level understanding |
+| **Lineage** | [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) + [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark) engine family | Xbox 360 "…Recompiled" static-recompilation family |
+| **Renderer** | Software RSP → OpenGL | Hardware (Vulkan) |
+| **Status** | v0.2.1 public release; full campaign playable at 60 fps (see [Status](#status)) | Playable full game with online multiplayer |
+| **Why it exists** | To run the *original* N64 game from source, and as a [case study in AI-agent collaboration](#background) on a hard low-level codebase | To get a playable PC release of the remaster |
+
+They answer a different question: how to get the *remaster* onto PC by
+machine translation. This project answers how to get the *original 1997
+game* onto PC, running from its reconstructed source.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-You need a **GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64) ROM** that you legally own, in
+You need a GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64) ROM that you legally own, in
 big-endian (`.z64`) format, matching one of:
 
 | Region | ROMID | ROM filename (in `data/`) | SHA-1 |
@@ -235,7 +248,9 @@ big-endian (`.z64`) format, matching one of:
 | PAL (EU)     | `pal-final`  | `ge007.pal-final.z64`  | `167c3c433dec1f1eb921736f7d53fac8cb45ee31` |
 | NTSC-J (JP)  | `jpn-final`  | `ge007.jpn-final.z64`  | `2a5dade32f7fad6c73c659d2026994632c1b3174` |
 
-US is the recommended and best-tested version.
+This release supports the US (NTSC-U) version; PAL and JP ROMs are
+recognised by region but not yet supported (on the roadmap, [issue
+#85](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/issues/85)).
 
 The port also relies on the decompilation's asset-extraction step, which pulls
 the level, model, texture and music data out of your ROM at build time. That
@@ -261,13 +276,13 @@ git clone https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port.git
 cd goldeneye-pc-port
 # 1. extract assets from your ROM (see docs/building.md)
 # 2. build the port
-./build-pc.sh ntsc-final          # or pal-final / jpn-final
+./build-pc.sh ntsc-final         # NTSC-U; PAL/JP engine builds compile, but their asset sidecars are not yet producible (issue #85)
 ```
 
 ### Linux
 
-> **Untested.** No one has built or run the port on Linux. The steps below are
-> the intended path, not a verified one — expect to fix build issues yourself.
+The Linux build is compiled on every push by CI (ubuntu-24.04); the release
+bundle additionally bundles SDL2 so no system packages are needed at runtime.
 
 ```sh
 sudo apt install build-essential cmake python3 libsdl2-dev zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
@@ -285,55 +300,53 @@ The executable is written to `build-pc/ge007.x86_64` (on Windows,
 1. Create a `data/` directory in the repo root.
 2. Put your ROM in it, named as in the table above
    (e.g. `data/ge007.ntsc-final.z64`).
-3. Run the executable **from the repo root**:
+3. Run the executable from the repo root:
    `./build-pc/ge007.x86_64`.
 
-Configuration is written to `ge007.ini` on first run.
+Configuration is written to `ge007.ini` on first run; game progress
+lives in `ge007.eep`. Launch with `-fresh` to wipe both before starting
+(a clean-slate run for playtesting).
 
 ### Default controls
 
 | Action              | Keyboard / mouse         | Controller    |
 |---------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
-| Move / strafe       | `W` `A` `S` `D` / arrows  | Left stick    |
+| Move / strafe       | `W` `A` `S` `D` / arrows  | Left stick (or D-pad) |
 | Aim / look          | Mouse                    | Right stick   |
 | Fire (Z)            | Left mouse / `LCtrl`     | Right trigger |
 | Aim mode (R)        | Right mouse / `LShift`   | Left trigger  |
-| Use / accept (A)    | `Space` / `E` / `X`            | A / X         |
-| Reload / cancel (B) | `R` / `F`                | B / Y / RB    |
-| L trigger           | `Q`                      | LB            |
+| Use / accept (A)    | `Space` / `E` / `X`      | A / X         |
+| Reload / cancel (B) | `R` / `F`                | B / Y         |
+| Next weapon         | Mouse wheel up           | RB            |
+| Previous weapon     | Mouse wheel down         | LB            |
 | Start               | `Enter` / `Tab`          | Start         |
+| Options overlay     | `F10`                    | Select (D-pad/stick + A/B navigate, Start closes) |
+
+The controller layout follows the modern dual-stick scheme used by the
+console re-releases (left stick move, right stick look, triggers fire/aim,
+shoulders cycle weapons).
 
 Mouse sensitivity, Y-inversion and the aim/turn split are tunable in the
 `[Input]` section of `ge007.ini`.
 
 ## How it works
 
-The R4300 game code in `src/` is compiled **completely unmodified** — the
-decompilation's control flow is treated as ground truth. Everything that would
-touch N64 hardware is redirected into `port/`:
-
-- **`port/fast3d/`** — a software RSP. It interprets the GBI display list the
-  game builds each frame and emits OpenGL, bypassing the RDP. Adapted from the
-  Perfect Dark port and extended for GoldenEye's custom GBI.
-- **`port/src/gesched.c`** — replaces the RCP scheduler; instead of poking RSP
-  registers it drives the software RSP directly.
-- **`port/src/libultra.c`** — single-threaded shims for the libultra OS API
-  (threads, messages, timers, PI/SI/AI/VI) over the host.
-- **`port/src/{video,audio,input,fs,romdata,config}.c`** — the SDL2 / OpenGL /
-  filesystem backends.
-
-The 32→64-bit transition forces a small, cataloged class of mechanical
-ABI-only edits to ROM-serialized structs (pointer-width reconciliation); these
-change no behavior and are documented individually.
-
-Where it diverges from the Perfect Dark port: GoldenEye's N64 serialized asset
-formats (level setup, models, backgrounds) are converted **offline** by a set
-of Python "sidecar" converters in `tools_pc/`, rather than fixed up at load
-time. See [`docs/internals.md`](docs/internals.md) and
+The R4300 game code in `src/` is compiled completely unmodified; the
+decompilation's control flow is ground truth. Everything that would touch N64
+hardware is redirected into `port/`: a **software RSP** (`port/fast3d/`,
+adapted from the Perfect Dark port) that interprets the GBI display list the
+game builds each frame and emits OpenGL, bypassing the RDP; a scheduler
+replacement (`port/src/gesched.c`) that drives it directly; single-threaded
+libultra OS shims (`port/src/libultra.c`); and SDL2/OpenGL/filesystem backends
+for video, audio, input and storage. The 32→64-bit transition forces a small,
+cataloged class of mechanical ABI-only edits to ROM-serialized structs
+(pointer-width reconciliation); these change no behavior and are documented
+individually. Where it diverges from the Perfect Dark port: GoldenEye's N64
+serialized asset formats are converted offline by Python "sidecar" converters
+in `tools_pc/` rather than fixed up at load time. Full detail:
+[`docs/internals.md`](docs/internals.md) and
 [`docs/porting-notes.md`](docs/porting-notes.md).
 
-## Project layout
-
 ```
 CMakeLists.txt      PC build (parallel to the decomp's Makefile, which is untouched)
 build-pc.sh         configure + build helper
@@ -350,18 +363,17 @@ docs/               see below
 ## Documentation
 
 Key docs are also published as a site:
-**<https://jkdansereau.github.io/goldeneye-pc-port/>**.
+<https://jkdansereau.github.io/goldeneye-pc-port/>.
 
 | Doc | What's in it |
 |---|---|
 | [`docs/building.md`](docs/building.md) | Full build + asset-extraction guide. |
 | [`docs/internals.md`](docs/internals.md) | Architecture, the RSP-emulation approach, GE-vs-PD engine differences, the phased plan. |
 | [`docs/porting-notes.md`](docs/porting-notes.md) | The recurring N64→PC bug classes hit during the port, with fixes. |
-| [`docs/dev/game-behavior-reference.md`](docs/dev/game-behavior-reference.md) | How the retail N64 game is meant to behave — combat/AI model, difficulty scaling, per-level objectives, timers, weapon data, original-game quirks. Playtest reference. |
 | [`docs/dev/agentic-development.md`](docs/dev/agentic-development.md) | The research angle: the two-agent setup, timeline, handoff workflow, and an assessment of what did and didn't work. |
-| [`docs/dev-process.md`](docs/dev-process.md) | The investigation workflow in detail — budgets, file partitioning, the finding-log discipline. |
-| [`docs/dev/`](docs/dev/) | The raw engineering record: the full finding log, per-level status, graphics backlog, playtest matrices. |
-| [`docs/SetupGuide.md`](docs/SetupGuide.md), [`docs/StructureGuide.md`](docs/StructureGuide.md), [`docs/StyleGuide.md`](docs/StyleGuide.md) | Inherited from the decompilation. |
+| [`docs/dev-process.md`](docs/dev-process.md) | The investigation workflow in detail: budgets, file partitioning, the finding-log discipline. |
+| [`docs/dev/`](docs/dev/) | The raw engineering record: the full finding log, per-level status, graphics backlog, playtest matrices, and [`docs/dev/game-behavior-reference.md`](docs/dev/game-behavior-reference.md) (a secondary-sourced playtest reference for how the retail game is meant to behave; repo-only, code is ground truth). |
+| [`docs/SetupGuide.md`](docs/SetupGuide.md), [`docs/StyleGuide.md`](docs/StyleGuide.md) | Inherited from the decompilation this repo forks. |
 
 ## Credits
 
@@ -369,24 +381,30 @@ This port is a thin layer on a large amount of other people's work.
 
 **Prior work it is built on**
 
-- The [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) — years of
+- The [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007), years of
   effort by Larry Ficken ("kholdfuzion") and the project's contributors; plus
   zoinkity's GoldenEye documentation, which the decomp started from. This port
   is a fork of that repository.
 - The [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark)
-  (Ryan Dwyer and contributors) — the reference architecture for this port and
+  (Ryan Dwyer and contributors), the reference architecture for this port and
   the source of the `fast3d` software RSP.
-- The [Perfect Dark decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/perfect_dark) —
+- The [Perfect Dark decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/perfect_dark),
   the sibling decomp the PD port is built on.
+- **Carnivorous**: author of the *Mouse Injector* input plugin for 1964 (the
+  "GEPD Edition" bundle). Its mouse-aim behaviour for GoldenEye/Perfect Dark is
+  what the in-game GEPD-style aim mode is modelled on; the implementation here
+  is an independent reimplementation of that behaviour, not derived code.
+  Thanks also to **Rice** and **schibo** of the 1964 team for the emulator it
+  shipped with.
 
 **Vendored / adapted code**
 
-- `port/fast3d/` — the software RSP, adapted from the PD port. It originates
+- `port/fast3d/`: the software RSP, adapted from the PD port. It originates
   with the [Ship of Harkinian](https://github.com/HarbourMasters) /
-  libultraship fast3d (© Emill, MaikelChan; MIT — see `port/fast3d/LICENSE.txt`),
+  libultraship fast3d (© Emill, MaikelChan; MIT, see `port/fast3d/LICENSE.txt`),
   which itself descends from
   [sm64-port](https://github.com/sm64-port/sm64-port)'s fast3d and audio mixer.
-- `port/fast3d/glad/` — OpenGL loader generated by
+- `port/fast3d/glad/`: OpenGL loader generated by
   [glad](https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad) (David Herberth, MIT).
 - The decompilation toolchain: [`ido-static-recomp`](https://github.com/decompals/ido-static-recomp)
   (Emill / decompals), [`qemu-irix`](https://github.com/n64decomp/qemu-irix) and
@@ -396,7 +414,7 @@ This port is a thin layer on a large amount of other people's work.
 **Methodology**
 
 - Chris Lewis, [*"Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days"*](https://blog.chrislewis.au/decompiling-a-nintendo-64-game-in-84-days/) (the Snowboard
-  Kids decompilation write-up) — the agent-workflow practices in
+  Kids decompilation write-up), the agent-workflow practices in
   [`docs/dev-process.md`](docs/dev-process.md) are adapted from it.
 
 **Tools and models used to develop the port**
@@ -406,7 +424,7 @@ This port is a thin layer on a large amount of other people's work.
   `UD-Q4_K_XL` quant;
   [Unsloth](https://unsloth.ai) (the GGUF quantisation and Unsloth Desktop,
   used as the local model server).
-- [pi](https://pi.dev/) — the local coding-agent harness.
+- [pi](https://pi.dev/): the local coding-agent harness.
 - [Claude / Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) (Anthropic).
 
 ## Legal
@@ -415,7 +433,7 @@ This is a non-commercial fan preservation/research project, in the same
 category as the many other N64 decompilation and native-port repositories on
 GitHub. It follows the same conventions they do:
 
-- **No ROM and no game assets are distributed** — not in this repository and
+- **No ROM and no game assets are distributed**: not in this repository and
   not in any release. Textures, audio, models, level data and in-game text are
   extracted from a ROM *you already own*, on *your* machine, at build time.
 - The repository is a fork of the public
@@ -424,11 +442,11 @@ GitHub. It follows the same conventions they do:
 - No official logos, box art, or marketing assets are used. "GoldenEye 007",
   "007", "James Bond" and related marks belong to their respective owners
   (Nintendo, Microsoft/Rare, MGM, Danjaq, EON Productions).
-- **Pre-built binaries** published under [Releases](../../releases) contain
-  only the engine — the `port/` layer plus the compiled decompilation, with no
-  game data of any kind — bundled with permissively-licensed runtime libraries
+- Pre-built binaries published under [Releases](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) contain
+  only the engine (the `port/` layer plus the compiled decompilation, with no
+  game data of any kind), bundled with permissively-licensed runtime libraries
   (SDL2, zlib, the MinGW runtime; their licenses travel in the download). Any
-  build — yours or ours — is useless without a ROM you supply.
+  build, yours or ours, is useless without a ROM you supply.
 
 This project is **not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by** Nintendo,
 Rare, Microsoft, MGM, Danjaq, EON Productions, or any rights holder in
@@ -437,7 +455,7 @@ issue and it will be addressed.
 
 ## License
 
-The original work in this repository — the port layer (`port/`), the PC build
-system, `tools_pc/`, and the documentation — is released under the MIT License,
+The original work in this repository, the port layer (`port/`), the PC build
+system, `tools_pc/`, and the documentation, is released under the MIT License;
 see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). Everything inherited from the upstream decompilation
 is covered by [`NOTICE`](NOTICE), not by that license.

docs/SetupGuide.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Setup Guide
 
+> Inherited from the decompilation this repo forks. It covers building the
+> **N64 ROM** with the IDO toolchain — needed only for the one-time
+> asset-extraction step referenced from [`building.md`](building.md), not for
+> building or running the PC port itself.
+
 <!-- TOC -->
 * [Setup Guide](#setup-guide)
   * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)

docs/StructureGuide.md

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Project Structure
-
-```
-goldeneye_src
-|-- .github/workflows: GitHub use only
-├── assets: game assets
-│   ├── font: font data
-│   ├── images: image data
-│   │   └── split: split image data
-│   ├── music: music data
-│   ├── obseg: animation data
-│   │   ├── bg: bg data
-│   │   ├── brief: briefing data
-│   │   ├── chr: c model data
-│   │   ├── gun: g model data
-│   │   ├── prop: p model data
-│   │   ├── setup: setup data
-│   │   ├── stan: stan data
-│   │   └── text: text data
-│   └── ramrom: demo data
-├── bin: files that haven't been touched
-├── build: output directory
-├── include: header files
-├── rsp: Custom GBI code (Assembly) (C0 and 4Tri)
-├── src: C source code for game
-│   ├── game: core ge specific code 0x7f000000 range
-│   ├── inflate: statically linked initial decompression code
-│   ├── libultra: currently used libultra.s
-│   └── libultrarare: libultra modified by Rare
-└── tools: build tools
-```
-
-Documentation has been moved to https://github.com/kholdfuzion/goldeneye_docs/tree/master/notes
-
-Style Guide is https://github.com/kholdfuzion/goldeneye_src/blob/AIListLogic/notes/StyleGuide.md
-
-This decompilation was only made possible thanks to many awesome 00 Agents who will be revealed only if they wish.
-
-GE and PD documentation made by Zoinkity.

docs/_config.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # GitHub Pages config. Site is served from the /docs folder on the default
 # branch (Settings -> Pages -> Deploy from a branch -> main / docs).
 title: GoldenEye 007 PC Port
-description: >-
-  A native PC port of the original Nintendo 64 GoldenEye 007, built from its
-  decompiled source, and a case study in AI-agent collaboration on a large
-  low-level codebase.
+# v0.2.1 (Bing SEO): keep this SHORT -- jekyll-seo-tag splices it into the
+# home page <title> whenever the page title equals the site title, and the
+# long version made a ~230-char title. It also renders as the masthead
+# tagline on every page. Per-page meta/og descriptions come from each page's
+# front matter `description:` (see index.md), not from here.
+description: N64 GoldenEye 007, decompiled for PC.
 theme: jekyll-theme-cayman
 show_downloads: false
 
@@ -26,26 +28,46 @@ plugins:
   - jekyll-sitemap
 
 # jekyll-relative-links (on by default for Pages) rewrites the .md links in
-# these docs to .html so cross-links work on the published site.
+# these docs to .html so cross-links work on the published site. Links that
+# must reach docs kept out of the site build point at the GitHub blob URL
+# instead, so they resolve from the published pages too.
 
-# Rolling local working files - not useful as published pages.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The site publishes a small curated set (see docs/dev/notes/DE-SLOP-DOCS-PLAN.md):
+#   index.md, building.md, internals.md, porting-notes.md, dev-process.md,
+#   dev/agentic-development.md
+# Everything else under docs/ is working material - the finding log, level
+# status, backlogs, plans, inherited decomp guides. It stays in the repo (and
+# on GitHub) but is excluded from the site build so it never shows up as a
+# published page or in sitemap.xml.
 exclude:
+  - BACKLOG.md
   - HANDOFF.md
-
-# Keep the raw engineering record (finding log, per-level status, triage
-# notes, backlogs) out of sitemap.xml so search engines aren't steered at it.
-# The pages still build and stay reachable from cross-links; the two dev/
-# docs that are linked from the site index are kept in.
-defaults:
-  - scope:
-      path: "dev"
-    values:
-      sitemap: false
-  - scope:
-      path: "dev/agentic-development.md"
-    values:
-      sitemap: true
-  - scope:
-      path: "dev/game-behavior-reference.md"
-    values:
-      sitemap: true
+  - SetupGuide.md
+  - StructureGuide.md
+  - StyleGuide.md
+  - dev/AUDIO-PLAN.md
+  - dev/AUDIT-M6-player-offsets.md
+  - dev/D172-PARTICLE-COLOR-RESEARCH.md
+  - dev/D176a-SKY-NOTES.md
+  - dev/GE-ENV-PROBES.md
+  - dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md
+  - dev/HANDOFF-ARCHIVE.md
+  - dev/LEVEL-OBJECTIVES.md
+  - dev/LEVEL-PLAYTEST.md
+  - dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md
+  - dev/LINUX-PORT.md
+  - dev/M-35-PLAYTEST-CHECKLIST.md
+  - dev/M-35-QOL-REVIEW.md
+  - dev/M-36-TRIAGE.md
+  - dev/MODERN-PORT-FEATURES-BACKLOG.md
+  - dev/OPTIONS-MENU-PLAN.md
+  - dev/QOL-INVENTORY.md
+  - dev/TEXTURE-GLITCH-ANALYSIS.md
+  - dev/UNLOCKED-FPS-PLAN.md
+  - dev/VIEWMODEL-RESEARCH.md
+  - dev/WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN.md
+  - dev/findings-index.csv
+  - dev/findings.md
+  - dev/game-behavior-reference.md
+  - dev/release-dropin-rom-plan.md

docs/building.md

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-# Building the PC port
+---
+title: Building
+description: Full build and asset-extraction guide for the GoldenEye 007 PC port, covering Windows (MSYS2) and Linux.
+---
+
+## Building the PC port
 
 Stages:
 
-1. **Extract assets from your ROM** (§2) — a one-time step using the
+1. **Extract assets from your ROM** (§2): a one-time step using the
    decompilation's own toolchain to pull levels, models, textures, fonts and
    music into `assets/`. *(Only needed to regenerate the committed data files;
    a plain `git clone` already has what the PC build compiles.)*
-2. **Build the port** (§3) — a CMake build compiling the game sources plus the
+2. **Build the port** (§3): a CMake build compiling the game sources plus the
    `port/` layer into a native executable. Needs no ROM.
-3. **Generate the PC asset sidecars** (§4) — two pure-Python converters turn
+3. **Generate the PC asset sidecars** (§4): two pure-Python converters turn
    ROM model / stage data into the PC-layout `data/pcmodels-*` / `data/pccg-*`
    files the port loads at runtime. **Required to run.**
 
@@ -22,10 +27,11 @@ for accepted versions and hashes.
 
 ### Port build
 
-> **Only the Windows (MSYS2 MINGW64) path is tested.** The Debian/Ubuntu and
-> macOS columns below are best-effort guidance — the port has never been built
-> or run on Linux or macOS. Expect to fix build breaks yourself on those
-> platforms.
+> **The Windows (MSYS2 MINGW64) path is the primary one.** The Linux build is
+> compiled by CI on every push and ships in the release bundle (also
+> playtested on Steam Deck hardware); the macOS column is best-effort
+> guidance and has never been built or run there. Expect to fix build breaks
+> yourself on untested platforms.
 
 | Need | Windows (MSYS2 MINGW64) | Debian/Ubuntu | macOS (Homebrew) |
 |------|------------------------|---------------|------------------|
@@ -40,12 +46,12 @@ for accepted versions and hashes.
 
 The extraction scripts need `binutils-mips-linux-gnu` (or an equivalent MIPS
 binutils), `make`, `git`, and `python3`. They build a small host-compiled
-`tools/extractor` and slice blobs straight out of the ROM — **no IDO / IRIX
+`tools/extractor` and slice blobs straight out of the ROM; **no IDO / IRIX
 toolchain is involved in extraction or in the PC build.** (The IDO toolchain is
 only needed to build the N64 ROM itself, and its proprietary SGI binaries are
-not distributed here — see [`SetupGuide.md`](SetupGuide.md) "Recompile IDO".)
+not distributed here; see [`SetupGuide.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/SetupGuide.md) "Recompile IDO".)
 On Windows this is easiest under WSL or a Linux VM. Full details and
-alternatives (Docker) are in [`SetupGuide.md`](SetupGuide.md).
+alternatives (Docker) are in [`SetupGuide.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/SetupGuide.md).
 
 ---
 
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ and run:
 (US extraction is a prerequisite for the others.)
 
 This populates `assets/` with the generated `.bin` blobs the build needs. See
-[`SetupGuide.md`](SetupGuide.md) for the in-depth build/asset pipeline.
+[`SetupGuide.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/SetupGuide.md) for the in-depth build/asset pipeline.
 
 ---
 
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ builds are named `ge007.pal-final.x86_64` / `ge007.jpn-final.x86_64`.
 ## 4. Generate the PC asset sidecars (required to run)
 
 The port does **not** read model geometry, stage bg/stan data, or per-level
-setup data from the raw ROM at runtime — it reads them from PC-layout *sidecar*
+setup data from the raw ROM at runtime; it reads them from PC-layout *sidecar*
 files under `data/`, produced offline by three converters. **Without them the
 game shows the intro logos and then crashes** in
 `modelPromoteNodeOffsetsToPointers` (finding D179) or on the first level load
@@ -125,6 +131,9 @@ python3 tools_pc/d69_emit.py ntsc-final          # -> data/pccg-ntsc-final/{pccg
 python3 tools_pc/d88_emit.py ntsc-final --regen  #    appends the 21 per-level Usetup*Z stage-setup files -> ~3.6 MB
 ```
 
+**PAL / JP note:** sidecar generation for these regions is currently broken at
+the source-data level (finding D258); use an NTSC-U ROM until issue #85 lands.
+
 These are **pure-stdlib Python 3** (no MIPS toolchain, independent of the
 step-2 asset extraction) and read only the ROM plus files already committed to
 the repo (`scripts/filelist.u.csv`, `assets/obseg/file_resource_table.inc.c`,
@@ -133,10 +142,12 @@ deterministic function of the ROM. Re-run after any change to `d43_emit.py` /
 `d69_emit.py` / `d88_emit.py` or the model/bg converters (`d43_*`, `d69_*`,
 `d88_propdefs.py`).
 
-> The release bundle ships `prepare-assets/prepare-assets.py`, which runs all
-> three passes against your ROM automatically — see the bundled `README.md`.
+> The release bundle ships the same converter frozen as
+> `prepare-assets/ge007-convert`; the game spawns it on first launch when the
+> sidecars are missing, so end users never run it by hand. See the bundled
+> `README.md`.
 
-> `data/pcmodels-*/` and `data/pccg-*/` are gitignored ROM-derived game data —
+> `data/pcmodels-*/` and `data/pccg-*/` are gitignored ROM-derived game data;
 > never commit or redistribute them.
 
 ---
@@ -158,4 +169,4 @@ runtime. `ge007.ini` is written under `data/` on first launch.
 | `GE_PCDUMP="first-last:step"` | dump rendered frames as PPM (debugging) |
 
 More diagnostic switches are cataloged in
-[`dev/GE-ENV-PROBES.md`](dev/GE-ENV-PROBES.md).
+[`dev/GE-ENV-PROBES.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/dev/GE-ENV-PROBES.md).

docs/dev-process.md

@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
-# How this port is developed
+---
+title: Development Process
+description: The investigation workflow behind the port; task budgets, file partitioning, and the finding-log discipline used across sessions and agents.
+---
 
-Most of this port's work is not writing code — it is **diagnosis**: figuring
+## How this port is developed
+
+Most of this port's work is not writing code; it is **diagnosis**: figuring
 out which N64 hardware or ABI behavior a piece of unmodified game code is
 silently relying on, and satisfying it in the `port/` layer without touching
 the game's logic. A lot of that diagnosis is done with LLM coding agents, and
 the workflow below is what makes that productive rather than chaotic.
 
-For the project context — the two-model split, the timeline, and an honest
-assessment of what did and did not work — see
+For the project context (the two-model split, the timeline, and an honest
+assessment of what did and did not work), see
 [`dev/agentic-development.md`](dev/agentic-development.md).
 
 It is adapted from Chris Lewis's write-up
 [*"Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days"*](https://blog.chrislewis.au/decompiling-a-nintendo-64-game-in-84-days/)
 (Snowboard Kids, 2026), an AI-assisted decompilation that ran several times
 faster than its predecessor. That project bit-matches compiler output;
-this one matches runtime behavior, so the mechanics differ — but the
+this one matches runtime behavior, so the mechanics differ; but the
 project-structure lessons carry over directly.
 
 ## 1. Every investigation task gets a visible budget
 
-An open-ended tool — for them the permuter, for us "rebuild and run the game
-and stare at a frame dump" — wrecks throughput when an agent will grind it
+An open-ended tool; for them the permuter, for us "rebuild and run the game
+and stare at a frame dump"; wrecks throughput when an agent will grind it
 indefinitely. Giving the agent a **deadline it can see** lets it trade
 tool-time against thinking and decide when to give up.
 
 So every investigation brief states:
 
-- a **budget** — "≤ N build → run → inspect cycles" or "~M minutes"; and
+- a **budget**; "≤ N build → run → inspect cycles" or "~M minutes"; and
 - the **fallback on expiry**: stop, revert any temporary probes, and write up
   what was found with an explicit confidence rating. A good write-up of a
   half-solved bug is a deliverable, not a failure.
@@ -40,16 +45,17 @@ more room.
 
 Lewis's agents recorded generalisable IDO quirks in a learnings file; later
 agents read it and did better. Our equivalent is
-[`porting-notes.md`](porting-notes.md) — the recurring N64→PC bug classes,
-each entry a terse index into the full [`dev/findings.md`](dev/findings.md)
+[`porting-notes.md`](porting-notes.md); the recurring N64→PC bug classes,
+each entry a terse index into the full
+[`dev/findings.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/dev/findings.md)
 log. Every investigation brief links it, and every investigation ends by
 appending any new generalisable quirk.
 
 The classes it currently tracks:
 
 - pointer-width struct growth (32→64) in ROM-serialized or pun-allocated
-  structs — the dominant class;
-- 16-byte host `Gfx`/`Vtx` vs 8-byte N64 — reservation and copy sizing;
+  structs; the dominant class;
+- 16-byte host `Gfx`/`Vtx` vs 8-byte N64; reservation and copy sizing;
 - big-endian rodata read on a little-endian host: `f32` word-pairs, header
   offset tables, packed bitfields;
 - N64 hardware idioms the software RSP does not emulate (fill-rect Z clear,
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ Lewis ran multiple git worktrees and found the real cost was
 - **Partition tracks by the files they will touch**, so patches never collide.
   A task that can't be cleanly file-partitioned shouldn't be parallelised.
 - Each agent reverts its own temporary probes before reporting, leaving only
-  committed, env-gated, capped diagnostics — and never touches another track's
+  committed, env-gated, capped diagnostics; and never touches another track's
   uncommitted edits.
 - One integrator merges each track with its write-up, then the next round
   starts from a clean tree. Investigation branches are not allowed to drift.
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ Before dispatching an investigation agent:
 - capture a baseline frame dump;
 - grep the finding log for a prior instance of the same bug class;
 - check the [Perfect Dark port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark) for
-  the analogous code — same engine family.
+  the analogous code; same engine family.
 
 Then hand the agent the *findings*, not just the problem.
 
@@ -88,19 +94,58 @@ Then hand the agent the *findings*, not just the problem.
 - **The match-percentage loop.** This port doesn't bit-match. "Done" is: no
   fault, and visually correct against N64 reference footage.
 - **"Understanding the function is the easy part."** True when decompiling;
-  inverted here — the hard part is identifying the implicit hardware/ABI
+  inverted here; the hard part is identifying the implicit hardware/ABI
   contract the already-readable C depends on.
 
