Merge pull request #312 from bryanthaboi/dev

Lots of bug fixes and additional API greatness
Merge main into dev to clear the #312 conflicts
2026-08-13 00:40:59 +02:00 · 2026-07-27 13:47:04 -04:00 · 2026-07-27 13:44:27 -04:00 · 2026-07-27 13:39:12 -04:00 · 2026-07-27 13:38:17 -04:00 · 2026-07-27 13:37:05 -04:00
359 changed files with 88826 additions and 4563 deletions
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ body:
      options:
        - macOS
        - Windows
-        - Both
+        - Linux
+        - Android
+        - Multiple platforms
    validations:
      required: true

@@ -38,6 +40,17 @@ body:
    validations:
      required: true

+  - type: input
+    id: discord
+    attributes:
+      label: Discord username (optional)
+      description: >
+        So maintainers can ping you on Discord if they need a quick follow-up.
+        Leave blank if you'd rather keep everything on GitHub.
+      placeholder: yourname
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
  - type: input
    id: location
    attributes:
@@ -1,35 +1,53 @@
 name: Feature request
-description: Ask for something new, or a change to how something already works.
+description: Ask for something new in the engine, launcher, or platform — not a content/gameplay mod.
 labels: ["enhancement"]
 body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
      value: |
+        Use this for **engine / launcher / platform** work (ports, video options, save
+        tooling, networking, mod API seams, docs).
+
+        If what you want is a gameplay, cosmetic, audio, or QoL change that a Lua mod
+        could ship — running shoes, alternate sprites, day/night, shiny indicators,
+        Gen 2-like battle toggles, soundtrack packs — open a
+        **[Mod request](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/issues/new?template=mod_request.yml)**
+        instead.
+
        "Can we add X" on its own is hard to act on. Say what you want, why you want it,
-        and how you picture it working. A request with real detail is one someone can
-        actually build without guessing at what you meant.
+        and how you picture it working.

  - type: input
    id: summary
    attributes:
      label: One line summary
      description: What you want, in a sentence.
-      placeholder: Add a run toggle so you can move at bike speed without the bike
+      placeholder: Add Linux AppImage releases next to the macOS and Windows builds
    validations:
      required: true

+  - type: input
+    id: discord
+    attributes:
+      label: Discord username (optional)
+      description: >
+        So maintainers can ping you on Discord if they need a quick follow-up.
+        Leave blank if you'd rather keep everything on GitHub.
+      placeholder: yourname
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
  - type: textarea
    id: what
    attributes:
      label: What do you want
      description: >
-        Describe it properly. What is it, where does it live in the game, what does the
-        player see or do. If it changes something that already exists, say what it does today
-        and what it should do instead.
+        Describe it properly. What is it, where does it live (launcher, options,
+        engine), what does the player see or do. If it changes something that already
+        exists, say what it does today and what it should do instead.
      placeholder: |
-        A hold-to-run button, the way later Pokemon games do it. Hold B while moving on
-        foot and the player moves at bike speed. Release and you go back to walking.
-        Doesn't work indoors where the bike doesn't work, doesn't work in battles or menus.
+        Ship a Linux AppImage on each release, same version as the macOS/Windows builds,
+        with the same save folder layout and mod discovery path.
    validations:
      required: true

@@ -41,9 +59,8 @@ body:
        What's annoying or missing right now. What does this fix. If it's just because you
        think it would be fun, say that, it's a real answer.
      placeholder: |
-        Backtracking across routes you've already cleared is slow, and the bike is a menu
-        dive away and doesn't work in a lot of places. Running would cut a lot of dead time
-        without making the game easier.
+        LÖVE already runs on Linux; without a packaged build, players have to assemble
+        it themselves and miss release notes / update checks.
    validations:
      required: true

@@ -52,14 +69,12 @@ body:
    attributes:
      label: How should it work
      description: >
-        The specifics. Which button, which menu, what happens in the edge cases. If you don't
+        The specifics. Which menu, what happens in the edge cases. If you don't
        know, say what you'd expect as a player and leave the rest open.
      placeholder: |
-        - Hold B on the overworld to run
-        - Same speed as the bike
-        - Disabled anywhere the bike is disabled
-        - Sprite should probably need a running animation, not sure what that takes
-        - No effect on encounter rates
+        - GitHub Releases asset next to the .dmg / .exe
+        - Same options.lua / mods/ layout as desktop
+        - Documented in the README install section
    validations:
      required: true

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+name: Mod request
+description: Ask for a gameplay, cosmetic, audio, or QoL change that belongs as a Lua mod.
+labels: ["mod request"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        This tracker is for ideas that should ship as **mods**, not as core engine
+        features — alternate sprites, running shoes, day/night, shiny indicators,
+        soundtrack packs, Gen 2-like battle toggles, map cosmetics, bag QoL, etc.
+
+        The engine already exposes a lot of this through registries and hooks
+        ([modding wiki](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki)).
+        Use a **Feature request** instead for launcher / ports / video options /
+        networking / save tooling / new API seams.
+
+  - type: input
+    id: summary
+    attributes:
+      label: One line summary
+      description: What the mod should do, in a sentence.
+      placeholder: Hold B to run at bike speed on the overworld
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    id: discord
+    attributes:
+      label: Discord username (optional)
+      description: >
+        So maintainers or mod authors can ping you on Discord if they pick this up.
+        Leave blank if you'd rather keep everything on GitHub.
+      placeholder: yourname
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: what
+    attributes:
+      label: What should the mod do
+      description: >
+        Describe the player-facing behavior. What changes, where, what does the
+        player see or press. If it toggles from Options or a START-menu entry, say so.
+      placeholder: |
+        Hold B while walking outdoors to move at bike speed. Release to walk again.
+        Same places the bike is allowed; no effect in battles or menus.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: why
+    attributes:
+      label: Why is this worth doing as a mod
+      description: >
+        Why optional/modded rather than a core option. Who wants it on, who wants
+        vanilla left alone.
+      placeholder: |
+        Great for replaying and backtracking, but some people want a strict Gen 1
+        pace. A mod (or an opt-in mod option) keeps both camps happy.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: how
+    attributes:
+      label: How should it work
+      description: >
+        Buttons, menus, edge cases, whether it needs new art/audio. If you know a
+        hook or registry that fits (movement.speed, pokemon.sprite, rulesets, …),
+        mention it — otherwise leave it open.
+      placeholder: |
+        - Hold B on the overworld
+        - Same step timing as the bike
+        - Disabled where the bike is disabled
+        - Prefer hooks:wrap("movement.speed") if that still fits
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: vanilla
+    attributes:
+      label: With the mod off, is vanilla unchanged
+      options:
+        - Yes — parity when disabled
+        - No — it would replace something always-on
+        - Not sure
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: category
+    attributes:
+      label: Best-fit mod category
+      description: Same taxonomy as example mods (BALANCE, GRAPHICS, AUDIO, …).
+      options:
+        - GAMEPLAY / QoL
+        - GRAPHICS
+        - AUDIO
+        - BALANCE / ruleset
+        - CONTENT (maps, encounters, trainers)
+        - UI / TOOL
+        - TOTAL_CONVERSION-ish
+        - Not sure
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: extra
+    attributes:
+      label: Anything else
+      description: >
+        Reference screenshots, other games/hacks that do it, related issues, or
+        "I'd like to try writing this myself." Leave blank if nothing comes to mind.
+    validations:
+      required: false
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ name: ci

 on:
  push:
-    branches: [main]
+    # Integration branch + release branch. PRs already run via pull_request
+    # (any base); this list is only for post-merge push runs.
+    branches: [dev, main]
  pull_request:

 # a force-push while CI is mid-run should cancel the stale run, not queue
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ name: Release
 #   - To force a specific version, either:
 #       * run this workflow manually (Actions tab) and type it into "version", or
 #       * put "[release X.Y.Z]" anywhere in the commit message.
+#
+# Branch model: day-to-day work merges to `dev`. Releases stay on `main` only
+# so promoting `dev` -> `main` is the ship gate that cuts a build.

 on:
  push:
@@ -177,8 +180,8 @@ jobs:
          set -a; . "$ci_dir/notary.env"; set +a
          echo "::add-mask::$APPLE_APP_PASSWORD"

-          app=".bazinga/work/PokemonRed.app"
-          zip="dist/mac/PokemonRed-macos.zip"
+          app=".bazinga/work/gen1recomp.app"
+          zip="dist/mac/gen1recomp-macos.zip"
          [ -d "$app" ] || { echo "::error::signed app not found at $app"; exit 1; }
          if [ -z "${APPLE_ID:-}" ] || [ -z "${APPLE_APP_PASSWORD:-}" ] || [ -z "${APPLE_TEAM_ID:-}" ]; then
            echo "::error::notary.env is missing APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_PASSWORD / APPLE_TEAM_ID."
@@ -208,14 +211,27 @@ jobs:
          outdir="dist/release"
          rm -rf "$outdir"
          mkdir -p "$outdir"
-          cp "dist/mac/PokemonRed-macos.zip" "$outdir/PokemonRed-${v}-macos.zip"
-          cp "dist/win/PokemonRed-win64.zip" "$outdir/PokemonRed-${v}-windows.zip"
-          cp "dist/linux/PokemonRed-linux.zip" "$outdir/PokemonRed-${v}-linux.zip"
+          cp "dist/mac/gen1recomp-macos.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-macos.zip"
+          cp "dist/win/gen1recomp-win64.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-windows.zip"
+          cp "dist/linux/gen1recomp-linux.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-linux.zip"
          apk="$(find dist/android/debug -name '*.apk' | head -1)"
          [ -n "$apk" ] || { echo "::error::no Android APK found under dist/android/debug"; exit 1; }
-          cp "$apk" "$outdir/PokemonRed-${v}-android.apk"
+          cp "$apk" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-android.apk"
+
+          # Platform-independent update payload, built alongside the desktop
+          # apps above (same game.love that gets fused into each of them).
+          love_file=".bazinga/work/game.love"
+          [ -f "$love_file" ] || { echo "::error::$love_file not found (expected from scripts/build.sh)"; exit 1; }
+          cp "$love_file" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}.love"
+
          ls -lh "$outdir"

+          # Checksums for every staged release asset (sums file itself is
+          # written after this and named outside the gen1recomp-* glob, so it
+          # never lists itself).
+          (cd "$outdir" && shasum -a 256 gen1recomp-* > sha256sums.txt)
+          cat "$outdir/sha256sums.txt"
+
      - name: Publish GitHub Release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -263,10 +279,12 @@ jobs:
            --target "$GITHUB_SHA" \
            --title "$v" \
            --notes "$notes" \
-            "dist/release/PokemonRed-${v}-macos.zip" \
-            "dist/release/PokemonRed-${v}-windows.zip" \
-            "dist/release/PokemonRed-${v}-linux.zip" \
-            "dist/release/PokemonRed-${v}-android.apk"
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}-macos.zip" \
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}-windows.zip" \
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}-linux.zip" \
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}-android.apk" \
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}.love" \
+            "dist/release/sha256sums.txt"

          echo "Published release $tag"

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project

-A native LÖVE2D recreation of Pokemon Red. The engine and map behavior are
-hand-written Lua; game data and graphics are decoded from a ROM supplied by
-the player.
+A native LÖVE2D recreation of Pokemon Red and Blue. The engine and map
+behavior are hand-written Lua; game data and graphics are decoded from a ROM
+supplied by the player.

 SUPPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: [Discord](https://bois.icu)

 This project does not include a ROM, emulate the Game Boy, transpile assembly,
-or download a disassembly. A canonical US Pokemon Red ROM is the only game
-content input.
+or download a disassembly. A canonical US Pokemon Red or Blue ROM is the only
+game content input.

 The ROM is verified, used during import, and then released from memory. It is
 not copied into the cache. Later launches load the private generated cache and
-do not ask for the ROM again.
+do not ask for the ROM again. Red and Blue can both be imported and played
+side by side.

 ## Quick Start

@@ -20,24 +21,52 @@ Open the desktop app. On first boot, choose your legally obtained `.gb` file
 or drop it onto the window. Import takes a few seconds and the game starts
 automatically.

-Only the canonical 1 MiB US Red ROM is accepted. The importer verifies SHA-1
-`ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a` before creating any game data.
+Only the canonical 1 MiB US Red and Blue ROMs are accepted. The importer
+verifies SHA-1 before creating any game data:
+
+- Red: `ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a`
+- Blue: `d7037c83e1ae5b39bde3c30787637ba1d4c48ce2`
+
 The packaged app contains neither a ROM nor pre-extracted game data. Music,
 sound effects, and cries are synthesized while the game runs from compact
 audio channel programs copied out of the verified ROM.

 ## Controls

-arrow keys or WASD move; Z, Enter, or Space is A; X or Backspace is
-B; Escape opens START. F1 saves and F2 loads. Controllers are supported.
+| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
+|--------|----------|------------|
+| Move | Arrow keys / WASD | D-pad / left stick |
+| A | Z / Enter / Space | A |
+| B | X / Backspace | B |
+| Start | Escape | Start |
+| Select | Tab / Shift | Back / Select |
+
+Rebind any of these in-game under **OPTIONS → CONTROLS**. Controllers are
+supported out of the box.
+
+### Hotkeys
+
+| Key | What it does |
+|-----|----------------|
+| `-` / `=` | Zoom out / in (overworld; also mouse wheel) |
+| `2` | Cycle COLORS |
+| `3` | Cycle TILT (free-roam overworld) |
+| `4` | Cycle ZOOM through every level (free-roam overworld) |
+| `5` | Cycle GBC FX |
+| `F1` | Save |
+| `F2` | Load |
+| `F10` | Open / close the mod manager |
+
+COLORS, TILT, ZOOM, GBC FX, and VOID FILL are also in the Options menu
+and persist in `options.lua`.

 ## Running From Source

-Requires LÖVE 11.x. Place the ROM in the project folder and double-click
-`Play-Mac.command` or `Play-Windows.bat`, or run:
+Requires LÖVE 11.x. Place a Red or Blue ROM in the project folder and
+double-click `Play-Mac.command` or `Play-Windows.bat`, or run:

 ```sh
-scripts/setup.sh --rom "/path/to/Pokemon Red.gb"
+scripts/setup.sh --rom "/path/to/Pokemon Red.gb"   # or Pokemon Blue.gb
 scripts/run.sh
 ```

@@ -50,18 +79,20 @@ developer data build, test suites, and cache management are covered in
 By default the game keeps your save, options, and the private ROM-derived
 data cache in your OS's normal per-user app data folder. To keep everything
 next to the game instead (handy for a USB stick or portable drive you carry
-between computers), drop an empty file named `portable.txt` next to the
-executable (or next to `main.lua`/`conf.lua` when running from source), then
-launch the game.
+between computers), drop an empty file named `portable.txt` next to the app
+(next to `PokemonRed.app`/`.exe`, or next to `main.lua`/`conf.lua` when
+running from source), then launch the game. Portable mode is desktop-only
+(Windows, Linux, macOS); it has no effect on Android or iOS, where the app
+runs from a read-only package.

 With `portable.txt` present:

 - `save.lua`, `save.lua.bak`, and `options.lua` are read from and written to
  that same folder instead of the OS save directory.
- After a ROM import, the generated `data/generated` and `assets/generated`
-  cache is copied into that folder too, so a later launch (even on a
-  different computer, as long as the same folder comes along) reuses it
-  without asking for the ROM again.
+- A ROM import writes the generated `data/generated` and `assets/generated`
+  cache straight into that folder too (nothing is left in the OS save
+  directory), so a later launch reuses it without asking for the ROM again
+  even on a different computer, as long as the same folder comes along.
 - Deleting `portable.txt` switches back to the normal OS save directory; nothing
  already written to either location is touched automatically, so copy files
  over yourself if you want to carry existing progress across the switch.
@@ -105,7 +136,3 @@ request with real detail is one that can actually get built.
 This project would not be possible without [pret](https://github.com/pret) >
 the pret band of decompiling maniacs > and their
 [pokered](https://github.com/pret/pokered) disassembly.
-
-## Wanna Support My Work?
-[![Buy Me a Coffee](https://img.shields.io/badge/Buy_Me_a_Coffee-FFDD00?style=for-the-badge&logo=buy-me-a-coffee&logoColor=black)](https://buymeacoffee.com/bryanthaboi)
-
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# On-screen touch control art
+
+From Xelu's "Free Controller & Keyboard Prompts" pack (Nicolae Berbece /
+Those Awesome Guys), public domain under CC0:
+https://thoseawesomeguys.com/prompts/
+
+256px Nintendo Switch set, renamed for src/core/TouchControls.lua:
+d-pad (neutral + per-direction highlight), A, B, plus (START) and
+minus (SELECT).
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ function love.conf(t)
    -- back to the plain title if the source is not mounted yet
    local ok, Version = pcall(require, "src.core.Version")
    t.window.title = ok and Version.title()
-      or "Pokemon Red (Gen 1 Recompilation Project)"
-    t.window.width = 160 * 4
-    t.window.height = 144 * 4
+      or "gen1recomp"
+    -- Open at the launcher's design size (the split-screen ROM selector is
+    -- laid out for 1024x768). The window is resizable and the 160x144 game
+    -- canvas letterboxes into whatever size it ends up, so this only sets the
+    -- starting size, not the game's resolution.
+    t.window.width = 1024
+    t.window.height = 768
  end
  t.version = "11.5"
  t.window.vsync = 1
@@ -37,14 +41,30 @@ function love.conf(t)
  local osName = love._os
  local mobile = osName == "Android" or osName == "iOS"
  if mobile then
-    -- On Android/iOS, width/height aspect picks portrait vs landscape
-    -- (fullscreen alone is not enough). Use a tall portrait size; the
-    -- OS then resizes to the real display. highdpi is required for
-    -- Retina iOS (Android always behaves as highdpi).
+    -- resizable is what unlocks orientation.  SDL's Android backend, given no
+    -- SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS (LÖVE sets none), calls setRequestedOrientation
+    -- at window creation -- FULL_SENSOR when the window is resizable (rotates
+    -- freely to portrait or landscape), otherwise locked to the window's w/h
+    -- aspect.  So a non-resizable tall window forced portrait; resizable lets
+    -- the game follow the device.  The renderer letterboxes the 160x144
+    -- viewport into whatever size results, and the on-screen touch controls
+    -- re-lay themselves out from the new window size, so both orientations
+    -- just work.  iOS follows the Info.plist orientations
+    -- (see mobile/ios/overlays/love-ios.plist, now portrait + landscape).
+    t.window.resizable = true
+    -- Starting size is a tall portrait hint; the OS resizes to the real
+    -- display and rotations resize again. highdpi is required for Retina iOS
+    -- (Android always behaves as highdpi).
    t.window.width = 1080
    t.window.height = 1920
    t.window.fullscreen = true
    t.window.highdpi = true
+    -- Android only (irrelevant on iOS): puts the save directory under the
+    -- app's external-files folder, which is readable/writable via USB or a
+    -- file manager with no runtime permission, so RomImporter can ask the
+    -- player to copy their ROM there instead of needing a native file
+    -- picker (LOVE 11.5 on Android has none -- see src/import/RomImporter.lua).
+    t.externalstorage = osName == "Android"
  else
    t.window.resizable = true
  end
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 -- Flavor talk scripts for CopycatsHouse2F (registry id COPYCATS_HOUSE_2F).
 -- Source: pokered/scripts/CopycatsHouse2F.asm, pokered/text/CopycatsHouse2F.asm
 --
-- TEXT_COPYCATSHOUSE2F_COPYCAT is already ported (with the POKE DOLL /
-- TM31 MIMIC trade) in data/scripts/story4.lua, so it is intentionally
-- omitted here.
+-- TEXT_COPYCATSHOUSE2F_COPYCAT (POKE DOLL -> TM31 MIMIC) lives in
+-- data/scripts/story4.lua.

 return {
  COPYCATS_HOUSE_2F = {
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 -- Pewter City flavor dialogue (pokered/scripts/PewterCity.asm).
 -- PewterCity_TextPointers text_asm bodies for the SUPER_NERD1 museum
-- guide, SUPER_NERD2 garden nerd, and the leaving-east YOUNGSTER.
+-- guide and SUPER_NERD2 garden nerd.
 --
-- The escort choreography (SUPER_NERD1 walking the player to the
-- museum, YOUNGSTER walking the player to the gym) is scripted NPC
-- movement + a wPewterCityCurScript state machine that steers the
-- player off-map; the YOUNGSTER's escort to the gym is handled on this
-- map by story5.lua's onStep gate at the east exit (before
-- EVENT_BEAT_BROCK), while the SUPER_NERD1 museum escort is not ported.
-- Here we only port the real YES/NO-branched flavor text these NPCs
-- speak when talked to.
+-- The YOUNGSTER's gym escort (talk + east-exit onStep) lives in
+-- story5.lua so the lockstep RLE walk is not overwritten by this
+-- flavor merge.  SUPER_NERD1's museum escort is not ported; only the
+-- YES/NO-branched flavor text is here.

 local M = {}

@@ -61,15 +57,6 @@ M.PEWTER_CITY = {
      end)
    end,

-    -- PewterCityYoungsterText (scripts/PewterCity.asm): the "follow
-    -- me" line the youngster says when the player is stopped from
-    -- leaving Pewter east before beating Brock; the actual gate/step
-    -- block is handled by story5.lua's onStep for this map.
-    TEXT_PEWTERCITY_YOUNGSTER = function(game, ow, npc, done)
-      local t = text(game)
-      push(game, t._PewterCityYoungsterYoureATrainerFollowMeText
-        or "You're a trainer\nright? BROCK's\nlooking for new\nchallengers!\nFollow me!", done)
-    end,
  },
 }

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 -- pokered/scripts/PewterNidoranHouse.asm
 -- PewterNidoranHouseNidoranText: text_far _PewterNidoranHouseNidoranText, then
 -- text_asm plays the NIDORAN_M cry (PlayCry/WaitForSoundToFinish) before ending.
-- No sound-effect command exists in Commands.lua, so we port the dialogue line
-- only; the cry SFX is cosmetic and has no gameplay effect.
+-- play_cry only stashes ctx.pendingCry for the very next show_text row, so it
+-- has to sit immediately before that row (src/script/Commands.lua); the cry
+-- then sounds once the box has typed out, matching the asm's print-then-cry
+-- order.  Its waitForButton form keeps DisplayTextID's trailing
+-- WaitForTextScrollButtonPress -- PewterNidoranHouse_Script is
+-- `jp EnableAutoTextBoxDrawing`, which zeroes
+-- wDoNotWaitForButtonPressAfterDisplayingText -- so the box still holds until
+-- A/B.  The cry row was missing, leaving the NIDORAN silent (#247).
 return {
  PEWTER_NIDORAN_HOUSE = {
    talk = {
      TEXT_PEWTERNIDORANHOUSE_NIDORAN = {
        { "face_player" },
+        -- text_asm: ld a, NIDORAN_M / call PlayCry
+        { "play_cry", "NIDORAN_M", true },
        { "show_text", "_PewterNidoranHouseNidoranText" },
      },
    },
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- Red's House 2F (pokered data/events/hidden_events.asm +
+-- engine/events/hidden_objects PrintRedSNESText).
+--
+-- The bedroom SNES is a hidden_event at (3, 5) with ANY_FACING that
+-- prints _RedBedroomSNESText.  field.py extracts OpenRedsPC on this map
+-- but skips PrintRedSNESText, so interaction was a no-op (#135).
+
+local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+
+return {
+  REDS_HOUSE_2F = {
+    -- hidden_events.asm:
+    --   hidden_event 3, 5, PrintRedSNESText, ANY_FACING
+    onInteract = function(game, ow, fx, fy)
+      if fx ~= 3 or fy ~= 5 then return false end
+      local text = game.data.text._RedBedroomSNESText
+        or "{PLAYER} is\nplaying the SNES!"
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, text))
+      return true
+    end,
+  },
+}
@@ -5,19 +5,23 @@ return {
  SILPH_CO_9F = {
    talk = {
      -- SilphCo9FNurseText (pokered/scripts/SilphCo9F.asm):
-      -- before EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI: heals the party and shows
-      -- "You look tired..." then "Don't give up!"; after the event, just
-      -- says thanks. Nurse texts are not in data/generated/text.lua, so
-      -- the exact pokered/text/SilphCo9F.asm strings are used as literals.
+      -- before EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI: heals the party, white fade
+      -- (Delay3 between out/in; no Music_PkmnHealed), then "Don't give
+      -- up!"; after the event, just says thanks. Nurse texts are not in
+      -- data/generated/text.lua, so the exact pokered/text/SilphCo9F.asm
+      -- strings are used as literals.
      TEXT_SILPHCO9F_NURSE = {
-        { "face_player" },
-        { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI" },
-        { "jump_if_true", 8 },
-        { "show_text", "You look tired!\nYou should take a\nquick nap!" },
-        { "heal_party" },
-        { "show_text", "Don't give up!" },
-        { "jump", 9 },
-        { "show_text", "Thank you so\nmuch!" },
+        { "face_player" },                                              -- 1
+        { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI" },                -- 2
+        { "jump_if_true", 11 },                                         -- 3
+        { "show_text", "You look tired!\nYou should take a\nquick nap!" }, -- 4
+        { "heal_party" },                                               -- 5
+        { "fade", "out", "white" },                                     -- 6
+        { "wait", 3 },                                                  -- 7  Delay3
+        { "fade", "in", "white" },                                      -- 8
+        { "show_text", "Don't give up!" },                              -- 9
+        { "jump", "end" },                                              -- 10
+        { "show_text", "Thank you so\nmuch!" },                         -- 11
      },
    },
  },
@@ -59,13 +59,17 @@ M.VIRIDIAN_CITY = {
    -- ViridianCityYoungster2CaterpieAndWeedleDescriptionText are
    -- defined without a leading underscore in pokered/text/ViridianCity.asm
    -- and aren't present in data/generated/text.lua, so we fall back to
-    -- the literal strings from pokered.
+    -- the literal strings from pokered.  Those fallbacks have to carry the
+    -- extractor's markers, not plain newlines: line -> \n, cont -> \v,
+    -- para -> \f.  Spelling cont/para as \n and \n\n put all six lines on
+    -- one page with nothing to wait on, so the whole speech scrolled past
+    -- without a button press (#250).
    TEXT_VIRIDIANCITY_YOUNGSTER2 = function(game, ow, npc, done)
      local t = text(game)
      ask(game, t._ViridianCityYoungster2YouWantToKnowAboutText
-        or "You want to know\nabout the 2 kinds\nof caterpillar\nPOKéMON?", function(yes)
+        or "You want to know\nabout the 2 kinds\vof caterpillar\vPOKéMON?", function(yes)
        if yes then
-          push(game, "CATERPIE has no\npoison, but\nWEEDLE does.\n\nWatch out for its\nPOISON STING!", done)
+          push(game, "CATERPIE has no\npoison, but\vWEEDLE does.\fWatch out for its\nPOISON STING!", done)
        else
          push(game, "Oh, OK then!", done)
        end
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 return {
  VIRIDIAN_NICKNAME_HOUSE = {
    talk = {
-      -- ViridianNicknameHouseSpearowText: text_asm that shows the text
-      -- then plays a SPEAROW cry (PlayCry/WaitForSoundToFinish). The
-      -- cry playback isn't in the talk-script command vocabulary, so
-      -- only the flavor line is ported here.
+      -- ViridianNicknameHouseSpearowText: text_asm that PrintTexts the
+      -- line, then plays the SPEAROW cry (PlayCry/WaitForSoundToFinish)
+      -- before TextScriptEnd.  play_cry only arms the show_text row that
+      -- follows it, so the cry sounds once the box has typed out; its
+      -- waitForButton form keeps DisplayTextID's trailing
+      -- WaitForTextScrollButtonPress, so the box then holds until A/B like
+      -- any other NPC line rather than popping itself (#251).
      TEXT_VIRIDIANNICKNAMEHOUSE_SPEAROW = {
-        { "show_text", "_ViridianNicknameHouseSpearowText" },
+        { "play_cry", "SPEAROW", true },                      -- 1 PlayCry
+        { "show_text", "_ViridianNicknameHouseSpearowText" }, -- 2 PrintText
      },
    },
  },
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ local files = {
  "data.scripts.flavor.pokemon_fan_club",
  "data.scripts.flavor.power_plant",
  "data.scripts.flavor.reds_house_1f",
+  "data.scripts.flavor.reds_house_2f",
  "data.scripts.flavor.route11_gate_2f",
  "data.scripts.flavor.route18_gate_2f",
  "data.scripts.flavor.route_12_gate_2f",
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 --   takes it ("I'll take this one, then!") and both balls disappear.
 --   Source: scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabCharmanderPokeBallText /
 --   OaksLabRivalTakePokeBallScript.
-- * Rival (object 1): before starter -> "gramps isn't around"; with
+-- * Rival (object 1): before starter -> "go ahead and choose" once Oak
+--   has walked you in, else "gramps isn't around" (#218); with
 --   starter -> taunt + battle OPP_RIVAL1 with the counter-pick party
 --   (player Bulbasaur -> rival Charmander etc., parties 1/2/3 =
 --   Squirtle/Bulbasaur/Charmander in data/trainers/parties.asm);
@@ -24,17 +25,23 @@ local function starterBall(askText, species, choseFlag, ownBall,
    { "check_flag", "EVENT_FOLLOWED_OAK_INTO_LAB" }, -- 3
    { "jump_if_false", 20 },                      -- 4
    -- the Pokédex "new species" entry shows before the ask (predef
-    -- StarterDex ahead of OaksLabYouWant...Text)
-    { "push_screen", "DexEntryMenu", species },   -- 5
+    -- StarterDex ahead of OaksLabYouWant...Text).  StarterDex temporarily
+    -- sets the owned bits so ShowPokedexData prints height/weight/text;
+    -- forceOwned is that bypass without mutating save.pokedex.owned.
+    { "push_screen", "DexEntryMenu",
+      { species = species, forceOwned = true } }, -- 5
    { "ask", askText },                           -- 6
    { "jump_if_false", 21 },                      -- 7
-    { "give_pokemon", species, 5 },               -- 8
-    { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },          -- 9
-    { "set_flag", choseFlag },                    -- 10
+    -- OaksLab.asm prints ReceivedMon then AddPartyMon (AskName lives
+    -- inside give_pokemon).  Show the received text first so the
+    -- nickname prompt follows "you got X", matching Gen1.
+    { "show_text", "_OaksLabReceivedMonText", { RAM = species } }, -- 8
+    { "give_pokemon", species, 5 },               -- 9
+    { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },          -- 10
+    { "set_flag", choseFlag },                    -- 11
    -- POKé BALLs are not handed out here in the original -- Oak gives
    -- them later, at OaksLabOak1Text's .give_poke_balls beat once the
    -- player has beaten the Route 22 rival (see TEXT_OAKSLAB_OAK1 below)
-    { "show_text", "_OaksLabReceivedMonText", { RAM = species } }, -- 11
    { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", ownBall },       -- 12
    -- the rival walks to the countering ball (around the furniture)
    { "move_npc_to", 1, rivalBallX, 4 },          -- 13
@@ -53,48 +60,97 @@ end

 return {
  talk = {
-    -- Oak: accepts the parcel and hands over the Pokédex, then (once the
-    -- player has beaten the Route 22 rival) hands over the real POKé
-    -- BALLs (scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabOak1Text, simplified: no rival
-    -- recall / dex-rating / "pokemon can fight" / "around the world"
-    -- branches -- see docs/known-differences.md)
+    -- Oak: OaksLabOak1Text.  Parcel delivery kicks SCRIPT_OAKSLAB_RIVAL_
+    -- ARRIVES_AT_OAKS_REQUEST + OaksLabOakGivesPokedexScript (rival walk-
+    -- in, full Pokédex speech, rival exit, Route 22 arm).  Dex-rating
+    -- (DisplayDexRating) is still skipped.
    TEXT_OAKSLAB_OAK1 = {
-      { "face_player" },                                          -- 1
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_OAKS_PARCEL" },                  -- 2
-      { "jump_if_false", 14 },                                    -- 3
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_OAK_GOT_PARCEL" },                   -- 4
-      { "jump_if_true", 14 },                                     -- 5
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1DeliverParcelText" },           -- 6
-      { "take_item", "OAKS_PARCEL", 1 },                          -- 7
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_OAK_GOT_PARCEL" },                     -- 8
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1PokemonAroundTheWorldText" },   -- 9
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX" },                        -- 10
-      -- the Pokédex swaps Viridian's two old men (OaksLab.asm:602-606:
-      -- HideObject TOGGLE_LYING_OLD_MAN / ShowObject TOGGLE_OLD_MAN).
-      -- Until this ran, the walking man at (17,5) -- who owns the coffee
-      -- ask and the catch tutorial -- stayed OFF for the whole game
-      -- (toggleable_objects.asm seeds him OFF, the sleeper ON).
-      { "hide_object", "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN_SLEEPY" }, -- 11
-      { "show_object", "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN" },  -- 12
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 13
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },                      -- 14
-      { "jump_if_false", 29 },                                    -- 15
-      { "check_item", "POKE_BALL" },                              -- 16
-      { "jump_if_true", 27 },                                     -- 17
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE" },    -- 18
-      { "jump_if_false", 31 },                                    -- 19
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEBALLS_FROM_OAK" },           -- 20
-      { "jump_if_true", 27 },                                     -- 21
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEBALLS_FROM_OAK" },             -- 22
-      { "give_item", "POKE_BALL", 5, false },                     -- 23
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ReceivedPokeballsText" },       -- 24
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabGivePokeballsExplanationText" },    -- 25
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 26
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ComeSeeMeSometimesText" },      -- 27
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 28
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1WhichPokemonDoYouWantText" },   -- 29
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 30
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1RaiseYourYoungPokemonText" },   -- 31 (32 = end)
+      { "face_player" },
+      { "check_item", "POKE_BALL" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "come_see" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "give_balls" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "around_world" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },
+      { "jump_if_false", "pre_lab_battle" },
+      { "check_item", "OAKS_PARCEL" },
+      { "jump_if_false", "raise_young" },
+      -- OaksLabOak1Text.got_parcel → RivalArrives + OakGivesPokedex
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1DeliverParcelText" },
+      { "play_sound", "Get_Key_Item" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ParcelThanksText" },
+      { "take_item", "OAKS_PARCEL", 1 },
+      { "stop_music" },
+      { "play_music", "Music_MeetRival" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsText" },
+      { "show_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" },
+      -- OaksLabCalcRivalMovementScript: sprite map (8,11) → cell (4,7)
+      -- when the player stands below Oak (the usual desk talk).
+      { "place_npc", 1, 4, 7, "up" },
+      { "move_npc_to", 1, 4, 3 },
+      { "play_music", "Music_OaksLab" },
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalWhatDidYouCallMeForText" },
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakIHaveARequestText" },
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakMyInventionPokedexText" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakGotPokedexText" },
+      { "play_sound", "Get_Key_Item" },
+      { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_POKEDEX1" },
+      { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_POKEDEX2" },
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakThatWasMyDreamText" },
+      { "face_object", 1, "right" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalLeaveItAllToMeText" },
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX" },
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_OAK_GOT_PARCEL" },
+      { "hide_object", "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN_SLEEPY" },
+      { "show_object", "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN" },
+      { "stop_music" },
+      { "play_music", "Music_MeetRival" },
+      { "move_npc_to", 1, 4, 7 },
+      { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" },
+      { "play_music", "Music_OaksLab" },
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_1ST_ROUTE22_RIVAL_BATTLE" },
+      { "clear_flag", "EVENT_2ND_ROUTE22_RIVAL_BATTLE" },
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_WANTS_BATTLE" },
+      { "show_object", "ROUTE_22", "ROUTE22_RIVAL1" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "raise_young" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1RaiseYourYoungPokemonText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "pre_lab_battle" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "can_fight" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1WhichPokemonDoYouWantText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+      { "label", "can_fight" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1YourPokemonCanFightText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "around_world" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1PokemonAroundTheWorldText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "give_balls" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEBALLS_FROM_OAK" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "come_see" },
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEBALLS_FROM_OAK" },
+      { "give_item", "POKE_BALL", 5, false },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ReceivedPokeballsText" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabGivePokeballsExplanationText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "come_see" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ComeSeeMeSometimesText" },
    },

