Second batch of the Gen 3 review work: the review lanes closed their queues
and the test gate grew with them.
Review census: 139 routed findings -- 118 fixed, 14 invalid (the report had
Gen 4+ semantics in more than one place), 6 struck as stale after
re-verification, 1 re-routed. Every fix carries its own pret citation in
docs/game3/review-v3-triage.md; the E10 opcode closure is itemised in
docs/game3/e10-opcode-spec.md (18 ops wired, 2 reclassified to the seam class).
Representative ROM-grounded changes:
- The POKéMON start-menu entry is now gated on FLAG_SYS_POKEMON_GET the way
retail does it (pokefirered/src/start_menu.c:217-218, flag 0x828).
- Money ops read their amount raw and gate the change on the disable byte
(pokefirered/src/scrcmd.c:1798-1830, pokefirered/asm/macros/event.inc:1166-1186);
random and the warp family VarGet theirs
(pokefirered/src/scrcmd.c:455-461, :719-731).
- The HM table matches FRLG: there is no Whirlpool HM
(pokefirered/include/constants/items.h:411-418).
- The day-care party-full guard follows src/daycare.c:525, :1081.
- Knock Off keeps its battle-scoped send-out mask
(pokefirered/src/battle_script_commands.c:2730-2752, :4489), carried from
the first batch.
Structural work: the I6/I9/J1 architecture items landed as seams (profile
selector, capability flags, font provider, virtual-object layer), the adopted
footprint register keeps a KEEP verdict, the quantizer target is met, and the
30 drain items plus carves 1-4 are folded in.
Tests: T6 now runs 282 top-level suites (273 + 9 new), the re-sweep ends at
267 pass / 0 fail, the engine tier is 634 suites, modkit 37, and the full
gate ran green twice with T3 active on an imported Red cache. Documented
skips are the lua5.4 oversize-save oracle where lua5.4 is absent and the
config-partials listed in docs/game3/game3-artifact-conversions-v3.md.
Docs shipped: review-v3-triage.md, e10-opcode-spec.md, rse-seams.md,
game3-suite-sweep-v113.md, game3-artifact-conversions-v3.md,
test-baseline-v3.md (plus the first-batch docs already on the branch).
- Save Editor: Implement full Gen 3 FireRed save editing including PID/personality, IVs/EVs, natures, ability slots, gender, shiny toggles, held items, Pokédex flags, and event/trainer toggles.
- Scripting & Specials: Add Pokédex rating evaluations, Magikarp/Heracross size records, Trainer Fan Club tracking, and FireRed event flag mappings.
- Overworld & Rendering: Interleave metatile and actor draw calls by row bucket with OAM elevation priority sorting for bridges and overhead layers.
- ROM Extractor: Parallelize Gen 3 extraction across 4 concurrent love.thread workers with love.filesystem searchers for cross-platform support (Switch/Xbox/Mobile/Desktop).
- LZ77 Decompressor: Accelerate GBA LZ77 with preallocated FFI buffers and 0-based displacement indexing ensuring 100% byte-for-byte asset parity.
- Testing: Add unit test suites for LZ77, size records, Pokédex rating, Fan Club, elevation priority, Seafoam puzzles, and Gen 3 save editor operations.
1. The Cerulean City Policeman remained in front of the burgled house at `(30, 12)` even after receiving the S.S. Ticket from Bill.
2. Bill remained standing inside the cell separator teleporter door at `(3, 3)` upon returning to Sea Cottage after helping him.
- Doors:
- Fix Viridian City Gym and Dojo warp doors registering as wooden house doors; map metatile 0x15B to SlidingDouble animation and SE_SLIDING_DOOR (18).
- Embed full FRLG metatile fallback lookup table and support CacheFs/Dataset.cache() for door textures and manifests.
- Scripting & Movement (Fixes#2356):
- Add support for jump movement opcodes (jump_2_down, jump_in_place, etc.) for both player and NPC objects.
- Implement scriptJump routines updating cell coords and triggering jump trajectory animations.
- CacheFS & GBA ROM Extraction:
- Wire CacheFS persistence across storage, region map, battle AI/moves, items, pokedex chrome, multichoice, and easy chat extractors for Android portability.
- Fix box storage chrome extraction palette/shadow colors and duplicate label bug.
- Add region map chrome extraction and interactive Town Map rendering.
- Performance & Android Optimization:
- Eliminate dynamic per-frame require/pcall lookups in battle render/update loops.
- Pre-allocate particle sort comparator in AnimVm to avoid per-frame closures.
- Cache palette shader uniform uploads and blend state in AnimPal/AnimVm.
- Pool scratch color tables in FrlgFont to remove garbage generation during text token scanning.
- Harden audio FFI caching and m4a worker initialization for sandboxed environments.
- Tests:
- Add test suites for Viridian Gym doors, jump opcodes, storage chrome, and town map caching.
fixes#2356fixes#2357
- 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.
- Add full 743 trainer ROM extraction from gTrainers with 4-tier party struct support
- Account for flat IV scaling math ((rawIv * 31) / 255) and enforce 0 EVs for trainer Pokémon
- Decompose 32-bit AI script flags for runtime execution
- Implement backwards-search fallback for boss dialogue disconnect (0x1, 0x3, 0x9)
- Implement TrainerSight line-of-sight raycast with elevation & ledge masking and spinning trainer turn hooks
- Support pre-battle intro dialogue, encounter music, and in-battle defeat quotes
- Implement authentic prize money calculation and reward triggering
- Fix move name resolution for table-wrapped party moves in battle UI and party menus
- 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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