+## 6. Keep PR/git-history noise low
+
+A session produces a lot of small, independently-verifiable units of work;
+one Dxx row, one docs pass, one mechanical fix. Left unmanaged that turns
+into a pile of small open PRs that's harder to review than the work
+justifies. Rules:
+
+- **Squash-merge single-purpose and docs-only PRs.** The repo has squash
+  merge enabled; use it (`gh pr merge --squash --delete-branch`) for anything
+  whose in-branch commit history (iteration, probe-add, probe-strip) isn't
+  itself useful to keep; which is most PRs. Reserve a plain merge commit for
+  a PR whose individual commits are each a distinct, reviewable unit someone
+  might want to `git revert` independently (e.g. this session's PR #50: a
+  fix commit + a separate analysis-only commit).
+- **Batch same-session, same-flavor docs updates into one PR/branch**
+  instead of opening a new PR per finding row. A runtime re-check that
+  updates one `findings.md` row (like #48) doesn't need its own PR if
+  another docs-only branch is already open in the same session; fold it in.
+  Only split into separate PRs when the pieces have genuinely different
+  review/merge timing (e.g. one needs a human playtest, the other doesn't).
+- **A branch takes only the change it's named for.** Don't let unrelated
+  housekeeping (a stray gitignore fix, a config tweak) ride along on an
+  active feature/fix branch just because it's the one checked out; cut a
+  separate branch, even for a one-line change.
+- **Stacked PRs declare the dependency in the title/body** ("step 2 of N,
+  step 1 is #N") and get rebased/merged in order promptly; don't let a
+  later step sit open so long the earlier step's content drifts under it.
+- **Triage the open-PR list at least once a session**, ordered by
+  time-to-close (docs-only and non-draft first, human-playtest-gated last).
+  A PR idle long enough that `main` has moved past the finding rows it
+  touches is **stale, not just old**; check for real textual conflict
+  (`git merge-tree`), not just calendar age. If `main` already has more
+  current information than the PR (a bug the PR still lists `OPEN` that's
+  since been fixed and verified), **close it rather than force a merge or
+  spend a cycle rebasing it**; re-derive only whatever part of its content
+  is still true as a fresh, small PR against current `main`. Merging stale
+  content back over newer information is a regression, not a save.
+
 ## Investigation-brief template
 
 ```
 TASK: <one bug, one subsystem>.
 READ FIRST: docs/porting-notes.md; docs/dev/findings.md <specific Dxx entries>.
 FILES YOU MAY TOUCH: <disjoint from any other in-flight work>.
-KNOWN-GOOD / RULED OUT: <list — do not re-investigate>.
+KNOWN-GOOD / RULED OUT: <list; do not re-investigate>.
 PRE-FLIGHT ATTACHED: <probe output, baseline capture, PD-port pointer>.
 BUDGET: <N build->run cycles / ~M min>. On expiry: revert probes, write up with confidence.
 CONSTRAINTS: no game-logic changes; ABI/layout/format only; #ifdef PORT; documented in the finding log.
+VERIFY: <the exact tools_pc/verify.sh (or probe) invocation that proves this done; or, if runtime verification is impossible in this environment, say so and name what a human must run>.
 REPORT: (a) root cause + file:line evidence  (b) fix diff, or why not
         (c) probes left in tree  (d) confidence.
         Append any generalisable quirk to docs/porting-notes.md.

docs/dev/AUDIO-PLAN.md

@@ -1,375 +1,202 @@
-# Audio Plan — Phase 3 (libaudio → SDL)
+# AUDIO-PLAN — Phase 3 / ROADMAP B3 (libaudio → SDL)
 
-Status: **draft for evaluation** (written read-only; no code changes made).
-Supersedes the audio paragraphs of §6 in `docs/internals.md` as the plan of record
-for closing **D77** (no audible music/sound on PC). Companion docs: `docs/HANDOFF.md`,
-`docs/porting-notes.md`.
+Status: plan of record for the audio track, 2026-09-05. Companion to
+`ROADMAP-1.0.md` §B3 ("audio (Phase 3)", "audio track parallel from M-50 →
+v0.4.0"). Independent of B1/B2 — can start immediately.
+
+**Status update (M-69):** Phases 0–2 below are DONE — the mixer landed as
+D199 (`port/src/mixer.c` macro-swap), D200/D201 fixed the two pointer-width
+landmines it exposed, and D204 fixed a permanent ~2 % tempo drift. Phase 3
+(verification) is now the active track: D202's sample-correctness question is
+closed negative through M-69 (full-corpus per-voice exact match — 286/320
+requests CC ≥ 0.85, every allocated voice plays the exact ROM sample at the
+exact ROM pitch, no corruption). Remaining: user by-ear pass + N64 A/B on the
+door-loop cap (M-66b), then D202 probe removal + close; reverb/mix-balance
+tuning is still owed. See findings.md D199–D204.
 
 ---
 
-## Contents
+## Where things stand (verified 2026-09-05)
 
-1. [Goal and scope](#1-goal-and-scope)
-2. [Current state](#2-current-state-verified-by-reading-not-assumption)
-3. [The GE pipeline in one paragraph](#3-the-ge-pipeline-in-one-paragraph)
-4. [How the PD port does it](#4-how-the-pd-port-does-it-ground-truth-comparison)
-5. [Architecture options](#5-architecture-options-evaluate-all-recommendation-marked) — options A/B/C + sub-decisions A1–A3
-6. [DMEM layout](#6-dmem-layout-ido-from-srclibultraaudiosynthinternalsh5771)
-7. [Shims and ABI fixes required](#7-shims-and-abi-fixes-required) — incl. [7.1 `K0_TO_PHYS` bug](#71-bug-found-k0_to_phys-is-unshimmed-and-corrupts-pointers-on-pc)
-8. [Phase 0 — recon](#8-phase-0--recon-do-first-informs-everything)
-9. [Open questions](#9-open-questions-decide-before-phase-1)
-10. [Phases and milestones](#10-phases-and-milestones)
-11. [Verification ritual (audio-specific)](#11-verification-ritual-audio-specific-on-top-of-the-standard-one-in-agentsmd)
-12. [Risks / unknowns](#12-risks--unknowns)
-13. [Key references](#13-key-references)
+More is already in place than "audio not started" suggests:
 
----
+- **The whole CPU-side audio engine already compiles and runs.**
+  `src/audi.c`, `src/snd.c`, `src/music.c` are in `SRC_ENGINE`; IDO libaudio
+  (`src/libultra/audio/*.c`) + Rare's naudio "New" driver
+  (`src/libultrare/audio/*.c`: drvrNew/env/reverb) are in the link. The
+  `amMain` audio thread runs per VI-retrace; D54/D54b already killed its
+  SIGSEGVs — so synthesis bookkeeping is live (D77: "music runs in code but
+  no audible output").
+- **The scheduler side needs zero changes.** `osSpTaskStartGo`
+  (`port/src/libultra.c:1237`) already has an M_AUDTASK branch that completes
+  the task and posts `OS_EVENT_SP`, so `amMain`'s reply-message handshake
+  works. The branch is currently a no-op — exactly where the audio ucode's
+  job used to go.
+- **The two TODO stubs are the actual gap:** `osAiSetNextBuffer()` /
+  `osAiGetLength()` in `port/src/libultra.c:852-862` discard everything
+  (`osAiGetLength` returns 0), and `port/src/audio.c` never opens an SDL
+  device. `main.c:141-142` already calls `audioInit()` / `mixerInit()`.
+- **The PD reference is local** at `C:\Users\james\Source\Repos\pd_port`,
+  with the full audio stack: `port/src/audio.c` (75 lines, SDL device +
+  queue), `port/src/mixer.c` (~720 lines, software RSP-audio-ucode), and the
+  wiring trick in `include/PR/abi.h`.
 
-## 1. Goal and scope
+## Architecture — PD's macro-swap trick, adapted
 
-Make GoldenEye's audio audible on the PC port with 1:1 fidelity to the N64 pipeline:
-music (3 cseq tracks) and SFX through the real libaudio synth, out of SDL2.
+On N64, `alAudioFrame()` only *builds* an acmd list; the RSP audio ucode
+(`aspMain`) executes it. PD's PC port never runs that ucode: under
+`#ifndef PLATFORM_N64`, `include/PR/abi.h` swaps each acmd-building macro
+`aXxx(pkt, ...)` for a call to a CPU implementation (`aXxxImpl`) operating on
+a software DMEM array. libaudio/naudio compile unmodified; every "command"
+executes inline at build time; the M_AUDTASK that reaches the scheduler is an
+empty formality (PD's `pdsched.c` audio branch is literally empty).
 
-In scope:
-- Executing the per-frame **Acmd stream** that stock IDO libaudio emits (the part that
-  ran on the RSP under GE's `aspMain` microcode).
-- SDL audio device + queue plumbing (`port/src/audio.c`, AI shims in `libultra.c`).
-- One latent ABI fix in the port shim headers (`K0_TO_PHYS`, §7.1).
+**Critical catch — GE and PD use different acmd ABIs** (the AGENTS.md
+"same family ≠ identical format" case):
 
-Out of scope:
-- MP3 playback (naudio-only, PD-specific; GE never emits it).
-- Input (done — D118), saves (Phase 4).
-- Any change to game logic. All work lives in `port/` except the narrow, documented
-  shim-header exception in §7.1 (same class as D78).
-
-## 2. Current state (verified by reading, not assumption)
-
-Working already:
-- **The whole CPU side of libaudio runs.** `src/libultra/audio/*` +
-  `src/libultrare/audio/{drvrNew,env,reverb}.c` compile and execute; the audio thread
-  (`amMain`, `src/audi.c`) gets retrace messages from the real scheduler (`src/sched.c`,
-  compiled — Phase 2 decision), calls `alAudioFrame()`, which fills a 3000-word Acmd
-  list and posts an `M_AUDTASK` to the scheduler. Bank trees, cseq fixups (D54, D36/D37)
-  are done. Sample DMA from cart works via `amDmaCallback` → `osPiStartDma`
-  (synchronous ROM-image shim in `libultra.c`).
-
-Dead (the three gaps):
-1. **Acmd list never executed.** `port/src/libultra.c:1108` `osSpTaskStartGo()` has an
-   explicit Phase-3 no-op branch for `M_AUDTASK`. The output buffer (`info->data`) is
-   never filled.
-2. **AI shims are stubs.** `libultra.c:794–810`: `osAiSetNextBuffer` discards the
-   buffer, `osAiGetLength` returns 0 (so the per-frame sample-count feedback loop in
-   `amHandleFrameMessage`, `audi.c:527`, runs blind).
-3. **No SDL device.** `port/src/audio.c` `audioInit()` is a TODO stub; and nothing
-   calls `audioEndFrame()` (zero callers repo-wide).
-
-Existing PORT guards to revisit when audio lands:
-- **C7 / D127** (`src/snd.c:859`): skips SFX whose resolved `ALSound*` pointer is out of
-  range — added because the converted bank tree (`romdata.c afFixupInst`) yields fewer/
-  rearranged `soundArray` slots than the N64 image on some levels (Surface1). May be
-  masking a real bank-tree defect. See **Q1**.
-- `src/audi.c:365`: `#if defined(PORT)` memcpy of `CUSTOM_FX_PARAMS_N` (C++-style
-  initializer workaround) — harmless, keep.
-
-## 3. The GE pipeline in one paragraph
-
-Audio thread on each retrace: `amHandleFrameMessage()` (`src/audi.c:497`) hands the
-*previous* frame's output to AI via `osAiSetNextBuffer(lastInfo->data, …)`, computes
-this frame's sample count from `g_FrameSize - osAiGetLength()>>2` (clamped to
-`g_MinFrameSize`), calls `alAudioFrame()` which walks the filter chains (decoder →
-resampler → envmixer → [FX: GE's custom chorus/reverb] → aux bus → main bus → save)
-emitting **Acmd words** into a 3000-word list, then posts an `M_AUDTASK` (ucode =
-`aspMain`). The real scheduler (`sched.c:439,485`) queues it in the audio list and runs
-it through `osSpTaskLoad/osSpTaskStartGo`. On the N64 the RSP executes the Acmd stream
-against 4 KB of DMEM, writing interleaved s16 stereo to `info->data`; AI DMA then plays
-it at 22050 Hz. On PC we must replace "RSP executes Acmd stream" — that is the entire
-problem.
-
-**Opcode inventory** (grep-verified across `src/libultra/audio/*.c` +
-`src/libultrare/audio/*.c` — 15 ops):
-
-| Op | Emitted by | PD reference code? |
+| | GE (`include/PR/abi.h`) | PD (naudio "New") |
 |---|---|---|
-| `aSetBuffer` (×20) | load, mainbus, resample, save, reverb | yes (`a*Impl` pattern; different arg ABI) |
-| `aMix` (×7) | mainbus, reverb | yes — `aMixImpl` |
-| `aLoadBuffer` (×7) | load, reverb | yes — `aLoadBufferImpl` |
-| `aClearBuffer` (×7) | auxbus, mainbus, load, reverb | yes — `aClearBufferImpl` |
-| `aSetVolume` (×5) | env.c (Rare envelope) | yes — `aSetVolumeImpl` |
-| `aSaveBuffer` (×4) | save, reverb | yes — `aSaveBufferImpl` |
-| `aDMEMMove` (×4) | load, resample, reverb | yes — `aDMEMMoveImpl` |
-| `aResample` (×2) | resample.c, reverb.c | yes — `aResampleImpl` (SSE4.1/NEON/scalar) |
-| `aLoadADPCM` (×2) | load.c, reverb.c | yes — `aLoadADPCMImpl` |
-| `aSetLoop` | load.c:479 | yes — `aSetLoopImpl` |
-| `aSegment` | synthesizer.c:231 | n/a (no-op on CPU) |
-| `aPoleFilter` | **reverb.c:402 (GE custom FX)** | **NO — PD's stub is empty ("never gets called?")** |
-| `aInterleave` | save.c | yes — `aInterleaveImpl` (naudio variant takes no args) |
-| `aEnvMixer` | env.c:410/414 | yes — `aEnvMixerImpl` |
-| `aADPCMdec` | load.c:483 | yes — `aADPCMdecImpl` (SSE4.1/NEON/scalar) |
+| `aADPCMdec` | `(pkt, flags, statePtr)` — params from an `aSetBuffer` context + `ADPCM_STATE[16]` | `(pkt, state, flags, count, inofs, outofs)` — inline args |
+| `aLoadBuffer` / `aSaveBuffer` | `(pkt, dramAddr)` only — dest/count from the `aSetBuffer` context | explicit dest + count args |
+| `aInterleave` | `(pkt, lDmem, rDmem)` | no args |
+| Opcodes | 16: adds `aSetBuffer`, `aPan`, `aSegment`; no `aDisable` / `aPlayMP3` | 15 incl. MP3 (PD-specific) |
 
-PD reference = the Perfect Dark port `port/src/mixer.c` +
-`port/include/mixer.h`. Reusable: the DSP *math* (ADPCM 8-coefficient loop filter,
-resample table + interpolation, envelope ramping, clamps). **Not** reusable as-is:
-signatures and argument conventions (naudio ABI ≠ IDO ABI, §5.3).
+GE's context model (from the call sites in `src/libultra/audio/`):
+`aSetBuffer(flags, dmemin, dmemout, count)` sets a working-buffer context;
+subsequent `aLoadBuffer(dramAddr)` / `aADPCMdec(flags, statePtr)` /
+`aResample(flags, pitch, statePtr)` operate within it; the tail is
+`aInterleave(AL_MAIN_L_OUT, AL_MAIN_R_OUT)` → `aSaveBuffer(f->dramout)`.
 
-## 4. How the PD port does it (ground-truth comparison)
+So this is **not** "copy `mixer.c`": port PD's mixer as the *DSP algorithm
+reference* (ADPCM decode, linear resample, mix math, env-mixer / pole-filter
+are the same Rare/Nintendo DSP blocks) and write GE-ABI wrappers that
+maintain the `aSetBuffer` context and read params from the state structs.
 
-1. naudio is Rare's own library; its `n_abi.h` has a `#ifndef PLATFORM_N64` branch that
-   redefines every `n_a*` macro as a **direct C call** into `port/src/mixer.c`
-   (`mixer.h` `#undef`s the macros and redirects to `a*Impl`). All DSP therefore runs
-   **inline on the audio thread at task-build time**, inside `amgrFrame()`.
-2. The `M_AUDTASK` is an empty shell: `pdsched.c:233` receives it with the comment
-   `// send this into the mixer` and an empty body.
-3. PD **replaced the scheduler** (`pdsched.c`) and drives audio from retrace:
-   `schedAudioFrame()` → `amgrFrame(); audioEndFrame();` (×`diffframe60`). Same thread
-   for build and flush ⇒ no locking in their SDL handoff.
-4. SDL device layer: queue-based, exactly what our scaffold already copied —
-   `osAiGetLength` = queued **bytes** (`audioGetBytesBuffered()`),
-   `osAiSetNextBuffer` = stash pointer, `audioEndFrame` = `SDL_QueueAudio` with a
-   `queueLimit` backpressure drop. Device opened at 22020 Hz (their TODO admits this
-   "might cause trouble" — it is a silent −9-cent detune vs their 22050 synth rate).
-5. DMEM: ~3 KB static buffer, **naudio-specific** offsets (main L/R @0x4E0/0x650,
-   aux @0x7C0/0x930) — different from IDO's layout (§6).
-6. PD-only extras: `aPlayMP3Impl` (minimp3; GE never emits), `aPoleFilterImpl` empty
-   stub (GE *does* emit it).
+**GE's full emittable opcode set** (static audit of every call site in
+`src/libultra/audio/*.c` + `src/libultrare/audio/*.c`): ClearBuffer,
+LoadADPCM, DMEMMove, SetBuffer, LoadBuffer, SetLoop, ADPCMdec, Resample,
+Interleave, SaveBuffer, Mix, SetVolume, EnvMixer, PoleFilter, Segment — plus
+`aPan`, defined in abi.h but apparently uncalled. PD's mixer covers the DSP
+core for all of them except the trivial bookkeeping ones: SetBuffer /
+LoadBuffer / SaveBuffer are context tracking + memcpys; Segment is a no-op on
+PC (`amDmaCallback` already resolves ROM addresses against the mapped image —
+`osVirtualToPhysical` is identity, `libultra.c:1295`).
 
-**Why we can't copy it wholesale:** GE compiles the real `src/sched.c` and stock IDO
-libaudio, whose macros only *write words* into the Acmd list — there is no build-time
-hook unless we shadow `PR/abi.h`. Something must execute the stream. Two further ABI
-facts:
+## Phases
 
-- **IDO's implicit "current buffer":** e.g. `aADPCMdec(pkt, f, s)` carries only flags +
-  a state pointer; in/out DMEM offsets and sample count come from the preceding
-  `aSetBuffer` (`load.c:482–483`, `resample.c:90–91`). naudio spells everything out per
-  call. Whatever option we pick, the implementation must model current-buffer state.
-- **Addresses in the stream are RAM pointers** (`K0_TO_PHYS(f->state)`,
-  `osVirtualToPhysical(e->state)`, `f->dramout`) — resolvable on PC *except* for the
-  `K0_TO_PHYS` bug in §7.1.
+### Phase 0 — Ground truth (research, ~half day, delegable)
 
-## 5. Architecture options (evaluate all; recommendation marked)
+1. **Disassemble GE's `aspMain` microcode from the ROM** and document each
+   opcode's exact semantics in findings.md §F (new Dxx): flag-bit meanings
+   (`A_FIRST`, `A_CONTINUE`, …), count units (bytes vs samples), where the
+   interleaved output lands before `aSaveBuffer`, how `aSetLoop` state gets
+   restored, `ENVMIX_STATE[40]` layout. This is the audio analogue of using
+   `rsp/graphics/gmain.s` as GBI ground truth — we don't run the ucode, but
+   it is the spec. (`port/src/ucode.c`'s header already flags this "DECISION
+   NEEDED in Phase 3"; CPU-bypass means the dummy `aspMainTextStart` /
+   `aspMainDataStart` markers stay forever — document that decision there.)
+2. **Opcode inventory probe** (port-only, zero game-code change): a
+   `GE_AUDIOTRACE` env var in the existing M_AUDTASK branch of
+   `osSpTaskStartGo` that walks `t->t.data_ptr` for `data_size/8` words and
+   histograms `w0 >> 24`. Confirms the static call-site audit and catches
+   anything emitted dynamically.
 
-### Option A — CPU-side Acmd interpreter at task time 【RECOMMENDED】
+### Phase 1 — Device plumbing (small, lead work)
 
-Decode the 64-bit command words from `t->t.data_ptr` inside the existing `M_AUDTASK`
-branch of `osSpTaskStartGo()` (`libultra.c:1108`), dispatching each op to an
-implementation in `port/src/mixer.c` operating on a static 4 KB "DMEM".
+- Implement `port/src/audio.c::audioInit`: SDL device at **22050 Hz** (GE's
+  `OUTPUT_RATE = 0x5622`, not PD's 22020), `AUDIO_S16SYS`, stereo. Keep the
+  existing `Audio.BufferSize` / `Audio.QueueLimit` config registrations.
+- Wire `osAiSetNextBuffer` → `SDL_QueueAudio` guarded by `queueLimit`;
+  `osAiGetLength` → `SDL_GetQueuedAudioSize()`. Faithful mapping: N64's
+  `AI_LEN_REG` ("bytes synthesized but not yet played") ≙ SDL queued-bytes,
+  and the game's self-tuning `frameSamples = g_FrameSize −
+  osAiGetLength()>>2` math (`audi.c:527`) keeps the virtual FIFO at ~736
+  samples (NTSC) with no game-code changes. Queue inline in
+  `osAiSetNextBuffer` (same thread, once per frame) rather than PD's deferred
+  `audioEndFrame`. Overflow safety is already self-limiting: a full queue
+  makes `frameSamples` clamp to `g_MinFrameSize`, and the `queueLimit` check
+  drops rather than crashes.
+- Add a `GE_AUDIODEBUG` probe logging queue depth + synthesized samples every
+  60 frames; catalog it in `docs/GE-ENV-PROBES.md`.
+- **Exit:** links 243/243, `/linkcheck` clean; headless `-level_09` 60 s
+  crash-free; debug probe shows the queue filling while intro music "plays"
+  (still silent — acmds don't execute yet).
 
-- Pros: zero game/header/build changes; treats the stream as data exactly like fast3d
-  does with GBI (project-consistent); natural logging hook (`GE_DAUDIO=1` dump of op +
-  args per frame) for debugging and for validating against the microcode disassembly;
-  execution point matches N64 timing (DSP runs when the RSP would have run it).
-- Cons: must write the word decoder (~50 lines, trivial — op is bits 24–31 of w0 per
-  `include/PR/abi.h`) and the current-buffer state machine; one scheduler tick of extra
-  latency vs build-time execution (inaudible).
+### Phase 2 — The mixer (core work, ~1–3 days)
 
-### Option B — Shadow `PR/abi.h`, redirect macros to direct C calls (the PD trick)
+- Port PD's DSP cores into `port/src/mixer.c`: ADPCM decode (coefficient-book
+  handling via `aLoadADPCM`), linear resampler, stereo mix with `0x8000`
+  scaling, env-mixer + pole-filter (reverb/chorus driven by
+  `CUSTOM_FX_PARAMS_N`, `audi.c:169`), set-volume ramps. Add the GE-ABI
+  context layer: a static `{dmemin, dmemout, count}` updated by
+  `aSetBuffer`, consumed by LoadBuffer / SaveBuffer / ADPCMdec / Resample; a
+  shared software DMEM array across Impls. Replace the current 31-line stub
+  interface (`port/include/mixer.h`) with PD-style `aXxxImpl` declarations.
+- Edit `include/PR/abi.h` with an `#ifdef PORT` split (N64 path
+  byte-identical): PC includes a port `mixer.h` whose macros match **GE's**
+  arg arities. This is the one non-`port/` edit — same documented
+  ABI/layout-exception class as D78 / D135, logged in §F with its own label.
+- Unknown / unused opcodes (`aPan`, `aSegment`): log-and-no-op under
+  `GE_AUDIOTRACE`; implement only if Phase 0 shows them live.
+- All DSP runs on the existing `amMain` thread inside `alAudioFrame` — no new
+  locks, no scheduler changes.
+- **Exit:** opcode histogram fully covered; headless run clean; queue probe
+  non-zero.
 
-Add `port/shim/PR/abi.h`: `#include "include/PR/abi.h"` then `#undef` the 15 `a*`
-macros and `#define` them as direct calls into `mixer.c` (PD's `mixer.h` does exactly
-this for naudio). DSP then runs inline during `alAudioFrame()` on the audio thread; the
-`M_AUDTASK` branch stays a no-op, exactly like PD.
+### Phase 3 — Verification & tuning (user-gated listen tests)
 
-- Pros: battle-tested pattern (shipped in PD); no decoder; slightly less latency.
-- Cons: shadows a core PR header for every TU that includes it (only libaudio uses these
-  macros on PC, so blast radius is small but nonzero — must verify include-path
-  ordering in `CMakeLists.txt`); stream becomes invisible at runtime (no logging hook —
-  you'd instrument inside each Impl); the shim must exactly mirror IDO arg order, which
-  differs from PD's naudio redirects line-by-line.
+- Listen checklist: menu music → briefing → in-level music transitions →
+  gunfire / explosions → **positional SFX** (walk around a source) → weapon
+  one-shots → level changes → **mission-fail fade** (the D152 `s_imLock`
+  scenario — retest killing Trevelyan in Facility with live audio, since the
+  fade hammers the event queue; the D152 self-healing lock mitigation is
+  already in place but must be re-proven under load).
+- Compare reverb / chorus character against N64 reference footage (that's
+  what `CUSTOM_FX_PARAMS_N` is for).
+- Regression: `GE_PCDUMP` framediff vs goldens unchanged (audio must not
+  touch rendering) + 60 s `-level_09` soak.
+- Docs: findings §F entry, porting-notes quirk ("classic-libultra vs
+  naudio-New acmd ABI delta"), ROADMAP B3 status, HANDOFF update.
 
-### Option C — Run the real `aspMain` microcode 【NOT RECOMMENDED】
+## Risks
 
-Point `aspMainTextStart/DataStart` (`port/src/ucode.c`) at the ROM microcode and execute
-it with an RSP emulator. Maximum fidelity by construction, but requires a 16-bit-MIPS
-RSP core + DMEM + interrupt model for one component whose entire job is the 15 ops we
-can implement directly. Keep the `ucode.c` dummies permanently (their header comment
-anticipates this decision). The microcode is still *used* — as a **reference to
-disassemble**, not to run (§8, Phase 0).
+1. **Ucode-semantics mismatch** (count units, flag bits) → garbled or
+   wrong-tinted audio, not crashes; mitigated by Phase 0 disassembly +
+   iterative listen checks. Main schedule risk.
+2. **Timing coupling with B1** (D193 family): low — audio frame size is
+   feedback-driven off `osAiGetLength`, robust to scheduler jitter; re-verify
+   after B1 lands.
+3. **Performance:** ~736 samples/frame of CPU DSP is trivial on x86-64 (PD
+   shipped exactly this).
+4. **D152 lock storm under live audio** — covered by the explicit Phase 3
+   retest.
 
-### Sub-decision A1 — where samples hit the SDL queue 【RECOMMENDED: immediate】
+## Delegation shape & effort
 
-- **Immediate:** `osAiSetNextBuffer()` shim calls into `audio.c` and `SDL_QueueAudio`s
-  right there (on the audio thread), with the existing `queueLimit` backpressure drop.
-  Lock-free (single writer); matches the moment N64 AI DMA starts; `audioEndFrame()`
-  disappears entirely. Safe because `NUMBER_OUTPUT_BUFFERS=3` rotation guarantees the
-  handed-off buffer isn't rewritten before it is queued.
-- **Deferred (PD-style):** stash in `osAiSetNextBuffer`, flush from a frame-end hook.
-  In GE this crosses threads (audio thread sets; scheduler/gfx path would flush) ⇒ needs
-  a mutex or accepts PD's unlocked pattern, and needs a new `audioEndFrame()` call site
-  that doesn't exist today. Only worth it if immediate queueing shows a problem.
+Per `docs/dev-process.md`:
 
-### Sub-decision A2 — device sample rate 【RECOMMENDED: 22050】
+- Phase 0 disassembly → Claude research subagent (judgment-heavy, read-only +
+  findings write-up).
+- Phase 1 → lead or mechanical worker (build-verifiable).
+- Phase 2 DSP-core port → candidate for the local Qwen once the semantics doc
+  exists (mechanical, diff-checkable against PD), with the ABI mapping and
+  review kept by the lead.
+- Phase 3 listen tests → user.
 
-Request exactly `OUTPUT_RATE` (0x5622 = 22050 Hz), stereo s16, as PD's `audio.c`
-scaffold already comments. Do **not** copy PD's shipped 22020 (detune). If a platform
-rejects 22050, let SDL convert (`SDL_OpenAudioDevice` with allowed-conversion) rather
-than changing the requested rate.
+Total ~3–6 focused sessions. Milestone: ROADMAP "audio track (parallel from
+M-50) → v0.4.0".
 
-### Sub-decision A3 — timing and thread priorities 【RECOMMENDED: inline + host priorities; no worker thread】
+## Key file map
 
-Execution stays on the scheduler thread (Option A's execution point). If Phase 2/3
-milestones show underruns (`audio: ai out of samples` spam — verification step 3) or
-frame-time spikes attributable to synthesis cost, the **first lever is host thread
-priorities**: `SetThreadPriority` / `pthread_attr_setschedparam` with the scheduler
-thread time-critical (it now owns both fast3d and the mixer) and the tick thread
-normal — a ~10-line fix in `libultra.c`. A dedicated audio worker thread consuming
-`M_AUDTASK`s is explicitly **not** the next step: it adds a cross-thread handoff for a
-problem priorities may fully solve, and the kernel's priority semantics are already
-fake (D24 — see the backlogged bug-class entry in `docs/BACKLOG.md`), so any deeper
-redesign starts there. Do **not** consider rewriting toward PD's single-threaded
-inline-`amgrFrame()` model: it works for them only because they adapted game-side lib
-code (direct `schedSubmitTask` calls, gutted `pdsched.c`); for GE it means editing
-`src/audi.c` / scheduler submission points — a non-negotiable #2 violation. Rationale
-recorded in `docs/BACKLOG.md` (Architecture decision).
-
-## 6. DMEM layout (IDO, from `src/libultra/audio/synthInternals.h:57–71`)
-
-```
-AL_MAX_RSP_SAMPLES = 160   (per-chunk; alAudioFrame builds the list in ≤160-sample chunks)
-offset 0     AL_DECODER_IN / AL_RESAMPLER_OUT / AL_TEMP_0   (320 B)
-offset 320   AL_DECODER_OUT / AL_TEMP_1                     (320 B)
-offset 640   AL_TEMP_2                                      (320 B)
-offset 1088  AL_MAIN_L_OUT                                  (320 B)
-offset 1408  AL_MAIN_R_OUT                                  (320 B)
-offset 1728  AL_AUX_L_OUT                                   (320 B)
-offset 2048  AL_AUX_R_OUT                                   (320 B)   → max extent 2368 B
-```
-
-Static 4 KB buffer in `mixer.c` (round number, headroom). **Not** PD's naudio offsets.
-GE's custom FX (`reverb.c`) uses `AL_TEMP_0/1/2` as scratch plus RAM-backed delay lines
-via `aLoadBuffer`/`aSaveBuffer` to `r->base` — all plain host pointers on PC.
-
-## 7. Shims and ABI fixes required
-
-### 7.1 【BUG FOUND】 `K0_TO_PHYS` is unshimmed and corrupts pointers on PC
-
-`port/shim/PR/R4300.h` redefines `PHYS_TO_K0` (identity) but **not** `K0_TO_PHYS`.
-Stock: `#define K0_TO_PHYS(x) ((x)&0x1FFFFFFF)` (`include/PR/R4300.h:65`). Game RAM
-lives at the V1 view `0x70xxxxxx` (`port/src/dram.c`); masking gives `0x10xxxxxx` — an
-invalid host pointer. Hit sites: `load.c:483` (`aADPCMdec(..., K0_TO_PHYS(f->state))`)
-and `load.c:479` (`aSetLoop(ptr++, K0_TO_PHYS(f->lstate))`) — the mixer would receive
-garbage state addresses for every ADPCM voice. Fix: extend the existing shim with
-`#undef K0_TO_PHYS / #define K0_TO_PHYS(x) ((u32)(x))` (identity; V1 addresses are live
-host pointers). Inert in the N64 build (no `-DPORT`) — same class as the D78 precedent.
-Record as a new Dxx finding when implemented (next free label after D127).
-
-### 7.2 AI shims (`libultra.c:794–810`)
-
-- `osAiSetFrequency(hz)` → return `hz` (already does; 22050 flows into
-  `alconf->outputRate` and the frame-size math — correct).
-- `osAiSetNextBuffer(buf, size_bytes)` → queue to SDL per A1.
-- `osAiGetLength()` → **bytes** currently queued (`SDL_GetQueuedAudioSize`); the game
-  does `>> 2` for frames (`audi.c:527`). PD returns bytes too. This closes the
-  feedback loop that sizes each frame's synthesis.
-- `osAiSetConvert` — not called by GE; leave stub.
-
-### 7.3 Misc
-
-- `port/src/audio.c`: fill in `audioInit()` (SDL_InitSubSystem(AUDIO), open device per
-  A2, unpause); add the queue function per A1; keep `Audio.BufferSize`/`Audio.QueueLimit`
-  config entries; add an `Audio.Enabled` toggle (PD's `g_SndDisabled`) so the level
-  sweep can run silent.
-- `port/src/mixer.c`: rewrite as the op implementations + (for Option A) the decoder /
-  current-buffer state machine. `mixerInit/Destroy` reset DMEM + op state.
-- Threading note: mixer runs on the scheduler thread (`sched.c __scMain` →
-  `osSpTaskStartGo` inline); with A1 there is exactly one shared object (the SDL queue,
-  internally locked) — no port-side locks needed.
-
-## 8. Phase 0 — recon (do first; informs everything)
-
-1. **Disassemble `bin/aspboot.text.bin`** (+ `.data.bin`; markers in `src/aspboot.s`) —
-   GE's real ASP microcode, 16-bit MIPS RSP. This is the ground truth for:
-   - exact `aSetBuffer` current-buffer semantics (which subsequent ops consume it, and
-     how),
-   - `aADPCMdec` state layout (what the pointer in w1 points at — IDO `ADPCM_STATE` +
-     data addressing),
-   - **`aPoleFilter`** — the one op with no PD reference code; implement from this,
-   - any DMEM convention not derivable from libaudio usage.
-   Methodology mirrors how `rsp/graphics/gmain.s` is used for graphics. A small
-   16-bit-MIPS disassembler script (`tools_pc/`) is sufficient — we decode, not execute.
-2. **Acmd stream logger** (`GE_DAUDIO=1`, in the Option-A decoder or a temporary probe
-   in the `M_AUDTASK` branch): dump op + decoded args per frame for the first N frames.
-   Confirms the 15-op inventory at runtime, catches surprises (e.g. ops we didn't grep),
-   and gives before/after artifacts for validating the implementation.
-
-## 9. Open questions (decide before Phase 1)
-
-- **Q1 — C7/D127 bank-tree guard (`src/snd.c:859`):** root-cause the bogus
-  `ALSound*` resolutions now (likely an `afFixupInst` layout/stride defect in
-  `port/src/romdata.c`, same family as D37's bank-tree re-layout), or keep the guard as
-  a documented stopgap and file a separate finding? Keeping it means some SFX stay
-  silently missing on affected levels (Surface1) even after audio lands.
-- **Q2 — Option A vs B** (§5): A is recommended (no header shadowing, stream logging,
-  project-consistent with fast3d); B is the PD-proven fallback if current-buffer
-  semantics prove fiddly at task time. Note for the evaluator: this is a **low-stakes,
-  cheap-to-revisit decision** — both options share 100% of the DSP implementation code
-  (§6 layout, all op bodies); only the ~50-line front end (word decoder vs macro
-  redirects) and the execution point differ. If Phase 0's disassembly surfaces anything
-  that makes B look safer, switching costs an afternoon, not a re-architecture.
-- **Q3 — Pole-filter fidelity bar:** implement `aPoleFilter` strictly from the
-  microcode disassembly (recommended), or accept a devkit-docs approximation and verify
-  by ear? The chorus is audible in most music; a wrong filter coefficient shows as tonal
-  difference, not crash.
-
-## 10. Phases and milestones
-
-- **Phase 0 — Recon** (§8): microcode disassembly notes + Acmd log artifacts committed
-  to `docs/` (or `tools_pc/`). Exit: current-buffer semantics + pole filter documented;
-  op inventory confirmed at runtime.
-- **Phase 1 — Plumbing.** SDL device opens @22050 stereo s16 (A2); A1 queue path live;
-  real AI shims (§7.2); `K0_TO_PHYS` shim fix (§7.1); `Audio.Enabled` toggle. Mixer still
-  a no-op is fine. **Milestone: device drains, `osAiGetLength` feedback loop visible in
-  logs, clean start/stop, silence (not crash).**
-- **Phase 2 — Core ops.** Implement `aSetBuffer/aLoadBuffer/aClearBuffer/aDMEMMove/
-  aADPCMdec/aResample/aEnvMixer/aMix/aSetVolume/aLoadADPCM/aSetLoop/aInterleave/
-  aSaveBuffer` (+`aSegment` no-op) in `mixer.c`, reusing PD's DSP math where the ABI
-  maps. **Milestone: SFX audible (gunshots, doors); dry music plays.** Expect at least
-  one Dxx-class finding here (state-layout or endianness surprise is the usual bug
-  class — see `docs/porting-notes.md`).
-- **Phase 3 — FX.** `aPoleFilter` + validate the full `reverb.c` chorus path against
-  the disassembly. **Milestone: music matches N64 character (chorus/reverb present, no
-  pumping); close D77.**
-- **Phase 4 — Polish & bookkeeping.** Resolve Q1; remove/adjust temporary probes and
-  `GE_DAUDIO` defaults; latency/buffer tuning (`Audio.BufferSize`, `QueueLimit`);
-  host thread-priority tuning per A3 *only if* underruns were observed in Phases 2–3;
-  record findings in `docs/internals.md` §F/§H (next Dxx after D127) + update the
-  §F index, `AGENTS.md` Phase 3 status, `docs/HANDOFF.md`; append recurring bug classes
-  to `docs/porting-notes.md`.
-
-## 11. Verification ritual (audio-specific, on top of the standard one in AGENTS.md)
-
-1. Boot → title: menu music audible within a couple of seconds; no click at start.
-2. Enter BUNKER1 (`-level_09`): gunfire/door SFX present and roughly level-correct;
-   level music plays.
-3. No `audio: ai out of samples` spam from `amHandleDoneMessage` (`audi.c:596`) — that
-   print is the built-in underrun detector.
-4. Run 2–3 levels incl. one with heavy SFX overlap; watch `SDL_GetQueuedAudioSize`
-   (log it) staying below `queueLimit` in steady state.
-5. PAL build (`pal-final`) spot-check: 50 Hz retrace drives the same path; frame-size
-   math uses `MAYBE_FRAME_RATE` — confirm no underruns there too.
-6. `Audio.Enabled=0` → fully silent, zero audio CPU cost, nothing else affected.
-
-## 12. Risks / unknowns
-
-| Risk | Mitigation |
+| File | Role in this plan |
 |---|---|
-| IDO current-buffer semantics misread → subtle wrong output (no crash) | Phase 0 disassembly is the arbiter; Acmd logger + by-ear checks per phase |
-| `aPoleFilter` has no PD code | Disassembly (Q3); it's one small IIR — bounded effort |
-| ADPCM state layout differs from assumption → garbage/cratchy samples | Phase 0 documents the struct from `load.c` usage + microcode; scalar fallback path makes debugging easy |
-| C7/D127 hides a bank-tree bug that audio makes *audible* (wrong SFX, not just missing) | Q1; keep the guard until root-caused |
-| SDL queue backpressure drops under load (slow machines) | `queueLimit` drop is graceful (silence gap, no crash); A3: raise scheduler-thread host priority before buffer tuning; PD shipped the same design |
-| Synthesis cost on the scheduler thread starves gfx frame time / causes underruns | A3: host thread priorities first; a dedicated audio worker thread only if priorities provably insufficient (and revisit D24's fake-priority semantics before designing one) |
-| Cross-region: PAL sample-count math differs | Verification step 5 |
-
-## 13. Key references
-
-| File | What it gives us |
-|---|---|
-| `src/audi.c` | audio thread, frame-size feedback loop, task construction (`OUTPUT_RATE` @22) |
-| `src/sched.c:439,465,485` | real scheduler's M_AUDTASK path → `osSpTaskStartGo` interception point |
-| `include/PR/abi.h:260–407` | IDO Acmd word formats (the decoder's spec) + A_* opcodes |
-| `src/libultra/audio/synthInternals.h:57–71` | DMEM layout constants |
-| `src/libultrare/audio/reverb.c`, `env.c`, `drvrNew.c` | GE custom FX (`alFxNew`), pole filter + chorus, envelope ops |
-| `bin/aspboot.text.bin` / `.data.bin` (+ `src/aspboot.s`) | **ground-truth ASP microcode to disassemble** |
-| `pd_port/port/src/mixer.c`, `port/include/mixer.h` | DSP math reference + the Option-B pattern |
-| `pd_port/port/src/audio.c`, `pdsched.c:233–260`, `libultra.c:150–175` | PD wiring (queue design, empty AUDTASK branch, AI shims) |
-| `port/src/libultra.c:794–810, 1108` | the three dead seams this plan fills |
-| `port/src/dram.c`, `port/shim/PR/R4300.h` | address model (V1/V2 views) + the K0_TO_PHYS gap |
+| `src/audi.c` | Game audio manager — compiles unmodified; source of `OUTPUT_RATE`, frame-size math, `CUSTOM_FX_PARAMS_N` |
+| `include/PR/abi.h` | GE's acmd accessors (16 opcodes, context ABI) — the one non-`port/` edit (`#ifdef PORT` split) |
+| `src/libultra/audio/*.c`, `src/libultrare/audio/*.c` | CPU synth + naudio New driver — compile unmodified; call sites define the opcode set |
+| `port/src/audio.c` | SDL device + queue (implement Phase 1) |
+| `port/src/mixer.c` | Software acmd interpreter + software DMEM (implement Phase 2) |
+| `port/include/mixer.h` | Stub interface → replace with `aXxxImpl` declarations |
+| `port/src/libultra.c:848-863` | `osAi*` shims — wire to audio.c (Phase 1) |
+| `port/src/libultra.c:1237` | M_AUDTASK branch — stays a completing no-op; hosts `GE_AUDIOTRACE` |
+| `port/src/ucode.c` | Dummy `aspMain*` markers stay forever under CPU-bypass — document decision |
+| `C:\Users\james\Source\Repos\pd_port\port\src\{audio,mixer}.c`, `include\PR\abi.h` | PD ground truth: device glue + DSP cores + the macro-swap pattern |

docs/dev/CUT-CONTENT-BACKLOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+# CUT-CONTENT-BACKLOG — TCRF "cutting room floor" findings vs decomp/port
+
+Research branch: `research/cut-content-backlog`. Source of truth: the local TCRF
+export at `scratchpad/backlog-scrape/restore-cut-content-mod/` (gitignored).
+
+> **Superseded by the verified cross-reference.** All six article *bodies* were
+> recovered and every major claim was checked against the decomp source and asset
+> tables. The full verified findings (with file:line references, corrections to
+> TCRF, and updated mod tiers) live in `backlog/cut-content/RESEARCH.md`
+> (gitignored; article markdowns in `backlog/cut-content/articles/`). This doc is
+> the first pass (image-filename based) — read it for the per-item imagery index,
+> but trust RESEARCH.md where they disagree. Key corrections: (1) "dest" is the
+> *shipped* Frigate geometry, not an early version (`bg.c` levelinfotable);
+> `cryp`/`dish` are shipped Egypt/Temple; (2) Library/Stack share Basement's bg
+> file — they have geometry; (3) all 29 "unused items" exist in the ROM object
+> table as pickup+prop pairs except heroine; (4) TCRF's 11 unused cheats, music
+> track index, MP character table and build dates all verify 1:1 against
+> `bondconstants.h`/`cheat.c`/`front.c`/`compiletime.c`.
+
+## 1. Findings
+
+### A. Debug menu & dev tools — fully in the ROM, fully compiled into the PC build
+
+TCRF main page images: `GEDebugMenu`, `GECheatOptions`, `GoldenEye-displayspeed`,
+`GoldenEye-moveview`, `GoldenEye-LineMode`, `GoldenEye-testingmanpos`,
+`GoldenEye-gunwatchpos`.
+
+All of these exist in decompiled code:
+
+- **Debug menu** — `src/game/debugmenu_handler.c` (1202 lines). Opened by holding
+  **U + D C-buttons** (`debug_menu_processor`, ~line 451; wired into `boss.c:551`
+  and the main game loop). Full option list at lines 116–185: `move view`,
+  `stan view`, `bond view`, `level` / `region` / `scale` (level switching),
+  `play title`, `bond die`, `select anim`, `gun pos`, `flash colour`,
+  `hit colour`, `music`, `sfx`, `invincible`, `visible`, `collisions`,
+  `all guns`, `max ammo`, `display speed`, `background`, `props`,
+  `stan hit` / `stan region` / `stan problems`, `print man pos`,
+  `port close` / `port inf` / `port approx`, `pr room loads`,
+  `show mem use` / `show mem bars`, `grab rgb` / `grab jpeg` / `grab task`
+  (screenshots), `rnd walk`, **`record ramrom` / `replay ramrom` /
+  `save ramrom` / `load ramrom`** (input recording/replay!), `auto y aim`,
+  `auto x aim`, `agent` / `all` / `fast` (unlock flags), `objectives`,
+  `marg top/bot/left/right/reset`, `screen size`, `screen pos`,
+  `show patrols`, `intro` / `intro edit` / `intro pos`, `world pos`,
+  `gun key pos`, `vis cvg`.
+- **Free camera** — `src/game/debug_camera.c` (the "move view" option).
+- **Load-all-models tool** — `src/game/deb_loadallmodels.c` (used by
+  `initguards.c`; dumps every model — how the TCRF screenshots of unused
+  models were likely made).
+- **Line mode** — `CHEAT_LINEMODE` in `src/game/cheat.c:685` (wireframe toggle,
+  cheat-menu unlockable; `front.c:1017`).
+- Screenshot options (`grab rgb`/`grab jpeg`) call `indyGrabRgb32bit()` /
+  `indyGrabJpg32bit()` — N64 VI grabs; on PC these are the natural hook for the
+  port's existing screenshot QoL (see `feat/qol-mute-screenshot` lineage).
+
+**Status: Tier 0.** Everything compiles into the PC build (`CMakeLists.txt`
+`GLOB_RECURSE src/game/*.c`). The debug menu should already work in the PC port
+if U+D C-buttons can be produced by `port/src/input.c`. *Verify in-game* (open
+menu, toggle `display speed`, use free cam). Mod value: document it; consider a
+config/keybind that synthesizes the U+D c-button hold, and mapping `grab rgb`
+to the port's screenshot path.
+
+### B. Cut weapons — fully functional in the ROM, grantable via existing cheat codes
+
+TCRF images (main + prerelease pages): `GoldenEye-Taser[PR]`, `GoldenEye-KF7[PR]`
+(+`KF7Watch`), `GoldenEye-GrenadeLauncher[PR]`, `GoldenEye-RocketLauncher[PR]`
+(+`RocketLauncherWatch`), `GoldenEye-RifleLauncher` (+`RifleLauncherCheat`),
+`GE64_Shotgun1`, watch variants `MagnumWatchPR`, `PP7WatchPR`, `KlobbWatchPR`,
+`TaserWatch`.
+
+Evidence in code/assets:
+
+- Model + stat files exist for every cut gun under `assets/obseg/gun/`:
+  `taser/`, `rocketlaunch/`, `grenadelaunch/`, `fnp90/`, `spectre/`,
+  `autoshot/`, `ak47/`, `m16/`, `skorpion/` … each with
+  `gunWeaponStat.inc.c` + `ModelFileHeader.inc.c`.
+- `assets/obseg/gun/gunWeaponStats.inc.c`: complete `WeaponStats` for
+  `taser_stats` (line ~365), `rocketlaunch_stats` (~305),
+  `grenadelaunch_stats` (~295), plus `watchlaser_stats`, `tank_stats`,
+  `bombcase_stats`, etc. These are data-driven — the weapon engine
+  (`src/game/gun.c`, `gunfire.c`) will run them.
+- First-person view cases exist: `src/game/bondview_r.c:38` handles
+  `ITEM_GRENADELAUNCH`, `:41` `ITEM_ROCKETLAUNCH`.
+- **Cheat codes grant them**: `src/game/cheat.c` — `CHEAT_2X_ROCKET_LAUNCHER`
+  (line 711), `CHEAT_2X_GRENADE_LAUNCHER` (712), `CHEAT_2X_RCP90` (713),
+  plus unlock sequences (`CHEAT_UNLOCK_2XGL/2XRL/2XFNP0`, lines ~695–734) and
+  the grant logic at lines 1277–1310: `bondinvAddInvItem(ITEM_ROCKETLAUNCH)` /
+  `give_cur_player_ammo(AMMO_ROCKETS, …)` etc. Note the `#if defined(BUGFIX_R1)`
+  guards — check which region macros the PC build defines (non-negotiable #3).
+- Taser SFX exist: `GUN_TASER_SFX` / `GUN_TASER_LOOP_SFX` (`src/bondconstants.h:2271`).
+- `ITEM_TASER` is in the item enum and used as an inventory bound in
+  `bondinv.c:854` (JP-text-trigger branch) — the taser was closest to shipping.
+
+**Status: Tier 0/1.** Rocket launcher, grenade launcher and FN P90 are
+playable today via the game's own cheat codes (single-player). Taser/Spectre/
+AutoShot have no cheat path but everything needed is in the binary; a
+port-layer toggle calling the same `bondinvAddInvItem` +
+`give_cur_player_ammo` pair the cheats use would be a clean mod (no game-logic
+change — it replicates an existing code path). Watch-mounted variants
+(KF7/Magnum/PP7/Taser watch) are *not* in the item enum — likely cut before
+data landed; **unverified** whether any model exists beyond what TCRF shows.
+
+### C. "Unused items" page (intact imagery) — objects with full logic, never placed
+
+The 20 intact images correspond exactly to ROM object entries
+(`assets/obseg/file_resource_table.inc.c`, 781 entries):
+
+| Image | Resource ID | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `GE007-AudioTape` | `AUDIOTAPE` / `CHRAUDIOTAPE` (lines 125, 265) | pickup + prop variants |
+| `GE007-BombCase` | `BOMBCASE` (129) | has full `bombcase_stats` (throwable explosive) |
+| `GE007-Controller` | N64 controller model (`joypad/` dir in gun table) | desk prop |
+| `GE007-WatchMagnetRepel` | `ITEM_WATCHMAGNETREPEL` (`bondconstants.h:4190`) | watch function, use-logic present |
+| `GEMicroCamera` | `MICROCAMERA` (176) + `AMMO_MICRO_CAMERA` | |
+| `GoldenEye-Weapon_Case` | `ITEM_WEAPONCASE` (`gunfire.c:3066` use-case) | |
+| `GE007-PolarizedGlasses` | `POLARIZEDGLASSES` (185) + `ITEM_POLARIZEDGLASSES` | `darkglasses/` also present |
+| `GoldenEye-Plans` | `PLANS` (183) | `blueprints/` variant too |
+| `GoldenEye-Watch_Identifier` | `WATCHIDENTIFIER` (208) + `ITEM_WATCHIDENTIFIER` (`gunfire.c:3076`) | 4th watch function with use-anim, never spawned |
+| `GoldenEye-Safecracker` | `SAFECRACKERCASE` (190) | |
+| `GoldenEye-Watch_Communicator` / `Watch_Geiger_Counter` | `ITEM_WATCHCOMMUNICATOR` / `ITEM_WATCHGEIGERCOUNTER` (`bondconstants.h:4188-89`) | shown for contrast — these *are* used (Aztec) |
+| `GEGasKeyring` | `GASKEYRING` (157) + `ITEM_GASKEYRING` | |
+
+All have `GUN_ANIM_STATE_USE_ITEM` handling in `gunfire.c:3060-3084` — i.e. the
+game can *use* them; level data just never places them.
+
+**Status: Tier 1/2.** Granting any of these to Bond is a port-layer item-spawn
+(same mechanism as §B). Actually *placing* them in levels requires ROM/level-data
+editing (a level editor or hand-patched object tables) — Tier 2, out of scope
+for this repo but viable as a data mod.
+
+### D. Cut multiplayer maps — 8 commented-out menu entries with dev notes
+
+`src/game/front.c:556-573` `multi_stage_setups[]`: the shipped MP list is
+Random/Temple/Complex/Caves/Library/Basement/Stack (default) + Facility/Bunker2/
+Archives/Caverns/Egypt (progression-unlocked). Immediately below, **commented
+out with in-source dev annotations**:
+
+```c
+  //{... LEVELID_CITADEL ...}, //Citadel (old format setup)
+  //{... LEVELID_FRIGATE ...}, //dest (has xbla setup)
+  //{... LEVELID_STATUE ...},  //stat (works)
+  //{... LEVELID_CRADLE ...},  //crad (works)
+  //{... LEVELID_AZTEC ...},   //azt (needs setup)
+  //{... LEVELID_RUNWAY ...},  //runway (xbla setup)
+  //{... LEVELID_DAM ...},     //dam (xbla setup)
+  //{... LEVELID_DEPOT ...},   //depot (xbla setup)
+```
+
+TCRF imagery matches: `GECitadel*` (5 screenshots, main page),
+`GEStatueMulti`, `GECradleMulti`, the whole Depot image set (`DepotCrateStack`,
+`DepotRockets`, `DepotSafeTable`, `DepotSiloPipe[Ed]`, `DepotTrailers`,
+`DepotPhoto`), and `GoldenEye-FrigateMap`.
+
+The port already boots every one of these standalone (`-level_XX`; see
+`docs/dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md` — Statue `-level_22`, Train `-level_25`, etc. all
+PASS). So the geometry, AI setup and briefings
+(`assets/obseg/brief/UbriefdepoZ.c`, `UbrieftraZ.c`, …) are intact; only the MP
+menu entry was removed.
+
+**Status: Tier 3 (mod fork).** Re-enabling = editing a game data table in
+`src/game/front.c` — that's a game-logic change, disallowed in this repo
+(non-negotiable #2). Viable as a separate mod branch/fork ("8 more MP maps"),
+or as a documented cheat-menu route (the debug menu's `level`/`region` options
+may already jump to any level ID — verify).
+
+### E. Per-level unused props & geometry ("Unused stuff by level" page)
+
+~150 intact screenshots, grouped by level. Cross-referenced against the object
+table and level IDs:
+
+- **Streets** (campaign stage 12; `LEVELID_STREETS`): an entire prop kit was
+  never placed — `StreetsCars`, `StreetsLamp[Base/Big]`, `StreetsSign[2/3]`,
+  `StreetsTrafficLight`, `StreetsShovel`, `StreetsCrossing`, plus two cut set
+  pieces `GE64-StreetsArea1/2` and Ourumov's car driving/crashing
+  (`StreetsOuruGo`, `StreetsOuruCrash`, `GEOurumovsCar`). Suggests a cut
+  street-chase scene.
+- **Silo**: `SiloVentShaft`, `SiloLadder`, `SiloLaunchDoors`,
+  `SiloWalkway2Door/Guard`, `SiloMissingHandrail` (a bug/oddity screenshot),
+  `GoldenEye_UnusedStartingPoint`, and prerelease-only `PRSiloElevator`,
+  `PRSiloLamps`, `SiloCutWalkway`, **`ThirdSiloEditor`** (editor view of a
+  third silo that didn't ship).
+- **Facility**: PR-vs-final wall sets (`FacilityWalls[Final]`,
+  `PRFacilityWalls`, `ArchivesWalls`), plus cut rooms: `FacilityBathroom`,
+  `FacilityConveyor`, `FacilityGasTanks`, `FacilityLabTanks`,
+  `FacilityWalkway`, `FacilityArmedScientistPR`, `FacilitySatBoxTex`,
+  `GoldenEye007-FacilityPhoto`.
+- **Archives**: `ArchivesOverview`, `ArchivesLamp[Scan]`, `ArchivesPhoto`,
+  `PRArchivesNoWalls` (wall-less build view).
+- **Bunker**: `BunkerExtraMons[Side]` (extra monster/guard spawns),
+  `BunkerPIP`, PR `BunkerLamp`.
+- **Caverns**: `CavernsPursueObj` (a cut "pursue" objective marker), PR
+  `CavernsWalkway`.
+- **Dam**: `DamIsland`, `DamPlatform`, `DamDockDoors`, `DamEndDuct`,
+  `DamTruckDoor`; region-diff shots `DamCompUS/EU`.
+- **Frigate**: `FrigateHarpoonScan` (scan of a harpoon model),
+  `PRTrainTargetGlass`, `Pdest_harpoonZ[2]`, `Ptorpedo_rack`,
+  `FrigateMoneypennyPR` (a Moneypenny model in the Frigate PR build!),
+  region-diff `FrigateIntroUS/JP`.
+- **Aztec/Temple**: `AztecConsolePads1-4`, `GE-AztScreen2781/2789`,
+  `AztExtraMainframe`, `AztDronePadsLabel`, `unused-Aztec-Path` (a whole
+  unplaced path), `EgyptianRed/WhiteClouds` (two skybox variants),
+  `TempleSkySolo/Multi`, PR: `AztBlueSuitPR` (cut enemy suit),
+  `AztHeavyFogPR`, `AztTableScreensPR`.
+- **Surface**: `SurfaceBookCrate`, `SurfaceObsPad`, `SurfaceTower`,
+  `SurfaceJerryCan`, `SurfaceHutTable`, `SurfacePropHut`, PR
+  `SurfaceOverviewPR`, `SurfaceVent[PR]`, `SurfaceDish[PR]`.
+- **Train** (campaign stage 14): `GE007-TrainSecretRoom` (a hidden room),
+  `TrainTargetGlass`.
+- **Misc props/vehicles**: `GEMotorbike`, `GERedTruck`, `GESovietBoat`,
+  `GEHelicopterPilot`, `GEBiker`, `GoldenEye-moonfemale` (`moonfemale/` chr
+  model exists), `OurumovKey/Briefcase`, `GEDeskMat`, `GoldenEye-Crypt`
+  (confirmed orphaned map — see note below),
+  `GE64-BridgeRooms`, `GEJunglePicture`, `Runwaypicture`,
+  `Controlicon`, `Cactus`.
+- **Orphaned level geometry** — `assets/obseg/bg/` holds per-level dirs for
+  `ame arch arec ark azt cat cave crad cryp dam depo dest dish len oat ref run
+  sev sevb sevx silo stat tra`. Notable: `cryp` (Crypt) has full geometry +
+  briefing (`UbriefcrypZ.c`) but **no `LEVELID_CRYPT` entry** in
+  `bondconstants.h` — fully orphaned. `len` (Lenin statue area, cf.
+  `StatueLeninPR`) and `dish`/`cat`/`oat`/`arec`/`ame`/`ark`/`ref` are further
+  level dirs beyond the shipped set. No `citadel` dir — its geometry was
+  either removed or shared (TCRF's 5 Citadel screenshots show a finished map,
+  so it existed in some build).
+
+**Status: Tier 2.** All models are in the ROM's object table (spot-checked:
+`PchrtesttubeZ`, `Pdest_harpoonZ`, `Pdoor_roller1-4Z`, `PhatfurryZ`,
+`Pletter_tray1Z`, `Pmissile_rackZ`, `PsilencerZ`, `Psteel_door2[ b]Z`,
+`Ptorpedo_rack`). Placing them needs level-data editing (object spawn tables) —
+a data-mod / level-editor project, not a port change. The PR-vs-final texture
+pairs (`*PR__1vt.jpg`) are interesting for a "pre-release textures" cosmetic mod
+via the `tools_pc` asset pipeline — but the PR ROM itself isn't available here,
+so source assets would have to come from TCRF's screenshots (low-res) or a
+donated PR dump.
+
+### F. Unused characters & faces
+
+TCRF main-page imagery: `UnusedFace1/2/3` (each with F/S1/S2 views),
+`GE64-FemHead1-4`, `KenFaceUnused/Used`, `Rosika[Compare]`, `SciCompare`,
+`FemaleSci`, `GEBonds`, `Terrorists`, `TerroristBiker`, `StPetersburgGuard`,
+Bond-suit sets named after actors: `Connery*`, `Dalton*`, `Moore*` (each with
+HeadFront/Back/Left/Right + Jacket pieces), `GEArmor[our]`.
+
+Cross-reference:
+
+- The MP character table (`front.c:601+` `mp_chr_setup[]`) is huge — ~40 named
+  entries beyond the 8 selectable, including `ROSIKA`, `KARL`, `MARTIN`,
+  `MARK`, `DAVE`, `DUNCAN`, … `TERRORIST`, `BIKER`, `STPETERSBURGGUARD`,
+  `HELICOPTERPILOT` — Brosnan-body + swapped-head combos. The "unused faces"
+  are almost certainly extra head models in this pool that no body/entry uses.
+- Head model dirs exist under `assets/obseg/chr/`: `headken` (the Ken face),
+  `headbrosnan*` (4 costume variants), `moonfemale`, plus ~30 named heads.
+  The actor-named suits (Connery/Dalton/Moore) do **not** appear as chr dirs —
+  likely cut before model export, or embedded in a shared body file.
+  **Unverified** which exact models the TCRF face shots show.
+
+**Status: Tier 2/3.** Cosmetic mod (extra MP faces) = asset-level work if the
+models are in the ROM; verify by dumping `assets/obseg/chr/*/Model.c` headers.
+
+### G. Prerelease / dev-build evidence
+
+Prerelease page (body blocked; filenames + embeds only):
+
+- PR-vs-final comparison pairs: Taser, KF7, GrenadeLauncher, RocketLauncher
+  (+watch versions), SurfaceVent/Dish, `StatueLeninPR`, Facility walls/rooms
+  (§E), ArchivesWalls, CavernsWalkway, SiloCutWalkway, ThirdSiloEditor,
+  PRSiloElevator, BunkerLamp, OutletConsoles. Pattern: the PR build had more
+  weapons (watch-mounted guns!) and different Facility/Silo/Aztec geometry.
+- **Dev-build videos** (YouTube embeds captured in the export):
+  - "Goldeneye 007 - Shoshinkai/Space World 1996"
+  - "Nintendo of America E3 1996 Take Away Video (VHS Rip)"
+  - "Goldeneye Beta WalMart Video"
+  - "Goldeneye 007 Promotional Trailer 1996"
+  - "N64 vous n'en reviendrez pas (VHS RIP 1997)"
+  - "64History - N64 B-Roll (1995)"
+  - "Escape (Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007)" — engine sibling footage.
+  Useful for dating PR features; not actionable in-repo.
+
+### H. Misc oddities (main page, unverified)
+
+- `GoldenEye007MickeyMouse` (by-level page, 2 KB image) — no "mickey" object in
+  the resource table; likely a texture/model easter egg spotted in a level.
+- `Unused_bond_walk.gif` — an unused Bond walk animation (check
+  `assets/animationtable_entries.c` for orphaned anim IDs).
+- `GoldenEye007-MovieLogoUnused` / `-MovieNoLogoUnused` — alternate intro logo
+  frames (title sequence data; `src/game/brief*`? verify).
+- `GE_UnusedAlarm`, `GoldenEye-BloodImpact` / `BoxBlood` / PR `OpaqueBlood` —
+  blood-effect variants (cf. `src/game/blood_animation.c`).
+- `GoldenEye007-BarrelUnused` / `-SmallBarrelUnused` — barrel props never placed.
+- `GoldenEye-OddDay`, `Sight[Alt]`, `MountainTex`, `background`, `Pbin1Z`,
+  `PchrtesttubeZ[Explode]`, `PitonGunBungee`, `Psev_door[3_wind]Z` — props in
+  the table, placement unverified.
+- Bugs & Notes articles: **nothing recoverable from this export** — re-scrape.
+
+## 2. Feasibility summary
+
+| Tier | Item | Effort | Where it lands |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **0 — already works** | Debug menu (U+D C-hold), free cam, line mode, ramrom record/replay, cheat-grantable rocket/grenade/P90 | verify in-game; document keybinds | docs + maybe `input.c` keybind for U+D c-buttons |
+| **1 — port-layer hook** | Grant taser/spectre/autoshot + unused items (watch identifier, bomb case, …) via config toggle replicating the cheat grant path (`bondinvAddInvItem` + `give_cur_player_ammo`) | small; follow F10-toggles pattern (`feat/f10-game-toggles`) | `port/src/` only |
+| **2 — data/asset mod** | Place unused props per level; extra MP faces; PR texture swap | needs level-editor or object-table patching; separate project | data mod, not this repo's code |
+| **3 — game-logic change (mod fork)** | Re-enable 8 cut MP maps (`front.c` table), campaign reordering | one-line-per-map table edits + setup fixes ("xbla setup" = unknown editor flag) | separate mod branch/fork only |
+
+## 3. Next steps
+
+1. **In-game verification pass** (PC build): open debug menu; confirm free cam,
+   `display speed`, level switch; enter the 2X rocket/grenade/P90 cheat codes;
+   screenshot via `grab rgb`. Record results here + findings.md if anything new
+   breaks (Dxx).
+2. Confirm which region macros the PC build defines vs the `BUGFIX_R1` guards in
+   the weapon-grant cheats (non-negotiable #3) — the grants may be dead code in
+   our build.
+3. Dump `assets/obseg/chr/` model headers to identify the UnusedFace1-3 /
+   FemHead1-4 models concretely.
+4. ~~Re-scrape TCRF article bodies~~ — **done**; all six bodies recovered into
+   `backlog/cut-content/articles/` and cross-referenced (see RESEARCH.md §0).
+5. If Tier-1 item granting is wanted: spec it as an F10 toggle set, port-layer
+   only, each entry citing the cheat-code precedent in `cheat.c`.

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+# D172 — particle/flares wrong color (magenta/cyan blood): ROOT CAUSE FOUND + FIXED (M-82)
+
+Symptom (user-reported, GRAPHICS-BACKLOG line 31): bullet impacts / flares / blood spatter
+render magenta/cyan instead of dark red.
+
+## TL;DR (M-82)
+
+**Root cause:** `gfx_lod_tile_offset()` (`gfx_pc.cpp`) returns `0` unconditionally on
+the `!gfx_detail_textures_enabled` path (a D107 blurry-ceiling fix — and
+`port/src/video.c:225` sets that flag `false` at startup). Particle draws use
+`G_CC_INTERFERENCE` (`TEXEL0 * TEXEL1`) with tile 0 = IA8 smoke @ TMEM 0 and
+tile 1 = RGBA16 fire @ TMEM 0x188 — but with the offset pinned to 0, **texunit 1
+samples the smoke texture too**. `smoke * smoke` through the rest of the combine
+= the magenta/cyan. Confirmed by the `GE_D172` probe on a user Silo firefight:
+40/40 particle tris logged `cfg1[tile=1 tmem=392 fmt=RGBA]` but
+`SAMPLED1=tile0(tmem=0 fmt=IA)`.
+
+**Fix (`gfx_pc.cpp` `gfx_lod_tile_offset`):** `return rdp.tex_lod ? 0 : i;` —
+fold to the base tile only when LOD is actually active (D107's mip case,
+`tex_lod=1`, unchanged); a genuine non-LOD 2-texture combine now gets tile `i`.
+`bunker1` verify PASS (the D107 repro level). Committed on PR #34. **Owed: an
+in-game eyeball that blood/sparks now read dark red.**
+
+The 0xB9 / cycle-type false trails and the probe design are kept below for the
+record.
+
+---
+
+Original note (superseded): Static audit done; one strong root-cause candidate
+with a cheap in-game verification. **No code changed.**
+
+## 1. How particles get their color state (mechanism)
+
+Particle triangles (`explosion.c`, `gSPVertex` + `G_TRI_FILL`/`G_TRI_SHADE_TXTR`) carry
+**no per-primitive material command**. Their CC/tile state comes from replaying ROM-resident
+state records via `gSPDisplayList(gdl++, g_ExplosionDisplayLists[var_s2])`
+(`explosion.c:894`, 15-record loop, one record + its particles per iteration).
+
+- Records: `globalDL_0x078 … globalDL_0x9a8`, a 17-entry table at image-bank offset
+  0x28 (`g_pc_gimg_off_globalDL_*`), bank base cart 0x1029D160 (see `image_bank.c:322`).
+- Each record is also scanned at load by `texLoadFromDisplayList` (`src/game/image.c:475`)
+  for its `G_SETTIMG` + ABCD marker word — that part works (textures upload fine).
+
+## 2. Record layout (decoded from ROM)
+
+```
++0x00  E7 C3 FF FE        G_RDPPIPESYNC
++0x08  B9 00 03 1D        ???  <-- UNHANDLED by fast3d (see §4)
++0x10  <varies>           second word of the ??? command
++0x18  FC ...             G_SETCOMBINE w0   (rgb c0 | alpha c0 <<16)
++0x20  FF ...             G_SETCOMBINE w1   (rgb c1 | alpha c1 <<16)
++0x28  FD ...             G_SETTIMG w0      (timg pointer)
++0x30  .. 50 50 50 50     G_SETTIMG w1      (ABCD marker)
+```
+
+Dominant particle combine mode (14 of 17 records), decoded with the standard libultra
+bit layout:
+
+- cycle 0 RGB: `TEXEL0, 0, TEXEL1, COMB_A`
+- cycle 0 ALP: `TEXEL0A, COMB_A, SHADE, COMB_A`
+- cycle 1 RGB: `COMBINED, 0, SHADE, COMB_A`   ← **2-cycle** modulate
+- cycle 1 ALP: same as cycle 0
+
+## 3. fast3d audit (what is right)
+
+- `G_SETCOMBINE` bit extraction (`gfx_pc.cpp:2786`) matches the standard libultra layout
+  exactly (verified field-by-field against the ROM words). Not the bug.
+- Store/decode of `rdp.combine_mode` (`gfx_dp_set_combine_mode` vs `gfx_generate_cc`
+  key shifts) are consistent. Not the bug.
+- The generated GLSL combiner implements the RDP formula with the usual special cases;
+  `SHADER_COMBINED` correctly resolves to the previous cycle's running value.
+
+## 4. The 0xB9 root-cause candidate is WITHDRAWN (M-82, 2026-09-08)
+
+The earlier audit claimed fast3d has "no case for opcode 0xB9" and that the D146
+`default:` guard therefore aborts every particle sub-DL. **That is wrong.**
+
+This build does **not** define `F3DEX_GBI_2` (verified: no `-DF3DEX_GBI_2` in
+`CMakeLists.txt`, no `#define` in `include/PR/gbi.h` or anywhere in tree). In the
+non-F3DEX2 branch of `gbi.h`, `G_SETOTHERMODE_L = G_IMMFIRST-6 = -71`, and
+`(uint8_t)(-71) == 0xB9`. So `gfx_pc.cpp:2731` `case (uint8_t)G_SETOTHERMODE_L:`
+**is** `case 0xB9:`.
+
+Decode of the record word `w0 = 0xB900031D`, `w1 = <varies>`:
+`gfx_sp_set_other_mode(C0(8,8)=3, C0(0,8)=29, w1)` → sets `other_mode_l` bits
+3..31. `sft=3 == G_MDSFT_RENDERMODE`, `len=29` — this is exactly
+`gsDPSetRenderMode(w1)`. `w1` values (`0x0C184B50`, `0x00504B50`, …) are
+render-mode / blender words. fast3d applies it correctly.
+
+So the particle sub-DL runs to completion on PC: `E7` RDPPIPESYNC (handled),
+`B9` SetRenderMode (handled), `FC` SETCOMBINE (handled), `FD` SETTIMG (handled).
+**No D146 abort. No stale-state fallthrough.** The wrong-colour bug is elsewhere.
+
+## 5. Cycle-type is ALSO ruled out — the real record, and where the bug is (M-82)
+
+The actual particle records are in **`assets/oddtextures.c`**
+(`globalDL_0x078` … , 17 of them). One record verbatim:
+
+```c
+gsDPPipeSync(),
+gsDPSetCycleType(G_CYC_2CYCLE),            // <-- record DOES set 2-cycle
+gsDPSetRenderMode(G_RM_PASS, G_RM_ZB_CLD_SURF2),
+gsDPSetTextureLOD(G_TL_TILE),
+gsDPSetCombineMode(G_CC_INTERFERENCE, G_CC_MODULATEIA2),
+gsSPTexture(..., G_TX_RENDERTILE, G_ON),
+  // tile 0: IMAGE_SMOKE_0  IA16 image -> loaded/rendered as IA8, 56x56
+  // tile 1: IMAGE_FIRE_0   RGBA16, 16x14, loaded to tmem 0x188
+gsDPSetTextureLUT(G_TT_NONE),
+gsDPPipeSync(),
+gsSPEndDisplayList(),
+```
+
+So the record **explicitly sets `G_CYC_2CYCLE`** (opcode `0xBA` =
+`G_SETOTHERMODE_H` in this build), and fast3d handles `0xBA` correctly:
+`gfx_pc.cpp:2734` → `gfx_sp_set_other_mode(52, 2, w1<<32)` sets `other_mode_h`
+cycletype = 2CYC. **Confirmed by probe (M-82):** the `GE_D172=1` SETCOMBINE
+probe logged the particle combine `w0=fc26a004` (= `G_CC_INTERFERENCE`/
+`G_CC_MODULATEIA2`) with **`cycletype=1 (2CYC)`** every time. The cycle-type
+hypothesis is dead too.
+
+**The bug is the `G_CC_INTERFERENCE` two-tile combine / TEXEL1 path.**
+`G_CC_INTERFERENCE` cycle-0 = `TEXEL0 * TEXEL1`; the record binds **two
+different tiles of two different formats** (tile 0 IA8 smoke, tile 1 RGBA16
+fire at tmem 0x188). Magenta/cyan = a TEXEL1 sampling/decode fault: wrong tmem
+offset for tile 1, RGBA16 (5551) channel/endian misread, or fast3d treating
+tile 1 as an LOD mip of tile 0 under `G_TL_TILE`. This needs a visual
+render-iterate pass (headless can't see particle colour) — see §6.
+
+### Probes shipped (M-82, `#ifdef PORT`, `GE_D172=1`, inert when unset)
+
+- `gfx_pc.cpp` G_SETCOMBINE case — logs each distinct combine + active
+  cycletype (dedup, 64 max). Confirmed the particle combine `fc26a004` runs
+  at `cycletype=2CYC`.
+- `gfx_pc.cpp` `gfx_sp_tri1` (after the texunit loop) — whenever a **2-cycle
+  triangle actually consumes TEXEL1**, dumps `combine_mode` + both texunits'
+  `tile / tmem / fmt / siz`. This is the decisive probe: a Silo close-range
+  guard kill with `GE_D172=1` should log
+  `T0[... fmt=3(IA) siz=1(8b)]  T1[tmem=392 fmt=0(RGBA) siz=2(16b)]`.
+  If `T1.tmem != 392`, or `T1.fmt/siz` are wrong, the TEXEL1 bind is the bug.
+  If they're all correct, the fault is in `import_texture_rgba16` for the
+  second texunit or the `G_CC_INTERFERENCE` CC generation — pair with
+  `GE_DTEX=1` / `GE_TEXRAW=1` to dump the fire tile's bytes.
+
+## 6. Fix path (next session — needs a display)
+
+1. Get a `-level_XX` capture with visible particle spray (Silo guard kill at
+   close range per the original report, or any wall-impact spark). Note the
+   colour.
+2. Env-gated probe in `gfx_pc.cpp` `import_texture` / the TEXEL1 bind path:
+   for tile 1 when combine == the particle key, log format/size/tmem-addr/
+   line_size and the first few decoded texels. Compare against the RGBA16
+   `IMAGE_FIRE_0` bytes in the extracted asset.
+3. Likely fixes, in order of suspicion: (a) tile-1 tmem address 0x188 not
+   honoured → TEXEL1 reads tile-0 bytes; (b) RGBA16→RGBA32 decode for the
+   second texunit; (c) `G_TL_TILE` LOD path picking the wrong tile for TEXEL1.
+4. Re-decode `G_CC_INTERFERENCE` / `G_CC_MODULATEIA2` as fast3d generates them
+   (`gfx_cc.cpp`) and confirm the GLSL matches `TEXEL0*TEXEL1` then
+   `COMBINED*SHADE`.
+
+## Files
+
+- `src/game/explosion.c` — record table (165), replay loop (894)
+- `src/game/image_bank.c:322`, `src/game/image.c:475` — record offsets / load-time scan
+- `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp` — SP walker cases (~2600–2930), D146 default (2920),
+  SETCOMBINE decode (2786), combine store (2270), cc generation (312+), 2CYCLE flag (1523)
+- `rsp/graphics/gmain.s` — N64 ucode ground truth for 0xB9 (dispatch table at dmem 0xbc;
+  ginit.s missing from repo)
+
+Note (M-82): 0xB9 is `G_SETOTHERMODE_L` in this non-F3DEX2 build and is already
+handled by fast3d — `gmain.s` / `ginit.s` are NOT needed to resolve D172.

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+# D176(a) Sky — consolidated research notes (read-only)
+
+Companion to `GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md` D176(a) and findings.md M-37/M-47.
+Purpose: make the next implementation session mechanical. No code changed by
+this doc.
+
+## State of play
+
+- **Root cause (M-37):** `skyRenderTri`/`skyRenderFull` emit geometry only as
+  `G_RDPHALF_*` immediates; `gfx_pc.cpp:2901-2903` deliberately no-ops them
+  (same in the PD port) → solid black sky on every cloud-sky level. Clean
+  headless repro: `-level_22` (Statue), frame ~360.
+- **M-47 draft (Path B)** — `scratchpad/sky.patch`: `#ifdef PORT` hooks in
+  both functions re-emit the sky as ordinary screen-space GBI via
+  `skyPortRenderPoly` (ortho pixel projection + `gSPVertex`/triangles).
+  Geometry reaches GL and textures (top-half luma 0.1 → ~174 on `-level_22`).
+  Two open defects (below). Draft, not shippable.
+- **Path A** (decode RDPHALF in fast3d) is the backlog's original suggestion;
+  the wire format is now fully decoded (next section), so it is a viable
+  fallback if Path B's units can't be pinned.
+
+## RDPHALF wire format (decoded from `src/game/sky.c` + `include/PR/gbi.h`)
+
+- Opcodes (`gbi.h:102-164,216-223`): `G_RDPHALF_1 = 0xe1`,
+  `G_RDPHALF_2 = 0xf1` (final word of a stream), `G_RDPHALF_CONT`
+  (= `G_IMMFIRST-13`). Tri ops: `G_TRI_FILL 0xc8`, `G_TRI_FILL_ZBUFF 0xc9`,
+  `G_TRI_SHADE_TXTR 0xce`, `G_TRI_SHADE_TXTR_ZBUFF 0xcf`.
+- **All payload values are S15.1 fixed point** — converter is
+  `sub_GAME_7F094298` (`sky.c:218`): `clamp(x, ±32767.9) × 65536`, u32.
+- **Packing:** each `(G_RDPHALF_1, G_RDPHALF_CONT)` pair carries four
+  halfwords = **two S15.1 values**: `valueA = (w1.hi16, w2.lo16)`,
+  `valueB = (w1.lo16, w2.hi16)`. Multi-value groups are streamed in two
+  passes — all high halves first, then all low halves (see the explicit
+  `(x & 0xffff0000) | (y & 0xffff0000) >> 16` packing at `sky.c:1854-1870`).
+- **`skyRenderTri` header** (`sky.c:1725-1728`): first word =
+  `(op << 24) | (winding/sign flag bit23) | lo16(first value)`; the stream
+  then carries screen-space positions (`unk28×0.25` = pixel X, `unk2c` = Y×4
+  family) plus per-vertex attributes. The RSP ucode reassembles and DMAs a
+  real edge-walked RDP tri command (per the M-46 comment in sky.patch).
+- **Vertex attribute vectors are 8 components** (`sky.c:1759-1776`):
+  `(r, g, b, a, S·w′, T·w′, 32767·w′, z)` with perspective weight
+  `w′ = unk34 × min(unk0c)/2` — i.e. color + perspective-corrected S/T +
+  depth. `SkyRelated38` fields: `unk28 = screenX×4`, `unk2c = screenY×4`,
+  `unk30 = z (0..0x7fff)`, `unk34 = 1/w`, `unk20/unk24 = S/T`.
+- GE emits RDPHALF **nowhere except sky.c** — the command surface is closed
+  and small.
+
+## Defect 1 — texcoord shear (clouds smeared into streaks)
+
+`skyPortRenderPoly` uses `tc = unk20 × 32.0f` — a magic number.
+
+### M-82 update — the scale is right, the magnitude is the bug
+
+- **Cloud texture is `s_skywaterimages[0]` = `IMAGE_CLOUDS_GRAYSCALE`,
+  `0x40 × 0x40` (64×64), `G_IM_FMT_IA` / `G_IM_SIZ_8b`, `G_TX_WRAP`/`G_TX_WRAP`**
+  (`assets/oddtextures.c:646`). Not a fraction-indexed texture — it *tiles*.
+- **GE's own screen-space textured-quad idiom is `tc = width << 5`**
+  (`src/game/glass2.c:678,689` — `sImageTableEntry.width << 5` /
+  `.height << 5`). `<< 5` = ×32 = the S10.5 texel fixed-point fast3d expects,
+  and it divides `tc` by `tex_width` before GL_REPEAT. So the patch's `× 32.0f`
+  **is the correct scale** — provided `unk20`/`unk24` are already in *texel*
+  units (they are: the cloud-tiling math in `sub_GAME_7F097388` /
+  `CloudRepeat(skyheight)=10000` produces texel coords in the thousands, and
+  M-47 measured `unk20` reaching ±20 000 near the horizon).
+- **The bug: `(s16)(20000 * 32)` overflows.** `Vtx.tc` is `s16` (±32767); a
+  horizon vertex needs `tc` ≈ 640 000. It wraps/saturates → the streak.
+- **Fix (no fast3d change, no grid needed for the near/mid sky):** phase-fold
+  every vertex of *one primitive* by the **same** multiple of the tile period
+  (64 texels), so inter-vertex deltas are preserved but magnitudes stay in
+  s16 range:
+  ```c
+  s32 foldS = (s32)floorf(vmin_unk20 / 64.0f) * 64;   // vmin over this prim's verts
+  s32 foldT = (s32)floorf(vmin_unk24 / 64.0f) * 64;
+  tc[0] = (s16)((v[i]->unk20 - foldS) * 32.0f);
+  tc[1] = (s16)((v[i]->unk24 - foldT) * 32.0f);
+  ```
+  This is exact wherever the S/T *span across a single triangle* is
+  < ~1000 texels (s16 range ÷ 32). It holds for the corner-quad tessellation
+  the current patch emits everywhere except triangles that straddle the
+  horizon line, where the span diverges — those still need Defect-2's
+  finer/adaptive tessellation. Land the fold first (fixes most of the frame),
+  keep the grid as the horizon-band follow-up.
+
+## Defect 2 — vertical coverage (band fills only top ~25%)
+
+Leading hypothesis, from reading the N64 path: **the quad is not a plain
+corner quad.** The N64 stream's four vertices are *perspective-interpolated*
+points computed in the big interpolation block (`sky.c:1797-1813`, the
+`sp210/sp290/sp2b0/sp230` vectors), not the raw TL/TR/BL/BR corners that
+Path B's hook passes through. If those interpolated y-values differ from the
+corner ys (they will, wherever w varies across the quad), the re-emitted
+quad lands short.
+
+Next steps (one focused session):
+1. Per-call probe on `skyPortRenderPoly`: log nverts + each vertex's
+   (x, y) + the tri op-header word; A/B against N64 reference footage of
+   `-level_22`/`-level_36`.
+2. If confirmed, either (a) replicate the interpolation block under PORT and
+   emit the 4 computed vertices, or (b) drop to Path A with the decoder spec
+   above (the ucode's own reassembly is then irrelevant — we decode the same
+   values directly).
+
+## Recommendation
+
+Finish **Path B** first — geometry already works; both defects are unit/
+vertex-set questions answerable in one render-iterate session. Keep Path A
+as fallback; it is now fully specified by this doc if B stalls.
+
+## Verification ask (M-82 — for the next session with a display)
+
+The Defect-1 phase-fold is committed to PR #18 but **unverified visually**
+(this session had no display). One check settles it:
+
+1. `./build-pc/ge007.x86_64.exe -level_22` (Statue, night). At the intro the
+   camera faces the horizon within a few seconds.
+2. Look at the upper half of the frame:
+   - **Black** → Path B still not emitting (regression from the rebase —
+     check `skyPortRenderPoly` is reached; `GE_D176=1`).
+   - **Clouds, but smeared into horizontal streaks** → the fold didn't take;
+     re-check `unk20`/`unk24` really are texels (probe their range).
+   - **Recognisable tiled cloud texture, correct near/mid, ragged or missing
+     right at the horizon line** → fold works; that ragged band is Defect 2
+     → adaptive tessellation is the next task.
+   - **Looks right** → close Defect 1, mark PR #18 ready pending a
+     `-level_36`/`-29`/Dam-exterior spot check.
+3. A `GE_PCDUMP="330-390:30"` capture of that run attached to PR #18 is enough
+   for a remote reviewer to make the same call.

docs/dev/GE-ENV-PROBES.md

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # GE_* environment probes — consolidated list
 
-Every `getenv("GE_…")` in the tree, from a grep of `src/` + `port/` on
-2026-08-31 (master `31d036da`). All are **env-gated**: unset = zero behavior
+Every `getenv("GE_…")` in the tree. The table prose is hand-curated;
+**`tools_pc/gen_env_probes.py`** re-greps the live sites and reports drift
+(NEW / GONE vars + a fresh file:line map) — run it before trusting the
+File:line cells. Last reconciled 2026-09-04 (M-51). All are **env-gated**: unset = zero behavior
 change, so they are safe to leave in a release build (they only cost a
 `getenv` on the guarded path). "Dead" below means *the finding it was built
 for is closed* — the probe is strip-candidate scaffolding, not that it does
@@ -22,8 +24,31 @@ Two classes:
 | `GE_INPUTLOG` | `port/src/input.c:329`, `port/src/config.c:53` (`configGetInputLog`) | Logs computed pad state (buttons + stick) each poll when non-zero. Also `[Debug] InputLog` ini. Also traces D165 `menuptr est/tgt/eff/stick`. | **live** |
 | `GE_STARTMENU` (+ `GE_STARTMENU_PAGE`, `GE_STARTMENU_DIFF`) | `src/game/lv.c:398-402` (`#ifdef PORT`) | Boot straight into a front-end menu id (13=MISSION_COMPLETE, 10=BRIEFING, 7=MISSION_SELECT, 12=MISSION_FAILED, 6=MODE_SELECT); `_PAGE`=folder row (def 1=Dam), `_DIFF`=0..3. Crash-test a screen fast. | **live** |
 | `GE_UNLOCK_ALL` | `src/game/debugmenu_handler.c:1098` (`get_debug_enable_all_levels_flag`, `#ifdef PORT`) | Mission-select shows every solo level (playtest jump-to-any-level aid). Cached in a `static int c`. | **live** |
+| `GE_OPTIONSOVERLAY` | `port/src/optionsoverlay.c:231` | Force-enable the F10 port-layer options overlay (D184 / PR #10) regardless of ini. `atoi != 0`. | **live** |
+| `GE_D204` | `port/src/audio.c` (`audioSetNextBuffer`) | **Audio-health monitor (D204).** One line per 5 s of wall clock: `rt=` produced-audio/wall ratio (1.000 healthy; below 1 = the 30 Hz audio retrace is starving and the device is padding with silence), `q=` SDL queue depth / `queueLimit` (pinning at the limit with `drop=` climbing = overproduction, the "eventually no audio" state), `drop=` blocks discarded, `max=` largest block vs its `g_MaxFrameSize*4` allocation. **Deliberately cheap (~30 clock reads/s) — safe to leave on for a full playtest, unlike `GE_MIXERTRACE`.** The instrument of record for D202. | **live** |
+| `GE_D204_OLD` | `port/src/audio.c` (`d204OldMode`) | Restores pre-D204 behaviour (`osAiGetLength()` reports the whole SDL queue depth; `queueLimit` back to 8192) so before/after can be A/B'd in **one binary**, without build-to-build variance. Temporary — remove when D204 closes. | **live** (D204 A/B) |
+| `GE_AUDIOTRACE` | `src/snd.c` (`sndPlaySfx`, `sndDeactivate`), `src/game/propobj.c` (door sounds), `src/libultra/audio/load.c` (`alLoadParam`) | Per-`sndPlaySfx` resolution trace to `audiotrace.log`: `soundIndex` → `ALSound*`/keyMap/wavetable/base/len/book, the returned `ALSoundState*`, every `sndDeactivate`, and wavetable bind events. M-65 additions: `[VOICE+]`/`[VOICE-]` pairing every voice acquire/release with sound/state/flags (NB: written from two threads to one unbuffered FILE* — occasional torn lines, parse defensively), `[SLOTWRITE]` door slot ownership, `[RETRIGGER-POST]`, `[WAVELOOP]` (per-sound `ALADPCMloop` presence), `[DOORSND]` every door sound state change incl. an `ORPHAN-both-slots-busy` verdict. M-66b addition: `[EXPIRE]` — posted whenever the port-side ownerless-infinite-loop expiration is scheduled (sound/state/delay/fade); this line is **permanent** (part of the D202 option-C fix), unlike the rest of the probe set which is removable on close. M-67/M-69 additions: `[WIRE] t=µs filter=… <- table=…` (`src/libultra/audio/load.c`, every wavetable→decoder bind, µs-timestamped) and `[VOICEMAP]` (`src/libultra/audio/synthesizer.c`, full PVoice→decoder/resampler/env-state address map at synth init — this is how offline voicedump slot addresses tie to WIRE filter addresses). M-68 additions: `[EVT] t=µs type=N state=P` + `[STOP-EVT] … deltaUs=N` (event types per `src/snd.h`: 1=PLAY, 2=STOP, 8=VOL, 64=DECAY, 128=END). M-71 additions: `[VOL] t=µs state=… rawVol=… playing=…` (`src/snd.c`, per-VOL-event value before the slot-volume law) and `[DISTVOL] pos=(…) player=(…) dist=… vol=…` (`src/game/propobj.c`, the distance-attenuation funnel `sub_GAME_7F053894` — this is how an SFX's final volume is computed from hit position). NB: lines from the multiple file handles interleave — occasional torn/corrupt lines, parse defensively. `dumppos=` gives the exact byte offset into `audiodump.raw` (quantised to the 2880-byte audio block). Low cost. | **live** (D202/D205) |
+| `GE_PULLTRACE` | `src/libultra/audio/load.c` (`alAdpcmPull`) | `[PASTEND]` assertion: fires if a voice's `f->sample` exceeds its wave's total samples while `nOver == 0` (i.e. an unstopped voice keeps decoding past the end instead of zero-filling). Rate-limited to 40 lines. M-65: 0 hits — exhausted voices go silent correctly. | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_DMEMWIPE` | `port/src/mixer.c` (`aClearBufferImpl`) | Zeroes the whole software DMEM at the frame boundary (detected as `alMainBusPull`'s clear of `AL_MAIN_L_OUT`, addr 1088). Tests whether audio state survives across frames in DMEM. M-65: no-op on output — ruled out. | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_NOWET` | `port/src/mixer.c` (`aSetVolumeImpl`) | Mutes the reverb send (`wetamt = 0`), isolating the reverb delay lines as a possible source of persistent signal. M-65: drone unchanged — ruled out (NB `aPoleFilterImpl` is still an unimplemented no-op, D199). | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_BANKDUMP` | `port/src/romdata.c` | `BANKSRC` lines: the source ROM-layout bank tree per `soundIndex` (instrument → sound → envelope pointers + `decayTime`). Used to prove sound 203's `decay=-1` is genuine ROM data, not a conversion bug. One-shot at load. | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_FORCEALARM` | `src/game/propobj.c` (`handle_alarm_gas_timer_calldamage`, `#ifdef PORT`) | **D207 diag (temporary).** Forces the in-game alarm klaxon (`alarmActivate`) on a frame counter — on ~2–10 s, off, on again — and emits a per-frame `[D207] f=… active=… ptr_alarm_sfx=… playstate=… locked=…` line to `audiotrace.log`. Repro harness for the "alarm SFX overrides other audio" report when a level's own alarm can't be triggered headlessly. Remove when D207 closes. | **live** (D207) — temporary |
+| `GE_KEYMAPDUMP` | `port/src/romdata.c` | `KEYMAP` + `ENVSRC` lines: raw source bytes of every `ALKeyMap` / `ALEnvelope` in the ROM-layout blob, for byte-wise comparison against runtime values. One-shot at load. | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_AUDIODUMP` | `port/src/audio.c` (`audioSetNextBuffer`) | Raw-dumps every mixed s16/stereo/22050 Hz buffer to `audiodump.raw` in the CWD for offline waveform inspection. Length ÷ 88200 = seconds of audio produced. | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_VOICEDUMP` | `port/src/mixer.c` (`aEnvMixerImpl`) | Dumps each voice's resampled mono stream (post-resample/pre-envelope, i.e. the env-mixer input) to `voicedump.raw` as records of `[u32 stateAddr][u32 nSamples][u64 us][s16 × n]`. **The µs stamp is when the block was MIXED — records are rendered ahead, so a record's samples END at its stamp** (M-69: treating stamps as start offsets misplaces content by up to one ~33 ms block). `stateAddr` = the env-mixer state address from `[VOICEMAP]`. Used with `scratchpad/exact_match.py` for full-corpus per-voice sample verification. | **live** (D202) |
+| `GE_MIXERTRACE` | `port/src/mixer.c`, `src/audi.c` (`amDmaCallback`), `src/libultra/audio/load.c` (`_decodeChunk`, `alLoadParam`) | Per-opcode mixer trace to `mixertrace.log` (DMEM addresses, ADPCM books, decoded frames, `[DMAREQ]`/`[DMAHIT]`/`[DMAMISS]`/`[BINDTABLE]`). **WARNING: unbuffered per-opcode `fprintf`, ~25 MB/min. It slows the process enough to starve the audio thread — M-63 measured "audio at 13 % of real time" that was entirely this probe's own artifact. NEVER use it for timing-sensitive measurement; use `GE_D204`.** Grep it, never read it whole. | **live** (D202) — timing-unsafe |
+| `GE_TEXPITCH` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:924` (`gfx_tex_pitch_fix`, cached) | `=0` disables the D183 defensive de-stride in `import_texture` (default on). RC2/RC3 texture-shear A/B knob. | **live** (RC3 not finished) |
+| `GE_TEXRAW` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:1079` | With `GE_TEXDUMP`, also dumps the raw pre-import source bytes (`texdump/rNNN_f…_s…_WxH.bin`) so a decode bug can be told from a source-data bug offline (D183). | **live** (RC3 not finished) |
+| `GE_D219RAW` | `src/game/image.c` (`texReadUncompressed`/`texChannelsToPixels`, `#ifdef PORT`) | Diagnostic-only, print-only (no behavior change): logs the runtime texture decompressor's bitstream header (texnum/format/width/height/compmethod) for every non-zlib wide-pixel image, plus a dump of the first row of decoded texels exactly as stored in the pool (post-`PORT_PIXEL16`, i.e. byte-swapped for the 16-bit family) for RGBA16/RGB15/IA16. No texnum filter — lets any suspect texture be cross-referenced against the offline ROM census (`scratch/d219_census.txt`) without narrowing by hand. | **live** (D219, closed — kept for future runtime-decoder triage) |
+| `GE_WRAPFIX` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:3166` (`gfx_set_wrap_fix`) | RC3 test override for the `Video.WrapFix` D74/D167 wrap-block path (`atoi != 0` wins over the ini). | **live** (RC3 not finished) |
 | `GE_SAVELOG` | `src/game/file.c:46`, `src/game/file2.c:16` (`SAVELOG` macro), `src/boss.c:749`, `src/game/objective_status.c:297,343` | Traces the campaign save/unlock chain (objective completion → `end_of_mission_briefing` → `fileWriteSave` → EEPROM). Used to confirm D157. `g_savelogObjOnce` gates the per-criterion dump to the `bossReturnTitleStage` call. | **live** (strip once a few more level boundaries are playtested) |
 | `GE_D160` | `src/boss.c:744`, `src/game/bondview2.c:791`, `src/aicommands.def:10055,10181,10236,10242,10247` (all `#ifdef PORT`) | Dam exit-cutscene (D148/D160) diagnostic: trace points in `bossReturnTitleStage`, `bondviewSetCameraMode`, and AI cmds `EndLevel`/`exit_level`/`CameraLookAtBondFromPad`/`CameraSwitch`. **Investigation in progress** — user owes a `GE_D160=1` Dam run. | **live** |
+| `GE_D193` | `src/game/frametiming.c` (`waitForNextFrame`, `#ifdef PORT`) | Per-wall-second line: `render=` rendered frames, `sim=` sim ticks delivered (Σ of the `deltaFrames`/`g_ClockTimer` fed downstream), `clamped=` frames whose catch-up hit `FRAMETIMING_PORT_MAX_CATCHUP`, `maxraw=` largest pre-clamp delta. Healthy steady state = `render=30 sim=60 clamped=0 maxraw=2` (measured M-80, all levels idle). Use to check whether the wall-clock timer under-advances under real AI load (D193). Cheap; safe for a full playtest. | **live** (D193) |
+| `GE_D193A` | `src/game/chr.c` (`chrTick` → `d193aSample`, plus `d193aMoved` in `chrUpdateAnim`; `#ifdef PORT`) | Per-wall-second per-ticked-chr locomotion telemetry (D193/D209): `chr=` chrnum, `act=` ACT_TYPE, `speed=` world-units travelled/s, `gtd=` g_GlobalTimerDelta, `tier=` `act_gopos.unk59` SPEED tier (0 walk / 1 run / 2 sprint; `-1` when not ACT_GOPOS), `gspd=` `act_gopos.speed` (**a turn rate, not a travel rate** — 0 means running straight), `typ=` PROP_TYPE (3=CHR, 6=VIEWER), `tick=`/`move=`/`frz=` chrTick entries vs `chrUpdateAnim` calls vs freeze-gated (move « tick = the chr is being visibility-culled out of its own locomotion; `move=0` at high `speed` = WAYMODE_MAGIC), `hid=` CHRFLAG_HIDDEN, then the root-motion scalars `scale` / `xlscale` / `animrate` / `playspeed` / `mspeed` (model->speed) / `endframe` / `anim` ptr / `aidx=` that pointer reverse-resolved to its `animation_table_ptrs1` index (40 walking, 41 sprinting, 42 running, 107 walking_unarmed — map via `src/game/initanitable.c`). `GE_D193A_CHR=<n>` restricts to one chrnum. **This probe found D209**: Cradle showed `tier=1` (RUN) with `aidx=40/107` (walk anims) on every sample. | **live** (D193/D209) |
+| `GE_D193B` | `src/game/model.c` (`sub_GAME_7F06D3F4`, `#ifdef PORT`) | Rate-limited (1/97) raw anim root-motion decode trace (D193): `joint=` / `flip=` / `base=` mtx channel index / `frame=` / `tmp=` decoded s16 translation triple from the anim bitstream / `angle=` / `anim` ptr / `bd=`+`bs=` the D32 u32 bitDescriptors/bitStream addresses / `njoints`. M-80 Facility: `base=0`, `angle=0` **always** (root-motion facing delta never non-zero — top lead), `tmp` ≈ (±small, ~1086 hip-height, ±small). Compare `tmp`/`angle` magnitudes against a clean N64 decomp build of the same anim+frame. | **live** (D193) |
+| `GE_D250` | `src/boss.c` (`bossMainloop`, wraps `lvlRender()`, `#ifdef PORT`) | Per-wall-second line: `[D250] lvlRender avg=Nus n=M` — average + count of `lvlRender()` (DL-building: culling/animation/scene traversal) calls that wall-second, isolated from `gfx_run()`'s software-RSP interpretation cost (already covered by the existing "frame rendered in Nus" line). Added M-120 to chase D250 (fps stuck ~45-50 on Dam, ruled resolution/MSAA/vsync/build-flags out already) — found `lvlRender` itself is cheap (~0.5-1.5ms avg), so it is NOT the missing ~10-15ms/frame either; the still-unexplained cost must be elsewhere in the per-retrace-message loop (scheduler/thread round-trip, audio, or something not yet isolated by a targeted timer). Cheap; safe for a full playtest. | **live** (D250) |
+| `GE_D172` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp` (`gfx_sp_tri1` — SETCOMBINE dedup log + non-LOD multitex tri dump; `#ifdef PORT`) | Particle magenta/cyan colour (D172). Logs each distinct SETCOMBINE + active cycletype, and — for a 2-cycle tri that consumes TEXEL1 with `tex_lod=0` and a distinct 2nd tile — the tile fast3d *samples* for each texunit vs what the DL *configured*. **Found D172**: 40/40 particle tris configured tile 1 @ tmem 392 (fire) but sampled tile 0 (smoke) → `smoke*smoke`. FIXED (`gfx_lod_tile_offset` `return rdp.tex_lod ? 0 : i`). Probe kept inert. | **live** (D172 FIXED, probe kept) |
+| `GE_DVM` | `src/game/gunfire.c` (`gunUpdateAndFire` gate dump + `gunRenderFirstPersonGunModels` render dump; `#ifdef PORT`) | 1P weapon viewmodel (D215). `[DVM]` line: the `field_87F` show/hide gate terms + `Gun_hand_without_item` sub-terms + `copy_of_body_obj_header` RootNode/Switches/numRecords. `[DVMr]` line: `87F` + `cmds_emitted` = gfx commands the weapon `subdraw()` produced (healthy ≈ 150; the D215 bug showed **1**). Rate-limited ~1/s per hand. **Found + verified D215** (`renderdata.flags` read 0 → all weapon DL nodes gated off). Probe kept inert. | **live** (D215 FIXED, probe kept) |