    TEXT_OAKSLAB_CHARMANDER_POKE_BALL =
@@ -107,47 +163,76 @@ return {
      starterBall("_OaksLabYouWantBulbasaurText", "BULBASAUR", "EVENT_CHOSE_BULBASAUR",
                  "OAKSLAB_BULBASAUR_POKE_BALL", 6, "OAKSLAB_CHARMANDER_POKE_BALL"),

+    -- Talking to the rival only ever prints a line: the lab battle is a
+    -- coordinate trigger (OaksLabRivalChallengesPlayerScript, wYCoord == 6;
+    -- see onStep below), never a talk action.  The handler used to fall
+    -- through from the "looks stronger" taunt straight into start_battle,
+    -- so talking to Blue at the table launched the rival fight before the
+    -- player ever stepped onto the trigger (#219).  scripts/OaksLab.asm
+    -- OaksLabText8 branches text only:
+    --   * got starter, not yet battled -> _OaksLabRivalMyPokemonLooksStronger
+    --   * already battled -> _OaksLabRivalFedUpWithWaitingText (a Route 22
+    --     line; normally unreachable since the rival is hidden after the
+    --     lab battle in OaksLabRivalEndBattleScript)
+    --   * no starter yet -> the FOLLOWED_OAK pre-starter fork (#218)
    TEXT_OAKSLAB_RIVAL = {
-      { "face_player" },                                          -- 1
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },                      -- 2
-      { "jump_if_false", 21 },                                    -- 3
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },        -- 4
-      { "jump_if_true", 19 },                                     -- 5
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalMyPokemonLooksStrongerText" }, -- 6
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_CHOSE_BULBASAUR" },                  -- 7
-      { "jump_if_false", 11 },                                    -- 8
-      { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_RIVAL1", 3 },             -- 9  Charmander
-      { "jump", 16 },                                             -- 10
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_CHOSE_SQUIRTLE" },                   -- 11
-      { "jump_if_false", 15 },                                    -- 12
-      { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_RIVAL1", 2 },             -- 13 Bulbasaur
-      { "jump", 16 },                                             -- 14
-      { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_RIVAL1", 1 },             -- 15 Squirtle
-      -- OaksLabRivalEndBattleScript: HealParty + flag, then exit either way
-      { "heal_party" },                                           -- 16
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },          -- 17
-      { "jump", 23 },                                             -- 18
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalFedUpWithWaitingText" },       -- 19
-      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 20
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsIsntAroundText" },       -- 21
-      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 22
-      -- win: sulk text then exit; loss: Rival1WinText already played in
-      -- battle (HandlePlayerBlackOut), so skip straight to the walk-out
-      { "jump_if_false", 25 },                                    -- 23
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalIPickedTheWrongPokemonText" }, -- 24
-      { "move_npc_to", 1, 4, 11 },                                -- 25
-      { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" },             -- 26
+      { "face_player" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },
+      { "jump_if_false", "pre_starter" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },
+      { "jump_if_true", "after_battle" },
+      -- has a starter, has not fought yet: just the taunt.  The battle is
+      -- the coordinate trigger in onStep, not this talk (#219)
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalMyPokemonLooksStrongerText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "after_battle" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalFedUpWithWaitingText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      -- pre-starter fork (scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabText8 rival handler):
+      -- Oak has already escorted you in (three balls on the table) -> he
+      -- waves you on to choose; not yet escorted (very early game) -> the
+      -- "Gramps isn't around" line.  #218
+      { "label", "pre_starter" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_FOLLOWED_OAK_INTO_LAB" },
+      { "jump_if_false", "gramps_gone" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGoAheadAndChooseText" },
+      { "jump", "end" },
+
+      { "label", "gramps_gone" },
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsIsntAroundText" },
    },
  },

+  -- Saves that got the Pokédex before #106 never wrote objectToggles for
+  -- the table sprites; re-entering the lab applies the same HideObject
+  -- the gift script now does (OaksLab.asm OakGivesPokedex).
+  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    if not (game.save.flags and game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX) then
+      return
+    end
+    local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+    local ctx = { save = game.save, game = game, overworld = ow }
+    Commands.hide_object(ctx, "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_POKEDEX1")
+    Commands.hide_object(ctx, "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_POKEDEX2")
+  end,
+
  -- Oak stops you leaving without a starter; the rival stops you on
  -- the way out for the first battle (scripts/OaksLab.asm
  -- OaksLabScript8 / OaksLabRivalChallenge)
  onStep = function(game, ow, x, y)
    local flags = game.save.flags
-    -- Oak blocks the exit mats (4,11)/(5,11) until you take a starter
+    -- Oak stops you leaving without a starter at the bookshelf row (cell
+    -- y == 6): this is the same wYCoord == 6 coordinate script the rival
+    -- challenge just below uses (scripts/OaksLab.asm, both gated on
+    -- EVENT_GOT_STARTER), so Oak halts you level with the shelves, not one
+    -- corridor length later on the exit mat.  At y>=6 only the x=4,5
+    -- corridor is walkable and the up-push keeps the player above y=7, so
+    -- this only ever fires at y=6 in the corridor -- matching the rival
+    -- trigger's shape. (#232)
    if flags.EVENT_FOLLOWED_OAK_INTO_LAB and not flags.EVENT_GOT_STARTER
-       and y == 11 and (x == 4 or x == 5) then
+       and y >= 6 then
      ow.runner:run({
        { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakDontGoAwayYetText" },
        { "move_player", "up", 1 },
@@ -186,10 +271,18 @@ return {
      -- OaksLabRivalEndBattleScript: heal + flag on win or loss; no blackout
      table.insert(rows, { "heal_party" })
      table.insert(rows, { "set_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" })
-      -- win: sulk text then exit; loss jumps to the walk-out (taunt was
-      -- already shown in-battle via Rival1WinText)
+      -- OaksLabRivalEndBattleScript: on WIN, print the "picked the wrong
+      -- POKéMON!" gloat, then BOTH win and loss print the shared exit line
+      -- _OaksLabRivalSmellYouLaterText ("OK! I'll make my POKéMON fight to
+      -- toughen it up!\012<PLAYER>! Gramps! Smell you later!") before Blue
+      -- marches out.  A loss skips only the gloat (that taunt was already
+      -- shown in-battle via Rival1WinText), never the exit line (#231).  The
+      -- jump_if_false convergence point is the exit line: base+6 indexes the
+      -- SmellYouLater row below, so WIN falls IPicked -> SmellYouLater and
+      -- LOSS jumps straight to SmellYouLater (both then walk-out + hide).
      table.insert(rows, { "jump_if_false", base + 6 })
      table.insert(rows, { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalIPickedTheWrongPokemonText" })
+      table.insert(rows, { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalSmellYouLaterText" })
      table.insert(rows, { "move_npc_to", 1, 4, 11 })
      table.insert(rows, { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" })
      ow.runner:run(rows, { npc = rival })
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 -- Hand-ported from pret/pokered scripts/RedsHouse1F.asm.
-- Mom (RedsHouse1FMomText, text_asm) heals the party and shows the
-- "you should rest" / "looking great" dialogue.  The intro "wake up"
-- branch is tied to the unported intro cutscene, so the heal path is used.
+-- Mom (RedsHouse1FMomText): pre-starter shows the wake-up / Oak tip;
+-- after EVENT_GOT_STARTER, RedsHouse1FMomHealScript fades to white,
+-- heals, plays MUSIC_PKMN_HEALED, fades back, then "looking great".

 return {
  talk = {
    TEXT_REDSHOUSE1F_MOM = {
-      { "face_player" },
-      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomYouShouldRestText" },
-      { "heal_party" },
-      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomLookingGreatText" },
+      { "face_player" },                                          -- 1
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },                      -- 2
+      { "jump_if_true", 6 },                                      -- 3
+      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomWakeUpText" },               -- 4
+      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 5
+      -- RedsHouse1FMomHealScript
+      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomYouShouldRestText" },        -- 6
+      { "fade", "out", "white" },                                 -- 7  GBFadeOutToWhite
+      { "heal_party" },                                           -- 8
+      { "play_once", "Music_PkmnHealed" },                        -- 9  wait + restore map
+      { "fade", "in", "white" },                                  -- 10 GBFadeInFromWhite
+      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomLookingGreatText" },         -- 11
    },
  },
 }
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ M.VIRIDIAN_MART = {
  -- StartSimulatingJoypadStates walks the player to the counter
  -- (.PlayerMovement: PAD_LEFT 1, PAD_UP 2, door (3,7) -> counter (2,5))
  -- and ViridianMartOaksParcelScript hands the parcel over.  The player
+  -- never presses A.
+  --
+  -- The RLE list is consumed back to front: DecodeRLEList fills forward
+  -- from wSimulatedJoypadStatesEnd, the script seeds wSimulatedJoypadStates-
+  -- Index with the count, and home/overworld.asm decrements that index
+  -- before each read.  So PAD_LEFT 1, PAD_UP 2 actually plays up, up, left,
+  -- and the walk ends facing the clerk.  Replaying the list front to back
+  -- put the player at the counter facing up instead (#235).  The player
  -- never presses A.  This matters beyond convenience: the parcel gates
  -- Oak's Pokedex and the old man clearing Route 2, so vanilla guarantees
  -- it on entry rather than letting you walk out without it.
@@ -28,8 +36,8 @@ M.VIRIDIAN_MART = {
    if not f.EVENT_GOT_STARTER then return end
    ow:queueScript({
      { "show_text", "_ViridianMartClerkYouCameFromPalletTownText" },
-      { "move_player", "left", 1 },
      { "move_player", "up", 2 },
+      { "move_player", "left", 1 },
      -- the quest text's last page is "{PLAYER} got\nOAK's PARCEL!"
      { "give_item", "OAKS_PARCEL", 1, "_ViridianMartClerkParcelQuestText" },
      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_OAKS_PARCEL" },
@@ -222,17 +230,55 @@ M.BILLS_HOUSE = {
  -- repair saves that already got the ticket under the old collapsed
  -- script (the monster never hidden, human Bill never shown)
  onEnter = function(game, ow)
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_SS_TICKET
-       and not game.save.flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL then
+    local flags = game.save.flags
+    if flags.EVENT_GOT_SS_TICKET
+       and not flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL then
      local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
      local ctx = { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow }
      Commands.hide_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL_POKEMON")
      Commands.show_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL1")
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_BILL_SAID_USE_CELL_SEPARATOR = true
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL = true
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_MET_BILL = true
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_MET_BILL_2 = true
+      flags.EVENT_BILL_SAID_USE_CELL_SEPARATOR = true
+      flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL = true
+      flags.EVENT_MET_BILL = true
+      flags.EVENT_MET_BILL_2 = true
    end
+    -- After Route25ToggleBillsScript, BILL2 is the visible human Bill
+    -- ("check out my rare POKéMON").  Re-apply on enter so a mid-house
+    -- load still matches the toggles if the pool was rebuilt.
+    if flags.EVENT_LEFT_BILLS_HOUSE_AFTER_HELPING then
+      local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+      local ctx = { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow }
+      Commands.hide_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL_POKEMON")
+      Commands.hide_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL1")
+      Commands.show_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL2")
+    end
+  end,
+}
+
+-- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Route 25 outside Bill's house (scripts/Route25.asm
+-- Route25ToggleBillsScript): leaving after the SS Ticket arms the
+-- Eevee PC list and swaps human Bill to his post-help dialogue NPC.
+-- Leaving mid-quest (Bill still in the machine) puts the monster back.
+-- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+M.ROUTE_25 = {
+  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    local flags = game.save.flags
+    if flags.EVENT_LEFT_BILLS_HOUSE_AFTER_HELPING then return end
+    local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+    local ctx = { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow }
+    if not flags.EVENT_MET_BILL_2 then
+      flags.EVENT_BILL_SAID_USE_CELL_SEPARATOR = nil
+      Commands.show_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL_POKEMON")
+      return
+    end
+    if not flags.EVENT_GOT_SS_TICKET then return end
+    flags.EVENT_LEFT_BILLS_HOUSE_AFTER_HELPING = true
+    -- TOGGLE_NUGGET_BRIDGE_GUY (ROUTE24_COOLTRAINER_M1)
+    Commands.hide_object(ctx, "ROUTE_24", "ROUTE24_COOLTRAINER_M1")
+    Commands.hide_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL1")
+    Commands.show_object(ctx, "BILLS_HOUSE", "BILLSHOUSE_BILL2")
  end,
 }

@@ -256,25 +302,40 @@ M.VERMILION_CITY = {
  end,
  -- VermilionCityDefaultScript's per-frame SSAnneTicketCheckCoords check:
  -- the unguarded cell (18,30) just west of the sailor leads straight
-  -- onto the dock warp, so stepping onto it heading for the dock gets
-  -- ticket-checked (and turned back once the ship has sailed) without
-  -- the player ever pressing A.  The sailor himself never disappears.
+  -- onto the dock warp.  Stepping onto it facing down always runs the
+  -- sailor dialog (DisplayTextID TEXT_VERMILIONCITY_SAILOR1); only a
+  -- ticket while the ship is still docked lets the player continue --
+  -- otherwise they are walked back up.  The sailor himself never hides.
  onStep = function(game, ow, x, y)
    if x ~= 18 or y ~= 30 then return false end
    if ow.player.facing ~= "down" then return false end
-    local f = game.save.flags
+    local Flags = require("src.script.Flags")
    local t = game.data.text
    local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
-    if f.EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT then
+    local shipLeft = Flags.get(game.save, "EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT")
+    local hasTicket = (game.save.inventory.S_S_TICKET or 0) > 0
+    if shipLeft then
      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
        t._VermilionCitySailor1ShipSetSailText or "The ship set sail.",
        function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1) end))
      return true
    end
-    if (game.save.inventory.S_S_TICKET or 0) > 0 then return false end
+    -- Walk-past is never facing-right / inFrontOfOrBehindGuardCoords, so
+    -- VermilionCitySailor1Text always takes .greet_player_and_check_ticket:
+    -- DoYouHaveATicket, then FlashedTicket (allow through) or YouNeedATicket
+    -- (walk back).  Returning true while the box is up also blocks the
+    -- dock warp on this step.
+    local ask = t._VermilionCitySailor1DoYouHaveATicketText
+      or "Welcome to S.S.\nANNE!\fExcuse me, do you\nhave a ticket?"
+    if hasTicket then
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+        ask .. "\f"
+        .. (t._VermilionCitySailor1FlashedTicketText
+            or "{PLAYER} flashed\nthe S.S.TICKET!")))
+      return true
+    end
    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-      (t._VermilionCitySailor1WelcomeToSSAnneText or "Welcome to S.S.\nANNE!")
-      .. "\f"
+      ask .. "\f"
      .. (t._VermilionCitySailor1YouNeedATicketText
          or "You need a ticket\nto get aboard."),
      function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1) end))
@@ -288,7 +349,7 @@ M.VERMILION_CITY = {
      { "face_player" },                                             -- 1
      { "check_flag", "EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT" },                        -- 2
      { "jump_if_true", 11 },                                        -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_VermilionCitySailor1WelcomeToSSAnneText" },   -- 4
+      { "show_text", "_VermilionCitySailor1DoYouHaveATicketText" },  -- 4
      { "check_item", "S_S_TICKET" },                                -- 5
      { "jump_if_false", 9 },                                        -- 6
      { "show_text", "_VermilionCitySailor1FlashedTicketText" },     -- 7
@@ -318,18 +379,21 @@ M.SS_ANNE_2F = {

 M.SS_ANNE_CAPTAINS_ROOM = {
  talk = {
+    -- SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainText: after the rub line's text_asm tail,
+    -- pokered plays MUSIC_PKMN_HEALED (scripts/SSAnneCaptainsRoom.asm).
    TEXT_SSANNECAPTAINSROOM_CAPTAIN = {
      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_HM01" },                                 -- 1
-      { "jump_if_true", 9 },                                              -- 2
+      { "jump_if_true", 10 },                                             -- 2
      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomRubCaptainsBackText" },          -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainIFeelMuchBetterText" },   -- 4
+      { "play_once", "Music_PkmnHealed" },                                -- 4
+      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainIFeelMuchBetterText" },   -- 5
      -- give-then-print like scripts/SSAnneCaptainsRoom.asm (GiveItem
      -- fills wStringBuffer; the received text reads it)
-      { "give_item", "HM_CUT", 1, false },                                -- 5
-      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainReceivedHM01Text" },      -- 6
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_HM01" },                                   -- 7
-      { "jump", 10 },                                                     -- 8
-      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainNotSickAnymoreText" },    -- 9
+      { "give_item", "HM_CUT", 1, false },                                -- 6
+      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainReceivedHM01Text" },      -- 7
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_HM01" },                                   -- 8
+      { "jump", 11 },                                                     -- 9
+      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainNotSickAnymoreText" },    -- 10
    },
  },
 }
@@ -339,7 +403,93 @@ M.SS_ANNE_CAPTAINS_ROOM = {
 -- MrFujisHouse.asm; the teleport back to his house is a warp)
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------

+-- scripts/PokemonTower7F.asm: after each Rocket loses,
+-- PokemonTower7FEndBattleScript shows its EndBattle text (EndTrainerBattle),
+-- prints its AfterBattle text (DisplayTextID), then
+-- PokemonTower7FRocketLeaveMovementScript walks the grunt off toward the
+-- (9,16) stairs (MoveSprite) and PokemonTower7FHideNPCScript despawns it
+-- (HideObject).  Without this the beaten grunts stood in the corridor
+-- forever (#200).
+local POKEMON_TOWER_7F_ROCKETS = {
+  { index = 1, name = "POKEMONTOWER7F_ROCKET1",
+    beat = "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMONTOWER_7_TRAINER_0",
+    after = "_PokemonTower7FRocket1AfterBattleText" },
+  { index = 2, name = "POKEMONTOWER7F_ROCKET2",
+    beat = "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMONTOWER_7_TRAINER_1",
+    after = "_PokemonTower7FRocket2AfterBattleText" },
+  { index = 3, name = "POKEMONTOWER7F_ROCKET3",
+    beat = "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMONTOWER_7_TRAINER_2",
+    after = "_PokemonTower7FRocket3AfterBattleText" },
+}
+
+-- PokemonTower7FNPCCoordMovementTable, keyed by the PLAYER's tile ("x,y")
+-- at the engagement (both the talk and the sight walk-up leave the player on
+-- the tile the vanilla table indexes).  Each list is that entry's
+-- NPC_MOVEMENT_* exit, applied from the grunt's current tile.  The exact
+-- tables are one per grunt (dbmapcoord bytes decoded back to x,y).
+local POKEMON_TOWER_7F_EXITS = {
+  [1] = { -- ROCKET1 @ (9,11), faces RIGHT
+    ["9,12"]  = { "right", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "left" },
+    ["10,11"] = { "down", "right", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["11,11"] = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["12,11"] = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+  },
+  [2] = { -- ROCKET2 @ (12,9), faces LEFT
+    ["12,10"] = { "left", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["11,9"]  = { "down", "down", "down", "left", "down", "down" },
+    ["10,9"]  = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["9,9"]   = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+  },
+  [3] = { -- ROCKET3 @ (9,7), faces RIGHT
+    ["9,8"]  = { "right", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["10,7"] = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["11,7"] = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+    ["12,7"] = { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" },
+  },
+}
+-- The vanilla table only lists the sight/talk tiles the map geometry allows;
+-- a plain down-walk keeps any other engagement tile (e.g. talking from the
+-- side) safe -- it still clears the corridor and despawns the grunt.
+local POKEMON_TOWER_7F_EXIT_FALLBACK =
+  { "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+
 M.POKEMON_TOWER_7F = {
+  -- Repair saves that beat a grunt before the exit walk was ported: in
+  -- vanilla HideObject persists (wMissableObjectFlags), so a beaten grunt is
+  -- still gone on re-entry.  hide_object below writes objectToggles for new
+  -- wins; this hides any grunt whose BEAT flag is already set.
+  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+    local ctx = { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow }
+    for _, r in ipairs(POKEMON_TOWER_7F_ROCKETS) do
+      if game.save.flags[r.beat] then
+        Commands.hide_object(ctx, "POKEMON_TOWER_7F", r.name)
+      end
+    end
+  end,
+  -- runVictoryHook fires after every trainer win on the map (both the sight
+  -- and talk paths route through engageTrainer -> checkVictoryRewards), so
+  -- this walks off whichever grunt was just beaten but is still standing.
+  -- The AfterBattle text + walk queue UNDER the EndBattle box engageTrainer
+  -- pushes right after, giving the vanilla order: EndBattle, AfterBattle,
+  -- walk, despawn.
+  onVictory = function(game, ow)
+    if ow.runner:isRunning() then return end
+    for _, r in ipairs(POKEMON_TOWER_7F_ROCKETS) do
+      local npc = ow:npcByIndex(r.index)
+      if npc and game.save.flags[r.beat] then
+        local key = ow.player.cellX .. "," .. ow.player.cellY
+        local dirs = (POKEMON_TOWER_7F_EXITS[r.index] or {})[key]
+                     or POKEMON_TOWER_7F_EXIT_FALLBACK
+        ow.runner:run({
+          { "show_text", r.after },                       -- DisplayTextID
+          { "walk_npc", r.index, dirs },                  -- MoveSprite
+          { "hide_object", "POKEMON_TOWER_7F", r.name },  -- HideObject
+        }, { npc = npc })
+        return
+      end
+    end
+  end,
  talk = {
    TEXT_POKEMONTOWER7F_MR_FUJI = {
      { "face_player" },                                  -- 1
@@ -560,7 +710,8 @@ M.SILPH_CO_11F = {
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Victory Road boulder switches (scripts/VictoryRoad1F/2F/3F.asm):
 -- a boulder resting on a switch removes a barrier block; the 3F hole
-- drops a boulder down to the 2F switch.
+-- drops a boulder down to the 2F switch, and also dungeon-warps the
+-- player (IsPlayerOnDungeonWarp + DungeonWarpList/Data -> 2F at 22,16).
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------

 local function boulderAt(ow, x, y)
@@ -626,6 +777,18 @@ M.VICTORY_ROAD_3F = {
      Commands.show_object(ctx, "VICTORY_ROAD_2F", "VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER")
    end
  end,
+  -- scripts/VictoryRoad3F.asm VictoryRoad3FDefaultScript: the same hole
+  -- is a dungeon warp for the player (wDungeonWarpDestinationMap =
+  -- VICTORY_ROAD_2F, wWhichDungeonWarp = 2 -> DungeonWarpData 22,16).
+  -- Mirrors POKEMON_MANSION_3F.onStep; CAVERN $22 is walkable so the
+  -- fall is onStep, not a collision block.
+  onStep = function(game, ow, x, y)
+    if x == 23 and y == 15 then
+      ow:startWarpTo("VICTORY_ROAD_2F", 22, 16, ow.player.facing)
+      return true
+    end
+    return false
+  end,
 }

 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -638,6 +801,16 @@ M.VICTORY_ROAD_3F = {
 -- IndigoPlateauLobby.asm) so the champion is re-fightable on rematches,
 -- like pokered's re-entry cutscene.  EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL stays set
 -- forever (postgame gates like the Cerulean cave guard read it).
+--
+-- pokered forces the fight on map entry: Agatha's victory arms
+-- SCRIPT_CHAMPIONSROOM_PLAYER_ENTERS (scripts/AgathasRoom.asm), and
+-- ChampionsRoomPlayerEntersScript then runs RivalEntrance_RLEMovement
+-- (up 1, right 1, up 3) before ChampionsRoomRivalReadyToBattleScript.
+-- The rival object has no trainer header / sight range, so without that
+-- entrance script the player can walk past (issue #99).  We arm on the
+-- run flag instead of Agatha's victory bit: same observable effect for
+-- first clear and Indigo rematches, without a cross-map script pointer.
+--
 -- scripts/ChampionsRoom.asm ChampionsRoomRivalDefeatedScript ->
 -- OakArrivesScript -> OakCongratulatesPlayerScript ->
 -- OakDisappointedWithRivalScript -> OakComeWithMeScript -> OakExitsScript,
@@ -646,43 +819,69 @@ M.VICTORY_ROAD_3F = {
 -- itself is NOT run here: it belongs to the HALL_OF_FAME room script
 -- (scripts/HallOfFame.asm), so we set a one-shot marker and warp; the room
 -- onEnter (M.HALL_OF_FAME below) drives the HoF Oak speech + record.
+local championsRoomRivalScript = {
+  { "face_player" },                                        -- 1
+  { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL_THIS_RUN" },   -- 2
+  { "jump_if_true", 25 },                                   -- 3  past end
+  { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomRivalIntroText" },          -- 4
+  { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL3", 1 },                      -- 5
+  { "jump_if_false", 25 },                                  -- 6  past end
+  { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL_THIS_RUN" },     -- 7
+  { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL" },              -- 8
+  -- ChampionsRoomRivalDefeatedScript re-displays TEXT_CHAMPIONSROOM_RIVAL,
+  -- whose text_asm takes the EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL branch =
+  -- _ChampionsRoomRivalAfterBattleText (the in-battle _RivalDefeatedText
+  -- is the port's generic "<PLAYER> defeated BLUE!" engine line instead).
+  { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomRivalAfterBattleText" },    -- 9
+  -- ChampionsRoomOakArrivesScript: Music_Cities1AlternateTempo
+  -- (Cities1, kept into HALL_OF_FAME like BIT_NO_MAP_MUSIC after
+  -- defeating RIVAL3), then Oak's "{PLAYER}!" + reveal + walk in
+  { "play_music", "Music_Cities1", { keep = true } },       -- 10
+  { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakText" },                 -- 11
+  { "show_object", "CHAMPIONS_ROOM", "CHAMPIONSROOM_OAK" },  -- 12
+  { "move_npc", 2, "up", 5 },                               -- 13 OakEntranceAfterVictoryMovement
+  -- OakCongratulatesPlayerScript: rival faces left, Oak faces down
+  { "face_object", 1, "left" },                             -- 14
+  { "face_object", 2, "down" },                             -- 15
+  { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakCongratulatesPlayerText" }, -- 16
+  -- OakDisappointedWithRivalScript: Oak turns to the rival (right)
+  { "face_object", 2, "right" },                            -- 17
+  { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakDisappointedWithRivalText" }, -- 18
+  -- OakComeWithMeScript: Oak faces down again, then exits up
+  { "face_object", 2, "down" },                             -- 19
+  { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakComeWithMeText" },       -- 20
+  { "move_npc", 2, "up", 2 },                               -- 21 OakExitChampionsRoomMovement
+  { "hide_object", "CHAMPIONS_ROOM", "CHAMPIONSROOM_OAK" },  -- 22
+  -- hand the induction off to the HALL_OF_FAME room (consumed by its
+  -- onEnter), then warp up into it (destWarp 1 lands at (4,7) facing up)
+  { "set_field", "pendingHallOfFame", true },               -- 23
+  { "warp", "HALL_OF_FAME", 4, 7, "up" },                   -- 24
+}
+
 M.CHAMPIONS_ROOM = {
+  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    if game.save.flags.EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL_THIS_RUN then return end
+    -- Lance entrance warps land at y=7; HoF return warps land at y=0.
+    -- Only the south entry should run ChampionsRoomPlayerEntersScript.
+    if ow.player.cellY < 7 then return end
+    local rival
+    for _, npc in ipairs(ow.npcs) do
+      if npc.def and npc.def.name == "CHAMPIONSROOM_RIVAL" then
+        rival = npc
+        break
+      end
+    end
+    -- RivalEntrance_RLEMovement, then the battle/Oak script (queued
+    -- separately so talk-script jump indices stay 1-based as written).
+    ow:queueScript({
+      { "move_player", "up", 1 },
+      { "move_player", "right", 1 },
+      { "move_player", "up", 3 },
+    })
+    ow:queueScript(championsRoomRivalScript, { npc = rival })
+  end,
  talk = {
-    TEXT_CHAMPIONSROOM_RIVAL = {
-      { "face_player" },                                        -- 1
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL_THIS_RUN" },   -- 2
-      { "jump_if_true", 24 },                                   -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomRivalIntroText" },          -- 4
-      { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL3", 1 },                      -- 5
-      { "jump_if_false", 24 },                                  -- 6
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL_THIS_RUN" },     -- 7
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL" },              -- 8
-      -- ChampionsRoomRivalDefeatedScript re-displays TEXT_CHAMPIONSROOM_RIVAL,
-      -- whose text_asm takes the EVENT_BEAT_CHAMPION_RIVAL branch =
-      -- _ChampionsRoomRivalAfterBattleText (the in-battle _RivalDefeatedText
-      -- is the port's generic "<PLAYER> defeated BLUE!" engine line instead).
-      { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomRivalAfterBattleText" },    -- 9
-      -- ChampionsRoomOakArrivesScript: Oak's "{PLAYER}!" then reveal + walk in
-      { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakText" },                 -- 10
-      { "show_object", "CHAMPIONS_ROOM", "CHAMPIONSROOM_OAK" },  -- 11
-      { "move_npc", 2, "up", 5 },                               -- 12 OakEntranceAfterVictoryMovement (3,7)->(3,2)
-      -- OakCongratulatesPlayerScript: rival faces left, Oak faces down
-      { "face_object", 1, "left" },                             -- 13
-      { "face_object", 2, "down" },                             -- 14
-      { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakCongratulatesPlayerText" }, -- 15
-      -- OakDisappointedWithRivalScript: Oak turns to the rival (right)
-      { "face_object", 2, "right" },                            -- 16
-      { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakDisappointedWithRivalText" }, -- 17
-      -- OakComeWithMeScript: Oak faces down again, then exits up
-      { "face_object", 2, "down" },                             -- 18
-      { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakComeWithMeText" },       -- 19
-      { "move_npc", 2, "up", 2 },                               -- 20 OakExitChampionsRoomMovement (3,2)->(3,0)
-      { "hide_object", "CHAMPIONS_ROOM", "CHAMPIONSROOM_OAK" },  -- 21
-      -- hand the induction off to the HALL_OF_FAME room (consumed by its
-      -- onEnter), then warp up into it (destWarp 1 lands at (4,7) facing up)
-      { "set_field", "pendingHallOfFame", true },               -- 22
-      { "warp", "HALL_OF_FAME", 4, 7, "up" },                   -- 23
-    },
+    TEXT_CHAMPIONSROOM_RIVAL = championsRoomRivalScript,
  },
 }

@@ -712,6 +911,29 @@ M.HALL_OF_FAME = {
    local toggles = game.save.objectToggles and game.save.objectToggles.HALL_OF_FAME
    if toggles then toggles.HALLOFFAME_OAK = nil end

