The wave-3 tint batch as its own commit, so the harness fold before it stays
reviewable on its own.
multichoice.lua: Multichoice.COUNTS is the live option-count source for the
cart - 65 of 65 entries match pret's src/script_menu.c, where
ScriptMenu_MultichoiceGrid reads sMultichoiceLists[id].list and .count
(:915-930). The table is load-bearing in a ROM-less run: with no import
cache present there is nothing else to ask how many options a list has.
adapters.lua: the multichoice operand reader no longer treats row[4] as an
option count. pret asm/macros/event.inc:893-899 lays the command out as
x, y, multichoiceId, ignoreBPress - four bytes and no count field - so the
old read shifted the operand stream and every later decode in the command
went wrong with it.
tests/game3_photo_tint_boundary_test.lua: pins the cache-miss arity fallback
and the yield behaviour it rests on, which is the BUG2 root cause. Run
twice green; the existing tint suite still passes 33/33 alongside it.
Field move texts, item-use results, Pokédex and summary fallbacks, trainer class and send-out lines, step events (repel, whiteout, fainting), VS Seeker and multichoice labels were plain literals or string.format calls, so a translation mod could not reach them.
Messages built at call time now go through Strings() with whole-sentence templates. Tables built at module load keep English sources marked with Strings.source() and are translated when read: FieldMoves.TEXT through an __index proxy, the Oak's lab rival fallback dialogs when the trainer is built, and ItemsData.POCKET_LABEL by its caller. Nature names and ability/move descriptions are translated where the summary asks for them. Values the engine stores or compares (box names, identifiers, quest-log keys) are left as they are.
- Battle Animation Pipeline:
* Eliminate 90-frame audio polling stall in anim_vm end/waitsound opcodes,
allowing attack animations to transition instantly into target hit flicker
and HP bar drain.
* Correct visual task counting in AnimVm:visualCount to match pret gAnimVisualTaskCount.
* Signal bg task completion on restorebg (vm.args[7] = -1).
* Fix termination conditions on shake tasks (ShakeMon, ShakeMon2, ShakeBattleTerrain),
WaterSport droplet arcs, and StartSinAnimTimer.
* Handle RGB555 color args in start_blend_anim_sprite_color and route P.destroyTask
to AnimTasks.destroy.
- RNG System & Seeding Parity:
* Replace math.random in Party.giveMon with Rng.Random32() for personality values
and Rng.Random() for IV bitfield extraction (HP/Atk/Def/Spe/SpA/SpD) matching GBA format.
* Seed RNG on Title Screen A/Start press via Rng.seedNewGame() (matching SeedRngAndSetTrainerId)
and perturb RNG state on title menu inputs.
* Route NPC overworld idle/wander timers and wild encounter slot rolls through Rng.compat.
- Pokédex Habitat & Area Maps:
* Fix encounter tables extraction and map indexing to resolve Pokemon habitat
locations across Kanto/Sevii maps rather than showing Area Unknown.
* Render steady semi-transparent red overlays for Pokédex area map locations.
- Multichoice Menus & UI:
* Implement multichoice table extraction and data population for Viridian blackboard
status ailments and special dialog interactions.
* Improve choice box borders, pagination, and Town Map wall viewing.
- Overworld Events & Flags:
* Fix Route 1 entrance girl NPC spawning and script triggers after starter selection.
* Ensure consistent save reload state in Oak's Lab.
- Align CacheContract firered overrides with pure ROM extraction
- Fix door animation extraction tile sizes, palettes, and strides
- Update storage chrome, pokedex, summary, and battle chrome extractors
- Ensure 100% self-contained ROM extraction without external dependencies
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