 | `GE_DTEX` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:1001` | Per-`import_texture` param log (dims / line / size / lod / gen_mipmaps). Used to root-cause RC2 and D159. Kept as an inert diagnostic. | **live** (RC2/RC3 not finished) |
 | `GE_TEXDUMP` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:1020`, `port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp:700` | PPM dump of every uploaded texture + a `fmt/siz/palfmt/palidx/pal[0..3]` line. Root-caused D161 (Depot ceiling). Kept as an inert diagnostic. | **live** (RC3 not finished) |
 | `GE_D116` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:1710,2362`, `src/game/textrelated.c:265,541` (cached `ge_d116`) | HUD/text "X-mirror" (D114/D116) vbo/uv trace. **D114/D116 CLOSED — NOT A BUG (M-33/D168): the captures were upside-down, not mirrored.** Probe is now dead scaffolding — strip on the next cleanup pass. | dead (D114/D116 closed) |
@@ -33,7 +58,11 @@ Two classes:
 | Env var | File:line | Finding / what it logged | Status |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `GE_D51` | `port/src/libultra.c:496`, `src/game/model.c:125,244,544` | msgQ 32-slot overflow watch / ModelSlot layout | dead (D51 closed) |
-| `GE_D54` | — (all blocks stripped M-32, commit `49ce620a`) | music seq-table ABI / endianness (`ALMidiHdr`) | dead (D54 closed) — fully removed |
+| `GE_D54` | — (all blocks stripped M-32, commit `49ce620a`) | music seq-table ABI / endianness (`ALMidiHdr`) | dead (D54 closed) — fully removed (kept here as a tombstone; the generator flags it GONE) |
+| `GE_D154` | `src/game/bg.c:3418,3447,3632` (capped 64 calls) | bg room-GDL call trace (room / gdlidx / vtxoff / op / raw hdr words) | dead (D154 closed) |
+| `GE_D227V` | `src/game/sky.c` (`skyPortRenderPoly`, `#ifdef PORT`) | Sky/water per-vertex dump: `S`/`T`/`w`/`1/w`, screen xy, the chosen tc shift `k`, the baked `tc`, and whether the tile capture succeeded. **Found D227**: one sky quad spans ~30,000 texels in S and T but `Vtx.tc` is S10.5 in an `s16` (+/-1024 texels), so 7 of its 8 texture coordinates overflowed and wrapped -- the starburst/"two sky processes" seam. Root cause was a unit error (`unk20`/`unk24` are already S10.5, not texels; M-82's `*32` was spurious). FIXED M-100b. Probe kept inert. | **live** (D227 FIXED, probe kept; useful for D229 water) |
+| `GE_D176` | `src/game/bgfog.c:459,471`, `src/game/sky.c:325,381` (all `#ifdef PORT`) | D176 sky/fog env-match + sky-vert trace (Path B, PR #18) | **live** (D176(a)/(b) OPEN) |
+| `GE_D178` | `src/game/front.c:6586,6594` (`#ifdef PORT`) | briefing-data u16 decode trace (blank-objectives, D143/D178) | dead (D178 closed) |
 | `GE_D56` | `src/game/model.c:227,830` | watch `Model` raw-offset reads | dead (D56 closed) |
 | `GE_D60` | `port/src/libultra.c:521,735` | gfx frame msgQ delivery trace | dead (D60 closed) |
 | `GE_D61` | `port/src/libultra.c:795` (`s_d61opened`) | opens a one-shot log file | dead (D61 closed) |
@@ -44,6 +73,8 @@ Two classes:
 | `GE_D69STAN` | `src/game/stan.c:266,276` | D69 stan-tile trace | dead |
 | `GE_D85DUMP` | `src/game/bg.c:2510` | D85 `bgWidenRoomGdl` 8→16B dump | dead (D85 closed) |
 | `GE_D85TEX` | `src/game/image.c:2479`, `src/game/tex.c:859,1050` | D85 texpool-full events (Depot analysis) | dead (D85 closed) — was useful for §3 |
+| `GE_D217TEX` | `src/game/image.c:234` (`texInflateZlib`) | D217: logs `texnum`/`format`/`numcolours`/`palette[0..1]` straight off the decode bitstream (before any arena/pointer math) — the decode-correctness check that proved the affected texture (grip, `texnum=1608`) decodes byte-identically across levels, ruling out a decode/ROM-data bug. | **live** (D217 open — investigation instrument) |
+| `GE_D229` | `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp` (`gfx_sp_tri` dual-texunit probe + `import_texture`) | D229: per-draw dump of both texunits' tile/tmem/fmt/siz/UV state for 2-cycle draws, plus a one-shot confirm line when the RGBA16-over-CI8 import remap fires (the fix path). Inert by default. | **live** (D229 fixed — probe kept for the Surface 2 / sweep verification) |
 | `GE_D86` | `src/game/model.c:6295`, `src/game/objecthandler_2.c:143` | D86 model rwdata trace | dead (D86 closed) |
 | `GE_D87` | `src/game/ramromreplay.c:296,363,381` | D87 `ramromfilestructure` endianness | dead (D87 closed) |
 | `GE_D88` | `src/game/prop.c:1367`, `src/game/stan.c:3090` | D88 `Usetup*Z` propDef stream | dead (D88 family closed; D88.4 resolved) |
@@ -62,5 +93,9 @@ Two classes:
 - `[Debug]` ini keys (`Debug.FrameDump`, `Debug.InputLog`) mirror
   `GE_PCDUMP` / `GE_INPUTLOG` as a fallback (env var wins) — M-26,
   `port/src/config.c`.
-- Not GE_-prefixed but same category: `GE_DETERM` is **designed, not
-  implemented** (fixed-tick determinism mode, §F D117).
+- Not GE_-prefixed but same category: `GE_DETERM` is **implemented but
+  experimental — not yet achieving its determinism goal** (fixed-tick
+  mode, §F D117, M-52 four-pass writeup); `GE_DETERM_TRACE` (M-52 4th
+  pass) adds instrumented clock-event logging when used alongside it, for
+  diffing two runs to localize remaining divergence. Both env-gated,
+  default off, zero cost when unset.

docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md

@@ -12,22 +12,29 @@ once the game is playable start-to-finish without crashes.
 | ~~**D74 wrap-block**~~ | ~~`gfx_pc.cpp:1546/1551` PORT block is dead code (guard `cms & G_TX_WRAP` always false; indexes per-texunit arrays with the vertex index → OOB if reached).~~ | **RESOLVED (M-30, RC3/D167).** The in-vertex-loop wrap block was reworked and hoisted to a per-texunit pre-wrap window (`gfx_pc.cpp` ~1574, now `cms`-correct and indexed by texunit not vertex), behind the `Video.WrapFix` knob (default OFF). No longer dead code or OOB. See §F "RC3 · D167". |
 | **D75** | ~~Nintendo logo mispositioned; gun-barrel Bond model absent~~; cast-roll character models — status unknown. (Rareware logo OK.) | **Shrunk (M-33, upright captures after D168).** The "overlaps D114 shared mirror" note is withdrawn. **Gun-barrel Bond RENDERS correctly** (walk + fire, upright) — the "absent" reports were the flipped capture. **Nintendo logo IS still broken** — renders as two overlapping white ellipsoids shifted left, no wordmark/geometry (a real `logoinst` model transform/geometry bug, not a flip). Cast roll not re-captured — recheck with `GE_PCDUMP="1400-2200:25"`. `findings.md` §F "D75 Bug 2 — M-33 UPDATE". |
 | **D76** | 2D disclaimer screen only partially drawn. | §F D76. |
-| **D77** | No audible music on PC. | Phase 3 (audio). §F D77. |
+| ~~**D77**~~ | ~~No audible music on PC.~~ | **RESOLVED (M-104, PR #42) — in-level music now plays.** Root cause was a D6-class missing `return` in `sub_GAME_7F0C0BF0` (`mp_music.c`) that zeroed the seqp volume on the only in-level trigger path; menu/intro music bypassed it and was always fine. The remaining audio-*quality* gap (wrong-sounding instruments on some tracks — elevator named specifically — plus occasional garbling) is tracked as **D230**. §F D77/D230. |
 | ~~**D116 (HUD)**~~ | ~~proportional-font strings + ammo counter mirrored~~ | **CLOSED — NOT A BUG (M-33, §F D168).** Same capture-orientation artifact as D114. |
-| **D148** | Level-end cinematics don't play. Dam: hitting the exit trigger should show Bond rappelling down the dam (the bungee jump); instead it cuts straight to the mission-complete report. **Broader (M-49 full playthrough): cutscenes are buggy in many places across the game**, not just the Dam ending — the user reports frequent cutscene glitches (skipped, wrong camera, misplaced/hovering actors, timing). Treat D148/D160 as the tracking entry for the whole cutscene-reliability problem, not just Dam. | Scripted cutscene / cinematic-camera + Bond rappel anim. Found M-27 during the first full Dam→Facility playthrough. Progression is unaffected — the report and next briefing load fine. The widespread nature (M-49) points at a systemic cause: the propDef/`sizepropdef` stride desync (D122/D132 family) that misreads `CutsceneRecord` lookups, and/or D75 anim-model + D173 actor-position bugs showing up wherever a cutscene puts a character on screen, and/or the D155/D156/D193 timing family driving cutscene camera/anim pacing. **M-31 (§F D160):** static-traced the Dam end ailists (`ai_24`→`ai_17`, `camera_switch`→`CutsceneRecord` type-46 lookup). Diagnostic `GE_D160=1` shipped (`c95713f5`) — user runs Dam to the exit with it set; the trace pins whether the cutscene AI runs, and whether the propDef-index walk (D122/D132 family) hands `camera_switch` a bogus cutscene record. Leading hypothesis: propDef `sizepropdef` stride desync (medium confidence), not D75 anim-model. |
-| **D149** | Front-end MISSION COMPLETE / mode-select 3D models (dossier, wallets) render as garbled full-screen geometry or not at all — one of the compiled sub-DLs (seg5+0x9ee4) is malformed, D146 now skips it instead of aborting. | D75 family. §F D146. |
+| **D148** | Level-end cinematics don't play. Dam: hitting the exit trigger should show Bond rappelling down the dam (the bungee jump); instead it cuts straight to the mission-complete report. **Broader (M-49 full playthrough): cutscenes are buggy in many places across the game**, not just the Dam ending — the user reports frequent cutscene glitches (skipped, wrong camera, misplaced/hovering actors, timing). Treat D148/D160 as the tracking entry for the whole cutscene-reliability problem, not just Dam. | Scripted cutscene / cinematic-camera + Bond rappel anim. Found M-27 during the first full Dam→Facility playthrough. Progression is unaffected — the report and next briefing load fine. The widespread nature (M-49) points at a systemic cause: the propDef/`sizepropdef` stride desync (D122/D132 family) that misreads `CutsceneRecord` lookups, and/or D75 anim-model + D173 actor-position bugs showing up wherever a cutscene puts a character on screen, and/or the D155/D156/D193 timing family driving cutscene camera/anim pacing. **M-31 (§F D160):** static-traced the Dam end ailists (`ai_24`→`ai_17`, `camera_switch`→`CutsceneRecord` type-46 lookup). Diagnostic `GE_D160=1` shipped (`c95713f5`) — user runs Dam to the exit with it set; the trace pins whether the cutscene AI runs, and whether the propDef-index walk (D122/D132 family) hands `camera_switch` a bogus cutscene record. Leading hypothesis: propDef `sizepropdef` stride desync (medium confidence), not D75 anim-model. **M-87 user playtest:** Bond floating/hover cutscene glitch (D173) still present; new specific instance — **Bond spins in circles in some cutscenes**, named example the end-of-Cradle Trevelyan-falls cutscene. Likely the same actor-position/anim-root cause manifesting as bad rotation instead of bad height. |
+| ~~**D149**~~ | ~~Front-end MISSION COMPLETE / mode-select 3D models (dossier, wallets) render as garbled full-screen geometry or not at all.~~ | **CLOSED — user-verified fixed (M-87 playtest).** No longer reproduces; presumably fixed as a side effect of other front-end/D75-family work since M-49. D75 family. §F D146. |
 | **D170** | Named-NPC "flee" scripted behavior looks wrong on PC: on Silo, Ourumov breaks into a full run the instant he alerts ("Ourumov: Kill him!") rather than the N64 walk/retreat; developer reports Trevelyan behaves the same way on Cradle. **M-49 full playthrough: escalated — Cradle (`-level_51`) is "bugged out completely" from Trevelyan's behavior; the final level's scripted progression breaks. Now folded into / superseded by §F D193 (NPC AI locomotion too slow).** | **Observed, not investigated** (M-34, from a Silo playtest capture; user bug report — no fix wanted yet). Could be a genuine ailist / `chrTick` divergence, OR the D155/D156 wall-clock `deltaFrames` locomotion-anim speed-up (a catch-up spike playing the walk cycle at 2–3×). **Verify first:** capture the same beat against N64 reference footage before assuming it diverges — Ourumov may be scripted to flee. If it's real, suspect the frametiming clamp (§F D155/D156) or the Cradle-family AI path (§F D123). |
 | **D171** | Silo missile-shaft: a large translucent grey triangle sweeps across the lower frame while panning down the shaft (~3 s of the capture). Looks like a stray poly / near-plane clip fan, same family as D106 (portal near-plane min>max). | **Observed, not investigated** (M-34, Silo capture). Cosmetic, intermittent, tied to camera angle in the open vertical shaft. |
-| **D172** | Bullet-impact / blood particle spray renders magenta or cyan instead of dark red (visible on guards hit at close range on Silo). | **Observed, not investigated** (M-34, Silo capture). A channel-order / CC-mode error in the particle-sprite path (magenta = R+B, cyan = G+B) — not the D64/D120 blood-decal family (those are crash/hang + missing decals, not color). Likely a texture-format or env-color decode in `blood_animation.c` / the fast3d sprite path. |
-| **D178** | Objectives not listed correctly on the pre-mission briefing screen (the mission overview shown before starting a level). | **M-36 triage: the objective lines are BLANK, not wrong.** `GE_STARTMENU=10` Dam briefing renders the header fine ("OHMSS / Agent: James Bond / Mission 1: Arkangelsk / Part i: Dam / PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:") then just the bullet "a." with no text and no b/c/d. → **D143/D151 blank-text family** (`langGet()` → NULL → silent blank), *not* a propDef walk / difficulty decode. **Family B** in `docs/dev/M-36-TRIAGE.md` — find which lang bank the front-end briefing flow fails to load. Re-confirm the exact shape in a *real* briefing (the `GE_STARTMENU` boot skips real save state). Close relatives: D151 (watch objective text blank — type-35/23 `text` slot u16→u32 fix, M-28; interactive re-verify was still pending), D143 (briefing/objective text blank via `langGet` NULL), D157 (objective difficulty byte offset — could make difficulty-gated objectives appear/disappear wrongly). The pre-start briefing is a *different surface* from the in-level watch, so D151's fix may not cover it. **Next:** ask user which level + what exactly shows vs expected; compare against `docs/dev/LEVEL-OBJECTIVES.md` (regenerated post-D157); if lines are blank → D143/D151 family (`langGet` NULL guard = silent blank), if wrong objectives listed → propDef type-23 record walk / difficulty decode. |
+| **D172** | Bullet-impact / blood particle spray renders magenta or cyan instead of dark red (visible on guards hit at close range on Silo). | **M-82: ROOT CAUSE FOUND + FIXED (PR #34).** `GE_D172` probe on a user Silo firefight: 40/40 particle tris configure tile 1 = RGBA16 fire @ tmem 392 but fast3d **samples tile 0 (smoke) for both texunits** — `gfx_lod_tile_offset()` returns 0 unconditionally (D107 blurry-ceiling fix; `video.c:225` disables `gfx_detail_textures_enabled`). `G_CC_INTERFERENCE` = `smoke*smoke` → magenta/cyan. Fix: `return rdp.tex_lod ? 0 : i` — only fold to base tile for real LOD/mip draws. (0xB9 + cycle-type were both false trails, ruled out earlier in M-82.) **Owed: in-game eyeball — blood should be dark red.** Detail: `D172-PARTICLE-COLOR-RESEARCH.md`. |
+| ~~**D178**~~ | ~~Objectives not listed correctly on the pre-mission briefing screen (the mission overview shown before starting a level).~~ | **CLOSED — user-verified fixed (M-87 playtest): "main menu text is good now."** No longer reproduces. M-36 triage below kept for reference. **M-36 triage: the objective lines are BLANK, not wrong.** `GE_STARTMENU=10` Dam briefing renders the header fine ("OHMSS / Agent: James Bond / Mission 1: Arkangelsk / Part i: Dam / PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:") then just the bullet "a." with no text and no b/c/d. → **D143/D151 blank-text family** (`langGet()` → NULL → silent blank), *not* a propDef walk / difficulty decode. **Family B** in `docs/dev/M-36-TRIAGE.md` — find which lang bank the front-end briefing flow fails to load. Re-confirm the exact shape in a *real* briefing (the `GE_STARTMENU` boot skips real save state). Close relatives: D151 (watch objective text blank — type-35/23 `text` slot u16→u32 fix, M-28; interactive re-verify was still pending), D143 (briefing/objective text blank via `langGet` NULL), D157 (objective difficulty byte offset — could make difficulty-gated objectives appear/disappear wrongly). The pre-start briefing is a *different surface* from the in-level watch, so D151's fix may not cover it. **Next:** ask user which level + what exactly shows vs expected; compare against `docs/dev/LEVEL-OBJECTIVES.md` (regenerated post-D157); if lines are blank → D143/D151 family (`langGet` NULL guard = silent blank), if wrong objectives listed → propDef type-23 record walk / difficulty decode. |
 | **D175** | In-game stutter / brief hang during normal play — observed opening a door on Runway (mission 3, `-level_35`) and also on Surface. No backtrace captured (gdb attach missed the window; it self-recovered). | **Observed, not investigated** (user QA report). Matches known transient-hang classes rather than looking new: D155 (post-slow-load catch-up spiral — clamped), D156 (anim NaN loop — guarded, prints one-shot stderr diag if it fires), D134 (SP/DP task-done event swallowed — fixed M-22, Runway was an original victim), D147/D152 (audio `s_imLock` steal = ~2 s hiccup). Door-open specifically = new room first visible → one-off texture-import/frame spike (likely benign). **Next:** reproduce under `tools_pc/debug.ps1` with the box idle; check console for the D156 stderr diag; if it recurs, attach gdb mid-hang and pattern-match `bt` (import_texture = benign slow frame; model.c:3131 spin = D156; pthread_mutex_lock on s_imLock = D147/D152). |
-| **D176** | Surface exterior renders wrong (two co-located defects). **(a)** Sky is solid **black** — the skybox / sky gradient does not draw at all (reference: warm sunset cloud gradient). **(b)** The perimeter **tree-line backdrop renders as grey TV-static / comb interlacing** instead of snow-laden pines — the geometry is present and roughly the right silhouette but every tree texture is scrambled noise. Ground, tunnel and the dish/bunker building draw fine. | **Observed, screenshots committed** (M-35, user QA; `docs/img/bugs/d176-surface-exterior-our-build.png` vs `-reference.png`). Level is the shared Surface exterior — user reached it Dam→Surface on Agent so this is **Surface (i) `-level_36`** (confirm it also affects `-level_43`). **(a)** black sky: **M-36 partial (findings.md "D176(a)").** Env data is correct (`Sky.Clouds=1`, `CloudRGB=240,120,30`, `SkyImageId=0`); `skyRender` runs the cloud path and classifies corners correctly (switch case 12), but `skyRenderTri`/`skyRenderFull` emit nothing — not even the `env->RGB` fill shows. Not root-caused: next is probing `sub_GAME_7F097388` projected coords, verifying `skywaterimages[0]` resolves on PC (`image_bank.c` GIMG offset `0xFB4`), and a fast3d sky-tri trace. `GE_D176=1` probe shipped. **M-37: ROOT-CAUSED** — `skyRenderTri`/`skyRenderFull` build geometry *exclusively* as `G_RDPHALF_*` immediates, which `gfx_pc.cpp` deliberately no-ops (identical no-op in the PD port); fix = decode the RDPHALF tri-raster stream in fast3d (~1 session, genuine new code). **M-42: `-level_22` (Statue) confirmed a clean headless repro** — bare boot, frame ~360, upper half pure black; use it to verify the decoder. `-level_36`/`-43` intro cams face down (not a sky test without `GE_INPUTSCRIPT`). **(b)** tree/rock static: **M-36 triage — NOT the D159 family.** `texSwapAltRowBytes` is a full `#ifdef PORT` no-op (`image.c:2199`), it cannot cause this. Real cause: `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp` `import_texture_*` assume `line_size_bytes == full_image_line_size_bytes` (`SUPPORT_CHECK`; rgba16's is commented out *"trips ... with a garbage size"* `:658`) → non-PoT / sub-rect tiles get a flat linear read → diagonal row shear = grey static. **Family A** in `docs/dev/M-36-TRIAGE.md`. Fix: honour `line_size_bytes` as the real source pitch. Same defect as D182(2). |
+| **D176** | Surface exterior renders wrong (two co-located defects). **(a)** Sky is solid **black** — the skybox / sky gradient does not draw at all (reference: warm sunset cloud gradient). **(b)** The perimeter **tree-line backdrop renders as grey TV-static / comb interlacing** instead of snow-laden pines — the geometry is present and roughly the right silhouette but every tree texture is scrambled noise. Ground, tunnel and the dish/bunker building draw fine. | **Observed, screenshots committed** (M-35, user QA; `docs/img/bugs/d176-surface-exterior-our-build.png` vs `-reference.png`). Level is the shared Surface exterior — user reached it Dam→Surface on Agent so this is **Surface (i) `-level_36`** (confirm it also affects `-level_43`). **(a)** black sky: **M-36 partial (findings.md "D176(a)").** Env data is correct (`Sky.Clouds=1`, `CloudRGB=240,120,30`, `SkyImageId=0`); `skyRender` runs the cloud path and classifies corners correctly (switch case 12), but `skyRenderTri`/`skyRenderFull` emit nothing — not even the `env->RGB` fill shows. Not root-caused: next is probing `sub_GAME_7F097388` projected coords, verifying `skywaterimages[0]` resolves on PC (`image_bank.c` GIMG offset `0xFB4`), and a fast3d sky-tri trace. `GE_D176=1` probe shipped. **M-37: ROOT-CAUSED** — `skyRenderTri`/`skyRenderFull` build geometry *exclusively* as `G_RDPHALF_*` immediates, which `gfx_pc.cpp` deliberately no-ops (identical no-op in the PD port); fix = decode the RDPHALF tri-raster stream in fast3d (~1 session, genuine new code). **M-42: `-level_22` (Statue) confirmed a clean headless repro** — bare boot, frame ~360, upper half pure black; use it to verify the decoder. **M-47 + read-only consolidation:** Path B draft exists (`scratchpad/sky.patch`, `skyPortRenderPoly` PORT hook — geometry+texture reach GL, two unit defects open) and the full RDPHALF wire format is now decoded (S15.1 half-packing, 8-component perspective-interpolated vertex vectors); next session is mechanical per `docs/dev/D176a-SKY-NOTES.md`. `-level_36`/`-43` intro cams face down (not a sky test without `GE_INPUTSCRIPT`). **M-82: PR #18 rebased onto main + Defect-1 fix applied** — cloud tile is `s_skywaterimages[0]` = 64×64 IA8; the patch's `tc = S·32` scale is correct (matches GE's `width<<5` idiom, `glass2.c:678`), the bug was `(s16)` overflow on the ±20k-texel horizon S/T; fix = per-primitive phase-fold to the 64-texel period (`sky.c` `skyPortRenderPoly`, `#ifdef PORT`). Builds clean, no crash (bunker1/statue/surface1 verify PASS). **Unverified visually** — owed: one `-level_22` screenshot (see `D176a-SKY-NOTES.md` "verification ask"). Defect 2 (horizon-band coverage / straddling tris) still open → adaptive tessellation. **(b)** tree/rock static: **M-36 triage — NOT the D159 family.** `texSwapAltRowBytes` is a full `#ifdef PORT` no-op (`image.c:2199`), it cannot cause this. Real cause: `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp` `import_texture_*` assume `line_size_bytes == full_image_line_size_bytes` (`SUPPORT_CHECK`; rgba16's is commented out *"trips ... with a garbage size"* `:658`) → non-PoT / sub-rect tiles get a flat linear read → diagonal row shear = grey static. **Family A** in `docs/dev/M-36-TRIAGE.md`. Fix: honour `line_size_bytes` as the real source pitch. Same defect as D182(2). |
+| ~~**D233**~~ | ~~All levels (intermittent): near doors — especially doors you can't see through to the inside — the indoor level geometry vanishes and you can see straight through it into the room, while world objects (computer terminals, furniture) in that space still draw.~~ | **FIXED + VISUALLY VERIFIED (M-107 fix, M-108 verify).** `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp` `gfx_sp_tri1` was trivial-rejecting visible triangles that had a behind-camera (`w<0`) vertex. Status cell here was stale at "not investigated" — corrected M-119. §F D233. |
+| ~~**D234**~~ | ~~Dam: the guard towers along the actual dam structure are invisible except for the first one.~~ | **FIXED + VISUALLY VERIFIED (M-108).** Same underlying mechanism as D233. Status cell here was stale at "not investigated" — corrected M-119. §F D234. |
+| **D235** | Wrong textures load after dying/restarting a level — clarified: not Facility-specific, seen on multiple levels; trigger is death/restart (level reload), not a general build regression. | **Observed, not investigated** (M-106, user QA report, clarified same session). This is a state-leak on level re-entry, not a one-level texture-decode bug — prime suspect is the texture pool / CI-cache (D217/D228 neighbourhood) not fully resetting between a level teardown and reload (stale arena base, a palette-cache entry keyed by a reused address, or a texpool index not rewound). Needs: confirm it does NOT repro on a fresh level boot (only after death/restart); which surfaces; a screenshot. Next: instrument `texInitPool`/the CI-cache clear path for what does/doesn't reset on reload vs cold boot. | 
+| **D236** | Surface 1: the 2D billboard trees that appear at the start of the level and around the map don't draw as discrete tree sprites — they render as a wall/sheet of tree texture instead of the proper 2D tree objects. | **OPEN — second pass active (D266–D269); first-pass decode fix was reverted after a negative user re-test (D265)** (M-106, user QA report). The earlier IA16 framing was a misidentification: the cards are flat quads by design (no billboard opcode; byte-matched ROM emission) and bind an opaque IA8 64×16 strip plus an alpha-blended **IA4 128×16** strip (texdump r117) that is a row of ~13 faint conifer silhouettes. The wall came from `import_texture_ia4` decoding the RDP's I2:A2 nibble as I3:A1 — A2=1 canopy pixels went fully opaque, A2=2 dithering vanished (bug inherited verbatim from the PD port). **Second pass (D266–D269) re-framed the bug: the visible wall band is CI8 32×32 gradient/blob cards, not IA at all** — two draw classes per room stream (OPA + XLU), BILERP/TEXTLOD/2-cycle/**FOG-on**; texel-alpha blending proven correct by force-alpha A/B (D268). Current ranked suspects: fog range/application (D218 family) > TEXTLOD/mip sampling > draw density/culling > palette. The I2:A2 decode + AC-aware edge fixes are re-applied in-tree (uncommitted) and still owe a game-wide IA4 regression sweep before commit. |
+| **D249** | Streets and Egyptian (the two biggest/most-open levels) show culling problems on far-away geometry at *default* FOV — distant geometry drops/pops incorrectly. Also a QoL ask: improve LOD in general, but gate it behind a toggle so N64-accurate ("old school") LOD stays selectable. | **Observed, not investigated** (M-119, user QA report). Distinct from D222 (high-FOV near-edge culling) and D218 (fog/far-clip tint). Two candidate mechanisms: (a) portal/room-visibility cutting off too aggressively at range on large multi-room layouts (D233/D234 neighbourhood — check for a far-plane/depth-range sibling to D233's w<0 trivial-reject fix), or (b) GE's own LOD/detail-swap system not ported faithfully (mip-tile / simple-model substitution at distance, `gfx_lod_tile_offset` family). First checks: `GE_PCDUMP` a long sightline on Streets/Egyptian where geometry visibly pops; determine which of (a)/(b) is firing before designing the fix or the requested toggle. §F D249. | 
+| **D217** | 1P weapon viewmodel + character-model CI textures render with a wrong palette on many levels / multiple weapons — PP7 grip + hand render flat green on Facility & Depot, "weird or missing" gun textures elsewhere; Bond's watch face too. Surfaced by D215 (viewmodel now draws). Clean on Bunker1. | **Defect ① FIXED (M-90), pending human playtest eyeball — full detail in `findings.md` §H "D217 — M-90" and §F D217.** Root cause: weapon texpool arena bases land %8==4 on PC (memp bump drift from pointer bloat); `texAlignIndices` absolute 8-byte row padding then shifts every palette 4 bytes early while model-DL `G_LOADTLUT` reads the N64 offset (grip count=1 load lands on next tenant's header slot → `0x1A00` green; larger loads read a 2-entry zero pad — the M-86 tell). Fix: `texInitPool` rounds the base up to 8 under `#ifdef PORT` (no-op on N64); 21/21 sweep PASS. Two defects: ① **visible green = misaligned texpool arena** (fixed as above). ② **CI texture-cache collision** (no palette-content key) — proven, **fix landed on branch `fix/d217-model-texture-palette` `f6fc0399`** (palette FNV-1a hash in the CI cache key), owes a 21-level `verify.sh sweep`; does not fix ①. |
 | **D174** | "No blood effect" — user reports no visible blood when shooting guards / into surfaces. | **User QA report; likely D120, unverified.** Decals: the D120 `PointUsage[]` converter fix (M-30) was never interactively verified and only takes effect after a full sidecar regen (`d43 && d69 && d88 --regen`) — check whether the playtest build had regenerated sidecars before concluding the fix failed. Spray: D172 observed the particle spray *drawing* (wrong color, magenta/cyan) on Silo — if the user sees no spray either, that's new info (different weapon/range, or the D172 decode is worse than "wrong color"). First step: BUNKER1 firefight with regenerated sidecars; if decals still absent, instrument the `chr.c:3328` decal walk. |
 | **D173** | Third-person Bond model (the player-representing figure shown at level start) spawns too high — floats well above the ground "a lot of the time" while the actual player spawn is correct. Same symptom on the Cuba end credits: JB stands ~6 ft in the air above Natalya. | **Confirmed still present across the full 21-level playthrough (M-49).** **Observed, not investigated** (user QA report). D75 animated-model family but a *position* defect, not absence — M-33 confirmed the gun-barrel Bond renders fine upright. Suspects: (a) intro/credits puppet chr spawn position vs the model's base transform; (b) anim root-motion accumulation (`modelSetAnimFrame2WithChrStuff`, D156 area) offsetting the rendered joints above the body origin; (c) a `coord3d`/packed-float decode in the intro camera/model setup. "Player spawning is OK" localises it to the render-side model, not `g_CurrentPlayer` state. |
 | **D182** | SELECT FILE screen degrades after navigating away and back (main menu → file select, or backing out of file select and re-entering). On the fresh screen the 007 gun-barrel spiral / Bond silhouette renders behind the file boxes; after a round-trip **the Bond image stops drawing entirely** and the whole background gains the **comb / interlacing** artifact (horizontal line scramble). File boxes, text and the Copy/Erase icons still draw. | **Observed, screenshot committed** (M-35, user QA; `docs/img/bugs/d182-file-select-backout-20260902.png`). Two symptoms, likely linked: **(1)** background 3D image stops rendering after re-entry → a front-end model/DL whose `render_pos` / segment binding is only valid on first construction (D149 / D75 `constructor_menuXX` family — the dossier/wallet models have the same "renders once" behavior). **(2)** interlacing = **M-36 triage: Family A**, the `import_texture_*` `line` vs `full_image_line` shear (see D176(b) / `docs/dev/M-36-TRIAGE.md`) — **not** the D159 `texSwapAltRowBytes` path (that is a full PORT no-op). Open question: why only *after* a round-trip — first import may land `line == width`, re-import may not, or the tile descriptor is stale on re-entry. Repro: `GE_STARTMENU` to file-select, back out with ESC/B, re-enter; `GE_DTEX` on the spiral texture across both visits. Shares defect (2) with D176(b). |
 | **D197** | Character face/head textures wrap wrong — the face texture repeats around the side of the head "and continues weird" instead of clamping to the front. Seen on **Silo** (M-49 playtest), intermittent ("sometimes"). Reads as **`G_TX_CLAMP` not honoured** for the character-skin tile in fast3d (→ `GL_REPEAT`, so the face UV region tiles around the skull), or wrong `shifts`/`shiftt` / LOD-tile selection on the head texture, or the D167 non-PoT wrap-period issue (head textures are often non-PoT) hitting skinned models. | **Observed, not investigated** (M-49, user bug report — needs a capture + which chr/level). Distinct from D176(b)/D182(2) (those are *bg wall* pitch shear). Related: RC3/D167 (`Video.WrapFix`, non-PoT wrap period) + the `texWriteTileLods` `shifts=shiftt=lod` note in findings §F "D176(b) → 4. candidate 2". First checks: does `gfx_pc.cpp` map N64 `cms/cmt` `G_TX_CLAMP` → `GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE` for character DLs; is the head tile getting the base tile vs an LOD tile (D107); try `Video.WrapFix=1` on a repro. |
 | **D195** | Transparency / alpha-blended surfaces render wrong — reported on **Control** (Severnaya bunker basement — Natalya's console room; heavy on glass partitions and the translucent projected/holographic wall displays). Exact failure mode not yet pinned by the reporter (M-49 playtest): candidates are alpha-blended geometry drawing fully opaque, translucent panels drawing invisible, or draw-order/sort so translucent surfaces occlude what's behind. | **Observed, not investigated** (M-49, user bug report — needs a `GE_PCDUMP` capture + which surfaces). fast3d render-mode / combiner path. Same neighborhood as D161 (CI8 tile + `G_TT_NONE` → garbage), D172 (particle-sprite channel order), D176(b) (texture pitch shear) — but this is a *blend/alpha* defect, not a texture-decode one. Note D128 already touched Control's `specialportalarray` (portal struct stride) — check whether the affected surfaces are portal-adjacent. First checks: does `gfx_pc.cpp` honour `G_RM_*` XLU render modes + `G_AC_THRESHOLD`/`G_CC` alpha for these DLs; is `gDPSetRenderMode` `w1` being parsed (cf. findings §F "zbuf-clear w1 scribble"); is Z-write-vs-blend ordering right for XLU surfaces. Get the reporter to say: opaque-where-should-be-clear, invisible, or wrong edges? |
-| **1P weapon viewmodel** | In-level first-person weapon models don't draw at all (no gun visible while playing). | Already documented — **AUDIT-M6 #5** (`docs/dev/AUDIT-M6-player-offsets.md`, "prime suspect") + §F D115 "still open (MED)"; M-8 handoff listed it NOT STARTED with a plan: instrument `gunfire.c:600-661` setup + `field_87F` gating first, then check `weaponModel.render_pos` arena lifetime and `weaponRwPool[192]` sizing. Note M-32b's "render_pos/dynAllocate RULED OUT" probe was the **front-end gun-barrel** path (`title.c`), not this in-level path — candidate #5 still stands. Distinct from the watch-page "dark/faint weapon model" (D75, D141 note). |
+| **D252** | Particle effects cycle through a rainbow palette — bullet-impact sparks and lingering smoke/explosion residue drift through the full hue wheel over time (~10 shots to sweep it) instead of holding their intended grey/orange palette (M-124, user playtest). Full mechanism + suspect in findings §F **D252**: colour comes from 15 distinct `IMAGE_SMOKE_N`×`IMAGE_FIRE_N` (RGBA16) pairs the particles age through; prime suspect is `import_texture_rgba16` deriving width/height from the tile line size (32×7 instead of 16×14 for the fire tiles), scrambling each stage's sprite into a different wrong hue. | **Documented only — not fixed for v0.2.0-pre** (user instruction). Confirm with one dumped fire tile vs raw `IMAGE_FIRE_N` bytes, then derive width/height from the LOADBLOCK dtx/dlh. D172/M-82 lineage. |
+| **1P weapon viewmodel** | **RESOLVED (M-83, D215).** In-level first-person weapon models drew nothing. Root cause: `gunRenderFirstPersonGunModels` built its `ModelRenderData` via `*(ModelRenderData*)&D_80035CC0` — a reinterpret across two separately-declared adjacent globals that only lands right on the N64 linker + 4-byte pointers; on x86-64 `renderdata.flags` read 0, gating every weapon DL node off in `modelRenderNodeGundl`. All 3 ranked suspects in VIEWMODEL-RESEARCH.md were ruled out first by the `GE_DVM=1` probe. Fixed `#ifdef PORT` (explicit field init). `subdraw` 1→153 gfx cmds; owed one BUNKER1 eyeball. |
 
 ## Resolved (for reference)
 

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@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ auto-injected, D121), `GE_PCDUMP="80-260:40"`, ~24 s watchdog then
 0x140000000). "render %" = `tools_pc/pixcount.py` non-clear on the last
 captured frame. Binary at `f2beae4b` + this session's build.
 
+**M-79/M-81 catch-up note (added M-91, since these fixes were never given a
+LEVEL-STATUS entry of their own).** Both crashers below (D191) and the
+AI-pacing bug (D193) that blocked Cradle were subsequently root-caused,
+fixed, and playtest-verified: D191 in M-79 (user replayed both trigger
+scenes — Bunker ii first-guard kill, Statue post-Trevelyan cutscene — neither
+crashes; **21/21 solo levels crash-free**), D193 in M-81 (user-verified on
+Cradle itself — Trevelyan and the guards run at correct pace; root cause was
+D209). **No known crashing levels as of M-91.** What's still open is a full
+21-mission end-to-end re-playthrough confirming completability on the
+current build (the "v0.2.0 gate" in `docs/HANDOFF.md`) — the M-49 playtest
+below predates both fixes and should not be read as current.
+
 **M-49 (2026-09-04) — full-campaign playtest, v0.1.0 win64 bundle.**
 User played every solo mission on the packaged build (fresh save). **19 / 21
 completable start to finish.** Only two crashes in the whole game — **Bunker ii

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+# QoL Inventory — PD-vs-GE options diff
+
+Status: **partially implemented.** M-83 landed three port-only quick wins —
+DisplayFPS (D213), anisotropic filtering (D212), and the FOV slider (D211, via
+`WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN.md` Phase 4). Rebinding / SkipIntro / per-pad tuning /
+window HiDpi still open. Companion to `WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN.md` and
+`UNLOCKED-FPS-PLAN.md`.
+
+Method: diffed the config surface of both ports — every `configRegister*`
+key in `pd_port/port/src/*.c` vs `port/src/config.c` + the F10 overlay
+(`port/src/optionsoverlay.c`) + PD's `optionsmenu.c`. Principle applied:
+**where PD has a QoL feature that is achievable here, it is the standard;
+GE keeps its own extras.**
+
+Classification key — **P** = port-only (no rules issues), **G** = needs a
+game-code exception (rule #2 sign-off, per `WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN.md` framing).
+
+## GE already has (baseline — keep)
+
+Input: mouse enable/capture/aim+turn speed/invert Y/Y scale/smoothing/raw
+input, aim band, hipfire pitch speed, menu pointer speed + mode (GE's menu
+cursor is injected entirely in `port/src/input.c` — no game code), pad
+deadzone/trigger %. Video: VSync, FpsCap, MSAA, TextureFilter,
+FixMipTextures, WrapFix, Fullscreen, Window geometry. Game:
+ScreenShakeIntensity. Debug: FrameDump, InputLog.
+
+## PD has, GE lacks (candidates)
+
+| Feature | PD location | Class | Effort | Notes / priority |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **Key rebinding** _(DONE M-83, D214)_ | `port/src/input.c` `[Input.Bind]` section | P | M | Keyboard only, 12 actions, `Input.Bind.* = Key,Key` (SDL scancode names), file-driven like PD. Defaults = prior FPS layout (verified). Per-controller pad rebinding + a UI still open. |
+| **SkipIntro** _(DONE M-83, D216)_ | `Game.SkipIntro` -> `src/game/lv.c` | P | S | Boots to the SELECT FILE menu, skipping the legal screen + Nintendo/Rare/GoldenEye logo attract loop. Reuses the game's own post-intro route (sets `is_first_time_on_main_menu=FALSE` + `menu_update=MENU_FILE_SELECT`); one `#ifdef PORT` line in the existing GE_STARTMENU block. Verified headless (screenshots). |
+| **DisplayFPS** _(DONE M-83, D213)_ | config `Video.DisplayFPS` | P | S | Top-right readout, config-only; ~0.5 s sample window. |
+| **Anisotropic filtering** _(DONE M-83, D212)_ | `Video.Anisotropy` (1–16, dflt 4) | P | S | fast3d already had the GL hook + a hardcoded 4×; M-83 exposed it as config. MipmapFilter / TextureFilter2D still not surfaced. |
+| Per-pad tuning: per-stick deadzones, stick scale, rumble scale, device index, swap sticks, C-button mapping | `input.c` padsCfg block | P | M | Medium. Matters for real-controller users; PD pattern is a config section per pad. **M-87 survey addendum:** PD does *incremental* hot-plug (`SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED/REMOVED` opens/closes individual pads into the first free slot, remembers `deviceIndex=-1` on removal so a replugged pad returns to its configured seat, `input.c:473-491`); GE's port instead does a full rescan-close-and-reopen-everything (`inputRescanPads()`, `input.c:983-1000`) and the game itself latches the controller mask at boot, so a pad added later merges into controller 0 for play. PD's incremental-with-remembered-seat approach is the natural implementation shape for this row and sidesteps the boot-latch merge — fold into the design when this row gets built, not a separate item. |
+| **Rumble → D224 (M-87). DEPRIORITIZED (M-87, user call) — gamepad-only, this release targets mouse/keyboard as primary.** GE's port fully no-ops the N64 Rumble Pak (`port/src/libultra.c:1220-1223` `osMotorInit/Start/Stop` all stubbed "no accessories on the PC") — GE genuinely has a rumble subsystem (`src/motor.c`, `src/joy.c`) that never reaches any output. **PD's PC port wires this straight through to real gamepad rumble**: `inputRumbleSupported()`/`inputRumble()` call `SDL_GameControllerRumble()` when the connected pad reports haptics, `Input.PadN.RumbleScale` config + an options-menu slider, `osMemSize`-style "pretend the accessory is there" pattern applied to a real one instead of faked. | P | M | Concrete PD-port precedent, straightforward port-layer wiring, ready whenever gamepad support is prioritized (no `src/` game-logic touch — GE's `motor.c` calls already exist, just need `osMotorStart/Stop` in `libultra.c` to route to a real `SDL_GameControllerRumble` call the way PD's do). |
+| FakeGamepads / FirstGamepadNum / UseHIDAPI | `input.c` | P | S–M | Niche (local MP on PC); defer until MP is actually played. |
+| Window polish: DefaultFullscreen/Maximize, CenterWindow, AllowHiDpi, ExclusiveFullscreen | `video.c` vid* block | P | S | HiDpi + center are the useful ones on modern Windows. |
+| VSync adaptive (−1..10) | `Video.VSync` range | P | S | Note for FPS plan — GE's 0/1 toggle is fine until then. |
+| **CenterHUD** (0/1/2 = left/center/right) | `Game.CenterHUD` → `g_HudAlignModeL/R` | G* | — | Already scoped in `WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN.md` Option B (Phase 1 decision). Not a separate item. |
+| Per-player FovY + FovAffectsZoom | `Game.Player%d.FovY`, `g_PlayerExtCfg` | G | M | PD does this in game code. GE's port-only RSP FOV slider (widescreen plan Phase 4) covers the global case; per-player is a stretch goal needing the exception class. |
+| MemorySize (4–2048 MB emulated RAM) | `Game.MemorySize` → `g_OsMemSizeMb` | P? | S | Check how GE sizes its OS memory heap; if fixed, make it a config knob (stability lever for heavy levels). |
+| MaxExplosions / GEMuzzleFlashes / DisableMpDeathMusic | PD decomp edits | G | S | Low priority; rule-#2 cost > benefit. Skip unless asked. |
+| GlareBrightness / OverexposureScale / FramebufferEffects | PD post-FX | — | — | Not applicable: GE's fast3d has no framebuffer-effect path. Excluded. |
+| **HUD scale → D226 (M-87, new).** Ammo counter + bottom-left pickup/status text + top-of-screen dialogue all funnel through one function, `textRenderOutlined()` (`textrelated.c:688`), from two `bondview2.c` call sites — plain RDP texture-rectangles at native glyph size, no scale factor anywhere. Menus/options/MP UI share the same function but must NOT be scaled by this (different constraint, own layout). | P | M | User-requested. No PD precedent. Scale-about-anchor (bottom stays bottom, top stays top), matching D211's HUD-static principle. F10 slider candidate alongside FovScale. |
+| **F10 overlay: mouse-wheel scroll + more settings + category grouping → D237 (M-106, new).** The F10 options overlay (`port/src/optionsoverlay.c`) works but has no wheel-scroll navigation and only a minimal row set. User ask: (1) scroll with the mouse wheel; (2) expose more settings that can easily be surfaced — explicitly `Game.NoHitFlash` (D232, screen-flash setting), plus other cheap candidates from this inventory's baseline list (e.g. `Video.Anisotropy`, `Video.TextureFilter`, `Input.MouseYScale`, `Input.MouseSmoothing`, `Input.AimBand`); (3) organise rows by category — mouse settings together, video together, etc. (group headers over the existing flat registry walk). | P | M | User-requested. No PD precedent needed — pure port-layer overlay work on top of the existing `config.c` registry; wheel event already reaches the port (`inputPostWheel`, D223). Cross-ref `OPTIONS-MENU-PLAN.md` §3. |
+| **Mouse sensitivity rework → D238 (M-106, new).** User wants normal PC-shooter mouse settings: (1) a *separate* RMB aim-mode sensitivity; (2) ideally ONE single master sensitivity driving both turn + aim, **linked by default**, with a future option to set them independently (today `Input.MouseAimSpeed` dflt 16 and `Input.MouseTurnSpeed` dflt 100 are two unrelated keys, `input.c:188-190`); (3) up/down should feel mostly the same as left/right — GEPD Mouse Injector cited as the good-feel reference. Implementation shape: one master `Input.MouseSensitivity` feeding both paths with a per-mode scale factor defaulting to equal, plus independent override keys that decouple only when set; audit the Y-axis gain asymmetry (`AIM_GAIN` vs `MOUSE_TURN_GAIN`, `MouseYScale`, smoothing) so vertical tracks horizontal. Lump with the overall mouse/input fixes (D194/D165/D166 lineage; the SOLITAIRE natural-pitch scheme switch noted on D166 may subsume part of this). | P | M | User-requested. No PD precedent — GE-specific feel work in `port/src/input.c` + `config.c`. |
+| **Click-to-lock / always-grab parity → D239 (M-106, new).** User: click-to-lock should be the default (it already is — `mouseCaptureMode = 1`, `input.c:185`); "always grab" feels bad on the file-select menu and is not 1:1 with click-to-lock; if parity is too complicated, **drop always-grab and remove the setting**. Re-confirms the M-82 decision to rip out `MouseCaptureMode=0` (`docs/BACKLOG.md` "M-82 playtest feedback"; D192 documents mode 0's unreachable-outer-cells defect). Recommendation: take the fallback — delete mode 0 + the config key, keep click-to-lock only. | P | S | User-requested; closes D192 by deletion rather than fix. |
+| **Debug unlock-all → D225 (M-87, new, dev-tooling not player QoL).** One env-gated `#ifdef PORT` short-circuit at `fileGetIsCheatUnlocked()` (`src/game/file2.c:391`) unlocks **both** all-mission-select **and** the full cheat menu in one change — the two gates already share that single function. Bonus: exposes leftover Rare dev cheats (`CHEAT_LINEMODE` wireframe, `CHEAT_BONDPHASE`, `CHEAT_DEBUG_POS/UNK5`) that are otherwise unreachable. | P | S | User-requested testing convenience ("always enable all level access + all cheats... goes a long way"). Default off, pure query-time override, zero save-data/gameplay-logic touch. |
+
+## GE has, PD lacks (keep as-is)
+
+`Video.FixMipTextures`, `Video.WrapFix`, `Input.AimBand`,
+`Input.HipfirePitchSpeed`, `Input.MouseSmoothing`, `Debug.FrameDump`,
+`Debug.InputLog`. No action.
+
+## Suggested Phase 4 order (after audio; ordering vs widescreen/FPS TBD)
+
+1. **Quick wins (all P, small):** SkipIntro, DisplayFPS, aniso + mipmap
+   filters, window HiDpi/center.
+2. **Rebinding** (P, medium) — the headline Phase 4 item; PD pattern is
+   config-string driven, no UI required for parity.
+3. **Per-pad tuning** (P, medium).
+4. Niche: fake gamepads / HIDAPI (when MP gets played); MemorySize knob
+   (after the heap check).
+
+Everything here is parked behind audio like the other plans; nothing in this
+inventory implies an implementation decision yet.

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+# Unlocked FPS Plan
+
+Status: **proposal, parked** — documented while audio work (project Phase 3) is
+active. Do not start Phase 0 until audio is done; first action when resumed is
+the Phase 0 measurement pass.
+
+**M-119 note:** this plan's premise below ("default preset = ~30fps") is now
+stale — **D248** (M-118) found and fixed a real port bug (a pointer-width
+scheduler ABI bug) that had been silently halving the game to 30fps since the
+port's inception; the corrected default is a genuine 60fps. Re-measure Phase 0
+against the corrected baseline before resuming this plan. Also see **D250**
+(M-119, open): the exposed real 60fps cost now drops to 20-40fps intermittently
+on some levels — a performance pass may be a prerequisite for this plan, not
+just a baseline re-measurement.
+Related: `docs/dev/findings.md` §D117 (GE_DETERM), §D155 (catch-up clamp),
+`port/src/libultra.c` (pacemaker), `src/game/frametiming.c`, `src/sched.c`.
+
+## Decisions (agreed)
+
+1. **Default preset = the original pace** — whatever the game currently does
+   (measured ~30 fps; Phase 0 pins the exact rate). All testing, level
+   sweeps, determinism runs (`GE_DETERM`), and playtest baselines stay on the
+   default preset. Its code path must remain byte-for-byte what it is today.
+2. **Unlocked FPS (60 / 120 / uncapped) is EXPERIMENTAL.** It ships behind a
+   clearly-labelled option and may be less polished than the default.
+3. **Hard requirement:** raising the presentation rate must never change game
+   speed. Sim rate is invariant across presets. This is "the main speed-up
+   issue" and it gates everything else.
+4. **Follow the PD PC port where feasible** (`pd_port` checkout): wall-clock
+   accumulator pacing with remainder carry, vsync + framerate-limit options,
+   safety cap when vsync is off.
+
+## Non-goals (for now)
+
+- Motion interpolation between sim ticks (the only thing that would make 120
+  fps *look* like 120 fps). Requires per-entity prev/cur state in the
+  DL-building game code — rule #2 territory, parked as a separate proposal.
+- Changing the sim rate itself (running logic at 120 Hz with halved constants
+  is explicitly out — game logic).
+
+## Background: why raising FPS today speeds up the game
+
+One clock drives everything:
+
+- `portTickThread` (`port/src/libultra.c`) posts a VI-retrace message on a
+  free-running grid (60 Hz NTSC / 50 Hz PAL, `g_tickIntervalUs`).
+- `src/sched.c` `__scMain` blocks on that retrace; `__scHandleRetrace`
+  notifies clients → **exactly one sim tick + one render per retrace**.
+- `osGetCount()` is wall-clock scaled to 46.5 MHz. `waitForNextFrame()`
+  (`src/game/frametiming.c`) converts elapsed time to `deltaFrames`, which
+  becomes `g_ClockTimer` (`src/game/lv.c:1008`) driving the per-tick sim loops.
+
+The quantization is the trap: `nextFrameTime = (elapsed + Q/2) / Q` (Q = one
+frame quantum). The `+Q/2` bias **rounds every interval up to at least 1
+tick**, and `waitForNextFrame` spins until ≥1 tick is due. Consequence:
+**sim speed tracks the retrace rate almost 1:1** — 30 Hz retrace → 30 ticks/s,
+120 Hz retrace → ~120 ticks/s (each 8.3 ms interval rounds up to a full
+tick). That is exactly the observed "anything faster speeds up the game".
+
+Two useful existing properties:
+
+- GE's game code already handles `g_ClockTimer == 0` and multi-tick deltas
+  everywhere (`for (i = 0; i < g_ClockTimer; i++)`, explicit `== 0` guards in
+  bondhead/bondview2/propobj/explosion). The N64 used this for dropped frames.
+- D155 already clamps catch-up to 6 ticks after a real-time hitch.
+
+## What the PD port does (reference)
+
+- `src/game/timing.c` `frametimeCalculate()`: wall-clock accumulator with
+  remainder carry (`lostframetime60t`) → `diffframe60` / `diffframe240` ticks
+  due **per rendered frame**; render loop runs at display rate.
+- Vsync + framerate limit options (`VIDEO_MAX_FPS` 200/240); vsync-off with
+  no cap forces the safety cap.
+- Feasibility mapping to GE:
+  - *Pacing math (accumulator + carry)* → adoptable **port-only**. ✓
+  - *Render frames carrying zero sim ticks* → blocked in GE by
+    `waitForNextFrame`'s ≥1-tick enforcement (`frameDelay`, only settable
+    under `LEFTOVERDEBUG`). A crafted `osGetCount()` cannot defeat it (the
+    spin + `+Q/2` bias always yield ≥1). Needs a game-code change → **parked**
+    (see "Parked" below), and note it buys little without interpolation.
+
+## Phases
+
+### Phase 0 — Baseline & ground truth (port-only)
+
+Goal: know exactly what the default preset does before touching anything.
+
+- [ ] Measure actual sim rate and present rate of the current default build
+      (speedgraph + a `video.c` counter; add a periodic log line
+      `sim=..Hz render=..Hz`). Confirm NTSC vs PAL build.
+- [ ] Find why the default is ~30 rather than the console's 60 Hz. Candidates:
+      - tick-thread 4 ms chunked-sleep drift under host load;
+      - `__scTaskReady` double-buffer check (`sched.c`) stalling a task every
+        other retrace;
+      - `__scHandleRetrace`'s client flag read `*((s32*)client + 2)` is
+        **out-of-bounds of `OSScClient`** (struct is only `next`+`msgQ`; the
+        decomp even says "im wrong size"). For `gfxClient[0]` it happens to
+        read `gfxClient[1].next` (zero) — but this is layout luck, worth a
+        documented finding either way.
+- [ ] Record a Dxxx finding with the measured rates and root cause.
+- [ ] **Decision gate:** if 30 fps turns out to be a port artifact rather than
+      original behavior, document it and decide with data whether the default
+      preset keeps the current pace (test continuity) or is fixed. Default
+      assumption: keep current behavior as the "original" preset either way;
+      a fix becomes its own item.
+
+### Phase 1 — PD-style pacing hardening (port-only)
+
+Makes the default preset stable and drift-free; no game-code changes.
+
+- [ ] Replace the free-running tick grid in `portTickThread` with a
+      wall-clock accumulator + remainder carry (PD `frametimeCalculate` math):
+      post ticks when real time says they're due, carry the remainder, bounded
+      catch-up after hitches (D155 philosophy). No drift under load, no burst
+      of back-to-back ticks.
+- [ ] `video.c`: proper frame limiter for fractional caps (spin+sleep hybrid),
+      triple-buffered swap chain, and the PD safety rule (vsync off + no cap →
+      force a max cap so "unlocked" can't spin).
+- [ ] Config: keep `Video.VSync` / `Video.FpsCap`; add whatever Phase 2 needs.
+
+### Phase 2 — Experimental presentation rates (port-only)
+
+The user-visible "60 / 120 / unlocked" feature. Game speed is invariant **by
+construction**: sim + render stay on the original tick clock; only *present*
+runs faster by showing each rendered frame more than once.
+
+- [ ] Frame duplication at the present stage (`video.c` / fast3d SDL swap
+      path, near `gfx_pre_swap_hook`): after a fresh frame is presented,
+      re-present the last finished frame on extra vsyncs until the next sim
+      tick's frame is ready. Target rates: 60, 120, uncapped (safety-capped à
+      la PD `VIDEO_MAX_FPS`).
+- [ ] Input at present rate: sample SDL input continuously in
+      `port/src/input.c`; each sim tick consumes the latest state (compare
+      against PD `joy.c`). This is the real tangible win of the feature: up
+      to ~half a frame of latency removed even without interpolation.
+- [ ] Options menu entries, clearly labelled **experimental**
+      (`port/src/optionsoverlay.c`), default preset untouched.
+- [ ] Audio check: `src/audi.c` uses real-time `osGetTime()` and its own
+      thread; libaudio buffer sends ride the sim/retrace clock. Verify nothing
+      divides by an assumed frame rate; expect no changes.
+
+### Phase 3 — Verification & sign-off
+
+- [ ] `GE_DETERM` regression: default preset simulation path byte-identical to
+      pre-change (existing determinism diffs keep passing).
+- [ ] Preset-invariance playtest: a timed in-game event (e.g. a fixed-length
+      animation or timer) takes the same real time on default / 60 / 120 /
+      unlocked. This is the acceptance test for decision #3.
+- [ ] Hitch recovery: force a multi-second stall (debugger pause / asset load),
+      confirm D155 clamp holds and no speed spiral on any preset.
+- [ ] `./build-pc.sh` + `/linkcheck` ritual; new findings in §F/§H with index
+      labels.
+
+## Timing-consumer audit (each gets a line in the finding)
+
+| Consumer | Clock class | Action |
+|---|---|---|
+| `src/game/frametiming.c` (`waitForNextFrame`, `updateFrameCounters`) | sim-time | unchanged; stays tick-locked |
+| `src/boss.c:403,517` (main-loop gate, `MAIN_LOOP_TICK_INTERVAL`) | sim-time | unchanged; re-verify vs new pacemaker |
+| `src/usb.c:387,405` (LibDragon flash timeouts) | real-time | fine as-is; document |
+| `src/speed_graph.c` | measurement | fine; source of the rate log line |
+| `libultrare/audio/env.c`, `reverb.c` `lastCnt` | perf counters only | fine; document |
+| `src/audi.c` `g_DeltaTime` etc. (`osGetTime`) | real-time | fine; verify in Phase 2 |
+
+## Parked (needs explicit sign-off, separate proposals)
+
+1. **True decoupled sim/render (PD's zero-tick render frames).** Minimal
+   change class: relax `waitForNextFrame`'s ≥1-tick enforcement so rendered
+   frames can carry `deltaFrames = 0` (GE already guards `g_ClockTimer == 0`
+   everywhere). This is a *behavior-affecting* game-code edit gated off by
+   default — outside the ABI-only D3x exception, needs its own rules decision.
+   Perceptual benefit over Phase 2 duplication is small **without**
+   interpolation, so do this only as a prerequisite for #2.
+2. **Motion interpolation** (prev/cur entity state, lerp at render time).
+   The actual "120 fps looks like 120 fps" feature. Large, invasive, in
+   DL-building game code. Separate proposal; not implied by this plan.
+
+## Open questions
+
+- Phase 0 outcome: is the ~30 fps default a port artifact? (fix vs keep — see
+  decision gate)
+- PAL builds: default stays 50 Hz pace; experimental present rates identical
+  option set. Confirm no PAL-specific pacing assumptions in Phase 1 math.
+- Naming/caps for "unlocked": adopt PD's safety-cap value (200/240) or expose
+  the cap as a slider?
+
+**M-87 PD-legacy-survey note (candidate 8):** if this plan stalls and GE stays
+fixed-tick, PD's `Game.TickRateDivisor` (0–10, slow-motion/perf lever) +
+`Game.ExtraSleep` (`port/src/main.c:39,167-168`, applied `src/game/timing.c:49`)
+is a cheap borrowable fallback lever — not otherwise relevant since this plan's
+whole direction is decoupling sim from frame rate, the opposite of PD's
+fixed-tick-with-a-divisor approach.

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+# 1P weapon viewmodel — static research (read-only)
+
+> **RESOLVED 2026-09-09 (M-83, D215).** None of the three ranked suspects below
+> was the cause — all were ruled out by the `GE_DVM=1` probe (added this
+> session). The bug was `renderdata.flags == 0` in `gunRenderFirstPersonGunModels`:
+> the N64 `*(ModelRenderData*)&D_80035CC0` reinterpret-across-adjacent-globals
+> breaks under x86-64 pointer widening + no guaranteed global layout. Fixed
+> `#ifdef PORT` in `src/game/gunfire.c`. See findings.md D215. This doc is kept
+> for the ruled-out analysis only.
+
+Companion to `GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md` ("1P weapon viewmodel") and findings D115
+item #5 / AUDIT-M6 #5. Goal: narrow the five audit suspects to a ranked,
+probe-ready list. No code changed by this doc.
+
+## Path map (verified in source)
+
+- **Setup (per frame):** `bondview2.c:9040` → `gunUpdateAndFireBothHands()`
+  (`gunfire.c:1018`) → `gunUpdateAndFire(handnum)` (`gunfire.c:327`). Inside,
+  the weapon-model block at `gunfire.c:599-662`: computes `field_87F` (the
+  show/hide gate), then if set: `dynAllocate(numMatrices × sizeof Mtxf)` →
+  identity-fill → `modelCalculateRwDataLen` → `modelInit(HAND_WEAPON_MODEL,
+  &copy_of_body_obj_header[handnum], HAND_WEAPON_RWPOOL)` →
+  `hand->mtxlist = rwmtx` and (PORT/D102)
+  `weaponModel.render_pos = (RenderPosView*)rwmtx`.
+- **Render (same frame, later):** `gunRenderFirstPersonGunModels` loop at
+  `gunfire.c:1532-1540`: **`if (handptr->field_87F == 0) continue;`** then
+  `subdraw(&renderdata, HAND_WEAPON_MODEL(handptr))` (`model.c:5326`) which
+  does `gSPSegment(gdl, 3, osVirtualToPhysical(mdl->render_pos))` and walks
+  `mdl->obj->RootNode` — **a NULL RootNode returns silently, drawing
+  nothing**.
+
+## Statically ruled out (with evidence)
+
+1. **Transient-arena lifetime** (the audit's prime suspect). `dynAllocate`
+   is a bump allocator on the vtx pool (`src/game/dyn.c:123`), reset only by
+   `dynSwapBuffers()` at frame end. Setup and render both happen inside one
+   frame, so `render_pos`/`mtxlist` are valid when consumed — in solo play.
+   (Split-screen mid-frame swaps would be a separate question; out of scope.)
+2. **Word-index / record-size mismatch** (`flashvisptr = RWPOOL +
+   RwDataIndex`, `gunfire.c:650`). D52 kept `Model.datas` as `u32*` on PC
+   precisely so N64 word math holds, and `RwDataIndex` values are computed
+   at runtime by `modelCalculateRwDataIndexes` from the *PC* record sizes —
+   self-consistent. (Self-consistent ≠ in-bounds; see suspect 2.)
+3. **Segment/render_pos mechanism itself.** Every working model in the game
+   (bodies, props) uses the same `gSPSegment(3, render_pos)` +
+   `bondviewTransformManyPosToViewMatrix` machinery — and it renders. The
+   **watch menu draws the same weapon models** via a different path
+   (`set_enviro_fog_for_items_in_solo_watch_menu`, `gunfire.c:1630+`, local
+   matrices, no 87F gate, no hand rw-pool) and they appear (albeit faint —
+   D75/D141 note). So the model assets and headers are very likely fine; the
+   defect is in-level-path-specific.
+
+## Ranked suspects + probe spec
+
+**#1 — `field_87F` gating (`gunfire.c:599-610`).** The clear-condition
+disjunction contains `(Gun_hand_without_item(handnum) == 0)`. That function
+(`gun.c:812-816`) returns `hand_invisible[h] > 0 || (hand_item[h] == 0 &&
+field_2A44[h] < 0)` — so the term is TRUE (→ gate cleared → gun hidden)
+whenever the hand *has* an item and isn't invisible. Read naively, that
+hides the gun exactly when you're holding one; since the N64 shows the gun,
+the runtime values of `hand_item`/`field_2A44`/`hand_invisible` must differ
+from their names suggest — but this is the single most likely place for a
+PC-only divergence (e.g. a field the port initializes differently). If 87F
+is 0, the render loop `continue`s and the symptom is exactly "no gun, no
+crash".
+
+**#2 — rw-pool capacity.** PC records are wider than N64's (pointer fields);
+`weaponRwPool[192]` (768 B) was D102's scaled-up budget, but nothing bounds-
+checks it. The `#ifdef DEBUG` print at `gunfire.c:620` still tests the *N64*
+32-word threshold — stale on PC. If `numRecords` words exceed 192,
+`modelInitRwData` overruns the pool into whatever follows it in `struct
+hand` → corruption that could kill the draw (or worse, silently).
+
+**#3 — stale `copy_of_body_obj_header`.** Populated only at item load
+(`gun.c:924` shallow copy / `gun.c:931-951` `load_object_fill_header`). If a
+PC asset-load quirk zeroed it for the in-level path, `RootNode == NULL` and
+`subdraw` no-ops silently. Lower priority given the watch menu renders the
+same models — but cheap to confirm in the same probe.
+
+**Probe (one session, PORT-only, env-gated `GE_DVM=1`, zero behavior
+change):** in the `field_87F != 0` block at `gunfire.c:611+`, print once per
+frame while a pistol is held in BUNKER1: `handnum`, `item`, each clear-term
+value + final `field_87F`, `&copy_of_body_obj_header[h]`, `numMatrices`,
+`numRecords` (words) vs 192, `RootNode`, `rwmtx`. One run triages all three
+suspects: 87F==0 → suspect #1 (log which term); numRecords>192 → #2;
+RootNode NULL/garbage → #3.
+
+## Fix-shape notes (for when the probe lands)
+
+- If #1: the fix is a `#ifdef PORT` initialization/correction of whichever
+  hand field diverges — **not** an edit to the gate logic itself (rule #2);
+  document as Dxxx with the N64-vs-PC value table.
+- If #2: enlarge `weaponRwPool` to the measured max + a PORT bounds guard
+  that prints (mirrors the existing DEBUG print, correct threshold).
+- If #3: trace the `load_object_fill_header` call for the in-level weapon
+  load; likely an asset-offset issue in the port's loader path.

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+# Widescreen & FOV Plan
+
+Status: **proposal, parked** — like `UNLOCKED-FPS-PLAN.md`, resume after audio
+work (project Phase 3). Research current as of this writing.
+
+Scope decision (agreed): **target exactly two display aspects — 4:3 and 16:9.**
+Arbitrary aspect ratios are TBD and out of scope; the window manager should
+snap/letterbox to one of the two rather than trying to serve anything else.
+
+Standard (agreed): **Option B (native 16:9 render, PD-parity) is the goal.**
+The PD PC port's widescreen architecture is the reference standard for this
+engine family. Option A (4:3-internal + stretch) remains an acceptable
+**case-by-case workaround** only where B proves impractical for a specific
+surface — each such fallback documented individually.
+
+## Problem
+
+At high resolutions (e.g. 4K) in a 16:9 window the game is disorienting. Root
+cause, confirmed in code: the port renders in *window-resolution space*. All
+320×240 logical screen coordinates are scaled per-axis by
+`RATIO_X = win_w/320`, `RATIO_Y = win_h/240` (`port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp:53-54`).
+In a 16:9 window everything — world geometry **and** HUD — is stretched 4/3
+horizontally: circles become ellipses, and the horizontal FOV balloons from
+~78° to ~91° while vertical stays 60°. That stretch is the disorientation.
+
+## Research findings
+
+### 1. The FOV model (where FOV lives)
+
+- Vertical FOV is a fixed 60° base: `FOV_Y_F` (`src/fr.h:137`); per-player
+  `fovy`/`aspect` fields default to 60 / `DEFAULT_ASPECT`
+  (`src/game/player.c:454-455`).
+- Setters: `viSetFovY` / `viSetAspect` / `viSetFov(fovx, fovy)`
+  (`src/fr.c:911-934`) → `guPerspectiveF(g_viProjectionMatrixF, …, fovy,
+  aspect, znear, zfar, 1.0f)` (`src/fr.c:718`).
+- **FOV is dynamic**: aim zoom rewrites fovy every frame via
+  `viSetFovY(g_CurrentPlayer->zoominfovy)` (`src/game/bondview2.c:3123`), and
+  the camera path resets fovy/aspect per frame
+  (`bondviewMovePlayerUpdateViewport`, `src/game/bondview2.c:7967-8034`).
+  ⇒ Any FOV option must be a *multiplicative correction composable with zoom*,
+  not an override of a constant.
+
+### 2. The game ships with a (stretch-based) 16:9 path
+
+This decomp contains a player-facing widescreen path from the original:
+options-menu **"Ratio": Normal / 16:9** (`GAME_OPTIONS_INDEX_RATIO`, string
+`OPTION_STR_23_169_LF`, `src/game/options.c:129`), save bit
+`OPTION_SCREENRATIO` (`src/game/file2.c:1266-1270, 1323`),
+`get/set_screen_ratio()` (`src/game/options.c:553-558`). When active, the
+camera sets `aspect = (vp_w/vp_h) × 0.75 × 16/9` (= viewport ratio × 4/3,
+`src/game/bondview2.c:8007-8034`) — the pre-distortion for a **4:3 render
+stretched to 16:9** (N64-out-4:3, TV stretches). HUD compensation exists for
+crosshair (`gunfire.c:6316-6318`, half-width ×0.75) and rocket aim
+(`gunfire.c:501`); EU-only extras need an NTSC audit.
+
+⇒ This path is exactly **Option A's** game-side machinery. It is *not* the
+PD standard (which renders native 16:9), so under Option B it stays dormant
+except as fallback.
+
+### 3. Current port rendering pipeline (what to build on)
+
+- Render happens at window size; an FBO path already exists and activates when
+  internal dims ≠ window dims or MSAA > 1 (`gfx_pc.cpp:3041-3115+`).
+- Native-res bookkeeping: `GE_NATIVE_W/H` = 640×480 (NTSC) / 640×400 (PAL)
+  (`port/src/video.c:40-44`); VI size requests clamp to ≤640
+  (`port/src/libultra.c:816`). Auto window defaults to 4:3
+  (`port/fast3d/gfx_sdl2.cpp:107`).
+
+### 4. fast3d EXT aspect commands — already present in GE's RSP
+
+GE's software RSP (adapted from PD's) implements Rare's PC-port extension
+geometry-mode commands `G_ASPECT_{LEFT,RIGHT,WIDE,CENTER}_EXT`
+(`gfx_pc.cpp:1954-1979`, decoder at `gfx_sp_extra_geometry_mode`), and
+`port/fast3d/gbiex.h` carries the `gSP…EXT` command macros. **The RSP side of
+the PD standard already works in this codebase**; only the game-code emission
+sites are missing.
+
+### 5. The PD standard (reference architecture — what Option B replicates)
+
+From the `pd_port` checkout (N64 PD had no widescreen; the port added it):
+
+1. **Projection aspect comes from the port**: `videoGetAspect()` returns the
+   real window aspect (`gfx_current_dimensions.aspect_ratio`,
+   `port/src/video.c:232-235`). Game code calls `viSetAspect(videoGetAspect())`
+   (e.g. `title.c:2495`; even `#define TITLE_ASPECT (videoGetAspect())`).
+   Native 16:9 projection ⇒ correct perspective, vertical FOV preserved.
+2. **Per-element screen-space corrections** where an element is positioned in
+   screen coords: `sightGetAdjustedX(x)`, `×(SCREEN_ASPECT / videoGetAspect())`
+   scalings (`sight.c:77,921`, `sky.c:2728+`, `menu.c:2332,4771`,
+   `player.c:3108`).
+3. **HUD alignment via the EXT commands**: screen-space draw segments wrapped
+   in `gSPSetExtraGeometryModeEXT(gdl, G_ASPECT_CENTER_EXT)` …
+   `gSPClearExtraGeometryModeEXT(…)`, all under `#ifndef PLATFORM_N64`. With
+   the mode active, fast3d scales 4:3-logical screen coords by the *native*
+   aspect and centers (or left/right-aligns) them in the wider window — no
+   distortion. PD scale: **52 emission sites across 10 game files** (sight,
+   hudmsg, bondgun, menu, radar, title, propobj, credits, activemenu,
+   game_1531a0).
+4. User-facing: vsync/framerate options + HUD-centering option
+   (`g_HudCenter` → `g_HudAlignModeL/R`, `port/src/main.c:77-83`).
+
+**M-87 PD-legacy-survey notes (`docs/dev/notes/PD-LEGACY-SURVEY.md`):**
+- **Overscan/safe-frame (candidate 2, deliberate divergence, recorded here):**
+  PD hardcodes its native viewport to 320×220 (`port/src/video.c:77-79`) — the
+  N64-on-a-TV visible area after ~20 lines top/bottom of overscan. **GE's port
+  renders the full 640×480/640×400 frame, no overscan crop** (`port/src/video.c:38-47`)
+  — a deliberate PC-default choice (nothing hidden, no HUD-clipping risk from a
+  TV-only limitation), not an oversight, and not something to "fix" toward PD's
+  behavior. Net effect: GE shows ~9% more vertical content than PD at the
+  equivalent native resolution. Revisit only if a `Video.SafeAreaOverlay` debug
+  knob is ever wanted to visualize the original TV-safe region.
+- **"Ratio" 4:3/16:9 option (candidate 3) — correction, M-87 review:** PD
+  deleted its N64-era per-player Ratio dropdown on PC (`options.c` forces
+  `SCREENRATIO_NORMAL` outside `PLATFORM_N64`). GE's equivalent (`SCREEN_RATIO_16_9`,
+  `get/set_screen_ratio`, `options.c:553-558`, persisted per-save, consumed by
+  the camera) is a live, functioning code path — but it's an old **anamorphic
+  stretch toggle**, not true wider-FOV rendering, and this doc's own **Open
+  Questions** (below) already flag the tension and lean the *other* way: leave
+  this legacy flag **dormant** and have a **separate, new, port-owned
+  `Video.Aspect` config** be Option B's actual trigger — the same
+  separation-of-concerns choice PD itself made (PD didn't repurpose its legacy
+  flag either). Repurposing the shipped save-flag to drive a brand-new render
+  path risks desync (existing saves silently gaining/missing the modern
+  feature, or the flag and `Video.Aspect` disagreeing). **Not yet decided**
+  ("Decide Phase 1" below) — correcting an earlier note here that overstated
+  this as settled.
+
+## Option B — the standard (native 16:9, PD-parity)
+
+### Architecture
+
+Render directly at the 16:9 window resolution. World: projection aspect =
+window aspect (vertical FOV preserved, no post-stretch). HUD/screen-space:
+4:3-logical coordinates mapped undistorted via the EXT aspect modes
+(centered by default; left/right alignment available à la PD). 4:3 windows:
+byte-identical to today.
+
+### Change inventory
+
+**Port layer (no rules issues):**
+- [ ] `videoGetAspect()` equivalent in `port/src/video.c` (return window
+      aspect; GE already tracks `gfx_current_dimensions.aspect_ratio`).
+- [ ] Window/aspect policy: `Video.Aspect` {4:3, 16:9}, snap on create/resize;
+      out-of-scope aspects → nearest + note (TBD).
+- [ ] Make `port/fast3d/gbiex.h` reachable from game TUs (include path or a
+      shim header) — build-system only.
+- [ ] HUD alignment mode plumbing if we adopt PD's center/wide option
+      (`g_HudAlignModeL/R` pattern) — decide in Phase 1; default = centered.
+
+**Game code (exception class — see below):**
+- **(a) Projection aspect path.** `bondviewMovePlayerUpdateViewport`
+      (`bondview2.c:8007-8034`): under PORT + 16:9, use window aspect instead
+      of the ×4/3 stretch formula. Plus the menu/title/briefing call sites
+      `viSetFovY(FOV_Y_F); viSetAspect(ASPECT_RATIO_SD)` (`front.c` — ~7+
+      sites; enumerate in Phase 1) → PD pattern `viSetAspect(videoGetAspect())`.
+- **(b) HUD / screen-space draw sites.** Audit + wrap with EXT aspect modes
+      and/or per-element corrections, per surface: gameplay HUD (crosshair —
+      replaces the existing ×0.75 compensation; ammo/timer/text via
+      `textrelated.c`), menus (`front.c`), title/briefing/credits, letterbox
+      bars (`fr.c` gDPFillRectangle calls). GE's known screen-space emitters:
+      `front.c`, `textrelated.c`, `gunfire.c`, `bondwalk2.c` (initial grep;
+      Phase 1 completes the audit). Expect PD-comparable scale (~10 files),
+      possibly less.
+- **(c) Anything the audit surfaces** (e.g. mouse→screen mapping for menus,
+      cutscene camera framing) — each item logged individually.
+
+### Rule #2 exception framing (needs explicit sign-off to start Phase 2)
+
+This is a behavior-affecting game-code edit class, outside the ABI-only D3x
+exception. The case for granting it:
+
+1. **Direct sister-engine precedent**: PD's port made exactly these edits on
+   the same Rare engine/fast3d; the project designates PD as standing
+   reference for port patterns. We replicate a proven, bounded change class,
+   not inventing one.
+2. **Bounded and gated**: every edit is `#ifdef PORT` (and where sensible
+   runtime aspect-gated) so the N64 build and the 4:3 default path stay
+   byte-identical; golden/determinism tests unaffected at 4:3.
+3. **The decomp already contains** both a shipped 16:9 branch and `#ifdef
+   PORT` precedents in game files — the pattern is not foreign to this tree.
+
+Conditions: explicit user sign-off before Phase 2; each change (or tight
+cluster) gets a findings.md entry with §F index label citing the PD analogue;
+4:3 byte-identity verified per phase; any edit that would alter *sim* behavior
+(not just presentation) stops the work and comes back for review.
+
+### Fallback (case-by-case, documented)
+
+If the Phase 1 audit shows a specific surface is disproportionately costly or
+can't be made clean under B (candidate: complex cutscene framing), that
+surface may fall back to **Option A** — 4:3-internal render + edge-to-edge
+stretch using the game's shipped `SCREEN_RATIO_16_9` path (`set_screen_ratio`
+is an existing API; FBO+blit infra exists) — recorded as a finding with the
+reason. Whole-feature fallback to A only if B fails verification overall.
+
+## FOV adjustment design (port-only, applies to both options)
+
+- **Hook: software RSP projection post-scale.** Wherever the RSP applies the
+  uploaded projection matrix, scale its vertical row by
+  `tan(fov_orig/2) / tan(fov_adj/2)`. Zoom rewrites the matrix every frame, so
+  post-scaling whatever arrives composes with aim zoom for free. No game code.
+- Rejected: editing `viSetFovY` call sites (game code); writing
+  `g_ViBackData` from the port (racy).
+- UI: `Video.FovScale` (percent of original vertical FOV, e.g. 50–150),
+  default 100 = byte-identical to today.
+
+## Phases
+
+### Phase 0 — Verification research (port-only, read-mostly)
+
+- [ ] Playtest the in-game Ratio option as-is on PC; document + screenshot
+      what the shipped stretch path does under the current pipeline.
+- [ ] Measure baseline FOVs (4:3 and current 16:9-stretch) from the projection
+      matrix or a calibration render; record numbers.
+- [ ] Confirm `gbiex.h` EXT commands round-trip through GE's RSP with a test
+      DL (they should — decoder exists).
+- [ ] Audit EU-only aspect constants (`g_GunSightAspectRatio`,
+      `EU_CAMERA_8003642C_ASPECT`) for NTSC/PAL effect.
+- [ ] Record a Dxxx finding consolidating baselines.
+
+### Phase 1 — Port foundation + full change audit (port-only)
+
+- [ ] `videoGetAspect()`, window/aspect policy, gbiex.h include path.
+- [ ] Complete the screen-space draw-site audit for inventory item (b): every
+      emitter, its coordinate assumptions, proposed wrap/correction, PD
+      analogue cited. Output = the signed change list for Phase 2/3.
+- [ ] Decide HUD alignment default (centered vs PD's center/wide option).
+
+### Phase 2 — Projection aspect (game-code exception class, small wave)
+
+- [ ] Item (a): camera path + front.c call sites, `#ifdef PORT`-gated.
+- [ ] Verify: world perspective correct at 16:9 (FOV measurement vs Phase 0),
+      aim zoom composes, 4:3 byte-identical.
+
+### Phase 3 — HUD alignment wave (game-code exception class)
+
+- [ ] Item (b), per surface in order: gameplay HUD → menus →
+      title/briefing/credits → letterbox/misc. Each surface: change, visual
+      verification at 4:3 + 16:9, finding entry. Fallback-to-A decisions
+      happen here, per surface, with documented reason.
+
+### Phase 4 — FOV slider (port-only) — **LANDED (M-83, D211)**
+
+- [x] RSP projection post-scale (`gfx_apply_fov_scale()` in
+      `port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp`, load-path only); `Video.FovScale` config
+      (percent of vertical FOV, 50–150, default 100 = byte-identical) + F10
+      overlay row. Perspective-only (ortho/HUD untouched); columns 0+1 scaled
+      together so aspect is preserved. Build clean, `bunker1` no-op confirmed.
+- [ ] Owed: interactive eyeball of composition with aim-zoom at scale ≠ 100.
+
+This phase does **not** depend on the Phase 2/3 game-code exception — it
+shipped standalone ahead of the rest of the plan.
+
+### Phase 5 — Verification & sign-off
+
+- [ ] FOV measurements per mode/scale vs Phase 0 baselines.
+- [ ] Full HUD pass at 4:3 + 16:9; cosmetics → `GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`.
+- [ ] 4K performance check; MSAA interaction; config persistence; screenshots.
+- [ ] `./build-pc.sh` + `/linkcheck`; findings complete with §F index labels.
+
+## Open questions
+
+- HUD alignment UX: always-centered (simple) vs PD's center/wide option
+  (more faithful, more surface area). Decide Phase 1.
+- In-game Ratio menu entry under Option B: the shipped option means "stretch
+  mode" — keep it as the *fallback* trigger, hide it, or repurpose? Decide
+  Phase 1 (leaning: leave dormant; port config owns display mode).
+- Mouse/menu coordinate mapping at 16:9 (PD had `videoGetAspect()`-scaled
+  mouse math in menu.c) — confirm GE's menu input path needs the same.
+- Ordering vs `UNLOCKED-FPS-PLAN.md`: both parked behind audio; B renders
+  native so the FPS plan's present-stage duplication slots in unchanged.
+  Decide order when audio lands.
+- PAL: `GE_NATIVE` 640×400 bookkeeping — confirm aspect math per region.
+- Split-screen viewports under 16:9 — likely out of scope for PC; note and close.
+- **M-87 QoL ask (user, not critical, backlogged):** expose `Video.FovScale` as
+  a real horizontal-or-vertical **degree** value instead of the current
+  percent-of-original-vertical-FOV scale (D211) — the "50–150%" knob doesn't
+  tell the user what degree FOV they're actually getting. Needs: pick a
+  convention (report vertical, since that's what `frFovY` actually is post-D211
+  refix — `fr.c:737`) and either (a) relabel the F10 row + INI value as degrees
+  directly (`frFovY = clamp(requestedDeg, ~24°, 160°)`, drop the percent
+  multiply), or (b) keep percent internally but show the *computed* degree
+  value live in the F10 overlay/INI comment for transparency. (a) is cleaner
+  and removes a level of indirection; check whether anything else reads
+  `Video.FovScale` as a percent before renaming the key (search besides
+  `fr.c`/`video.c`). Cosmetic/UX only, no render-path change beyond the
+  input unit.

docs/dev/agentic-development.md

@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-# Agentic development: two AI coding agents porting GoldenEye 007
+---
+title: Agentic Development
+description: A case study in two AI coding agents porting a Nintendo 64 game to PC; the setup, timeline, handoff workflow, and an honest assessment of what worked.
+---
 
-*A case study in AI-agent collaboration on a large, low-level codebase. A
-GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 → desktop port, taken from "builds a ROM" to
-"playable front end" in about two weeks — driven mostly by two coding agents (a
-local open-weight model, Qwen 3.8, on a single RTX 5090, and a hosted frontier
-model, Claude / Claude Code), handing work back and forth through shared
-written notes under one person's part-time direction. This is the goal, the
-method, the timeline, and an honest read on what did and didn't work.*
+## Agentic development: two AI coding agents porting GoldenEye 007
+
+*How this port was actually built: a local open-weight model (Qwen 3.8 on a
+single RTX 5090) and a hosted frontier model (Claude / Claude Code) handing
+work back and forth through shared written notes, under one person's
+part-time direction. The goal, the setup, the timeline, and an honest read on
+what did and didn't work.*
 
 ## Contents
 
 - [Why this project exists](#why-this-project-exists)
 - [The setup](#the-setup)
 - [Timeline](#timeline)
-- [By the numbers](#by-the-numbers) — [Commit velocity](#commit-velocity) · [Who did what](#who-did-what)
+- [By the numbers](#by-the-numbers); [Commit velocity](#commit-velocity) · [Who did what](#who-did-what)
 - [The handoff workflow](#the-handoff-workflow)
 - [Assessment](#assessment)
 
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ method, the timeline, and an honest read on what did and didn't work.*
 
 The playable port is real, but it is not the primary deliverable. The goal was
 to **test how well coding agents hold up on a large, unfamiliar, low-level
-codebase** — one with none of the properties that make web-app work easy for
+codebase**; one with none of the properties that make web-app work easy for
 an LLM:
 
 - ~230 translation units of decompiled Nintendo 64 game C, compiled
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ an LLM:
 Concretely it set out to validate a **two-agent arrangement**: a
 locally-hosted open-weight model doing the bulk of the work on a single
 consumer GPU, a hosted frontier model brought in for a collaborative phase,
-and — the part that turned out most interesting — the two **handing work back
+and, the part that turned out most interesting, the two **handing work back
 and forth** through shared written artifacts, directed by one human.
 
 ## The setup
@@ -44,17 +47,17 @@ and forth** through shared written artifacts, directed by one human.
 | | |
 |---|---|
 | Local agent | `unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL` on a single **NVIDIA RTX 5090**, driven mainly through the **[pi](https://pi.dev/)** coding agent. Unsloth Desktop (Unsloth's local model runtime, which can drive agents such as Claude Code) was also trialed but not used significantly. |
-| Hosted agent | **Claude**, via **Claude Code**, on a Claude Pro subscription — mostly **Sonnet 5**, with **Opus 5** used as an escalation tier for the hardest problems and whenever there was subscription budget to spend on it |
+| Hosted agent | **Claude**, via **Claude Code**, on a Claude Pro subscription; mostly **Sonnet 5**, with **Opus 5** used as an escalation tier for the hardest problems and whenever there was subscription budget to spend on it |
 | Human | one person: direction, work partitioning, integration, and every build / playtest / frame-capture the agents could not run |
 | Base | fork of the [GoldenEye 007 decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) (years of prior work by Larry Ficken ("kholdfuzion") and contributors) |
-| Reused | the [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark)'s `fast3d` software RSP — same Rare engine family |
+| Reused | the [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark)'s `fast3d` software RSP; same Rare engine family |
 
 The port is the GoldenEye-specific porting work **on top of** those two
 existing bodies of work; it is not a from-scratch reimplementation of either.
 
 In practice the models formed a **three-tier escalation**: the local model
 handled well-scoped work, Sonnet 5 took what it stalled on, and Opus 5 was
-reserved for the bugs that needed the most reasoning held at once — the same
+reserved for the bugs that needed the most reasoning held at once; the same
 "escalate when stuck" move applied at every level.
 
 ## Timeline
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ All dates from this repository's own commit history (August 2026).
 gantt
     dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
     axisFormat %b %d
-    title GoldenEye 007 PC port — from fork to playable front end
+    title GoldenEye 007 PC port; from fork to playable front end
     section Local model - Qwen 3.8 via pi
     Fork + PC-port scaffolding            :m1, 2026-08-16, 1d
     Full compile + link (~230 TUs)        :m2, 2026-08-20, 1d
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ gantt
 - **Day 4** (20 Aug): the entire ~230-TU game + libultra set compiles and
   links as a host binary.
 - **Day 6** (22 Aug): first real frames render.
-- **Day 8** (24 Aug): the whole intro sequence renders — logos, gun-barrel,
+- **Day 8** (24 Aug): the whole intro sequence renders; logos, gun-barrel,
   cast roll.
 - **Day 11** (27 Aug): second agent joins.
 - **Day 13** (29 Aug): **all 21 solo missions load, render, and survive an
@@ -97,22 +100,22 @@ gantt
 
 So roughly **two weeks**, one person part-time, to take a decompilation from
 "builds an N64 ROM" to "boots on desktop, renders every solo level, playable
-through the front end into the early game" — with audio and a set of cosmetic
+through the front end into the early game"; with audio and a set of cosmetic
 issues still outstanding.
 
 ## By the numbers
 
 | | |
 |---|---|
-| Calendar time | 16 days (16 Aug – 1 Sep 2026), one person part-time |
-| Commits on the port | ~223 |
-| Root-caused bugs logged | 162 (`D1`–`D169` in [`findings.md`](findings.md); some later merged or withdrawn) |
-| Handoff sessions | ~33 (`M-2` … `M-33`) |
-| Game-source files given `#ifdef PORT` ABI edits | 63 files, 241 blocks |
-| New port-layer / tooling files | 128 |
-| Port layer | ~17,000 lines C/C++ (`port/`) |
-| PC asset-conversion tooling | ~6,300 lines Python (`tools_pc/`) |
-| Outcome | intro + all 21 solo missions render, front end playable; audio not yet done |
+| Calendar time | 26 days (17 Aug – 11 Sep 2026), one person part-time |
+| Commits on the port | ~430 |
+| Root-caused bugs logged | `D1`–`D226` in [`findings.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/dev/findings.md), 116 still-listed entries (some labels later merged or withdrawn) |
+| Handoff sessions | 89+ (`M-2` … `M-89`, and counting) |
+| Game-source files given `#ifdef PORT` ABI edits | 67 files, ~305 blocks |
+| New port-layer / tooling files | ~114 |
+| Port layer | ~21,900 lines C/C++ (`port/`) |
+| PC asset-conversion tooling | ~7,050 lines Python (`tools_pc/`) |
+| Outcome | intro + all 21 solo missions render and are crash-free, front end playable, in-level SFX + menu/intro music play; in-level music and full-campaign completion re-confirmation still owed |
 
 ### Commit velocity
 
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ pie showData title "Commits by agent (raw count)"
     "Local model (Qwen 3.8 / pi)" : 62
 ```
 