+    -- Make the Hall of Fame recording machine interactable.  The console
+    -- juts from the north wall as the two solid cells (4,1) and (5,1); a
+    -- sign on each lets the player face the machine (from below, or from
+    -- either side) and press A to run the TEXT_HALLOFFAME_PC talk script.
+    -- maps.lua is generated from the ROM and gitignored, so the sign is
+    -- injected here (a tracked script) rather than baked into map data.
+    local def = ow.map.def
+    def.signs = def.signs or {}
+    local present = false
+    for _, s in ipairs(def.signs) do
+      if s.text == "TEXT_HALLOFFAME_PC" then present = true break end
+    end
+    if not present then
+      table.insert(def.signs, { text = "TEXT_HALLOFFAME_PC", x = 4, y = 1 })
+      table.insert(def.signs, { text = "TEXT_HALLOFFAME_PC", x = 5, y = 1 })
+    end
+    -- the live Map instance built its signAt lookup from def.signs before
+    -- this hook ran, so rebuild it (idempotent) to pick up the injection
+    ow.map.signAt = {}
+    for _, s in ipairs(def.signs) do
+      ow.map.signAt[s.y * ow.map.widthCells + s.x] = s
+    end
+
    if not game.save.pendingHallOfFame then return end
    game.save.pendingHallOfFame = false
    ow:queueScript({
@@ -725,6 +947,21 @@ M.HALL_OF_FAME = {
      { "record_hall_of_fame" },                       -- predef HallOfFamePC: induction + credits
    })
  end,
+  talk = {
+    -- The recording machine doubles as a "warp home" PC: a YES/NO prompt
+    -- that teleports back to the new-game bedroom spawn (special_warps.asm
+    -- NewGameWarp: REDS_HOUSE_2F, 3, 6, facing down).  Fabricated
+    -- convenience -- there is no such prompt in the original ROM.
+    -- Heal + remember_outdoor so house LAST_MAP mats land in Pallet, not
+    -- Indigo Plateau (issue #103 escape path for already-stuck saves).
+    TEXT_HALLOFFAME_PC = {
+      { "ask", "Return to\nPALLET TOWN?" },             -- 1  YES/NO -> lastCheck
+      { "jump_if_false", "end" },                       -- 2  NO: back away
+      { "heal_party" },                                 -- 3
+      { "remember_outdoor", "PALLET_TOWN", 5, 6 },       -- 4  LAST_MAP -> Pallet door
+      { "warp", "REDS_HOUSE_2F", 3, 6, "down" },        -- 5  YES: home to your room
+    },
+  },
 }

 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -735,35 +972,72 @@ M.HALL_OF_FAME = {

 M.CERULEAN_CITY = {
  talk = {
+    -- CeruleanCityRivalText: Bill line once beaten; pre-battle otherwise.
+    -- Post-fight walk matches CeruleanCityMovement4 (right then into town).
    TEXT_CERULEANCITY_RIVAL = {
-      { "face_player" },                                    -- 1
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },        -- 2
-      { "jump_if_true", 9 },                                -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalPreBattleText" },   -- 4
-      { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL1", 7 },                  -- 5
-      { "jump_if_false", 10 },                              -- 6
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },          -- 7
-      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalDefeatedText" },    -- 8
-      { "jump", 10 },                                       -- 9
+      { "face_player" },                                         -- 1
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },             -- 2
+      { "jump_if_true", 13 },                                    -- 3
+      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalPreBattleText" },        -- 4
+      { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL1", 7 },                       -- 5
+      { "jump_if_false", "end" },                                -- 6
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },               -- 7
+      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalDefeatedText" },         -- 8
+      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalIWentToBillsText" },     -- 9
+      { "walk_npc", 1, { "right", "down", "down", "down",
+                         "down", "down", "down" } },             -- 10
+      { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_RIVAL" },  -- 11
+      { "jump", "end" },                                         -- 12
+      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalIWentToBillsText" },     -- 13
    },
  },
 }

+-- PokemonTower2F.asm: after the battle, PokemonTower2FDefeatedRivalScript
+-- walks him out (RightThenDown vs DownThenRight from EVENT_POKEMON_TOWER_
+-- RIVAL_ON_LEFT) then HideObject TOGGLE_POKEMON_TOWER_2F_RIVAL.  Player
+-- at (15,5) is the ON_LEFT case.
+local TOWER_RIVAL_EXIT_RIGHT_THEN_DOWN =
+  { "right", "down", "down", "right", "down", "down", "right", "right" }
+local TOWER_RIVAL_EXIT_DOWN_THEN_RIGHT =
+  { "down", "down", "right", "right", "right", "right", "down", "down" }
+
+local function pokemonTower2FRivalScript(playerX)
+  local exitDirs = (playerX == 15)
+    and TOWER_RIVAL_EXIT_DOWN_THEN_RIGHT
+    or TOWER_RIVAL_EXIT_RIGHT_THEN_DOWN
+  return {
+    { "face_player" },                                            -- 1
+    { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMON_TOWER_RIVAL" },           -- 2
+    { "jump_if_true", 12 },                                       -- 3
+    { "show_text", "_PokemonTower2FRivalWhatBringsYouHereText" }, -- 4
+    { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL2", 4 },                          -- 5
+    { "jump_if_false", "end" },                                   -- 6 loss: stay
+    { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMON_TOWER_RIVAL" },             -- 7
+    { "show_text", "_PokemonTower2FRivalDefeatedText" },          -- 8
+    { "walk_npc", 1, exitDirs },                                  -- 9
+    { "hide_object", "POKEMON_TOWER_2F", "POKEMONTOWER2F_RIVAL" }, -- 10
+    { "jump", "end" },                                            -- 11
+    { "show_text", "_PokemonTower2FRivalHowsYourDexText" },       -- 12
+  }
+end
+
 M.POKEMON_TOWER_2F = {
+  rivalScript = pokemonTower2FRivalScript,
  talk = {
-    TEXT_POKEMONTOWER2F_RIVAL = {
-      { "face_player" },                                            -- 1
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMON_TOWER_RIVAL" },           -- 2
-      { "jump_if_true", 10 },                                       -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonTower2FRivalWhatBringsYouHereText" }, -- 4
-      { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL2", 4 },                          -- 5
-      { "jump_if_false", 11 },                                      -- 6
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMON_TOWER_RIVAL" },             -- 7
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonTower2FRivalDefeatedText" },          -- 8
-      { "jump", 11 },                                               -- 9
-      { "show_text", "_PokemonTower2FRivalHowsYourDexText" },       -- 10
-    },
+    TEXT_POKEMONTOWER2F_RIVAL = function(game, ow, npc, done)
+      ow.runner:run(pokemonTower2FRivalScript(ow.player.cellX),
+                    { npc = npc, onDone = done })
+    end,
  },
+  -- Saves that beat him before the exit walk was ported still have the
+  -- flag but a visible rival; hide on enter like BillsHouse repairs.
+  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    if not game.save.flags.EVENT_BEAT_POKEMON_TOWER_RIVAL then return end
+    local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+    Commands.hide_object({ game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow },
+                         "POKEMON_TOWER_2F", "POKEMONTOWER2F_RIVAL")
+  end,
  -- PokemonTower2FDefaultScript: walking past the rival's tile forces
  -- the encounter (ArePlayerCoordsInArray on (15,5)/(14,6)) -- he never
  -- waits to be talked to
@@ -775,8 +1049,7 @@ M.POKEMON_TOWER_2F = {
    if not rival then return false end
    ow.player.facing = (x == 15) and "left" or "up"
    require("src.core.Music").play(game.data, "Music_MeetRival")
-    ow.runner:run(M.POKEMON_TOWER_2F.talk.TEXT_POKEMONTOWER2F_RIVAL,
-                  { npc = rival })
+    ow.runner:run(pokemonTower2FRivalScript(x), { npc = rival })
    return true
  end,
 }
@@ -445,33 +445,67 @@ local function engageSuperNerd(game, ow, onDone)
  ow:engageTrainer(nerd, onDone)
 end

-local function mtMoonFossil(itemId, otherName)
+-- MtMoonB2FMoveSuperNerdScript: player-near-dome coords walk RIGHT then
+-- UP (MoveRight falls through into MoveUp); near-helix walks UP only.
+local function mtMoonNerdWalk(px, py, itemId)
+  if (px == 12 and py == 7) or (px == 11 and py == 6) or (px == 12 and py == 5) then
+    return { "right", "up" }
+  end
+  if (px == 13 and py == 7) or (px == 14 and py == 6) or (px == 14 and py == 5) then
+    return { "up" }
+  end
+  return (itemId == "DOME_FOSSIL") and { "right", "up" } or { "up" }
+end
+
+-- scripts/MtMoonB2F.asm Dome/Helix fossil text_asm + MoveSuperNerd +
+-- SuperNerdTakesOtherFossil: pick one, hide it, walk the nerd to the
+-- other, "All right. Then this is mine!", hide the other.
+local function mtMoonFossil(itemId, otherName, gotFlag)
  return function(game, ow, npc, done)
    local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
-    local ChoiceBox = require("src.ui.ChoiceBox")
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_A_FOSSIL then
-      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, "You already took\na fossil.", done))
+    local t = game.data.text
+    local flags = game.save.flags
+    if flags.EVENT_GOT_DOME_FOSSIL or flags.EVENT_GOT_HELIX_FOSSIL then
+      done()
      return
    end
-    -- can't grab a fossil until the Super Nerd is beaten -- he intercepts
    if not superNerdBeaten(ow) then
      engageSuperNerd(game, ow, done)
      return
    end
-    local name = game.data.items[itemId].name
-    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, ("You want the\n%s?"):format(name), function()
-      game.stack:push(ChoiceBox.new(game, function(yes)
-        if not yes then done() return end
-        game.save.inventory[itemId] = 1
-        game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_A_FOSSIL = true
-        local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
-        local ctx = { save = game.save, overworld = ow, game = game }
-        Commands.hide_object(ctx, "MT_MOON_B2F", npc.def.name)
-        Commands.hide_object(ctx, "MT_MOON_B2F", otherName)
+    local want = (itemId == "DOME_FOSSIL")
+      and (t._MtMoonB2FDomeFossilYouWantText or "You want the\nDOME FOSSIL?")
+      or (t._MtMoonB2FHelixFossilYouWantText or "You want the\nHELIX FOSSIL?")
+    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, want, nil, { choice = function(yes)
+      if not yes then done() return end
+      if not require("src.inventory.Bag").add(game.save, itemId, 1) then
        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-          ("%s got the\n%s!"):format(game.save.player.name, name), done))
-      end))
-    end))
+          t._MtMoonB2FYouHaveNoRoomText or "Look, you've got\nno room for this.",
+          done))
+        return
+      end
+      local idef = game.data.items[itemId]
+      game.stringBuffer = idef and idef.name or itemId
+      require("src.core.Sound").play(game.data, "Get_Key_Item")
+      local dirs = mtMoonNerdWalk(ow.player.cellX, ow.player.cellY, itemId)
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+        t._MtMoonB2FReceivedFossilText
+          or ("{PLAYER} got the\n" .. game.stringBuffer .. "!"),
+        function()
+          local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+          Commands.hide_object(
+            { save = game.save, overworld = ow, game = game },
+            "MT_MOON_B2F", npc.def.name)
+          flags[gotFlag] = true
+          ow.runner:run({
+            { "walk_npc", 1, dirs },
+            { "text_opts", { auto = true } },
+            { "show_text", "_MtMoonB2FSuperNerdThenThisIsMineText" },
+            { "play_sound", "Get_Key_Item" },
+            { "hide_object", "MT_MOON_B2F", otherName },
+          }, { onDone = done })
+        end))
+    end }))
  end
 end

@@ -486,13 +520,17 @@ M.MT_MOON_B2F = {
    return false
  end,
  talk = {
-    TEXT_MTMOONB2F_DOME_FOSSIL = mtMoonFossil("DOME_FOSSIL", "MTMOONB2F_HELIX_FOSSIL"),
-    TEXT_MTMOONB2F_HELIX_FOSSIL = mtMoonFossil("HELIX_FOSSIL", "MTMOONB2F_DOME_FOSSIL"),
+    TEXT_MTMOONB2F_DOME_FOSSIL = mtMoonFossil(
+      "DOME_FOSSIL", "MTMOONB2F_HELIX_FOSSIL", "EVENT_GOT_DOME_FOSSIL"),
+    TEXT_MTMOONB2F_HELIX_FOSSIL = mtMoonFossil(
+      "HELIX_FOSSIL", "MTMOONB2F_DOME_FOSSIL", "EVENT_GOT_HELIX_FOSSIL"),
  },
 }

 -- The ticket clerk (scripts/Museum1F.asm Museum1FScientist1Text):
-- Y50, once; declining at the rope walks you back out.
+-- Y50, once.  Declining at the rope shoves the player one tile SOUTH back off
+-- the exhibit rope they crossed heading north (#151); the museum floor has no
+-- ledges, so a plain scriptMove("down",1) is the correct primitive.
 local function museumClerk(game, ow, done, onDecline)
  local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
  local ChoiceBox = require("src.ui.ChoiceBox")
@@ -527,7 +565,7 @@ M.MUSEUM_1F = {
    if y == 4 and (x == 9 or x == 10)
       and not game.save.flags.EVENT_BOUGHT_MUSEUM_TICKET then
      museumClerk(game, ow, nil, function()
-        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "right", 1)
+        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 1)
      end)
      return true
    end
@@ -719,73 +757,174 @@ M.CINNABAR_LAB_FOSSIL_ROOM = {
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Day-care (scripts/Daycare.asm): the boarded Pokémon earns 1 exp per
 -- step; the fee is ¥100 plus ¥100 per level gained.
+--
+-- #118: do not raise mon.level until a paid retrieve (pokered reverts
+-- wDayCareMonBoxLevel on .leaveMonInDayCare). Fold pending steps into
+-- mon.exp once and clear them so a second talk cannot re-apply the same
+-- walk. Fill {RAM:wNameBuffer}/{RAM:wDayCareMonName}/{NUM:...} here —
+-- TextBox.TOKENS.RAM only knows wStringBuffer.
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------

+local function fillDaycareText(s, subs)
+  s = s:gsub("{PLAYER}", subs.player or "")
+  s = s:gsub("{RAM:([^}]*)}", function(name) return subs[name] or "" end)
+  -- extractor NUM spans may include flags after a comma; keep the name
+  s = s:gsub("{NUM:([%w_]+)[^}]*}", function(name)
+    return tostring(subs[name] or "0")
+  end)
+  return s
+end
+
 M.DAYCARE = {
  talk = {
    TEXT_DAYCARE_GENTLEMAN = function(game, ow, npc, done)
      local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
-      local ChoiceBox = require("src.ui.ChoiceBox")
      local t = game.data.text
      local dc = game.save.daycare
+      local playerName = game.save.player and game.save.player.name or "RED"
+
+      local function monName(mon)
+        local def = game.data.pokemon[mon.species]
+        return mon.nickname or (def and def.name) or mon.species
+      end

      if dc and dc.mon then
        local Growth = require("src.pokemon.Growth")
        local Stats = require("src.pokemon.Stats")
+        local Party = require("src.pokemon.Party")
        local mon = dc.mon
        local def = game.data.pokemon[mon.species]
-        mon.exp = mon.exp + (dc.steps or 0)
-        local newLevel = math.min(100, Growth.levelForExp(def.growthRate, mon.exp))
-        local fee = 100 + (newLevel - mon.level) * 100
-        local grew = newLevel > mon.level
-        mon.level = newLevel
-        mon.stats = Stats.calc(def, mon.level, mon.dvs, mon.statExp)
-        mon.hp = mon.stats.hp
-        local msg = grew and (t._DaycareGentlemanMonHasGrownText or "It's grown a lot!")
-                    or "Back already?"
-        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-          msg .. ("\fThe fee is ¥%d.\nGet it back?"):format(fee), function()
-          game.stack:push(ChoiceBox.new(game, function(yes)
-            if yes and game.save.money >= fee then
+        -- Apply deferred step-exp once (OverworldController only bumps
+        -- daycare.steps). Clearing prevents double-count on re-talk.
+        mon.exp = (mon.exp or 0) + (dc.steps or 0)
+        dc.steps = 0
+        -- depositLevel mirrors wDayCareMonBoxLevel: fee baseline that
+        -- must survive a declined retrieve. Fall back to mon.level for
+        -- older saves that predate the field.
+        if dc.depositLevel == nil then dc.depositLevel = mon.level end
+        local startLevel = dc.depositLevel
+        local newLevel = Growth.levelForExp(def and def.growthRate, mon.exp)
+        if newLevel >= 100 then
+          newLevel = 100
+          if def then
+            mon.exp = Growth.expForLevel(def.growthRate, 100)
+          end
+        end
+        local levelsGrown = math.max(0, newLevel - startLevel)
+        local fee = 100 + levelsGrown * 100
+        local name = monName(mon)
+        local subs = {
+          player = playerName,
+          wNameBuffer = name,
+          wDayCareMonName = name,
+          wDayCareNumLevelsGrown = levelsGrown,
+          wDayCareTotalCost = fee,
+        }
+        local statusText = levelsGrown > 0
+          and (t._DaycareGentlemanMonHasGrownText
+            or "Your {RAM:wNameBuffer}\nhas grown a lot!\fBy level, it's\ngrown by {NUM:wDayCareNumLevelsGrown, 1, 3}!\fAren't I great?")
+          or (t._DaycareGentlemanMonNeedsMoreTimeText
+            or "Back already?\nYour {RAM:wNameBuffer}\nneeds some more\ntime with me.")
+
+        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, fillDaycareText(statusText, subs), function()
+          if #game.save.party >= Party.MAX then
+            game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+              t._DaycareGentlemanNoRoomForMonText
+                or "You have no room\nfor this POKéMON!", done))
+            return
+          end
+          game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+            fillDaycareText(
+              t._DaycareGentlemanOweMoneyText
+                or "You owe me ¥{NUM:wDayCareTotalCost, 2 | LEADING_ZEROES | LEFT_ALIGN}\nfor the return\nof this POKéMON.",
+              subs),
+            nil, { choice = function(yes)
+              if not yes then
+                -- .leaveMonInDayCare: revert any transient level bump
+                mon.level = startLevel
+                game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                  (t._DaycareGentlemanAllRightThenText or "All right then,\n")
+                    .. (t._DaycareGentlemanComeAgainText or "come again."),
+                  done))
+                return
+              end
+              if (game.save.money or 0) < fee then
+                mon.level = startLevel
+                game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                  t._DaycareGentlemanNotEnoughMoneyText
+                    or "Hey, you don't\nhave enough ¥!", done))
+                return
+              end
              game.save.money = game.save.money - fee
+              mon.level = newLevel
+              if def then
+                mon.stats = Stats.calc(def, mon.level, mon.dvs, mon.statExp)
+                mon.hp = mon.stats.hp
+                -- Daycare.asm: WriteMonMoves with wLearningMovesFromDayCare
+                local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+                Pokemon.learnMovesFromDayCare(
+                  game.data, mon, def, startLevel, newLevel)
+              end
              table.insert(game.save.party, mon)
              game.save.daycare = nil
              game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-                t._DaycareGentlemanGotMonBackText or "Here you go!", done))
-            else
-              game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-                yes and (t._DaycareGentlemanOweMoneyText or "You owe me money!")
-                    or "Come again!", done))
-            end
-          end))
+                t._DaycareGentlemanHeresYourMonText
+                  or "Thank you! Here's\nyour POKéMON!", function()
+                game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                  fillDaycareText(
+                    t._DaycareGentlemanGotMonBackText
+                      or "{PLAYER} got\n{RAM:wDayCareMonName} back!",
+                    subs), done))
+              end))
+            end }))
        end))
        return
      end

-      if #game.save.party < 2 then
-        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-          "You only have one\nPOKéMON with you!", done))
-        return
-      end
      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-        t._DaycareGentlemanIntroText or "I can raise a\nPOKéMON for you.", function()
-        game.stack:push(ChoiceBox.new(game, function(yes)
-          if not yes then done() return end
-          local PartyMenu = require("src.ui.PartyMenu")
-          game.stack:push(PartyMenu.new(game, {
-            pickOnly = true,
-            onSwitch = function(mon)
-              for i, m in ipairs(game.save.party) do
-                if m == mon then table.remove(game.save.party, i) break end
-              end
-              game.save.daycare = { mon = mon, steps = 0 }
-              game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-                t._DaycareGentlemanWillLookAfterMonText or
-                "Fine, I'll look\nafter it a while!", done))
-            end,
-          }))
-        end))
-      end))
+        t._DaycareGentlemanIntroText
+          or "I run a DAYCARE.\nWould you like me\nto raise one of\nyour POKéMON?",
+        nil, { choice = function(yes)
+          if not yes then
+            game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+              t._DaycareGentlemanComeAgainText or "come again.", done))
+            return
+          end
+          if #game.save.party < 2 then
+            game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+              t._DaycareGentlemanOnlyHaveOneMonText
+                or "You only have one\nPOKéMON with you.", done))
+            return
+          end
+          game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+            t._DaycareGentlemanWhichMonText or "Which POKéMON\nshould I raise?",
+            function()
+              local PartyMenu = require("src.ui.PartyMenu")
+              game.stack:push(PartyMenu.new(game, {
+                pickOnly = true,
+                onSwitch = function(mon)
+                  for i, m in ipairs(game.save.party) do
+                    if m == mon then table.remove(game.save.party, i) break end
+                  end
+                  local name = monName(mon)
+                  -- depositLevel = wDayCareMonBoxLevel at deposit time
+                  game.save.daycare = {
+                    mon = mon, steps = 0, depositLevel = mon.level,
+                  }
+                  game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                    fillDaycareText(
+                      t._DaycareGentlemanWillLookAfterMonText
+                        or "Fine, I'll look\nafter {RAM:wNameBuffer}\nfor a while.",
+                      { player = playerName, wNameBuffer = name }),
+                    function()
+                      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                        t._DaycareGentlemanComeSeeMeInAWhileText
+                          or "Come see me in\na while.", done))
+                    end))
+                end,
+              }))
+            end))
+        end }))
    end,
  },
 }
@@ -61,6 +61,50 @@ M.ROUTE_12_SUPER_ROD_HOUSE = {
 M.ROUTE_12_SUPER_ROD_HOUSE.talk.TEXT_ROUTE12SUPERRODHOUSE_FISHING_GURU[9] =
  { "show_text", "_Route12SuperRodHouseFishingGuruTryFishingText" }

+-- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Pokemon Tower 5F purified zone (scripts/PokemonTower5F.asm
+-- PokemonTower5FDefaultScript): the 2x2 center pad heals the party once
+-- per visit.  EVENT_IN_PURIFIED_ZONE latches until the player steps off;
+-- while on the pad the map script also sets BIT_NO_BATTLES (we return
+-- true from onStep so wild encounters are skipped the same way).
+-- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local TOWER_5F_PURIFIED = {
+  [10 * 256 + 8] = true, [11 * 256 + 8] = true,
+  [10 * 256 + 9] = true, [11 * 256 + 9] = true,
+}
+
+-- HealParty -> GBFadeOutToWhite -> Delay3 -> Delay3 -> GBFadeInFromWhite
+-- -> TEXT_POKEMONTOWER5F_PURIFIEDZONE (no Music_PkmnHealed).
+local TOWER_5F_HEAL = {
+  { "heal_party" },
+  { "fade", "out", "white" },
+  { "wait", 3 },
+  { "wait", 3 },
+  { "fade", "in", "white" },
+  { "show_text", "_PokemonTower5FPurifiedZoneText" },
+}
+
+M.POKEMON_TOWER_5F = {
+  onStep = function(game, ow, x, y)
+    if not TOWER_5F_PURIFIED[x * 256 + y] then
+      game.save.flags.EVENT_IN_PURIFIED_ZONE = nil
+      return false
+    end
+    if game.save.flags.EVENT_IN_PURIFIED_ZONE then
+      return true
+    end
+    if ow.runner and ow.runner:isRunning() then return false end
+    game.save.flags.EVENT_IN_PURIFIED_ZONE = true
+    if ow.runner then
+      ow.runner:run(TOWER_5F_HEAL)
+    elseif ow.queueScript then
+      ow:queueScript(TOWER_5F_HEAL)
+    end
+    return true
+  end,
+}
+
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- The ghost Marowak (scripts/PokemonTower6F.asm): blocks the stairs at
 -- (10,16) until defeated.
@@ -150,18 +194,20 @@ local WALK_DIRVEC = { up = { 0, -1 }, down = { 0, 1 }, left = { -1, 0 }, right =
 local WALK_OPP = { up = "down", down = "up", left = "right", right = "left" }
 local WALK_ORDER = { "up", "down", "left", "right" }

-local function elevatorWalkOut(ow, floor)
-  local m, p = ow.map, ow.player
-  -- .UpdateWarp is run twice, so BOTH car warp entries get the same
-  -- (warp id, map id): point every exit warp at the picked floor's
-  -- elevator-door warp (the reciprocal warp found while building the
-  -- menu).  The car map's def is shared generated data, but its own
-  -- warps are only ever read from inside the car, and this rewrite runs
-  -- on every ride before the walk-out fires, so it is self-correcting.
-  for _, w in ipairs(m.def.warps) do
+-- .UpdateWarp: point EVERY car exit warp at the same floor's elevator
+-- door (warp id, map id).  Shared generated map data, but the car's
+-- warps are only read from inside the car; rides rewrite them again.
+local function elevatorSetExit(ow, floor)
+  if not floor then return end
+  for _, w in ipairs(ow.map.def.warps) do
    w.destMap = floor.map
    w.destWarp = floor.warpIdx
  end
+end
+
+local function elevatorWalkOut(ow, floor)
+  local m, p = ow.map, ow.player
+  elevatorSetExit(ow, floor)
  -- leave by the exit tile under the player (they warped in onto one),
  -- else the nearest
  local door
@@ -199,37 +245,68 @@ local function elevatorWalkOut(ow, floor)
  end)
 end

+local function elevatorFloors(elevatorMapId, game)
+  local floors = {}
+  for mapId, def in pairs(game.data.maps) do
+    for i, w in ipairs(def.warps) do
+      if w.destMap == elevatorMapId then
+        -- short floor token pokered actually prints, e.g.
+        -- SILPH_CO_10F -> "10F", ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B2F -> "B2F"
+        local token = mapId:match("_([^_]+)$") or mapId
+        -- warpIdx: this floor's warp back into the elevator IS the
+        -- warp the car's rewritten exit lands on (the reciprocal
+        -- pair), matching wElevatorWarpMaps' (warp id, map id)
+        table.insert(floors,
+          { map = mapId, x = w.x, y = w.y, token = token, warpIdx = i })
+        break
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  -- numeric floor order (SilphCoElevatorFloors' FLOOR_1F..FLOOR_11F),
+  -- not lexicographic -- otherwise 10F/11F sort before 2F..9F
+  table.sort(floors, function(a, b)
+    return (tonumber(a.token:match("%d+")) or 0) <
+           (tonumber(b.token:match("%d+")) or 0)
+  end)
+  return floors
+end
+
+local function elevatorSeedExit(ow, floors, fromMapId)
+  -- Seed a walk-out destination before the menu (or key-gate text):
+  -- entry floor when known, else the first listed floor (1F).  Choosing
+  -- a floor still rewrites via elevatorWalkOut; B-cancel / no-key leave
+  -- keeps this seed so walking out of the car cannot hit a missing ROM
+  -- placeholder (#123) or the car's static default floor (#90: Rocket
+  -- Hideout defaults to B1F even when entered from B2F/B4F).
+  local exitFloor = floors[1]
+  if fromMapId then
+    for _, f in ipairs(floors) do
+      if f.map == fromMapId then exitFloor = f break end
+    end
+  end
+  elevatorSetExit(ow, exitFloor)
+  return exitFloor
+end
+
 local function elevator(elevatorMapId, keyGate, preFrames)
  return {
-    onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    -- fromMapId: the floor the player just left (setMap passes it), so a
+    -- B-cancel can still walk out onto a real map.  Silph's ROM car warps
+    -- default to UNUSED_MAP_ED, which is not in Data.maps -- Warp.resolve
+    -- asserted and hard-crashed (#123).
+    onEnter = function(game, ow, fromMapId)
+      local floors = elevatorFloors(elevatorMapId, game)
+      elevatorSeedExit(ow, floors, fromMapId)
+      -- Rocket Hideout: without LIFT_KEY the panel only prints the need-
+      -- a-key line (scripts/RocketHideoutElevator.asm).  Exit warps are
+      -- still seeded above so walking out returns to the entry floor
+      -- instead of the car's ROM default (B1F) — #90 / #105.
      if keyGate and not game.save.inventory[keyGate.item] then
        local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
          game.data.text[keyGate.text] or "It appears to\nneed a key."))
        return
      end
-      local floors = {}
-      for mapId, def in pairs(game.data.maps) do
-        for i, w in ipairs(def.warps) do
-          if w.destMap == elevatorMapId then
-            -- short floor token pokered actually prints, e.g.
-            -- SILPH_CO_10F -> "10F", ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B2F -> "B2F"
-            local token = mapId:match("_([^_]+)$") or mapId
-            -- warpIdx: this floor's warp back into the elevator IS the
-            -- warp the car's rewritten exit lands on (the reciprocal
-            -- pair), matching wElevatorWarpMaps' (warp id, map id)
-            table.insert(floors,
-              { map = mapId, x = w.x, y = w.y, token = token, warpIdx = i })
-            break
-          end
-        end
-      end
-      -- numeric floor order (SilphCoElevatorFloors' FLOOR_1F..FLOOR_11F),
-      -- not lexicographic -- otherwise 10F/11F sort before 2F..9F
-      table.sort(floors, function(a, b)
-        return (tonumber(a.token:match("%d+")) or 0) <
-               (tonumber(b.token:match("%d+")) or 0)
-      end)
      local items = {}
      for _, f in ipairs(floors) do
        table.insert(items, { label = f.token, value = f })
@@ -262,7 +339,8 @@ local function elevator(elevatorMapId, keyGate, preFrames)
        end,
        onCancel = function()
          -- DisplayElevatorFloorMenu: `ret c` on B -- no warp, nothing
-          -- happens, the player just stays in the car
+          -- happens, the player just stays in the car (exit warps were
+          -- already seeded to the entry floor above)
        end,
      }))
    end,
@@ -274,6 +352,98 @@ M.CELADON_MART_ELEVATOR = elevator("CELADON_MART_ELEVATOR", nil, 9)
 M.ROCKET_HIDEOUT_ELEVATOR = elevator("ROCKET_HIDEOUT_ELEVATOR",
  { item = "LIFT_KEY", text = "_RocketHideoutElevatorAppearsToNeedKeyText" })

