New observed-but-not-investigated entries from user QA:
- D173 third-person Bond model spawns too high (level start + Cuba credits)
- D174 no visible blood effect (likely unverified D120 decal fix)
- D175 in-game stutter/brief hang on door open (Runway, Surface)
- D176 skybox broken on Surface
- D177 ladders non-functional — progression blocker, high priority
- D178 pre-mission briefing objectives listed incorrectly
Cross-referenced to the nearest known finding families; next-step
pattern-match notes in GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GULf6knbsqfsnW39tMr9WT
Built the migrated tree (MSYS2 mingw64 + ROM + sidecar regen) and ran
-level_09 with GE_PCDUMP: HUD text and the exit arrow now read
right-side-up. D114/D116 confirmed as capture artifacts.
- tools_pc/golden/*.png regenerated from a fresh correctly-oriented run
(replaces the stopgap in-place flip); stray v*.png removed
- D75 shrunk: with upright captures the gun-barrel Bond RENDERS fine
(walk + fire) -- the "absent" reports were the flipped capture. The
Nintendo logo is genuinely broken (renders as 2 white blobs shifted
left -- a real logoinst transform bug, not a flip). Cast roll not
re-captured.
- D169 entry -> FIXED with the build/verify note
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UpTM1AcBRJuTetoZNcCD5V
- Commit CLAUDE.md + AGENTS.md so a fresh clone has the operating manual and
the ABI/no-game-logic rules (trimmed of stale phase status; the personal
pd_port path removed; points at the split docs).
- Sweep every stale doc reference across the tree after the restructure:
PCPortResearch.md -> internals.md / dev/findings.md,
PORT-LEARNINGS.md -> porting-notes.md,
AGENT-WORKFLOW.md -> dev-process.md,
docs/{GRAPHICS-BACKLOG,HANDOFF-ARCHIVE,GE-ENV-PROBES,LEVEL-*,TEXTURE-GLITCH-ANALYSIS,AUDIT-M6-*,AUDIO-PLAN}.md -> docs/dev/.
- Drop the superseded docs/PLAN-linear-level-sweep.md.
- docs/HANDOFF.md + docs/BACKLOG.md stay local-only (rolling working files);
CLAUDE.md now handles their absence in a fresh clone.
Front-end mouse pointer can't reach the outer mission-select grid cells
(only an inner ~3x3). The D165 P-controller in port/src/input.c hard-codes
a 320x240 virtual field; GE's front end runs 440x330, so the pointer
target/estimate saturate at 300/220 before the grid's outer split points
(317 / 235.5). File-select/mode/main-menu unaffected (targets inside the
320x240 sub-box). Fix proposed (derive clamp bounds from
getPlayer_c_screenwidth/height, seed estimator from the real cursor) but
NOT applied - no build in the migrated tree to verify link + regression.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UpTM1AcBRJuTetoZNcCD5V
gfx_opengl_dump_bound_fbo wrote glReadPixels output (GL bottom-left
origin) straight into a top-row-first P6 PPM, so every GE_PCDUMP / F12
capture was upside-down. This is the entire source of the D114/D116
"HUD/text X-mirror" - four sessions chasing a fast3d mirror that never
existed, misreading inverted screenshots of asymmetric content. The
developer confirms the game renders correctly on real hardware.
- writer now emits rows top-to-bottom
- tools_pc/golden/*.png flipped in place to match + golden/README.md
- D114/D116 reclassified as capture-orientation artifacts (not deleted);
D75 "logo mispositioned" / RC1 "photo 180 deg" flagged for re-judging
- annotations in findings.md, GRAPHICS-BACKLOG.md,
TEXTURE-GLITCH-ANALYSIS.md, porting-notes.md D2, GE-ENV-PROBES.md
Not runtime-verified (migrated tree has no ROM/toolchain) - needs a
fresh capture to confirm text reads normally.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UpTM1AcBRJuTetoZNcCD5V
- README, LICENSE (MIT for the port layer), NOTICE, CONTRIBUTING.
- Restructure docs: internals.md, porting-notes.md, dev-process.md +
dev/agentic-development.md (the research write-up), dev/ (raw record).
- Replace decomp status-badge CI with a PC-port validate workflow.
- Remove session/agent scaffolding and stale planning docs from the tree.
- Add .gitattributes (normalize line endings to LF); add screenshots.
The pre-2026-08 history is the GoldenEye 007 decompilation by Larry Ficken
(KholdFuzion) and contributors, preserved unchanged. The PC-port work from
2026-08-17 on is mine.
James Dansereau