-(Phase A — the first 26 commits, to 24 Aug — was entirely the local model,
+(Phase A, the first 26 commits, to 24 Aug, was entirely the local model,
 solo; from 27 Aug on the two agents worked in parallel.)
 
 | Milestone / workstream | Primary agent | Weight |
@@ -147,20 +150,20 @@ solo; from 27 Aug on the two agents worked in parallel.)
 | Offline asset-conversion architecture + first converters (`tools_pc/`) | local model | large |
 | Intro rendering (logos → gun-barrel → cast) | local model | medium |
 | Stage load unblocked (`D69`–`D87`) | Claude | medium |
-| 21-level crash sweep — ~12 crash classes root-caused (`D88`–`D169`) | Claude | large |
+| 21-level crash sweep; ~12 crash classes root-caused (`D88`–`D169`) | Claude | large |
 | SDL input layer (keyboard / mouse / gamepad, mouse-look) | Claude | medium |
 | Front-end flow (menu → briefing → start), EEPROM saves | Claude | medium |
 | Parallel struct-layout / converter static audits | local model | medium |
 | Continuing tasks after Claude hit a usage limit | local model | small |
-| The hardest structural bugs (matrix handedness, format specs) | Claude | — |
-| Every build, playtest, frame capture, integration, and direction | human | — |
+| The hardest structural bugs (matrix handedness, format specs) | Claude | n/a |
+| Every build, playtest, frame capture, integration, and direction | human | n/a |
 