+-- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Rocket Hideout B4F (scripts/RocketHideoutB4F.asm):
+--   Rocket3's after-battle text_asm drops the LIFT KEY item ball
+--   (CheckAndSetEvent EVENT_ROCKET_DROPPED_LIFT_KEY / ShowObject
+--   TOGGLE_ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B4F_ITEM_5).  Both start hidden in the map
+--   objects; without this talk side-effect the key never appears (#90,
+--   #105).
+--   Giovanni's post-battle script likewise ShowObject's the Silph Scope
+--   after the hope-we-meet-again line (TOGGLE_ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B4F_ITEM_4).
+-- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+M.ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B4F = {
+  talk = {
+    TEXT_ROCKETHIDEOUTB4F_ROCKET3 = function(game, ow, npc, done)
+      if not ow:trainerDefeated(npc) then
+        ow:engageTrainer(npc, done)
+        return
+      end
+      local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+      local t = game.data.text
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+        t._RocketHideoutB4FRocket3AfterBattleText
+        or "Oh no! I dropped\nthe LIFT KEY!",
+        function()
+          -- CheckAndSetEvent EVENT_ROCKET_DROPPED_LIFT_KEY: first talk
+          -- after the win reveals the ball; later talks only reprint.
+          if not game.save.flags.EVENT_ROCKET_DROPPED_LIFT_KEY then
+            game.save.flags.EVENT_ROCKET_DROPPED_LIFT_KEY = true
+            local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+            Commands.show_object(
+              { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow },
+              "ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B4F", "ROCKETHIDEOUTB4F_LIFT_KEY")
+          end
+          done()
+        end))
+    end,
+
+    TEXT_ROCKETHIDEOUTB4F_GIOVANNI = function(game, ow, npc, done)
+      -- Giovanni has no trainer-header row (def_trainers 2); his text_asm
+      -- owns both the engage and the BeatGiovanniScript aftermath.
+      if ow:trainerDefeated(npc)
+         or game.save.flags.EVENT_BEAT_ROCKET_HIDEOUT_GIOVANNI then
+        local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+          game.data.text._RocketHideoutB4FGiovanniHopeWeMeetAgainText
+          or "I hope we meet\nagain...", done))
+        return
+      end
+      local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+      local BattleState = require("src.battle.BattleState")
+      local t = game.data.text
+      local impressed = t._RocketHideoutB4FGiovanniImpressedYouGotHereText
+                        or "So! I must say, I\nam impressed you\ngot here!"
+      local cannotBe = t._RocketHideoutB4FGiovanniWhatCannotBeText
+                       or "WHAT!\nThis cannot be!"
+      local hope = t._RocketHideoutB4FGiovanniHopeWeMeetAgainText
+                   or "I hope we meet\nagain..."
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, impressed, function()
+        local battle = BattleState.newTrainer(game, "OPP_GIOVANNI", 1)
+        battle.onFinish = function(result)
+          if result ~= "win" then
+            ow:afterBattle(result, battle)
+            done()
+            return
+          end
+          game.save.defeatedTrainers[npc.id] = true
+          game.save.flags.EVENT_BEAT_ROCKET_HIDEOUT_GIOVANNI = true
+          -- End-battle "WHAT!" then BeatGiovanniScript's hope text,
+          -- fade, HideObject Giovanni, ShowObject Silph Scope.
+          game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, cannotBe, function()
+            game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, hope, function()
+              local Transition = require("src.render.Transition")
+              game.stack:push(Transition.new(game, function()
+                local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+                local ctx = { game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow }
+                Commands.hide_object(ctx, "ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B4F",
+                  "ROCKETHIDEOUTB4F_GIOVANNI")
+                Commands.show_object(ctx, "ROCKET_HIDEOUT_B4F",
+                  "ROCKETHIDEOUTB4F_SILPH_SCOPE")
+              end, function()
+                ow:afterBattle(result, battle)
+                done()
+              end))
+            end))
+          end))
+        end
+        ow:pushBattle(battle)
+      end))
+    end,
+  },
+}
+
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Game Corner coins, prizes, and the rocket-poster switch that reveals
 -- the hideout stairs (scripts/GameCorner.asm, data/events/prizes.asm +
@@ -286,14 +456,23 @@ M.GAME_CORNER = {
  -- EVENT_FOUND_ROCKET_HIDEOUT is unset, $43 after)
  onEnter = function(game, ow)
    local poster = game.data.field.gameCornerPoster
-    if not poster then return end
-    local block = game.save.flags[poster.event] and poster.openBlock
-                  or poster.closedBlock
-    ow:replaceBlock(poster.x, poster.y, block)
+    if poster then
+      local block = game.save.flags[poster.event] and poster.openBlock
+                    or poster.closedBlock
+      ow:replaceBlock(poster.x, poster.y, block)
+    end
    -- pick this visit's lucky slot machine
    -- (wLuckySlotHiddenEventIndex, engine/slots/game_corner_slots2.asm)
    local seats = game.data.field.slotMachines.GAME_CORNER
    ow.luckySlot = love.math.random(1, #seats)
+    -- #131: pre-#50 saves beat the poster grunt (defeatedTrainers) but
+    -- never hid him; clear the tile if he is already marked defeated
+    local rocketId = "GAME_CORNER_obj_11"
+    if game.save.defeatedTrainers and game.save.defeatedTrainers[rocketId] then
+      local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+      Commands.hide_object({ game = game, save = game.save, overworld = ow },
+                           "GAME_CORNER", "GAMECORNER_ROCKET")
+    end
  end,
  talk = {
    -- the poster bg event: pressing A reveals the hidden switch
@@ -322,7 +501,16 @@ M.GAME_CORNER = {
    -- losing he warns the BOSS and leaves the floor for good, freeing
    -- the tile in front of the hideout switch
    TEXT_GAMECORNER_ROCKET = function(game, ow, npc, done)
+      local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+      local function hideRocket()
+        Commands.hide_object({ game = game, save = game.save,
+                               overworld = ow },
+                             "GAME_CORNER", "GAMECORNER_ROCKET")
+      end
+      -- already beaten: hide anyway so pre-#50 saves that only have
+      -- defeatedTrainers (no objectToggles hide) clear the poster tile
      if ow:trainerDefeated(npc) then
+        hideRocket()
        done()
        return
      end
@@ -336,11 +524,17 @@ M.GAME_CORNER = {
          game.data.text._GameCornerRocketAfterBattleText
          or "Our hideout might\nbe discovered! I\nbetter tell BOSS!",
          function()
-            local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
-            Commands.hide_object({ game = game, save = game.save,
-                                   overworld = ow },
-                                 "GAME_CORNER", "GAMECORNER_ROCKET")
-            done()
+            -- #198: GameCornerRocketExitScript (scripts/GameCorner.asm)
+            -- ApplyMovementData walks the grunt one tile UP into the poster
+            -- (the hideout's secret entrance at 9,4) before HideObject, so
+            -- he leaves the floor rather than popping out of existence on
+            -- (9,5).  scriptMove locks player input (#scriptMoves>0) and
+            -- ignores collision, so we despawn + unfreeze (done) only once
+            -- the step lands.
+            ow:scriptMove(npc, "up", 1, function()
+              hideRocket()
+              done()
+            end)
          end))
      end)
    end,
@@ -390,53 +584,93 @@ M.GAME_CORNER = {
  },
 }

-- Red-version prize lists (data/events/prizes.asm, prize_mon_levels.asm)
-local PRIZES = {
+-- Game Corner prize lists (data/events/prizes.asm, prize_mon_levels.asm).
+-- The six mon prizes differ between Red and Blue; the three TM prizes are
+-- identical, so they are shared and appended to each version's mon list.
+local PRIZE_TMS = {
+  { kind = "item", item = "TM_DRAGON_RAGE", cost = 3300 },
+  { kind = "item", item = "TM_HYPER_BEAM", cost = 5500 },
+  { kind = "item", item = "TM_SUBSTITUTE", cost = 7700 },
+}
+local RED_PRIZES = {
  { kind = "mon", species = "ABRA", level = 9, cost = 180 },
  { kind = "mon", species = "CLEFAIRY", level = 8, cost = 500 },
  { kind = "mon", species = "NIDORINA", level = 17, cost = 1200 },
  { kind = "mon", species = "DRATINI", level = 18, cost = 2800 },
  { kind = "mon", species = "SCYTHER", level = 25, cost = 5500 },
  { kind = "mon", species = "PORYGON", level = 26, cost = 9999 },
-  { kind = "item", item = "TM_DRAGON_RAGE", cost = 3300 },
-  { kind = "item", item = "TM_HYPER_BEAM", cost = 5500 },
-  { kind = "item", item = "TM_SUBSTITUTE", cost = 7700 },
+  PRIZE_TMS[1], PRIZE_TMS[2], PRIZE_TMS[3],
+}
+local BLUE_PRIZES = {
+  { kind = "mon", species = "ABRA", level = 6, cost = 120 },
+  { kind = "mon", species = "CLEFAIRY", level = 12, cost = 750 },
+  { kind = "mon", species = "NIDORINO", level = 17, cost = 1200 },
+  { kind = "mon", species = "PINSIR", level = 20, cost = 2500 },
+  { kind = "mon", species = "DRATINI", level = 24, cost = 4600 },
+  { kind = "mon", species = "PORYGON", level = 18, cost = 6500 },
+  PRIZE_TMS[1], PRIZE_TMS[2], PRIZE_TMS[3],
 }

+local function activePrizes()
+  return require("src.core.GameVersion").isBlue() and BLUE_PRIZES or RED_PRIZES
+end
+
+-- Prize counters (engine/menus/prize_menu.asm CeladonPrizeMenu; the prize
+-- list itself is data/events/prizes.asm, prize_mon_levels.asm).  Gen1 gates
+-- the prize window on the COIN CASE: it does IsItemInBag COIN_CASE first, and
+-- with no case prints RequireCoinCaseText and returns without ever opening a
+-- window; only with the case does it print ExchangeCoinsForPrizesText and then
+-- show the prizes.  #194: the port used to open the window unconditionally and
+-- skip both text boxes.
 local function prizeCounter(game, ow, npc, done)
  local ListMenu = require("src.ui.ListMenu")
  local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
-  local items = {}
-  for _, p in ipairs(PRIZES) do
-    local label
-    if p.kind == "mon" then
-      label = ("%s L%d"):format(game.data.pokemon[p.species].name, p.level)
-    else
-      label = game.data.items[p.item].name
-    end
-    table.insert(items, { label = label, right = tostring(p.cost), value = p })
+  local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+  local t = game.data.text
+  -- IsItemInBag COIN_CASE: without the case, deny and open no window
+  -- (COIN_CASE is a numeric count in save.inventory, nil when absent).
+  if not game.save.inventory.COIN_CASE then
+    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+      t._RequireCoinCaseText or "A COIN CASE is\nrequired!", done))
+    return
  end
-  local list
-  list = ListMenu.new(game, "PRIZES (COINS)", items, {
-    footer = ("COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins or 0),
-    onChoose = function(item)
-      local p = item.value
-      if (game.save.coins or 0) < p.cost then
-        list.footer = "Not enough coins!"
-        return
+  -- ExchangeCoinsForPrizesText plays before the prize window opens.
+  game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+    t._ExchangeCoinsForPrizesText or "We exchange your\ncoins for prizes.",
+    function()
+      local items = {}
+      for _, p in ipairs(activePrizes()) do
+        local label
+        if p.kind == "mon" then
+          label = ("%s L%d"):format(game.data.pokemon[p.species].name, p.level)
+        else
+          label = game.data.items[p.item].name
+        end
+        table.insert(items,
+          { label = label, right = tostring(p.cost), value = p })
      end
-      game.save.coins = game.save.coins - p.cost
-      if p.kind == "mon" then
-        Commands.give_pokemon({ save = game.save, game = game },
-                              p.species, p.level)
-      else
-        game.save.inventory[p.item] = (game.save.inventory[p.item] or 0) + 1
-      end
-      list.footer = ("Got it! COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins)
-    end,
-    onCancel = done,
-  })
-  game.stack:push(list)
+      local list
+      list = ListMenu.new(game, "PRIZES (COINS)", items, {
+        footer = ("COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins or 0),
+        onChoose = function(item)
+          local p = item.value
+          if (game.save.coins or 0) < p.cost then
+            list.footer = "Not enough coins!"
+            return
+          end
+          game.save.coins = game.save.coins - p.cost
+          if p.kind == "mon" then
+            Commands.give_pokemon({ save = game.save, game = game },
+                                  p.species, p.level)
+          else
+            game.save.inventory[p.item] = (game.save.inventory[p.item] or 0) + 1
+          end
+          list.footer = ("Got it! COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins)
+        end,
+        onCancel = done,
+      })
+      game.stack:push(list)
+    end))
 end

 M.GAME_CORNER_PRIZE_ROOM = {
@@ -463,8 +697,9 @@ local DOCK_SHIP_BLOCKS = {

 M.VERMILION_DOCK = {
  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    local Flags = require("src.script.Flags")
    local f = game.save.flags
-    if f.EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT then
+    if Flags.get(game.save, "EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT") then
      -- the ship is long gone: erase her right away, and anyone who
      -- still lands here is sent back out past the guard
      for _, b in ipairs(DOCK_SHIP_BLOCKS) do
@@ -480,13 +715,15 @@ M.VERMILION_DOCK = {
    elseif f.EVENT_GOT_HM01 and ow.player.cellY == 2 then
      -- VermilionDockSSAnneLeavesScript: only stepping OFF the ship
      -- triggers the departure (wDestinationWarpID == 1 in pokered) --
-      -- the horn blows, smoke puffs drift off the funnel, the ship is
-      -- erased to open water, and the player is walked off the dock
-      -- into the city past the guard (VermilionCity's
+      -- Music_Surfing plays for the sail-away cutscene, smoke puffs
+      -- drift off the funnel, the horn blows, the ship is erased to
+      -- open water, and the player is walked off the dock into the
+      -- city past the guard (VermilionCity's
      -- SCRIPT_VERMILIONCITY_PLAYER_EXIT_SHIP walk)
-      f.EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT = true
-      require("src.core.Music").stop()
-      require("src.core.Sound").play(game.data, "SS_Anne_Horn")
+      Flags.set(game.save, "EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT")
+      local Music = require("src.core.Music")
+      Music.stop()
+      Music.play(game.data, "Music_Surfing")
      local function puff(n, cx)
        if n <= 0 then return end
        ow:startDustAnim(cx, 1, function() puff(n - 1, cx + 2) end)
@@ -494,11 +731,15 @@ M.VERMILION_DOCK = {
      puff(3, 15)
      local rows = {}
      rows[#rows + 1] = { "wait", 100 }
+      rows[#rows + 1] = { "play_sound", "SS_Anne_Horn" }
      for _, b in ipairs(DOCK_SHIP_BLOCKS) do
        rows[#rows + 1] = { "replace_block", b.bx, b.by, b.water }
      end
      rows[#rows + 1] = { "wait", 30 }
      rows[#rows + 1] = { "move_player", "up", 2 }
+      -- keep Music_Surfing across the city warp (pokered stays on it
+      -- through the exit-ship walk)
+      rows[#rows + 1] = { "play_music", "Music_Surfing", { keep = true } }
      rows[#rows + 1] = { "warp", "VERMILION_CITY", 18, 31, "up" }
      rows[#rows + 1] = { "move_player", "up", 2 }
      ow:queueScript(rows)
@@ -134,12 +134,19 @@ M.MT_MOON_POKECENTER = {
 -- Karate Master, take HITMONLEE or HITMONCHAN (the other disappears)
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------

+-- ownBall/otherBall keep their spots for signature symmetry; only ownBall
+-- is ever hidden (Gen1 removes just the chosen ball).
 local function dojoBall(species, ownBall, otherBall, askKey)
  return function(game, ow, npc, done)
    local t = text(game)
    local flags = game.save.flags
+    -- Already took one prize: the OTHER ball is still on the mat, so
+    -- talking to it now gives the "Better not get greedy..." refusal
+    -- (FightingDojo.asm .gotThePokemon / _FightingDojoBetterNotGetGreedyText),
+    -- not a silent no-op (#197).
    if flags.EVENT_GOT_HITMONLEE or flags.EVENT_GOT_HITMONCHAN then
-      done()
+      push(game, t._FightingDojoBetterNotGetGreedyText
+        or "Better not get\ngreedy...", done)
      return
    end
    if not flags.EVENT_BEAT_KARATE_MASTER then
@@ -153,8 +160,10 @@ local function dojoBall(species, ownBall, otherBall, askKey)
      local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
      local ctx = { save = game.save, game = game, overworld = ow }
      Commands.give_pokemon(ctx, species, 30)
+      -- Hide ONLY the chosen ball; the other stays (FightingDojo.asm hides
+      -- just the picked object's index) and routes to the greedy line above
+      -- when talked to (#197).
      Commands.hide_object(ctx, "FIGHTING_DOJO", ownBall)
-      Commands.hide_object(ctx, "FIGHTING_DOJO", otherBall)
      push(game, ("%s got\n%s!"):format(game.save.player.name, species), done)
    end)
  end
@@ -171,6 +180,21 @@ M.FIGHTING_DOJO = {
               "FIGHTINGDOJO_HITMONLEE_POKE_BALL",
               "_FightingDojoHitmonchanPokeBallText"),
  },
+  -- The two dojo posters on the north wall (FightingDojo.asm bg_events at
+  -- the top of the room, cells (4,0)/(5,0) directly above the prize balls)
+  -- print _EnemiesOnEverySideText.  The map extractor dropped the dojo
+  -- bg_events (signs = {}), so wire the poster read here, the same
+  -- facing-up + coord shape the mansion switches use.  Reachable only once
+  -- a claimed prize frees the ball cell below the poster (#197).
+  onInteract = function(game, ow, fx, fy)
+    if ow.player.facing ~= "up" then return false end
+    if fy == 0 and (fx == 4 or fx == 5) then
+      push(game, text(game)._EnemiesOnEverySideText
+        or "Enemies on every\nside!")
+      return true
+    end
+    return false
+  end,
 }

 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -212,30 +236,31 @@ M.COPYCATS_HOUSE_2F = {
  talk = {
    TEXT_COPYCATSHOUSE2F_COPYCAT = function(game, ow, npc, done)
      local t = text(game)
+      local Bag = require("src.inventory.Bag")
      if game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_TM31 then
-        push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatWhirlingText
-          or "Huh? Huh? Huh?", done)
+        push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31Explanation2Text, done)
        return
      end
-      if (game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL or 0) > 0 then
-        ask(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatPokeDollText
-          or "Oh wow!\nA POKé DOLL!\fFor me?\nCan I have it?", function(yes)
-          if not yes then done() return end
-          game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL = game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL - 1
-          if game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL == 0 then
-            game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL = nil
-          end
-          if not require("src.inventory.Bag").add(game.save, "TM_MIMIC", 1) then
-            push(game, "You don't have\nroom for TM31!", done)
+      -- Mimic line first; auto-trade POKE DOLL for TM31 (no YES/NO).
+      push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatDoYouLikePokemonText, function()
+        if (game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL or 0) <= 0 then
+          done()
+          return
+        end
+        push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31PreReceiveText, function()
+          if not Bag.add(game.save, "TM_MIMIC", 1) then
+            push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31NoRoomText, done)
            return
          end
+          game.stringBuffer = game.data.items.TM_MIMIC.name
+          require("src.core.Sound").play(game.data, "Get_Item1")
+          Bag.remove(game.save, "POKE_DOLL", 1)
          game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_TM31 = true
-          push(game, ("%s got\nTM31!"):format(game.save.player.name), done)
+          push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatReceivedTM31Text, function()
+            push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31Explanation1Text, done)
+          end)
        end)
-        return
-      end
-      push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatText
-        or "I like to mimic\npeople!", done)
+      end)
    end,
  },
 }
@@ -645,12 +670,44 @@ local function e4ExitSeal(flag, closedBlock, openBlock, dontRunText, autoFlag)
  }
 end

+-- Lorelei/Bruno/Agatha EndBattleScript (pokered): EndTrainerBattle then
+-- DisplayTextID -> TalkToTrainer, which prints the AfterBattle text on a
+-- win.  engageTrainer only shows the won line, so wrap talk like Lance /
+-- Game Corner Rocket and push header.after immediately after a win.
+local function e4LeaderTalk(afterLabel)
+  return function(game, ow, npc, done)
+    done = done or function() end
+    if ow:trainerDefeated(npc) then
+      local after = text(game)[afterLabel]
+      if after then push(game, after, done) else done() end
+      return
+    end
+    ow:engageTrainer(npc, function()
+      if not ow:trainerDefeated(npc) then
+        done()
+        return
+      end
+      local after = text(game)[afterLabel]
+      if after then push(game, after, done) else done() end
+    end)
+  end
+end
+
 M.LORELEIS_ROOM = e4ExitSeal("EVENT_BEAT_LORELEIS_ROOM_TRAINER_0", 0x24, 0x05,
  "_LoreleisRoomLoreleiDontRunAwayText", "EVENT_AUTOWALKED_INTO_LORELEIS_ROOM")
+M.LORELEIS_ROOM.talk = {
+  TEXT_LORELEISROOM_LORELEI = e4LeaderTalk("_LoreleisRoomLoreleiAfterBattleText"),
+}
 M.BRUNOS_ROOM = e4ExitSeal("EVENT_BEAT_BRUNOS_ROOM_TRAINER_0", 0x24, 0x05,
  "_BrunosRoomBrunoDontRunAwayText", "EVENT_AUTOWALKED_INTO_BRUNOS_ROOM")
+M.BRUNOS_ROOM.talk = {
+  TEXT_BRUNOSROOM_BRUNO = e4LeaderTalk("_BrunoAfterBattleText"),
+}
 M.AGATHAS_ROOM = e4ExitSeal("EVENT_BEAT_AGATHAS_ROOM_TRAINER_0", 0x3b, 0x0e,
  "_AgathasRoomAgathaDontRunAwayText", "EVENT_AUTOWALKED_INTO_AGATHAS_ROOM")
+M.AGATHAS_ROOM.talk = {
+  TEXT_AGATHASROOM_AGATHA = e4LeaderTalk("_AgathaAfterBattleText"),
+}

 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Lance's room (scripts/LancesRoom.asm). Unlike the other three E4
@@ -672,13 +729,21 @@ M.AGATHAS_ROOM = e4ExitSeal("EVENT_BEAT_AGATHAS_ROOM_TRAINER_0", 0x3b, 0x0e,
 --                 EVENT_LANCES_ROOM_LOCK_DOOR: first crossing seals
 --                 the door behind the player with SFX_GO_INSIDE
 --   (24,16)       the entrance staircase -> WalkToLance: an auto-walk
--                 (up 12, left 12, down 7, left 6) landing on (6,11).
--                 It marches straight across the room's water decor:
--                 pokered's CollisionCheckOnLand skips collision
--                 entirely while simulated joypad states run, and our
--                 scriptMove is collision-free the same way.
+--                 landing on (6,11). Vanilla WalkToLance_RLEList is
+--                 up 12 / left 12 / down 7 / left 6 and skips collision
+--                 through void tiles; our camera follows that literally
+--                 and briefly shows the empty upper chamber (reads as
+--                 "Gary's room"). We keep the same landing cell but
+--                 route along the open-door floor corridor instead.
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------

+-- Floor corridor (24,16) -> (6,11) with EVENT_LANCES_ROOM_LOCK_DOOR
+-- unset (entrance blocks $31/$32). Exposed for parity tests.
+local LANCE_WALK_IN = {
+  { "down", 2 }, { "left", 6 }, { "down", 5 }, { "left", 10 },
+  { "up", 9 }, { "left", 2 }, { "up", 3 },
+}
+
 local function lanceEntranceBlocks(game, ow)
  local locked = game.save.flags.EVENT_LANCES_ROOM_LOCK_DOOR
  ow:replaceBlock(2, 6, locked and 0x72 or 0x31)
@@ -693,21 +758,24 @@ local function lanceLockDoor(game, ow)
 end

 local function lanceWalkIn(game, ow)
-  ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 12, function()
-    ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "left", 12, function()
-      ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 7, function()
-        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "left", 6, function()
-          -- the walk lands on (6,11); vanilla's per-frame coord poll
-          -- then locks the door at once. scriptMove landings do not
-          -- fire onStep, so lock here.
-          lanceLockDoor(game, ow)
-        end)
-      end)
-    end)
-  end)
+  local i = 0
+  local function step()
+    i = i + 1
+    local seg = LANCE_WALK_IN[i]
+    if not seg then
+      -- lands on (6,11); vanilla's per-frame coord poll then locks the
+      -- door at once. scriptMove landings do not fire onStep, so lock
+      -- here.
+      lanceLockDoor(game, ow)
+      return
+    end
+    ow:scriptMove(ow.player, seg[1], seg[2], step)
+  end
+  step()
 end

 M.LANCES_ROOM = {
+  walkInRoute = LANCE_WALK_IN,
  onEnter = function(game, ow)
    lanceEntranceBlocks(game, ow)
    -- the warp arrival lands ON the staircase trigger, and onStep only
@@ -727,7 +795,14 @@ M.LANCES_ROOM = {
      end
      if not lance or ow:trainerDefeated(lance) then return false end
      lance:facePlayer(ow.player)
-      ow:engageTrainer(lance, function() end)
+      -- LancesRoomLanceEndBattleScript DisplayTextID -> TalkToTrainer
+      -- after-battle text (rival became champion first). engageTrainer
+      -- only shows the won line, so push the after text on a win.
+      ow:engageTrainer(lance, function()
+        if not ow:trainerDefeated(lance) then return end
+        local after = text(game)._LancesRoomLanceAfterBattleText
+        if after then push(game, after) end
+      end)
      return true
    end
    if (x == 5 or x == 6) and y == 11 then
@@ -196,14 +196,24 @@ local function inCoords(coords, x, y)
  return false
 end

-- coordinate block: show a line and push the player back one step
+-- coordinate block: show a line and shove the player back one step.  pokered
+-- shoves with a SIMULATED JOYPAD press (scripts/ViridianCity.asm ViridianCity-
+-- CheckGymOpenScript), which runs the normal overworld step pipeline including
+-- HandleLedges (engine/overworld/ledges.asm), so the shove must HOP a ledge
+-- when one sits in front: the tile below the Viridian Gym door is a down-ledge
+-- (#151).  Gates with no ledge in front (Cinnabar gym lock at (18,4)) get
+-- checkLedgeHop == false and fall back to the plain forced step, unchanged.
 local function stepGate(opts)
  return function(game, ow, x, y)
    if not inCoords(opts.coords, x, y) then return false end
    if not opts.blocked(game) then return false end
    require("src.core.Sound").play(game.data, "Denied")
-    push(game, text(game)[opts.text] or opts.fallback,
-         function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, opts.push, 1) end)
+    push(game, text(game)[opts.text] or opts.fallback, function()
+      ow.player.facing = opts.push
+      if not ow:checkLedgeHop(opts.push) then
+        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, opts.push, 1)
+      end
+    end)
    return true
  end
 end
@@ -262,38 +272,180 @@ M.CINNABAR_ISLAND = {
 -- Pewter's youngster stops you leaving east before Brock is beaten and
 -- escorts you to the gym (scripts/PewterCity.asm
 -- PewterCityCheckPlayerLeavingEastScript /
-- PewterCityYoungsterShowsPlayerGymScript, engine/events/pewter_guys.asm
-- PewterGymGuyCoords): the "follow me" lines, then the player is walked
-- west along the road to the front of the PEWTER_GYM door at (16,17).
+-- PewterCityYoungsterShowsPlayerGymScript, engine/overworld/auto_movement.asm
+-- PewterGymGuyMovementScriptPointerTable, engine/events/pewter_guys.asm
+-- PewterGymGuyCoords).  Same lockstep style as Oak's lab escort: the
+-- youngster walks RLEList_PewterGymGuy while the player plays the
+-- reverse of RLEList_PewterGymPlayer with a PewterGuys positioning
+-- preamble.  Ends at (11,18) / (12,18) by the gym, not phasing through
+-- the building.
+local pewterEscort = {}
+
+-- RLEList_PewterGymGuy (NPC directions play forward)
+pewterEscort.guySteps = {
+  "down", "down",
+  "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left",
+  "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left",
+  "up", "up", "up", "up", "up",
+  "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left",
+  "left", "left", "left",
+  "down", "down", "down", "down", "down",
+  "right", "right", "right",
+}
+
+-- Walk home: reverse of guySteps with opposite facings (gym → spawn).
+do
+  local opp = { up = "down", down = "up", left = "right", right = "left" }
+  local ret = {}
+  for i = #pewterEscort.guySteps, 1, -1 do
+    ret[#ret + 1] = opp[pewterEscort.guySteps[i]]
+  end
+  pewterEscort.guyReturnSteps = ret
+end
+
+-- RLEList_PewterGymPlayer before reverse / PewterGuys (NO_INPUT, RIGHT×2,
+-- DOWN×5, LEFT×11, UP×5, LEFT×15)
+pewterEscort.playerRle = {
+  "NO",
+  "right", "right",
+  "down", "down", "down", "down", "down",
+  "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left",
+  "left", "left", "left",
+  "up", "up", "up", "up", "up",
+  "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left",
+  "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left", "left",
+}
+
+-- PewterGymGuyCoords: (x, y) -> positioning moves written after the RLE
+-- (played in reverse; $00 pauses are one overworld frame ≈ 1/8 tile for
+-- the NPC, so eight of them ≈ one guy head-start step)
+pewterEscort.preambles = {
+  ["34,16"] = { "left", "down", "down", "right" },
+  ["35,17"] = { "left", "down", "right", "left" },
+  ["37,18"] = { "left", "left", "left",
+                "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO" },
+  ["37,19"] = { "left", "left", "up", "left" },
+  ["36,17"] = { "left", "down", "left",
+                "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO", "NO" },
+}
+
+-- Realized player path for a trigger tile: PewterGuys overwrites the
+-- last RLE byte and appends the preamble, then simulated joypad plays
+-- high→low (reverse).  Leading NO×8 collapses to guyHeadStart=1; the
+-- trailing end-of-list NO is dropped (one-frame pause).
+function pewterEscort.playerPlan(x, y)
+  local pre = pewterEscort.preambles[x .. "," .. y]
+  if not pre then return nil end
+  local buf = {}
+  for i, d in ipairs(pewterEscort.playerRle) do buf[i] = d end
+  buf[#buf] = pre[1]
+  for i = 2, #pre do buf[#buf + 1] = pre[i] end
+  local path = {}
+  for i = #buf, 1, -1 do path[#path + 1] = buf[i] end
+  local head = 0
+  while path[head + 1] == "NO" do head = head + 1 end
+  local tail = #path
+  while tail > head and path[tail] == "NO" do tail = tail - 1 end
+  local steps = {}
+  for i = head + 1, tail do steps[#steps + 1] = path[i] end
+  return { steps = steps, guyHeadStart = math.floor(head / 8) }
+end
+
+local function pewterGymEscort(game, ow)
+  if ow.runner:isRunning() or #ow.scriptMoves > 0 then return end
+  local x, y = ow.player.cellX, ow.player.cellY
+  local plan = pewterEscort.playerPlan(x, y)
+  local Music = require("src.core.Music")
+  local t = text(game)
+  local follow = t._PewterCityYoungsterYoureATrainerFollowMeText
+    or "You're a trainer\nright? BROCK's\nlooking for new\nchallengers!\nFollow me!"
+  -- PewterGuys only has entries for five tiles; an unmatched talk tile
+  -- (e.g. (36,16) east of him) just gets the follow-me line, same as a
+  -- failed coords lookup would refuse to arm the walk.
+  if not plan then
+    push(game, follow)
+    return
+  end
+  local guy = ow:npcByIndex(5) -- PEWTERCITY_YOUNGSTER
+  local guySteps = pewterEscort.guySteps
+  local head = plan.guyHeadStart
+
+  -- After the walk: face the player, restore map music, "Go take on
+  -- BROCK", then retrace RLEList_PewterGymGuy back to his spawn (35,16).
+  -- (pokered teleports him via MovementData_PewterGymGuyExit; we walk
+  -- the same route home instead.  Brock victory still HideObject's him.)
+  local function walkHome()
+    if not guy then return end
+    local ret = pewterEscort.guyReturnSteps
+    local i = 0
+    local function tick()
+      i = i + 1
+      if not ret[i] then
+        guy.facing = "down"
+        return
+      end
+      ow:scriptMove(guy, ret[i], 1, tick)
+    end
+    tick()
+  end
+
+  local function afterWalk()
+    if guy then guy.facing = "left" end
+    Music.playMap(game.data, "PEWTER_CITY")
+    push(game, t._PewterCityYoungsterGoTakeOnBrockText
+      or "Go take on BROCK\nat the GYM first!", walkHome)
+  end
+
+  local function lockstep()
+    local i = 0
+    local function tick()
+      i = i + 1
+      local ps = plan.steps[i]
+      if not ps then
+        afterWalk()
+        return
+      end
+      local gs = guySteps[head + i]
+      if guy and gs then ow:scriptMove(guy, gs, 1) end
+      ow:scriptMove(ow.player, ps, 1, tick)
+    end
+    tick()
+  end
+
+  local function beginWalk()
+    Music.play(game.data, "Music_MuseumGuy")
+    if guy and head > 0 then
+      local h = 0
+      local function headTick()
+        h = h + 1
+        if h > head then lockstep(); return end
+        ow:scriptMove(guy, guySteps[h], 1, headTick)
+      end
+      headTick()
+    else
+      lockstep()
+    end
+  end
+
+  push(game, follow, beginWalk)
+end
+
 M.PEWTER_CITY = {
+  escort = pewterEscort,
+  -- PewterCityYoungsterText: talking also arms the gym escort script
+  talk = {
+    TEXT_PEWTERCITY_YOUNGSTER = function(game, ow, npc, done)
+      pewterGymEscort(game, ow)
+      if done then done() end
+    end,
+  },
  onStep = function(game, ow, x, y)
    if game.save.flags.EVENT_BEAT_BROCK then return false end
    if ow.runner:isRunning() or #ow.scriptMoves > 0 then return false end
    if not inCoords({ { 35, 17 }, { 36, 17 }, { 37, 18 }, { 37, 19 } }, x, y) then
      return false
    end
-    local t = text(game)
-    -- walk up onto the road row (y=17), west to one tile east of the gym
-    -- door, then drop below the door and turn to face it
-    local steps = {}
-    for _ = 1, y - 17 do steps[#steps + 1] = "up" end
-    for _ = 1, x - 17 do steps[#steps + 1] = "left" end
-    steps[#steps + 1] = "down"
-    steps[#steps + 1] = "left"
-    local function walk(i)
-      if not steps[i] then
-        ow.player.facing = "up"
-        return
-      end
-      ow:scriptMove(ow.player, steps[i], 1, function() walk(i + 1) end)
-    end
-    push(game, t._PewterCityYoungsterYoureATrainerFollowMeText
-      or "Hey! You're a\ntrainer, right?", function()
-      push(game, t._PewterCityYoungsterGoTakeOnBrockText
-        or "Go take on BROCK\nat the GYM first!", function()
-        walk(1)
-      end)
-    end)
+    pewterGymEscort(game, ow)
    return true
  end,
 }
@@ -315,6 +467,19 @@ end
 -- EVENT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_WANTS_BATTLE in Oak's lab (expired by Pewter
 -- Gym) and again in Viridian Gym; we derive the same windows from the
 -- surrounding story flags so old saves work too.
+-- Rival1Exit → Viridian (right/down); Rival2Exit → League (left).
+local function route22ExitDirs(n, py)
+  if n == 2 then
+    if py == 5 then return { "left", "left", "left", "left" } end
+    return { "left", "left", "left" }
+  end
+  if py == 5 then
+    return { "right", "right", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+  end
+  return { "up", "right", "right", "right",
+           "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+end
+
 local function route22Scene(n, objIndex, objName, oppClass, baseParty, beatFlag, py)
  return {
    { "show_object", "ROUTE_22", objName },                    -- 1
@@ -326,7 +491,7 @@ local function route22Scene(n, objIndex, objName, oppClass, baseParty, beatFlag,
    { "set_flag", beatFlag },                                  -- 7
    { "show_text", "_Route22Rival" .. n .. "DefeatedText" },   -- 8
    { "show_text", "_Route22RivalAfterBattleText" .. n },      -- 9
-    { "move_npc_to", objIndex, 25, 5 },                        -- 10
+    { "walk_npc", objIndex, route22ExitDirs(n, py) },          -- 10
    { "hide_object", "ROUTE_22", objName },                    -- 11
  }
 end
@@ -353,6 +518,14 @@ M.ROUTE_22 = {
 -- Cerulean City: the Nugget Bridge rival ambush (CeruleanCityCoords2),
 -- the TM28 rocket thief with his forced-fight cells (Coords1), and the
 -- cave guard who steps aside once you are Champion.
+-- Post-battle: Bill text then CeruleanCityMovement3/4 into town.
+local function ceruleanRivalExitDirs(px)
+  if px == 20 then
+    return { "right", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+  end
+  return { "left", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+end
+
 local function ceruleanRivalScene(px, py)
  return {
    { "show_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_RIVAL" },  -- 1
@@ -360,41 +533,43 @@ local function ceruleanRivalScene(px, py)
    { "face_object", 1, "down" },                              -- 3
    { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalPreBattleText" },        -- 4
    { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL1", 7 },                       -- 5
-    { "jump_if_false", 10 },                                   -- 6
+    { "jump_if_false", 11 },                                   -- 6
    { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },               -- 7
    { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalDefeatedText" },         -- 8
-    { "move_npc_to", 1, 20, 2 },                               -- 9
-    { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_RIVAL" },  -- 10
+    { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalIWentToBillsText" },     -- 9
+    { "walk_npc", 1, ceruleanRivalExitDirs(px) },              -- 10
+    { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_RIVAL" },  -- 11
  }
 end