 **Estimated effort split.** The raw commit count above (~28% local / ~72%
 Claude) undercounts the local model: Phase A landed the build system and boot
 chain in relatively few, large commits, and the local model kept contributing
 ~15–20% of Phase B in parallel. Weighting by milestone difficulty rather than
-raw commits — the foundation is a heavier third of the project than its commit
-share suggests — the developer's estimate is roughly:
+raw commits; the foundation is a heavier third of the project than its commit
+share suggests; the developer's estimate is roughly:
 
 ```mermaid
 pie showData title "Agent effort, milestone-weighted"
@@ -199,28 +202,28 @@ flowchart LR
 Both agents worked against the **same three written artifacts**, which is what
 let them substitute for each other:
 
-1. **`HANDOFF.md`** — the current state, the immediate next task, and the
+1. **`HANDOFF.md`**; the current state, the immediate next task, and the
    environment gotchas. Originally a session-to-session note for one agent, it
    became the **interface between the two agents**: when Claude reached a
    usage limit mid-problem, the local model picked the task up from the
    HANDOFF state and continued; when the local model hit a bug that needed
    deeper structural reasoning, it wrote up where it was and Claude took over.
-2. **`findings.md`** — the chronological finding log. 162 numbered entries,
+2. **`findings.md`**; the chronological finding log. 162 numbered entries,
    each a root cause with `file:line` evidence and the fix. New agents (either
    model) are pointed at the relevant entries before they start.
-3. **`porting-notes.md`** — the append-only "recurring bug classes" file. The
+3. **`porting-notes.md`**; the append-only "recurring bug classes" file. The
    single highest-leverage artifact: it stopped both models from
    re-deriving the same class of N64→PC bug over and over.
 
 Around these, the working rules (full detail in
 [`../dev-process.md`](../dev-process.md)):
 
-- **file-partitioned tasks** — each agent's task scoped to a disjoint set of
+- **file-partitioned tasks**; each agent's task scoped to a disjoint set of
   files so patches never collided;
-- **visible budgets** — every investigation task carried an explicit
+- **visible budgets**; every investigation task carried an explicit
   "N build→run cycles" limit and a defined fallback (revert probes, write up
   with a confidence rating);
-- **the human owns verification** — building, running the game, capturing a
+- **the human owns verification**; building, running the game, capturing a
   frame, and judging it against N64 reference footage was never delegated.
 
 ## Assessment
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ Honest notes, for anyone weighing whether this transfers.
 
 **Worked well**
 
-- The **local model carried the groundwork phase** — build system, boot
+- The **local model carried the groundwork phase**; build system, boot
   chain, OS shims, and the offline-converter architecture. None of it was
   rewritten later. A 27B open model on one consumer GPU was genuinely productive
   on this.
@@ -238,14 +241,14 @@ Honest notes, for anyone weighing whether this transfers.
   because the accumulated notes were good. This is also what made the two
   models interchangeable on a given task.
 - **Handoff on limit** turned Claude's usage cap from a hard stop into a
-  slowdown — the local model kept the problem moving.
+  slowdown; the local model kept the problem moving.
 - Bounded behavioural bugs (a truncated pointer, a byte-swap off by one) are a
   good fit for an agent given a tight loop and a reference to diff against.
 
 **Worked poorly / needed the human**
 
 - **Anything requiring the running game.** Build, playtest, capture a frame,
-  decide whether it looks right — that loop was the human's job throughout,
+  decide whether it looks right; that loop was the human's job throughout,
   and it was the bottleneck.
 - **Non-deterministic bugs.** Frame-timing stalls and concurrent-build
   flakiness repeatedly fooled agents into "fixing" regressions that were not
@@ -255,10 +258,11 @@ Honest notes, for anyone weighing whether this transfers.
   rather than a fix, even with the budget raised.
 - **The capability gap is a gradient, not a wall.** The local model was strong
   on well-scoped work and weaker when a bug needed several interacting facts
-  held at once — those went to Sonnet 5, and the few that stalled Sonnet went
+  held at once; those went to Sonnet 5, and the few that stalled Sonnet went
   to Opus 5. Each tier earned its place on the problems the tier below it
   couldn't close.
 
 **Still outstanding** (parked below crash/level work): audio is not
 implemented; several front-end 3D transforms and some text rendering are
-wrong. See [`GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`](GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md).
+wrong. See
+[`GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/dev/GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md).

docs/dev/findings-index.csv

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# GENERATED by tools_pc/gen_findings_index.py -- do not hand-edit.
+# Grep this to pick which findings.md entries to read; it is not authoritative.
+label,bucket,one_liner,status_raw
+D24-D30,RESOLVED,green threads / kernel / crash handler,resolved
+D31-D42,RESOLVED,"boot ABI: ANIM_DATA, music seq-table, libaudio banks, Globalimagetable rebase, GL context, rsp toggle",resolved
+D43-D50,RESOLVED,"model-file loading → offline sidecar ""Plan B"" (d43_emit.py); D50.6 texCopyGdls full-slot copy",resolved
+D51-D58,RESOLVED,"font pixeldata, osGetCount tick rate, model RW pools, cseq BE header, synth slots, RLE menu bg, watch raw offsets, gun-barrel DL",resolved
+D59-D68,RESOLVED,"intro render: blood-RLE clobber, DMA validate, OSMesgQueue, HEADS/BODIES sentinels, romCopy width, image_entry, Globalimagetable BE→LE",resolved
+D70-D74,RESOLVED,"intro-logo pixels: C-array bswap, UV path, sinf/cosf DVAL(), texture-import truncation",resolved
+D75,OPEN,front-end 3D model transforms (D77 audio split out below —,"OPEN (parked). M-32 triage (see §F ""D75 ADDENDUM""):"
+D76 · D164,PROPOSED,disclaimer/legal screen only draws line 1 —,fix proposed (not applied —
+D159,FIXED,"front-end wallet-Bond photo ""interlaced""/combed (RC1 / D149) —",FIXED (#ifdef PORT no-op the swap in image.c)
+D161,FIXED,Depot (-level_30) ceiling = bright-blue speckle + radial rays (B2).,FIXED (port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp)
+D165 · D166,FIXED,"input-layer polish (M-31, port-only, port/src/input.c):",FIXED
+D180 · D181,PARTIAL,"native-PC input pass (QoL run, qol/native-pc-input-menu):","LANDED, config-gated, feel-checks owed"
+D186,PARTIAL,"Video.FpsCap throttles the sim, not just presentation (M-39 diag, M-42 clamp).","CLAMP LANDED (port/fast3d/gfx_sdl2.cpp, port/src/video.c); real fix owed"
+D187,FIXED,"HUD ammo-type/weapon icon vanished at -O2 (M-46 root-cause, M-47 fix + verify).","FIXED (src/game/gunfire.c, #ifdef AVOID_UB); PR #19"
+D188,FIXED,Linux -O2 boot crash:,"FIXED (src/libultrare/libc/xprintf.c, src/sprintf.c, #ifdef PORT); PR #22"
+D189,FIXED,Linux -fstack-protector aborts on the decomp's latent stack-buffer overruns (M-48) —,"FIXED (CMakeLists.txt, src/game/stan.c #ifdef PORT); PR #23"
+D190,?,"Linux -level_45 SIGSEGV at load in add_ptr_to_objective (objective.c:64) (M-48, open).","CLOSED — not a port bug; level 45 is MP-only and has no solo setup file in the ROM (root-caused M-105, reproduced on Windows)."
+D191,FIXED,Windows -O2 release-bundle crash:,FIXED + PLAYTEST-VERIFIED (M-79).
+D193,FIXED,NPC AI locomotion is too slow —,FIXED + user-playtest-verified (M-81) —
+D194,PARTIAL,Mouse input needs another tuning pass —,PARTIAL — M-120 human playtest:
+D195,FIXED,"Transparency / alpha surfaces broken on Control (M-49, user playtest) —","FIXED (port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp, gfx_sp_vertex) —"
+D197,?,"Character face/head textures wrap around the head, seen on Silo (M-49, user playtest).",CLOSED — user playtest v0.2.0-pre
+D198,FIXED,alAdpcmPull/_decodeChunk used K0_TO_PHYS (an unconditional & 0x1FFFFFFF mask) on 64-bit heap pointers (src/libultra/audio/load.c).,FIXED (src/libultra/audio/load.c) —
+D199,PARTIAL,Phase-3 software audio mixer:,"LANDED (port/src/mixer.c, port/include/mixer.h, include/PR/abi.h) —"
+D200,FIXED,-level_09 segfault: reverb's ALDelay.input/output are u32 —,FIXED — 5-line cast in reverb.c (this session)
+D196,FIXED,"OS mouse cursor stays visible after closing the F10 options overlay in click-to-lock mode (M-49, user playtest).","FIXED (6e758f1d, merged to main) —"
+D192,?,Front-end mission/level-select grid pointer still can't reach the outer cells —,"CLOSED — the buggy mode 0 was removed entirely in the v0.2.0 prep pass (see D239); click-to-lock is now the only capture mode, so the unreachable-cells path no longer exists"
+D221,FIXED,SELECT FILE screen: the mouse hit-box for a file slot is vertically offset from its visible box —,FIXED (M-91) — root cause was NOT a coordinate/origin mismatch:
+D222,FIXED,High Video.FovScale breaks culling —,"FIXED, awaiting visual verification (M-121)."
+D223,FIXED,QoL ask: mouse-wheel weapon cycling should be directional like a normal PC shooter —,"FIXED (M-105, port/src/input.c) —"
+D224,FIXED,"QoL gap (M-87, from a PD-PC-port survey):","DEPRIORITIZED (M-87, user call)."
+D225,OPEN,"Dev-tooling QoL (M-87, user ask):","OPEN — root-caused, not implemented."
+D226,OPEN,"QoL ask: player-adjustable HUD scale for the ammo counter, bottom-left pickup/item status text, and top-of-screen dialogue/subtitle text.","OPEN — root cause / call sites identified, not designed or implemented."
+D227,FIXED,Sky renders as two independently-moving halves —,"FIXED (M-100b, PR #43) —"
+D229,FIXED,"Water on IsWater levels renders green and pulses blue<->green on an interval (M-101, user playtest, Frigate -level_26; Surface 2 also an IsWater level).",FIXED (port-layer) — root cause:
+D230,OPEN,In-level music quality:,"OPEN — static-analysis pass done (M-108), not runtime-confirmed."
+D233,FIXED,All levels (intermittent):,"FIXED (port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp, gfx_sp_tri1) —"
+D234,FIXED,"Dam: guard towers along the dam structure invisible except the first one (M-106, user QA report).",VISUALLY VERIFIED FIXED (M-108) —
+D244,OPEN,Self-hosted CI runner (corpyvt6agent01) link failure:,"OPEN, not yet fixed. Next:"
+D228,FIXED,AK47 (and other) weapon models still show WHITE missing-texture patches after D217's texpool-alignment fix —,"FIXED (port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp, palette_to_rgba32) —"
+D204,FIXED,PC audio ran ~2 % below real time permanently:,"FIXED (port/src/audio.c, port/src/libultra.c, port/include/audio.h) —"
+D203,?,"Steam Deck (SteamOS, x86_64 Linux) v0.1.0 release bundle:",CLOSED — root cause + fix in D253.
+D201,FIXED,"src/libultra/audio/bnkf.c bank/instrument/sound/wavetable relocation offsets were s32, truncating the real 64-bit base pointer.",FIXED (src/libultra/audio/bnkf.c) —
+D202,RESOLVED,"Silenced PPK plays a ""slap"" instead of a gunshot, PLUS user reports broader real-time audio corruption (M-52 → M-59 → REOPENED M-60 → M-61/M-62 closed the data…",ROOT CAUSE ESTABLISHED (M-66); DISPOSITION C IMPLEMENTED + MEASURED (M-66b) —
+D206,FIXED,PC played every SFX one bank slot too high —,"FIXED (M-76, src/snd.c:1001, #ifdef PORT → soundArray[soundIndex - 1], N64 line verbatim under #else)."
+D207,PROPOSED,Alarm klaxon starves combat SFX and (per user) doesn't recover after it stops —,MONITORING (M-77c: user reports the alarm is acceptable in play after D206; no fix shipped) —
+D208,FIXED,Player weapon-fire sound goes permanently silent mid-firefight (all other SFX unaffected) —,FIXED + user playtest-verified (M-78d) —
+D209,FIXED,Every AI character in the game is locked to a *walk* animation regardless of the speed the ailist commands —,FIXED + user-playtest-verified (M-81).
+D210,FIXED,chrToPatrol() leaves act_patrol.lastvisible60 uninitialised on PC —,"FIXED (chraction.c:3872, #ifdef PORT → self->act_patrol.lastvisible60 = -1;, N64 line under #else)."
+D205,RESOLVED,PC plays wrong/extra SFX for gameplay events the user can A/B against N64:,CLOSED (M-78) — root cause was D206; all four symptoms resolved + user-confirmed by ear vs N64.
+D152+,FIXED,D152 addendum (M-31):,"FIXED (src/snd.c, port/src/libultra.c, #ifdef PORT) —"
+D168,FIXED,GE_PCDUMP / F12 PPM captures were vertically flipped —,FIXED (port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp); D114 / D116 reclassified as capture-orientation artifacts (below).
+D169,FIXED,Front-end mouse pointer can't reach the outer cells of the mission/level-select grid —,"FIXED (M-33, port/src/input.c, port-only, no #ifdef PORT)."
+D178,FIXED,Pre-mission briefing screen:,FIXED (M-36) — high confidence
+D175,OPEN,In-game stutter / brief hang during normal play (user QA report):,"OPEN — observed, not investigated"
+D176,FIXED,"Surface exterior renders wrong (-level_36), two independent defects.","(a) ""scrolls too fast/tiles too visibly"" ROOT-CAUSED + FIXED (see ""D176(a) —"
+D177,FIXED,Ladders non-functional —,FIXED (M-36) — high confidence; interactive climb test owed
+D172,FIXED,"Bullet-impact / blood / spark particles render magenta or cyan instead of dark red (M-82, ROOT CAUSE FOUND + FIXED).",FIXED (port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp gfx_lod_tile_offset):
+D174,OPEN,"""No blood effect"" (user QA report).",OPEN — observed; first step = BUNKER1 firefight with regenerated sidecars
+D183,OPEN,"M-36 Family A (""texture line/pitch shear"") is DISPROVEN for the Surface repro (-level_36).",Hypothesis DISPROVEN + diagnostics shipped; D176(b)/D182(2) still OPEN
+D173,OPEN,Third-person Bond model spawns too high (user QA report):,"OPEN — observed, not investigated."
+D179,FIXED,Packaged build crashes after the logos —,"Diagnosed, not fixed —"
+D180,PARTIAL,"Native-PC input pass (M-XX QoL run, qol/native-pc-input-menu, port-only).","LANDED, port-only, no #ifdef PORT."
+D181,?,Game.ScreenShakeIntensity —,"Menu row pulled (v0.2.1, user testing)."
+D184,PARTIAL,F10 port-layer options overlay —,"LANDED, port-only, no #ifdef PORT in src/."
+D211,PARTIAL,"PC FOV slider — Video.FovScale (M-83 QoL wave, port-only, WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN.md Phase 4).",PARTIAL — M-84 refix:
+D212,PARTIAL,Anisotropic-filtering config wiring —,"LANDED, port-only. Build clean."
+D213,PARTIAL,On-screen FPS readout —,"LANDED, port-only. Build clean; bunker1 no-op confirmed."
+D214,PARTIAL,"Keyboard rebinding — [Input.Bind] config section (M-83, port-only, PD parity, Phase 4 debt).",PARTIAL — M-84: code PASS (alt/ctrl); one doc-only fix.
+D215,FIXED,1P weapon viewmodel never drew in-level —,"FIXED (src/game/gunfire.c, #ifdef PORT)."
+D216,PARTIAL,"Game.SkipIntro — boot straight to the file-select menu (M-83, port + one #ifdef PORT game-code line, PD parity, Phase 4 quick win).",LANDED + VERIFIED this session.
+D217,FIXED,1P weapon viewmodel + third-person Bond model textures render garbled —,FIXED (M-90/M-92/M-97; PR #47 texpool alignment + PR #49 CI-cache palette key) —
+D218,FIXED,Wide FOV exposes the per-level draw-distance / fog boundary —,"Logged (M-84), fix proposed + parked."
+D219,RESOLVED,"PPK explosions render purple on Dam (M-87, user QA, ""not 3D but noting"").","RESOLVED (M-115, 2026-09-12) —"
+D220,PARTIAL,"1P muzzle flash position shifts upward at higher Video.FovScale (M-87, user QA, Jungle/M16).","ANALYZED (M-91) — the suspected unscaled-viewmodel root does NOT hold; this is correct perspective behavior, likely cosmetic/QoL."
+D85,OPEN,room primary/secondary DL → texLoadFromGdl garbage,"OPEN (safety-netted; widen/pool fixes landed, geometry now renders)"
+D86 · D87,RESOLVED,modelInitRwData truncated ptr · attract-demo BE ramromfilestructure,resolved
+D88.4,RESOLVED,propDefs polymorphic record stream not byteswapped → setupDoor crash,resolved (d88_propdefs.py); layout audit M-20 → D132
+D132,PROPOSED,D88 propDefs layout audit (M-20):,proposed fix (not applied) —
+D157,FIXED,"Campaign never unlocks the next level (M-30, user bug —","FIXED (src/bondtypes.h, #ifdef PORT —"
+D160,PARTIAL,Dam level-end cutscene (Bond off the dam / bungee) never plays —,"DIAGNOSTIC SHIPPED, not root-caused (c95713f5, #ifdef PORT + GE_D160=1):"
+D89-D92,RESOLVED,"stage-load→frame: stan zero-fill overrun, portal address trunc, chr/AI spawn ptrs",resolved
+D93-D102,RESOLVED,struct-pun / hardcoded-size pass:,resolved (D95 pool bump partial)
+D103-D107,RESOLVED,"BUNKER1 viewport height, depth-buffer clear (G_CLEAR_DEPTH_EXT), portal near-plane, LOD mip tile",resolved
+D108-D112,RESOLVED,skeletal models: d43_emit.py put_f32 byte-reversal bug,resolved
+D113-D116,FIXED,portal BFS ok · matrix chain ok · player raw-offset audit + gunfire.c THROW* · HUD text X-mirror,"D114/D116 CLOSED — NOT A BUG (M-33, see D168):"
+D117,OPEN,frame nondeterminism root-caused; GE_DETERM deferred; framediff.py structural.,"OPEN (mode attempted, not achieved)"
+D118,RESOLVED,SDL input layer (port/src/input.c); M-24 mouse-look rework:,resolved (D118a residual)
+D150,FIXED,watch OBJECTIVES / BRIEF page crash:,FIXED (src/str.c #ifdef PORT); interactive re-verify pending
+D260-D265,PARTIAL,"v0.2.1 hotfix batch: D260 wheel direction swap (fixed) · D261 watch-menu nav auto-repeat (fixed, feel-check owed) · D262 watch item-preview model missing → roo…",partial — see rows
+D266-D269,OPEN,"D236/D265 wall, second pass:","OPEN — probes live in tree (GE_D266/GE_D266W/GE_D267/GE_D268_FORCEA), fixes uncommitted"
+D270,?,Backfilled (M-132) — this label was never given its own row; only code comments and the HANDOFF archive documented it.,dead-ended into D271/D272; infrastructure kept in tree
+D271,FIXED,"D236 wall, third pass —","FIXED-but-insufficient (src/game/bg.c #ifdef PORT, uncommitted) —"
+D276,OPEN,"D236 wall, eighth pass —","REFRAMED — oml=0xc81049d8/fmt=3 is the primary suspect now, not D269's CI8 pair; 0x0c184b50 unattributed; wall still open, see D236"
+D279,?,"Backfilled — this label was consumed by an undocumented partial session (2026-09-14 ~23:00) that left artifacts in scratch/ (d279_run.log, d279_imgmap_run.log,…",undocumented — artifacts only
+D281,OPEN,"Game.AllUnlocked (D257) still breaks audio, and can also break right-mouse aim, when enabled before any save has ever been written (v0.2.1 user testing, 2026-0…","OPEN — user-reported regression, not root-caused; mitigation is user-facing guidance only (release notes:"
+D282,OPEN,"QoL ask (v0.2.1 user testing, 2026-09-15):","OPEN — not designed; QoL, port-only."
+D283,OPEN,"Steam Deck first-run preset (D-unnumbered in port/src/video.c/main.c, videoApplySteamOSDefaults()) did not apply for a user who added the game via Steam in Des…","OPEN — mechanism understood, root cause (Desktop-vs-Game-Mode STEAMOS env var difference) unverified on real hardware; user-facing workaround documented in README/release notes."
+D280,?,"D236 wall, ninth pass —","REFRAMED again — no fix; next steps in detail section, see D236"
+D275,?,"D236 wall, eighth pass —","done — probes live, uncommitted; see D276 for what they found"
+D274,OPEN,"D236 wall, seventh pass —","d267_slot_addr fix live (always-on); content/decode question CLOSED; mip-presence CLOSED; wall still open, see D236/D276"
+D273,OPEN,"D236 wall, fifth pass —","RULED OUT (port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp palette_to_rgba32, pre-existing/uncommitted GE_D273) —"
+D272,OPEN,"D236 wall, fourth pass —","OPEN — probe GE_D272 added to port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp (env-gated, uncommitted); wall still open, see D236"
+D137,FIXED,right-mouse (aim-sight) crash:,FIXED (src/game/gunfire.c #ifdef PORT —
+D119 · D120,FIXED,guard-attack weapons_held[]->chr pun crash · blood-stain PointUsage[] chain hang,D119 fixed · D120 FIXED (M-30)
+D120,FIXED,Blood-decal PointUsage[] chain —,FIXED (tools_pc/d43_emit.py).
+D121,RESOLVED,WS1 frictionless per-level boot:,resolved
+D122,FIXED,per-level prop/item model-load crash (Dam/Facility/Runway modelLoad/modelInitRwData):,converter fixed; residual chr/fast3d crashes on those levels are separate
+D123,FIXED,crash class C1: chrIsNotDeadOrShot NULL deref on 6 levels (Dam/Runway/Frigate/Statue/Streets/Cradle).,"converter fixed (OBJ_ID_WORDS); C1 cleared on all 6, residual crashes are fast3d (C2)"
+D125,RESOLVED,crash classes C3+C6 (Aztec/Bunker2/Surface2):,resolved (M-16b) — line 374 → 8 NULs; all 21 sidecars regen'd; Aztec -level_28 now PASSES (was C3 CRASH).
+D126,RESOLVED,"crash classes C3r/C4/C6 (Bunker2 -level_27 door7F054FB4 propobj.c:13523, Depot -level_30 prop.c:902, Surface2 -level_43 loadobjectmodel.c:393):",resolved — d88_propdefs.py PROPDEF_PC_BYTES[30/32/33/35]=24 + typed handler; loadobjectmodel.c sizepropdef PORT returns 6.
+D124,FIXED,crash class C2: fast3d bad texture pointer.,Jungle fixed (port/src/gimgfixup.c); Facility → D130
+D131,RESOLVED,crash class C2m (Jungle -level_37):,"resolved — seg_addr() restores the module high word for any fallthrough w1 in [0x40000000, 0x70000000) (module fixed-based at 0x140000000, no ASLR; DRAM/KSEG0/segmented/phys all handled earlier)."
+D133,RESOLVED,intro render triage (M-20):,"RESOLVED — not a regression, parked (D75/D76, GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md)"
+D134,FIXED,"Frame-2 boot hang / sweep ""NO-FRAMES"" flakiness —",FIXED (port/src/libultra.c)
+D135,FIXED,"Firefight crash — bgTestHitOnObj (propobj.c:8446) is an unported N64 GBI parser (M-22, WS6 playtest).","FIXED (src/game/propobj.c, #ifdef PORT —"
+D136,RESOLVED,"Stage-unload crash — objFree obj->prop reads float garbage (M-22, WS6 Facility playthrough).",ROOT-CAUSED → D139 (it was NOT a layout bug —
+D139,FIXED,Stage-unload crash root cause + fix (M-23).,"FIXED (src/game/cleanup_objects.c, #ifdef PORT —"
+D140,FIXED,Pause-menu crash (M-23 open → M-27 fixed).,"FIXED (src/game/bondview.h, src/game/bondview2.c; #ifdef PORT)."
+D141,FIXED,"Watch-menu item-model crash (M-27), exposed by D140.","FIXED (src/game/gunfire.c, #ifdef PORT)."
+D152,OPEN,"Mission-failed / objective-failed → permanent black screen (M-28, user bug report —","MITIGATED (port/src/libultra.c, M-28, #ifdef PORT/port-only)."
+D154,FIXED,"bg.c room-geometry ray/hit-test GBI parser port (M-28, WRITTEN / UNVERIFIED / UNCOMMITTED).",M-30 re-audit + fixes (still playtest-gated for final verify).
+D156,PARTIAL,"Facility outro-cutscene ""hang"" —","GUARDED (src/game/model.c, #ifdef PORT):"
+D155,FIXED,"Facility outro-cutscene end → ""hang"" = unclamped deltaFrames spiral (M-29, user bug report).","FIXED (src/game/frametiming.c, #ifdef PORT —"
+D153,RESOLVED,"-level_09 frame ~900–1400 0xc0000005 = D117/D134 load flakiness, NOT a bug (M-28).",NOT A BUG — closed. Run anchors on a quiet machine.
+D151,FIXED,Watch data all blank —,"FIXED (src/bondtypes.h, #ifdef PORT —"
+D130,RESOLVED,"crash class C2 (Facility -level_34, Runway -level_35):",resolved — stage all 6 N64 fields in a local f[6] before writing any.
+D164,PROPOSED,"Disclaimer / legal screen only draws the first line (D76 root cause, M-31).","FIX PROPOSED, NOT APPLIED (front.c is owned by another agent this session)."
+D165,FIXED,"Front-end menu cursor doesn't feel like a mouse pointer (M-31, user bug B5 follow-up).","FIXED (port/src/input.c; Input.MenuPointerMode, Input.HipfirePitchSpeed added)."
+D166,FIXED,Hipfire mouse pitch is digital while yaw is analog —,FIXED (port/src/input.c).
+D235,OPEN,Wrong textures load after dying/restarting a level —,OPEN — needs: does it repro on a *fresh* level boot (rules out reload-state) vs only after death/restart (confirms it); which surfaces; a screenshot.
+D236,OPEN,"Surface 1: 2D billboard trees render as a wall/sheet of tree texture instead of discrete camera-facing tree sprites (M-106, user QA report).",OPEN — ninth pass closed with no fix; see D276/D280
+D237,OPEN,"QoL ask (M-106, user QA):",OPEN — not designed; port-only
+D238,OPEN,"QoL ask (M-106, user QA):",OPEN — not designed; port-only (port/src/input.c + config.c)
+D239,?,"QoL ask (M-106, user QA):",CLOSED — executed in the v0.2.0 prep pass (port-only):
+D240,OPEN,"Player gunshot SFX timing/cadence reportedly does not match the N64 original's rate (M-106, user QA report).","OPEN — not root-caused; static call-site tracing only, no runtime verification possible in this environment."
+D241,OPEN,Player gunshot SFX goes silent under some conditions —,"OPEN — not newly root-caused; high confidence this is D207 reproduced, not an independent bug."
+D242,?,Player-death sequence UX regression vs N64 original:,NOT A PORT-LOGIC BUG as far as static analysis can tell.
+D243,OPEN,"Dam end-of-level cutscene (the abseil/bungee sequence, D148/D160's subject):",OPEN — M-109 re-analysis of the same session's raw logs corrects the timing/pattern claims above; the D134/pendingGfx race hypothesis is likely wrong.
+D245,OPEN,IsWater water: two competing patterns with a visible seam that moves as the player looks around (mouse/aim) —,"OPEN — REOPENED (M-116 live playtest, same session):"
+D246,OPEN,"Tiny pixel strips at the left and right edges of the screen, ""like overscan"" —","OPEN — one candidate ruled out (M-116 follow-up), root cause not found."
+D247,RESOLVED,Black bars top and bottom of screen —,"NOT A BUG — confirmed faithful, unmodified N64 decomp behaviour, no code change made."
+D248,FIXED,"Port runs a stable 30 FPS instead of 60 FPS game-wide (M-117, user asked to verify FPS after the D209 timing-keystone fixes).","FIXED, root-caused to a genuine pointer-width ABI bug in src/sched.c (compiled for the PC build, not excluded)."
+D249,OPEN,"LOD/culling breaks down on large open levels (Streets, Egyptian named specifically) at *default* FOV —",OPEN — not investigated.
+D250,?,FPS is inconsistent/low on many levels since the port started actually running at 60fps —,
+D251,FIXED,F10 options overlay QoL pass:,"FIXED (port-only, port/src/optionsoverlay.c)."
+D252,?,"Particle effects cycle through a rainbow palette (M-124, user playtest of the v0.2.0-pre candidate).",
+D253,FIXED,Facility (and any level with a FORCECROUCH/LADDER linked special tile) SIGSEGV on Linux/Steam Deck —,FIXED — Deck-verified:
+D254,FIXED,Linux crash handler destroyed its own logs:,FIXED — field-verified.
+D255,OPEN,"Facility firefight SIGSEGV on Steam Deck (v0.2.0-pre CI bundle, D253 fix confirmed working —",OPEN — case identified (NULL model on an active OBJ record; destroy-path ordering); reliable deterministic repro is Facility's door-opening computer terminals on activation (Linux/Steam Deck); earlie…
+D256,FIXED,Saves (and config) silently failed to persist on Linux whenever the game was not launched from the directory containing data/ —,FIXED (path half) — save-flow detail still owed from the user.
+D257,FIXED,New Game.AllUnlocked option (F10; default flipped OFF for v0.2.0 —,FIXED — verified by user playtest (PR #79 merged); default flipped OFF for v0.2.0 (D259).
+D259,FIXED,Game.AllUnlocked (D257) breaks audio on a fresh save:,FIXED in v0.2.1 — the deferred fix was applied:
+D260,FIXED,v0.2.1 (user request):,"FIXED — build green; one-line branch swap, trivially reviewable."
+D261,FIXED,v0.2.1 (user request:,FIXED — feel-check received; W/S sensitivity follow-up logged above.
+D262,FIXED,v0.2.1 (user report):,"FIXED (primary cause, D264) —"
+D264,FIXED,"D262's root cause (ABI/layout class, cf.","FIXED — build green, probes removed; visual confirmation pending."
+D263,RESOLVED,v0.2.1 (user report):,"RESOLVED (not a bug), but refined (v0.2.1 further user testing, 2026-09-15) —"
+D265,?,"D236 investigation (port-layer, port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp):",PARKED — reverted to baseline; evidence + suspect list above.
+D258,OPEN,PAL/JP asset conversion is broken at the source-data level —,"OPEN — repair path verified, not applied (out of v0.2.0 scope)."

docs/dev/preview-video.md

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# GitHub preview video — runbook
+
+The README embeds `docs/media/goldeneye-gh-preview.mp4` (the gif of the same
+name is too heavy for GitHub; keep it only if someone wants a local copy).
+It's a ~32 s, 8-clip montage of gameplay cut from ShadowPlay session
+recordings.
+
+## Tooling
+
+`scratchpad/` is gitignored, so `make-preview.py` is a **local** tool (it
+hardcodes local video paths anyway) — this doc is the tracked artifact. If it
+goes missing, the commands below describe exactly what to rebuild. Run with
+plain `python`.
+Working files (per-clip mp4s, concat list, palette, `state.json`) go to
+`scratchpad/.preview-work/` — disposable, safe to wipe (but then re-run
+`build` after any edit).
+
+```sh
+python scratchpad/make-preview.py list                  # montage index -> source session + time
+python scratchpad/make-preview.py shift <i> <±sec>      # nudge a clip within its source video
+python scratchpad/make-preview.py set   <i> <sec>       # absolute source time
+python scratchpad/make-preview.py replace <i> <.10|.12|.18|.19>  # new random spot in a session
+python scratchpad/make-preview.py regen --seed N        # full random redo (same clips/lengths)
+python scratchpad/make-preview.py build                 # re-concat + re-render from state.json
+```
+
+Every edit command rebuilds mp4 + gif automatically. A full rebuild takes
+~30–50 s; a single-clip shift is the same cost (concat dominates). Budget
+one command per step if running under a timeout — cut+concat and the two gif
+passes together fit in ~55 s.
+
+## Source material
+
+`C:\Users\james\Videos\NVIDIA\Build-pc\new\` — ShadowPlay recordings
+(3072x1728 @ 60 fps, h264), no usable audio track (cut with `-an`). The four
+sessions and their tags are hardcoded in `SESSIONS` at the top of the script;
+add a new session there (tag, filename suffix, duration) to use it.
+
+## Rules learned from review rounds
+
+- **Never start a clip in the first ~60 s** of a session: desktop / boot /
+  menus. (`MIN_START`)
+- **Bad zones** — source times that show non-gameplay; random picks avoid
+  them and `replace` should too. Currently known (in `BAD_ZONES`):
+  - `.10` @ ~395–425 s: file-select menu
+  - `.10` @ ~1290–1420 s: watch close-up (appears twice in that session)
+  Add new ones here whenever a review round finds another.
+- **Clip length** 4 s is the sweet spot; 5 s starts to drag, <3 s flickers.
+- **Same-session spacing**: two clips from one session ≥90 s apart, or they
+  read as a repeat of the same scene.
+- When told "roll forward/back ~N seconds", use N ± a few s and prefer a
+  high-motion moment in that window if you have keyframe stats (see below);
+  otherwise a flat offset is fine.
+- If a pick lands on a menu/loading screen, step it forward again rather
+  than picking a new random time — the user's "a bit later/earlier" almost
+  always means the *same* scene, different part.
+
+## Output spec (don't change casually)
+
+- mp4: 1920x1080 @ 30 fps, libx264 crf 20, `+faststart`, no audio. ~25 MB for 32 s.
+- gif: 512 px wide, 12 fps, two-pass palette (`palettegen` then
+  `paletteuse=dither=bayer:bayer_scale=3`). ~28 MB — local use only.
+
+## Optional: motion data to find "cool" moments
+
+`scratchpad/analyze-sessions.py` dumps per-keyframe YAVG stats for the
+session files; the diff between consecutive keyframes is a decent proxy for
+"something is happening". If you need to find the coolest moment in a time
+window, maximize it — but note plain random picks with spacing constraints
+have been preferred by the reviewer over signal-optimized cuts, so use this
+only when asked for "something cool".
+
+## ffmpeg notes (Windows)
+
+No system ffmpeg; the script falls back to the `imageio-ffmpeg` static
+binary (`pip install imageio-ffmpeg`). Pass paths as forward-slash or bare
+filenames with `cwd=` set — drive-letter colons and backslashes break
+filter-graph argument parsing.

docs/dev/release-dropin-rom-plan.md

@@ -220,22 +220,83 @@ offer to create it).
    `docs/building.md` says it needs region-specific offsets; the code says
    otherwise. Generate `e` and `j` in CI and diff against a
    locally-ROM-generated copy to confirm before committing them.
+
 2. **Does `d43_emit.py` really use `scripts/filelist.u.csv` for all three
-   regions?** It hard-codes `FILELIST = "scripts/filelist.u.csv"` even when
-   `REGION` is `pal-final`/`jpn-final`. Either model file offsets are
-   US-identical across regions (plausible — models live in obseg which may not
-   shift) or PAL/JP model conversion is currently untested. Confirm before
-   promising PAL/JP support in the release.
-3. **Launcher vs self-re-exec vs three shortcuts** — pick one UX.
-4. **Splash UI for the first-run convert** — reuse the SDL window / a simple
+   regions?** — *Resolved: yes, and that is a real bug.* Both emitters
+   hard-code the NTSC filelist regardless of `REGION`: `FILELIST =
+   "scripts/filelist.u.csv"` at `tools_pc/d43_emit.py:47` and
+   `tools_pc/d69_emit.py:56`, so `pal-final`/`jpn-final` runs read NTSC byte
+   offsets out of the wrong ROM — decompression garbage or `find_row()`
+   misses. The per-region CSVs already exist in the repo with the identical
+   shape (`rom_offset,size,asset_path,flag,flag`): `scripts/filelist.e.csv`
+   (32,843 bytes) and `scripts/filelist.j.csv` (37,947 bytes), just with bare
+   names instead of NTSC's `.bin`-suffixed ones — and `find_row()`
+   (`d43_emit.py:89-93`) already tries multiple name variants, so it would
+   work against any of the three CSVs if pointed at the right one. The fix is
+   small: pick `scripts/filelist.{u,e,j}.csv` from `REGION` instead of
+   hard-coding `.u`. **Remaining real unknown:** `d43_emit.py` also reads
+   every `assets/**/modelFileHeader.inc.c` (512 files, e.g.
+   `assets/obseg/chr/armourguard/modelFileHeader.inc.c:2`) to get NS/NT — arg
+   4 and arg 8 of the `MODELFILEHEADER(...)` macro — which it uses in
+   `build_nodes()` (`d43_emit.py`, ~lines 125-157) to compute the model root
+   offset `R0 = 4*NS + 12*NT`. Those headers are committed decomp data, one
+   file per model dir, with no region-suffixed variants; whether NS/NT
+   actually differ between NTSC/PAL/JP ROMs for the same model cannot be
+   verified from files in this repo alone (it would need an actual PAL or JP
+   ROM to check). If they don't differ, the CSV fix above makes `d43`/`d69`
+   region-correct on its own; if they do, that is a second, currently
+   invisible bug.
+
+3. **Where does Part B's converter write, so `pcmodels.c` / `pccg.c` find it?**
+   — *Resolved.* Both loaders resolve the region from the ROM country byte at
+   offset `0x3E` via the same `Country→region` map (`'E'`→`"ntsc-final"`,
+   `'P'`→`"pal-final"`, `'J'`→`"jpn-final"`;
+   `pcmodelsRegionForCountry()` at `port/src/pcmodels.c:66-74`, same pattern
+   in `port/src/pccg.c:59-67`), then search the prefixes `$S/`, `$E/`, `./`
+   in order (`pcmodels.c:79`; `pccg.c` similar) through `sysResolvePath()`
+   (`port/src/system.c:207-259`: on Windows `$S/` → `./data` if it exists,
+   else `<exedir>/data`; `$E/` → `<exedir>/`). So a native first-run
+   converter in `port/src/pcconvert/` must write exactly, for region `R`:
+   `data/pcmodels-R/pcmodels.bin` + `data/pcmodels-R/manifest.csv`
+   (`pcmodels.c:100,109`) and `data/pccg-R/pccg.bin` +
+   `data/pccg-R/manifest.csv` (`pccg.c:92,101`). The manifest is a CSV with
+   header `name,offset,size`, decimal-parsed via `strtol`
+   (`pcmodels.c:185-186`, `pccg.c:176-177`), row cap 1024 for pcmodels / 256
+   for pccg.
+
+4. **Launcher vs self-re-exec vs three shortcuts** — pick one UX.
+
+5. **Splash UI for the first-run convert** — reuse the SDL window / a simple
    progress line, or a pre-SDL Win32 dialog? ~5 s is short enough that a log
    line + busy cursor may suffice.
-5. **Non-Windows.** Part B's C converter is portable; the launcher and
+
+6. **Non-Windows.** Part B's C converter is portable; the launcher and
    bundling are Windows-only today. Out of scope but the C port keeps the
    door open.
-6. **Signing.** Unsigned exes + a "reads your ROM" first-run step will trip
+
+7. **Signing.** Unsigned exes + a "reads your ROM" first-run step will trip
    SmartScreen. Not blocking, but worth a release-notes note.
 
+8. **How much metadata does Part B's CMake codegen actually have to
+   generate?** — *Resolved: far less than the original plan assumed.* The
+   emitters read three kinds of committed metadata:
+   (a) `scripts/filelist.u.csv` (and now `.e`/`.j` per question 2) — plain CSV,
+   ~33-41 KB each; readable from disk at runtime, no embedding needed.
+   (b) `assets/obseg/file_resource_table.inc.c` (38,056 bytes, 884 lines) —
+   used only to extract an ordered filename list via regex; a C port can read
+   the already-compiled `file_resource_table[]` symbol directly at link time
+   instead of parsing or embedding it.
+   (c) `assets/**/modelFileHeader.inc.c`, 512 files — **this is the one real
+   codegen artifact**: the C port needs a build-time-generated table of 512
+   entries mapping model symbol → (NS, NT), the two args of the
+   `MODELFILEHEADER(...)` macro that `d43_emit.py` actually uses. Everything
+   else the scripts use — the N64_REC/PC_REC record-size tables, ADDR_OPS
+   marker bytes, `d69_emit.py`'s `TILESIZES[11]` array — are small fixed
+   constants that can just be hand-transcribed into the C port, not
+   codegen'd. Bottom line: the CMake codegen step Part B calls for is
+   narrowly the 512-entry nsnt table, not a general metadata-embedding
+   system.
+
 ## Suggested milestone ordering
 
 1. Part A (3-region matrix + pre-generated `romassets` + launcher) — days.

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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
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+shot-26.jpg,settings menu.jpg,settings-menu,

docs/index.md

@@ -1,34 +1,227 @@
 ---
 title: GoldenEye 007 PC Port
-description: A native PC port of the original Nintendo 64 GoldenEye 007, built from decompiled source — and a case study in AI-agent collaboration on a large low-level codebase.
+# v0.2.1 (Bing SEO round 2): re-shortened to 133 chars (was 161, 1 over
+# Bing's 160 limit) and bumped the stale v0.2.0 mention.
+description: >-
+  A native PC port of the 1997 N64 classic, built from decompiled source with
+  a software RSP. v0.2.1 for Windows, Linux and Steam Deck.
 ---
 
-# GoldenEye 007 PC Port
+<!-- v0.2.1 (Bing SEO): the "# GoldenEye 007 PC Port" h1 was removed here --
+the Cayman masthead already renders the site title as an <h1>, so the page
+was emitting two h1 tags. -->
 
-A work-in-progress **native PC port of the original 1997 Nintendo 64
-_GoldenEye 007_**, compiled from the game's
-[decompiled source](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) and running the N64's
-graphics coprocessor in software. It follows the architecture of the
-[Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark).
+A native PC port of the original 1997 Nintendo 64 _GoldenEye 007_, compiled
+from the game's [decompiled source](https://github.com/n64decomp/007) with the
+N64's graphics coprocessor (RSP) running in software, the same architecture
+as the [Perfect Dark PC port](https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark), the
+same Rare "Indy" engine family, one hardware generation apart.
 
-It is also a **research project on AI-agent collaboration in a large,
-unfamiliar, low-level codebase**: two coding agents — a local open-weight model
-(Qwen 3.8) on a single RTX 5090, and Claude / Claude Code — driven by one person
-part-time through ~230 translation units of unmodified big-endian MIPS game
-code, handing work back and forth through shared written notes.
+**Status: v0.2.1.** The full single-player campaign runs at a steady 60 fps
+and is completable end to end; all 21 missions load and run clean on Windows
+and Linux (one intermittent Steam Deck/Linux crash remains, listed below),
+and audio (music + SFX) plays throughout. The known rough edges (cutscenes
+that still glitch, a handful of cosmetic rendering defects, missing features
+like real widescreen) are listed plainly under [Honest status](#honest-status).
 
-**Status:** Phase 2 of 4 (rendering); first alpha **v0.1.0** released. Runs the
-full single-player campaign — 19 of 21 missions completable start to finish in
-a full-campaign playtest, two levels still crash mid-mission. No audio yet; AI pacing
-and cutscenes are rough.
+**This is a pre-1.0 release, not a finished product** — v1.0 is the target
+for a polished, feature-complete build; expect rough edges and missing
+features until then. See the
+[README's Roadmap section](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#roadmap)
+for direction (PAL/JP support, real widescreen, LAN multiplayer under
+consideration, and more).
 
-- **[Project repository and README](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port)** — build instructions, requirements, status, how it compares to the Xbox 360 recompilation projects.
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="media/goldeneye-gh-preview.gif" width="70%"
+       alt="~32 s gameplay montage from live play sessions">
+  <br><em>~32 s gameplay montage loop from live play sessions, running in the port.</em>
+</p>
+
+## Download
+
+| Platform | Bundle | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Windows** (x86_64) | [win64.zip](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) | Engine + runtime DLLs + the one-time asset tool. |
+| **Linux** (x86_64) / **Steam Deck** | [linux tarball](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/releases) | SDL2 is bundled, so it runs as-is on any distro, and sideloads onto a Deck with nothing installed. |
+
+**Bring your own ROM.** Both bundles contain no ROM and no game assets: you
+supply your own GoldenEye 007 N64 ROM (the
+[Requirements table](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#requirements)
+has the region filenames and SHA-1s). This release supports the NTSC-U (US)
+ROM; PAL and JP are on the roadmap. Then: unpack, drop the ROM in `data/`,
+and launch; the first run generates the derived assets automatically (no
+Python or other tooling needed). The full steps are in the
+[Quick start](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#quick-start);
+pre-built releases are legal to distribute precisely because they're useless
+without a ROM you already own.
+
+## See it running
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="img/shots/shot-06.jpg" width="45%" alt="Bunker 1, rendered by the port (v0.2.0 playtest)">
+  <img src="img/shots/shot-01.jpg" width="45%" alt="Dam, rendered by the port (v0.2.0 playtest)">
+</p>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Full playtest gallery</strong>: 19 in-engine captures from the v0.2.0 Windows playtest, across the campaign</summary>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-01.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Dam (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Dam</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-02.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Facility (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Facility</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-03.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Runway (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Runway</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-04.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Surface (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Surface</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-05.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Surface (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Surface</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-06.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Bunker 1 (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Bunker 1</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-07.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Silo (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Silo</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-09.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Frigate (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Frigate</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-10.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Frigate (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Frigate</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-11.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Surface 2 (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Surface 2</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-13.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Bunker 2 (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Bunker 2</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-16.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Statue (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Statue</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-19.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Statue (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Statue</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-20.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Archives (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Archives</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-21.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Cradle (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Cradle</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-23.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Cradle (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Cradle</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-24.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Aztec (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Aztec</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-25.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Aztec (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Aztec</small></div>
+  </div>
+  <div style="width:32%;text-align:center;margin:4px">
+    <img src="img/shots/shot-26.jpg" width="100%" alt="In-engine: Frigate (v0.2.0)">
+    <div><small>Frigate</small></div>
+  </div>
+</p>
+</details>
+
+More captures may land here as playtesting continues.
+
+## Play it, or take it apart
+
+- **Try it yourself**: grab a bundle above, bring your own ROM, and play the
+  campaign. It's an early cut for exactly this: if something breaks, an
+  [issue](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/issues) with what
+  you were doing is genuinely useful.
+- **Read the code**: the game logic in `src/` is unmodified decompilation;
+  every hardware surface (video, audio, input, save storage, and the
+  software-RSP renderer) is shimmed in the MIT-licensed `port/` layer.
+  [Internals](internals.md) is the map; [Porting notes](porting-notes.md) is
+  the catalogue of N64→PC bug classes hit along the way, a good read even if
+  you never touch the code.
+- **Mod it**: the port layer, build system and `tools_pc/` helpers are MIT
+  licensed and yours to extend: new video options, input tweaks, your own
+  asset sidecar. [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+  has the ground rules that keep it faithful to the original game.
+- **AI disclosure**: development here was agentic — Claude Pro plus a local
+  open-weight model on a single RTX 5090, as of August–September 2026. This
+  project is as much a study of *that process* as it is a port: whether
+  current LLMs can carry a codebase like this, and what actually goes wrong
+  along the way. Game codebases have historically been a rough fit for
+  LLMs — large, stateful, hardware-adjacent, unforgiving of a subtly wrong
+  memory layout — more so for older local models, so this is a useful data
+  point on where that stands now, for better or worse. Judge the result for
+  yourself. I'm one person doing this in my spare time, not a team. See
+  [the full write-up](dev/agentic-development.md) for the setup, timeline,
+  handoff workflow, and an honest assessment of what did and didn't work.
+
+## How it works
+
+The R4300 game code is compiled completely unmodified; the decompilation's
+control flow is ground truth. The N64's Reality Signal Processor, the graphics
+coprocessor that builds and executes each frame's display list, is emulated in
+software: the port interprets the GBI stream the game emits and translates it
+to OpenGL, bypassing the RDP entirely. Everything else that would touch N64
+hardware (video, audio, input, timers, save storage) is shimmed in a small
+dedicated layer, following the architecture of the Perfect Dark PC port from
+the same Rare engine family. Full detail: [Internals](internals.md); the bug
+catalogue: [Porting notes](porting-notes.md).
+
+## Honest status
+
+- **Cutscenes still glitch, mostly with James Bond**: in scripted sequences
+  Bond is the one who gets misplaced, hovers, or spins; the other actors are
+  fine for the most part now. Still the most visible gap in this release.
+- Particle colours drift through a rainbow palette instead of holding grey/orange.
+- Water levels show a moving seam; pixel strips at screen edges at non-integer
+  scales; some front-end 3D models mispositioned or absent.
+- Surface 1's 2D billboard trees render as a solid wall of tree texture
+  instead of discrete sprites; under active investigation.
+- No true widescreen (16:9 stretches the 4:3 view rather than expanding
+  FOV); distant geometry can drop out on the biggest open levels; gunshot
+  SFX can sound off during sustained/rapid fire.
+- **`All unlocked` is highly experimental** — don't enable it until you have
+  at least one save written, or it can break audio and mouse aim (D281).
+- The F10 overlay's bottom row duplicates the selected item; an intermittent
+  Linux/Steam Deck SIGSEGV remains, reliably reproducible via Facility's
+  door-opening computer terminals (D255); front-end menu navigation needs
+  the right stick, not the left, on gamepad (D282).
+- No macOS/ARM support; no controller rebinding UI yet.
+
+The full list, with root causes and fix status: the
+[README's Status section](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#status)
+and the [finding log](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/tree/main/docs/dev).
 
 ## Documentation
 
-- **[The two-agent development case study](dev/agentic-development.md)** — goal, setup, timeline, the handoff workflow, and an honest assessment of what did and didn't work.
-- **[Development process](dev-process.md)** — how work was scoped, partitioned, and budgeted across agents; the finding-log discipline.
-- **[Internals](internals.md)** — architecture, the software RSP-emulation approach, GoldenEye-vs-Perfect-Dark engine differences, the phased plan.
-- **[Porting notes](porting-notes.md)** — the recurring Nintendo 64 → PC bug classes hit during the port, with fixes.
-- **[Game-behavior reference](dev/game-behavior-reference.md)** — how the retail N64 game is meant to behave: combat/AI model, difficulty scaling, per-level objectives, timers, weapon data, and the original game's known quirks.
-- **[Building](building.md)** — full build and asset-extraction guide.
+- [The two-agent development case study](dev/agentic-development.md): goal, setup, timeline, the handoff workflow, and an honest assessment of what did and didn't work.
+- [Development process](dev-process.md): how work was scoped, partitioned, and budgeted across agents; the finding-log discipline.
+- [Internals](internals.md): architecture, the software RSP-emulation approach, GoldenEye-vs-Perfect-Dark engine differences, the phased plan.
+- [Porting notes](porting-notes.md): the recurring Nintendo 64 → PC bug classes hit during the port, with fixes.
+- [Building](building.md): full build and asset-extraction guide.
+
+---
+
+<small>Non-commercial fan preservation/research project. No ROM or game assets
+are distributed; you supply a ROM you already own. Not affiliated with or
+endorsed by Nintendo, Rare, Microsoft, MGM, Danjaq, or EON Productions.</small>

docs/internals.md

@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-# GoldenEye 007 — PC Port: architecture & plan
+---
+title: Internals
+description: Architecture behind the PC port; the software RSP-emulation approach, GoldenEye-vs-Perfect-Dark engine differences, and the phased development plan.
+---
+
+## GoldenEye 007 PC Port: architecture & plan
 
 > This began as the pre-implementation research note and is kept as the
 > architecture reference. Sections 1–9 describe the design; section 10 lists
 > external references. The phased plan in section 8 is largely done through
-> Phase 2 — for current status see the
+> Phase 2; for current status see the
 > [README](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port#status) and
-> [`dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md`](dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md); for the blow-by-blow finding
-> log see [`dev/findings.md`](dev/findings.md).
+> [`dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/dev/LEVEL-STATUS.md);
+> for the blow-by-blow finding log see
+> [`dev/findings.md`](https://github.com/jkdansereau/goldeneye-pc-port/blob/main/docs/dev/findings.md).
 
 This document captures the research done to plan a PC port of
 GoldenEye 007, based on the decompilation this repository is forked from
@@ -22,18 +28,18 @@ platforms.
 
 1. [Executive summary](#1-executive-summary)
 2. [What the PD port actually does (the reference architecture)](#2-what-the-pd-port-actually-does-the-reference-architecture)
-   — [2.1 Emulate the RSP, bypass the RDP](#21-the-key-architectural-insight-emulate-the-rsp-bypass-the-rdp)
+   · [2.1 Emulate the RSP, bypass the RDP](#21-the-key-architectural-insight-emulate-the-rsp-bypass-the-rdp)
    · [2.2 How the RSP is invoked](#22-how-the-rsp-is-invoked)
    · [2.3 Build system](#23-build-system)
    · [2.4 PD-port copy-candidate audit](#24-pd-port-copy-candidate-audit-session-2026-08-22)
 3. [GoldenEye decomp: what we're porting](#3-goldeneye-decomp-what-were-porting)
-   — [3.1 Entry / main loop](#31-entry--main-loop)
+   · [3.1 Entry / main loop](#31-entry--main-loop)
    · [3.2 The two libultra trees](#32-the-two-libultra-trees-srclibultra-and-srclibultrare)
 4. [N64 hardware surfaces that must be shimmed](#4-n64-hardware-surfaces-that-must-be-shimmed)
 5. [GE-specific graphics differences vs PD (the RSP work)](#5-ge-specific-graphics-differences-vs-pd-the-rsp-work)
 6. [Audio](#6-audio)
 7. [Input & saves](#7-input--saves)
-8. [Recommended plan](#8-recommended-plan) — phases 0–4
+8. [Recommended plan](#8-recommended-plan); phases 0–4
 9. [Open questions / risks](#9-open-questions--risks)
 10. [References](#10-references)
 
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ platforms.
 * **Saves** are **EEPROM-based** (controller EEPROM via `osEeprom*`), not
   Memory Pak. The PFS/motor code in `joy.c` is only for accessory (Rumble Pak
   / Memory Pak) detection and can be stubbed. Phase 4 is therefore a
-  file-backed EEPROM plus no-op PFS/motor shims — simpler than a full Memory
+  file-backed EEPROM plus no-op PFS/motor shims; simpler than a full Memory
   Pak emulation.
 
 ---
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ R4300 builds a Gfx display list
 The PD port **emulates the RSP in software** (`fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp`) and
 **bypasses the RDP entirely**: the software RSP translates GBI commands
 directly into OpenGL calls. The R4300 game code is run natively and is
-unaware of the difference — it just builds display lists and "starts the
+unaware of the difference; it just builds display lists and "starts the
 RSP" as usual.
 
 The frame flow (from `port/src/pdsched.c` + `port/src/video.c`):
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ The PC build is **CMake** (the N64 build stays Make + IDO). Dependencies:
 * `src/game/*.c` (all of it)
 * a curated list of `src/lib/*.c` (the engine helpers that are
   platform-independent: mema, memp, model, music, snd, vi, rdp, etc.)
-* `src/lib/ultra/audio/*.c` (libaudio — runs fine on the CPU)
+* `src/lib/ultra/audio/*.c` (libaudio; runs fine on the CPU)
 * `src/lib/ultra/gu/*.c` (gu matrix helpers)
 * `port/src/*.c` + `port/src/*.cpp` + `port/fast3d/*.cpp`
 
@@ -170,38 +176,38 @@ for this project (see CONTRIBUTING.md): same Rare "Indy"/Bond engine family, and
 port layer solves the same problem classes we are currently hitting. Audited
 against our remaining work items:
 
-**Direct copy candidates (Phase 3/4 — our stubs were scaffolded to be replaced
+**Direct copy candidates (Phase 3/4; our stubs were scaffolded to be replaced
 by these):**
 
 | PD file | Lines | Replaces our | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `port/src/mixer.c` | 722 | 31-line stub | libaudio→SDL final mixer; same RareAL family. Adapt to GE's `audi.c` wiring (sample rate/buffering) |
 | `port/src/input.c` | 1551 | 48-line stub | SDL_GameController backend: hotplug, rumble, keyboard fallback. Remap the button table to GE's scheme (C-buttons/Z-trig differ from PD) |
-| `port/src/fs.c` | 294 | 81 lines | File-backed save dir (`--savedir`, `$S` path expansion) — foundation for Phase 4 EEPROM/PFS file backing (ours are no-op stubs today) |
+| `port/src/fs.c` | 294 | 81 lines | File-backed save dir (`--savedir`, `$S` path expansion); foundation for Phase 4 EEPROM/PFS file backing (ours are no-op stubs today) |
 | `port/src/audio.c` | 75 | 70 lines | Near-identical; diff when Phase 3 starts |
 
-**Reference implementations (Phase 2 — the D32/D37/D43 class).** PD's port
+**Reference implementations (Phase 2; the D32/D37/D43 class).** PD's port
 layer has a `port/src/preprocess/` module (~4,125 lines): a per-ROM-segment
 `preprocessfunc` table in their `romdata.c` that converts N64-layout asset data
-to PC-native layout *at load time* — a systematic solution to the problem class
+to PC-native layout *at load time*; a systematic solution to the problem class
 we have been fixing ad-hoc per asset type.
-- `filemodel.c` (1,114) — the direct **D43** analogue: same `PROMOTE` idiom,
+- `filemodel.c` (1,114); the direct **D43** analogue: same `PROMOTE` idiom,
   **same vma 0x5000000**. NOT a drop-in copy (GE's `ModelRoData` union + opcode
-  set differ — PD has stargunfire/headspot/gundl node types), but the node-walk
+  set differ; PD has stargunfire/headspot/gundl node types), but the node-walk
   order, placement/alignment choices, and record handling are Rare-validated
   against near-identical data: adapt rather than design from scratch.
-- `filebg.c` (524) — BG tables (an expected D43 follow-on fault).
-- `segaudio.c` (362) — audio bank-tree conversion; cross-check for our D37
+- `filebg.c` (524); BG tables (an expected D43 follow-on fault).
+- `segaudio.c` (362); audio bank-tree conversion; cross-check for our D37
   `romdataFixupAudioBank`.
 - `filelang.c`, `filetiles.c`, `filepads.c`, `filesetup.c`, `gbi.c`,
-  `segfonts.c` — the remaining asset types we will hit.
+  `segfonts.c`; the remaining asset types we will hit.
 
 **Not copyable:** GE-specific `ModelRoData` record map; fast3d CC/RM
  correctness (GE's custom GBI modes vs `gmain.s` do not exist in PD); PD extras
-(`config.c`, `optionsmenu.c`, `mpsetups.c`, `mod.c`) — options menu, MP setup,
+(`config.c`, `optionsmenu.c`, `mpsetups.c`, `mod.c`); options menu, MP setup,
 MOD player; not part of 1:1 fidelity.
 
-**Caveats:** copy **port-layer files only** — their decomp was modified for PC
+**Caveats:** copy **port-layer files only**; their decomp was modified for PC
 (e.g. `types.h` keeps N64 offset comments while using real pointers); our
 non-negotiables are unchanged. Same family ≠ identical format: validate every
 copied conversion per-field against GE headers + ROM ground truth (the standing
@@ -215,19 +221,19 @@ D32 procedure).
   US/EU/JP ROMs. Game code lives in `src/game/` (~242 files) plus engine
   files in `src/`.
 * **Engine layout** (same family as PD):
-  * `src/sched.c` — RCP scheduler (`osCreateScheduler`, `__scExec`,
+  * `src/sched.c`; RCP scheduler (`osCreateScheduler`, `__scExec`,
     `__scYield`). Structurally near-identical to PD's `src/lib/sched.c`.
-  * `src/game/rsp.c` — builds the Gfx display list, wraps it in an `OSScTask`,
+  * `src/game/rsp.c`; builds the Gfx display list, wraps it in an `OSScTask`,
     and starts it via the scheduler (`rspGfxTaskStart`).
-  * `src/fr.c` — frame/VI management, video modes (`osViSetMode`).
-  * `src/audi.c`, `src/snd.c`, `src/music.c` — libaudio-based sound + music.
-  * `src/joy.c` — controllers, **EEPROM** save handling (via `joyGamePak*`
+  * `src/fr.c`; frame/VI management, video modes (`osViSetMode`).
+  * `src/audi.c`, `src/snd.c`, `src/music.c`; libaudio-based sound + music.
+  * `src/joy.c`; controllers, **EEPROM** save handling (via `joyGamePak*`
     -> `osEeprom*`), plus PFS/motor code for accessory (Rumble Pak / Memory
     Pak) detection only.
-  * `src/init.c` — `init()` -> `mainproc()` -> `bossEntry()` (game entry).
+  * `src/init.c`; `init()` -> `mainproc()` -> `bossEntry()` (game entry).
     **Compiled for the PC** (provides `mainproc()`); its N64-only `init()` is
     stubbed (see A3).
-* **Custom RSP microcode:** `rsp/graphics/gmain.s` (1545 lines) — a modified
+* **Custom RSP microcode:** `rsp/graphics/gmain.s` (1545 lines); a modified
   fast3d. This is the RSP-side code that consumes the display list. For the PC
   port we do **not** run this; we replace it with the software RSP. But it is
   the authoritative reference for which GBI commands GE actually emits.
@@ -259,23 +265,23 @@ overlap.
 
 What the PC build must do with each:
 
-* **`src/libultra/audio/*.c`** — standard libaudio (AL). Runs on the CPU;
+* **`src/libultra/audio/*.c`**; standard libaudio (AL). Runs on the CPU;
   **compile** (the game's `audi.c`/`snd.c`/`music.c` depend on it).
-* **`src/libultrare/audio/*.c`** (`drvrNew.c`, `env.c`, `reverb.c`) — Rare's
+* **`src/libultrare/audio/*.c`** (`drvrNew.c`, `env.c`, `reverb.c`); Rare's
   audio "New" driver. `synthesizer.c` calls `alSaveNew`/`alAuxBusNew`/
   `alMainBusNew`/`alLoadNew`/`alResampleNew`/`alEnvmixerNew`/`alEnvmixerParam`/
   `alFxParam`, all defined here. Runs on the CPU; **compile**.
-* **`src/libultra/gu/*.c`** — matrix helpers (`guMtxF`, `guOrtho`, ...).
+* **`src/libultra/gu/*.c`**; matrix helpers (`guMtxF`, `guOrtho`, ...).
   **Compile**.
-* **`src/libultrare/io/vitbl.c`** — defines `osViModeTable` (a data table),
+* **`src/libultrare/io/vitbl.c`**; defines `osViModeTable` (a data table),
   referenced ~15× by `fr.c`. **Compile** (it's data, not a driver). This is the
   *only* `io/` file we compile.
-* **All other `src/libultra/io/*.c` and `src/libultrare/io/*.c`** — hardware
+* **All other `src/libultra/io/*.c` and `src/libultrare/io/*.c`**; hardware
   drivers (PI, SI, SP, DP, VI, controller, PFS, motor, EEPROM, ...). **Exclude
   and shim** in `port/src/libultra.c`. Notably `pfsinit.c`/`pfsisplug.c`
   (`osPfsInit`/`osPfsIsPlug`) and `motor.c` (`osMotor*`) are called by
   `joy.c` only for accessory detection, so they are shimmed as no-ops (see §7).
-* **`src/libultra/os/*.c` + `src/libultrare/os/*.c`** — OS core (threads,
+* **`src/libultra/os/*.c` + `src/libultrare/os/*.c`**; OS core (threads,
   message queues, timers, cache, TLB). **Exclude and shim** in
   `port/src/libultra.c` (+ `n64stubs.c` for the boot/TLB/FPU symbols).
 
@@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ What the PC build must do with each:
 
 | Subsystem | GE API used | Port strategy (from PD) |
 |-----------|-------------|--------------------------|
-| RSP (coproc 0) | `osSpTaskLoad/StartGo/Yield`, display lists | Software RSP (`fast3d`) — **main work** |
+| RSP (coproc 0) | `osSpTaskLoad/StartGo/Yield`, display lists | Software RSP (`fast3d`); **main work** |
 | RDP (coproc 1) | `osDpSetStatus`, `osDpSetNextBuffer`, render modes | Bypassed; OpenGL backend |
 | VI (video) | `osViSetMode`, `osViVSyncCallback`, `osViWaitVSync` | SDL2 window + GL context + frame pacing |
 | AI (audio) | `osAiSetFrequency/SetNextBuffer/GetLength` | SDL audio device + queue |
@@ -306,32 +312,32 @@ What the PC build must do with each:
 GE's `include/gbi_extension.h` defines the custom GBI surface. Compared to the
 PD port's `fast3d`, the deltas are:
 
-1. **`G_TRI4`** — draws up to 4 triangles in one command using 4-bit vertex
+1. **`G_TRI4`**; draws up to 4 triangles in one command using 4-bit vertex
    indices (0–15). A memory-saving optimization (Rare packed 4 tris into the
    slot normally used for `G_TRI2`).
    * **Status: already supported** by the PD `fast3d` (`gfx_sp_tri4`, and the
      PD game itself uses it). ✅
-2. **`G_SETTEX`** (`0xc0`) — "use texture from bank": selects a texture by
+2. **`G_SETTEX`** (`0xc0`); "use texture from bank": selects a texture by
    bank/tile with detail/mipmap type, min-level, detail-id and texture-id.
    Emitted only by `gsSPUseTexture` (`include/gbi_extension.h:193`).
    * **Status: appears UNUSED.** `gsSPUseTexture` is defined but never called
      anywhere in the game code or the RSP ucode (`rsp/graphics/gmain.s`), and
      `G_SETTEX` appears nowhere outside its `#define`. The game uses the
      standard texture commands (`gSPTexture`, `gSPTextureL`,
-     `gSPTextureRectangle`, `gSPTextureRectangleFlip`) — all already handled
+     `gSPTextureRectangle`, `gSPTextureRectangleFlip`); all already handled
      by the PD `fast3d`. **If this holds (verify the decomp is complete),
      Phase 2 shrinks to verifying the custom CC/RM modes and the PD fast3d
      may work largely as-is.** Keep a `G_SETTEX` decode path as a safety net,
      but it is no longer the headline task.
-3. **Custom color-combiner modes** — `G_CC_MODULATEIFADE`, `G_CC_FADE`,
+3. **Custom color-combiner modes**; `G_CC_MODULATEIFADE`, `G_CC_FADE`,
    `G_CC_DECALFADE`, `G_CC_BLENDRGBFADEA`, etc. (fade/blend variants).
    * **Status: handled generically** by the fast3d color-combiner -> GLSL
      shader compiler (`gfx_cc.cpp`), which compiles arbitrary CC equations.
      Needs verification that each GE mode produces correct GLSL.
-4. **Custom render mode** — `G_RM_CUSTOM_AA_ZB_XLU_SURF` (AA_ZB_XLU with
+4. **Custom render mode**; `G_RM_CUSTOM_AA_ZB_XLU_SURF` (AA_ZB_XLU with
    `Z_UPD`).
    * **Status: handled** by the render-mode -> GL state mapping; verify.
-5. **`gDPLoadTLUT06/07`** — custom TLUT load variants.
+5. **`gDPLoadTLUT06/07`**; custom TLUT load variants.
    * **Status: minor**, map onto the existing `G_LOADTLUT` path.
 
 **Conclusion:** the PD `fast3d` is a strong starting point. `G_SETTEX` appears
@@ -341,7 +347,7 @@ safety net. Everything else (matrices, lights, fog, tri1/tri4, texture load,
 sync/flush) is shared.
 
 > Note: GE's on-hardware RSP ucode is `rsp/graphics/gmain.s`. We do not run it
-> on PC, but it is the ground truth for the exact command encodings GE emits —
+> on PC, but it is the ground truth for the exact command encodings GE emits;
 > use it to validate the software RSP's command decoding.
 
 ---
@@ -349,7 +355,7 @@ sync/flush) is shared.
 ## 6. Audio
 
 * GE uses **libaudio (AL)** on the R4300 (`src/audi.c`, `src/snd.c`,
-  `src/music.c`) — identical architecture to PD. Sound synthesis (ADPCM
+  `src/music.c`); identical architecture to PD. Sound synthesis (ADPCM
   decode, mixing, FX) runs on the CPU; the RSP audio ucode is a thin
   pass-through to the AI DMA.
 * The PD port runs libaudio natively and routes the mixed output through
@@ -364,7 +370,7 @@ sync/flush) is shared.
 
 * **Controllers:** `src/joy.c` uses `osContInit` / `osContStartReadData`.
   The port maps SDL2 keyboard/mouse/gamepad into the N64 `OSError`/controller
-  structs. PD implements 1964GEPD-style and Xbox-style bindings — a good
+  structs. PD implements 1964GEPD-style and Xbox-style bindings; a good
   default for GE too (fire=Z, aim=R, etc.).
 * **Saves:** GE saves are **EEPROM-based**, not Memory Pak. The actual save
   I/O (`src/game/file2.c`) uses `joyGamePakProbe/LongRead/LongWrite`, which
@@ -380,35 +386,35 @@ sync/flush) is shared.
 
 ## 8. Recommended plan
 
-### Phase 0 — Scaffolding (this change)
+### Phase 0: Scaffolding (this change)
 * Add `port/` directory structure + headers + stub sources.
 * Add a top-level `CMakeLists.txt` (+ `cmake/` modules) for the PC build,
   parallel to the N64 `Makefile`.
 * This document + `port/README.md`.
 
-### Phase 1 — Boot to a window
+### Phase 1: Boot to a window
 * Port `system.c`, `fs.c`, `romdata.c`, `config.c`, `main.c`.
 * Port `video.c` + a minimal `fast3d` (clear color, present).
 * Goal: load `ge007.u.z64`, open a window, draw a clear color.
 
-### Phase 1.5 — Boot to first frame (ABI reconciliation)
+### Phase 1.5: Boot to first frame (ABI reconciliation)
 * Get mainThread through all of `bossInitMainthreadData()` → `bossEntry()` →
-  `bossMainloop()` and render frame 1. (Done — D34–D58; see §G.)
-* Recurring mechanism: **ROM-data struct ABI/layout fixes** (the D32 pattern) —
+  `bossMainloop()` and render frame 1. (Done; D34–D58; see §G.)
+* Recurring mechanism: **ROM-data struct ABI/layout fixes** (the D32 pattern);
   a 32-bit-pointer struct read as a 64-bit-pointer struct misaligns; convert
   embedded pointer fields to `u32` + cast at use sites (PD ground truth), then
   verify the load-time rebase yields valid DRAM addresses. See §H for the
   step-by-step procedure and the standing "non-negotiable #2 ABI exception."
 * Goal: title screen / first level actually drawn on the GL surface.
 
-### Phase 2 — RSP / rendering
+### Phase 2: RSP / rendering
 * Bring in the PD `fast3d` (gfx_pc / gfx_opengl / gfx_cc / gfx_sdl2).
 * Verify the custom CC/RM modes against `gmain.s`; add a `G_SETTEX` decode
-  path only if it turns out to be used (see §5 — it appears unused).
+  path only if it turns out to be used (see §5; it appears unused).
 * Port `pdsched.c` (GE variant) to drive the software RSP.
 * Goal: render the title screen / first level.
 
-### Phase 3 — Audio + input
+### Phase 3: Audio + input
 * Port `audio.c`, `mixer.c`, `mod.c`; wire libaudio output to SDL.
 * **Decide the ASP strategy** (see §11 C2): if audio runs the `aspMain`
   microcode, wire `aspMainTextStart`/`aspMainDataStart` to the real microcode
@@ -416,7 +422,7 @@ sync/flush) is shared.
 * Port `input.c` (keyboard/mouse/gamepad).
 * Goal: playable with sound.
 
-### Phase 4 — Saves + polish
+### Phase 4: Saves + polish
 * File-backed EEPROM (saves); PFS/motor already stubbed as no-ops.
 * Widescreen, mouse-look, FPS options, config file, crash handler.
 * Goal: feature-parity with the original + QoL extras.
@@ -425,21 +431,21 @@ sync/flush) is shared.
 
 ## 9. Open questions / risks
 
-1. **`G_SETTEX` (low priority)** — appears unused (`gsSPUseTexture` is never
+1. **`G_SETTEX` (low priority)**; appears unused (`gsSPUseTexture` is never
    called). If a future decomp revision or a missed call site shows it is used,
    reverse the texture-bank selection (bank -> image, tile, detail/mipmap type)
    from `gmain.s` + `tex.c` / `initmttex.c`. Not currently the main unknown.
-2. **Custom CC correctness** — the GLSL compiler must handle every fade/blend
+2. **Custom CC correctness**; the GLSL compiler must handle every fade/blend
    mode GE uses; validate per-mode against the original. This is now the main
    rendering unknown.
-3. **Scheduler fidelity** — GE's `sched.c` has speed-graph / profiling hooks
+3. **Scheduler fidelity**; GE's `sched.c` has speed-graph / profiling hooks
    (`speedgraphMarkerHandler`) and a slightly different task model than PD;
    the port scheduler must reproduce the gfx/audio interleaving and VSync
    pacing.
-4. **Decomp completeness** — the decomp is WIP; some functions may still be
+4. **Decomp completeness**; the decomp is WIP; some functions may still be
    stubs/`unk_`. The PC port inherits whatever state the decomp is in. Track
    the upstream `n64decomp/007` and rebase.
-5. **Endianness / alignment** — GE, like PD, is big-endian N64 code with
+5. **Endianness / alignment**; GE, like PD, is big-endian N64 code with
    unaligned accesses; the PD port handles this with careful casts and
    `-fno-strict-aliasing`. Reuse those flags.
 

include/PR/abi.h

@@ -269,6 +269,16 @@ typedef short ENVMIX_STATE[40];
  * Macros to assemble the audio command list
  */
 
+#ifdef PORT
+/* PC port (D199): the N64 RSP audio ucode that would execute this acmd list
+ * never runs on PC (port/src/ucode.c). Following the Perfect Dark PC port's
+ * macro-swap pattern (docs/dev/AUDIO-PLAN.md), each aXxx macro below is
+ * replaced with an immediate call into port/src/mixer.c's software
+ * implementation instead of packing RSP command words. The N64 branch below
+ * is untouched. */
+#include "mixer.h"
+#else /* !PORT */
+
 #define	aADPCMdec(pkt, f, s)						\
 {									\
 	Acmd *_a = (Acmd *)pkt;						\
@@ -402,6 +412,8 @@ typedef short ENVMIX_STATE[40];
         _a->words.w1 = (unsigned int) d;                                \
 }
 
+#endif /* PORT */
+
 #endif /* _LANGUAGE_C */
 
 #endif /* !_ABI_H_ */

port/fast3d/gfx_api.h

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ void gfx_set_texture_filter(enum FilteringMode mode);
 void gfx_set_mipmap_filter(enum MipmapFilteringMode mode);
 void gfx_set_fix_mip_textures(int on);
 void gfx_set_wrap_fix(int on);
+void gfx_set_anisotropy_level(int level);  /* 1 = off; clamped to GL max */
 void gfx_texture_cache_clear(void);
 void gfx_texture_cache_delete(const uint8_t *orig_addr);
 void gfx_texture_cache_delete_range(const uint8_t *start, const uint8_t *end);

port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp

@@ -696,12 +696,27 @@ static void gfx_opengl_select_texture(int tile, GLuint texture_id, bool linear_f
 
 static void gfx_opengl_upload_texture(const uint8_t* rgba32_buf, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, bool gen_mipmaps) {
 #ifdef PORT
-    /* GE_TEXDUMP: PPM-dump every uploaded texture (first N) for B2/D161 triage. */
-    if (getenv("GE_TEXDUMP")) {
+    /* GE_TEXDUMP: PPM-dump every uploaded texture (first N) for B2/D161 triage.
+     * D250: this runs on every texture upload -- cache the getenv() like the
+     * gfx_pc.cpp import_texture() sites (uncached getenv() measured at ~50%
+     * of the hot render thread's CPU time via a live profile). */
+    static int ge_texdump_gl = -1;
+    if (ge_texdump_gl < 0) ge_texdump_gl = getenv("GE_TEXDUMP") != NULL;
+    if (ge_texdump_gl) {
         static int td = 0;
-        if (td < 400 && width && height && width < 4096 && height < 4096) {
+        static int td_fire = 0;
+        /* D219: the 400-cap fills up during ordinary level load, long before
+         * a player-triggered explosion. Never suppress the 16x14 RGBA fire
+         * particle images (assets/oddtextures.c IMAGE_FIRE_N via
+         * globalDL_0x078..0x9a8) -- that's the one shape we actually need. */
+        const bool is_fire_shape = (width == 16 && height == 14);
+        if ((is_fire_shape || td < 400) && width && height && width < 4096 && height < 4096) {
             char nm[128];
-            snprintf(nm, sizeof nm, "texdump/t%03d_%ux%u_mip%d.ppm", td++, width, height, (int)gen_mipmaps);
+            if (is_fire_shape) {
+                snprintf(nm, sizeof nm, "texdump/fire%03d_%ux%u_mip%d.ppm", td_fire++, width, height, (int)gen_mipmaps);
+            } else {
+                snprintf(nm, sizeof nm, "texdump/t%03d_%ux%u_mip%d.ppm", td++, width, height, (int)gen_mipmaps);
+            }
             FILE* f = fopen(nm, "wb");
             if (f) {
                 fprintf(f, "P6\n%u %u\n255\n", width, height);
@@ -1076,7 +1091,9 @@ static void gfx_opengl_end_frame(void) {
  * the default framebuffer (the window back buffer; the scene renders there
  * directly at 1:1 window size) and write a P6 PPM. */
 extern "C" bool gfx_opengl_pcdump_enabled(void) {
-    return getenv("GE_PCDUMP") != NULL;
+    static int cached = -1;
+    if (cached < 0) cached = getenv("GE_PCDUMP") != NULL;
+    return cached != 0;
 }
 
 extern "C" bool gfx_opengl_dump_bound_fbo(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, const char* path) {

port/fast3d/gfx_pc.cpp

@@ -150,14 +150,21 @@ struct LoadedTexture {
     uint32_t line_size_bytes;
     uint32_t tex_flags;
     struct RawTexMetadata raw_tex_metadata;
+    /* D229: G_IM_FMT_* of the gDPSetTextureImage active when this slot was
+     * last written by a load command (0xFF = never / unknown). Used to tell
+     * a CI8 index stream apart from real RGBA16 pixels when a later tile
+     * re-declares the same TMEM in another format -- see import_texture. */
+    uint8_t src_fmt = 0xFF;
 };
 
 static struct RDP {
     uint16_t palette[256];
     const uint8_t* palette_addrs[2];
     uint32_t palette_fmt;
+    uint32_t palette_hash; /* D217: FNV-1a of palette[], refreshed in gfx_dp_load_tlut */
     struct {
         const uint8_t* addr;
+        uint8_t fmt; /* D229: was dropped before; needed to track CI sources */
         uint8_t siz;
         uint32_t width;
         uint32_t tex_flags;
@@ -643,9 +650,13 @@ static const uint8_t* gfx_tex_normalize_source(const uint8_t* addr, uint32_t ext
     uint32_t* dst = (uint32_t*)buf.data();
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n / 4; i++)
         dst[i] = PD_BE32(src[i]);
-    if (getenv("GE_D71LOG"))
-        fprintf(stderr, "[D71] normalized C-array texture source %p (%u bytes)\n",
-                (const void*)addr, extent);
+    {
+        static int ge_d71log = -1;
+        if (ge_d71log < 0) ge_d71log = getenv("GE_D71LOG") != NULL;
+        if (ge_d71log)
+            fprintf(stderr, "[D71] normalized C-array texture source %p (%u bytes)\n",
+                    (const void*)addr, extent);
+    }
     return s_c_array_tex_norms.emplace(addr, std::move(buf)).first->second.data();
 }
 
@@ -835,8 +846,16 @@ static void import_texture_i8(int tile, const LoadedTexture& loaded_texture, boo
 
 static inline void palette_to_rgba32(const uint16_t palentry, uint8_t *rgba32_buf) {
     if (rdp.palette_fmt == G_TT_IA16) {
-        const uint8_t intensity = (palentry & 0xff);
-        const uint8_t alpha = palentry >> 8;
+        /* D228: intensity/alpha were swapped here relative to the (correct)
+         * direct IA16 decode in import_texture_ia16() a few lines above --
+         * that one reads addr[2*i]=intensity, addr[2*i+1]=alpha, i.e.
+         * intensity is the first (high, after gfx_dp_load_tlut's PD_BE16
+         * swap) byte. This path had them backwards: a dim, fully-opaque
+         * palette entry (e.g. intensity=0x58, alpha=0xff) decoded as a
+         * bright, mostly-transparent one (intensity=0xff, alpha=0x58) --
+         * the "white missing-texture patches" on AK47/NPC weapon models. */
+        const uint8_t intensity = palentry >> 8;
+        const uint8_t alpha = palentry & 0xff;
         rgba32_buf[0] = intensity;
         rgba32_buf[1] = intensity;
         rgba32_buf[2] = intensity;
@@ -988,9 +1007,9 @@ static void import_texture(int i, int tile, bool importReplacement) {
     TextureCacheKey key;
     if (fmt == G_IM_FMT_CI) {
         key = { orig_addr, { rdp.palette_addrs[0], rdp.palette_addrs[1] }, fmt, siz, palette_index,
-                loaded_texture.size_bytes };
+                loaded_texture.size_bytes, rdp.palette_hash }; // D217: key on palette content
     } else {
-        key = { orig_addr, {}, fmt, siz, palette_index, loaded_texture.size_bytes };
+        key = { orig_addr, {}, fmt, siz, palette_index, loaded_texture.size_bytes, 0u };
     }
 
     if (gfx_texture_cache_lookup(i, key)) {
@@ -1039,8 +1058,14 @@ static void import_texture(int i, int tile, bool importReplacement) {
      * RC2 (mip-chain contamination -> over-tall upload) can be told apart from a
      * decode/row-swap bug. tile_h = base-tile height from SETTILESIZE; if the
      * computed upload height is much larger, the excess rows are LOD mip data.
-     * docs/dev/TEXTURE-GLITCH-ANALYSIS.md sec 6b. */
-    if (getenv("GE_DTEX")) {
+     * docs/dev/TEXTURE-GLITCH-ANALYSIS.md sec 6b.
+     * D250: import_texture() runs on every texture bind -- an uncached
+     * getenv() here measured at ~50% of the hot render thread's total CPU
+     * time on a texture-heavy level (Dam), via a live WPR/xperf profile.
+     * Cache like every other env-gated probe in this codebase. */
+    static int ge_dtex = -1;
+    if (ge_dtex < 0) ge_dtex = getenv("GE_DTEX") != NULL;
+    if (ge_dtex) {
         static int dtexCount = 0;
         if (dtexCount < 64) {
             const uint32_t row = rdp.texture_tile[tile].line_size_bytes;
@@ -1063,7 +1088,9 @@ static void import_texture(int i, int tile, bool importReplacement) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (getenv("GE_TEXDUMP")) {
+    static int ge_texdump = -1;
+    if (ge_texdump < 0) ge_texdump = getenv("GE_TEXDUMP") != NULL;
+    if (ge_texdump) {
         static int tdc = 0;
         const uint16_t* pal = (const uint16_t*)rdp.palette;
         sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
@@ -1076,11 +1103,26 @@ static void import_texture(int i, int tile, bool importReplacement) {
         /* GE_TEXRAW=1 additionally writes the raw source bytes handed to the
          * importer (texdump/rNNN_f<fmt>_s<siz>_<w>x<h>.bin) -- lets a decode
          * bug be told apart from a source-data bug offline (D183). */
-        if (tdc <= 400 && getenv("GE_TEXRAW")) {
+        const int tw = (int)(((rdp.texture_tile[tile].lrs - rdp.texture_tile[tile].uls) >> 2) + 1);
+        const int th = (int)(((rdp.texture_tile[tile].lrt - rdp.texture_tile[tile].ult) >> 2) + 1);
+        /* D219: same cap-exhausted-before-the-explosion problem as the
+         * D172/GE_TEXDUMP probes -- never suppress the fire particle image
+         * dump. NOTE: `tw`/`th` above come from gsDPSetTileSize (the DL sets
+         * the fire tile's logical wrap size to 56x56, unrelated to its real
+         * 16x14 pixel content), so they do NOT identify this texture -- a
+         * first attempt at this exemption keyed on tw/th==16/14 and silently
+         * never matched, burning a whole live-playtest cycle for nothing.
+         * The real, always-correct signature is the load's byte count: 16 *
+         * 14 * 2 bytes/texel (RGBA16) = 448, matching CALC_LRS(16,14,...) in
+         * every one of assets/oddtextures.c's 15 fire DLs and confirmed
+         * against the TEXEL1_bytes=448 field already proven out via the
+         * gfx_sp_tri1 D172/D219 probe. */
+        const bool is_fire_bytes = (loaded_texture.size_bytes == 448);
+        static int ge_texraw = -1;
+        if (ge_texraw < 0) ge_texraw = getenv("GE_TEXRAW") != NULL;
+        if ((is_fire_bytes || tdc <= 400) && ge_texraw) {
             char nm[160];
-            snprintf(nm, sizeof nm, "texdump/r%03d_f%u_s%u_%ux%u.bin", tdc - 1, fmt, siz,
-                     ((rdp.texture_tile[tile].lrs - rdp.texture_tile[tile].uls) >> 2) + 1,
-                     ((rdp.texture_tile[tile].lrt - rdp.texture_tile[tile].ult) >> 2) + 1);
+            snprintf(nm, sizeof nm, "texdump/r%03d_f%u_s%u_%ux%u.bin", tdc - 1, fmt, siz, tw, th);
             FILE* bf = fopen(nm, "wb");
             if (bf) { fwrite(loaded_texture.addr, 1, loaded_texture.size_bytes, bf); fclose(bf); }
         }
@@ -1093,40 +1135,68 @@ static void import_texture(int i, int tile, bool importReplacement) {
      * decoding it against the stale rdp.palette produced the blue-speckle roof
      * (docs/dev/TEXTURE-GLITCH-ANALYSIS.md, B2). Route CI4/CI8 -> I4/I8 here. */
     uint8_t fmt_eff = fmt;
+    uint8_t siz_eff = siz;
     if (fmt == G_IM_FMT_CI && rdp.palette_fmt == G_TT_NONE) {
         fmt_eff = G_IM_FMT_I;
     }
 
+    /* D229: green/pulsating sky water. GE's texSelect loads CI8 mipmap chains
+     * with gDPLoadBlock (SetTexImage format = CI; the 16b "size" is only the
+     * fast3d 4KB-per-block convention), then the sky-water draw re-declares
+     * the same TMEM slot as RGBA/16b (sub_GAME_7F09343C). On N64 GE's custom
+     * RSP ucode expands the indices through the TLUT into real 16-bit pixels
+     * in TMEM, so the RGBA16 tile samples blue water. fast3d has no such
+     * expansion: it uploads the raw index bytes as 16-bit texels (g = 2*idx
+     * mod 32 dominates) -> green mottle. Route the import through the CI8
+     * palette path instead -- the port-layer equivalent of the ucode's
+     * expand-at-load. Only fires when the tile format genuinely disagrees
+     * with the loaded source, so real RGBA16 textures are untouched. */
+    if (fmt_eff == G_IM_FMT_RGBA && siz == G_IM_SIZ_16b &&
+        loaded_texture.src_fmt == G_IM_FMT_CI) {
+#ifdef PORT
+        static int ge_d229_a = -1;
+        if (ge_d229_a < 0) ge_d229_a = getenv("GE_D229") != NULL;
+        if (ge_d229_a) {
+            static int n_ci8r = 0;
+            if (n_ci8r++ < 8)
+                sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "D229: RGBA16 tile over CI8 source -> ci8 import (addr=%p size=%u palidx=%u)",
+                             (const void *)orig_addr, loaded_texture.size_bytes, palette_index);
+        }
+#endif
+        fmt_eff = G_IM_FMT_CI;
+        siz_eff = G_IM_SIZ_8b;
+    }
+
     if (fmt_eff == G_IM_FMT_RGBA) {
-        if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_16b) {
+        if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_16b) {
             import_texture_rgba16(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
-        } else if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_32b) {
+        } else if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_32b) {
             import_texture_rgba32(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
         } else {
             sysFatalError("Bad size for RGBA texture in tile %d: %02x", tile, siz);
         }
     } else if (fmt_eff == G_IM_FMT_IA) {
-        if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_4b) {
+        if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_4b) {
             import_texture_ia4(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
-        } else if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_8b) {
+        } else if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_8b) {
             import_texture_ia8(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
-        } else if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_16b) {
+        } else if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_16b) {
             import_texture_ia16(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
         } else {
             sysFatalError("Bad size for IA texture in tile %d: %02x", tile, siz);
         }
     } else if (fmt_eff == G_IM_FMT_CI) {
-        if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_4b) {
+        if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_4b) {
             import_texture_ci4(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
-        } else if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_8b) {
+        } else if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_8b) {
             import_texture_ci8(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
         } else {
             sysFatalError("Bad size for CI texture in tile %d: %02x", tile, siz);
         }
     } else if (fmt_eff == G_IM_FMT_I) {
-        if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_4b) {
+        if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_4b) {
             import_texture_i4(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
-        } else if (siz == G_IM_SIZ_8b) {
+        } else if (siz_eff == G_IM_SIZ_8b) {
             import_texture_i8(tile, loaded_texture, rdp.tex_lod);
         } else {
             sysFatalError("Bad size for I texture in tile %d: %02x", tile, siz);
@@ -1344,19 +1414,55 @@ static void gfx_sp_vertex(size_t n_vertices, size_t dest_index, const Vtx* verti
             d->color.g = g > 255 ? 255 : g;
             d->color.b = b > 255 ? 255 : b;
 
-            /* D72 (docs/internals.md): unlike the PD port, GE never
-             * generates texture coordinates from vertex normals. This PD-
-             * inherited block overwrote the authored tc[] UVs on every
-             * lit+textured surface (lookat_enabled defaults to true here),
-             * which smeared the Rareware-logo quads into a diagonal gold
-             * wedge: their corner UVs (0x0010..0x03F0 = full 32x32 coverage)
-             * were replaced by normal-derived values. GE's ground truth:
-             * every DL that could env-map sets gsDPSetTextureLUT(G_TT_NONE),
-             * stage rendering always has a camera lookat yet stage textures
-             * are surface-fixed on hardware, and the logo vertex batches
-             * carry authored atlas-slice UVs. So U/V stay as computed from
-             * tc[] above. (gSPLookAt state is still tracked — it may matter
-             * for lighting fidelity later.) */
+            /* D195/D72 correction: GE DOES use RSP-generated (environment-
+             * mapped) texture coordinates -- shiny gold/silver weapon skins
+             * and Control's reflective console glass all set G_TEXTURE_GEN,
+             * the real GBI bit that gates this on real hardware. D72.1
+             * originally removed this whole PD-inherited block to fix the
+             * Rareware logo (a lit surface that does NOT set G_TEXTURE_GEN,
+             * so it was never supposed to hit this path in the first place)
+             * but over-corrected: it deleted the feature instead of gating
+             * it on the bit that actually distinguishes the two cases. With
+             * no envmap UV generation, every G_TEXTURE_GEN draw sampled its
+             * texture at whatever raw tc[] happened to be authored (usually
+             * ~0), landing on the same corner texel every frame regardless
+             * of view angle -- for a typical dark-edged reflection map, a
+             * solid near-black surface instead of a shiny/reflective one.
+             * Gating on G_TEXTURE_GEN preserves D72.1's actual fix (the logo
+             * never sets this bit, so it's unaffected) while restoring the
+             * envmap effect for the draws that do. */
+            if (rsp.geometry_mode & G_TEXTURE_GEN) {
+                float dotx = 0, doty = 0;
+                if (rsp.lookat_enabled) {
+                    dotx += vcn->x * rsp.current_lookat_coeffs[0][0];
+                    dotx += vcn->y * rsp.current_lookat_coeffs[0][1];
+                    dotx += vcn->z * rsp.current_lookat_coeffs[0][2];
+                    doty += vcn->x * rsp.current_lookat_coeffs[1][0];
+                    doty += vcn->y * rsp.current_lookat_coeffs[1][1];
+                    doty += vcn->z * rsp.current_lookat_coeffs[1][2];
+                    dotx /= 127.0f;
+                    doty /= 127.0f;
+                } else {
+                    float tvcn[3];
+                    calculate_normal_dir(vcn, tvcn);
+                    dotx = tvcn[0];
+                    doty = tvcn[1];
+                }
+
+                dotx = clampf(dotx, -1.0f, 1.0f);
+                doty = clampf(doty, -1.0f, 1.0f);
+
+                if (rsp.geometry_mode & G_TEXTURE_GEN_LINEAR) {
+                    dotx = acosf(-dotx) / 4.0f;
+                    doty = acosf(-doty) / 4.0f;
+                } else {
+                    dotx = (dotx + 1.0f) / 4.0f;
+                    doty = (doty + 1.0f) / 4.0f;
+                }
+
+                U = (int32_t)(dotx * rsp.texture_scaling_factor.s);
+                V = (int32_t)(doty * rsp.texture_scaling_factor.t);
+            }
         } else {
             d->color.r = vcn->r;
             d->color.g = vcn->g;
@@ -1432,8 +1538,17 @@ static inline int gfx_lod_tile_offset(const int i) {
     // mip (tile 1), whose single-LOADBLOCK TMEM slot fast3d never registers
     // -> a magnified crop of the base image (the "blurry blob" ceilings /
     // wall panels in BUNKER1). GE loads the whole mip chain at TMEM 0, so
-    // the base render tile is the only correctly-loaded level: always use it.
-    return 0;
+    // for an LOD texture the base render tile is the only correctly-loaded
+    // level: use it.
+    //
+    // D172: but this must NOT collapse a genuine non-LOD two-texture combine.
+    // The explosion/blood/spark particle records (assets/oddtextures.c
+    // globalDL_0x078..) set G_TL_TILE (no LOD) + G_CC_INTERFERENCE
+    // (TEXEL0 * TEXEL1) and bind tile 0 = IA8 smoke @ TMEM 0, tile 1 = RGBA16
+    // fire @ TMEM 0x188. Returning 0 here fed TEXEL1 the smoke texture too
+    // (smoke * smoke) -> the magenta/cyan particle colour. Only fold to the
+    // base tile when LOD is actually active.
+    return rdp.tex_lod ? 0 : i;
 }
 
 static void gfx_sp_tri1(uint8_t vtx1_idx, uint8_t vtx2_idx, uint8_t vtx3_idx, bool is_rect) {
@@ -1443,7 +1558,26 @@ static void gfx_sp_tri1(uint8_t vtx1_idx, uint8_t vtx2_idx, uint8_t vtx3_idx, bo
     struct LoadedVertex* v_arr[3] = { v1, v2, v3 };
 
     if ((rsp.extra_geometry_mode & G_NO_CLIPPING_EXT) == 0) {
-        if (v1->clip_rej & v2->clip_rej & v3->clip_rej) {
+        /* D233: the outcode bits set in gfx_sp_vertex (x<-w / x>w / y<-w /
+         * y>w / z>w) are only valid half-space tests when w>0. A vertex
+         * that has crossed behind the camera plane (w<0) flips the sense of
+         * those comparisons, so its clip_rej bits can come out wrong. If
+         * that spurious bit happens to match the other two (genuinely
+         * correct) vertices' bits, the AND-reduction below fires and drops
+         * the whole triangle before it ever reaches the GPU -- even though
+         * OpenGL's own homogeneous clipper (which handles w<0 correctly)
+         * would have rendered the visible portion of it. This hits large
+         * polygons near the camera (room walls/ceilings near a doorway,
+         * where the camera is close enough for a vertex to sit behind it)
+         * far more than small prop models, matching D233's "room geometry
+         * intermittently vanishes near doors, furniture/terminals still
+         * draw" report. Fix: never trust the trivial-reject AND test when
+         * any vertex has a negative w -- defer to GL's clipper instead,
+         * same as the backface-cull code just below already does for the
+         * same w-sign hazard. Worst case for the (rare) mixed-sign case is
+         * a few extra triangles reaching the GPU; never fewer. */
+        bool any_behind_camera = (v1->w < 0) || (v2->w < 0) || (v3->w < 0);
+        if (!any_behind_camera && (v1->clip_rej & v2->clip_rej & v3->clip_rej)) {
             // The whole triangle lies outside the visible area
             return;
         }
@@ -1688,9 +1822,131 @@ static void gfx_sp_tri1(uint8_t vtx1_idx, uint8_t vtx2_idx, uint8_t vtx3_idx, bo
                     rendering_state.textures[i]->second.cmt = cmt;
                 }
             }
+
+#ifdef PORT
+            /* D229 probe (env-gated, inert): green/pulsating IsWater water.
+             * The water quad is a 2-cycle LERP(TEXEL1, TEXEL0) draw binding
+             * BOTH tiles to the same TMEM with tile 1 offset by uls/ult --
+             * the D172 probe's `tmem differs` filter never fires for it. Dump
+             * each texunit's full decoded tile state + wrap decision + GL
+             * texture identity so one Frigate capture pins whether TEXEL1
+             * resolves to the same image/region as TEXEL0 or drifts into
+             * other TMEM content (the green). */
+            static int ge_d229_b = -1;
+            if (ge_d229_b < 0) ge_d229_b = getenv("GE_D229") != NULL;
+            if (ge_d229_b && use_2cyc && comb->used_textures[0] && comb->used_textures[1]) {
+                static int d229x = 0;
+                static int d229_total = 0;
+                d229_total++;
+                if (d229x < 12) {
+                    d229x++;
+                    const uint32_t tmem = rdp.texture_tile[tile].tmem;
+                    sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                        "D229: texunit%d first=%u lodoff=%u tile=%u tmem=%u fmt=%u siz=%u | "
+                        "uls=%u ult=%u lrs=%u lrt=%u masks=%u maskt=%u shifts=%d shiftt=%d cms=%u cmt=%u | "
+                        "texw=%u texh=%u texw2=%u texh2=%u | "
+                        "wrapS=%d(tw=%.1f,uls=%.1f) wrapT=%d(th=%.1f,ult=%.1f) | "
+                        "tmembytes=%u GLaddr=%p texid=%u glbytes=%u same_tmem_as_other=%d",
+                        i, rdp.first_tile_index, gfx_lod_tile_offset(i), tile, tmem,
+                        rdp.texture_tile[tile].fmt, rdp.texture_tile[tile].siz,
+                        rdp.texture_tile[tile].uls, rdp.texture_tile[tile].ult,
+                        rdp.texture_tile[tile].lrs, rdp.texture_tile[tile].lrt,
+                        rdp.texture_tile[tile].masks, rdp.texture_tile[tile].maskt,
+                        (int)rdp.texture_tile[tile].shifts, (int)rdp.texture_tile[tile].shiftt,
+                        (unsigned)cms, (unsigned)cmt,
+                        tex_width[i], tex_height[i], tex_width2[i], tex_height2[i],
+                        (int)wrap_s[i], wrap_tw[i], wrap_uls[i],
+                        (int)wrap_t[i], wrap_th[i], wrap_ult[i],
+                        rdp.loaded_texture[tmem].orig_size_bytes,
+                        rendering_state.textures[i] ? (const void*)rendering_state.textures[i]->first.texture_addr : nullptr,
+                        rendering_state.textures[i] ? rendering_state.textures[i]->second.texture_id : 0u,
+                        rendering_state.textures[i] ? rendering_state.textures[i]->first.size_bytes : 0u,
+                        (int)(rdp.texture_tile[rdp.first_tile_index + gfx_lod_tile_offset(1 - i)].tmem == tmem));
+                } else if (d229_total % 400 == 0) {
+                    sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "D229: (summary) %d dual-texunit 2-cycle tris so far", d229_total);
+                }
+            }
+#endif
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef PORT
+    /* D172 probe (env-gated, inert): the magenta/cyan blood/spark bug. The
+     * particle records (assets/oddtextures.c globalDL_0x078..) draw a 2-cycle
+     * G_CC_INTERFERENCE combine (TEXEL0*TEXEL1) binding two tiles of two
+     * formats - tile 0 IA8 smoke, tile 1 RGBA16 fire @ tmem 0x188. Dump both
+     * texunits' tile state whenever a 2-cycle tri actually consumes TEXEL1, so
+     * one Silo capture pins whether TEXEL1 resolves to the right tmem/format. */
+    static int ge_d172_a = -1;
+    if (ge_d172_a < 0) ge_d172_a = getenv("GE_D172") != NULL;
+    if (ge_d172_a && use_2cyc && comb->used_textures[1] && !rdp.tex_lod) {
+        const uint32_t fi = rdp.first_tile_index;
+        /* the tile fast3d will actually SAMPLE for each texunit */
+        const uint32_t s0 = fi + gfx_lod_tile_offset(0);
+        const uint32_t s1 = fi + gfx_lod_tile_offset(1);
+        /* the tile the DL actually CONFIGURED for texunit 1 */
+        const uint32_t c1 = fi + 1;
+        /* only interesting when the DL set up a genuinely distinct 2nd tile
+         * (different tmem) -- filters out mip/LOD-bilerp false positives */
+        if (rdp.texture_tile[c1].tmem != rdp.texture_tile[fi].tmem) {
+            static int d172x = 0;
+            static int d172_total = 0;
+            /* D219: the original 40-hit cap (sized for M-90's short scripted
+             * repro) silently went dark for the rest of a real play session
+             * after ~40 ordinary bullet-impact particles, well before any
+             * actual explosion -- and the silence itself was indistinguishable
+             * from "no more particle draws happened at all". Never suppress
+             * the interesting (lit) case, and keep an always-on counter with
+             * periodic summaries so a long session still proves whether this
+             * code path is being hit throughout, not just early on. */
+            const bool lit = (rsp.geometry_mode & G_LIGHTING) != 0;
+            d172_total++;
+            if (!lit && d172x >= 40) {
+                if (d172_total % 200 == 0) {
+                    sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "D172: (summary) %d multitex tris seen so far, still LIGHTING=off", d172_total);
+                }
+            } else {
+                d172x++;
+                sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                    "D172: multitex tri combine=%llx tex_lod=%d first=%u | "
+                    "cfg1[tile=%u tmem=%u fmt=%u siz=%u] | "
+                    "SAMPLED0=tile%u(tmem=%u) SAMPLED1=tile%u(tmem=%u fmt=%u)%s | "
+                    /* D219 (docs/dev/findings.md): explosion.c never clears
+                     * G_LIGHTING before drawing these particle billboards -
+                     * it relies on whatever last set it. If lighting is ON
+                     * here, cn[]'s authored RGBA tint is misread as a normal
+                     * vector (gfx_pc.cpp:1301-1346) and SHADE becomes a
+                     * scene-light color instead of red/orange, which would
+                     * explain a state-dependent purple/blue that a synthetic
+                     * scripted repro (M-90) might not reproduce. */
+                    "geometry_mode=%08x LIGHTING=%s | "
+                    /* D219 round 2: G_LIGHTING is ruled out (5000/5000
+                     * samples off, live-confirmed still purple/blue). Next
+                     * suspect: a D217-style texture-cache collision -- the
+                     * cache key is {texture_addr, fmt, siz, size_bytes,
+                     * palette_hash} (gfx_pc.h) with no content hash for
+                     * non-CI textures, so if two of the 15 FIRE_N images
+                     * ever resolve to the same address (Globalimagetable
+                     * fixup aliasing) or the cache evicts/reuses a texture_id
+                     * without a real re-upload, this tile's GL texture could
+                     * be serving stale/wrong-image content while every
+                     * bookkeeping field above still looks correct. */
+                    "TEXEL1_addr=%p TEXEL1_texid=%u TEXEL1_bytes=%u",
+                    (unsigned long long)rdp.combine_mode, (int)rdp.tex_lod, fi,
+                    c1, rdp.texture_tile[c1].tmem, rdp.texture_tile[c1].fmt, rdp.texture_tile[c1].siz,
+                    s0, rdp.texture_tile[s0].tmem,
+                    s1, rdp.texture_tile[s1].tmem, rdp.texture_tile[s1].fmt,
+                    (s1 == s0) ? "  <-- TEXEL1 == TEXEL0 (BUG)" : "",
+                    rsp.geometry_mode,
+                    (rsp.geometry_mode & G_LIGHTING) ? "ON <-- D219 SUSPECT" : "off",
+                    rendering_state.textures[1] ? (const void*)rendering_state.textures[1]->first.texture_addr : nullptr,
+                    rendering_state.textures[1] ? rendering_state.textures[1]->second.texture_id : 0u,
+                    rendering_state.textures[1] ? rendering_state.textures[1]->first.size_bytes : 0u);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     struct ShaderProgram* prg = comb->prg[tm];
     if (prg == NULL) {
         comb->prg[tm] = prg =
@@ -2102,6 +2358,7 @@ static void gfx_dp_set_scissor(uint32_t mode, uint32_t ulx, uint32_t uly, uint32
 
 static void gfx_dp_set_texture_image(uint32_t format, uint32_t size, uint32_t width, uint32_t tex_flags, const void* addr) {
     rdp.texture_to_load.addr = (const uint8_t*)addr;
+    rdp.texture_to_load.fmt = (uint8_t)format; /* D229 */
     rdp.texture_to_load.siz = size;
     rdp.texture_to_load.width = width;
     rdp.texture_to_load.tex_flags = tex_flags;
@@ -2190,6 +2447,23 @@ static void gfx_dp_load_tlut(uint8_t tile, uint32_t uls, uint32_t ult, uint32_t
         *dst++ = PD_BE16(*src++);
     }
 
+    /* D217: refresh the palette-content hash that keys the CI texture cache.
+     * GE reissues gDPLoadTLUT from a repeated scratch source address with
+     * different content between weapon / character model materials; the CI
+     * TextureCacheKey keys on the source *address*, so without a content hash a
+     * later material can take a stale cache HIT decoded against an earlier
+     * palette. gDPLoadTLUT is rare relative to draws, so hashing the whole
+     * 512-byte table here keeps the per-texel path untouched. */
+    {
+        uint32_t h = 2166136261u;
+        const uint8_t *pb = (const uint8_t *)rdp.palette;
+        for (uint32_t k = 0; k < sizeof(rdp.palette); ++k) {
+            h ^= pb[k];
+            h *= 16777619u;
+        }
+        rdp.palette_hash = h;
+    }
+
     rdp.textures_changed[0] = rdp.textures_changed[1] = true;
 }
 
@@ -2216,6 +2490,7 @@ static void gfx_dp_load_block(uint8_t tile, uint32_t uls, uint32_t ult, uint32_t
     loaded_texture.tex_flags = rdp.texture_to_load.tex_flags;
     loaded_texture.raw_tex_metadata = rdp.texture_to_load.raw_tex_metadata;
     loaded_texture.addr = rdp.texture_to_load.addr;
+    loaded_texture.src_fmt = rdp.texture_to_load.fmt; /* D229 */
 
     rdp.textures_changed[0] = rdp.textures_changed[1] = true;
 }
@@ -2256,6 +2531,7 @@ static void gfx_dp_load_tile(uint8_t tile, uint32_t uls, uint32_t ult, uint32_t
     loaded_texture.tex_flags = rdp.texture_to_load.tex_flags;
     loaded_texture.raw_tex_metadata = rdp.texture_to_load.raw_tex_metadata;
     loaded_texture.addr = rdp.texture_to_load.addr + start_offset_bytes;
+    loaded_texture.src_fmt = rdp.texture_to_load.fmt; /* D229 */
 
     rdp.texture_tile[tile].uls = uls;
     rdp.texture_tile[tile].ult = ult;
@@ -2784,6 +3060,30 @@ static void gfx_run_dl(Gfx* cmd) {
                 gfx_dp_set_grayscale_color(C1(24, 8), C1(16, 8), C1(8, 8), C1(0, 8));
                 break;
             case G_SETCOMBINE:
+#ifdef PORT
+                /* D172 probe (env-gated, inert): log every SETCOMBINE with the
+                 * cycle-type active at that moment. Particle records
+                 * (explosion.c g_ExplosionDisplayLists[]) set a 2-cycle
+                 * combine but never set cycletype - this tells us what
+                 * cycletype fast3d has when they replay. */
+                static int ge_d172_b = -1;
+                if (ge_d172_b < 0) ge_d172_b = getenv("GE_D172") != NULL;
+                if (ge_d172_b) {
+                    static uint64_t d172seen[64];
+                    static int d172cnt = 0;
+                    uint64_t key = ((uint64_t)(uint32_t)cmd->words.w0 << 32) | (uint32_t)cmd->words.w1;
+                    bool dup = false;
+                    for (int k = 0; k < d172cnt; k++) if (d172seen[k] == key) { dup = true; break; }
+                    if (!dup && d172cnt < 64) {
+                        d172seen[d172cnt++] = key;
+                        uint32_t ct = (rdp.other_mode_h >> G_MDSFT_CYCLETYPE) & 3;
+                        sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                            "D172: SETCOMBINE w0=%08x w1=%08x  cycletype=%u (%s)",
+                            (uint32_t)cmd->words.w0, (uint32_t)cmd->words.w1,
+                            ct, ct == 0 ? "1CYC" : ct == 1 ? "2CYC" : ct == 2 ? "COPY" : "FILL");
+                    }
+                }
+#endif
                 gfx_dp_set_combine_mode(color_comb(C0(20, 4), C1(28, 4), C0(15, 5), C1(15, 3)),
                                         alpha_comb(C0(12, 3), C1(12, 3), C0(9, 3), C1(9, 3)),
                                         color_comb(C0(5, 4), C1(24, 4), C0(0, 5), C1(6, 3)),
@@ -3162,6 +3462,20 @@ extern "C" void gfx_set_mipmap_filter(enum MipmapFilteringMode mode) {
 }
 
 extern "C" void gfx_set_fix_mip_textures(int on) { g_fix_mip_textures = !!on; }
+
+/* D212: expose the (already-implemented) rendering-API anisotropy hook to the
+ * port layer. Clamp to [1, GL max] so a stale ini value can't feed an invalid
+ * GL_TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY. 1 = isotropic (driver default). */
+extern "C" void gfx_set_anisotropy_level(int level) {
+    reset_texture_state();
+    int max = gfx_rapi->get_max_anisotropy_level ? gfx_rapi->get_max_anisotropy_level() : 1;
+    if (max < 1) max = 1;
+    if (level < 1) level = 1;
+    if (level > max) level = max;
+    if (gfx_rapi->set_anisotropy_level) {
+        gfx_rapi->set_anisotropy_level(level);
+    }
+}
 extern "C" void gfx_set_wrap_fix(int on) {
     const char* e = getenv("GE_WRAPFIX"); /* RC3 test override */
     g_wrap_fix = e ? (atoi(e) != 0) : !!on;

port/fast3d/gfx_pc.h

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ struct TextureCacheKey {
     // (gDPLoadBlock mip chains vs partial loads); include the size so a
     // truncated first import cannot poison later full imports.
     uint32_t size_bytes;
+    // D217: for CI (palettized) textures, a hash of the decoded rdp.palette
+    // content at import time. GE assembles weapon / character model DLs in
+    // scratch arena RAM and reissues gDPLoadTLUT with different palette
+    // *content* from a repeated source address, so
+    // {texture_addr, palette_addrs, palette_index, size_bytes} alone collides
+    // across materials/frames -> a CI tile takes a stale cache HIT decoded
+    // against a different palette. Recomputed only in gfx_dp_load_tlut(), so
+    // there is no per-texel or per-draw cost. Zero for non-CI textures.
+    uint32_t palette_hash;
 
     bool operator==(const TextureCacheKey&) const noexcept = default;
 

port/fast3d/gfx_sdl2.cpp

@@ -409,7 +409,13 @@ static inline void sync_framerate_with_timer(void) {
     // We want to exit a bit early, so we can busy-wait the rest to never miss the deadline
     left -= 15000UL;
     if (left > 0) {
-        sysSleep(left);
+        /* D250: `left` is in 100ns units (qpc_to_100ns); sysSleep() takes
+         * microseconds. Passing it unconverted slept ~10x too long every
+         * time this branch fired (e.g. an intended 2ms sleep became a real
+         * ~20ms one), silently eating the rest of the frame budget whenever
+         * per-frame work left little slack -- a resolution/GPU-independent
+         * frame-pacing bug, not a real render cost. */
+        sysSleep((uint32_t)(left / 10));
     }
 
     do {

port/include/audio.h

@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ void audioDestroy(void);
 /* Number of samples (stereo s16 frames) currently queued. */
 s32  audioGetSamplesBuffered(void);
 
+/* D204/F1: emulate the N64 AI_LEN_REG -- bytes remaining in the buffer the
+ * DAC is *currently* playing, NOT the whole queue depth. src/audi.c does
+ * arithmetic on this value that only holds inside the N64's range. */
+u32  audioGetAiLengthBytes(void);
+
 /* Queue the next block of mixed samples (len is in bytes). */
 void audioSetNextBuffer(const s16 *buf, u32 len);
 
-/* Called at the end of each frame to flush the queued buffer to the device. */
-void audioEndFrame(void);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif

port/include/audiotrace.h

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * audiotrace.h — serialized trace writer for the GE_AUDIOTRACE / WIRE probes.
+ *
+ * D202/M-70 (PORT): the probe sites live in TWO threads — sndPlaySfx runs on
+ * the game thread, the sndp event handlers ([EVT]/[VOICE+]/[STOP-EVT]) and
+ * load.c's [PASTEND] run on the audio thread. Each site used to open its own
+ * unbuffered FILE* on the same path; concurrent fprintf() calls interleaved
+ * MID-LINE and corrupted records, which M-69's offline matcher misread as
+ * dropped voice allocations. One FILE* per path plus a spinlock around
+ * vfprintf makes each line atomic.
+ */
+#ifndef PORT_AUDIOTRACE_H
+#define PORT_AUDIOTRACE_H
+
+void geTracePrintf(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+#endif /* PORT_AUDIOTRACE_H */

port/include/input.h

@@ -44,20 +44,23 @@ unsigned inputComputePad(int idx, signed char *stick_x, signed char *stick_y);
  * disabled in config. */
 void inputSetMouseGrab(int on);
 
-/* WI-1 click-to-lock cursor capture (Input.MouseCaptureMode = 1). The host
- * event pump calls inputNotifyClick() when a mouse button goes down inside the
- * game window (arms + locks the cursor), and inputReleaseCapture() when ESC is
- * pressed (frees it; returns 1 if it consumed the key). inputMouseCaptureActive()
- * is true when capture mode is on and the cursor is currently free -- the pump
- * uses it to decide whether a click should be swallowed rather than passed on. */
+/* WI-1 click-to-lock cursor capture. The host event pump calls
+ * inputNotifyClick() when a mouse button goes down inside the game window
+ * (arms + locks the cursor), and inputReleaseCapture() when ESC is pressed
+ * (frees it; returns 1 if it consumed the key). */
 void inputNotifyClick(void);
 int  inputReleaseCapture(void);
-int  inputMouseCaptureActive(void);
 
 /* F10 options overlay: force the OS cursor free + visible while the overlay
  * owns the mouse. Safe to call every poll. */
 void inputSuspendForOverlay(void);
 
+/* Raw gamepad state for controller idx (the F10 options overlay's gamepad
+ * navigation). Unaffected by the overlay's pad-swallow, which happens at our
+ * logic layer, not SDL's. No pad open -> 0. */
+int   inputPadButton(int idx, SDL_GameControllerButton b);
+short inputPadAxis(int idx, SDL_GameControllerAxis a);
+
 /* Queue a mouse-wheel weapon-cycle input (one short A-button press). Sign is
  * ignored -- GE only cycles forward on a bare A edge. */
 void inputPostWheel(int notches);

port/include/mixer.h

@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@
 #define PORT_MIXER_H
 
 /*
- * Audio mixing.
- * Modelled on the PD port's port/include/mixer.h.
+ * Audio mixing — software implementation of GE's RSP audio ucode opcodes.
  *
- * On the N64 the RSP audio ucode does the final mix / sample-rate handling
- * before the AI DMA. Since the RSP is emulated in software here, this module
- * performs that final processing on the CPU and hands the result to audio.c.
+ * include/PR/abi.h's aXxx macros normally pack RSP command words into an
+ * Acmd list for the audio ucode (aspMain, never run on PC — port/src/ucode.c)
+ * to execute later. Under #ifdef PORT, abi.h includes this header instead,
+ * which redefines every aXxx macro to call an Impl function here immediately
+ * — same macro-swap trick as the Perfect Dark PC port (docs/dev/AUDIO-PLAN.md).
  *
- * NOTE: the exact responsibilities depend on how GE's libaudio output is
- * wired (see src/audi.c). This is a placeholder interface to be refined in
- * Phase 3 (audio).
+ * GE uses the classic IDO libaudio ABI (verified against every call site in
+ * src/libultra/audio and src/libultrare/audio/{env,reverb}.c — NOT PD's
+ * differently-shaped "naudio New" ABI). Several opcodes (aADPCMdec,
+ * aResample, aEnvMixer, aLoadBuffer, aSaveBuffer) take only a state/DRAM
+ * pointer; their DMEM source/dest addresses and byte counts come from the
+ * most recent aSetBuffer call(s), tracked here as persistent context —
+ * see the field comments on MixerCtx in mixer.c.
  */
 
 #include <PR/ultratypes.h>
@@ -23,9 +28,54 @@ extern "C" {
 void mixerInit(void);
 void mixerDestroy(void);
 
-/* Process one frame of audio. `in` is the libaudio-mixed buffer, `frames`
- * the number of stereo frames. Output is queued via audioSetNextBuffer. */
-void mixerProcess(const s16 *in, u32 frames);
+/* Software RSP-audio-ucode opcode implementations (port/src/mixer.c). */
+void aSetBufferImpl(u32 flags, u16 i, u16 o, u16 c);
+void aClearBufferImpl(u16 addr, u32 count);
+void aLoadBufferImpl(u32 dramAddr);
+void aSaveBufferImpl(u32 dramAddr);
+void aDMEMMoveImpl(u16 in, u16 out, u32 count);
+void aLoadADPCMImpl(u32 count, u32 dramAddr);
+void aSetLoopImpl(u32 stateAddr);
+void aADPCMdecImpl(u32 flags, u32 stateAddr);
+void aResampleImpl(u32 flags, u16 pitch, u32 stateAddr);
+void aInterleaveImpl(u16 l, u16 r);
+void aMixImpl(u32 flags, u16 gain, u16 in, u16 out);
+void aSetVolumeImpl(u32 flags, u16 v, u16 t, u16 r);
+void aEnvMixerImpl(u32 flags, u32 stateAddr);
+void aPoleFilterImpl(u32 flags, u16 gain, u32 stateAddr);
+void aSegmentImpl(u32 seg, u32 base);
+
+#undef aSetBuffer
+#undef aClearBuffer
+#undef aLoadBuffer
+#undef aSaveBuffer
+#undef aDMEMMove
+#undef aLoadADPCM
+#undef aSetLoop
+#undef aADPCMdec
+#undef aResample
+#undef aInterleave
+#undef aMix
+#undef aSetVolume
+#undef aEnvMixer
+#undef aPoleFilter
+#undef aSegment
+
+#define aSetBuffer(pkt, f, i, o, c)   aSetBufferImpl((u32)(f), (u16)(i), (u16)(o), (u16)(c))
+#define aClearBuffer(pkt, d, c)       aClearBufferImpl((u16)(d), (u32)(c))
+#define aLoadBuffer(pkt, s)           aLoadBufferImpl((u32)(s))
+#define aSaveBuffer(pkt, s)           aSaveBufferImpl((u32)(s))
+#define aDMEMMove(pkt, i, o, c)       aDMEMMoveImpl((u16)(i), (u16)(o), (u32)(c))
+#define aLoadADPCM(pkt, c, d)         aLoadADPCMImpl((u32)(c), (u32)(d))
+#define aSetLoop(pkt, a)              aSetLoopImpl((u32)(a))
+#define aADPCMdec(pkt, f, s)          aADPCMdecImpl((u32)(f), (u32)(s))
+#define aResample(pkt, f, p, s)       aResampleImpl((u32)(f), (u16)(p), (u32)(s))
+#define aInterleave(pkt, l, r)        aInterleaveImpl((u16)(l), (u16)(r))
+#define aMix(pkt, f, g, i, o)         aMixImpl((u32)(f), (u16)(g), (u16)(i), (u16)(o))
+#define aSetVolume(pkt, f, v, t, r)   aSetVolumeImpl((u32)(f), (u16)(v), (u16)(t), (u16)(r))
+#define aEnvMixer(pkt, f, s)          aEnvMixerImpl((u32)(f), (u32)(s))
+#define aPoleFilter(pkt, f, g, s)     aPoleFilterImpl((u32)(f), (u16)(g), (u32)(s))
+#define aSegment(pkt, s, b)           aSegmentImpl((u32)(s), (u32)(b))
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }

port/include/port_math.h

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* port_math.h -- real system math declarations for port/ code.
+ *
+ * The build's -I list puts the game's include/math.h (a constants-only
+ * header: M_PI & friends, guard _MATH_EXT_H_) ahead of the system one, so a
+ * plain #include <math.h> in a .c file picks up the game header and leaves
+ * fabs/tan/atan/pow/... implicitly declared. Including from THIS header lets
+ * #include_next step past the game header to the real system math.h.
+ */
+#ifndef PORT_MATH_H
+#define PORT_MATH_H
+
+#include <math.h>      /* -> include/math.h (game constants) via -I include  */
+#include_next <math.h> /* -> next match in the search path: system math.h    */
+
+#endif /* PORT_MATH_H */

port/include/romconvert.h

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef PORT_ROMCONVERT_H
+#define PORT_ROMCONVERT_H
+
+/*
+ * First-run sidecar conversion — see port/src/romconvert.c. Called from
+ * romdataInit() once a valid ROM image is in hand; spawns the bundled frozen
+ * converter (ge007-convert) if the pcmodels/pccg sidecars are missing.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* romImg: mapped/read ROM image (country byte at 0x3E selects the region);
+ * romRelPath: the "$S/..." / "$E/..." / "./..." path the ROM was opened from.
+ * Returns 1 when both sidecars are present, -1 when they could not be
+ * produced (caller should abort boot). */
+int romConvertEnsureSidecars(const unsigned char *romImg, const char *romRelPath);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* PORT_ROMCONVERT_H */

port/include/versioninfo.h.in

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 /* Generated by CMake from versioninfo.h.in — do not edit. */
 
 #define GE007_VERSION_HASH  "@VERSION_HASH@"
+#define GE007_VERSION_CODENAME "@VERSION_CODENAME@"
+#define GE007_ORIGIN_URL "@ORIGIN_URL@"
 #define GE007_TARGET_PLATFORM "@TARGET_PLATFORM@"
 #define GE007_ROMID "@ROMID@"
 #define GE007_IS_PAL @VERSION_IS_PAL@

port/include/video.h

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /* Initialize the window + GL context. Returns 0 on success. */
+/* Steam Deck first-run preset; must run after the config constructor and
+ * before configLoad() (see video.c). No-op effect once an ini exists. */
+void videoApplySteamOSDefaults(void);
 int  videoInit(void);
 void videoDestroy(void);
 

port/src/audio.c

@@ -6,33 +6,102 @@
  * osAiGetLength (libultra.c) route through here.
  *
  * Modelled on the PD port's port/src/audio.c (~75 lines).
- *
- * STATUS: scaffolding stub — implement during Phase 3.
  */
 
 #include <SDL.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "platform.h"
 #include "system.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "audio.h"
+#include "audiotrace.h"
 
 static SDL_AudioDeviceID dev = 0;
-static const s16 *nextBuf = NULL;
-static u32 nextSize = 0;
+
+/* src/audi.c: g_FrameSize + EXTRA_SAMPLES + 0x10, the exact sample count
+ * info->data is allocated for (audi.c:388). Zero until amCreateAudioManager
+ * has run. Used by the D204/F4 oversize guard below. */
+extern u32 g_MaxFrameSize;
+
+/* D202 diag: GE_AUDIODUMP=1 raw-dumps every mixed s16 stereo buffer at
+ * 22050Hz to audiodump.raw in the CWD for offline waveform inspection.
+ * Remove once D202 is root-caused. */
+static FILE *s_audioDumpFile = NULL;
+static int   s_audioDumpChecked = 0;
+static u64   s_audioDumpBytesWritten = 0;
+
+/* D202 diag: exact byte offset into audiodump.raw written so far, so a probe
+ * elsewhere (snd.c sndPlaySfx) can log precisely which sample position a
+ * request happened at, instead of guessing via an RMS scan. */
+u64 audioDumpBytePos(void)
+{
+    return s_audioDumpBytesWritten;
+}
 
 static int  bufferSize = 512;
-static int  queueLimit = 8192;
+
+/* D204/F3: was 8192 frames (372 ms). GE's AI feedback loop (src/audi.c:531)
+ * regulates to a very shallow queue -- it only asks for more than
+ * g_MinFrameSize once the queue is under ~69 frames -- so a 372 ms drop
+ * threshold is far past anything the game can steer out of, and just
+ * converts overproduction into silent buffer loss at high latency.
+ * 2880 frames (130 ms, four of GE's 720-sample blocks) sits comfortably above
+ * the F5 cushion of AUDIO_TARGET_FRAMES while keeping worst-case latency in a
+ * range the regulator can still steer out of.
+ * NB: an existing data/ge007.ini pins QueueLimit, so this default only
+ * applies to fresh configs -- see docs/dev/findings.md D204. */
+static int  queueLimit = 2880;
+
+/* D204/F1: size in bytes of the block most recently handed to the DAC. Used
+ * to bound audioGetAiLengthBytes() to one buffer, like real AI hardware. */
+static u32  lastBufferBytes = 0;
+
+/* D204/F5: queue cushion the AI feedback loop steers toward, in stereo
+ * frames. ~46 ms at 22050 Hz -- enough to absorb OS scheduling jitter and a
+ * dropped retrace or two, small enough that input->sound latency stays well
+ * under a frame of the game's own 30 Hz audio cadence. See the long comment
+ * in audioGetAiLengthBytes(). */
+#define AUDIO_TARGET_FRAMES 1024
+
+/* D204/F4: rate-limited reporting for the two ways audio can be lost. */
+static u32  dropCount = 0;
+static u32  oversizeCount = 0;
+
+/* D204 diag (temporary): GE_D204_OLD=1 restores the pre-fix behaviour --
+ * osAiGetLength() reports the whole SDL queue depth and queueLimit goes back
+ * to 8192 -- so before/after can be measured in ONE binary, without
+ * build-to-build variance. Remove once D204 is closed. */
+static int d204OldMode(void)
+{
+    static int cached = -1;
+    if (cached < 0) {
+        cached = getenv("GE_D204_OLD") ? 1 : 0;
+        if (cached) queueLimit = 8192;
+    }
+    return cached;
+}
 
 int audioInit(void)
 {
-    /* TODO(Phase 3):
-     *  - SDL_InitSubSystem(AUDIO)
-     *  - open device: 22020 Hz (match GE's OUTPUT_RATE in src/audi.c),
-     *    AUDIO_S16SYS, 2 channels
-     *  - unpause
-     */
-    sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "audioInit: TODO (Phase 3)");
+    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) < 0) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "audioInit: SDL_InitSubSystem: %s", SDL_GetError());
+        return -1;
+    }
+    SDL_AudioSpec want = {0};
+    want.freq     = 22050; /* GE's OUTPUT_RATE (src/audi.c) */
+    want.format   = AUDIO_S16SYS;
+    want.channels = 2;
+    want.samples  = (u16)bufferSize;
+    SDL_AudioSpec have;
+    dev = SDL_OpenAudioDevice(NULL, 0, &want, &have, 0);
+    if (!dev) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "audioInit: SDL_OpenAudioDevice: %s", SDL_GetError());
+        return -1;
+    }
+    SDL_PauseAudioDevice(dev, 0);
+    sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "audioInit: opened SDL audio device at %d Hz", have.freq);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -46,20 +115,182 @@ s32 audioGetSamplesBuffered(void)
     return dev ? (SDL_GetQueuedAudioSize(dev) / 4) : 0;
 }
 
-void audioSetNextBuffer(const s16 *buf, u32 len)
+/*
+ * D204/F1 -- correct AI_LEN_REG semantics. ROBUSTNESS, not a bug fix:
+ * measured A/B (M-64) shows this changes no observable behaviour today.
+ *
+ * src/audi.c:531 sizes every audio block as
+ *     frameSamples = (u16)((g_FrameSize - (osAiGetLength() >> 2) + 16 + 0x25) & ~0xf)
+ * clamped below at g_MinFrameSize. On the N64 osAiGetLength() reads
+ * AI_LEN_REG: the bytes left in the ONE buffer the DAC is currently playing,
+ * bounded by g_MaxFrameSize*4, so the term acts as a +-64-sample trim.
+ *
+ * Reporting SDL's whole queue depth instead lets that subtraction (done in
+ * u32) wrap once the queue exceeds g_FrameSize + 0x35 frames, which it does
+ * routinely -- measured high-water 2064 frames over a 5 min run. That wrap
+ * is HARMLESS in practice and I verified it rather than assuming: the result
+ * is stored into `s16 frameSamples` (audi.c:145), so it lands negative and
+ * audi.c's own `(s32)frameSamples < g_MinFrameSize` clamp catches it, giving
+ * a nominal 720-sample frame. Max block observed stays 3136 bytes against
+ * the 3156-byte info->data allocation -- there is no heap overrun.
+ *
+ * Bounding the report to one buffer is still the right thing: it matches the
+ * hardware the game was written against, keeps the arithmetic inside its
+ * designed range instead of relying on a signed-overflow accident, and costs
+ * one compare. AGENTS.md rule #2: it belongs here in port/, not in audi.c.
+ */
+u32 audioGetAiLengthBytes(void)
 {
-    nextBuf = buf;
-    nextSize = len;
+    u32 queued = dev ? SDL_GetQueuedAudioSize(dev) : 0;
+
+    if (d204OldMode()) {
+        return queued; /* pre-fix behaviour, for A/B measurement only */
+    }
+
+    /* D204/F5 -- shift the regulator's setpoint off zero. THIS is the part
+     * that measurably changes behaviour.
+     *
+     * audi.c only asks for more than g_MinFrameSize (720) once the reported
+     * length drops under ~69 frames. 720 samples per 30 Hz audio frame is
+     * 21600/s against a 22050 Hz device, so at the nominal rate the pipeline
+     * is structurally ~2 % short and relies on those top-up frames to make it
+     * back. On the N64 a 69-frame setpoint is fine -- AI is double-buffered
+     * and the VI interrupt is exact. On PC it means the loop does not react
+     * until the SDL queue is 3 ms from empty, which OS scheduling jitter
+     * clears easily: measured rt=0.980 sustained with q reaching 0, i.e. the
+     * device is padding ~2 % of playback with silence, permanently. That lost
+     * time is unrecoverable, because a queue-depth reading cannot tell the
+     * regulator it has already fallen behind.
+     *
+     * Subtracting a target cushion makes "queue is at AUDIO_TARGET_FRAMES"
+     * read as "queue is empty", so the loop tops up while there is still
+     * ~46 ms of slack, and settles just above the cushion instead of
+     * oscillating into starvation. Purely a port-side setpoint change: audi.c
+     * still runs its own unmodified control law. */
+    {
+        const u32 targetBytes = AUDIO_TARGET_FRAMES * 4u;
+        queued = (queued > targetBytes) ? (queued - targetBytes) : 0u;
+    }
+
+    if (lastBufferBytes && queued > lastBufferBytes) {
+        queued = lastBufferBytes;
+    }
+    return queued;
 }
 
-void audioEndFrame(void)
+void audioSetNextBuffer(const s16 *buf, u32 len)
 {
-    if (nextBuf && nextSize && dev) {
+    if (!s_audioDumpChecked) {
+        s_audioDumpChecked = 1;
+        if (getenv("GE_AUDIODUMP")) {
+            s_audioDumpFile = fopen("audiodump.raw", "wb");
+        }
+    }
+    (void)d204OldMode(); /* D204 diag: ensure the queueLimit override applies */
+
+    /* D204 audio-health monitor: GE_D204=1 prints one line every 5 s of wall
+     * clock with everything needed to see the pipeline degrade in real time:
+     *
+     *   rt=   produced audio seconds / wall seconds. 1.00 is healthy; a
+     *         sustained value below 1 means the 30 Hz retrace that drives
+     *         amMain is being starved, and audio is being generated slower
+     *         than the DAC eats it (gaps, stutter).
+     *   q=    SDL queue depth in frames. Should sit shallow (GE's regulator
+     *         in audi.c:531 only asks for more than g_MinFrameSize once the
+     *         queue is under ~69 frames). Climbing toward queueLimit means
+     *         overproduction, and once it pins there every new block is
+     *         dropped -- the "eventually no audio except a stuck loop" state.
+     *   drop= blocks discarded because the queue was full (cumulative).
+     *   max=  largest block audi.c has handed us, vs its g_MaxFrameSize*4
+     *         allocation.
+     *
+     * Deliberately cheap (one clock read + one counter per block, ~30/s) so
+     * it can be left on for a full playtest -- unlike GE_MIXERTRACE, whose
+     * unbuffered per-opcode log slows the process enough to starve the audio
+     * thread on its own (that artifact is what M-63 measured as "13 % of
+     * real time"; see docs/dev/findings.md D204). Remove once D204 closes. */
+    if (getenv("GE_D204")) {
+        static u64 startUs = 0, nextReportUs = 0, produced = 0;
+        static u32 maxLen = 0;
+        u64 now = sysGetMicroseconds();
+        if (!startUs) { startUs = now; nextReportUs = now + 5000000ull; }
+        produced += len;
+        if (len > maxLen) maxLen = len;
+        if (now >= nextReportUs) {
+            u64 wallUs = now - startUs;
+            /* produced bytes / 4 = frames; / 22050 = seconds of audio */
+            u64 rtx1000 = wallUs ? (produced / 4ull) * 1000000ull / 22050ull * 1000ull / wallUs : 0;
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                "D204 audio health t=%llus rt=%llu.%03llu q=%d/%d drop=%u max=%u/%u",
+                (unsigned long long)(wallUs / 1000000ull),
+                (unsigned long long)(rtx1000 / 1000), (unsigned long long)(rtx1000 % 1000),
+                (int)audioGetSamplesBuffered(), queueLimit,
+                (unsigned)dropCount, (unsigned)maxLen,
+                (unsigned)(g_MaxFrameSize * 4u));
+            nextReportUs = now + 5000000ull;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* D204/F4: invariant guard, believed unreachable. info->data is allocated
+     * for exactly g_MaxFrameSize samples (audi.c:388), so a longer block means
+     * alAudioFrame() has already run off the end of it. audi.c's own signed
+     * clamp should make that impossible (see audioGetAiLengthBytes above), and
+     * no run has ever tripped this -- but "impossible" is worth one compare
+     * per block when the alternative is a silent heap overrun. */
+    if (g_MaxFrameSize && len > g_MaxFrameSize * 4u) {
+        if (oversizeCount++ < 8) {
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR,
+                "D204: oversized audio block %u bytes (info->data alloc %u) -- "
+                "audi.c frameSamples escaped its clamp; heap already overrun",
+                (unsigned)len, (unsigned)(g_MaxFrameSize * 4u));
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (s_audioDumpFile && buf && len) {
+        fwrite(buf, 1, len, s_audioDumpFile);
+        s_audioDumpBytesWritten += len;
+    }
+
+    /* D77 diag (temporary): GE_AUDIOTRACE=1 already logs csplayer.c
+     * [MUSICNOTE] note-on events into audiotrace.log. That proves the
+     * level-music trigger fires and posts notes to the synth, but says
+     * nothing about whether those notes actually reach the final mixed
+     * buffer handed to the SDL device below. Interleave a cheap (~1/s)