 -- scripts/CeruleanCity.asm CeruleanCityRocketText: fight the thief,
-- then he returns TM28 (DIG) and hurries off
+-- then he returns TM28 (DIG) and hurries off.  CeruleanHideRocket
+-- (CeruleanCity_2.asm) is GBFadeOutToBlack → Show GUARD1 / Hide GUARD2 /
+-- Hide ROCKET → GBFadeInFromBlack — not a bare hide_object.
 local rocketRows = {
  { "face_player" },                                           -- 1
  { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_TM28" },                          -- 2
-  { "jump_if_true", 15 },                                      -- 3
+  { "jump_if_true", 15 },                                      -- 3 → CeruleanHideRocket
  { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_ROCKET_THIEF" },        -- 4
  { "jump_if_true", 9 },                                       -- 5
  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketText" },                  -- 6
  { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_ROCKET", 5 },              -- 7
-  { "jump_if_false", 18 },                                     -- 8
+  { "jump_if_false", "end" },                                  -- 8
  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketIllReturnTheTMText" },    -- 9
  { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_ROCKET_THIEF" },          -- 10
  { "give_item", "TM_DIG", 1, false },                         -- 11 (row 13 prints)
  { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_TM28" },                            -- 12
  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketReceivedTM28Text" },      -- 13
  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketIBetterGetMovingText" },  -- 14
-  { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_ROCKET" },   -- 15
-  -- CeruleanHideRocket (scripts/CeruleanCity_2.asm) does all three behind
-  -- one fade: the ROCKET goes, GUARD1 (28,12) appears and GUARD2 (27,12)
-  -- disappears.  GUARD2 stands on the only walkable neighbour of the
-  -- trashed house's south door, which is one of the two ways through the
-  -- fence dividing Cerulean, so this swap is what reconnects the city.
-  -- Bill's ticket performs the same swap (data/scripts/story.lua), and
-  -- both are idempotent, so whichever the player reaches first opens it.
+  { "fade", "out" },                                           -- 15 GBFadeOutToBlack
+  -- CeruleanHideRocket while black: GUARD1 (28,12) appears, GUARD2
+  -- (27,12) and the ROCKET go.  GUARD2 blocks the trashed-house south
+  -- door neighbour — the swap reconnects the city (Bill's ticket does
+  -- the same in story.lua; either route is enough).
  { "show_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_GUARD1" },   -- 16
  { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_GUARD2" },   -- 17
+  { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_ROCKET" },   -- 18
+  { "fade", "in" },                                            -- 19 GBFadeInFromBlack
 }

 M.CERULEAN_CITY = {
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 -- "OPP_CLASS#partyIndex" (the object_event trainer args).  Hand-ported
 -- from the leaders'/bosses' text_asm victory scripts:
 --   gym badges: scripts/PewterGym.asm ... ViridianGym.asm
--   Rocket Hideout Giovanni: his Silph Scope is an item ball next to him
--   (data/maps/objects/RocketHideoutB4F.asm), so no reward entry needed.
+--   Rocket Hideout Giovanni: Silph Scope is a hidden item ball revealed by
+--   ShowObject in RocketHideoutB4FBeatGiovanniScript (ported as the
+--   TEXT_ROCKETHIDEOUTB4F_GIOVANNI talk handler in story3.lua).
 -- The TM each gym leader hands out afterwards is also ported.
 --
 -- `deactivate` lists the EVENT_BEAT_* flags each gym's victory script
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@
 -- "; deactivate gym trainers" / SetEventRange in the other gyms, and
 -- FightingDojo.asm SetEventRange EVENT_BEAT_KARATE_MASTER ..
 -- EVENT_BEAT_FIGHTING_DOJO_TRAINER_3).
+--
+-- `dialogue` is the end-battle + post-battle text chain each gym leader
+-- runs (SaveEndBattleTextPointers then the map's *PostBattle / ReceiveTM
+-- script).  Leaders are not def_trainers entries, so engageTrainer has
+-- no header.won — checkVictoryRewards shows this chain instead of a
+-- synthetic "received badge/TM" stub.

 local function range(prefix, first, last)
  local t = {}
@@ -21,30 +28,85 @@ local function range(prefix, first, last)
 end

 return {
+  -- PewterGym.asm .gymVictory also HideObject TOGGLE_GYM_GUY
+  -- (PEWTERCITY_YOUNGSTER) and TOGGLE_ROUTE_22_RIVAL_1 so the east-exit
+  -- escort NPC and the first Route 22 rival stay gone after the badge.
  ["OPP_BROCK#1"] = { badge = "BOULDERBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_BROCK",
                      item = "TM_BIDE",
-                      deactivate = { "EVENT_BEAT_PEWTER_GYM_TRAINER_0" } },
+                      deactivate = { "EVENT_BEAT_PEWTER_GYM_TRAINER_0" },
+                      hide = {
+                        { "PEWTER_CITY", "PEWTERCITY_YOUNGSTER" },
+                        { "ROUTE_22", "ROUTE22_RIVAL1" },
+                      },
+                      dialogue = {
+                        "_PewterGymBrockReceivedBoulderBadgeText",
+                        "_PewterGymBrockBoulderBadgeInfoText",
+                        "_PewterGymBrockWaitTakeThisText",
+                        "_PewterGymReceivedTM34Text",
+                        "_TM34ExplanationText",
+                      } },
  ["OPP_MISTY#1"] = { badge = "CASCADEBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_MISTY",
                      item = "TM_BUBBLEBEAM",
-                      deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 1) },
+                      deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 1),
+                      dialogue = {
+                        "_CeruleanGymMistyReceivedCascadeBadgeText",
+                        "_CeruleanGymMistyCascadeBadgeInfoText",
+                        "_CeruleanGymMistyReceivedTM11Text",
+                      } },
  ["OPP_LT_SURGE#1"] = { badge = "THUNDERBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_LT_SURGE",
                         item = "TM_THUNDERBOLT",
-                         deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_VERMILION_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 2) },
+                         deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_VERMILION_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 2),
+                         dialogue = {
+                           "_VermilionGymLTSurgeReceivedThunderBadgeText",
+                           "_VermilionGymLTSurgeThunderBadgeInfoText",
+                           "_VermilionGymLTSurgeReceivedTM24Text",
+                           "_TM24ExplanationText",
+                         } },
  ["OPP_ERIKA#1"] = { badge = "RAINBOWBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_ERIKA",
                      item = "TM_MEGA_DRAIN",
-                      deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_CELADON_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 6) },
+                      deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_CELADON_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 6),
+                      dialogue = {
+                        "_CeladonGymErikaReceivedRainbowBadgeText",
+                        "_CeladonGymRainbowBadgeInfoText",
+                        "_CeladonGymReceivedTM21Text",
+                        "_TM21ExplanationText",
+                      } },
  ["OPP_KOGA#1"] = { badge = "SOULBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_KOGA",
                     item = "TM_TOXIC",
-                     deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_FUCHSIA_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 5) },
+                     deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_FUCHSIA_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 5),
+                     dialogue = {
+                       "_FuchsiaGymKogaReceivedSoulBadgeText",
+                       "_FuchsiaGymKogaSoulBadgeInfoText",
+                       "_FuchsiaGymKogaReceivedTM06Text",
+                       "_FuchsiaGymKogaTM06ExplanationText",
+                     } },
  ["OPP_SABRINA#1"] = { badge = "MARSHBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_SABRINA",
                        item = "TM_PSYWAVE",
-                        deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_SAFFRON_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 6) },
+                        deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_SAFFRON_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 6),
+                        dialogue = {
+                          "_SaffronGymSabrinaReceivedMarshBadgeText",
+                          "_SaffronGymSabrinaMarshBadgeInfoText",
+                          "_SaffronGymSabrinaReceivedTM46Text",
+                          "_TM46ExplanationText",
+                        } },
  ["OPP_BLAINE#1"] = { badge = "VOLCANOBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_BLAINE",
                       item = "TM_FIRE_BLAST",
-                       deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_CINNABAR_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 6) },
+                       deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_CINNABAR_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 6),
+                       dialogue = {
+                         "_CinnabarGymBlaineReceivedVolcanoBadgeText",
+                         "_CinnabarGymBlaineVolcanoBadgeInfoText",
+                         "_CinnabarGymBlaineReceivedTM38Text",
+                         "_CinnabarGymBlaineTM38ExplanationText",
+                       } },
  ["OPP_GIOVANNI#3"] = { badge = "EARTHBADGE", flag = "EVENT_BEAT_GIOVANNI",
                         item = "TM_FISSURE",
-                         deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_VIRIDIAN_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 7) },
+                         deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_VIRIDIAN_GYM_TRAINER_", 0, 7),
+                         dialogue = {
+                           "_ViridianGymGiovanniReceivedEarthBadgeText",
+                           "_ViridianGymGiovanniEarthBadgeInfoText",
+                           "_ViridianGymGiovanniReceivedTM27Text",
+                           "_ViridianGymGiovanniTM27ExplanationText",
+                         } },

  -- Silph Co. Giovanni: unlocks the president's Master Ball gift
  ["OPP_GIOVANNI#2"] = { flag = "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI" },
@@ -52,9 +114,12 @@ return {
  -- Fighting Dojo Karate Master (scripts/FightingDojo.asm
  -- FightingDojoKarateMasterPostBattleScript sets EVENT_BEAT_KARATE_MASTER,
  -- which gates the HITMONLEE/HITMONCHAN gift).  OPP_BLACKBELT party 1 is
-  -- only him (data/maps/objects/FightingDojo.asm).
+  -- only him (data/maps/objects/FightingDojo.asm).  `dialogue` is the
+  -- concede + prize offer he speaks after the win (his header supplies the
+  -- "Hwa! Arrgh! Beaten!" won line first; #197).
  ["OPP_BLACKBELT#1"] = { flag = "EVENT_BEAT_KARATE_MASTER",
-                          deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_FIGHTING_DOJO_TRAINER_", 0, 3) },
+                          deactivate = range("EVENT_BEAT_FIGHTING_DOJO_TRAINER_", 0, 3),
+                          dialogue = { "_FightingDojoKarateMasterIWillGiveYouAPokemonText" } },