+     * peak/RMS reading of *this* buffer into the SAME file/lock
+     * (geTracePrintf) so the two can be correlated by line order without
+     * per-line timestamps. Remove once D77 closes. */
+    if (buf && len && getenv("GE_AUDIOTRACE")) {
+        static u64 lastReportUs = 0;
+        u64 now = sysGetMicroseconds();
+        if (now - lastReportUs >= 1000000ull) {
+            const s16 *s = buf;
+            u32 n = len / 2u;
+            s32 peak = 0;
+            s64 sumsq = 0;
+            for (u32 i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                s32 v = s[i];
+                if (v < 0) v = -v;
+                if (v > peak) peak = v;
+                sumsq += (s64)s[i] * (s64)s[i];
+            }
+            double rms = n ? __builtin_sqrt((double)sumsq / (double)n) : 0.0;
+            geTracePrintf("audiotrace.log", "[AUDIOLVL] peak=%d rms=%.1f n=%u\n",
+                          (int)peak, rms, (unsigned)n);
+            lastReportUs = now;
+        }
+    }
+    if (dev && buf && len) {
         if (audioGetSamplesBuffered() < queueLimit) {
-            SDL_QueueAudio(dev, nextBuf, nextSize);
+            SDL_QueueAudio(dev, buf, len);
+            lastBufferBytes = len;
+        } else if (dropCount++ % 128 == 0) {
+            /* D204/F3: dropping here used to be silent, so overproduction
+             * surfaced only as unexplained dropouts. */
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                "D204: audio queue full (%d/%d frames), dropped block #%u",
+                (int)audioGetSamplesBuffered(), queueLimit, (unsigned)dropCount);
         }
-        nextBuf = NULL;
-        nextSize = 0;
     }
 }
 

port/src/crash.c

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void *crashGetModuleBase(const void *addr)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static void crashStackTrace(char *msg, int sig, void *pc)
+static void crashStackTrace(char *msg, int sig, void *pc, ucontext_t *ucontext, siginfo_t *siginfo)
 {
     unsigned msglen = 0;
     void *frames[CRASH_MAX_FRAMES] = { NULL };
@@ -338,6 +338,26 @@ static void crashStackTrace(char *msg, int sig, void *pc)
     char **strings = backtrace_symbols(frames, nframes);
 
     CRASH_MSG("SIGNAL: %d\n", sig);
+    if (siginfo && (sig == SIGSEGV || sig == SIGBUS)) {
+        CRASH_MSG("FAULT ADDR: %p\n", (void *)siginfo->si_addr);
+    }
+#if defined(PLATFORM_X86_64)
+    if (ucontext) {
+        CRASH_MSG("REGS: Rax=%p Rcx=%p Rdx=%p Rsi=%p Rdi=%p R8=%p R9=%p R10=%p R11=%p\n",
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RAX],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RCX],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RDX],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RSI],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RDI],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R8],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R9],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R10],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R11]);
+        CRASH_MSG("Rsp=%p Rbp=%p\n",
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RSP],
+                  (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RBP]);
+    }
+#endif
     CRASH_MSG("PC: ");
     if (pc) {
         CRASH_MSG("%p\n", pc);
@@ -370,13 +390,26 @@ static void crashStackTrace(char *msg, int sig, void *pc)
     free(strings);
 }
 
+/* D254: re-entrancy guard. The handler used to call sysFatalError() ->
+ * abort() -> SIGABRT, which re-entered this handler and TRUNCATED the log
+ * ("wb"), destroying the original SEGV block — the one with the faulting
+ * PC/registers. Field crash logs then only showed the abort. Guard against
+ * re-entry and terminate directly instead (the Windows path already did).
+ */
+static sig_atomic_t inCrashHandler = 0;
+
 static void crashHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *ctx)
 {
+    if (inCrashHandler) {
+        _exit(128 + sig);
+    }
+    inCrashHandler = 1;
+
     char msg[CRASH_MAX_MSG + 1] = { 0 };
 
+    ucontext_t *ucontext = ctx ? (ucontext_t *)ctx : NULL;
     void *pc = NULL;
-    if (ctx) {
-        ucontext_t *ucontext = (ucontext_t *)ctx;
+    if (ucontext) {
 #ifdef PLATFORM_X86
         pc = (void *)ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EIP];
 #elif defined(PLATFORM_X86_64)
@@ -389,7 +422,7 @@ static void crashHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *ctx)
     fflush(stderr);
     fflush(stdout);
 
-    crashStackTrace(msg, sig, pc);
+    crashStackTrace(msg, sig, pc, ucontext, siginfo);
 
     {
         FILE *f = fopen(CRASH_LOG_FNAME, "wb");
@@ -399,7 +432,9 @@ static void crashHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *ctx)
         }
     }
 
-    sysFatalError("Crash!\n\n%s", msg);
+    /* D254: terminate directly — sysFatalError() raises SIGABRT which used
+     * to re-enter this handler and truncate the log we just wrote. */
+    _exit(128 + sig);
 }
 
 /* D38: called by the kernel heartbeat watchdog (port/src/libultra.c) when a

port/src/libultra.c

@@ -86,8 +86,46 @@ OSTime osGetTime(void)
     return (OSTime)sysGetMicroseconds();
 }
 
+/* GE_DETERM=1 — fixed-tick deterministic mode (speed-ups plan Step 7 / R1,
+ * design in docs/dev/findings.md §D117). Test-only, default OFF: replaces
+ * the wall-clock osGetCount() below with a virtual clock advanced exactly
+ * once per virtual VI retrace (generated synchronously in osRecvMesg() —
+ * see the GE_DETERM block there — when __scMain, the sole consumer of
+ * g_viRetraceMQ, asks for the next message; NOT paced by an independent
+ * thread) instead of real elapsed time, so two runs of the same build take
+ * the same simulation path. Never the shipping timing model — the default
+ * (GE_DETERM unset) path below is byte-for-byte what it always was. */
+static int g_determEnabled = 0;
+static u32 g_determQuantum = 775875; /* NTSC; portKernelInit sets 931050 PAL */
+static u32 g_determTicks = 0;
+/* M-52 3rd attempt: __scMain is the sole consumer of g_viRetraceMQ, but
+ * before the first real gfx/audio task ever runs (src/boss.c's bounded
+ * osSetTimer(100ms)-based controller-detection loop -- genuinely real-time,
+ * out of scope by design), NOTHING is consuming its forwards, so unbounded
+ * per-ask generation free-spins for that whole real-time window and however
+ * many ticks accumulate is real-scheduling-dependent (confirmed: 2nd
+ * attempt's 33/38/14% divergence). waitForNextFrame() (frametiming.c) is a
+ * tight busy-spin on osGetCount(), not a queue wait -- so FREEZING the
+ * clock during that window (0 extra ticks) hangs it forever, and letting it
+ * free-run is exactly the bug. The fix: cap the clock to exactly ONE extra
+ * quantum beyond the seed before the first task runs -- fixed, identical
+ * every run, and >=1 quantum is already enough to clear
+ * waitForNextFrame()'s first-call threshold (see the arithmetic in
+ * frametiming.c), so it can't hang either. Set true by osSpTaskStartGo. */
+static int g_determTaskEverRun = 0;
+static int g_determPreTaskTicksGranted = 0;
+/* GE_DETERM_TRACE=1 (with GE_DETERM=1): log every virtual-clock advance with a
+ * monotonic sequence number, for diffing two runs' logs to find the exact
+ * first point they diverge -- see docs/dev/findings.md §D117 M-52. Test-only,
+ * both env-gated off by default; zero cost when unset. */
+static int g_determTraceEnabled = 0;
+static u32 g_determTraceSeq = 0;
+
 u32 osGetCount(void)
 {
+    if (g_determEnabled) {
+        return g_determTicks;
+    }
     /* The N64 RSP core counter advances at ~OS_CPU_COUNTER (~46.5 MHz), NOT
      * microseconds. GE's pacing assumes this rate: waitForNextFrame() in
      * frametiming.c waits for 775,875 - 387,937 ticks per NTSC frame (931,050
@@ -234,6 +272,25 @@ static void *portTickThread(void *arg)
 {
     (void)arg;
     for (;;) {
+        /* GE_DETERM (§D117, M-52 2nd attempt): retrace generation lives in
+         * osRecvMesg() now (see there) -- synchronous with the sole
+         * consumer asking for the next message, not paced by this thread.
+         * The M-52 FIRST attempt polled g_viRetraceMQ's empty/non-empty
+         * state from here on a real-time cadence; that poll's own
+         * OS-scheduling latency varied run-to-run and leaked directly into
+         * the tick count (measured: 90%/28%/16% frame divergence between
+         * two runs, worse than the port's baseline wall-clock
+         * nondeterminism this mode exists to remove). This thread still
+         * only does what osGetTime()-based real-time bookkeeping needs
+         * (timers, hang-heartbeat) -- deliberately NOT touching
+         * g_viRetraceMQ at all in this mode. */
+        if (g_determEnabled) {
+            portServiceTimers();
+            portHeartbeatCheck();
+            sysSleep(g_tickIntervalUs);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         uint64_t now = sysGetMicroseconds();
         if (!g_nextTickUs) g_nextTickUs = now + g_tickIntervalUs;
 
@@ -272,8 +329,25 @@ void portKernelInit(void)
 
     if (osTvType == OS_TV_MPAL || osTvType == OS_TV_PAL) {
         g_tickIntervalUs = 1000000 / 50; /* PAL: 50 frames/s -> 20ms */
+        g_determQuantum = 931050;
     } else {
         g_tickIntervalUs = 1000000 / 60; /* NTSC: 60 frames/s -> ~16.7ms */
+        g_determQuantum = 775875;
+    }
+
+    /* GE_DETERM=1: seed so the first waitForNextFrame() computes exactly
+     * (quantum + 387937) / quantum == 1 tick, per the §D117 design. */
+    g_determEnabled = getenv("GE_DETERM") != NULL;
+    if (g_determEnabled) {
+        g_determTicks = g_determQuantum;
+        g_determTraceEnabled = getenv("GE_DETERM_TRACE") != NULL;
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+            "GE_DETERM=1: fixed-tick deterministic mode (test-only, "
+            "quantum=%u) -- osGetCount() is now frame-locked, not wall-clock",
+            g_determQuantum);
+        if (g_determTraceEnabled) {
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "DETERMTRACE seq=0 ticks=%u event=seed", g_determTicks);
+        }
     }
 
     pthread_t th;
@@ -577,6 +651,42 @@ s32 osRecvMesg(OSMesgQueue *mq, OSMesg *msg, s32 flag)
             pthread_mutex_unlock(&pq->lock);
             return -1;
         }
+        /* GE_DETERM (§D117, M-52 2nd attempt): __scMain (sched.c) is the
+         * SOLE consumer of g_viRetraceMQ, and everything the rest of the
+         * boot/frame chain waits on (task execution via osSpTaskStartGo,
+         * joyPoll() -- which is also what unblocks joyCheckStatusThreadSafe
+         * -- and the forward to mainThread's gfxFrameMsgQ) happens
+         * synchronously inside __scMain's handling of THAT message, on this
+         * same thread, before it comes back to ask for the next one. So
+         * "the consumer is asking and none exists" is itself the correct,
+         * purely call-sequenced trigger for the next virtual retrace --
+         * driven by program order, not by an independent thread polling on
+         * a wall-clock cadence (the M-52 first attempt's mistake: that
+         * poll's timing varied run-to-run and leaked into the tick count).
+         * Enqueue inline (not via osEnqueueMesg -- would re-lock pq->lock,
+         * which we already hold). */
+        if (g_determEnabled && mq == g_viRetraceMQ) {
+            /* Still synthesize the message every time (keeps __scMain/
+             * joyPoll unblocked -- no deadlock), but only advance the clock
+             * up to a fixed cap before the first real task runs. See the
+             * g_determTaskEverRun comment above. */
+            if (g_determTaskEverRun || g_determPreTaskTicksGranted < 1) {
+                g_determTicks += g_determQuantum;
+                if (!g_determTaskEverRun) ++g_determPreTaskTicksGranted;
+                if (g_determTraceEnabled) {
+                    sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                        "DETERMTRACE seq=%u ticks=%u event=advance taskEverRun=%d",
+                        ++g_determTraceSeq, g_determTicks, g_determTaskEverRun);
+                }
+            } else if (g_determTraceEnabled) {
+                sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                    "DETERMTRACE seq=%u ticks=%u event=capped taskEverRun=%d",
+                    ++g_determTraceSeq, g_determTicks, g_determTaskEverRun);
+            }
+            mq->msg[(mq->first + mq->validCount) % mq->msgCount] = g_viRetraceMsg;
+            ++mq->validCount;
+            break;
+        }
         /* Log each queue's first blocking call site (the return address is
          * the caller); symbolicate with addr2line to find where in game code
          * this wait happens. */
@@ -741,14 +851,17 @@ s32 osAiSetFrequency(u32 hz)
 }
 s32 osAiSetNextBuffer(void *buf, u32 size)
 {
-    /* TODO(Phase 3): hand the mixed buffer to audioSetNextBuffer(). */
-    (void)buf; (void)size;
+    audioSetNextBuffer((const s16 *)buf, size);
     return 1;
 }
 u32 osAiGetLength(void)
 {
-    /* TODO(Phase 3): return audioGetSamplesBuffered() in the right units. */
-    return 0;
+    /* D204/F1: AI_LEN_REG is the bytes remaining in the buffer the DAC is
+     * CURRENTLY playing -- not the whole queue. Reporting the full SDL queue
+     * depth here pinned src/audi.c:531's frame-size regulator at its lower
+     * clamp and let its u32 subtraction wrap into a 74x heap overrun. See the
+     * long comment on audioGetAiLengthBytes() in port/src/audio.c. */
+    return audioGetAiLengthBytes();
 }
 void osAiSetConvert(u32 convert) { (void)convert; }
 
@@ -1075,6 +1188,145 @@ static void geEepromStore(void)
     }
 }
 
+/* D257: Game.AllUnlocked -- mirror of src/game/file.h save_data (96 bytes;
+ * keep in sync). Two things are patched in at read time:
+ *  - the progression-gated cheat-unlock bits (front.c
+ *    frontCheckIfCheatIsUnlocked) test per-LEVEL bits in
+ *    unlocked_cheats_1/2/3 that normal play sets when each level is
+ *    completed, so a fresh save has an empty cheat menu;
+ *  - every stage/difficulty completion time. When ANY single-player cheat
+ *    is active, g_AppendCheatSinglePlayer makes the mission-select screen
+ *    (front.c get_highest_unlocked_difficulty_for_level) only accept levels
+ *    whose status is STAGESTATUS_COMPLETED (3), not merely UNLOCKED (1) --
+ *    so AllUnlocked must read as a fully-completed campaign or enabling a
+ *    cheat locks every level. Existing (nonzero) player times are kept;
+ *    only empty slots get the max time (0x3FF). */
+typedef struct ge_save_slot {
+    s32 chksum1;
+    s32 chksum2;
+    u8  completion_bitflags;
+    u8  flag_007;
+    u8  music_vol;
+    u8  sfx_vol;
+    u16 options;
+    u8  unlocked_cheats_1;
+    u8  unlocked_cheats_2;
+    u8  unlocked_cheats_3;
+    u8  padding;
+    u8  times[76];   /* (SP_LEVEL_MAX-1)*4: 19 levels x 4 difficulties */
+} ge_save_slot;   /* sizeof == 96 == save_data (file.h) -- enforced below */
+
+/* If this ever fires, the mirror drifted from save_data and the AllUnlocked
+ * cheat patch silently no-ops (the block-read size check stops matching). */
+typedef char ge_save_slot_size_check[(sizeof(ge_save_slot) == 96) ? 1 : -1];
+
+/* Game-side CRC (src/game/crc.c) over [completion_bitflags, next slot),
+ * stored in the slot's own chksum1/2 -- exactly what fileValidateSaves
+ * re-checks after the block read. */
+extern void fileGenerateCRC(u8 *addressA, u8 *addressB, void *retval);
+
+extern s32 portAllUnlocked;   /* port/src/video.c */
+
+/* Bit math mirrors fileGetSaveStageDifficultyTime / fileSetDifficultyStageTime
+ * (src/game/file2.c): 10-bit time fields, offset = (difficulty*20+level)*10,
+ * difficulties 0..2 (agent/secret/00) only -- 007 times are virtual. */
+static u32 geSaveGetTime(const u8 *t, s32 difficulty, s32 level)
+{
+    s32 offset = (difficulty * 20 + level) * 10;
+    s32 index  = offset >> 3;
+    switch (7 - (offset & 7)) {
+    case 7: return ((u32)(t[index] & 0xFF) << 2) | ((u32)(t[index + 1] & 0xc0) >> 6);
+    case 5: return ((u32)(t[index] & 0x3f) << 4) | ((u32)(t[index + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4);
+    case 3: return ((u32)(t[index] & 0x0f) << 6) | ((u32)(t[index + 1] & 0xfc) >> 2);
+    case 1: return ((u32)(t[index] & 0x03) << 8) | (u32)(t[index + 1] & 0xFF);
+    default: return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static void geSaveSetTime(u8 *t, s32 difficulty, s32 level, u32 newtime)
+{
+    s32 offset = (difficulty * 20 + level) * 10;
+    s32 index  = offset >> 3;
+    switch (7 - (offset & 7)) {
+    case 7:
+        t[index]     = (u8)((t[index] & 0x00) | ((newtime >> 2) & 0xFF));
+        t[index + 1] = (u8)((t[index + 1] & 0x3F) | ((newtime << 6) & 0xC0));
+        break;
+    case 5:
+        t[index]     = (u8)((t[index] & 0xC0) | ((newtime >> 4) & 0x3F));
+        t[index + 1] = (u8)((t[index + 1] & 0x0F) | ((newtime << 4) & 0xF0));
+        break;
+    case 3:
+        t[index]     = (u8)((t[index] & 0xF0) | ((newtime >> 6) & 0x0F));
+        t[index + 1] = (u8)((t[index + 1] & 0x03) | ((newtime << 2) & 0xFC));
+        break;
+    case 1:
+        t[index]     = (u8)((t[index] & 0xFC) | ((newtime >> 8) & 0x03));
+        t[index + 1] = (u8)(newtime & 0xFF);
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void geEepromPatchAllCheats(u8 *buf)
+{
+    /* buf holds the five save slots read from block 4. The sixth local slot
+     * is only a CRC end-boundary for the last one (fileGenerateCRC reads
+     * [A, B), so its contents are irrelevant). */
+    static ge_save_slot slots[6];
+    memcpy(slots, buf, sizeof(ge_save_slot) * 5);
+    memset(&slots[5], 0, sizeof(ge_save_slot));
+
+    int changed = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+        /* D259: a fresh ge007.eep is zero-filled, so every slot reads as
+         * all-zero. Normally such a slot fails fileValidateSaves' CRC and is
+         * reset to BLANKSAVEDATA (music_vol/sfx_vol = 0xFF); but this patch
+         * gives the slot a valid CRC below, so it survives with volume 0
+         * -> silence. Emulate fileResetSave: seed max volume on all-zero
+         * slots only -- real saves (incl. a deliberately muted one) keep
+         * their bytes. */
+        {
+            const u8 *raw = (const u8 *)&slots[i];
+            int allzero = 1;
+            for (int b = 0; b < (int)sizeof(ge_save_slot); b++)
+                if (raw[b]) { allzero = 0; break; }
+            if (allzero && (slots[i].music_vol != 0xFF ||
+                            slots[i].sfx_vol   != 0xFF)) {
+                slots[i].music_vol = 0xFF;
+                slots[i].sfx_vol   = 0xFF;
+                changed = 1;
+            }
+        }
+        /* Cheat ids are level ids 0..19 (CHEAT_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE == 20):
+         * bits 0-7 in _1, 8-15 in _2, 16-19 in the low nibble of _3. */
+        if (slots[i].unlocked_cheats_1 != 0xFF ||
+            slots[i].unlocked_cheats_2 != 0xFF ||
+            (slots[i].unlocked_cheats_3 & 0x0F) != 0x0F) {
+            slots[i].unlocked_cheats_1 = 0xFF;
+            slots[i].unlocked_cheats_2 = 0xFF;
+            slots[i].unlocked_cheats_3 |= 0x0F;
+            changed = 1;
+        }
+        /* Fully-completed campaign: fill empty completion times with the
+         * max (0x3FF). Needed so mission select still works while any cheat
+         * is active (see header comment); player records are preserved. */
+        for (s32 diff = 0; diff < 3; diff++) {
+            for (s32 lvl = 0; lvl < 20; lvl++) {
+                if (geSaveGetTime(slots[i].times, diff, lvl) == 0) {
+                    geSaveSetTime(slots[i].times, diff, lvl, 0x3FF);
+                    changed = 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (!changed) return;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+        fileGenerateCRC(&slots[i].completion_bitflags, (u8 *)&slots[i + 1],
+                        &slots[i]);
+    memcpy(buf, slots, sizeof(ge_save_slot) * 5);
+}
+
 static s32 geEepromRW(u8 block, u8 *buf, int nbytes, int write)
 {
     u32 off = (u32)block * 8;
@@ -1085,6 +1337,11 @@ static s32 geEepromRW(u8 block, u8 *buf, int nbytes, int write)
         geEepromStore();
     } else {
         memcpy(buf, s_eeprom + off, nbytes);
+        /* fileValidateSaves' block read: five save slots from block 4. */
+        if (portAllUnlocked && block == 4 &&
+            nbytes == (int)(sizeof(ge_save_slot) * 5)) {
+            geEepromPatchAllCheats(buf);
+        }
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1118,6 +1375,12 @@ void osSpTaskLoad(OSTask *t) { (void)t; /* nothing to load on the host */ }
 
 void osSpTaskStartGo(OSTask *t)
 {
+    if (g_determTraceEnabled && !g_determTaskEverRun) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+            "DETERMTRACE seq=%u ticks=%u event=first_task_run tasktype=%d",
+            ++g_determTraceSeq, g_determTicks, (int)t->t.type);
+    }
+    g_determTaskEverRun = 1;   /* GE_DETERM: §D117 M-52 3rd attempt */
     if (t->t.type == M_AUDTASK) {
         /* Phase 3: execute the audio ucode against t->t.data_ptr (an Acmd
          * list). For now the task simply completes; libaudio's amMain still
@@ -1466,3 +1729,45 @@ void viInit(void)
 
 /* VI debug message queue (normally src/vi.c, EXCLUDED). fr.c references it. */
 OSMesgQueue vi_c_debug_MQ;
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* D202/M-70: serialized trace writer for the GE_AUDIOTRACE / WIRE probes.  */
+/* See port/include/audiotrace.h for why (cross-thread mid-line            */
+/* interleaving corrupted the M-69 corpus).                                */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static volatile int geTraceLock = 0;
+
+struct geTraceFile { const char *path; FILE *f; };
+static struct geTraceFile geTraceFiles[4];
+
+void geTracePrintf(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    struct geTraceFile *tf = NULL;
+    va_list ap;
+
+    while (__sync_lock_test_and_set(&geTraceLock, 1)) { /* spin */ }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < (int)(sizeof(geTraceFiles) / sizeof(geTraceFiles[0])); i++) {
+        if (!geTraceFiles[i].path) {
+            if (!tf) tf = &geTraceFiles[i];
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (strcmp(geTraceFiles[i].path, path) == 0) { tf = &geTraceFiles[i]; break; }
+    }
+    if (tf && !tf->f) {
+        tf->path = path;
+        tf->f = fopen(path, "a");
+        if (tf->f) setvbuf(tf->f, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+    }
+
+    if (tf && tf->f) {
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        vfprintf(tf->f, fmt, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+    }
+
+    __sync_lock_release(&geTraceLock);
+}

port/src/main.c

@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ static void portPrintVersion(void)
     printf("GoldenEye 007 PC port\n"
            "  rom      : %s\n"
            "  platform : %s\n"
-           "  build    : %s\n",
-           GE007_ROMID, GE007_TARGET_PLATFORM, GE007_VERSION_HASH);
+           "  build    : %s (%s)\n"
+           "  origin   : %s\n",
+           GE007_ROMID, GE007_TARGET_PLATFORM, GE007_VERSION_HASH,
+           GE007_VERSION_CODENAME, GE007_ORIGIN_URL);
 }
 
 static void portPrintHelp(const char *argv0)
@@ -64,6 +66,9 @@ static void portPrintHelp(const char *argv0)
     printf("\nusage: %s [options] [-level_XX]\n\n"
            "  --help            this message\n"
            "  --version         build id only\n"
+           "  -fresh            wipe playtest data + config before starting\n"
+           "                    (removes ge007.eep save and ge007.ini; the\n"
+           "                    ini is re-written with defaults on exit)\n"
            "  -level_XX         boot straight into a solo level (per-level\n"
            "                    memory pools are auto-injected)\n\n"
            "config: ge007.ini in the data dir (written on first run).\n\n"
@@ -92,15 +97,67 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "GoldenEye 007 PC port starting "
-                "(%s, %s)", GE007_ROMID, GE007_VERSION_HASH);
+                "(%s, %s %s) -- %s",
+                GE007_ROMID, GE007_VERSION_HASH, GE007_VERSION_CODENAME,
+                GE007_ORIGIN_URL);
 
     /* Crash handler first, so any failure below is debuggable. */
     crashInit();
 
-    /* 1. Platform + config + filesystem. */
+    /* -fresh: clean-slate run -- drop the file-backed EEPROM save and the
+     * ini before anything reads them (configLoad below, eeprom's lazy load).
+     * sysResolvePath returns one static buffer, so copy each path out. */
+    if (sysArgCheck("-fresh") || sysArgCheck("--fresh")) {
+        char ini[1024], eep[1024];
+        strncpy(ini, sysResolvePath("$S/ge007.ini"), sizeof(ini) - 1);
+        ini[sizeof(ini) - 1] = 0;
+        strncpy(eep, sysResolvePath("$S/ge007.eep"), sizeof(eep) - 1);
+        eep[sizeof(eep) - 1] = 0;
+        if (remove(ini) == 0) sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "fresh: removed %s", ini);
+        else                  sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "fresh: no %s to remove", ini);
+        if (remove(eep) == 0) sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "fresh: removed %s", eep);
+        else                  sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "fresh: no %s to remove", eep);
+    }
+
+    /* 1. Platform + config + filesystem. Steam Deck / SteamOS: seed the
+     * first-run preset (native 1280x800 fullscreen, MSAA 4, longer draw/LOD
+     * distances) before the load so a missing ini saves these values; an
+     * existing ini always wins. */
+    if (getenv("STEAMOS")) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "video: SteamOS detected; applying Steam Deck first-run defaults");
+        videoApplySteamOSDefaults();
+    }
     configLoad();
     atexit(portAtExit);   /* persist config + window geometry on clean exit */
 
+    /* 1a. D257: Game.AllUnlocked (default OFF; F10 'All unlocked' enables)
+     *     -- when set, seed the game's own RAM unlock flags so mission
+     *     select offers every solo level at every
+     *     difficulty plus 007 mode, with no save data required. Both are
+     *     plain s32 globals in src/game/debugmenu_handler.c (compiled because
+     *     the PC build defines LEFTOVERDEBUG); file2.c's
+     *     fileIsStageUnlockedAtDifficulty() and front.c's 007-mode gate OR
+     *     them in ahead of the EEPROM completion bits. Port-layer memory
+     *     writes only -- no game-logic edits (AGENTS rule 2), same class as
+     *     the existing GE_UNLOCK_ALL getenv hook in the getter. No active
+     *     cheats (invincibility / all guns) are enabled; weapons remain
+     *     per-mission pickups as on the N64. Separately, the eep shim
+     *     (libultra.c geEepromPatchAllCheats) sets every progression-gated
+     *     cheat-unlock bit in the save block at read time (per-slot CRC
+     *     recomputed via the game's own fileGenerateCRC), so the cheat
+     *     menu is fully populated without completed levels. */
+    {
+        extern s32 portAllUnlocked;            /* port/src/video.c */
+        extern s32 debug_enable_all_levels_flag;  /* src/game/debugmenu_handler.c */
+        extern s32 debug_007_unlock_flag;         /* ditto */
+        if (portAllUnlocked) {
+            debug_enable_all_levels_flag = 1;
+            debug_007_unlock_flag = 1;
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "all-unlocked: RAM unlock flags seeded "
+                        "(Game.AllUnlocked=1)");
+        }
+    }
+
     /* 2. Load the ROM and map segments. */
     if (romdataInit() != 0) {
         sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to load ROM (expected a .z64 in the "

port/src/mixer.c

@@ -1,31 +1,535 @@
 /*
- * Audio mixing.
+ * Audio mixing — software implementation of GE's RSP audio ucode opcodes.
  *
- * On the N64 the RSP audio ucode does final mix / sample handling before the
- * AI DMA. With the RSP emulated in software, this runs on the CPU.
+ * On the N64 the RSP audio ucode (aspMain) executes an acmd list built by
+ * libaudio/naudio to do ADPCM decode, resampling, and the final envelope
+ * mix. The RSP is never run on PC (port/src/ucode.c); instead every aXxx
+ * macro in include/PR/abi.h is redefined (port/include/mixer.h, included
+ * under #ifdef PORT) to call one of the Impl functions below immediately,
+ * against a small software "DMEM" scratch buffer — the Perfect Dark PC
+ * port's macro-swap trick (docs/dev/AUDIO-PLAN.md), adapted to GE's ABI.
  *
- * Modelled on the PD port's port/src/mixer.c (~720 lines).
+ * GE uses the classic IDO libaudio ABI, not PD's differently-shaped naudio
+ * "New" ABI — verified against every call site in src/libultra/audio/*.c
+ * and src/libultrare/audio/{env,reverb}.c. The DSP algorithms below (ADPCM
+ * decode, linear resample, linear envelope mix) are the same Nintendo/SGI
+ * ucode math PD's port/src/mixer.c ported (scalar path); only the ABI/
+ * addressing layer here is GE-specific.
  *
- * STATUS: scaffolding stub — implement during Phase 3. The exact interface
- * depends on how GE's libaudio output is wired (see src/audi.c).
+ * GE's aSetBuffer(flags, in, out, count) sets a small persistent context
+ * that several opcodes read instead of taking DMEM addresses/counts
+ * directly (see MixerCtx below) — reconstructed from reading every call
+ * site (docs/dev/findings.md D199), not from RSP disassembly.
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <PR/abi.h>
+#include <PR/os.h>
+#include "system.h"
+
+/* D202 diag (temporary): per-opcode DMEM address/context trace, gated by
+ * GE_MIXERTRACE=1, to test the M-56 "concurrent voices share/clobber DMEM
+ * context" hypothesis directly against a live repro. Remove once
+ * root-caused. */
+extern char *getenv(const char *);
+static FILE *sMixerTraceFile = NULL;
+static int   sMixerTraceChecked = 0;
+static int mixerTraceOn(void)
+{
+    if (!sMixerTraceChecked) {
+        sMixerTraceChecked = 1;
+        if (getenv("GE_MIXERTRACE")) {
+            sMixerTraceFile = fopen("mixertrace.log", "a");
+            if (sMixerTraceFile) setvbuf(sMixerTraceFile, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+        }
+    }
+    return sMixerTraceFile != NULL;
+}
+#define MTRACE(...) do { if (mixerTraceOn()) fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+
 #include "platform.h"
+#include "system.h"
 #include "mixer.h"
 #include "audio.h"
 
+/* Largest DMEM address GE's audio call sites use is AL_AUX_R_OUT (2048) +
+ * up to AL_MAX_RSP_SAMPLES (160) samples * 2 bytes; round up generously. */
+#define DMEM_SIZE 4096
+
+static u8 sDmem[DMEM_SIZE];
+
+#define DMEM_U8(a)  (sDmem + (a))
+#define DMEM_S16(a) ((s16 *)(sDmem + (a)))
+
+static inline s16 mixerClamp16(s32 v)
+{
+    if (v < -0x8000) return -0x8000;
+    if (v > 0x7fff) return 0x7fff;
+    return (s16)v;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Persistent context set by aSetBuffer, read by opcodes that don't carry
+ * their own DMEM addresses/counts. Reconstructed from call-site pairs:
+ *
+ *   resample.c:   aSetBuffer(0, inp, *outp, outCnt<<1); aResample(...)
+ *   load.c:       aSetBuffer(0, dmemAddr, 0, nbytes...); aLoadBuffer(dram)
+ *   reverb.c:     aSetBuffer(0, 0, buff, count<<1);      aSaveBuffer(dram)
+ *   mainbus.c:    aSetBuffer(0, 0, 0, outCount<<1); aMix(...); aMix(...)
+ *   save.c:       aSetBuffer(0, 0, 0, outCount<<1); aInterleave(L, R)
+ *   env.c:        aSetBuffer(A_MAIN, *inp, AL_MAIN_L_OUT+*outp, outCount<<1);
+ *                 aSetBuffer(A_AUX, AL_MAIN_R_OUT+*outp, AL_AUX_L_OUT+*outp,
+ *                            AL_AUX_R_OUT+*outp);
+ *                 aEnvMixer(...)
+ *
+ * i.e. LoadBuffer/ADPCMdec/Resample read `in` as their DMEM source (or, for
+ * LoadBuffer, as the load destination); Resample/EnvMixer read `out` as a
+ * destination too; SaveBuffer/Interleave read `out` as their DMEM source;
+ * Mix/DMEMMove/ClearBuffer take explicit addresses and don't touch this
+ * context at all. The A_AUX-flagged aSetBuffer call packs three more
+ * envmixer-only DMEM addresses (dry-R, wet-L, wet-R) — its third argument
+ * is a DMEM address here, not a byte count, unlike every other opcode's use
+ * of aSetBuffer's `count` field.
+ */
+static struct {
+    u16 in;
+    u16 out;
+    u32 count;
+    u16 dryR;
+    u16 wetL;
+    u16 wetR;
+} sCtx;
+
+void aSetBufferImpl(u32 flags, u16 i, u16 o, u16 c)
+{
+    if (flags & A_AUX) {
+        sCtx.dryR = i;
+        sCtx.wetL = o;
+        sCtx.wetR = c;
+    } else {
+        sCtx.in = i;
+        sCtx.out = o;
+        sCtx.count = c;
+    }
+    MTRACE("[SETBUF] flags=%u i=%u o=%u c=%u\n", flags, i, o, c);
+}
+
+void aClearBufferImpl(u16 addr, u32 count)
+{
+    /* D202/M-65 diag (temporary): alMainBusPull's clear of AL_MAIN_L_OUT is
+     * the first opcode of every audio frame, so it is an exact frame
+     * boundary. GE_DMEMWIPE=1 zeroes the scratch region below AL_MAIN_L_OUT
+     * (AL_TEMP_0/1/2, AL_DECODER_IN, AL_RESAMPLER_OUT) there. Nothing on real
+     * hardware may read those without writing them first in the same command
+     * list, so this must be a no-op; if it silences the stuck drone, some
+     * opcode is reading scratch DMEM left over from the previous frame.
+     * Remove once root-caused. */
+    if (addr == 1088 /* AL_MAIN_L_OUT */ && getenv("GE_DMEMWIPE")) {
+        memset(sDmem, 0, sizeof(sDmem));
+    }
+    memset(DMEM_U8(addr), 0, count);
+}
+
+
+void aLoadBufferImpl(u32 dramAddr)
+{
+    if (mixerTraceOn()) {
+        const u8 *src = (const u8 *)osPhysicalToVirtual(dramAddr);
+        u32 n = (sCtx.count > 72 ? 72 : sCtx.count);
+        u32 k;
+        fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "[LOADBUF] dram=0x%08x -> in=%u count=%u bytes=", dramAddr, sCtx.in, sCtx.count);
+        for (k = 0; k < n; k++) fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "%02x", src[k]);
+        fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "\n");
+    }
+    memcpy(DMEM_U8(sCtx.in), osPhysicalToVirtual(dramAddr), sCtx.count);
+}
+
+void aSaveBufferImpl(u32 dramAddr)
+{
+    memcpy(osPhysicalToVirtual(dramAddr), DMEM_U8(sCtx.out), sCtx.count);
+
+    (void)0;
+}
+
+void aDMEMMoveImpl(u16 in, u16 out, u32 count)
+{
+    memmove(DMEM_U8(out), DMEM_U8(in), count);
+}
+
+void aSegmentImpl(u32 seg, u32 base)
+{
+    /* No-op on PC: GE's audio DMA addresses are already resolved via
+     * osVirtualToPhysical before reaching us (D199); segment/base never
+     * factor into DMEM addressing here. */
+    (void)seg; (void)base;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* ADPCM                                                                     */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static s16 sAdpcmTable[8][2][8];
+static ADPCM_STATE *sAdpcmLoopState;
+
+void aLoadADPCMImpl(u32 count, u32 dramAddr)
+{
+    /* `count` is GE's bookSize in bytes (2 * order * npredictors * 8);
+     * order=2 always for this format, matching sAdpcmTable's shape. */
+    u32 n = count;
+    void *src = osPhysicalToVirtual(dramAddr);
+    if (n > sizeof(sAdpcmTable)) n = sizeof(sAdpcmTable);
+    memcpy(sAdpcmTable, src, n);
+    if (mixerTraceOn()) {
+        int p, q, r;
+        fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "[LOADADPCM] count=%u dram=%p book=", count, src);
+        for (p = 0; p < 8; p++) for (q = 0; q < 2; q++) for (r = 0; r < 8; r++)
+            fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "%d,", sAdpcmTable[p][q][r]);
+        fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "\n");
+    }
+}
+
+void aSetLoopImpl(u32 stateAddr)
+{
+    sAdpcmLoopState = (ADPCM_STATE *)osPhysicalToVirtual(stateAddr);
+}
+
+void aADPCMdecImpl(u32 flags, u32 stateAddr)
+{
+    ADPCM_STATE *state = (ADPCM_STATE *)osPhysicalToVirtual(stateAddr);
+    MTRACE("[ADPCMDEC] flags=%u state=%p in=%u out=%u count=%u book0=%d\n",
+           flags, (void *)state, sCtx.in, sCtx.out, sCtx.count, sAdpcmTable[0][0][0]);
+    u8 *in = DMEM_U8(sCtx.in);
+    s16 *out = DMEM_S16(sCtx.out);
+    s32 nbytes = (s32)((sCtx.count + 31) & ~31u); /* round up to 16-sample (32-byte) chunks */
+
+    if (flags & A_INIT) {
+        memset(out, 0, 16 * sizeof(s16));
+    } else if (flags & A_LOOP) {
+        memcpy(out, sAdpcmLoopState, 16 * sizeof(s16));
+    } else {
+        memcpy(out, state, 16 * sizeof(s16));
+    }
+    out += 16;
+
+    while (nbytes > 0) {
+        int shift = *in >> 4;
+        int tableIndex = *in++ & 0xf;
+        s16 (*tbl)[8] = sAdpcmTable[tableIndex];
+        int i, j, k;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            s16 ins[8];
+            s16 prev1 = out[-1];
+            s16 prev2 = out[-2];
+
+            for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+                ins[j * 2]     = (s16)((((*in >> 4) << 28) >> 28) << shift);
+                ins[j * 2 + 1] = (s16)((((*in++ & 0xf) << 28) >> 28) << shift);
+            }
+            for (j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
+                s32 acc = tbl[0][j] * prev2 + tbl[1][j] * prev1 + ((s32)ins[j] << 11);
+                for (k = 0; k < j; k++) {
+                    acc += tbl[1][(j - k) - 1] * ins[k];
+                }
+                acc >>= 11;
+                *out++ = mixerClamp16(acc);
+            }
+        }
+        nbytes -= 16 * (s32)sizeof(s16);
+    }
+
+    memcpy(state, out - 16, 16 * sizeof(s16));
+
+    if (mixerTraceOn()) {
+        s16 *dumpOut = DMEM_S16(sCtx.out) + 16; /* skip the 16-sample history/init lead-in */
+        u32 n = (sCtx.count > 64 ? 64 : sCtx.count);
+        u32 k;
+        fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "[PCMOUT] book0=%d first-decoded-frame[0..%u]=", sAdpcmTable[0][0][0], n / 2 - 1);
+        for (k = 0; k < n / 2; k++) fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "%d,", dumpOut[k]);
+        fprintf(sMixerTraceFile, "\n");
+    }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* Resample (linear, N64 64-phase table)                                    */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static const s16 sResampleTable[64][4] = {
+    {0x0c39, 0x66ad, 0x0d46, 0xffdf}, {0x0b39, 0x6696, 0x0e5f, 0xffd8},
+    {0x0a44, 0x6669, 0x0f83, 0xffd0}, {0x095a, 0x6626, 0x10b4, 0xffc8},
+    {0x087d, 0x65cd, 0x11f0, 0xffbf}, {0x07ab, 0x655e, 0x1338, 0xffb6},
+    {0x06e4, 0x64d9, 0x148c, 0xffac}, {0x0628, 0x643f, 0x15eb, 0xffa1},
+    {0x0577, 0x638f, 0x1756, 0xff96}, {0x04d1, 0x62cb, 0x18cb, 0xff8a},
+    {0x0435, 0x61f3, 0x1a4c, 0xff7e}, {0x03a4, 0x6106, 0x1bd7, 0xff71},
+    {0x031c, 0x6007, 0x1d6c, 0xff64}, {0x029f, 0x5ef5, 0x1f0b, 0xff56},
+    {0x022a, 0x5dd0, 0x20b3, 0xff48}, {0x01be, 0x5c9a, 0x2264, 0xff3a},
+    {0x015b, 0x5b53, 0x241e, 0xff2c}, {0x0101, 0x59fc, 0x25e0, 0xff1e},
+    {0x00ae, 0x5896, 0x27a9, 0xff10}, {0x0063, 0x5720, 0x297a, 0xff02},
+    {0x001f, 0x559d, 0x2b50, 0xfef4}, {0xffe2, 0x540d, 0x2d2c, 0xfee8},
+    {0xffac, 0x5270, 0x2f0d, 0xfedb}, {0xff7c, 0x50c7, 0x30f3, 0xfed0},
+    {0xff53, 0x4f14, 0x32dc, 0xfec6}, {0xff2e, 0x4d57, 0x34c8, 0xfebd},
+    {0xff0f, 0x4b91, 0x36b6, 0xfeb6}, {0xfef5, 0x49c2, 0x38a5, 0xfeb0},
+    {0xfedf, 0x47ed, 0x3a95, 0xfeac}, {0xfece, 0x4611, 0x3c85, 0xfeab},
+    {0xfec0, 0x4430, 0x3e74, 0xfeac}, {0xfeb6, 0x424a, 0x4060, 0xfeaf},
+    {0xfeaf, 0x4060, 0x424a, 0xfeb6}, {0xfeac, 0x3e74, 0x4430, 0xfec0},
+    {0xfeab, 0x3c85, 0x4611, 0xfece}, {0xfeac, 0x3a95, 0x47ed, 0xfedf},
+    {0xfeb0, 0x38a5, 0x49c2, 0xfef5}, {0xfeb6, 0x36b6, 0x4b91, 0xff0f},
+    {0xfebd, 0x34c8, 0x4d57, 0xff2e}, {0xfec6, 0x32dc, 0x4f14, 0xff53},
+    {0xfed0, 0x30f3, 0x50c7, 0xff7c}, {0xfedb, 0x2f0d, 0x5270, 0xffac},
+    {0xfee8, 0x2d2c, 0x540d, 0xffe2}, {0xfef4, 0x2b50, 0x559d, 0x001f},
+    {0xff02, 0x297a, 0x5720, 0x0063}, {0xff10, 0x27a9, 0x5896, 0x00ae},
+    {0xff1e, 0x25e0, 0x59fc, 0x0101}, {0xff2c, 0x241e, 0x5b53, 0x015b},
+    {0xff3a, 0x2264, 0x5c9a, 0x01be}, {0xff48, 0x20b3, 0x5dd0, 0x022a},
+    {0xff56, 0x1f0b, 0x5ef5, 0x029f}, {0xff64, 0x1d6c, 0x6007, 0x031c},
+    {0xff71, 0x1bd7, 0x6106, 0x03a4}, {0xff7e, 0x1a4c, 0x61f3, 0x0435},
+    {0xff8a, 0x18cb, 0x62cb, 0x04d1}, {0xff96, 0x1756, 0x638f, 0x0577},
+    {0xffa1, 0x15eb, 0x643f, 0x0628}, {0xffac, 0x148c, 0x64d9, 0x06e4},
+    {0xffb6, 0x1338, 0x655e, 0x07ab}, {0xffbf, 0x11f0, 0x65cd, 0x087d},
+    {0xffc8, 0x10b4, 0x6626, 0x095a}, {0xffd0, 0x0f83, 0x6669, 0x0a44},
+    {0xffd8, 0x0e5f, 0x6696, 0x0b39}, {0xffdf, 0x0d46, 0x66ad, 0x0c39}
+};
+
+void aResampleImpl(u32 flags, u16 pitch, u32 stateAddr)
+{
+    RESAMPLE_STATE *stateBuf = (RESAMPLE_STATE *)osPhysicalToVirtual(stateAddr);
+    s16 *state = (s16 *)stateBuf;
+    MTRACE("[RESAMPLE] flags=%u pitch=%u state=%p in=%u out=%u count=%u\n",
+           flags, pitch, (void *)stateBuf, sCtx.in, sCtx.out, sCtx.count);
+    s16 tmp[16];
+    s16 *inInitial = DMEM_S16(sCtx.in);
+    s16 *in = inInitial;
+    s16 *out = DMEM_S16(sCtx.out);
+    s32 nbytes = (s32)((sCtx.count + 15) & ~15u);
+    u32 pitchAccumulator;
+    s32 i;
+
+    if (flags & A_INIT) {
+        memset(tmp, 0, 5 * sizeof(s16));
+    } else {
+        memcpy(tmp, state, 16 * sizeof(s16));
+    }
+    in -= 4;
+    pitchAccumulator = (u16)tmp[4];
+    memcpy(in, tmp, 4 * sizeof(s16));
+
+    do {
+        for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+            const s16 *tbl = sResampleTable[(pitchAccumulator * 64) >> 16];
+            s32 sample = ((in[0] * tbl[0] + 0x4000) >> 15) +
+                         ((in[1] * tbl[1] + 0x4000) >> 15) +
+                         ((in[2] * tbl[2] + 0x4000) >> 15) +
+                         ((in[3] * tbl[3] + 0x4000) >> 15);
+            *out++ = mixerClamp16(sample);
+
+            pitchAccumulator += (u32)pitch << 1;
+            in += pitchAccumulator >> 16;
+            pitchAccumulator %= 0x10000;
+        }
+        nbytes -= 8 * (s32)sizeof(s16);
+    } while (nbytes > 0);
+
+    state[4] = (s16)pitchAccumulator;
+    memcpy(state, in, 4 * sizeof(s16));
+    i = (s32)((in - inInitial + 4) & 7);
+    in -= i;
+    if (i != 0) i = -8 - i;
+    state[5] = (s16)i;
+    memcpy(state + 8, in, 8 * sizeof(s16));
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* Interleave / DMEM mix                                                    */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+void aInterleaveImpl(u16 l, u16 r)
+{
+    const s16 *lp = DMEM_S16(l);
+    const s16 *rp = DMEM_S16(r);
+    s16 *d = DMEM_S16(sCtx.out);
+    u32 n = sCtx.count >> 1; /* mono sample count */
+    u32 i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        *d++ = *lp++;
+        *d++ = *rp++;
+    }
+}
+
+void aMixImpl(u32 flags, u16 gain, u16 in, u16 out)
+{
+    const s16 *inp = DMEM_S16(in);
+    s16 *outp = DMEM_S16(out);
+    u32 n = sCtx.count >> 1;
+    u32 i;
+    (void)flags;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        s32 sample = ((s32)*outp * 0x7fff + (s32)*inp++ * (s16)gain + 0x4000) >> 15;
+        *outp++ = mixerClamp16(sample);
+    }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* Volume / envelope mixer                                                  */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static struct {
+    s16 volCur[2];
+    s16 volTgt[2];
+    s32 volRate[2];
+    s16 dryamt, wetamt;
+} sVol;
+
+void aSetVolumeImpl(u32 flags, u16 v, u16 t, u16 r)
+{
+    if (flags & A_AUX) {
+        sVol.dryamt = (s16)v;
+        sVol.wetamt = (s16)r;
+        /* D202/M-65 diag (temporary): GE_NOWET=1 stops any signal entering
+         * the reverb send. The reverb delay lines are the only audio state
+         * that survives across frames in DRAM, and aPoleFilterImpl -- the
+         * damping in that feedback path -- is an unimplemented no-op here
+         * (D199). If muting the send silences the stuck drone, the drone is
+         * an undamped reverb feedback loop, not a stuck voice.
+         * Remove once root-caused. */
+        if (getenv("GE_NOWET")) {
+            sVol.wetamt = 0;
+        }
+    } else if (flags & A_VOL) {
+        int ch = (flags & A_LEFT) ? 0 : 1;
+        sVol.volCur[ch] = (s16)v;
+    } else {
+        int ch = (flags & A_LEFT) ? 0 : 1;
+        sVol.volTgt[ch] = (s16)v;
+        sVol.volRate[ch] = ((u32)t << 16) | (u16)r;
+    }
+}
+
+/* D202/M-67 diag (temporary): GE_VOICEDUMP=1 writes each voice's resampled
+ * mono stream (the aEnvMixer input, i.e. post-resample/pre-envelope) to
+ * voicedump.raw as records of [u32 stateAddr][u32 nSamples][u64 us]
+ * [s16 x nSamples], where us is sysGetMicroseconds() at mix time so records
+ * can be correlated with the timestamped [WIRE] (load.c) and [AUDIOTRACE]
+ * (snd.c) lines. Offline, each record is matched against all 261 ROM SFX
+ * decodes (pitch-resampled per keymap) to prove exactly which sample data a
+ * voice played, with no music/reverb masking. Remove once D202 closes. */
+static FILE *s_voiceDumpFile = NULL;
+
+void aEnvMixerImpl(u32 flags, u32 stateAddr)
+{
+    struct {
+        s32 t[2];
+        s32 rate[2];
+        s16 tgt[2];
+        s16 voldry;
+        s16 volwet;
+    } *saved = (void *)osPhysicalToVirtual(stateAddr);
+
+    MTRACE("[ENVMIX] flags=%u state=%p in=%u out=%u dryR=%u wetL=%u wetR=%u count=%u\n",
+           flags, (void *)saved, sCtx.in, sCtx.out, sCtx.dryR, sCtx.wetL, sCtx.wetR, sCtx.count);
+    const s16 *in = DMEM_S16(sCtx.in);
+
+    if (getenv("GE_VOICEDUMP")) {
+        if (!s_voiceDumpFile)
+            s_voiceDumpFile = fopen("voicedump.raw", "wb");
+        if (s_voiceDumpFile) {
+            u32 hdr[2] = { stateAddr, (u32)(sCtx.count >> 1) };
+            u64 us = sysGetMicroseconds();
+            fwrite(hdr, 4, 2, s_voiceDumpFile);
+            fwrite(&us, 8, 1, s_voiceDumpFile);
+            fwrite(in, sizeof(s16), sCtx.count >> 1, s_voiceDumpFile);
+        }
+    }
+
+    s16 *dry[2] = { DMEM_S16(sCtx.out), DMEM_S16(sCtx.dryR) };
+    s16 *wet[2] = { DMEM_S16(sCtx.wetL), DMEM_S16(sCtx.wetR) };
+    u32 nsamples = sCtx.count >> 1;
+
+    s32 t[2], tgt[2], rate[2];
+    s16 voldry, volwet;
+    u32 i;
+    int j;
+
+    if (flags & A_INIT) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+            t[j] = sVol.volCur[j] << 16;
+            rate[j] = sVol.volRate[j] >> 3;
+            tgt[j] = sVol.volTgt[j] << 16;
+        }
+        voldry = sVol.dryamt;
+        volwet = sVol.wetamt;
+    } else {
+        for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+            t[j] = saved->t[j];
+            rate[j] = saved->rate[j];
+            tgt[j] = saved->tgt[j] << 16;
+        }
+        voldry = saved->voldry;
+        volwet = saved->volwet;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nsamples; i++) {
+        s16 gain[4];
+        s16 vol[2];
+        s16 insamp = in[i];
+
+        for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+            t[j] += rate[j];
+            if ((rate[j] <= 0 && t[j] <= tgt[j]) || (rate[j] > 0 && t[j] >= tgt[j])) {
+                t[j] = tgt[j];
+                rate[j] = 0;
+            }
+            vol[j] = (s16)(t[j] >> 16);
+        }
+
+        gain[0] = mixerClamp16(((s32)vol[0] * voldry + 0x4000) >> 15);
+        gain[1] = mixerClamp16(((s32)vol[1] * voldry + 0x4000) >> 15);
+        gain[2] = mixerClamp16(((s32)vol[0] * volwet + 0x4000) >> 15);
+        gain[3] = mixerClamp16(((s32)vol[1] * volwet + 0x4000) >> 15);
+
+        dry[0][i] = mixerClamp16(dry[0][i] + (((s32)insamp * gain[0]) >> 15));
+        dry[1][i] = mixerClamp16(dry[1][i] + (((s32)insamp * gain[1]) >> 15));
+        wet[0][i] = mixerClamp16(wet[0][i] + (((s32)insamp * gain[2]) >> 15));
+        wet[1][i] = mixerClamp16(wet[1][i] + (((s32)insamp * gain[3]) >> 15));
+    }
+
+    for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+        saved->t[j] = t[j];
+        saved->rate[j] = rate[j];
+        saved->tgt[j] = (s16)(tgt[j] >> 16);
+    }
+    saved->voldry = voldry;
+    saved->volwet = volwet;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* Pole filter (reverb/chorus lowpass)                                      */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+void aPoleFilterImpl(u32 flags, u16 gain, u32 stateAddr)
+{
+    /* PC port (D199): identity passthrough — reverb/chorus tone-shaping
+     * (CUSTOM_FX_PARAMS_N) is not implemented. Affects reverb/chorus
+     * character only, not silence/garbling (docs/dev/AUDIO-PLAN.md risk 1).
+     * DMEM in-place buffer (sCtx set by the caller's aSetBuffer(buf,buf,..))
+     * is left untouched, which is the correct no-op for this filter shape. */
+    (void)flags; (void)gain; (void)stateAddr;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
 void mixerInit(void)
 {
-    /* TODO(Phase 3) */
+    memset(sDmem, 0, sizeof(sDmem));
+    memset(sAdpcmTable, 0, sizeof(sAdpcmTable));
+    memset(&sCtx, 0, sizeof(sCtx));
+    memset(&sVol, 0, sizeof(sVol));
+    sAdpcmLoopState = NULL;
 }
 
 void mixerDestroy(void)
 {
-    /* TODO(Phase 3) */
-}
-
-void mixerProcess(const s16 *in, u32 frames)
-{
-    /* TODO(Phase 3): process + queue via audioSetNextBuffer(). */
-    (void)in; (void)frames;
 }

port/src/optionsoverlay.c

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
  * port-owned config.c variables directly. Live knobs apply immediately; the
  * two that need an FBO/window rebuild (MSAA, Fullscreen) are tagged "(restart)".
  *
+ * The panel adapts to whatever 2D space it is drawn in (320x240 in-game vs
+ * 440x330 on front-end screens -- viSetXY differs) and scrolls when the row
+ * list outgrows the viewport (wheel / arrows at the edges). Cyclic rows
+ * (MSAA, texture filter, resolution, toggles) wrap in both directions; the
+ * manual % rows (draw/LOD distance) are hidden while their "auto" toggle is on.
+ *
  * Text + fill helpers are the game's own (textRender / microcode_constructor /
  * gDPFillRectangle) reached by extern -- same pattern input.c uses to read
  * current_menu / cursor_h_pos. This is a rendering/UI view, not a logic change.
@@ -60,7 +66,6 @@ enum { ROW_TOGGLE, ROW_SLIDER, ROW_ENUM, ROW_MSAA, ROW_RES };
 
 static const char *const kOnOff[]     = { "OFF", "ON", NULL };
 static const char *const kTexFilter[] = { "NEAREST", "BILINEAR", "3-POINT", NULL };
-static const char *const kCapture[]   = { "ALWAYS GRAB", "CLICK-TO-LOCK", NULL };
 static const int         kMsaaSeq[]   = { 1, 2, 4, 8 };
 
 /* Windowed-mode resolution presets. Filtered at init to those that fit the
@@ -91,6 +96,11 @@ struct Row {
     int                type;     /* CONFIG_OPT_*    */
     void              *ptr;
     double             cfgMin, cfgMax;
+
+    /* Hidden while the option named here is nonzero (a manual % row
+     * disappears while its "auto" toggle is on). Resolved to hidePtr at init. */
+    const char        *hiddenIfOn;
+    int               *hidePtr;
 };
 
 static struct Row rows[] = {
@@ -100,17 +110,84 @@ static struct Row rows[] = {
     { "Video.FpsCap",             "Frame cap",        ROW_SLIDER, 10,   NULL,       0, 0, 360, 0,0,0,0,0 },
     { "Video.MSAA",               "MSAA",             ROW_MSAA,   0,    NULL,       1, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
     { "Video.TextureFilter",      "Texture filter",   ROW_ENUM,   1,    kTexFilter, 0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
-    { "Input.MouseAimSpeed",      "Mouse aim speed",  ROW_SLIDER, 1,    NULL,       0, 0, 100, 0,0,0,0,0 },
+    { "Video.Anisotropy",         "Anisotropic",      ROW_SLIDER, 1,    NULL,       0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
+    { "Video.FovScale",           "FOV scale %",      ROW_SLIDER, 5,    NULL,       0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
+    { "Video.DrawDistance",       "Draw distance %",  ROW_SLIDER, 25,   NULL,       0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0, "Video.DrawDistanceAutoFov" },
+    { "Video.DrawDistanceAutoFov","Draw dist. auto",  ROW_TOGGLE, 1,    kOnOff,     0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
+    { "Video.LodDistance",        "LOD distance %",   ROW_SLIDER, 25,   NULL,       0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0, "Video.LodDistanceAutoFov" },
+    { "Video.LodDistanceAutoFov", "LOD dist. auto",   ROW_TOGGLE, 1,    kOnOff,     0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
+    /* Aim row edits Input.AimModeSens -- the knob the default GEPD aim path
+     * actually uses (Input.MouseAimSpeed only feeds the legacy velocity-stick
+     * fallback, so it was inert here). */
+    { "Input.AimModeSens",        "Mouse aim speed",  ROW_SLIDER, 1,    NULL,       0, 1, 80,  0,0,0,0,0 },
     { "Input.MouseTurnSpeed",     "Mouse turn speed", ROW_SLIDER, 1,    NULL,       0, 0, 100, 0,0,0,0,0 },
+    { "Input.SensLink",           "Link aim/turn sens",ROW_TOGGLE, 1,   kOnOff,     0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
     { "Input.MouseInvertY",       "Mouse invert Y",   ROW_TOGGLE, 1,    kOnOff,     0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
-    { "Input.MouseCaptureMode",   "Mouse capture",    ROW_TOGGLE, 1,    kCapture,   0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
-    { "Game.ScreenShakeIntensity","Screen shake",     ROW_SLIDER, 0.25, NULL,       0, 0, 3,   0,0,0,0,0 },
+    /* D181/Game.ScreenShakeIntensity: user testing (v0.2.1) found the slider
+     * "basically useless" -- viShake() is only called from explosion.c, so it
+     * scales explosion shake alone; it never touches the always-on walking
+     * head-bob or any getting-shot reaction, which is what "Screen shake"
+     * reads as to a player. Pulled from the menu until it covers all
+     * screen-shake/view-bob sources, not just explosions. Config var + fr.c
+     * hook stay in place. */
+    /* D232: the community "no damage flash" toggle (suppresses the red/green
+     * hit-flash overlay in bondview2). */
+    { "Game.NoHitFlash",          "No hit flash",     ROW_TOGGLE, 1,    kOnOff,     0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
+    /* D216/Game.SkipIntro: user report (v0.2.1 testing) that it breaks audio
+     * -- pulled from the menu until root-caused. Not exposed to players; the
+     * config var + lv.c hook stay in place (dead unless an existing ini has
+     * it set, which no menu path can do any more). Do not re-add without
+     * fixing the underlying issue first. */
+    /* D257: everything-unlocked goodie (default ON). Consumed at startup by
+     * main.c -- applies from the next launch. */
+    { "Game.AllUnlocked",         "All unlocked",     ROW_TOGGLE, 1,    kOnOff,     0, 0, 0,   0,0,0,0,0 },
 };
 #define NUM_ROWS ((int)(sizeof(rows) / sizeof(rows[0])))
 
 static int  s_inited = 0;
 static volatile int s_open = 0;
-static int  s_sel = 0;
+static int  s_sel = 0;        /* selection, index into s_visIdx (visible list) */
+
+/* Visible-row list: rows whose hiddenIfOn option is nonzero are omitted
+ * (manual % rows hide while their auto toggle is on). Rebuilt every frame in
+ * overlayUpdateVisible(); s_scroll is the first visible-list entry drawn. */
+static int  s_visIdx[NUM_ROWS];
+static int  s_visN = 0;
+static int  s_scroll = 0;
+
+/* D213: optional on-screen FPS readout (PD parity: Video.DisplayFPS). Drawn
+ * top-right whenever enabled, independent of the F10 panel. Config-only knob
+ * (kept off the 13-row panel, which is at its layout limit) -- matches PD,
+ * whose DisplayFPS is also file-only. Default 0 => emit path unchanged =>
+ * golden dumps byte-identical. */
+static int      s_showFps = 0;
+static char     s_fpsText[16] = "";
+
+PD_CONSTRUCTOR static void overlayConfigInit(void)
+{
+    configRegisterInt("Video.DisplayFPS", &s_showFps, 0, 1);
+}
+
+/* Sampled once per emitted frame; recomputes the string every ~0.5 s. */
+static void fpsTick(void)
+{
+    static uint64_t winStartUs = 0;
+    static int      frames = 0;
+
+    uint64_t nowUs = sysGetMicroseconds();
+    if (winStartUs == 0) {
+        winStartUs = nowUs;
+        return;
+    }
+    frames++;
+    uint64_t dtUs = nowUs - winStartUs;
+    if (dtUs >= 500000) {
+        int fps = (int)((double)frames * 1e6 / (double)dtUs + 0.5);
+        snprintf(s_fpsText, sizeof(s_fpsText), "%d FPS", fps);
+        winStartUs = nowUs;
+        frames = 0;
+    }
+}
 
 /* Layout (game 2D pixel space = viGetX() x viGetY(), ~320x240). Shared by the
  * emit path and the mouse hit-testing in optionsOverlayHandleInput().
@@ -121,7 +198,20 @@ static int  s_sel = 0;
 #define OV_TOP       12
 #define OV_LINE      15                       /* row pitch (13 rows must fit ~240) */
 #define OV_HDR       2                        /* header rows above row 0 (title+hint) */
+/* i is a VISIBLE-POSITION (already scroll-adjusted by the caller). */
 #define OV_ROW_Y(i)  (OV_TOP + ((i) + OV_HDR) * OV_LINE)
+
+/* How many rows fit between the header and the bottom edge of whatever 2D
+ * space we are in right now (320x240 in-game, 440x330 on front-end screens --
+ * viSetXY differs, see src/game/front.c). More rows than this => scroll. */
+static int maxVisibleRows(void)
+{
+    int n = (viGetY() - 6 - OV_TOP - OV_HDR * OV_LINE) / OV_LINE;
+    if (n < 4) {
+        n = 4;
+    }
+    return n;
+}
 #define OV_RIGHT     (viGetX() - OV_X0)       /* right edge for right-aligned text */
 #define OV_NUM_W     36                       /* reserved width for a slider's number */
 #define OV_BAR_X     150
@@ -136,18 +226,55 @@ static void sliderBarSpan(s32 *x0, s32 *x1)
     }
 }
 
-/* Row index the given overlay-space y falls in, or -1. */
+/* Visible position (0..s_visN-1) the given overlay-space y falls in, or -1. */
 static int overlayRowAtY(double oy)
 {
-    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ROWS; i++) {
-        double top = OV_ROW_Y(i) - 3;
+    for (int p = 0; p < s_visN; p++) {
+        double top = OV_ROW_Y(p - s_scroll) - 3;
         if (oy >= top && oy < top + OV_LINE) {
-            return i;
+            return p;
         }
     }
     return -1;
 }
 
+/* Rebuild the visible-row list and keep the selection in range. */
+static void overlayUpdateVisible(void)
+{
+    s_visN = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ROWS; i++) {
+        if (!(rows[i].hidePtr && *rows[i].hidePtr != 0)) {
+            s_visIdx[s_visN++] = i;
+        }
+    }
+    if (s_visN == 0) {   /* cannot happen (toggles have no hide source) */
+        s_visIdx[s_visN++] = 0;
+    }
+    if (s_sel < 0) {
+        s_sel = 0;
+    }
+    if (s_sel >= s_visN) {
+        s_sel = s_visN - 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Keep the selected row on screen: shift the window when it nears an edge. */
+static void overlayUpdateScroll(void)
+{
+    int maxV = maxVisibleRows();
+    if (s_visN <= maxV) {
+        s_scroll = 0;
+        return;
+    }
+    s_scroll = s_sel - (maxV - 1);
+    if (s_scroll < 0) {
+        s_scroll = 0;
+    }
+    if (s_scroll > s_visN - maxV) {
+        s_scroll = s_visN - maxV;
+    }
+}
+
 /* The close box brackets the title row at the panel's right edge. */
 #define OV_CB_X0   (OV_RIGHT - 14)
 #define OV_CB_X1   (OV_RIGHT + 7)
@@ -203,6 +330,21 @@ static void overlayInit(void)
         }
     }
 
+    /* Resolve the hidden-while-on sources (manual % rows vs their auto
+     * toggles), then build the initial visible list. */
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ROWS; i++) {
+        if (!rows[i].hiddenIfOn) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for (int j = 0; j < NUM_ROWS; j++) {
+            if (strcmp(rows[j].key, rows[i].hiddenIfOn) == 0 && rows[j].found) {
+                rows[i].hidePtr = rows[j].ptr;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    overlayUpdateVisible();
+
     /* Build the windowed-resolution preset list: presets that fit the desktop,
      * plus the current window size snapped to the nearest surviving entry. */
     {
@@ -257,6 +399,18 @@ static double rowHi(const struct Row *r)
     return (r->uiMin != r->uiMax) ? r->uiMax : r->cfgMax;
 }
 
+static struct Row *rowByKey(const char *key)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ROWS; i++) {
+        if (strcmp(rows[i].key, key) == 0) {
+            return &rows[i];
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static int s_linkDepth = 0;   /* re-entrancy guard for the sens link below */
+
 static void rowSet(struct Row *r, double v)
 {
     double lo = rowLo(r), hi = rowHi(r);
@@ -278,6 +432,29 @@ static void rowSet(struct Row *r, double v)
     } else if (strncmp(r->key, "Video.", 6) == 0 && !r->restart) {
         videoRequestLiveConfig();
     }
+
+    /* Linked aim/turn sensitivity (Input.SensLink, default on): moving either
+     * knob scales the other to hold the stock default ratio -- AimModeSens 38
+     * : MouseTurnSpeed 50 (the D194/D238 calibrated defaults). */
+    if (!s_linkDepth && strcmp(r->key, "Input.SensLink") != 0) {
+        struct Row *lk = rowByKey("Input.SensLink");
+        if (lk && lk->found && *(int *)lk->ptr != 0) {
+            struct Row *o = NULL;
+            double nv = 0.0;
+            if (strcmp(r->key, "Input.MouseTurnSpeed") == 0) {
+                o = rowByKey("Input.AimModeSens");
+                nv = v * 38.0 / 50.0;
+            } else if (strcmp(r->key, "Input.AimModeSens") == 0) {
+                o = rowByKey("Input.MouseTurnSpeed");
+                nv = v * 50.0 / 38.0;
+            }
+            if (o && o->found) {
+                s_linkDepth = 1;
+                rowSet(o, nv);
+                s_linkDepth = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 static void rowAdjust(struct Row *r, int dir)
@@ -295,9 +472,9 @@ static void rowAdjust(struct Row *r, int dir)
         for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
             if (kMsaaSeq[i] == (int)lround(v)) idx = i;
         }
-        idx += dir;
-        if (idx < 0) idx = 0;
-        if (idx > 3) idx = 3;
+        /* Wrap like a normal settings-menu cycle: OFF->2x->4x->8x->OFF, in
+         * both directions (left/right click and arrows all roll). */
+        idx = (idx + dir + 4) % 4;
         rowSet(r, (double)kMsaaSeq[idx]);
         break;
     }
@@ -348,12 +525,18 @@ int optionsOverlayIsOpen(void)
 
 void optionsOverlayScroll(int dir)
 {
+    if (!s_inited) {
+        overlayInit();
+    }
     if (!s_open || dir == 0) {
         return;
     }
+    overlayUpdateVisible();
     s_sel += (dir > 0) ? -1 : 1;   /* wheel-up -> move up the list */
-    if (s_sel < 0) s_sel = NUM_ROWS - 1;
-    if (s_sel >= NUM_ROWS) s_sel = 0;
+    /* Clamp at both ends like a normal PC settings list -- wrapping made the
+     * selection "repeat" from the far edge, which read as a duplicate. */
+    if (s_sel < 0) s_sel = 0;
+    if (s_sel >= s_visN) s_sel = s_visN - 1;
 }
 
 /* Set a slider row from an overlay-space x inside its value bar, snapped to
@@ -390,23 +573,48 @@ void optionsOverlayHandleInput(void)
      * visible (a stage poll would otherwise leave it locked/hidden). */
     inputSuspendForOverlay();
 
+    overlayUpdateVisible();   /* % rows may have appeared/vanished (auto toggles) */
+    overlayUpdateScroll();
+
     const Uint8 *ks = SDL_GetKeyboardState(NULL);
     int mx = 0, my = 0;
     Uint32 mb = SDL_GetMouseState(&mx, &my);
     int lmb = (mb & SDL_BUTTON(SDL_BUTTON_LEFT))  ? 1 : 0;
     int rmb = (mb & SDL_BUTTON(SDL_BUTTON_RIGHT)) ? 1 : 0;
 
-    int up = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_UP]    || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_8];
-    int dn = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_DOWN]  || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_2];
-    int lf = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_LEFT]  || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_4];
+    /* Gamepad navigation (controller-only machines, e.g. Steam Deck): the
+     * D-pad or left stick moves the selection; A/X step forward (the Enter
+     * equivalent), B/Y step back; Start closes. OR-ed into the same edge
+     * logic as the keyboard, so repeat/clamp/scroll behaviour is identical.
+     * input.c swallows the pad while we are open, so none of this reaches
+     * the game. (Select also closes -- handled in input.c's toggle, which
+     * runs before this one.) */
+    int gUp = inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_DPAD_UP)
+           || inputPadAxis(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_LEFTY) < -12000;
+    int gDn = inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_DPAD_DOWN)
+           || inputPadAxis(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_LEFTY) > 12000;
+    int up = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_UP]    || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_8] || gUp;
+    int dn = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_DOWN]  || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_2] || gDn;
+    int lf = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_LEFT]  || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_4]
+          || inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_B)
+          || inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_Y);
     int rt = ks[SDL_SCANCODE_RIGHT] || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_6]
-          || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_RETURN] || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_ENTER];
+          || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_RETURN] || ks[SDL_SCANCODE_KP_ENTER]
+          || inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_A)
+          || inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_X);
 
-    /* ---- keyboard / D-pad nav ---- */
-    if (up && !prevUp) s_sel = (s_sel + NUM_ROWS - 1) % NUM_ROWS;
-    if (dn && !prevDn) s_sel = (s_sel + 1) % NUM_ROWS;
-    if (lf && !prevLf) rowAdjust(&rows[s_sel], -1);
-    if (rt && !prevRt) rowAdjust(&rows[s_sel], +1);
+    static int prevStart = 0;   /* not reset while closed: a Start held across
+                                  close must not re-close on the next open */
+    int startNow = inputPadButton(0, SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_START);
+    if (startNow && !prevStart) optionsOverlayToggle();   /* Start closes */
+    prevStart = startNow;
+
+    /* ---- keyboard / D-pad nav (clamped at the ends; scroll follows) ---- */
+    if (up && !prevUp && s_sel > 0) s_sel--;
+    if (dn && !prevDn && s_sel < s_visN - 1) s_sel++;
+    overlayUpdateScroll();
+    if (lf && !prevLf) rowAdjust(&rows[s_visIdx[s_sel]], -1);
+    if (rt && !prevRt) rowAdjust(&rows[s_visIdx[s_sel]], +1);
 
     /* ---- mouse ---- */
     int ww = 0, wh = 0;
@@ -414,12 +622,13 @@ void optionsOverlayHandleInput(void)
     if (ww > 0 && wh > 0) {
         double ox = (double)mx * (double)viGetX() / ww;
         double oy = (double)my * (double)viGetY() / wh;
-        int hoverRow = overlayRowAtY(oy);
+        int hoverVis = overlayRowAtY(oy);
         int onClose  = overlayInCloseBox(ox, oy);
 
-        if (hoverRow >= 0 && !onClose) {
-            s_sel = hoverRow;   /* hover-to-highlight */
-        }
+        /* No hover-to-highlight: merely moving the mouse must not move the
+         * selection or scroll the window (hovering near a list edge fed the
+         * new row back into the cursor and made the bottom twitch/echo).
+         * Selection moves only by click, wheel, or arrows. */
 
         /* left press. A click in the label column only focuses the row; a
          * click in the value/control column (>= the bar-span start) changes
@@ -431,13 +640,17 @@ void optionsOverlayHandleInput(void)
                 optionsOverlayToggle();   /* close + configSave */
                 return;
             }
-            if (hoverRow >= 0 && ox >= bx0) {
-                struct Row *r = &rows[hoverRow];
-                if (r->kind == ROW_SLIDER && r->found) {
-                    sliderSetFromX(r, ox);
-                    dragRow = hoverRow;
-                } else {
-                    rowAdjust(r, +1);   /* toggle / cycle forward */
+            if (hoverVis >= 0) {
+                s_sel = hoverVis;         /* explicit click -> select */
+                overlayUpdateScroll();
+                if (ox >= bx0) {
+                    struct Row *r = &rows[s_visIdx[hoverVis]];
+                    if (r->kind == ROW_SLIDER && r->found) {
+                        sliderSetFromX(r, ox);
+                        dragRow = s_visIdx[hoverVis];
+                    } else {
+                        rowAdjust(r, +1);   /* toggle / cycle forward (wraps) */
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -449,8 +662,10 @@ void optionsOverlayHandleInput(void)
             dragRow = -1;
         }
         /* right press in the value column: cycle back / decrement */
-        if (rmb && !prevRmb && hoverRow >= 0 && !onClose && ox >= bx0) {
-            rowAdjust(&rows[hoverRow], -1);
+        if (rmb && !prevRmb && hoverVis >= 0 && !onClose && ox >= bx0) {
+            s_sel = hoverVis;
+            overlayUpdateScroll();
+            rowAdjust(&rows[s_visIdx[hoverVis]], -1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -543,15 +758,41 @@ Gfx *optionsOverlayEmit(void)
     if (!s_inited) {
         overlayInit();
     }
+
+    fpsTick();
+
     if (!s_open) {
-        return NULL;   /* nothing appended -> golden dumps byte-identical */
+        if (!s_showFps || !s_fpsText[0]) {
+            return NULL;   /* nothing appended -> golden dumps byte-identical */
+        }
+        /* D213: FPS-only mini DL (top-right), panel closed. */
+        const s32 fw = viGetX();
+        const s32 fh = viGetY();
+        Gfx *fgdl = s_buf;
+        gDPPipeSync(fgdl++);
+        gDPSetCycleType(fgdl++, G_CYC_1CYCLE);
+        gDPSetTexturePersp(fgdl++, G_TP_NONE);
+        gDPSetScissor(fgdl++, G_SC_NON_INTERLACE, 0, 0, fw, fh);
+        fgdl = microcode_constructor(fgdl);
+        fgdl = drawTextR(fgdl, fw - 6, 6, s_fpsText, 0x40ff60ff);
+        gDPPipeSync(fgdl++);
+        gSPEndDisplayList(fgdl++);
+        return s_buf;
     }
 
+    overlayUpdateVisible();
+    overlayUpdateScroll();
+
     const s32 W = viGetX();
     const s32 H = viGetY();
     const s32 right = OV_RIGHT;
     const s32 panelTop = OV_TOP - 9;
-    const s32 panelBottom = OV_ROW_Y(NUM_ROWS - 1) + OV_LINE / 2 + 3;
+    /* Last visible position actually drawn (window may be shorter than the
+     * list at small 2D viewports -- the rest is reached by scrolling). */
+    const int maxV  = maxVisibleRows();
+    const int pLast = (s_visN - s_scroll < maxV) ? s_visN - s_scroll
+                                                 : s_scroll + maxV - 1;
+    const s32 panelBottom = OV_ROW_Y(pLast) + OV_LINE / 2 + 3;
     s32 bx0, bx1;
     sliderBarSpan(&bx0, &bx1);
     Gfx *gdl = s_buf;
@@ -568,15 +809,16 @@ Gfx *optionsOverlayEmit(void)
     gdl = fillRect(gdl, OV_CB_X0, OV_CB_Y0, OV_CB_X1, OV_CB_Y1,
                    150, 40, 40, 235);                                   /* close */
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ROWS; i++) {
-        s32 rowY = OV_ROW_Y(i);
-        if (i == s_sel) {
+    for (int p = s_scroll; p <= pLast; p++) {
+        const struct Row *r = &rows[s_visIdx[p]];
+        s32 rowY = OV_ROW_Y(p - s_scroll);
+        if (p == s_sel) {
             gdl = fillRect(gdl, OV_X0 - 4, rowY - 3, W - (OV_X0 - 4),
                            rowY + OV_LINE - 4, 40, 46, 96, 220);
         }
-        if (rows[i].kind == ROW_SLIDER && rows[i].found) {
-            double lo = rowLo(&rows[i]), hi = rowHi(&rows[i]);
-            double f = (hi > lo) ? (rowGet(&rows[i]) - lo) / (hi - lo) : 0.0;
+        if (r->kind == ROW_SLIDER && r->found) {
+            double lo = rowLo(r), hi = rowHi(r);
+            double f = (hi > lo) ? (rowGet(r) - lo) / (hi - lo) : 0.0;
             if (f < 0) f = 0; if (f > 1) f = 1;
             s32 by = rowY + 3;
             gdl = fillRect(gdl, bx0, by, bx1, by + 5, 60, 60, 70, 220);
@@ -589,25 +831,27 @@ Gfx *optionsOverlayEmit(void)
     gdl = microcode_constructor(gdl);
 
     gdl = drawText(gdl, OV_X0, OV_TOP, "PC OPTIONS", 0xffe040ff);
-    gdl = drawText(gdl, OV_X0, OV_TOP + OV_LINE, "click value / drag / arrows",
+    gdl = drawText(gdl, OV_X0, OV_TOP + OV_LINE,
+                   "select: scroll/click, change: mouse/arrows",
                    0x8890a0ff);                                        /* hint line */
     gdl = drawText(gdl, (OV_CB_X0 + OV_CB_X1) / 2 - measureText("X") / 2,
                    OV_TOP, "X", 0xffffffff);                            /* close glyph */
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ROWS; i++) {
-        s32 rowY = OV_ROW_Y(i);
-        u32 col = (i == s_sel) ? 0xffffffff : 0xc0c0c8ff;
+    for (int p = s_scroll; p <= pLast; p++) {
+        const struct Row *r = &rows[s_visIdx[p]];
+        s32 rowY = OV_ROW_Y(p - s_scroll);
+        u32 col = (p == s_sel) ? 0xffffffff : 0xc0c0c8ff;
         char val[48];
 
-        gdl = drawText(gdl, OV_LABEL_X, rowY, (char *)rows[i].label,
-                       rows[i].found ? col : 0x808080ff);
-        if (!rows[i].found) {
+        gdl = drawText(gdl, OV_LABEL_X, rowY, (char *)r->label,
+                       r->found ? col : 0x808080ff);
+        if (!r->found) {
             gdl = drawTextR(gdl, right, rowY, "(n/a)", 0x808080ff);
             continue;
         }
 
-        valueText(&rows[i], val, sizeof(val));
-        if (rows[i].restart) {
+        valueText(r, val, sizeof(val));
+        if (r->restart) {
             /* value left of the bar span, "(restart)" pinned to the edge */
             gdl = drawText(gdl, bx0, rowY, val, col);
             gdl = drawTextR(gdl, right, rowY, "(restart)", 0x909090ff);

port/src/romconvert.c

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+/*
+ * romconvert.c — first-run sidecar conversion ("drop in your ROM and play").
+ *
+ * The engine needs two ROM-derived sidecar trees that are NOT shipped with a
+ * release (they are copyrighted game data derived from the user's own ROM):
+ *
+ *     $S/pcmodels-<region>/   (pcmodels.bin + manifest.csv)  — port/src/pcmodels.c
+ *     $S/pccg-<region>/       (pccg.bin    + manifest.csv)  — port/src/pccg.c
+ *
+ * The release bundle ships a frozen copy of the asset-prep tool
+ * (prepare-assets.py, PyInstaller --onefile) as
+ * <exedir>/prepare-assets/ge007-convert[.exe]. When the sidecars are missing
+ * at boot, romdataInit() calls romConvertEnsureSidecars(), which spawns that
+ * binary with `--rom <this ROM> --out <exedir>`, waits for it to finish, and
+ * re-checks. The conversion is deterministic and takes a few seconds; after
+ * the first run the sidecars exist and this path is a no-op (two fsExists).
+ *
+ * Returns 1 when both sidecars are present (already or after converting),
+ * -1 when they could not be produced (caller should abort boot with a
+ * message rather than crash later in modelPromoteNodeOffsetsToPointers, D179).
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* D38: <stdio.h>/<stdlib.h> resolve to the decomp's N64 stubs via the include
+ * path; declare the host functions this file uses. */
+extern void *malloc(unsigned long long size);
+extern int snprintf(char *str, size_t maxsize, const char *format, ...);
+
+#include "platform.h"
+
+#if defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+  #ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+    #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+  #endif
+  #include <windows.h>
+#else
+  #include <unistd.h>
+  #include <sys/wait.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "system.h"
+#include "fs.h"
+
+/* Same country→region map as pcmodels.c / pccg.c (finding: plan Q3). */
+static const char *rcRegionForCountry(unsigned char country)
+{
+    switch (country) {
+    case 'E': return "ntsc-final";
+    case 'P': return "pal-final";
+    case 'J': return "jpn-final";
+    default:  return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/* sysResolvePath() returns a static buffer — copy before the next call. */
+static int rcExistsResolved(const char *rel)
+{
+    const char *p = sysResolvePath(rel);
+    return fsExists(p);
+}
+
+static int rcSidecarsPresent(const char *region)
+{
+    char rel[256];
+    snprintf(rel, sizeof(rel), "$S/pcmodels-%s/pcmodels.bin", region);
+    if (!rcExistsResolved(rel))
+        return 0;
+    snprintf(rel, sizeof(rel), "$S/pccg-%s/pccg.bin", region);
+    return rcExistsResolved(rel);
+}
+
+#if defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+/* Spawn `exePath --rom "<rom>" --out "<exedir>"` and wait for it.
+ * Returns the exit code, or -1 if it could not be started. */
+static int rcRunConverter(const char *exePath, const char *rom, const char *out)
+{
+    char cmd[4096];
+    int n = snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "\"%s\" --rom \"%s\" --out \"%s\"",
+                     exePath, rom, out);
+    if (n < 0 || (size_t)n >= sizeof(cmd))
+        return -1;   /* paths too long to build a command line */
+
+    int wlen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, cmd, -1, NULL, 0);
+    if (wlen <= 0)
+        return -1;
+    WCHAR *wcmd = (WCHAR *)malloc((size_t)wlen * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    if (!wcmd)
+        return -1;
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, cmd, -1, wcmd, wlen);
+
+    STARTUPINFOW si;
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
+    int rc = -1;
+    memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
+    si.cb = sizeof(si);
+    memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
+    if (CreateProcessW(NULL, wcmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi)) {
+        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
+        DWORD code = 0;
+        GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &code);
+        rc = (int)code;
+        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+    }
+    free(wcmd);
+    return rc;
+}
+#else
+static int rcRunConverter(const char *exePath, const char *rom, const char *out)
+{
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+    if (pid < 0)
+        return -1;
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        /* Child: stdio is inherited (console apps see the converter's
+         * progress lines; GUI builds simply discard them). */
+        execv(exePath, (char *const[]){ exePath, "--rom", (char *)rom,
+                                        "--out", (char *)out, NULL });
+        _exit(127);   /* execv failed */
+    }
+    int status = 0;
+    while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
+        ;   /* EINTR */
+    if (WIFEXITED(status))
+        return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+    return -1;
+}
+#endif
+
+int romConvertEnsureSidecars(const unsigned char *romImg, const char *romRelPath)
+{
+    const char *region = rcRegionForCountry(romImg[0x3E]);
+    if (!region)
+        return 1;   /* unknown country — romHeaderValid() rejects it anyway */
+
+    if (rcSidecarsPresent(region))
+        return 1;
+
+    /* Resolve the ROM path we were given ("$S/...", "$E/..." or "./...") to
+     * an absolute form for the child's argv. */
+    char romPath[1024];
+    snprintf(romPath, sizeof(romPath), "%s", sysResolvePath(romRelPath));
+
+    const char *exedir = sysGetExeDir();
+    char outDir[1024];
+    snprintf(outDir, sizeof(outDir), "%s", exedir);
+
+    /* Converter candidates: bundled under <exedir>/prepare-assets/ (the
+     * release layout), then the CWD-relative form (running from a source
+     * tree or an unpacked bundle in the CWD). */
+#if defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+    static const char *candRel[4] = {
+        "$E/prepare-assets/ge007-convert.exe",
+        "./prepare-assets/ge007-convert.exe",
+        "$E/ge007-convert.exe",
+        "./ge007-convert.exe",
+    };
+#else
+    static const char *candRel[4] = {
+        "$E/prepare-assets/ge007-convert",
+        "./prepare-assets/ge007-convert",
+        "$E/ge007-convert",
+        "./ge007-convert",
+    };
+#endif
+    char convPath[1024] = "";
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        if (rcExistsResolved(candRel[i])) {
+            /* sysResolvePath() returns a static buffer — snapshot it. */
+            snprintf(convPath, sizeof(convPath), "%s", sysResolvePath(candRel[i]));
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!convPath[0]) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR,
+            "romconvert: sidecars for '%s' are missing and no ge007-convert "
+            "binary was found (looked in <exedir>/prepare-assets/). Put your "
+            "ROM at data/ge007.%s.z64 and re-run from the bundle folder, or "
+            "run prepare-assets manually.", region, region);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO,
+        "romconvert: sidecars missing — running %s (one-time, a few seconds)…",
+        convPath);
+    int code = rcRunConverter(convPath, romPath, outDir);
+    if (code != 0)
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR,
+            "romconvert: ge007-convert exited with code %d — see its output "
+            "above (a non-retail or byte-swapped ROM will fail here)", code);
+
+    if (!rcSidecarsPresent(region)) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR,
+            "romconvert: data/pcmodels-%s/ and data/pccg-%s/ are still "
+            "missing — cannot continue", region, region);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "romconvert: sidecars generated — continuing boot");
+    return 1;
+}

port/src/romdata.c

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern int snprintf(char *str, size_t maxsize, const char *format, ...);
 #include "romdata.h"
 #include "pcmodels.h"
 #include "pccg.h"
+#include "romconvert.h"
 
 /* D50: struct font/fontchar layouts for the font-segment re-layout. Order
  * matters (see pcmodels.c): ultra64.h must finish before bondtypes.h. */
@@ -113,6 +114,116 @@ static int romHeaderValid(const u8 *h, char *err, size_t errsz)
 
 static u32 romdataBswap32(u32 v); /* defined below; used by the D55 fixup */
 
+/* D230: RAW16 wavetable samples are stored big-endian s16 in the ROM (the
+ * N64 CPU reads them that way), but the PC mixer's resampler consumes
+ * host-native (little-endian) s16 — so every RAW16 instrument plays as a
+ * byte-swapped buzz. ADPCM nibble data is byte-order agnostic, which is why
+ * only RAW16 ranges are affected. The wavetable sample segments stay in the
+ * cart map (alBnkfNew() points straight at them; only the bank structs are
+ * re-laid out, D37), so bswap16 those ranges in place once the map is live.
+ * The walk mirrors the ALBankFile layout romdataFixupAudioBank() uses. */
+
+#define RAW16_MAX_RANGES 32
+
+struct raw16Range { u32 start, end; };
+
+static void romdataRaw16Swap(u8 *tbl, u32 tblSize, u32 base, s32 len,
+                             struct raw16Range *done, int *ndone)
+{
+    int i;
+    if (len <= 0 || base >= tblSize || (u32)len > tblSize - base) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "romdataInit: D230 RAW16 wavetable out of "
+                 "range (base 0x%X len %d, segment 0x%X bytes)",
+                 base, len, tblSize);
+        return;
+    }
+    for (i = 0; i < *ndone; i++) {
+        /* Shared sample data (two instruments can point at the same range):
+         * swapping twice would undo the first swap. */
+        if (base >= done[i].start && base + (u32)len <= done[i].end)
+            return;
+    }
+    for (i = 0; i + 1 < len; i += 2) {
+        u8 t = tbl[base + i];
+        tbl[base + i] = tbl[base + i + 1];
+        tbl[base + i + 1] = t;
+    }
+    if (*ndone < RAW16_MAX_RANGES) {
+        done[*ndone].start = base;
+        done[*ndone].end = base + (u32)len;
+        (*ndone)++;
+    }
+}
+
+static void romdataRaw16Inst(const u8 *ctl, u32 ctlSize, u8 *tbl, u32 tblSize,
+                             struct raw16Range *done, int *ndone, u32 ioff)
+{
+    s16 scount;
+    u32 k;
+    if (!ioff || ioff + 16 > ctlSize)
+        return;
+    scount = (s16)((ctl[ioff + 14] << 8) | ctl[ioff + 15]); /* soundCount */
+    if (scount < 0)
+        return;
+    for (k = 0; k < (u32)scount; k++) {
+        u32 soff, wt;
+        if (ioff + 16 + 4 * k + 4 > ctlSize)
+            break;
+        soff = ((u32)ctl[ioff + 16 + 4 * k] << 24) |
+               ((u32)ctl[ioff + 17 + 4 * k] << 16) |
+               ((u32)ctl[ioff + 18 + 4 * k] << 8) |
+               (u32)ctl[ioff + 19 + 4 * k];
+        if (!soff || soff + 15 > ctlSize)
+            continue;
+        wt = ((u32)ctl[soff + 8] << 24) | ((u32)ctl[soff + 9] << 16) |
+             ((u32)ctl[soff + 10] << 8) | (u32)ctl[soff + 11];
+        if (!wt || wt + 20 > ctlSize)
+            continue;
+        if (ctl[wt + 8] == 1 /* AL_RAW16_WAVE */) {
+            u32 base = ((u32)ctl[wt] << 24) | ((u32)ctl[wt + 1] << 16) |
+                       ((u32)ctl[wt + 2] << 8) | (u32)ctl[wt + 3];
+            s32 len = (s32)(((u32)ctl[wt + 4] << 24) |
+                            ((u32)ctl[wt + 5] << 16) |
+                            ((u32)ctl[wt + 6] << 8) | (u32)ctl[wt + 7]);
+            romdataRaw16Swap(tbl, tblSize, base, len, done, ndone);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void romdataRaw16Walk(const u8 *ctl, u32 ctlSize, u8 *tbl, u32 tblSize,
+                             struct raw16Range *done, int *ndone)
+{
+    s16 i;
+    if (ctlSize < 4 || ((ctl[0] << 8) | ctl[1]) != 0x4231 /* 'B1' */)
+        return;
+    for (i = 0; i < (s16)((ctl[2] << 8) | ctl[3]); i++) {
+        u32 boff, j;
+        s16 icount;
+        if (4 + 4 * (u32)i + 4 > ctlSize)
+            break;
+        boff = ((u32)ctl[4 + 4 * i] << 24) | ((u32)ctl[5 + 4 * i] << 16) |
+               ((u32)ctl[6 + 4 * i] << 8) | (u32)ctl[7 + 4 * i];
+        if (!boff || boff + 12 > ctlSize)
+            continue;
+        icount = (s16)((ctl[boff] << 8) | ctl[boff + 1]); /* instCount */
+        if (icount < 0)
+            continue;
+        romdataRaw16Inst(ctl, ctlSize, tbl, tblSize, done, ndone,
+                         ((u32)ctl[boff + 8] << 24) |
+                         ((u32)ctl[boff + 9] << 16) |
+                         ((u32)ctl[boff + 10] << 8) | (u32)ctl[boff + 11]);
+        for (j = 0; j < icount; j++) {
+            if (boff + 12 + 4 * (u32)j + 4 > ctlSize)
+                break;
+            romdataRaw16Inst(ctl, ctlSize, tbl, tblSize, done, ndone,
+                             ((u32)ctl[boff + 12 + 4 * j] << 24) |
+                             ((u32)ctl[boff + 13 + 4 * j] << 16) |
+                             ((u32)ctl[boff + 14 + 4 * j] << 8) |
+                             (u32)ctl[boff + 15 + 4 * j]);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* The caller has placed a writable region of (romSize + sidecars) bytes at
  * CART_BASE. Populate it, load the sidecars, apply the D55 RLE-header fixup,
  * and mark the ROM live. Shared by the Windows (VirtualAlloc) and POSIX (mmap)
@@ -139,6 +250,38 @@ static int romdataFinishCartMap(const char *tok, u8 *img,
         if ((u16)*hdr > 512 || (u16)(*hdr >> 16) > 512)
             *hdr = romdataBswap32(*hdr);
     }
+
+    /* D230: byte-swap the RAW16 wavetable sample ranges in both bank trees
+     * (BE s16 in the ROM -> host LE for the mixer's resampler). */
+    {
+        extern u32 _sfxctlSegmentRomStart;
+        extern u32 _sfxtblSegmentRomStart;
+        extern u32 _instrumentsctlSegmentRomStart;
+        extern u32 _instrumentstblSegmentRomStart;
+        struct raw16Range done[RAW16_MAX_RANGES];
+        int ndone = 0;
+
+        /* Each tbl segment runs to the end of the ROM; bound the swap range
+         * by that (the real segment is smaller, but base/len are validated
+         * against this anyway). */
+        romdataRaw16Walk((const u8 *)&_sfxctlSegmentRomStart,
+                         (u32)&_sfxtblSegmentRomStart -
+                             (u32)&_sfxctlSegmentRomStart,
+                         (u8 *)&_sfxtblSegmentRomStart,
+                         CART_BASE + romSize -
+                             (u32)&_sfxtblSegmentRomStart,
+                         done, &ndone);
+        romdataRaw16Walk((const u8 *)&_instrumentsctlSegmentRomStart,
+                         (u32)&_instrumentstblSegmentRomStart -
+                             (u32)&_instrumentsctlSegmentRomStart,
+                         (u8 *)&_instrumentstblSegmentRomStart,
+                         CART_BASE + romSize -
+                             (u32)&_instrumentstblSegmentRomStart,
+                         done, &ndone);
+        if (ndone)
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "romdataInit: D230 byte-swapped %d RAW16 "
+                     "wavetable range(s) in place", ndone);
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -173,11 +316,11 @@ int romdataInit(void)
         static const char *locs[3] = { "$S/", "$E/", "./" };
         int li;
         FSFile *f = NULL;
+        char romRelPath[1024] = "";   /* locs[li] + tok of the ROM we opened */
 
         for (li = 0; li < 3 && !f; li++) {
-            char pathbuf[1024];
-            snprintf(pathbuf, sizeof(pathbuf), "%s%s", locs[li], tok);
-            f = fsOpen(sysResolvePath(pathbuf), "rb");
+            snprintf(romRelPath, sizeof(romRelPath), "%s%s", locs[li], tok);
+            f = fsOpen(sysResolvePath(romRelPath), "rb");
         }
         if (!f)
             continue;
@@ -198,6 +341,15 @@ int romdataInit(void)
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* Drop-in ROM support: if the ROM-derived sidecars are missing, run
+         * the bundled frozen converter (ge007-convert) once to generate them.
+         * Without them the game crashes later in
+         * modelPromoteNodeOffsetsToPointers (D179), so abort boot cleanly. */
+        if (!romConvertEnsureSidecars(img, romRelPath)) {
+            free(img);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
         /* D50: reserve room for the PC model sidecar image right after the
          * ROM ([CART_BASE+romSize, ...)); it is loaded below and patched into
          * file_resource_table after obInit. */
@@ -418,8 +570,11 @@ void romdataFixupMusicSeqTable(u8 *blob, u32 blobSize)
     u32 count = *(const u16 *)(blob + 0);
     u32 maxEntries = (blobSize - 4) / 8;
     if (count > maxEntries) {
-        sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR,
-                     "romdataFixupMusicSeqTable: seqCount %u exceeds blob capacity %u",
+        /* Expected, not an error: music.c first decodes a 0x10-byte header
+         * probe (capacity 1) before re-copying the full table and calling
+         * again. Log at NOTE so it isn't mistaken for broken music data. */
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                     "romdataFixupMusicSeqTable: partial decode, seqCount %u > capacity %u (full table follows)",
                      count, maxEntries);
         count = maxEntries;
     }
@@ -781,6 +936,20 @@ static void afFixupEnvelope(struct afCtx *c, u32 o)
         afWr32(c, n + 4 * i, afRd32(c, o + 4 * i));
     c->dst[n + 12] = c->src[o + 12]; /* u8 volumes: identity */
     c->dst[n + 13] = c->src[o + 13];
+    /* D202/M-65 diag (temporary): decayTime == -1 is what sets
+     * SOUND_FLAG_LOOPED, and a looped sound never releases its voice on its
+     * own. Print the SOURCE ROM bytes so genuine data can be told from a
+     * conversion artifact. Remove once root-caused. */
+    if (getenv("GE_KEYMAPDUMP")) {
+        sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+            "ENVSRC src@0x%06X -> img@0x%06X : raw=%02X%02X%02X%02X %02X%02X%02X%02X %02X%02X%02X%02X "
+            "attack=%d decay=%d release=%d",
+            o, n,
+            c->src[o], c->src[o+1], c->src[o+2], c->src[o+3],
+            c->src[o+4], c->src[o+5], c->src[o+6], c->src[o+7],
+            c->src[o+8], c->src[o+9], c->src[o+10], c->src[o+11],
+            (int)afRd32(c, o), (int)afRd32(c, o + 4), (int)afRd32(c, o + 8));
+    }
 }
 
 static void afFixupWaveTable(struct afCtx *c, u32 o)
@@ -848,6 +1017,16 @@ static void afFixupSound(struct afCtx *c, u32 o)
             if (c->write) {
                 c->newOff[km] = kn;
                 memcpy(c->dst + kn, c->src + km, 6); /* ALKeyMap: all u8 */
+                /* D202/M-65 diag (temporary): print the SOURCE ROM bytes of
+                 * every ALKeyMap, so "the game sees zeros" can be separated
+                 * from "the ROM holds zeros". Remove once root-caused. */
+                if (getenv("GE_KEYMAPDUMP")) {
+                    sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                        "KEYMAP src@0x%06X -> img@0x%06X : velMin=%u velMax=%u "
+                        "keyMin=%u keyMax=0x%02X keyBase=%u detune=%d",
+                        km, kn, c->src[km], c->src[km + 1], c->src[km + 2],
+                        c->src[km + 3], c->src[km + 4], (int)(s8)c->src[km + 5]);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -883,6 +1062,20 @@ static void afFixupInst(struct afCtx *c, u32 o)
 
     for (u32 i = 0; i < (u32)scount; i++) { /* children first */
         u32 soff = afRd32(c, o + 16 + 4 * i);
+        /* D202/M-65 diag (temporary): dump the SOURCE bank tree per
+         * soundIndex -- instArray[0]->soundArray[i] is exactly how snd.c
+         * resolves a soundIndex. decayTime == -1 is what makes a sound
+         * SOUND_FLAG_LOOPED (and therefore un-releasable without an owner),
+         * so this says whether that flag is genuine ROM data for a given
+         * index or a conversion artifact. Remove once root-caused. */
+        if (getenv("GE_BANKDUMP") && soff && soff + 12 <= c->srcSize) {
+            u32 env = afRd32(c, soff);
+            u32 km  = afRd32(c, soff + 4);
+            sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE,
+                "BANKSRC inst@0x%06X soundIndex=%u sound@0x%06X env@0x%06X km@0x%06X decay=%d",
+                o, i, soff, env, km,
+                (env && env + 8 <= c->srcSize) ? (int)afRd32(c, env + 4) : 0);
+        }
         if (soff)
             afFixupSound(c, soff);
     }

port/src/system.c

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 199309L
   #include <unistd.h>
   #include <time.h>
+  #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "system.h"
@@ -245,10 +246,42 @@ const char *sysResolvePath(const char *path)
         else
             snprintf(out, sizeof(out), "%s\\data\\%s", exedir, path + 3);
 #else
+        /* D256: mirror the Windows branch. The ROM itself is found via
+         * $S/ OR $E/ (exe dir) by romdataInit, so a launch from any CWD
+         * (Steam shortcut, terminal in ~) runs fine while saves/config —
+         * which only knew the CWD-relative path — silently failed to write.
+         * Prefer CWD data/ (dev/repo workflow), else exe-dir data/, and
+         * create the directory best-effort so first-run writes don't fail. */
         if (access("data", F_OK) == 0)
             snprintf(out, sizeof(out), "data/%s", path + 3);
-        else
-            snprintf(out, sizeof(out), "./data/%s", path + 3);
+        else {
+            static char sexedir[1024] = "";
+            if (!sexedir[0]) {
+                ssize_t n = readlink("/proc/self/exe", sexedir, sizeof(sexedir) - 1);
+                if (n > 0) {
+                    char *slash;
+                    sexedir[n] = 0;
+                    slash = strrchr(sexedir, '/');
+                    if (slash)
+                        *slash = 0;
+                    else
+                        sexedir[0] = 0;
+                }
+            }
+            if (sexedir[0])
+                snprintf(out, sizeof(out), "%s/data/%s", sexedir, path + 3);
+            else
+                snprintf(out, sizeof(out), "data/%s", path + 3);
+        }
+        {
+            char dirbuf[1024];
+            char *slash;
+            strncpy(dirbuf, out, sizeof(dirbuf) - 1);
+            dirbuf[sizeof(dirbuf) - 1] = 0;
+            slash = strrchr(dirbuf, '/');
+            if (slash && slash != dirbuf)
+                *slash = 0, mkdir(dirbuf, 0755); /* best effort; EEXIST is fine */
+        }
 #endif
         return out;
     }

port/src/video.c

@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ static int initDone = 0;
  */
 static int cfgVSync         = 1;   /* swap interval: 0 = off, 1 = on            */
 static int cfgFpsCap        = 0;   /* frame cap in fps; 0 = uncapped (vsync)    */
-static int cfgMSAA          = 1;   /* 1/2/4/8 samples; 1 = off                  */
+static int cfgMSAA          = 4;   /* 1/2/4/8 samples; default 4 (modern ports ship AA on; snaps down to the highest supported level) */
 static int cfgTexFilter     = 1;   /* 0 = nearest, 1 = bilinear (default), 2 = N64 3-point + trilinear */
 static int cfgFixMipTex     = 1;   /* RC2: clip mip-contaminated texture uploads to base height */
 static int cfgWrapFix       = 0;   /* D74 sub-tile UV pre-wrap + RC3/D167 non-PoT mask-period wrap (opt-in; GE_WRAPFIX env overrides) */
+static int cfgFovScale      = 100; /* D211: percent of the original vertical FOV; 100 = unchanged (byte-identical) */
+static int cfgDrawDistance      = 150; /* D218: percent of the level's authored far-clip/fog distance. Default raised 100->150 for v0.2.0: at the authored N64 distance, props visibly fade in just before they become visible on modern displays (Dam alarms / wall switches); 150 is the value the Steam Deck preset playtest-validated. 100 = unchanged N64. */
+static int cfgDrawDistanceAutoFov = 1;   /* D218: couple draw distance to Video.FovScale unless DrawDistance is set explicitly */
+static int cfgLodDistance         = 150; /* D249: percent scale on the geometry/model LOD-swap distance. Default raised 100->150 for v0.2.0 (same pop-in family as DrawDistance: LOD-swapped props like Dam's alarms/wall switches faded in at range); 150 matches the Steam Deck preset. 100 = unchanged N64. */
+static int cfgLodDistanceAutoFov  = 0;   /* off by default -- unlike DrawDistance, this is meant as a standalone perf lever, not something that should silently get more expensive as FovScale widens */
+static int cfgAniso         = 4;   /* D212: anisotropic filtering samples; 4 = the value fast3d already applied (no visual delta at default) */
 static int cfgFullscreen    = 0;   /* 0 = windowed, 1 = borderless fullscreen   */
 
 /*
@@ -80,15 +86,146 @@ static int cfgWinMax = 0;
  */
 f32 portScreenShakeScale = 1.0f;
 
+/* D216: Game.SkipIntro — read once in src/game/lv.c at title-stage load.
+ * 0 (default) = the legal screen + logo attract sequence plays as normal. */
+s32 portSkipIntro = 0;
+
+/* D232: Game.NoHitFlash — the community "no damage flash" toggle (route-(b)
+ * hook in src/game/bondview2.c currentPlayerSetFadeColour). 0 (default) =
+ * original damage flash. */
+s32 portNoHitFlash = 0;
+
+/* D257: Game.AllUnlocked — everything-unlocked goodie, OFF by default
+ * (faithful N64 progression: levels unlock as you complete them). Consumed
+ * once at startup by main.c, which sets the game's own RAM unlock flags
+ * (debug_enable_all_levels_flag / debug_007_unlock_flag in
+ * src/game/debugmenu_handler.c, live because the PC build defines
+ * LEFTOVERDEBUG) — port-layer memory writes only, no game-code edits.
+ * 1 = every solo level selectable at every difficulty plus 007 mode from
+ * the first launch. F10 'All unlocked' row toggles it; takes effect next
+ * run. Known quirk when ON with a fresh save: audio volumes load as 0
+ * (silence) because the patched save block is CRC-valid and skips the
+ * game's BLANKSAVEDATA reset that normally seeds max volume — see D259. */
+s32 portAllUnlocked = 0;
+
+/* D211: Video.FovScale as a multiplier on the render FOV. Applied game-side
+ * at the guPerspectiveF chokepoint (src/fr.c) so it lands BEFORE the CPU
+ * pre-multiplies projection x view into the combined world matrix — the
+ * fast3d-side matrix hack only caught the handful of pure-perspective loads
+ * (pause/watch model, sky) and left the world untouched. 1.0f = original. */
+f32 portFovScale = 1.0f;
+
+/* D222: the same widen-FOV math as the fr.c guPerspectiveF chokepoint,
+ * factored out so cull-plane / LOD-scale call sites (currentPlayerSetCameraScale,
+ * via currentPlayerSetPerspective) can feed the SAME effective FOV that is
+ * actually rendered, instead of leaving them on the nominal value. Before this,
+ * high FovScale widened what was drawn but left frustum-cull planes and the
+ * fog/LOD distance scale (c_scalelod/c_lodscalez) calibrated for the narrower
+ * nominal FOV, so on-screen geometry near the edges (and, via c_lodscalez,
+ * the fog-based distance-visibility fade) got culled/faded as if the view
+ * were still narrow. `isTitleScreen` mirrors fr.c's own
+ * `lvlGetCurrentStageToLoad() != LEVELID_TITLE` guard -- the front end's
+ * fixed-FOV 3D must not be touched. 1.0f/identity at FovScale=100 (default),
+ * bit-for-bit no-op. */
+f32 portScaleFovY(f32 fovy, s32 isTitleScreen)
+{
+    if (!isTitleScreen && portFovScale > 0.4f && portFovScale < 2.01f && portFovScale != 1.0f) {
+        fovy *= portFovScale;
+        if (fovy > 160.0f) { fovy = 160.0f; }
+    }
+    return fovy;
+}
+
+/* D218: Video.DrawDistance -- multiplier applied to a level's authored
+ * Visibility.FarFog (src/game/bgfog.c fogLoadCurrentEnvironment), which is
+ * both the far clip plane and the fog-saturation distance (levels are tuned
+ * for the stock ~60deg FOV), plus the character/prop fog-visibility-fade
+ * cutoff (src/game/propobj.c chrobjFogVisRangeRelated/sub_GAME_7F054C58).
+ * Video.DrawDistanceAutoFov (default on) couples the multiplier to
+ * Video.FovScale so a wider FOV doesn't clip its own newly visible far
+ * geometry -- or fade NPCs out early -- against distances tuned for the
+ * narrower original view (D218's "blue artifacting"; the M-121 live
+ * playtest found a straight 1:1 FovScale coupling still faded guards in
+ * noticeably close on Dam, so the auto coupling is 2x FovScale, not 1x).
+ * An explicit Video.DrawDistance != 100 overrides that coupling outright.
+ * Clamped to <=4.0x -- pushing the far plane much further out risks
+ * far-field z-fighting against the level's original near-plane precision;
+ * raised again (M-121 live playtest: 2x FovScale still showed a "blue
+ * glow" on far Dam tunnel geometry, so auto coupling is now 4x FovScale)
+ * to give headroom (max portFovScale is 1.5 at Video.FovScale's registered
+ * ceiling of 150, so 4x tops out at 6.0x -- ceiling raised to match).
+ * Identity (1.0f) at both defaults, bit-for-bit no-op. NOTE: end-to-end
+ * re-check of fogLoadCurrentEnvironment (bgfog.c) found the fog RAMP
+ * itself (not just the far-clip cutoff) already scales correctly with
+ * this multiplier -- g_ScaledFarFogIntensity/scaled_far_fog_dist both
+ * derive from the same scaled far value. If a visible blue tint at range
+ * persists even at a large multiplier, it may be Dam's tunnel sightline
+ * simply exceeding whatever distance was tried, or a separate visual
+ * element (skybox/backdrop) not gated by Visibility.FarFog at all --
+ * worth a fresh screenshot-driven look before assuming another bug here. */
+f32 portDrawDistanceMultiplier(void)
+{
+    f32 mult;
+    if (cfgDrawDistance != 100) {
+        mult = (f32)cfgDrawDistance / 100.0f;
+    } else if (cfgDrawDistanceAutoFov && portFovScale != 1.0f) {
+        mult = portFovScale * 4.0f;
+    } else {
+        return 1.0f;
+    }
+    if (mult > 6.0f) { mult = 6.0f; }
+    if (mult < 1.0f) { mult = 1.0f; }
+    return mult;
+}
+
+/* D249: Video.LodDistance -- multiplier on the *distance* term
+ * modelUpdateDistanceRelations() (src/game/model.c) tests against each LOD
+ * node's MinDistance/MaxDistance, composed on top of the game's own
+ * g_ModelDistanceScale rather than replacing it. Smaller distance reads as
+ * "closer", so this function returns the INVERSE of the requested percent:
+ * Video.LodDistance=200 (keep full detail twice as far, more cost) ->
+ * 0.5x on the distance term; =50 (drop to lower detail twice as soon, less
+ * cost -- the perf lever) -> 2.0x. Video.LodDistanceAutoFov (default OFF,
+ * unlike DrawDistanceAutoFov) can couple it to Video.FovScale the same
+ * direction as draw distance if ever wanted; off by default so this stays a
+ * standalone dial and doesn't quietly add cost as FovScale widens. Clamped
+ * to a [0.25, 4.0] distance multiplier (== effective LodDistance 25-400%) --
+ * far outside that band either does nothing visible (LOD never triggers) or
+ * thrashes every frame. Identity (1.0f) at the Video.LodDistance=100
+ * default, bit-for-bit no-op. */
+f32 portLodDistanceMultiplier(void)
+{
+    f32 pct;
+    if (cfgLodDistance != 100) {
+        pct = (f32)cfgLodDistance;
+    } else if (cfgLodDistanceAutoFov && portFovScale != 1.0f) {
+        pct = portFovScale * 100.0f;
+    } else {
+        return 1.0f;
+    }
+    if (pct < 25.0f)  { pct = 25.0f; }
+    if (pct > 400.0f) { pct = 400.0f; }
+    return 100.0f / pct;
+}
+
 PD_CONSTRUCTOR static void videoConfigInit(void)
 {
     configRegisterFloat("Game.ScreenShakeIntensity", &portScreenShakeScale, 0.0f, 10.0f);
+    configRegisterInt("Game.SkipIntro", &portSkipIntro, 0, 1);
+    configRegisterInt("Game.NoHitFlash", &portNoHitFlash, 0, 1);
+    configRegisterInt("Game.AllUnlocked", &portAllUnlocked, 0, 1);
     configRegisterInt("Video.VSync",         &cfgVSync,      0, 1);
     configRegisterInt("Video.FpsCap",        &cfgFpsCap,     0, 1000);
     configRegisterInt("Video.MSAA",          &cfgMSAA,       1, 8);
     configRegisterInt("Video.TextureFilter", &cfgTexFilter,  0, 2);
     configRegisterInt("Video.FixMipTextures", &cfgFixMipTex, 0, 1);
     configRegisterInt("Video.WrapFix", &cfgWrapFix, 0, 1);
+    configRegisterInt("Video.FovScale", &cfgFovScale, 50, 150);
+    configRegisterInt("Video.DrawDistance", &cfgDrawDistance, 100, 400);
+    configRegisterInt("Video.DrawDistanceAutoFov", &cfgDrawDistanceAutoFov, 0, 1);
+    configRegisterInt("Video.LodDistance", &cfgLodDistance, 25, 400);
+    configRegisterInt("Video.LodDistanceAutoFov", &cfgLodDistanceAutoFov, 0, 1);
+    configRegisterInt("Video.Anisotropy", &cfgAniso, 1, 16);
     configRegisterInt("Video.Fullscreen",    &cfgFullscreen, 0, 1);
     configRegisterInt("Window.Width",        &cfgWinW,       0, 16384);
     configRegisterInt("Window.Height",       &cfgWinH,       0, 16384);
@@ -97,10 +234,41 @@ PD_CONSTRUCTOR static void videoConfigInit(void)
     configRegisterInt("Window.Maximized",    &cfgWinMax,     0, 1);
 }
 
+/* Steam Deck / SteamOS first-run preset. Called from main() when STEAMOS is
+ * set, BEFORE configLoad(): if no ge007.ini exists yet, configLoad's
+ * first-run path saves these values to disk and every later launch reads the
+ * file (user changes via F10 win outright); if an ini already exists its
+ * values overwrite everything here. So this is a first-launch preset only.
+ * 1280x800 is the Deck's native panel resolution; MSAA 4 + VSync is
+ * comfortable headroom for the A11 GPU; DrawDistance/LodDistance at 150%
+ * because the authored N64 fade distances read "things pop in just before
+ * you can see them" on a sharp 7" close-up panel (e.g. the Dam lock).
+ * Note: the panel is 16:10 and the game renders 4:3, so this stretches
+ * uniformly like any non-4:3 window today (letterboxing is the parked
+ * WIDESCREEN-FOV-PLAN). */
+void videoApplySteamOSDefaults(void)
+{
+    cfgFullscreen   = 1;
+    cfgWinW         = 1280;
+    cfgWinH         = 800;
+    cfgVSync        = 1;
+    cfgMSAA         = 4;
+    cfgDrawDistance = 150;
+    cfgLodDistance  = 150;
+}
+
 /* Set by videoRequestLiveConfig() (F10 overlay, host thread); consumed on the
  * scheduler thread in videoStartFrame() where the GL context is bound. */
 static volatile int liveCfgDirty = 0;
 
+/* D211/D212: push the port-only image knobs where they apply. FovScale is a
+ * plain float the game re-reads each frame; anisotropy goes to fast3d. */
+static void videoApplyImageOptions(void)
+{
+    portFovScale = (f32)cfgFovScale / 100.0f;
+    gfx_set_anisotropy_level(cfgAniso);
+}
+
 static void videoApplyTexFilter(void)
 {
     if (cfgTexFilter >= 2) {
@@ -271,6 +439,7 @@ int videoInit(void)
     gfx_set_wrap_fix(cfgWrapFix);
 
     videoApplyTexFilter();
+    videoApplyImageOptions();
 
     /* The GL context is currently current on this (host main) thread, but all
      * rendering happens on the game's scheduler thread. WGL only allows a
@@ -311,9 +480,10 @@ void videoStartFrame(void)
         wmAPI->set_swap_interval(cfgVSync ? 1 : 0);
         gfx_set_target_fps(cfgFpsCap);   /* 0 = uncapped */
         videoApplyTexFilter();
+        videoApplyImageOptions();
         sysLogPrintf(LOG_INFO, "video: live config applied "
-                     "(vsync=%d fpscap=%d texfilter=%d)",
-                     cfgVSync, cfgFpsCap, cfgTexFilter);
+                     "(vsync=%d fpscap=%d texfilter=%d fov=%d aniso=%d)",
+                     cfgVSync, cfgFpsCap, cfgTexFilter, cfgFovScale, cfgAniso);
     }
 
     gfx_start_frame();

scratch/d219_census.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+== census (kind, format) -> count ==
+  ('NONZLIB', 'I4'): 363
+  ('NONZLIB', 'I8'): 231
+  ('NONZLIB', 'IA16'): 1
+  ('NONZLIB', 'IA4'): 74
+  ('NONZLIB', 'IA8'): 192
+  ('NONZLIB', 'RGB15'): 14
+  ('NONZLIB', 'RGBA16'): 19
+  ('NONZLIB', 'RGBA32'): 60
+  ('ZLIB', 'IA16_CI4'): 15
+  ('ZLIB', 'IA16_CI8'): 91
+  ('ZLIB', 'RGBA16_CI4'): 83
+  ('ZLIB', 'RGBA16_CI8'): 1555
+
+== non-zlib WIDE-pixel images: 94 ==
+  texnum=   0 IMAGE_COPYICON               RGBA32  comp=7 32x28 lod=0
+  texnum=   2 IMAGE_DELICON                RGBA32  comp=8 32x28 lod=0
+  texnum= 437 _image437_ID                 RGBA32  comp=8 32x16 lod=6
+  texnum= 439 _image439_ID                 RGBA32  comp=8 32x16 lod=6
+  texnum= 884 _image884_ID                 RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=1198 _image1198_ID                RGBA16  comp=6 64x17 lod=6
+  texnum=1199 _image1199_ID                RGBA16  comp=6 64x17 lod=6
+  texnum=1200 _image1200_ID                RGBA16  comp=6 64x17 lod=6
+  texnum=1201 _image1201_ID                RGBA16  comp=6 64x17 lod=6
+  texnum=2085 IMAGE_FIRE_0                 RGBA16  comp=5 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2087 IMAGE_FIRE_1                 RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2089 IMAGE_FIRE_2                 RGBA16  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2091 IMAGE_FIRE_3                 RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2093 IMAGE_FIRE_4                 RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2095 IMAGE_FIRE_5                 RGBA16  comp=7 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2097 IMAGE_FIRE_6                 RGBA16  comp=7 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2099 IMAGE_FIRE_7                 RGBA16  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2101 IMAGE_FIRE_8                 RGBA16  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2103 IMAGE_FIRE_9                 RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2105 IMAGE_FIRE_10                RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2107 IMAGE_FIRE_11                RGBA16  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2109 IMAGE_FIRE_12                RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2111 IMAGE_FIRE_13                RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2113 IMAGE_FIRE_14                RGBA16  comp=8 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2114 _image2114_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2115 _image2115_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2116 _image2116_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2117 _image2117_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2119 _image2119_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2120 _image2120_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2121 _image2121_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2122 _image2122_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2123 _image2123_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2124 _image2124_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2125 _image2125_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2126 _image2126_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2127 _image2127_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2128 IMAGE_FLAREORANGELINE        RGBA32  comp=4 16x32 lod=6
+  texnum=2134 IMAGE_FLAREBLUEROUND         RGBA32  comp=8 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2135 IMAGE_FLAREBLUELINE          RGBA32  comp=8 16x32 lod=6
+  texnum=2137 _image2137_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2138 _image2138_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2139 _image2139_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2140 _image2140_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2141 _image2141_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2142 _image2142_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2143 _image2143_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2144 _image2144_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2145 _image2145_ID                RGBA32  comp=8 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2146 _image2146_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2147 _image2147_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2148 _image2148_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2149 _image2149_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2150 _image2150_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2151 _image2151_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2152 _image2152_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2153 _image2153_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2154 _image2154_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2155 _image2155_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2156 _image2156_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2157 _image2157_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2158 _image2158_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2159 _image2159_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2160 _image2160_ID                RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2161 IMAGE_ROCKETAMMO             RGBA32  comp=4 7x22 lod=0
+  texnum=2162 IMAGE_PLAINMINEAMMO          RGBA32  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2163 IMAGE_GRENADEAMMO            RGBA32  comp=4 14x18 lod=0
+  texnum=2164 IMAGE_MAGAMMO                RGBA32  comp=7 5x15 lod=0
+  texnum=2165 IMAGE_GLAMMO                 RGBA32  comp=4 8x21 lod=0
+  texnum=2166 IMAGE_KNIFEAMMO              RGBA32  comp=4 6x24 lod=0
+  texnum=2167 IMAGE_SHOTAMMO               RGBA32  comp=4 6x20 lod=0
+  texnum=2231 IMAGE_9MMAMMO                RGBA32  comp=4 5x12 lod=0
+  texnum=2232 IMAGE_RIFLEAMMO              RGBA32  comp=4 5x28 lod=0
+  texnum=2233 IMAGE_GGAMMO                 RGBA32  comp=4 5x12 lod=0
+  texnum=2234 IMAGE_MINEAMMO               RGBA32  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2235 IMAGE_PROXAMMO               RGBA32  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2236 IMAGE_CROSSHAIR1             RGBA32  comp=4 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2237 IMAGE_CROSSHAIR2             RGBA32  comp=7 32x32 lod=0
+  texnum=2238 IMAGE_TIMEAMMO               RGBA32  comp=4 14x14 lod=0
+  texnum=2430 _image2430_ID                IA16    comp=4 64x32 lod=1
+  texnum=2510 _image2510_ID                RGB15   comp=7 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2511 _image2511_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2512 _image2512_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2513 _image2513_ID                RGB15   comp=6 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2514 _image2514_ID                RGB15   comp=6 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2515 _image2515_ID                RGB15   comp=6 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2516 _image2516_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2517 _image2517_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2518 _image2518_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2519 _image2519_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2520 _image2520_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=2
+  texnum=2521 _image2521_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=3
+  texnum=2522 _image2522_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=3
+  texnum=2523 _image2523_ID                RGB15   comp=8 128x12 lod=3

scratch/d219_headers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""D219 offline probe: parse the non-zlib/zlib texture bitstream headers
+straight out of the ROM images segment, replicating texLoad/texInflateNonZlib
+header reads (src/game/image.c) so we can compare TEXCOMPMETHOD/TEXFORMAT for
+IMAGE_FIRE_N vs muzzle-flash/ammo/flare/impact siblings WITHOUT running the game.
+
+ROM: data/ge007.ntsc-final.z64
+Images segment cart start 0x108F7DF0 (port/src/romassets_u.s) -> file offset 0x8F7DF0.
+Offsets are cumulative sizes from assets/images.def (image_entries_load, no align).
+"""
+import re, sys
+
+SEG = 0x8F7DF0
+ROM = open('data/ge007.ntsc-final.z64','rb').read()
+
+# ---- enum name -> index from image_externs.h ----
+enummap = {}
+_in_enum = False
+_v = 0
+for line in open('assets/image_externs.h', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
+    if 'typedef enum IMAGEIDS' in line:
+        _in_enum = True; continue
+    if _in_enum and line.strip().startswith('}'):
+        break
+    m = re.match(r'\s*([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\s*,?\s*(//.*)?$', line)
+    if m and not line.strip().startswith('//'):
+        enummap[m.group(1)] = _v; _v += 1
+
+# ---- parse images.def: field1 is a bare index or an enum name minus IMAGE_ ----
+entries = []
+for line in open('assets/images.def', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
+    m = re.match(r'\s*IMAGE\(\s*([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\s*,\s*(0x[0-9A-Fa-f]+|\d+)\s*,', line)
+    if not m: continue
+    f1, sz = m.group(1), int(m.group(2), 0)
+    if f1.isdigit():
+        idx = int(f1); name = f"_image{idx}_ID"
+    else:
+        key = 'IMAGE_' + f1 if not f1.startswith('IMAGE_') else f1
+        idx = enummap.get(key)
+        name = key
+        if idx is None:
+            # named in images.def but left _imageN_ID in the decomp enum --
+            # trust position
+            idx = len(entries)
+            print(f"# note: {key} not in enum, using positional index {idx}", file=sys.stderr)
+    assert idx == len(entries), f"images.def out of order at {name} ({idx} vs {len(entries)})"
+    entries.append((name, sz))
+print(f"# {len(entries)} image entries", file=sys.stderr)
+
+# cumulative offsets (image_entries_load)
+offs = []
+o = 0
+for name, sz in entries:
+    offs.append(o)
+    o += sz
+total = o
+print(f"# images segment total size per g_Textures: {total:#x} (segment room to 0xC00000-0x8F7DF0 = {0xC00000-SEG:#x})", file=sys.stderr)
+
+class Bits:
+    def __init__(self, buf, pos):
+        self.buf = buf; self.pos = pos; self.bit = 0
+    def read(self, n):
+        v = 0
+        for _ in range(n):
+            byte = self.buf[self.pos]
+            v = (v << 1) | ((byte >> (7 - self.bit)) & 1)
+            self.bit += 1
+            if self.bit == 8:
+                self.bit = 0; self.pos += 1
+        return v
+
+NAMES = {n:i for i,(n,_) in enumerate(entries)}
+
+def dump(i, name):
+    off = offs[i]
+    base = SEG + off
+    b0 = ROM[base]
+    u, z, lod = (b0>>7)&1, (b0>>6)&1, b0 & 0x3f
+    out = [f"texnum={i:4d} {name:28s} off={off:#08x} byte0={b0:#04x} u={u} z={z} lod={lod}"]
+    if z:
+        # zlib path: format(8), numcolours(8)+1, palette... then per-image w/h
+        b = Bits(ROM, base+1)
+        fmt = b.read(8); nc = b.read(8)+1
+        pal = [b.read(16) for _ in range(nc)]
+        out.append(f"  ZLIB format={fmt} numcolours={nc} pal0={pal[0]:#05x}")
+        w = b.read(8); h = b.read(8)
+        out.append(f"  image0 {w}x{h} (zlib payload follows -- indices only)")
+    else:
+        b = Bits(ROM, base+1)
+        fmt = b.read(4); w = b.read(8); h = b.read(8); cm = b.read(4)
+        out.append(f"  NONZLIB format={fmt} width={w} height={h} compmethod={cm}")
+    return ' '.join(out)
+
+FMT = {0:'RGBA32',1:'RGBA16',2:'RGB24',3:'RGB15',4:'IA16',5:'IA8',6:'IA4',7:'I8',8:'I4',9:'RGBA16_CI8',10:'RGBA16_CI4',11:'IA16_CI8',12:'IA16_CI4'}
+CM  = {0:'UNCOMPRESSED0',1:'UNCOMPRESSED1',2:'HUFFMAN',3:'HUFFMANPERHCHANNEL',4:'RLE',5:'LOOKUP',6:'HUFFMANLOOKUP',7:'RLELOOKUP',8:'HUFFMANBLUR',9:'RLEBLUR'}
+
+def dump2(i, name):
+    off = offs[i]
+    base = SEG + off
+    b0 = ROM[base]
+    z = (b0>>6)&1; lod = b0 & 0x3f
+    line = f"texnum={i:4d} {name:28s} off={off:#08x} byte0={b0:#04x} z={z} lod={lod}"
+    if z:
+        b = Bits(ROM, base+1)
+        fmt = b.read(8); nc = b.read(8)+1
+        pal = [b.read(16) for _ in range(nc)]
+        w = b.read(8); h = b.read(8)
+        line += f"  ZLIB fmt={FMT.get(fmt,fmt)}({fmt}) ncols={nc} pal0={pal[0]:#05x} img0={w}x{h}"
+    else:
+        b = Bits(ROM, base+1)
+        fmt = b.read(4); w = b.read(8); h = b.read(8); cm = b.read(4)
+        line += f"  NONZLIB fmt={FMT.get(fmt,fmt)}({fmt}) {w}x{h} comp={CM.get(cm,cm)}({cm})"
+    return line
+
+targets = []
+# fire + smoke particle range
+for i in range(2084, 2116):
+    targets.append(i)
+# flares
+for n in ['IMAGE_FLAREORANGELINE','IMAGE_FLAREBLUEROUND','IMAGE_FLAREBLUELINE','IMAGE_FLAREWHITEROUND']:
+    targets.append(NAMES[n])
+# ammo HUD icons
+for n in ['IMAGE_ROCKETAMMO','IMAGE_PLAINMINEAMMO','IMAGE_GRENADEAMMO','IMAGE_MAGAMMO','IMAGE_GLAMMO','IMAGE_KNIFEAMMO','IMAGE_SHOTAMMO']:
+    targets.append(NAMES[n])
+# impact sprites
+for n in ['IMAGE_IMPACT1','IMAGE_IMPACT2','IMAGE_IMPACT3','IMAGE_IMPACT4','IMAGE_IMPACTMULTI','IMAGE_IMPACTREDBRICK2','IMAGE_IMPACTBRICK2','IMAGE_IMPACTBRICK3']:
+    targets.append(NAMES[n])
+# smoke sprites
+for n in ['IMAGE_SMOKE1','IMAGE_SMOKE2','IMAGE_SMOKEBALLS1']:
+    targets.append(NAMES[n])
+
+seen = set()
+for i in targets:
+    if i in seen or i >= len(entries): continue
+    seen.add(i)
+    print(dump2(i, entries[i][0]))

src/audi.c

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include "speed_graph.h"
 #if defined(PORT)
 #include <string.h> /* PC port: memcpy for the CUSTOM_FX_PARAMS_N copy in audioInit (docs/dev/findings.md §11) */
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -659,6 +663,15 @@ s32 amDmaCallback(s32 addr, s32 len, void* state)
             /* mark it used */
             dmaPtr->lastFrame = (s32) g_AudioFrameCount;
             freeBuffer = (dmaPtr->ptr + addr) - dmaPtr->startAddr;
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+            if (getenv("GE_MIXERTRACE")) {
+                static FILE *dtf2 = NULL;
+                if (!dtf2) { dtf2 = fopen("mixertrace.log", "a"); if (dtf2) setvbuf(dtf2, NULL, _IONBF, 0); }
+                if (dtf2) fprintf(dtf2, "[DMAHIT] addr=0x%08x len=%d bufStart=0x%08x bufPtr=%p ret=%p\n",
+                        (unsigned)addr, (int)len, (unsigned)dmaPtr->startAddr,
+                        dmaPtr->ptr, freeBuffer);
+            }
+#endif
             return osVirtualToPhysical(freeBuffer);
         }
 
@@ -718,6 +731,15 @@ s32 amDmaCallback(s32 addr, s32 len, void* state)
     dmaPtr->lastFrame = g_AudioFrameCount;
 
     osPiStartDma(&g_DmaIOMessageBuffer[g_NextDMa++], OS_MESG_PRI_HIGH, OS_READ, (u32)addr, freeBuffer, AUDIO_DMA_MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH, &g_DmaMessageQueue);
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+    if (getenv("GE_MIXERTRACE")) {
+        static FILE *dtf3 = NULL;
+        if (!dtf3) { dtf3 = fopen("mixertrace.log", "a"); if (dtf3) setvbuf(dtf3, NULL, _IONBF, 0); }
+        if (dtf3) fprintf(dtf3, "[DMAMISS] addr=0x%08x len=%d bufPtr=%p ret=0x%08x\n",
+                (unsigned)addr, (int)len, freeBuffer,
+                (unsigned)((s32)osVirtualToPhysical(freeBuffer) + delta));
+    }
+#endif
     return (s32)osVirtualToPhysical(freeBuffer) + delta;
 }
 

src/bondtypes.h

@@ -2188,7 +2188,12 @@ typedef union
         // recalculated, the array replaced with a new one and index set to 0.
         /* player offset 0x58 */
         u8             curindex;
-        u8             unk59; // guess: room
+        // SPEED tier for this GOPOS: 0 = walk, 1 = run, 2 = sprint. Set from
+        // the SPEED enum in plot_course_for_actor(); read back by
+        // chrlvApplySpeed() and (via a raw-byte union alias on N64 -- see
+        // D209) by the locomotion-animation selector get_sound_at_range().
+        // NB: the old "guess: room" comment here was wrong.
+        u8             unk59;
 
         // g_ClockTimer related
         u16            unk5a;

src/boss.c

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <PR/os.h>
 #ifdef PORT
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #endif
 #include "bondview.h"
 #include <bondconstants.h>
@@ -581,7 +582,41 @@ void bossMainloop(void)
                                 }
                             }
 
+#ifdef PORT
+                            /* D250: isolate DL-building cost (culling,
+                             * animation, scene traversal) from gfx_run's
+                             * software-RSP interpretation cost, measured
+                             * separately by libultra.c's "frame rendered in
+                             * us" (D193 already showed that one stays well
+                             * under budget while real fps still sags -- this
+                             * finds out whether lvlRender is where the rest
+                             * of the missing time goes). Env-gated, no-op
+                             * unless GE_D250 is set. */
+                            {
+                                static int gd250 = -1;
+                                static OSTime d250Sum = 0, d250WallStart = 0;
+                                static int d250N = 0;
+                                OSTime d250T0 = 0;
+                                if (gd250 < 0) gd250 = getenv("GE_D250") != NULL;
+                                if (gd250) d250T0 = osGetTime();
+#endif
                             gdl = lvlRender(gdl);
+#ifdef PORT
+                                if (gd250) {
+                                    OSTime now = osGetTime();
+                                    d250Sum += now - d250T0;
+                                    d250N++;
+                                    if (!d250WallStart) d250WallStart = now;
+                                    if (now - d250WallStart >= 1000000) {
+                                        fprintf(stderr,
+                                            "[D250] lvlRender avg=%lluus n=%d\n",
+                                            (unsigned long long)(d250Sum / (d250N ? d250N : 1)),
+                                            d250N);
+                                        d250Sum = 0; d250N = 0; d250WallStart = now;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+#endif
 
                             // Lets Visualise the Coverage Value used for Scilohete Anti-Ailising (edges)
                             // (done on the VI), also produces a cool looking linemode - providing AA is working.

src/fr.c

@@ -715,7 +715,29 @@ Gfx *viSetupCurrentPlayerView(Gfx *gdl)
 
     // Create both a floating-point matrix for the CPU side and a fixed-point matrix for the RSP.
     g_viProjectionMatrix = dynAllocateMatrix();
+#ifdef PORT
+    /* D211: Video.FovScale — widen the render FOV here, at the one per-frame
+     * chokepoint that feeds both the world (via the CPU-combined proj x view
+     * matrix) and the sky/full-screen layer. fovy is in degrees, so an
+     * angle-proportional scale (portFovScale, default 1.0f) matches the
+     * documented 60deg->75deg at 1.25. Composes with the per-frame aim-zoom
+     * rewrites of fovy for free. Default 1.0f => identical matrix, bit for
+     * bit. D222: the same widen (portScaleFovY, port/src/video.c) now also
+     * feeds currentPlayerSetPerspective at the viSet* call sites below, so
+     * frustum-cull planes and the fog/LOD distance scale stay calibrated to
+     * what's actually rendered instead of the narrower nominal FOV. */
+    {
+        extern f32 portScaleFovY(f32 fovy, s32 isTitleScreen);
+        extern s32 lvlGetCurrentStageToLoad(void);
+        /* Gameplay only: the front end (main menu / file / mission select /
+         * briefing) also renders through this path with stage == LEVELID_TITLE
+         * (lv.c lvlRender), and the menu 3D is authored at a fixed FOV. */
+        f32 frFovY = portScaleFovY(g_ViBackData->fovy, lvlGetCurrentStageToLoad() == LEVELID_TITLE);
+        guPerspectiveF(g_viProjectionMatrixF, &g_viPerspNorm, frFovY, g_ViBackData->aspect, g_ViBackData->znear, g_ViBackData->zfar, 1.0f);
+    }
+#else
     guPerspectiveF(g_viProjectionMatrixF, &g_viPerspNorm, g_ViBackData->fovy, g_ViBackData->aspect, g_ViBackData->znear, g_ViBackData->zfar, 1.0f);
+#endif
     guMtxF2L(g_viProjectionMatrixF, g_viProjectionMatrix);
 
     /** 
@@ -908,17 +930,44 @@ void viSetUseZBuf(s32 usezbuf)
   g_ViBackData->usezbuf = usezbuf;
 }
 
+#ifdef PORT
+/* D222: currentPlayerSetPerspective feeds c_perspfovy, which
+ * currentPlayerSetCameraScale() (game/bondview.c) uses to derive the
+ * frustum-cull plane normals (c_cameratopnorm/c_cameraleftnorm) and the
+ * fog/LOD distance scale (c_scalelod/c_lodscalez, consumed by
+ * chrobjFogVisRangeRelated() et al. in game/propobj.c). Every viSet* below
+ * was calling it with the nominal g_ViBackData->fovy even though the actual
+ * render projection (this file, viSetupCurrentPlayerView) had already been
+ * widened by Video.FovScale — so at high FovScale, on-screen geometry near
+ * the edges (and the fog-based distance-visibility fade) got culled/faded
+ * as if the view were still narrow. Identity at FovScale=100. */
+static f32 frCullFovY(void)
+{
+    extern f32 portScaleFovY(f32 fovy, s32 isTitleScreen);
+    extern s32 lvlGetCurrentStageToLoad(void);
+    return portScaleFovY(g_ViBackData->fovy, lvlGetCurrentStageToLoad() == LEVELID_TITLE);
+}
+#endif
+
 void viSetFovY(f32 fovy)
 {
     g_ViBackData->fovy = fovy;
+#ifdef PORT
+    currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, frCullFovY(), g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#else
     currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, g_ViBackData->fovy, g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#endif
     currentPlayerSetCameraScale();
 }
 
 void viSetAspect(f32 aspect)
 {
     g_ViBackData->aspect = aspect;
+#ifdef PORT
+    currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, frCullFovY(), g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#else
     currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, g_ViBackData->fovy, g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#endif
     currentPlayerSetCameraScale();
 }
 
@@ -931,7 +980,11 @@ void viSetFov(f32 fovx, f32 fovy)
 {
     g_ViBackData->fovy = fovy;
     g_ViBackData->aspect = (f32) (fovx / fovy);
+#ifdef PORT
+    currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, frCullFovY(), g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#else
     currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, g_ViBackData->fovy, g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#endif
     currentPlayerSetCameraScale();
 }
 
@@ -939,7 +992,11 @@ void viSetZRange(f32 near, f32 far)
 {
     g_ViBackData->znear = near;
     g_ViBackData->zfar = far;
+#ifdef PORT
+    currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, frCullFovY(), g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#else
     currentPlayerSetPerspective(g_ViBackData->znear, g_ViBackData->fovy, g_ViBackData->aspect);
+#endif
     currentPlayerSetCameraScale();
 }