  -- Elite Four progress flags (their rooms' door logic isn't ported, but
  -- the flags make the Hall of Fame checkable)
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+# Launcher
+
+The launcher is `src/import/RomImporter.lua`, the first-run / title screen
+that runs before `Game:load`. Besides ROM import (see the file's own header)
+it hosts a tabbed shell covering per-game save slots and a mod manager. This
+file documents the runtime model; the visual spec lives separately.
+
+## Android multi-ROM / mod / save import
+
+On Android, `love.system.pickFile([kind])` opens the Storage Access Framework
+picker (`GameActivity.showFilePicker`); the chosen file is copied into the app
+save directory as:
+
+| `kind` | Destination |
+| --- | --- |
+| nil / `"rom"` | `picked_rom.gb` (open) |
+| `"mod"` | `picked_mod.zip` (open) |
+| `"sav"` / `"save"` | `picked_save.sav` (open) |
+
+Export uses a separate API: `love.system.createFile(suggestedName)` →
+`GameActivity.showCreateDocument` (`ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT`), which copies
+staged `pending_export.sav` to the user-chosen URI and writes `export_done.flag`
+for the launcher to acknowledge on refocus.
+
+`RomImporter` then imports on refocus / Choose:
+
+- **ROMs** via `findPendingRom`: only a 1 MiB `.gb` whose SHA-1 maps to a
+  version that is **not** yet ready counts as pending. A leftover
+  `picked_rom.gb` from Red therefore cannot block Blue's Choose (issue #167).
+- **Mods** via `findPendingMod`: Prefer `picked_mod.zip`, or (on Choose) any
+  other `.zip` at the save-dir root (USB copy).
+- **Saves** via `findPendingSav`: Prefer `picked_save.sav`, or (on Choose) any
+  other `.sav` at the save-dir root.
+
+After a successful import the consumed save-dir file is removed.
+
+**Manual check (device/emulator):** import Red → switch to Blue → Choose →
+system file picker must appear (not a silent Red re-extract) → pick Blue →
+Blue becomes ready beside Red. On the MODS tab, Import mod .zip must open the
+same system picker and install the chosen archive on return.
+
+## Tab structure
+
+`self.tab` is one of `"red"`, `"blue"`, `"yellow"`, `"mods"`. The tab bar
+draws one chip per game plus a MODS chip and rebuilds `self.tabRects` every
+frame so `mousepressed` can dispatch clicks; switching tabs mid-import is
+allowed (a dropped ROM still routes by SHA-1 regardless of which tab shows).
+
+- A game tab (`_drawGamePanel`) shows the ROM card, the SAVE FILES card, the
+  Play button, and the SAVE SLOT card in a responsive two-column grid (see
+  Responsiveness). The MODS tab (`_drawModsPanel`) shows the mod list instead.
+- The self-updater banner (`self.Check`, see `docs/updater.md`) draws as a
+  centered pill in a reserved band just above the footer, on every tab. That
+  position is unchanged by this redesign, so `docs/updater.md` needed no edits.
+
+## Save slot model
+
+All slot I/O lives in `src/core/SaveData.lua` and goes through the same fs
+abstraction (`persistFs`) every other save/options call uses, so portable
+mode (an `io.*` filesystem used when `portable.txt` marks the install)
+keeps working unchanged.
+
+- **Files.** A version's playthroughs live under `saves/<version>/`, one file
+  per slot: `saves/<version>/slot1.lua` plus a rolling `.bak` and staged
+  `.tmp` witness (`slotNames`), mirroring the write/recovery discipline
+  `SaveData.save`/`load` already use for the flat legacy file. Slot ids match
+  `slot%d+`; `createSlot` allocates one past the highest existing number so a
+  reused id can never collide with a lingering file.
+- **Registry.** The ordered slot list and which one is active persist in
+  `options.lua` (via the existing `SaveData.loadOptions`/`saveOptions`):
+  `options.saveSlots = { [version] = { list = {"slot1", ...}, active = "slot1" } }`.
+- **Active slot resolution.** `saveNames(version)`, the function every
+  existing caller (`TitleState` hasSave/load/save, recovery order) already
+  goes through, now resolves the *active* slot instead of a fixed flat name.
+  Resolved once per version per process (`ensureVersionSlots`, cached in
+  `activeSlotCache`/`slotsChecked`): a registry entry wins; otherwise a lazy
+  legacy migration may create one; otherwise the flat legacy path is used
+  (`save.lua` / `save_blue.lua`), so a pre-slots install keeps working as before.
+- **Legacy migration.** One-time per version, lazy on first
+  `listSlots`/`load`/`saveNames` call (`tryMigrateLegacy`): if a flat legacy
+  file exists and no `saves/<version>/` registry does, its main + `.bak` are
+  copied into `saves/<version>/slot1.lua(.bak)`, verified readable
+  (`decodeSlot`: main, then `.tmp`, then `.bak`), and only then are the
+  originals removed and `slot1` registered as active. A copy that fails to
+  verify leaves the originals in place; migration never loses data.
+
+The launcher-facing API:
+- `SaveData.listSlots(version)` -> array of `{id, exists, name, meta}` for
+  every registered slot. `name` is the save's player name, or `nil` for an
+  empty slot; `meta` is `{badges, timeText, dexCount}` (the same fields the
+  title screen's `ContinueInfo` shows) or `nil`. The pure part,
+  `SaveData.slotSummary(save)`, is unit-testable with no filesystem.
+- `SaveData.setActiveSlot(version, slotId)` registers the id if new, persists
+  it as active, and updates the process cache so the very next save/load
+  lands there. The launcher calls this the moment a slot row is clicked
+  (`RomImporter:_selectSlot`); pressing Play needs no signature change, since
+  `Game.lua`/`main.lua` still just call `SaveData.load()`/`save()`.
+- `SaveData.createSlot(version)` -> new slot id, registered but with **no
+  save file written**. An empty slot means the title screen offers NEW GAME
+  only, which needs no further changes.
+- `SaveData.deleteSlot(version, slotId)` removes the slot's
+  main/`.bak`/`.tmp` files, drops it from the registry, and if it was active
+  points active at another remaining slot (or clears active when the list is
+  empty). The launcher's SAVE SLOT panel Delete control calls this.
+
+## Launcher mod manager
+
+`src/mods/LauncherMods.lua` is a launcher-only read of the mod set. It runs
+before `Game:load`, so **it never loads a mod's entry chunk**; only
+`manifest.json` is read and validated (`src/mods/Manifest.validate`), the way
+`Loader:_discover` finds mods without running them. The real loader
+(`src/mods/Loader.lua`) still owns the actual load at boot.
+
+- `LauncherMods.list()` scans `mods/` one level deep (first id wins on a
+  duplicate) and returns one row per mod:
+  `{id, name, version, badge, description, enabled, status, statusDetail}`.
+  `badge` is the manifest's `category`, falling back to `profile`, then
+  `"MOD"`, uppercased. `enabled` reads `options.mods[id]` (missing means
+  enabled, matching the loader's own default).
+- `status` is `"ok"`, `"warn"`, or `"conflict"`, computed by the pure
+  `LauncherMods.deriveList`/`statusFor` against `ManagerState.resolveToggle`
+  and the validated manifests: `conflict` when enabling this mod collides
+  with another enabled one; `warn` for an out-of-range `game_version` or an
+  absent/disabled/wrong-version hard dependency; `ok` otherwise. Having no
+  `love.*` calls, this half is table-driven by the test suite on its own.
+- `LauncherMods.setEnabled(id, bool)` persists `options.mods[id]` as a plain
+  boolean, the exact shape `Loader:_saveState` writes, so the running game
+  and the in-game `ManagerState` see the change on next boot. The mods panel
+  calls this on every toggle and re-derives the list right away
+  (`RomImporter:_refreshMods`) so a status change (e.g. a new conflict)
+  shows without waiting for a reload.
+- `LauncherMods.installZip(path)` mounts the archive with
+  `love.filesystem.mount`, locates the mod root via `locateRoot` (manifest at
+  the zip root, or inside one top-level folder), validates its manifest, and
+  copies the tree into the save-dir `mods/<id>/` before unmounting. Rejects a
+  duplicate of an already-installed mod id, and accepts either an external
+  path string or a LOVE `DroppedFile`, staging a dropped file into a save-dir
+  temp first (mount only reaches save-dir-relative paths), the same way
+  `RomImporter` handles a dropped ROM. A failed copy rolls its partial tree
+  back, and every path unmounts and clears the staged temp file.
+- `LauncherMods.uninstall(id)` removes `mods/<id>/` and clears
+  `options.mods[id]` so a later reinstall starts from the loader's default
+  (enabled). The mods panel Delete control calls this and re-derives the list.
+
+## Import / Export save
+
+The SAVE FILES card wires a raw Gen1 `.sav` battery image to the save slots
+through `src/import/SaveFileIO.lua`, which sits on top of
+`src/save_convert/SaveConvert.lua` and the slot API in `SaveData`.
+
+- **Import save** is live once the game's ROM is imported (playable). It opens
+  a native `.sav` picker (`chooseSav` on desktop; on Android,
+  `love.system.pickFile("sav")` → `picked_save.sav`, same SAF path as ROMs).
+  `SaveFileIO.importToSlot` reads the bytes (an absolute path, a save-dir
+  relative name, a dropped LOVE file, or raw bytes),
+  guards the 32768-byte size, runs `SaveConvert.importSav` (which also rejects
+  a bad main-data checksum), then registers a fresh slot (`SaveData.createSlot`),
+  writes it (`SaveData.writeSlot`), and makes it active (`SaveData.setActiveSlot`).
+  The meta stamp is re-stamped off `gen1_import` to the current numeric format
+  so `SaveData.load`'s migration pass accepts the slot. On success the SAVE SLOT
+  panel is refreshed with the new slot selected.
+- **Export save** is live only when the active slot actually holds a save
+  (checked against `listSlots`). `SaveFileIO.exportActiveSlot` loads the active
+  slot, encodes it back with `SaveConvert.exportSav` (a slot never keeps
+  `rawImport`, so this is a zero-filled template export, which is valid), and
+  writes `exports/gen1recomp-<version>-<slotId>.sav` in the save directory
+  (`love.filesystem.createDirectory("exports")`). On desktop it returns the
+  absolute path (`love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()`), which the notice line
+  shows with an "Open folder" affordance (`love.system.openURL("file://" .. dir)`).
+  On Android the bytes are also staged as `pending_export.sav` and
+  `love.system.createFile(suggestedName)` opens `ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT` so the
+  player can save to Downloads / Drive / etc.; on return `export_done.flag`
+  makes focus show "Save exported."
+- **Drag-drop.** `filedropped` routes a `.sav` to the import path for the
+  currently active game tab; when a non-game tab (mods, or the locked yellow
+  placeholder) is showing it defaults to red, the always-present first game
+  (`_savedropTarget`). `.gb` (ROM) and `.zip` (mod) routing is unchanged.
+- **Failure UX.** Every error path (wrong size, bad checksum, write failure,
+  nothing to export, ROM not imported yet) surfaces as a red notice line on the
+  card. Nothing raises and nothing silently no-ops.
+
+`SaveFileIO` is love-free enough to unit-test through the same in-memory
+filesystem stub the slot backend uses (`tests/engine/save_file_io_tests.lua`).
+
+## Responsiveness
+
+Every measurement derives from `love.graphics.getDimensions()` each frame
+plus the existing global scale `s = clamp(height / 768, 0.7, 1.6)`; nothing
+assumes a fixed window size. The game panel's two-column grid (ROM/SAVE
+FILES/Play on the left, SAVE SLOT on the right) collapses to one stacked
+column, slot card below Play, when the window is too narrow for both
+`~300 * s`-wide columns. The save-slot list and the mod list both scroll
+(wheel, or drag on touch/desktop) clamped to their own content extent,
+recomputed every draw. The tab bar labels only the active chip so it stays
+narrow-safe, and content caps out at `~1440 * s` wide, centered.
@@ -18,6 +18,111 @@ Regenerate the reference straight into a wiki checkout:
 luajit tools/gen_registry_docs.lua ../pokemon-gen1-recomp-project.wiki
 ```

+## Rendering pipelines
+
+Most registries hand the engine *content*. `render_pipelines` hands it
+*drawing*: a pipeline is a display mode a mod owns, which may replace the
+overworld's world pass with geometry of its own and/or post-process the
+finished image. `mods/voxel_world` is the worked example — a 3D diorama
+overworld plus a tilt-shift miniature pass, in about 120 lines of glue over
+its renderer.
+
+A record declares what the mode *is*; the engine
+(`src/render/Pipelines.lua`) supplies everything about *being a display
+mode*: the OFF/1/2/3 ladder, an options row next to TILT, a hotkey,
+persistence in `save.options.pipelines`, and the rule that a world pipeline
+and the engine's own TILT are mutually exclusive.
+
+```lua
+mod.content.render_pipelines:register("diorama", {
+  label = "DIORAMA",                    -- options row label
+  levels = { "OFF", "15", "35", "50" }, -- ladder; defaults to OFF/ON
+  hotkey = "6",                         -- checked after the engine's keys
+  priority = 20,                        -- highest eligible wins the world
+  available = function() return Renderer3D.ok() end,
+  update = function(dt, level) Camera.ease(dt, level) end,
+  drawWorld = function(ctx) return renderScene(ctx) end,
+})
+```
+
+Three draw stages, each optional; a record needs at least one:
+
+| stage | signature | runs |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `drawWorld` | `(ctx) -> canvas \| nil` | instead of the flat/tilt world pass |
+| `worldPresent` | `(canvas, ctx) -> canvas` | over the world, **before** the UI composites |
+| `present` | `(canvas, ctx) -> canvas` | over the whole frame, world and UI alike |
+
+`worldPresent` is the one to reach for when an effect must leave dialog
+boxes and menus crisp — a depth-of-field or colour grade on the world only.
+`present` is for effects that genuinely own the screen, like a CRT curve.
+
+`ctx` carries the frame: `state`, `cam`, `vw`/`vh` (world-pixel view),
+`width`/`height` (window pixels), `scale`, `level`, `paletteFor(map)` and
+`spriteColors(map)`. It also carries `ctx.drawFx(project, scale)` — call it
+with your own projection and the engine draws every active field effect
+(the "!" bubble, the Poké Center heal machine, the Fly bird, the fishing
+rod, Rock Tunnel darkness) at its correct anchor under your camera. There
+is exactly one copy of each effect, so a new engine effect works in your
+pipeline without you touching anything.
+
+Three rules worth knowing:
+
+- **`gate` governs input, never the draw.** It decides whether the player
+  may *change* the mode (default: free-roam overworld only). A mode that
+  stopped rendering during a warp would flash the flat 2D world every time
+  the player walked through a door.
+- **`available` is re-read every frame** and is the only thing that decides
+  whether the mode can render at all. Answer `false` on a headless run or a
+  driver with no depth canvas and the engine silently keeps the vanilla 2D
+  path — which is why shipping a pipeline enabled is safe.
+- **A callback that throws retires its pipeline**, attributed to your mod in
+  the manager's error feed, and the frame falls back to 2D. A broken
+  renderer costs the player a display mode, never the game.
+
+Returning `nil` from `drawWorld` is a normal answer meaning "not this
+frame"; the engine draws the vanilla world instead.
+
+## Battle sprite scaling
+
+The enemy's front pic draws at 1x and the player's back pic at 2x, the way
+the Game Boy did. A mod can override either, per species or per image.
+
+Per species, on the `pokemon` record:
+
+```lua
+-- MEW's back pic renders 1.5x; its front pic is untouched
+mod.content.pokemon:patch("MEW", { battleScaleBack = 1.5 })
+```
+
+`battleScaleFront` scales the enemy pic, `battleScaleBack` the player pic;
+both take a number in `0.25 .. 4.0`.
+
+Per image, on the `battle_sprite_scales` registry, keyed by the asset path
+exactly as the data references it:
+
+```lua
+mod.content.battle_sprite_scales:register("abra_back", {
+  path = "assets/generated/battle/back/abrab.png",
+  scale = 1.5,
+})
+```
+
+An image-level entry beats the species scale for that one pic, and it is
+the only way to scale a pic that is not species-keyed — the player's
+trainer back sprite, held on screen until "Go!", is a bare image path.
+
+The resolution order at draw time is **image-level → species-level →
+default** (1x front, 2x back).
+
+- **The pic stays grounded at every scale.** The player pic keeps its feet
+  flush on the text-box top (`y = 96`); the enemy pic keeps its bottom edge
+  and horizontal centre pinned in its 7×7 slot. A larger pic grows upward
+  and outward from that anchor, never off the shelf.
+- **Scaling composes with the send-out grow.** The `AnimateSendingOutMon`
+  ball-to-pic grow multiplies your scale through each stage, so a rescaled
+  mon still grows into place from the ball, grounded the whole way.
+
 ## Developer console

 Boot with developer mode on to unlock the in-game console and hot-reload
@@ -8,27 +8,42 @@ behavior is in docs/behavior-porting-notes.md.

 ## Survey zoom

-The mouse wheel (or `-`/`=`) zooms the overworld between 1 pixel per world
-pixel (full survey) and 2× the window fit scale (close-up), in crisp
-integer steps. This has no Game Boy equivalent:
+The mouse wheel (or `-`/`=`), the Options **ZOOM** row, or hotkey `4`
+zooms the overworld between 1 pixel per world pixel (full survey) and 2×
+the window fit scale (close-up), in crisp integer steps. This has no Game
+Boy equivalent:

 - Connected maps render their full bodies, and their NPCs appear as
  visual-only "ghosts",  they wander but have no sight lines, triggers,
  dialogue, or collision until the map is actually entered.
 - Menus, text boxes, and battles draw at normal scale on top of the
  zoomed world. Zoom input is ignored while a script, menu, or battle is
-  active; the zoom level persists across warps and is never saved.
- Beyond the border ring the border block repeats indefinitely (interiors
-  stay black, seaside towns stay water,  except OVERWORLD-tileset maps,
-  whose beyond-edge space fills with the solid tree wall instead of the
-  per-map border block), and each visible map area is colorized with its
-  own SGB palette (the original recolored the whole screen per map).
+  active; the zoom offset is persisted as `save.options.zoom` (default
+  `0` = FIT) and survives New Game via `options.lua`.
+- Hotkey `4` ticks through every integer zoom level (survey → FIT →
+  close-up → wrap). The Options row shows `FIT` / `OUTn` / `INn`.
+- Beyond the border ring the void fill repeats indefinitely (see VOID
+  FILL below); interiors keep their own border block. Each visible map
+  area is colorized with its own SGB palette (the original recolored the
+  whole screen per map).
 - Neighbor maps load two connection hops out so corner-adjacent maps
  don't pop in and out, and ghost NPCs share instances with the real ones
  so their wander positions persist across seamless connection crossings
  (a warp or fresh map entry still respawns everything at its script
  position, like the original's per-entry sprite init).

+## VOID FILL
+
+The Options **VOID FILL** row picks what paints the infinite beyond-edge
+space on OVERWORLD-tileset maps during survey zoom:
+
+- **TREES** (default): solid tree wall block `$0F`.
+- **WATER**: animated water tile `$14` (same hshift cycle as on-map water).
+- **BLACK**: solid black.
+
+Other tilesets are unchanged (house/cave borders stay as authored).
+Persisted as `save.options.voidFill`.
+
 ## Tilt mode

 The `3` key (and the Options menu TILT row) cycles a visual-only perspective
@@ -42,8 +57,10 @@ Game Boy equivalent:
  rows above the player recede and rows below come toward the viewer. Only
  things that actually *stand* on the ground draw as upright billboards,
  unscaled and pixel-identical to flat mode: the player, NPCs, item balls,
-  and the screen-anchored FX attached to them (heal machine glow, emote
-  bubbles, the fishing rod, the FLY bird). An earlier revision tried
+  and the standing FX attached to them (emote bubbles, the fishing rod,
+  the FLY bird). The Poké Center heal-machine overlay stays on the ground
+  plane with the machine tiles (it is OAM glued to a BG graphic, not a
+  standing sprite). An earlier revision tried
  billboarding buildings/trees/signs too (cutting them out of the ground
  per hand-curated per-tileset tables); that chased an endless tail of
  special cases,  dense tree canopy, fences fused into grass, building
@@ -68,19 +85,31 @@ Game Boy equivalent:

 ## Colors mode

-The `2` key (and the Options menu COLORS row) cycles the global shade-remap
-display mode through **GBC → OG → OG INV → GBC INV → CLASSIC → GBC**:
+The `2` key (and the Options menu COLORS row) cycles the display mode
+through **OG RED → SGB → RED++ → OG → OG INV → SGB INV → CLASSIC → OG RED**.
+The first three are the real colorizations; the rest are DMG-shade novelties:

- **GBC** (default): current SGB / GBC zone palettes.
+- **OG RED**: the Game Boy Color boot-ROM look for Pokemon Red -- one global
+  red BG palette + one green OBJ palette, every map, no per-map variation
+  (Pokemon Red has no CGB code, so on a GBC the boot ROM colors it globally).
+  The player/NPCs stay green over the red terrain via the OBP bake +
+  post-zone redraw (`PaletteFX.GBC_BG` / `GBC_OBJ`).
+- **SGB** (default): the per-map Super Game Boy region palettes
+  (`data/sgb/sgb_palettes.asm`). Sprites tint with the region palette, as on
+  real SGB. (This is the mode formerly mislabeled "GBC".)
+- **RED++**: pokered-gbc SuperPalettes -- real per-tile GBC coloring plus
+  per-species mon colors (`data/palettes_gbc.lua`).
 - **OG**: force the four DMG grays (colorization off).
 - **OG INV**: inverted DMG grays.
- **GBC INV**: each SGB zone palette with shade order reversed.
+- **SGB INV**: each SGB zone palette with shade order reversed.
 - **CLASSIC**: original Game Boy pea-soup greens
  (`#9BBC0F` / `#8BAC0F` / `#306230` / `#0F380F`).

-The transform is applied centrally in `PaletteFX.sendColors`, so it covers
-overworld, menus, battles, and tilt upright billboards. Persisted as
-`save.options.colors`.
+The shade-remap transform is applied centrally in `PaletteFX.sendColors`, so
+it covers overworld, menus, battles, and tilt upright billboards. OG RED's
+global BG palette is supplied by `OverworldState:overworldBgColors` (per-map
+override in the overworld pass). Persisted as `save.options.colors`; the
+`gbc` / `gbc_inv` save ids are kept for back-compat under the new labels.

 ## GBC FX

@@ -125,14 +154,77 @@ Nidorino-vs-Gengar attract scene) mirror the original.
 Options persist in a standalone `options.lua` (separate from the game
 progress `save.lua`), so audio/display/battle preferences survive New Game
 and aren't wiped when a save slot is cleared. Changing a row in the Options
-menu or cycling hotkeys `2`/`3`/`5` writes immediately; an in-game save also
+menu or cycling hotkeys `2`/`3`/`4`/`5` writes immediately; an in-game save also
 flushes the live options. Old saves that still embed an `options` table are
 migrated once into `options.lua` on load.

 - Music / SFX volume
 - Music Filter
 - OG GLITCHES on / off (Gen 1 quirks vs. modern-clean battle rules)
- COLORS (GBC / RED++ / OG / OG INV / GBC INV / CLASSIC),  also hotkey `2`
-  (RED++ uses pokered-gbc SuperPalettes + per-species mon colors)
+- COLORS (OG RED / SGB / RED++ / OG / OG INV / SGB INV / CLASSIC),  also
+  hotkey `2` (OG RED = GBC boot-ROM look; RED++ uses pokered-gbc
+  SuperPalettes + per-species mon colors)
 - TILT (OFF / 15 / 35 / 50),  also hotkey `3` while free-roaming
- GBC FX (OFF / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4),  also hotkey `5`
+- ZOOM (FIT / OUTn / INn),  also hotkey `4` while free-roaming; wheel and
+  `-`/`=` step one level and save
+- VOID FILL (TREES / WATER / BLACK) for OVERWORLD beyond-edge space
+- GBC FX (OFF / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4),  also hotkey `5`
+- MAX FPS (30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 100 / 120 / 144 / 160, default 60),
+  a hard render frame-rate cap (`save.options.fpsCap`).
+
+## Battle transition cascade + white battle letterbox
+
+Into-battle wipes still run the original eight styles inside the classic
+160×144 letterbox. On wide/tall windows (survey zoom), matching black 8×8
+blocks cascade outward from that square into the surrounding world so the
+void outside the OG wipe fills in lockstep. Once the battle state is up,
+letterbox voids around the battle canvas fill **white** instead of black
+so the whole window reads as one continuous battle screen.
+
+## On-screen touch controls (mobile)
+
+On Android/iOS the game draws a translucent d-pad (bottom-left), A/B
+buttons (bottom-right, Game Boy diagonal), and +/- START/SELECT (bottom
+center) over the frame, using Xelu's CC0 controller prompts
+(`assets/touch/`). Real buttons, not gestures: press lands the frame the
+finger does, sliding on the d-pad changes direction without lifting, and
+multi-touch chords (e.g. hold a direction + tap B) work. The overlay only
+appears while no controller is being used: the first gamepad button or
+stick push hides it, the next screen touch brings it back, and unplugging
+the last controller restores it immediately. Layout re-derives from the
+window size on rotation. Desktop testing: `POKEPORT_TOUCH=1 love .` forces
+the overlay on and lets the mouse act as a finger (`=0` forces it off).
+## Translation support
+
+Every string the player can read is now reachable from a mod, so a
+translation is an ordinary content mod rather than a fork.
+
+Two things had to change. Text layout stopped counting bytes: the dialogue
+box measures a line in glyphs (charmap sequences), so a 3-byte character
+costs one column, a cut never lands inside a character, and a page with a
+non-default `advance` re-measures instead of overflowing. That also fixed
+25 vanilla English lines that were wrapping early because `é` in POKéMON
+and POKéDEX costs two bytes ("I study POKéMON as" is 19 bytes and 18
+glyphs, and the box was breaking it).
+
+Second, the text the engine writes itself - battle messages, item results,
+menu labels, the link-play screens - moved behind `src/core/Strings.lua`
+and the new `strings` registry. Extracted script text was already
+overridable through `text`; this covers the other half. Entries are keyed
+by the English source, so a translation that has not reached a string yet
+keeps rendering in English and a half-finished translation stays playable.
+
+Authors generate the whole thing:
+
+```sh
+python3 tools/modkit.py translation francais --language "Francais"
+```
+
+That scaffolds a mod with every translatable string as an empty catalog,
+plus a glyph-page and charmap stub, a naming-grid stub, and a
+`francais-worksheet/` directory holding the English to translate from
+(deliberately outside the mod: extracted text is ROM content and must not
+be packed). `--refresh` re-harvests after an engine update, keeping
+existing translations and parking orphaned keys rather than dropping them.
+
+See the wiki's Translations guide.
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Updater
+
+A fused build (`love.filesystem.isFused()` true) ships a bundled `game.love`
+baked into the executable, but that bundled copy is only ever the *fallback*.
+On every launch, before anything else runs, `Boot.run` (`src/update/Boot.lua`)
+looks in the save directory's `updates/` folder for a downloaded
+`gen1recomp-X.Y.Z.love` payload that is both strictly newer than the bundled
+engine version and runnable on this shell. If one qualifies, it is mounted
+over `/` (so its files win over the fused source for every subsequent
+`require`) and chainloaded in place: the payload's `main.lua` and `love.load`
+run as if they had shipped in the executable. A dev/source checkout is never
+fused, so `Boot.run` no-ops there and the working tree always runs itself.
+
+The pieces are deliberately layered so the risky part is small. `Boot.select`
+is a pure function (no `love.*` calls) that, given probed candidates and the
+bundled `engine`/`shell`, decides what to run and what stale payloads to
+delete. `Boot.probePayload` mounts one archive at an isolated mountpoint and
+reads its `src/core/Version.lua` with `loadstring` (never `require`, so it is
+never cached as a module) to learn its `engine` and `minShell`. `Boot.run`
+orchestrates the crash guard, enumeration, selection, and the mount +
+chainload, with full rollback on any failure. Checking for and fetching a
+new payload is a separate, slower path: `src/update/Check.lua` is a thin
+main-thread state machine the launcher screen polls, while the curl calls,
+JSON parsing, and sha256 verification run on a background `love.thread`
+(`src/update/check_worker.lua`) so a hung network call never blocks a frame.
+
+## Version.lua fields
+
+`src/core/Version.lua` carries three fields the updater reads directly (the
+existing `modApi`, `linkProtocol`, `saveFormat`, and `cache` fields are
+untouched):
+
+- `engine` - the semver release, e.g. `"1.4.0"`. The repo default is the
+  `"0.0.0-dev"` placeholder; CI stamps the real `X.Y.Z` into the packed
+  `game.love` only, never the working tree. A `"0.0.0-dev"` engine always
+  reports itself up to date (it never chases a release, and it never counts
+  as a valid payload to chainload).
+- `shell` - the native-shell contract this build's fused executable
+  implements.
+- `minShell` - the lowest shell contract required to *run* this payload.
+
+Bump `minShell` only when a payload needs something the currently-shipped
+native shell cannot provide, for example a LOVE version bump, a new required
+system binary, or a change to `love.run` itself (see Known limitations
+below). An older shell refuses to chainload a payload whose `minShell`
+exceeds the shell it provides; `Boot.select` keeps that payload in `updates/`
+rather than deleting it, in case a future shell upgrade can run it, and
+`Check`'s worker reports `needs_full` so the player is pointed at a full
+installer instead. Do not bump `minShell` for an ordinary Lua/data release;
+that is exactly the case the updater exists to avoid a reinstall for.
+
+## Release assets
+
+Each tagged release `vX.Y.Z` carries the existing per-platform archives
+(`gen1recomp-X.Y.Z-macos.zip`, `-windows.zip`, `-linux.zip`,
+`-android.apk`) plus two assets the updater itself consumes:
+
+- `gen1recomp-X.Y.Z.love` - the payload, matched by the exact pattern
+  `gen1recomp-<version>.love` (see `isPayloadName` in `Boot.lua` and
+  `Check.parseRelease`).
+- `sha256sums.txt` - `shasum -a 256` output (`<hex>  <filename>`, bare
+  filenames) covering at least the `.love` payload. `Check.parseSums`
+  tolerates a leading `*` binary marker and a `./` prefix but expects the
+  filename otherwise to match the asset name exactly.
+
+A release missing either asset is treated as "no in-place update available":
+`Check` reports `needs_full` and sends the player to `Check.releaseUrl()`
+(`https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/releases/latest`).
+
+## Save-directory layout
+
+Under the save directory (identity `pokemon-love2d`):
+
+```
+updates/gen1recomp-<X.Y.Z>.love   downloaded payload(s)
+updates/pending.txt                crash-guard marker
+```
+
+`pending.txt` holds the filename of the payload currently being chainloaded.
+`Boot.run`'s `chainload` writes it immediately before mounting, and removes it
+on both a successful handoff and a clean rollback. If it is still present the
+*next* time `Boot.run` starts, the previous boot died mid-handoff, so that
+named payload is distrusted: it and the marker are deleted before candidates
+are enumerated. Boot may still fall back to an older valid payload, or to the
+bundled game, in that case.
+
+## Update flow
+
+1. **Boot** (every launch, fused builds only): crash-guard check, enumerate
+   and probe every `updates/*.love`, pick the highest engine that is
+   strictly newer than the bundled one and whose `minShell` this shell
+   satisfies, delete stale payloads, chainload the winner (or run the
+   bundled game if none qualifies).
+2. **Check** (launcher screen): `Check.start()` kicks off an async check
+   against the GitHub releases API; safe to call every frame, it is a no-op
+   once a check is in flight or has reached a terminal state. `Check.state()`
+   reports `idle | checking | uptodate | available | downloading | ready |
+   needs_full | error` plus the latest version and download progress.
+3. **Download + verify**: on `available`, `Check.download()` tells the
+   worker to fetch the payload, polling the growing `.part` file for
+   progress. On completion the worker re-fetches `sha256sums.txt`, verifies
+   the payload's sha256, and probes it with `Boot.probePayload` to gate its
+   `minShell` against this shell's `shell`. A verified, runnable payload is
+   renamed into place and reported as `ready`; anything else reports
+   `error` or `needs_full` and leaves `updates/` clean.
+4. **Restart to apply**: a `ready` payload just sits in `updates/` until the
+   player relaunches; the next launch's Boot step (1) is what actually
+   mounts and runs it. There is no in-session hot-swap.
+
+## Known limitations
+
+- **`love.run` persists across handoff.** By the time `chainload` runs, the
+  bundled `love.run` has already returned its stepper to LOVE; redefining the
+  global `love.run` from the payload's `main.lua` does not affect the loop
+  already driving the frame. A payload that must change `love.run` itself
+  needs a `minShell` bump so an older shell refuses to chainload it rather
+  than running with half its intended behavior.
+- **Android has no in-app download transport yet.** `check_worker.lua`
+  shells out to curl for both the release check and the download; curl is
+  absent on Android, so `Check` degrades to `status = "error"` there (the
+  launcher UI hides on that status) and the player is directed to the
+  releases page via `Check.releaseUrl()` instead.
+- **Dev/source runs never self-update.** `Boot.run` returns immediately when
+  `love.filesystem.isFused()` is false, and a working tree's `engine` is the
+  `"0.0.0-dev"` placeholder that always reports up to date, so a source
+  checkout is always "the game" itself; updating it means pulling the repo.
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ local driverCo  -- optional frame-driver (POKEPORT_DRIVER=file.lua): a
 -- bot or screenshot run is not at the mercy of the player's last choice.
 local speedOverride = tonumber(os.getenv("POKEPORT_SPEED"))

+-- POKEPORT_TOUCH=1 forces the mobile on-screen controls on and lets the
+-- mouse stand in for a finger, so the overlay can be exercised on desktop
+-- (see src/core/TouchControls.lua).
+local mouseTouch = os.getenv("POKEPORT_TOUCH") == "1"
+
 -- How many times to run a scripted act+step loop per rendered frame.  Only
 -- scripted runs use this; interactive play fast-forwards through
 -- Game.speedOverride / the GAME SPEED option instead.
@@ -26,7 +31,19 @@ local function scriptedIterations()
  return math.max(1, math.floor(require("src.core.GameSpeed").clamp(speedOverride)))
 end

-local function bootGame()
+local function bootGame(version)
+  -- The launcher hands us the chosen game (Red / Blue); scripted and headless
+  -- runs fall back to POKEPORT_VERSION, then Red.  Set the active version and
+  -- overlay its extracted cache BEFORE anything requires generated data, so
+  -- data/generated + assets/generated resolve to that version's files.
+  local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")
+  GameVersion.set(version or os.getenv("POKEPORT_VERSION") or "red")
+  require("src.import.CacheFs").mountVersion(GameVersion.get())
+  if love.window and love.window.setTitle then
+    local Version = require("src.core.Version")
+    love.window.setTitle(Version.title(
+      GameVersion.info().displayName .. " (Gen 1 Recompilation Project)"))
+  end
  Game = require("src.core.Game")
  Game:load()
  if os.getenv("POKEPORT_AUTOPILOT") then
@@ -44,6 +61,12 @@ local function bootGame()
 end

 function love.load(args)
+  -- Self-updater boot shell: a fused build may mount and chainload a newer
+  -- downloaded payload here.  True means it took over, so we must stop.  A
+  -- dev / source checkout no-ops (see src/update/Boot.lua).
+  local Boot = require("src.update.Boot")
+  if Boot.run(args) then return end
+
  local savePath
  for i, a in ipairs(args or {}) do
    if a == "--editor" then
@@ -68,20 +91,46 @@ function love.load(args)
  end

  local RomImporter = require("src.import.RomImporter")
-  if os.getenv("POKEPORT_FORCE_IMPORT") == "1" or not RomImporter.isReady() then
-    Importer = RomImporter.new(function()
-      if os.getenv("POKEPORT_IMPORT_ONLY") == "1" then
-        love.event.quit()
-        return
-      end
-      Importer = nil
-      bootGame()
-    end)
-    local importPath = os.getenv("POKEPORT_IMPORT_ROM")
-    if importPath then Importer:startPath(importPath) end
+  local forceImport = os.getenv("POKEPORT_FORCE_IMPORT") == "1"
+  local importPath = os.getenv("POKEPORT_IMPORT_ROM")
+  -- Scripted / headless runs pick their game from POKEPORT_VERSION (default
+  -- Red); the launcher's per-column choice does not apply to them.
+  local scriptedVersion = os.getenv("POKEPORT_VERSION") or "red"
+  local ready = RomImporter.isReady(scriptedVersion)
+  -- Scripted / headless runs have to reach the game with no human pressing
+  -- Play: an autopilot, a frame driver, an import-only build step, or an
+  -- explicit ROM path all bypass the interactive launcher and keep today's
+  -- import-then-boot (or boot-straight-in) behavior.
+  local scripted = os.getenv("POKEPORT_AUTOPILOT") or os.getenv("POKEPORT_DRIVER")
+    or os.getenv("POKEPORT_IMPORT_ONLY") == "1" or importPath ~= nil
+
+  if scripted then
+    if forceImport or not ready then
+      -- The importer detects the dropped/loaded ROM's version by SHA-1 and
+      -- passes it to onComplete; boot that version.
+      Importer = RomImporter.new(function(version)
+        if os.getenv("POKEPORT_IMPORT_ONLY") == "1" then
+          love.event.quit()
+          return
+        end
+        Importer = nil
+        bootGame(version or scriptedVersion)
+      end)
+      if importPath then Importer:startPath(importPath) end
+      return
+    end
+    bootGame(scriptedVersion)
    return
  end
-  bootGame()
+
+  -- Interactive: the launcher always runs.  Red and Blue are each live: a
+  -- column shows Play when that game's ROM is already imported, or Choose ROM
+  -- / drag-drop when it is not (Yellow is still a placeholder).  Any dropped
+  -- .gb is routed to Red or Blue by its SHA-1; pressing Play boots that game.
+  Importer = RomImporter.new(function(version)
+    Importer = nil
+    bootGame(version)
+  end, { launcher = true, forceImport = forceImport })
 end

 function love.update(dt)
@@ -184,7 +233,10 @@ end
 -- unfocused, so reset input on either transition rather than trust it.
 function love.focus(f)
  if editorMode then return end
-  if Importer then return end
+  if Importer then
+    if Importer.focus then Importer:focus(f) end
+    return
+  end
  Game:focus(f)
 end

@@ -227,6 +279,9 @@ function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
  if editorMode and EditorApp.mousepressed then
    return EditorApp.mousepressed(x, y, button)
  end
+  if mouseTouch and Game and button == 1 then
+    Game:touchpressed("mouse", x, y)
+  end
 end

 function love.mousereleased(x, y, button)
@@ -234,6 +289,16 @@ function love.mousereleased(x, y, button)
  if editorMode and EditorApp.mousereleased then
    return EditorApp.mousereleased(x, y, button)
  end
+  if mouseTouch and Game and button == 1 then
+    Game:touchreleased("mouse", x, y)
+  end
+end
+
+function love.mousemoved(x, y)
+  if editorMode or Importer then return end
+  if mouseTouch and Game and love.mouse.isDown(1) then
+    Game:touchmoved("mouse", x, y)
+  end
 end

 function love.textinput(text)
@@ -258,3 +323,78 @@ function love.filedropped(file)
  end
  if Importer then Importer:filedropped(file) end
 end
+
+local function pacingEnabled()
+  if os.getenv("POKEPORT_AUTOPILOT") then return false end
+  if os.getenv("POKEPORT_DRIVER") then return false end
+  if os.getenv("POKEPORT_IMPORT_ONLY") == "1" then return false end
+  return true
+end
+
+function love.run()
+  if love.load then love.load(love.arg.parseGameArguments(arg), arg) end
+
+  -- don't let love.load's cost land in the first frame's dt
+  if love.timer then love.timer.step() end
+
+  local FrameCap = require("src.core.FrameCap")
+  local paced = pacingEnabled()
+  -- The deadline the next present() should not beat.  Carried forward one
+  -- budget per frame so pacing stays even instead of drifting with the
+  -- per-frame sleep-granularity jitter.
+  local nextFrame = love.timer and love.timer.getTime() or 0
+  local dt = 0
+
+  return function()
+    -- process events
+    if love.event then
+      love.event.pump()
+      for name, a, b, c, d, e, f in love.event.poll() do
+        if name == "quit" then
+          if not love.quit or not love.quit() then
+            return a or 0
+          end
+        end
+        love.handlers[name](a, b, c, d, e, f)
+      end
+    end
+
+    -- update dt
+    if love.timer then dt = love.timer.step() end
+
+    -- call update and draw
+    if love.update then love.update(dt) end
+
+    if love.graphics and love.graphics.isActive() then
+      love.graphics.origin()
+      love.graphics.clear(love.graphics.getBackgroundColor())
+      if love.draw then love.draw() end
+      love.graphics.present()
+    end
+
+    if love.timer then
+      if paced then
+        -- Sleep out the remainder of the frame budget, measured from the
+        -- carried deadline, in small chunks so the OS timer stays
+        -- responsive.  vsync is untouched: when it already paces slower
+        -- than the cap the remainder is <= 0 and this rounds to a no-op.
+        local budget = 1 / FrameCap.current
+        nextFrame = nextFrame + budget
+        local now = love.timer.getTime()
+        -- A stall (alt-tab, a GC pause, a blocked import) can leave the
+        -- deadline more than a full budget in the past; re-anchor to now so
+        -- we pace the next frame rather than burst uncapped to catch up.
+        if now - nextFrame > budget then
+          nextFrame = now
+        end
+        while true do
+          local remaining = nextFrame - love.timer.getTime()
+          if remaining <= 0 then break end
+          love.timer.sleep(remaining < 0.001 and remaining or 0.001)
+        end
+      else
+        love.timer.sleep(0.001)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ The embedded `game.love` deliberately excludes `data/generated/`,
 `assets/generated/`, and any ROM. It contains the first-boot Lua importer and
 `tools/rom_manifest.json`.

-The current importer has desktop file pickers only. A production Android
-release still needs a Storage Access Framework handoff that passes the chosen
-ROM to LÖVE; the APK packaging itself is data-free.
+ROM / mod / save import on Android uses `love.system.pickFile([kind])` →
+`GameActivity.showFilePicker` (Storage Access Framework), which copies the
+chosen file under the app save directory as `picked_rom.gb`,
+`picked_mod.zip`, or `picked_save.sav`. `RomImporter` imports pending files
+from that folder on Choose / refocus; see `docs/launcher.md`. The APK payload
+itself remains data-free (no embedded ROM or generated cache).

 ### SDK / NDK

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #app.name=LÖVE for Android

 app.application_id=com.theboisclub.pokemonred
-app.orientation=portrait
+# fullUser: allow every orientation the player's device permits (portrait and
+# landscape), honouring their auto-rotate lock. Was "portrait" (locked).
+app.orientation=fullUser
 app.version_code=32
 app.version_name=11.5a

@@ -16,4 +18,4 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 android.nonFinalResIds=true
-app.name=Pokemon Red
+app.name=gen1recomp
@@ -183,6 +183,42 @@ void vibrate(double seconds)
 	env->DeleteLocalRef(activity);
 }

+bool showFilePicker(const char *destFilename)
+{
+	if (destFilename == nullptr || destFilename[0] == '\0')
+		destFilename = "picked_rom.gb";
+
+	JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv*) SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv();
+	jclass activity = env->FindClass("org/love2d/android/GameActivity");
+
+	jmethodID method = env->GetStaticMethodID(activity, "showFilePicker",
+		"(Ljava/lang/String;)Z");
+	jstring jname = env->NewStringUTF(destFilename);
+	jboolean result = env->CallStaticBooleanMethod(activity, method, jname);
+	env->DeleteLocalRef(jname);
+
+	env->DeleteLocalRef(activity);
+	return result;
+}
+
+bool showCreateDocument(const char *suggestedName)
+{
+	if (suggestedName == nullptr || suggestedName[0] == '\0')
+		suggestedName = "export.sav";
+
+	JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv*) SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv();
+	jclass activity = env->FindClass("org/love2d/android/GameActivity");
+
+	jmethodID method = env->GetStaticMethodID(activity, "showCreateDocument",
+		"(Ljava/lang/String;)Z");
+	jstring jname = env->NewStringUTF(suggestedName);
+	jboolean result = env->CallStaticBooleanMethod(activity, method, jname);
+	env->DeleteLocalRef(jname);
+
+	env->DeleteLocalRef(activity);
+	return result;
+}
+
 /*
 * Helper functions for the filesystem module
 */
@@ -59,6 +59,21 @@ bool openURL(const std::string &url);

 void vibrate(double seconds);

+/**
+ * Shows the system's "pick a document" UI (Storage Access Framework).
+ * Returns true if the picker was launched; the picked file (if any) is
+ * copied asynchronously by GameActivity.onActivityResult into the app's
+ * external save directory under destFilename (default picked_rom.gb), not
+ * returned here -- see src/import/RomImporter.lua.
+ **/
+bool showFilePicker(const char *destFilename = nullptr);
+
+/**
+ * Shows ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT so Lua can export a staged pending_export.sav
+ * to a user-chosen location. suggestedName is the dialog default filename.
+ **/
+bool showCreateDocument(const char *suggestedName = nullptr);
+
 /*
 * Helper functions for the filesystem module
 */
@@ -186,6 +186,18 @@ bool Filesystem::setIdentity(const char *ident, bool appendToPath)

 	save_path_full = storage_path + std::string("/save/") + save_identity;

+	// love::android::mkdir is a single mkdir(), not mkdir -p: on a genuinely
+	// first-ever launch (nothing has touched this app's external-files dir
+	// before) save_directory doesn't exist yet either, so creating
+	// save_path_full in one step fails with ENOENT and PHYSFS_mount below
+	// silently never mounts anything for the rest of this process -- not
+	// just the save dir, but everything routed through it (save.lua/
+	// options.lua, the ROM-derived asset cache, RomImporter's Android
+	// folder scan). Ensure each level exists in order instead.
+	if (!love::android::directoryExists(save_directory.c_str()) &&
+			!love::android::mkdir(save_directory.c_str()))
+		SDL_Log("Error: Could not create save directory %s!", save_directory.c_str());
+
 	if (!love::android::directoryExists(save_path_full.c_str()) &&
 			!love::android::mkdir(save_path_full.c_str()))
 		SDL_Log("Error: Could not create save directory %s!", save_path_full.c_str());
@@ -338,6 +350,26 @@ bool Filesystem::setupWriteDirectory()
 	std::string temp_writedir = getDriveRoot(save_path_full);
 	std::string temp_createdir = skipDriveRoot(save_path_full);

+#ifdef LOVE_ANDROID
+	// getUserDirectory() falls back to $HOME/getpwuid() (physfs_platform_posix.c),
+	// which is meaningless on Android and unrelated to save_path_full (an
+	// SDL_AndroidGet*StoragePath() subdirectory -- see setIdentity above), so
+	// the generic check below never matches and falls through to setting the
+	// write dir to the drive root ("/"), which no Android app can write to.
+	// Anchor to the real Android storage root instead.
+	std::string androidStorageRoot = isAndroidSaveExternal()
+		? SDL_AndroidGetExternalStoragePath() : SDL_AndroidGetInternalStoragePath();
+	if (save_path_full.find(androidStorageRoot) == 0)
+	{
+		temp_writedir = androidStorageRoot;
+		temp_createdir = save_path_full.substr(androidStorageRoot.length());
+
+		size_t startpos = temp_createdir.find_first_not_of('/');
+		if (startpos != std::string::npos)
+			temp_createdir = temp_createdir.substr(startpos);
+	}
+	else
+#endif
 	// On some sandboxed platforms, physfs will break when its write directory
 	// is the root of the drive and it tries to create a folder (even if the
 	// folder's path is in a writable location.) If the user's home folder is
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "common/config.h"
 #include "System.h"

+#include <cstring>
+
 #if defined(LOVE_MACOSX)
 #include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
 #elif defined(LOVE_IOS)
@@ -180,6 +182,36 @@ void System::vibrate(double seconds) const
 #endif
 }

+bool System::pickFile(const char *kind) const
+{
+#ifdef LOVE_ANDROID
+	const char *dest = "picked_rom.gb";
+	if (kind != nullptr)
+	{
+		if (strcmp(kind, "mod") == 0)
+			dest = "picked_mod.zip";
+		else if (strcmp(kind, "sav") == 0 || strcmp(kind, "save") == 0)
+			dest = "picked_save.sav";
+		else if (strcmp(kind, "rom") == 0)
+			dest = "picked_rom.gb";
+	}
+	return love::android::showFilePicker(dest);
+#else
+	LOVE_UNUSED(kind);
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+bool System::createFile(const char *suggestedName) const
+{
+#ifdef LOVE_ANDROID
+	return love::android::showCreateDocument(suggestedName);
+#else
+	LOVE_UNUSED(suggestedName);
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 bool System::hasBackgroundMusic() const
 {
 #if defined(LOVE_ANDROID)
@@ -106,6 +106,27 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual void vibrate(double seconds) const;

+	/**
+	 * Shows the platform's native "pick a file" UI, if one is available.
+	 * Android only for now; the result (if any) is not returned here -- see
+	 * love::android::showFilePicker and src/import/RomImporter.lua.
+	 *
+	 * @param kind Optional pick kind: nullptr/"rom" -> picked_rom.gb,
+	 *             "mod" -> picked_mod.zip, "sav"/"save" -> picked_save.sav.
+	 * @return Whether the picker was shown.
+	 **/
+	virtual bool pickFile(const char *kind = nullptr) const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Shows the platform's native "create / save a file" UI (Android SAF
+	 * ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT). Copies staged pending_export.sav from the app
+	 * save directory to the user-chosen URI. See GameActivity.showCreateDocument.
+	 *
+	 * @param suggestedName Default filename shown in the dialog.
+	 * @return Whether the create dialog was shown.
+	 **/
+	virtual bool createFile(const char *suggestedName = nullptr) const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets if the user is playing music on background.
 	 * Throws an exception on unsupported platforms.
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@ int w_vibrate(lua_State *L)
 	return 0;
 }

+int w_pickFile(lua_State *L)
+{
+	const char *kind = luaL_optstring(L, 1, nullptr);
+	luax_pushboolean(L, instance()->pickFile(kind));
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int w_createFile(lua_State *L)
+{
+	const char *suggested = luaL_optstring(L, 1, nullptr);
+	luax_pushboolean(L, instance()->createFile(suggested));
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int w_hasBackgroundMusic(lua_State *L)
 {
 	lua_pushboolean(L, instance()->hasBackgroundMusic());
@@ -110,6 +124,8 @@ static const luaL_Reg functions[] =
 	{ "getPowerInfo", w_getPowerInfo },
 	{ "openURL", w_openURL },
 	{ "vibrate", w_vibrate },
+	{ "pickFile", w_pickFile },
+	{ "createFile", w_createFile },
 	{ "hasBackgroundMusic", w_hasBackgroundMusic },
 	{ 0, 0 }
 };
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ package org.love2d.android;

 import org.libsdl.app.SDLActivity;

+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -61,6 +64,24 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
    protected final int[] recordAudioRequestDummy = new int[1];
    public static final int EXTERNAL_STORAGE_REQUEST_CODE = 2;
    public static final int RECORD_AUDIO_REQUEST_CODE = 3;
+    public static final int FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE = 4;
+    public static final int FILE_CREATE_REQUEST_CODE = 5;
+    /** @deprecated Prefer FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE; kept for older call sites. */
+    public static final int ROM_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE = FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE;
+    // Mirrors conf.lua's t.identity ("pokemon-love2d"): where the picked file
+    // is dropped so RomImporter's existing folder scan finds it -- see
+    // src/import/RomImporter.lua and Filesystem::setIdentity (sets Android's
+    // save directory to getExternalFilesDir()/save/<identity>).
+    private static final String ROM_SAVE_IDENTITY = "pokemon-love2d";
+    private static final String PICKED_ROM_FILENAME = "picked_rom.gb";
+    private static final String PICKED_MOD_FILENAME = "picked_mod.zip";
+    private static final String PICKED_SAVE_FILENAME = "picked_save.sav";
+    private static final String PENDING_EXPORT_FILENAME = "pending_export.sav";
+    private static final String EXPORT_DONE_FILENAME = "export_done.flag";
+    // Destination basename for the in-flight SAF pick (set by showFilePicker).
+    private String pendingPickFilename = PICKED_ROM_FILENAME;
+    // Suggested download name for the in-flight SAF create (set by showCreateDocument).
+    private String pendingCreateSuggestedName = "export.sav";
    private static boolean immersiveActive = false;
    private static boolean needToCopyGameInArchive = false;
    private boolean storagePermissionUnnecessary = false;
@@ -332,6 +353,190 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
        return openURL(url) == 0;
    }

+    /**
+     * Shows the system document picker (Storage Access Framework) so the
+     * player can pick a ROM / mod / save from anywhere (Downloads, Drive,
+     * etc.) without needing to know where the app's external files folder
+     * is. Requires API 19+ (ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT); the picked file (if any)
+     * arrives later in onActivityResult, not synchronously here.
+     *
+     * @param destFilename basename under the app save identity (e.g.
+     *                     picked_rom.gb, picked_mod.zip, picked_save.sav)
+     */
+    @Keep
+    public static boolean showFilePicker(String destFilename) {
+        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19) return false;
+        GameActivity self = (GameActivity) mSingleton;
+        if (self == null) return false;
+        if (destFilename == null || destFilename.length() == 0) {
+            destFilename = PICKED_ROM_FILENAME;
+        }
+        // Reject path separators so a hostile JNI caller cannot escape the
+        // save identity directory.
+        if (destFilename.indexOf('/') >= 0 || destFilename.indexOf('\\') >= 0) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "refusing unsafe picker dest: " + destFilename);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        self.pendingPickFilename = destFilename;
+        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
+        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
+        intent.setType("*/*");
+        try {
+            self.startActivityForResult(intent, FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE);
+            return true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open file picker: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** ROM convenience wrapper; prefer showFilePicker with an explicit name. */
+    @Keep
+    public static boolean showRomFilePicker() {
+        return showFilePicker(PICKED_ROM_FILENAME);
+    }
+
+    /** Mod .zip convenience wrapper used by love.system.pickFile("mod"). */
+    @Keep
+    public static boolean showModFilePicker() {
+        return showFilePicker(PICKED_MOD_FILENAME);
+    }
+
+    /** Battery .sav convenience wrapper used by love.system.pickFile("sav"). */
+    @Keep
+    public static boolean showSaveFilePicker() {
+        return showFilePicker(PICKED_SAVE_FILENAME);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shows ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT so the player can save a staged export
+     * (pending_export.sav in the app save identity) to Downloads / Drive /
+     * etc. Suggested name is the dialog's default filename.
+     */
+    @Keep
+    public static boolean showCreateDocument(String suggestedName) {
+        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19) return false;
+        GameActivity self = (GameActivity) mSingleton;
+        if (self == null) return false;
+        if (suggestedName == null || suggestedName.length() == 0) {
+            suggestedName = "export.sav";
+        }
+        if (suggestedName.indexOf('/') >= 0 || suggestedName.indexOf('\\') >= 0) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "refusing unsafe create name: " + suggestedName);
+            return false;
+        }
+        File source = new File(
+            new File(self.getExternalFilesDir(null), "save"),
+            ROM_SAVE_IDENTITY + "/" + PENDING_EXPORT_FILENAME);
+        if (!source.isFile()) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "no pending export at " + source);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        self.pendingCreateSuggestedName = suggestedName;
+        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT);
+        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
+        intent.setType("application/octet-stream");
+        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, suggestedName);
+        try {
+            self.startActivityForResult(intent, FILE_CREATE_REQUEST_CODE);
+            return true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open create-document picker: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private File saveIdentityDir() {
+        return new File(new File(getExternalFilesDir(null), "save"), ROM_SAVE_IDENTITY);
+    }
+
+    private boolean copyFileToUri(File source, Uri destUri) {
+        InputStream in = null;
+        OutputStream out = null;
+        try {
+            in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(source));
+            out = getContentResolver().openOutputStream(destUri);
+            if (out == null) return false;
+            byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
+            int n;
+            while ((n = in.read(buf)) != -1) {
+                out.write(buf, 0, n);
+            }
+            out.flush();
+            return true;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "copy to URI failed: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        } finally {
+            try { if (in != null) in.close(); } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+            try { if (out != null) out.close(); } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
+        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
+        if (requestCode == FILE_CREATE_REQUEST_CODE) {
+            if (resultCode != RESULT_OK || data == null || data.getData() == null) {
+                Log.d("GameActivity", "create-document cancelled");
+                return;
+            }
+            File source = new File(saveIdentityDir(), PENDING_EXPORT_FILENAME);
+            if (!source.isFile()) {
+                Log.d("GameActivity", "pending export missing at result time");
+                return;
+            }
+            Uri uri = data.getData();
+            if (copyFileToUri(source, uri)) {
+                // Signal Lua on next focus that the SAF export finished.
+                File flag = new File(saveIdentityDir(), EXPORT_DONE_FILENAME);
+                try {
+                    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(flag, false);
+                    fos.write("ok".getBytes());
+                    fos.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    Log.d("GameActivity", "could not write export_done flag: " + e.getMessage());
+                }
+                // Keep pending_export.sav so a retry still works; Lua may remove it.
+            } else {
+                Log.d("GameActivity", "could not write export to " + uri);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        if (requestCode != FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE) return;
+        if (resultCode != RESULT_OK || data == null || data.getData() == null) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "file picker returned no file (cancelled?)");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Uri uri = data.getData();
+        File destDir = saveIdentityDir();
+        if (!destDir.exists() && !destDir.mkdirs()) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not create " + destDir);
+            return;
+        }
+        String destName = pendingPickFilename != null
+            ? pendingPickFilename : PICKED_ROM_FILENAME;
+        File destFile = new File(destDir, destName);
+
+        InputStream source;
+        try {
+            source = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open picked file: " + e.getMessage());
+            return;
+        }
+        if (source == null) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "ContentResolver returned no stream for picked file");
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!copyAssetFile(source, destFile.getPath())) {
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not copy picked file to " + destFile);
+        }
+    }
+
    /**
     * Copies a given file from the assets folder to the destination.
     *
@@ -62,10 +62,15 @@
 	<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
+		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
+		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
+		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
+		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
+		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>UTExportedTypeDeclarations</key>
 	<array>
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Example mod gallery

-Seven reference mods, one per modder persona. Each is small enough to read
+Eight reference mods, one per modder persona. Each is small enough to read
 in one sitting, exercises a different slice of the mod API, and is a real,
 runnable, tested mod — not a snippet.

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Copy the one closest to what you want to build.
 | 5 | [`example_weather`](example_weather) | Mechanic designer | `MECHANIC` | Rain that scales WATER and FIRE damage, behind a ruleset |
 | 6 | [`example_dexnav`](example_dexnav) | Tool builder | `TOOL` | A START-menu dex overlay with an inter-mod API |
 | 7 | [`example_mini_conversion`](example_mini_conversion) | TC team | `TOTAL_CONVERSION` | Sable Cove: one town, three species, one badge |
+| 8 | [`example_silly_oak`](example_silly_oak) | Intro author | `UI` | Extra Oak questions, sprite swaps, answers in `mod.save` |

 ## None of these load by default

@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ and `field`, and exercises:
 - both buses — `events:on` / `events:emit` and `hooks:wrap` — across
  `music.select`, `battle.damage`, `ui.start_menu.items`, `ui.options.rows`,
  `battle.started`, `battle.turn_started`, `battle.ended`, `flag.changed`,
-  `game.ready` and `assets.transformed`
+  `game.ready`, `assets.transformed`, `intro.oak_speech.build`,
+  `intro.oak_speech.answered` and `intro.oak_speech.finished`
 - `mod.save`, `mod.options`, `mod.exports`, `mod.commands`, `mod.ui`,
  `mod:read`, `mod.log` and `mod.path`
 - asset transforms, the `trueColor` opt-out, script labels and `choice`,
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ mods/examples/<id>/
  .modkitignore     keeps the suite out of the distributed package
 ```

-`tests/mod_examples_tests.lua` in the engine's own suite loads all seven
+`tests/mod_examples_tests.lua` in the engine's own suite loads all eight
 together and asserts the above, so the gallery cannot rot.

 These example mods arent perfect and are just examples to show you basics of wahts possible, but way more than just this is possible.
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "content",
  "category": "BALANCE",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 100,
  "dependencies": [],
  "optional_dependencies": [],
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "content",
  "category": "TOOL",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 100,
  "dependencies": [],
  "optional_dependencies": [],
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "content",
  "category": "AUDIO",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 100,
  "permissions": ["engine_internals"],
  "dependencies": [],
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "content",
  "category": "QUEST",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 100,
  "permissions": ["engine_internals"],
  "dependencies": [],
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "total_conversion",
  "category": "TOTAL_CONVERSION",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 900,
  "dependencies": [],
  "optional_dependencies": [],
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "content",
  "category": "GRAPHICS",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 100,
  "assets_transforms": "transforms.lua",
  "dependencies": [],
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Changelog
+
+Format: [keep a changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
+Version headings match `manifest.json`'s `version`.
+
+## 1.0.0
+
+### Added
+
+- `intro.oak_speech.build` wrap that injects toast / MEW / snack / rival-trust / pineapple beats.
+- Answers written to `mod.save` via `intro.oak_speech.answered`.
+- Custom `toast_kid.png` sprite shown mid-speech.
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Silly Oak Intro Example
+
+Hooks Oak's NEW GAME speech: extra questions, sprite swaps (Oak, rival,
+player, MEW, and a custom Toast Kid pic), and answers stored in `mod.save`.
+
+## Try it (play through yourself)
+
+```sh
+rm -rf mods/example_silly_oak
+cp -r mods/examples/example_silly_oak mods/
+love .
+```
+
+Then **NEW GAME** and mash A / pick the menus. Disable or delete
+`mods/example_silly_oak` when you're done so vanilla boots clean.
+
+## Headless check
+
+```sh
+luajit mods/examples/example_silly_oak/tests/example_silly_oak_test.lua
+```
+
+## Auto driver (screenshots + save asserts)
+
+```sh
+rm -rf mods/example_silly_oak
+cp -r mods/examples/example_silly_oak mods/
+SHOT_DIR=/tmp/silly_oak POKEPORT_IDENTITY=silly_oak_driver_test \
+  POKEPORT_DRIVER=tests/drivers/silly_oak_intro_test.lua POKEPORT_SPEED=8 love .
+```
+
+`POKEPORT_IDENTITY` keeps this run's save out of your normal slot.
+
+## What it demonstrates
+
+| Seam | Where |
+|---|---|
+| `hooks:wrap("intro.oak_speech.build")` | `main.lua` — reshape the step list |
+| `mod.ui.insertStepAfter` / `insertStepBefore` | `main.lua` — anchored on vanilla step ids |
+| step kinds `say` / `yesno` / `choice` | `main.lua` |
+| pics: `"oak"`, `"rival"`, `"player"`, pokemon, custom image | `main.lua` |
+| `events:on("intro.oak_speech.answered")` | `main.lua` → `mod.save` |
+| `events:on("intro.oak_speech.finished")` | `main.lua` |
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+-- Gallery entry: reshape Oak's intro speech with extra questions, sprite
+-- swaps (oak / rival / player / pokemon / a custom image), and answers
+-- that land in mod.save.
+--
+-- Uses hooks:wrap("intro.oak_speech.build") plus intro.oak_speech.answered.
+
+return function(mod)
+  local toastPic = mod.path .. "/assets/toast_kid.png"
+
+  mod.hooks:wrap("intro.oak_speech.build", function(next, steps, speech)
+    steps = next(steps, speech)
+
+    -- after oak says hello, immediately derail
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "oak_welcome", {
+      id = "silly_quiz_intro",
+      kind = "say",
+      pic = "oak",
+      text = "Before we start,\nI have a few\vquestions.\fImportant ones.\nScientific ones.",
+    })
+
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "silly_quiz_intro", {
+      id = "silly_toast",
+      kind = "yesno",
+      pic = "oak",
+      saveKey = "likes_toast",
+      text = "Do you like\ntoast?",
+    })
+
+    -- brand new sprite mid-speech
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "silly_toast", {
+      id = "silly_toast_kid",
+      kind = "say",
+      pic = { type = "image", path = toastPic },
+      reveal = "fade",
+      saveKey = nil,
+      text = "This is Toast Kid.\nHe is not a\vPOKéMON.\fHe just showed up\none day.\fAnyway.",
+    })
+
+    -- existing mon with a wipe + cry, parked after the real demo mon
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "demo_mon", {
+      id = "silly_mew",
+      kind = "say",
+      pic = { type = "pokemon", id = "MEW" },
+      reveal = "wipe",
+      cry = "MEW",
+      text = "This is MEW.\nPlease do not\vtell anyone\vI showed you.",
+    })
+
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "silly_mew", {
+      id = "silly_snack",
+      kind = "choice",
+      pic = "oak",
+      saveKey = "snack",
+      text = "Pick a snack.\nThis goes on\vyour permanent\vrecord.",
+      choices = { "BERRIES", "LEFTOVERS", "OLD ROD" },
+    })
+
+    -- swap to rival pic for a loaded question before naming him
+    mod.ui.insertStepBefore(steps, "ask_rival_name", {
+      id = "silly_trust",
+      kind = "choice",
+      pic = "rival",
+      reveal = "fade",
+      saveKey = "trusts_rival",
+      text = "Look at this kid.\nTrustworthy?",
+      choices = { "SURE", "NO" },
+      values = { true, false },
+    })
+
+    -- player pic for one last bit after both names are set
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "name_rival", {
+      id = "silly_pineapple",
+      kind = "yesno",
+      pic = "player",
+      saveKey = "pineapple_on_pizza",
+      text = "{PLAYER}. Be honest.\nPineapple on\vpizza?",
+    })
+
+    mod.ui.insertStepAfter(steps, "silly_pineapple", {
+      id = "silly_closing",
+      kind = "say",
+      pic = "oak",
+      text = "Great. Terrible.\nI have notes.\fLet's pretend this\nwas normal.",
+    })
+
+    return steps
+  end)
+
+  -- every answered step with a saveKey lands in mod.save (and therefore
+  -- save.modData[mod.id] once the slot is written)
+  mod.events:on("intro.oak_speech.answered", function(ev)
+    if not ev.saveKey then return end
+    mod.save:set(ev.saveKey, ev.value)
+    mod.log:info("intro answer %s = %s", tostring(ev.saveKey), tostring(ev.value))
+  end)
+
+  mod.events:on("intro.oak_speech.finished", function(ev)
+    local answers = ev.answers or {}
+    for key, value in pairs(answers) do
+      if mod.save:get(key) == nil then
+        mod.save:set(key, value)
+      end
+    end
+    mod.save:set("quiz_done", true)
+    mod.log:info("silly oak quiz done")
+  end)
+end
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "id": "example_silly_oak",
+  "name": "Silly Oak Intro Example",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "api": 2,
+  "entry": "main.lua",
+  "profile": "content",
+  "category": "UI",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
+  "priority": 100,
+  "dependencies": [],
+  "optional_dependencies": [],
+  "conflicts": [],
+  "description": "Reshapes Oak's intro speech with extra questions, sprite swaps, and answers saved to mod.save."
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- Sharing metadata for the manager detail pane.
+return {
+  summary = "Oak asks dumb questions during the intro and remembers your answers.",
+  author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  tags = { "intro", "ui", "oak", "hooks" },
+  differences = {
+    changed = {
+      "Oak's NEW GAME speech gains extra questions and sprite beats",
+    },
+    added = {
+      "mod.save keys: likes_toast, snack, trusts_rival, pineapple_on_pizza, quiz_done",
+      "Custom Toast Kid pic mid-intro",
+    },
+    known = { "vanilla naming and the shrink-away still run" },
+  },
+  credits = {
+    { who = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project", for_ = "the intro.oak_speech hooks" },
+  },
+  compat = { engine = ">=0.0.0 <2.0.0", modApi = 2 },
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+-- Standalone: luajit mods/examples/example_silly_oak/tests/example_silly_oak_test.lua
+-- Covers the intro.oak_speech build hook, step helpers, sprite descriptors,
+-- and answers landing in mod.save.
+--
+-- Needs an imported ROM dataset (data/generated/).  Headless CI and a
+-- fresh checkout without a ROM skip cleanly -- the gallery is also
+-- covered by tests/mod_examples_tests.lua when generated data is present.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local function hasGenerated()
+  local handle = io.open("data/generated/constants.lua", "r")
+  if handle then handle:close() return true end
+  return false
+end
+if not hasGenerated() then
+  print("example_silly_oak_test skipped (needs data/generated/)")
+  os.exit(0)
+end
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
+local OakSpeech = require("src.ui.OakSpeech")
+local Data = require("src.core.Data")
+Data:load()
+
+local run = T.sdk.loadMod("mods/examples/example_silly_oak", { data = Data })
+T.eq(#run.errors, 0, "loads clean (" .. tostring(run.errors[1]) .. ")")
+
+local mod = run.mod
+T.check(mod ~= nil and mod.state == "loaded", "mod reached the loaded state")
+local ModUI = require("src.ui.ModUI")
+local bucket = function()
+  return run.loader.modSave.example_silly_oak or {}
+end
+local toastPath = (mod.path or "mods/examples/example_silly_oak")
+  .. "/assets/toast_kid.png"
+
+-- ------- build hook injects every silly beat around vanilla anchors
+
+local speech = OakSpeech.new({
+  data = Data,
+  save = { player = { name = "RED", rival = "BLUE" } },
+  stack = { push = function() end, pop = function() end },
+}, nil)
+local steps = speech:buildSteps()
+
+local ids = {}
+for _, step in ipairs(steps) do ids[#ids + 1] = step.id end
+local function has(id)
+  for _, x in ipairs(ids) do if x == id then return true end end
+  return false
+end
+
+T.check(has("oak_welcome") and has("name_player") and has("shrink"),
+  "vanilla anchors still present")
+T.check(has("silly_quiz_intro") and has("silly_toast") and has("silly_toast_kid"),
+  "toast quiz beats injected")
+T.check(has("silly_mew") and has("silly_snack"),
+  "MEW reveal and snack choice injected")
+T.check(has("silly_trust") and has("silly_pineapple") and has("silly_closing"),
+  "rival trust + pineapple beats injected")
+
+-- order: toast kid before demo_mon, mew after demo_mon, trust before rival ask
+local function indexOf(id)
+  for i, x in ipairs(ids) do if x == id then return i end end
+  return 0
+end
+T.check(indexOf("silly_toast_kid") < indexOf("demo_mon"),
+  "Toast Kid shows before the demo mon")
+T.check(indexOf("demo_mon") < indexOf("silly_mew"),
+  "MEW shows after the demo mon")
+T.check(indexOf("silly_trust") < indexOf("ask_rival_name"),
+  "trust question is before rival naming")
+T.check(indexOf("name_rival") < indexOf("silly_pineapple")
+        and indexOf("silly_pineapple") < indexOf("legend"),
+  "pineapple lands between rival name and the legend beat")
+
+-- ------- step shapes cover choice / yesno / custom image / pokemon
+
+local byId = {}
+for _, step in ipairs(steps) do byId[step.id] = step end
+
+T.eq(byId.silly_toast.kind, "yesno", "toast is a yes/no")
+T.eq(byId.silly_toast.saveKey, "likes_toast", "toast writes likes_toast")
+T.eq(byId.silly_snack.kind, "choice", "snack is a multi choice")
+T.eq(#byId.silly_snack.choices, 3, "snack has three options")
+T.check(byId.silly_toast_kid.pic and byId.silly_toast_kid.pic.type == "image",
+  "Toast Kid uses a custom image pic")
+T.check(byId.silly_mew.pic and byId.silly_mew.pic.type == "pokemon"
+        and byId.silly_mew.pic.id == "MEW" and byId.silly_mew.cry == "MEW",
+  "MEW beat uses pokemon pic + cry")
+T.eq(byId.silly_trust.pic, "rival", "trust question shows the rival pic")
+
+-- ------- resolvePic covers trainer / pokemon / player / image shorthand
+
+local oakImg = OakSpeech.resolvePic({ data = Data }, "oak", speech)
+local rivalImg = OakSpeech.resolvePic({ data = Data }, "rival", speech)
+local playerImg = OakSpeech.resolvePic({ data = Data }, "player", speech)
+local mewImg, mewFlip = OakSpeech.resolvePic({ data = Data },
+  { type = "pokemon", id = "MEW", flip = true }, speech)
+local customImg = OakSpeech.resolvePic({ data = Data },
+  { type = "image", path = toastPath }, speech)
+-- headless love stub may return nil images; the call itself must not throw
+T.check(oakImg == speech.oakPic or oakImg == nil or type(oakImg) == "userdata"
+        or type(oakImg) == "table",
+  "oak shorthand resolves without error")
+T.check(rivalImg == speech.rivalPic or rivalImg == nil or type(rivalImg) == "userdata"
+        or type(rivalImg) == "table",
+  "rival shorthand resolves without error")
+T.check(playerImg == speech.playerPic or playerImg == nil
+        or type(playerImg) == "userdata" or type(playerImg) == "table",
+  "player shorthand resolves without error")
+T.check(mewFlip == true, "pokemon flip flag is honored")
+T.check(customImg ~= nil or true, "custom image path is accepted")
+
+-- ------- answered event writes mod.save (loader.modSave bucket)
+
+Runtime.emit("intro.oak_speech.answered", {
+  saveKey = "likes_toast", value = true, label = "YES", index = 1,
+  step = byId.silly_toast, speech = speech,
+})
+Runtime.emit("intro.oak_speech.answered", {
+  saveKey = "snack", value = "OLD ROD", label = "OLD ROD", index = 3,
+  step = byId.silly_snack, speech = speech,
+})
+Runtime.emit("intro.oak_speech.answered", {
+  saveKey = "trusts_rival", value = false, label = "NO", index = 2,
+  step = byId.silly_trust, speech = speech,
+})
+Runtime.emit("intro.oak_speech.answered", {
+  saveKey = "pineapple_on_pizza", value = true, label = "YES", index = 1,
+  step = byId.silly_pineapple, speech = speech,
+})
+Runtime.emit("intro.oak_speech.finished", {
+  speech = speech, answers = speech.answers,
+})
+
+local saved = bucket()
+T.eq(saved.likes_toast, true, "likes_toast saved")
+T.eq(saved.snack, "OLD ROD", "snack saved")
+T.eq(saved.trusts_rival, false, "trusts_rival saved")
+T.eq(saved.pineapple_on_pizza, true, "pineapple_on_pizza saved")
+T.eq(saved.quiz_done, true, "quiz_done stamped on finish")
+
+-- ------- ModUI step helpers (public surface)
+
+local tiny = {
+  { id = "a", kind = "say" },
+  { id = "b", kind = "say" },
+}
+ModUI.insertStepAfter(tiny, "a", { id = "mid", kind = "choice" })
+T.eq(tiny[2].id, "mid", "insertStepAfter lands behind the anchor")
+ModUI.insertStepBefore(tiny, "b", { id = "pre_b", kind = "yesno" })
+T.eq(tiny[3].id, "pre_b", "insertStepBefore lands ahead of the anchor")
+ModUI.removeStep(tiny, "mid")
+T.check(tiny[2].id ~= "mid", "removeStep drops by id")
+
+run.release()
+T.finish("example_silly_oak")
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  "entry": "main.lua",
  "profile": "overhaul",
  "category": "MECHANIC",
-  "game_version": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+  "game_version": ">=0.0.0-0 <2.0.0",
  "priority": 100,
  "dependencies": [],
  "optional_dependencies": [],
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 #                          [--notary-profile NAME] [--no-notarize]
 #                          [--release]   # ios only: release config instead of debug
 #
-# Output: dist/mac/PokemonRed-macos.zip
-#         dist/win/PokemonRed-win64.zip
-#         dist/linux/PokemonRed-linux.zip (fused x86_64 AppImage)
+# Output: dist/mac/gen1recomp-macos.zip
+#         dist/win/gen1recomp-win64.zip
+#         dist/linux/gen1recomp-linux.zip (fused x86_64 AppImage)
 #         dist/android/debug/*.apk (full gradle output stays under
 #           mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/embedNoRecord/)
-#         dist/ios/<Config>-<sdk>/PokemonRed.app (full xcodebuild output stays
+#         dist/ios/<Config>-<sdk>/gen1recomp.app (full xcodebuild output stays
 #           under mobile/ios/build/Build/Products/)

 set -euo pipefail
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WORK="$HERE/work"
 DIST="$ROOT/dist"
 ENTITLEMENTS="$ROOT/scripts/macos-entitlements.plist"

-APP_NAME="PokemonRed"
+APP_NAME="gen1recomp"
 BUNDLE_ID="com.theboisclub.pokemonred"
 LOVE_VERSION="11.5"
 VERSION="$(git -C "$ROOT" rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo dev)"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ say "packing game.love"
 LOVE_FILE="$WORK/game.love"
 rm -f "$LOVE_FILE"
 (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
-  main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json \
+  main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
  -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
 if unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" \
    | grep -Eq '^(data|assets)/generated/[^/]+|^(data|assets)/generated/.+/'; then
@@ -68,6 +68,31 @@ if unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" \
 fi
 say "game.love: $(du -h "$LOVE_FILE" | cut -f1)"

+# ------------------------------------------------------- stamp release version
+# The working tree ships Version.lua with engine "0.0.0-dev"; the real release
+# number only ever lives inside the packed archive. When --version is a strict
+# X.Y.Z, patch a copy of Version.lua (engine set to that number) under a staging
+# dir and replace the entry inside game.love in place -- never the source tree.
+# Short-hash / "dev" builds are left with the "-dev" default so they cannot be
+# mistaken for a release. The stamp is then read back out of the archive and the
+# build fails if it did not take.
+if printf '%s' "$VERSION" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
+  say "stamping engine version $VERSION into game.love"
+  stamp_dir="$WORK/stamp"
+  rm -rf "$stamp_dir"
+  mkdir -p "$stamp_dir/src/core"
+  sed -E "s/(engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\")[^\"]*(\")/\1$VERSION\2/" \
+    "$ROOT/src/core/Version.lua" > "$stamp_dir/src/core/Version.lua"
+  (cd "$stamp_dir" && zip -q "$LOVE_FILE" src/core/Version.lua)
+  version_re="$(printf '%s' "$VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')"
+  unzip -p "$LOVE_FILE" src/core/Version.lua \
+    | grep -Eq "engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"$version_re\"" \
+    || fail "version stamp failed: game.love does not report engine $VERSION"
+  say "stamped engine version: $VERSION"
+else
+  say "version '$VERSION' is not X.Y.Z,  shipping default engine (no stamp)"
+fi
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- macOS
 build_mac() {
  say "building macOS app"
@@ -141,11 +166,20 @@ build_win() {
  say "building Windows (win64) app"
  local zip_name="love-$LOVE_VERSION-win64.zip"
  local love_zip="$CACHE/$zip_name"
+  # A cache hit only checks existence, not validity -- a prior run truncated
+  # by a network drop mid-download (curl still leaves the partial file if
+  # the exit code slips through) would otherwise be reused forever.
+  if [ -f "$love_zip" ] && ! unzip -tqq "$love_zip" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    warn "cached $zip_name is not a valid zip,  removing and re-downloading"
+    rm -f "$love_zip"
+  fi
  if [ ! -f "$love_zip" ]; then
    say "downloading LÖVE $LOVE_VERSION win64 binaries"
    curl -fL --progress-bar \
      "https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/download/$LOVE_VERSION/$zip_name" \
      -o "$love_zip" || fail "download failed,  check LOVE_VERSION or your network"
+    unzip -tqq "$love_zip" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+      || fail "downloaded $zip_name is not a valid zip (truncated download?)"
  fi

  local extract_dir="$WORK/love-win64"
@@ -174,21 +208,63 @@ build_linux() {
  say "building Linux (x86_64 AppImage) app"
  local appimage_name="love-$LOVE_VERSION-x86_64.AppImage"
  local love_appimage="$CACHE/$appimage_name"
+  # Same cache-validity gap as the win64 zip above: an AppImage is just an
+  # ELF, so check the magic bytes before trusting a cached copy is complete.
+  if [ -f "$love_appimage" ] && [ "$(head -c 4 "$love_appimage" | od -An -tx1 | tr -d ' \n')" != "7f454c46" ]; then
+    warn "cached $appimage_name is not a valid ELF binary,  removing and re-downloading"
+    rm -f "$love_appimage"
+  fi
  if [ ! -f "$love_appimage" ]; then
    say "downloading LÖVE $LOVE_VERSION Linux AppImage"
    curl -fL --progress-bar \
      "https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/download/$LOVE_VERSION/$appimage_name" \
      -o "$love_appimage" || fail "download failed,  check LOVE_VERSION or your network"
+    [ "$(head -c 4 "$love_appimage" | od -An -tx1 | tr -d ' \n')" = "7f454c46" ] \
+      || fail "downloaded $appimage_name is not a valid ELF binary (truncated download?)"
  fi
  chmod +x "$love_appimage"

-  # Same fusion trick as the Windows exe: love looks for a zip appended to
-  # its own running binary, and an AppImage is just an ELF executable, so
-  # concatenating game.love onto it works the same way `cat love.exe
-  # game.love` does on Windows.
+  # The Windows-style `cat love.exe game.love` fusion does NOT work here:
+  # an AppImage is a small runtime ELF with a squashfs appended, and at
+  # launch the runtime mounts the squashfs and executes bin/love from
+  # *inside* it -- bytes appended to the outer file are never read, so
+  # users would just get vanilla LÖVE's no-game screen. Instead, unpack
+  # the squashfs, drop game.love in, point AppRun's FUSE_PATH hook at it
+  # (the hook ships commented-out in LÖVE's official AppImage), and glue
+  # runtime + repacked squashfs back together.
+  command -v unsquashfs >/dev/null && command -v mksquashfs >/dev/null \
+    || fail "squashfs tools not found; install with: brew install squashfs"
+
+  # The squashfs starts right where the ELF ends:
+  # e_shoff + e_shnum * e_shentsize (all little-endian in the ELF64 header).
+  local e_shoff e_shentsize e_shnum sfs_offset
+  e_shoff=$(od -An -j40 -N8 -tu8 "$love_appimage" | tr -d ' ')
+  e_shentsize=$(od -An -j58 -N2 -tu2 "$love_appimage" | tr -d ' ')
+  e_shnum=$(od -An -j60 -N2 -tu2 "$love_appimage" | tr -d ' ')
+  sfs_offset=$((e_shoff + e_shentsize * e_shnum))
+  [ "$(dd if="$love_appimage" bs=1 skip="$sfs_offset" count=4 2>/dev/null)" = "hsqs" ] \
+    || fail "no squashfs superblock at computed offset $sfs_offset (unexpected AppImage layout)"
+
+  local appdir="$WORK/linux-appdir"
+  rm -rf "$appdir"
+  unsquashfs -q -no-xattrs -o "$sfs_offset" -d "$appdir" "$love_appimage" >/dev/null
+
+  cp "$LOVE_FILE" "$appdir/game.love"
+  sed -i '' 's|^#FUSE_PATH="$APPDIR/my_game.love"$|FUSE_PATH="$APPDIR/game.love"|' "$appdir/AppRun"
+  grep -q '^FUSE_PATH="\$APPDIR/game.love"$' "$appdir/AppRun" \
+    || fail "failed to enable FUSE_PATH in AppRun (upstream AppRun changed?)"
+
+  # Match the upstream image's compression (gzip, 128K blocks) so the
+  # bundled runtime can read it.
+  local sfs_out="$WORK/game.squashfs"
+  rm -f "$sfs_out"
+  mksquashfs "$appdir" "$sfs_out" \
+    -comp gzip -b 131072 -noappend -all-root -no-xattrs -quiet >/dev/null
+
  local out_bin="$WORK/$APP_NAME-x86_64.AppImage"
  rm -f "$out_bin"
-  cat "$love_appimage" "$LOVE_FILE" > "$out_bin"
+  head -c "$sfs_offset" "$love_appimage" > "$out_bin"
+  cat "$sfs_out" >> "$out_bin"
  chmod +x "$out_bin"

  local zip_out="$DIST/linux/$APP_NAME-linux.zip"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ANDROID_DIR="$ROOT/mobile/android"
 EMBED_ASSETS="$ANDROID_DIR/app/src/embed/assets"
 LOVE_FILE="$EMBED_ASSETS/game.love"
 DIST="$ROOT/dist/android"
-APP_NAME="Pokemon Red"
+APP_NAME="gen1recomp"
 APPLICATION_ID="com.theboisclub.pokemonred"
 LOVE_ANDROID_VERSION="11.5a"
 NDK_VERSION="25.2.9519653"
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def set_prop(text, key, value):
 text = re.sub(r"(?m)^app\.name_byte_array=.*\n?", "", text)
 text = set_prop(text, "app.name", name)
 text = set_prop(text, "app.application_id", app_id)
-text = set_prop(text, "app.orientation", "portrait")
+text = set_prop(text, "app.orientation", "fullUser")
 if version:
    text = set_prop(text, "app.version_name", version)
    text = set_prop(text, "app.version_code", version_code)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pack_game_love() {
  mkdir -p "$EMBED_ASSETS"
  rm -f "$LOVE_FILE"
  (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
-    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json \
+    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
    -x '*.DS_Store' -x '*/.git/*' -x '*/.DS_Store' \
    -x 'data/generated/*' -x 'assets/generated/*')
  if unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" \
@@ -145,6 +145,32 @@ pack_game_love() {
    fail "game.love unexpectedly contains generated ROM data"
  fi
  say "game.love: $(du -h "$LOVE_FILE" | cut -f1) -> $LOVE_FILE"
+
+  # This script packs its own game.love (it does not reuse build.sh's), so it
+  # stamps the release version the same way: patch a copy of Version.lua
+  # (engine set to $VERSION) under a throwaway staging dir and replace the
+  # entry inside the archive in place -- never the source tree. VERSION is
+  # already validated as X.Y.Z above; when it is empty the packaged game keeps
+  # the "0.0.0-dev" default. The stamp is read back out and the build fails if
+  # it did not take.
+  if printf '%s' "$VERSION" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
+    say "stamping engine version $VERSION into game.love"
+    local stamp_dir
+    stamp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+    mkdir -p "$stamp_dir/src/core"
+    sed -E "s/(engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\")[^\"]*(\")/\1$VERSION\2/" \
+      "$ROOT/src/core/Version.lua" > "$stamp_dir/src/core/Version.lua"
+    (cd "$stamp_dir" && zip -q "$LOVE_FILE" src/core/Version.lua)
+    local version_re
+    version_re="$(printf '%s' "$VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')"
+    unzip -p "$LOVE_FILE" src/core/Version.lua \
+      | grep -Eq "engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"$version_re\"" \
+      || fail "version stamp failed: game.love does not report engine $VERSION"
+    rm -rf "$stamp_dir"
+    say "stamped engine version: $VERSION"
+  else
+    say "no X.Y.Z --version,  shipping default engine (no stamp)"
+  fi
 }

 # --------------------------------------------------------------- SDK check
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 #   - mobile/ios/love-src/ (see --fetch / mobile/ios/README.md)
 #   - prebuilt iOS libraries under love-src/platform/xcode/ios/libraries/
 #
-# Output: dist/ios/<Config>-<sdk>/PokemonRed.app (convenience copy)
-#         mobile/ios/build/Build/Products/<Config>-<sdk>/PokemonRed.app
+# Output: dist/ios/<Config>-<sdk>/gen1recomp.app (convenience copy)
+#         mobile/ios/build/Build/Products/<Config>-<sdk>/gen1recomp.app

 set -euo pipefail

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ RESOURCES_DIR="$XCODE_DIR/ios/resources"
 LOVE_FILE="$RESOURCES_DIR/game.love"
 LIBS_DIR="$XCODE_DIR/ios/libraries"

-APP_NAME="PokemonRed"
-DISPLAY_NAME="Pokemon Red"
+APP_NAME="gen1recomp"
+DISPLAY_NAME="gen1recomp"
 BUNDLE_ID="com.theboisclub.pokemonred"
 LOVE_VERSION="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$IOS_DIR/LOVE_VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo 11.5)"
 IOS_SOURCE_ZIP="love-${LOVE_VERSION}-ios-source.zip"
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ require_ios_libraries
 apply_ios_branding() {
  [ -f "$OVERLAY_PLIST" ] || fail "missing overlay plist: $OVERLAY_PLIST"
  local dest="$XCODE_DIR/ios/love-ios.plist"
-  say "applying iOS branding (portrait-only Info.plist, display name)"
+  say "applying iOS branding (portrait + landscape Info.plist, display name)"
  cp "$OVERLAY_PLIST" "$dest"
 }

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pack_game_love() {
  rm -f "$LOVE_FILE"
  # Same payload as scripts/build.sh / build_android.sh: game sources only.
  (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
-    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json \
+    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
    -x '*.DS_Store' -x '*/.git/*' -x '*/.DS_Store' \
    -x 'data/generated/*' -x 'assets/generated/*')
  if unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" \
@@ -144,6 +144,25 @@ function AnimPlayer.new(data)
  }, AnimPlayer)
 end

+-- Release the tilesheet images and quads this player built.  They live in
+-- per-instance caches (a fresh AnimPlayer is made per battle), so unlike a
+-- shared module cache they are dead the moment the battle ends -- freeing
+-- them here instead of waiting on a GC finalizer keeps grinding battles
+-- from piling orphaned VRAM up faster than the (Lua-heap-triggered) GC
+-- reclaims it.
+function AnimPlayer:release()
+  for _, img in pairs(self.images) do
+    if img and img.release then pcall(img.release, img) end
+  end
+  self.images = {}
+  for _, byTile in pairs(self.quads) do
+    for _, q in pairs(byTile) do
+      if q and q.release then pcall(q.release, q) end
+    end
+  end
+  self.quads = {}
+end
+
 function AnimPlayer:warnOnce(key, fmt, ...)
  if not self.warned[key] then
    self.warned[key] = true
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 local MoveEffects = require("src.battle.MoveEffects")
 local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local StatusRegistry = require("src.battle.StatusRegistry")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")

 local EffectRegistry = {}

@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
  if target.invulnerable and not neverMiss then
    -- Explosion/Selfdestruct still animate on a miss (HandleIfPlayerMoveMissed)
    if not (record and record.explode) then battle:cancelMoveAnim() end
-    battle:sayNext(("%s's\nattack missed!"):format(displayName(user)))
+    battle:sayNext(Strings("%s's\nattack missed!", displayName(user)))
    return
  end

@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
    if not battle:accuracyRoll(move, user, target) then
      -- Explosion/Selfdestruct still animate on a miss (HandleIfPlayerMoveMissed)
      if not (record and record.explode) then battle:cancelMoveAnim() end
-      battle:sayNext(("%s's\nattack missed!"):format(displayName(user)))
+      battle:sayNext(Strings("%s's\nattack missed!", displayName(user)))
      -- Jump Kick crash, Explode self-destruct
      if record and record.onMiss then record.onMiss(ctx, "accuracy") end
      user.trappingTurns = nil
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
    end
    if not counterable or (battle.lastDamage or 0) == 0 then
      battle:cancelMoveAnim()
-      battle:sayNext(("%s's\nattack missed!"):format(displayName(user)))
+      battle:sayNext(Strings("%s's\nattack missed!", displayName(user)))
      return
    end
    dmg = math.min(65535, battle.lastDamage * 2)
@@ -163,38 +164,64 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
  if info.typeMult == 0 then
    -- type immunity zeros damage and sets wMoveMissed in Gen 1, so no anim
    if not (record and record.explode) then battle:cancelMoveAnim() end
-    battle:sayNext(("It doesn't affect\n%s!"):format(displayName(target)))
+    battle:sayNext(Strings("It doesn't affect\n%s!", displayName(target)))
    if record and record.onMiss then record.onMiss(ctx, "immune") end
    return
  end
  if info.missed then
    -- 0.25x floored the damage to zero: the original registers a miss
    if not (record and record.explode) then battle:cancelMoveAnim() end
-    battle:sayNext(("%s's\nattack missed!"):format(displayName(user)))
+    battle:sayNext(Strings("%s's\nattack missed!", displayName(user)))
    if record and record.onMiss then record.onMiss(ctx, "floored") end
    return
  end
  battle.lastDamage = dmg -- wDamage (shared by both sides, read by Counter)

-  -- the hit blink + damage sound ride the queue behind the animation:
-  -- on the move's anim row when one was announced, else on a bare hit
-  -- row (thrash/rage continuations), placed BEFORE the drain rows the
-  -- hits loop inserts so the blink precedes the bar drain
-  local hitRow = battle.moveAnimRow
-  if not hitRow then
-    battle.nextInsert = (battle.nextInsert or 0) + 1
-    hitRow = { hitRow = true }
-    table.insert(battle.queue, battle.nextInsert, hitRow)
-  end
+  -- the hit blink + damage sound ride each animation row, placed BEFORE
+  -- that hit's drain so the blink precedes the bar.  Multi-hit moves
+  -- replay PlayMoveAnimation per strike (pokered: GetPlayerAnimationType
+  -- / GetEnemyAnimationType loop on wNumAttacksLeft); hit 1 reuses the
+  -- announcement-time moveAnimRow, later hits queue fresh anim rows.
+  -- Thrash/rage continuations have no announcement anim -- a bare
+  -- hitRow carries the blink instead.
+  local hitSfx = info.typeMult > 10 and "Super_Effective"
+                 or info.typeMult < 10 and "Not_Very_Effective" or "Damage"
+  local hitFx = { sfx = hitSfx,
+                  blink = battle:animationsOn() and target or nil }

  local totalDealt = 0
  local landed, brokeSub = 0, false
  for h = 1, hits do
    if target.mon.hp <= 0 then break end
+    local hitRow
+    if h == 1 then
+      hitRow = battle.moveAnimRow
+      if not hitRow then
+        battle.nextInsert = (battle.nextInsert or 0) + 1
+        hitRow = { hitRow = true }
+        table.insert(battle.queue, battle.nextInsert, hitRow)
+      end
+    else
+      battle.nextInsert = (battle.nextInsert or 0) + 1
+      hitRow = { anim = move.id, attackerIsPlayer = user.isPlayer }
+      table.insert(battle.queue, battle.nextInsert, hitRow)
+    end
    local hadSub = target.substituteHP ~= nil
    local dealt = battle:applyDamage(target, dmg)
    totalDealt = totalDealt + dealt
    landed = h
+    if dealt > 0 then hitRow.hit = hitFx end
+    -- PrintCriticalOHKOText + DisplayEffectiveness run inside the
+    -- multi-hit loop (core.asm .moveDidNotMiss before the jump back
+    -- to GetPlayerAnimationType), so crit/effectiveness reprint on
+    -- every strike -- damage was only rolled once
+    if info.crit then battle:sayNext(Strings("Critical hit!")) end
+    if info.ohko then battle:sayNext(Strings("One-hit KO!")) end
+    if info.typeMult > 10 then
+      battle:sayNext(Strings("It's super\neffective!"))
+    elseif info.typeMult < 10 then
+      battle:sayNext(Strings("It's not very\neffective..."))
+    end
    if Runtime.wants("battle.damage_dealt") then
      Runtime.emit("battle.damage_dealt", {
        battle = battle, user = user, target = target, move = move,
@@ -208,29 +235,12 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
    end
  end
  hits = landed > 0 and landed or hits
-  if totalDealt > 0 then
-    -- the original's per-hit sound: normal / super / not-very-effective
-    local hitSfx = info.typeMult > 10 and "Super_Effective"
-                   or info.typeMult < 10 and "Not_Very_Effective" or "Damage"
-    hitRow.hit = { sfx = hitSfx,
-                   blink = battle:animationsOn() and target or nil }
-  end
-  -- PrintCriticalOHKOText prints "Critical hit!"/"One-hit KO!" right
-  -- after the damage lands, BEFORE DisplayEffectiveness (core.asm
-  -- .moveDidNotMiss); the multi-hit count follows the last hit
-  if info.crit then battle:sayNext("Critical hit!") end
-  if info.ohko then battle:sayNext("One-hit KO!") end
-  if info.typeMult > 10 then
-    battle:sayNext("It's super\neffective!")
-  elseif info.typeMult < 10 then
-    battle:sayNext("It's not very\neffective...")
-  end
  if hits > 1 then
    -- player: _MultiHitText; enemy: _HitXTimesText (always plural)
    if user.isPlayer then
-      battle:sayNext(("Hit the enemy\n%d times!"):format(hits))
+      battle:sayNext(Strings("Hit the enemy\n%d times!", hits))
    else
-      battle:sayNext(("Hit %d times!"):format(hits))
+      battle:sayNext(Strings("Hit %d times!", hits))
    end
  end

@@ -242,7 +252,7 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
  elseif moveInst.struggle then
    -- struggle recoils even when its effect id resolves to no record
    local recoil = math.max(1, math.floor(dmg / 2))
-    battle:sayNext(("%s's\nhit with recoil!"):format(displayName(user)))
+    battle:sayNext(Strings("%s's\nhit with recoil!", displayName(user)))
    battle:applyDamage(user, recoil)
  end

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ local Logger = require("src.core.Logger")
 local StatusRegistry = require("src.battle.StatusRegistry")
 local TurnOrder = require("src.battle.TurnOrder")
 local TypeChart = require("src.battle.TypeChart")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")

 local MoveEffects = {}

@@ -36,14 +37,14 @@ local STAT_LABEL = {
 local function changeStage(battle, who, stat, delta, fromEnemy)
  if fromEnemy and (who.substituteHP or who.mist) then
    if who.mist then
-      return { displayName(who) .. " is\nprotected by MIST!" }
+      return { Strings("%s is\nprotected by MIST!", displayName(who)) }
    end
-    return { "But, it failed!" }
+    return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
  end
  local cur = who.stages[stat] or 0
  local new = math.max(-6, math.min(6, cur + delta))
  if new == cur then
-    return { ("Nothing happened!") }
+    return { Strings("Nothing happened!") }
  end
  who.stages[stat] = new
  -- effects.asm:505-506: after any stat-stage change, modified stats are
@@ -53,13 +54,13 @@ local function changeStage(battle, who, stat, delta, fromEnemy)
  -- _MonsStatsRoseText/_MonsStatsFellText: "X's / STAT rose!"; the
  -- two-stage variants scroll "greatly" onto a third line
  if delta >= 2 then
-    return { ("%s's\n%s\ngreatly rose!"):format(displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
+    return { Strings("%s's\n%s\ngreatly rose!", displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
  elseif delta == 1 then
-    return { ("%s's\n%s rose!"):format(displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
+    return { Strings("%s's\n%s rose!", displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
  elseif delta == -1 then
-    return { ("%s's\n%s fell!"):format(displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
+    return { Strings("%s's\n%s fell!", displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
  end
-  return { ("%s's\n%s\ngreatly fell!"):format(displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
+  return { Strings("%s's\n%s\ngreatly fell!", displayName(who), STAT_LABEL[stat]) }
 end
 MoveEffects.changeStage = changeStage

@@ -88,10 +89,10 @@ end
 local function statusMove(status)
  return function(battle, user, target, move)
    if target.mon.status then
-      return { "But, it failed!" }
+      return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
    end
    if status == "PSN" and target.substituteHP then
-      return { "But, it failed!" }
+      return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
    end
    local msgs = inflictStatus(battle, target, status, {
      toxic = move and move.id == "TOXIC",
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ local function statusMove(status)
      source = move and move.id,
    })
    if #msgs == 0 then
-      return { "But, it failed!" }
+      return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
    end
    return msgs
  end
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ local function statusSide(status, chance)
    -- target (regardless of the burn roll)
    if move and move.type == "FIRE" and target.mon.status == "FRZ" then
      target.mon.status = nil
-      return { ("Fire defrosted\n%s!"):format(displayName(target)) }
+      return { Strings("Fire defrosted\n%s!", displayName(target)) }
    end
    if battle.rng(0, 255) >= chance then return {} end
    return inflictStatus(battle, target, status, {
@@ -144,10 +145,10 @@ end

 local function confuse(battle, target, pierceSub)
  if target.confusedTurns or (target.substituteHP and not pierceSub) then
-    return { "But, it failed!" }
+    return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
  end
  target.confusedTurns = battle.rng(2, 5)
-  return { ("%s\nbecame confused!"):format(displayName(target)) }
+  return { Strings("%s\nbecame confused!", displayName(target)) }
 end

 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -181,53 +182,53 @@ MoveEffects.primary = {
  LEECH_SEED_EFFECT = function(battle, user, target)
    -- leech_seed.asm has no substitute check: seeding lands through one
    if target.leechSeeded then
-      return { "But, it failed!" }
+      return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
    end
    for _, t in ipairs(target.curTypes) do
-      if t == "GRASS" then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+      if t == "GRASS" then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    end
    target.leechSeeded = true
-    return { ("%s\nwas seeded!"):format(displayName(target)) }
+    return { Strings("%s\nwas seeded!", displayName(target)) }
  end,

  HEAL_EFFECT = function(battle, user, target, move)
    local mon = user.mon
    if move.id == "REST" then
-      if mon.hp == mon.stats.hp then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+      if mon.hp == mon.stats.hp then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
      mon.hp = mon.stats.hp
      mon.status = "SLP"
      user.sleepTurns = 2
      user.toxicCounter = nil
-      return { ("%s\nstarted sleeping!"):format(displayName(user)) }
+      return { Strings("%s\nstarted sleeping!", displayName(user)) }
    end
-    if mon.hp == mon.stats.hp then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if mon.hp == mon.stats.hp then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    mon.hp = math.min(mon.stats.hp, mon.hp + math.floor(mon.stats.hp / 2))
-    return { ("%s\nregained health!"):format(displayName(user)) }
+    return { Strings("%s\nregained health!", displayName(user)) }
  end,

  LIGHT_SCREEN_EFFECT = function(battle, user)
-    if user.lightScreen then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if user.lightScreen then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    user.lightScreen = true
-    return { ("%s's\nprotected against\nspecial attacks!"):format(displayName(user)) }
+    return { Strings("%s's\nprotected against\nspecial attacks!", displayName(user)) }
  end,

  REFLECT_EFFECT = function(battle, user)
-    if user.reflect then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if user.reflect then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    user.reflect = true
-    return { ("%s\ngained armor!"):format(displayName(user)) }
+    return { Strings("%s\ngained armor!", displayName(user)) }
  end,

  MIST_EFFECT = function(battle, user)
-    if user.mist then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if user.mist then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    user.mist = true
    -- _ShroudedInMistText (lowercase "mist")
-    return { ("%s's\nshrouded in mist!"):format(displayName(user)) }
+    return { Strings("%s's\nshrouded in mist!", displayName(user)) }
  end,

  FOCUS_ENERGY_EFFECT = function(battle, user)
-    if user.focusEnergy then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if user.focusEnergy then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    user.focusEnergy = true
-    return { ("%s's\ngetting pumped!"):format(displayName(user)) }
+    return { Strings("%s's\ngetting pumped!", displayName(user)) }
  end,

  HAZE_EFFECT = function(battle, user, target)
@@ -254,33 +255,33 @@ MoveEffects.primary = {
      target.skipMove = true
    end
    target.mon.status = nil
-    return { "All STATUS changes\nare eliminated!" }
+    return { Strings("All STATUS changes\nare eliminated!") }
  end,

  SUBSTITUTE_EFFECT = function(battle, user)
-    if user.substituteHP then return { ("%s\nhas a SUBSTITUTE!"):format(displayName(user)) } end
+    if user.substituteHP then return { Strings("%s\nhas a SUBSTITUTE!", displayName(user)) } end
    local cost = math.floor(user.mon.stats.hp / 4)
    -- substitute.asm only fails on subtraction underflow (current HP
    -- strictly below maxHP/4); at equality the substitute is built and
    -- the user is left standing on exactly 0 HP (it faints only when
    -- the engine next checks HP, not here)
    if user.mon.hp < cost then
-      return { "Too weak to make\na SUBSTITUTE!" }
+      return { Strings("Too weak to make\na SUBSTITUTE!") }
    end
    user.mon.hp = user.mon.hp - cost
    user.substituteHP = cost + 1
    -- _SubstituteText
-    return { "It created a\nSUBSTITUTE!" }
+    return { Strings("It created a\nSUBSTITUTE!") }
  end,

  CONVERSION_EFFECT = function(battle, user, target)
    -- conversion.asm fails against a mid-Fly/Dig target (INVULNERABLE)
    if target.invulnerable then
-      return { "But, it failed!" }
+      return { Strings("But, it failed!") }
    end
    user.curTypes = { target.curTypes[1], target.curTypes[2] }
    -- _ConvertedTypeText
-    return { ("Converted type to\n%s's!"):format(displayName(target)) }
+    return { Strings("Converted type to\n%s's!", displayName(target)) }
  end,

  -- MIMIC_EFFECT lives in BattleState:resolveMimic: MimicEffect
@@ -311,27 +312,27 @@ MoveEffects.primary = {
      table.insert(user.curMoves, { id = mv.id, pp = 5, mimic = true })
    end
    -- _TransformedText: the copied name prints bare (wNameBuffer)
-    return { ("%s\ntransformed into\n%s!"):format(displayName(user), target.name) }
+    return { Strings("%s\ntransformed into\n%s!", displayName(user), target.name) }
  end,

  DISABLE_EFFECT = function(battle, user, target)
-    if target.disabledSlot then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if target.disabledSlot then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    local usable = {}
    for i, mv in ipairs(target.curMoves) do
      if mv.pp > 0 then table.insert(usable, i) end
    end
-    if #usable == 0 then return { "But, it failed!" } end
+    if #usable == 0 then return { Strings("But, it failed!") } end
    local slot = usable[battle.rng(1, #usable)]
    target.disabledSlot = slot
    target.disabledTurns = battle.rng(1, 8)
    local id = target.curMoves[slot].id
    -- _MoveWasDisabledText: "X's / MOVE was / disabled!"
-    return { ("%s's\n%s was\ndisabled!"):format(displayName(target),
+    return { Strings("%s's\n%s was\ndisabled!", displayName(target),
                                                battle.data.moves[id].name) }
  end,

  SPLASH_EFFECT = function()
-    return { "No effect!" }
+    return { Strings("No effect!") }
  end,
 }

@@ -428,7 +429,9 @@ local function drainHalf(text)
    local mon = ctx.user.mon
    mon.hp = math.min(mon.stats.hp, mon.hp + heal)
    ctx.drain()
-    ctx.say(text:format(displayName(ctx.target)))
+    -- `text` arrives as a source string (Strings.source at the call
+    -- site keeps it in the catalog); look it up here, at use time
+    ctx.say(Strings(text, displayName(ctx.target)))
  end
 end

@@ -436,7 +439,7 @@ end
 -- flags the miss before the special-damage override)
 local function immuneMsg(ctx)
  if TypeChart.effectiveness(ctx.move.type, ctx.target.curTypes) == 0 then
-    return ("It doesn't affect\n%s!"):format(displayName(ctx.target))
+    return Strings("It doesn't affect\n%s!", displayName(ctx.target))
  end
  return nil
 end
@@ -498,12 +501,12 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
      -- removed): overkill and substitute hits recoil at full strength
      local recoil = math.max(1, math.floor(ctx.rawDamage
                                            / (ctx.moveInst.struggle and 2 or 4)))
-      ctx.say(("%s's\nhit with recoil!"):format(displayName(ctx.user)))
+      ctx.say(Strings("%s's\nhit with recoil!", displayName(ctx.user)))
      ctx.battle:applyDamage(ctx.user, recoil)
    end,
  },
  DRAIN_HP_EFFECT = {
-    afterDamage = drainHalf("Sucked health from\n%s!"),
+    afterDamage = drainHalf(Strings.source("Sucked health from\n%s!")),
  },
  DREAM_EATER_EFFECT = {
    -- only works on sleeping targets (checked before damage)
@@ -511,7 +514,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
      if ctx.target.mon.status ~= "SLP" then return false, "But, it failed!" end
      return true
    end,
-    afterDamage = drainHalf("%s's\ndream was eaten!"),
+    afterDamage = drainHalf(Strings.source("%s's\ndream was eaten!")),
  },

  -- charge moves: first turn just charges; Fly AND Dig go
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
          user.thrashTurns, user.thrashMove, user.thrashAnnounced = nil, nil, nil
          if not user.confusedTurns then
            user.confusedTurns = ctx.rng(2, 5)
-            ctx.say(("%s\nbecame confused!"):format(displayName(user)))
+            ctx.say(Strings("%s\nbecame confused!", displayName(user)))
          end
        end
      end
@@ -566,7 +569,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
  JUMP_KICK_EFFECT = {
    onMiss = function(ctx, reason)
      if reason ~= "accuracy" then return end
-      ctx.say(("%s\nkept going and\ncrashed!"):format(displayName(ctx.user)))
+      ctx.say(Strings("%s\nkept going and\ncrashed!", displayName(ctx.user)))
      ctx.damage(ctx.user, 1)
    end,
  },
@@ -581,8 +584,12 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
  },
  HYPER_BEAM_EFFECT = {
    afterDamage = function(ctx)
-      -- no recharge when the target faints OR its substitute breaks
-      if ctx.target.mon.hp > 0 and not ctx.brokeSub then
+      -- Gen 1: no recharge when the target faints OR its substitute breaks.
+      -- Ruleset hyperBeamSkipRechargeOnKO=false forces Gen 2+ always-recharge.
+      local ruleset = ctx.battle and ctx.battle.ruleset
+      local skipOnKO = not ruleset or ruleset.hyperBeamSkipRechargeOnKO ~= false
+      local targetDown = ctx.target.mon.hp <= 0 or ctx.brokeSub
+      if not skipOnKO or not targetDown then
        ctx.user.mustRecharge = true
      end
    end,
@@ -591,7 +598,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
    afterDamage = function(ctx)
      local battle = ctx.battle
      battle.payDay = (battle.payDay or 0) + 2 * ctx.user.mon.level
-      ctx.say("Coins scattered\neverywhere!")
+      ctx.say(Strings("Coins scattered\neverywhere!"))
    end,
  },
  SWIFT_EFFECT = { neverMiss = true },
@@ -606,7 +613,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
      local user = ctx.user
      user.bideTurns = ctx.rng(2, 3)
      user.bideDamage = 0
-      ctx.say(("%s\nis storing energy!"):format(displayName(user)))
+      ctx.say(Strings("%s\nis storing energy!", displayName(user)))
    end,
  },
  SWITCH_AND_TELEPORT_EFFECT = {
@@ -627,27 +634,27 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
        end
        if ok then
          if move.id == "ROAR" then
-            ctx.say(("%s\nran away scared!"):format(displayName(target)))
+            ctx.say(Strings("%s\nran away scared!", displayName(target)))
          elseif move.id == "WHIRLWIND" then
-            ctx.say(("%s\nwas blown away!"):format(displayName(target)))
+            ctx.say(Strings("%s\nwas blown away!", displayName(target)))
          else
-            ctx.say(("%s\nran from battle!"):format(displayName(user)))
+            ctx.say(Strings("%s\nran from battle!", displayName(user)))
          end
          battle.result = "run"
          battle.afterQueue = "finish"
        elseif move.id == "TELEPORT" then
          battle:cancelMoveAnim()
-          ctx.say("But, it failed!")
+          ctx.say(Strings("But, it failed!"))
        else
          battle:cancelMoveAnim()
-          ctx.say(("It didn't affect\n%s!"):format(displayName(target)))
+          ctx.say(Strings("It didn't affect\n%s!", displayName(target)))
        end
      elseif move.id == "TELEPORT" then
        battle:cancelMoveAnim()
-        ctx.say("But, it failed!")
+        ctx.say(Strings("But, it failed!"))
      else
        battle:cancelMoveAnim()
-        ctx.say(("%s\nis unaffected!"):format(displayName(target)))
+        ctx.say(Strings("%s\nis unaffected!", displayName(target)))
      end
    end,
  },
@@ -665,7 +672,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
    callsMove = function(ctx)
      local last = ctx.target.lastMove
      if not last then
-        ctx.say("The MIRROR MOVE\nfailed!")
+        ctx.say(Strings("The MIRROR MOVE\nfailed!"))
        return nil
      end
      return last
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 -- and residual sweep.  Callers without a battle (pure-module tests) fall
 -- back to the vanilla records, which is bit-identical behavior.

+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")
+
 local Status = {}

 -- pokered's <USER>/<TARGET> text macros print "Enemy " before the enemy
@@ -28,8 +30,11 @@ local function hasType(battler, wanted)
 end

 -- shared PSN/BRN residual: 1/16 max HP, multiplied (and advanced) by the
-- Toxic counter (HandlePoisonBurnLeechSeed)
-local function damageOverTime(what)
+-- Toxic counter (HandlePoisonBurnLeechSeed).  The caller passes the whole
+-- sentence rather than the noun: "hurt by poison" and "hurt by the burn"
+-- decline differently once translated, so a shared fragment cannot be the
+-- translatable unit.
+local function damageOverTime(template)
  return function(battler)
    local mon = battler.mon
    local base = math.max(1, math.floor(mon.stats.hp / 16))
@@ -39,10 +44,15 @@ local function damageOverTime(what)
      battler.toxicCounter = battler.toxicCounter + 1
    end
    mon.hp = math.max(0, mon.hp - dmg)
-    return { ("%s's\nhurt by %s!"):format(name(battler), what) }
+    return { Strings(template, name(battler)) }
  end
 end

+-- Labels stay plain literals on purpose: this table is built at require
+-- time, before Strings.load has a catalog, so a Strings() here would
+-- freeze the English.  They are already translatable through the
+-- statuses registry (mod.content.statuses:patch(id, { label = ... })).
+--
 -- The five persistent conditions as records: the beforeMove gauntlet, the
 -- residual sweep, the inflict text/immunities (StatusRegistry.inflict),
 -- the catch/wobble bonuses (Catching.attempt), the HUD label, and the
@@ -57,13 +67,13 @@ Status.RECORDS = {
      battler.sleepTurns = (battler.sleepTurns or 1) - 1
      if battler.sleepTurns <= 0 then
        battler.mon.status = nil
-        return false, { name(battler) .. "\nwoke up!" } -- wakes but loses the turn
+        return false, { Strings("%s\nwoke up!", name(battler)) } -- wakes, loses the turn
      end
-      return false, { name(battler) .. "\nis fast asleep!" }
+      return false, { Strings("%s\nis fast asleep!", name(battler)) }
    end,
    onInflict = function(battle, target, opts, display)
      target.sleepTurns = battle.rng(1, 7)
-      return { ("%s\nfell asleep!"):format(display) }
+      return { Strings("%s\nfell asleep!", display) }
    end,
  },
  FRZ = {
@@ -71,35 +81,35 @@ Status.RECORDS = {
    catchBonus = 25, shakeBonus = 10,
    beforeMovePriority = 30,
    beforeMove = function(battler)
-      return false, { name(battler) .. "\nis frozen solid!" }
+      return false, { Strings("%s\nis frozen solid!", name(battler)) }
    end,
    canInflict = function(target) return not hasType(target, "ICE") end,
    onInflict = function(_, _, _, display)
-      return { ("%s\nwas frozen solid!"):format(display) }
+      return { Strings("%s\nwas frozen solid!", display) }
    end,
  },
  PSN = {
    id = "PSN", label = "PSN", hudLabel = "PSN",
    catchBonus = 12, shakeBonus = 5,
-    residual = damageOverTime("poison"),
+    residual = damageOverTime(Strings.source("%s's\nhurt by poison!")),
    canInflict = function(target) return not hasType(target, "POISON") end,
    onInflict = function(_, target, opts, display)
      if opts.toxic then
        target.toxicCounter = 1
        -- _BadlyPoisonedText
-        return { ("%s's\nbadly poisoned!"):format(display) }
+        return { Strings("%s's\nbadly poisoned!", display) }
      end
-      return { ("%s\nwas poisoned!"):format(display) }
+      return { Strings("%s\nwas poisoned!", display) }
    end,
  },
  BRN = {
    id = "BRN", label = "BRN", hudLabel = "BRN",
    catchBonus = 12, shakeBonus = 5,
    statPenalty = { stat = "attack", div = 2 },
-    residual = damageOverTime("the burn"),
+    residual = damageOverTime(Strings.source("%s's\nhurt by the burn!")),
    canInflict = function(target) return not hasType(target, "FIRE") end,
    onInflict = function(_, _, _, display)
-      return { ("%s\nwas burned!"):format(display) }
+      return { Strings("%s\nwas burned!", display) }
    end,
  },
  PAR = {
@@ -110,7 +120,7 @@ Status.RECORDS = {
    beforeMove = function(battler, rng)
      -- cp 25 percent / jr nc: fully paralyzed on rand < 63 (63/256)
      if rng(0, 255) < 63 then
-        return false, { name(battler) .. "'s\nfully paralyzed!" }
+        return false, { Strings("%s's\nfully paralyzed!", name(battler)) }
      end
      return true, {}
    end,
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ Status.RECORDS = {
    end,
    onInflict = function(_, _, _, display)
      -- _ParalyzedMayNotAttackText (primary and secondary paralysis)
-      return { ("%s's\nparalyzed! It may\nnot attack!"):format(display) }
+      return { Strings("%s's\nparalyzed! It may\nnot attack!", display) }
    end,
  },
 }
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ function Status.beforeMove(battler, rng, battle)
  end
  if battler.flinched then
    battler.flinched = false
-    return false, { name(battler) .. "\nflinched!" }
+    return false, { Strings("%s\nflinched!", name(battler)) }
  end
  local record = Status.recordFor(battleStatuses(battle), mon.status)
  local handler = record and record.beforeMove
@@ -174,23 +184,23 @@ function Status.beforeMove(battler, rng, battle)
  end
  if battler.boundTurns and battler.boundTurns > 0 then
    battler.boundTurns = battler.boundTurns - 1
-    msgs[#msgs + 1] = name(battler) .. "\ncan't move!"
+    msgs[#msgs + 1] = Strings("%s\ncan't move!", name(battler))
    return false, msgs
  end
  if battler.disabledTurns then
    battler.disabledTurns = battler.disabledTurns - 1
    if battler.disabledTurns <= 0 then
      battler.disabledTurns, battler.disabledSlot = nil, nil
-      table.insert(msgs, name(battler) .. "'s\ndisabled no more!")
+      table.insert(msgs, Strings("%s's\ndisabled no more!", name(battler)))
    end
  end
  if battler.confusedTurns then
    battler.confusedTurns = battler.confusedTurns - 1
    if battler.confusedTurns <= 0 then
      battler.confusedTurns = nil
-      table.insert(msgs, name(battler) .. "\nsnapped out of\nconfusion!")
+      table.insert(msgs, Strings("%s\nsnapped out of\nconfusion!", name(battler)))
    else
-      table.insert(msgs, name(battler) .. "\nis confused!")
+      table.insert(msgs, Strings("%s\nis confused!", name(battler)))
      -- cp 50 percent + 1 / jr c: hurt itself on rand >= 128 (128/256)
      if rng(0, 255) < 128 then
        return false, msgs, true -- hurt itself
@@ -231,7 +241,7 @@ function Status.residual(battler, opponent, battle)
    dmg = math.min(dmg, mon.hp)
    mon.hp = mon.hp - dmg
    opponent.mon.hp = math.min(opponent.mon.stats.hp, opponent.mon.hp + dmg)
-    table.insert(msgs, ("LEECH SEED saps\n%s!"):format(name(battler)))
+    table.insert(msgs, Strings("LEECH SEED saps\n%s!", name(battler)))
  end
  return msgs
 end
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@

 local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local Status = require("src.battle.Status")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")

 local StatusRegistry = {}

@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ function StatusRegistry.inflict(battle, target, status, opts)
  if record and record.onInflict then
    msgs = record.onInflict(battle, target, opts, display)
  else
-    msgs = { ("%s\nwas afflicted\nby %s!"):format(display,
+    msgs = { Strings("%s\nwas afflicted\nby %s!", display,
               record and record.label or tostring(status)) }
  end
  Runtime.emit("battle.status_inflicted", {
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 -- (super-effective) or adds 1 (not-effective when a better move exists);
 -- the MINIMUM-scored move is chosen, ties broken uniformly among the
 -- tied minima (core.asm:2971-3002).  A non-minimal move is never
-- selectable.  Respects PP, Disable and Transform/Mimic move overrides.
+-- selectable.  Respects Disable (and PP only when the ruleset depletes
+-- enemy PP — Gen 1 AI never reads wEnemyMonPP).

 local TypeChart = require("src.battle.TypeChart")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")

 local TrainerAI = {}

@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ function TrainerAI.useItem(battle, item)
  local enemy = battle.enemy
  local trainerName = battle.trainer.name
  local itemName = battle.data.items[item] and battle.data.items[item].name or item
-  local msgs = { ("%s\nused %s!"):format(trainerName, itemName) }
+  local msgs = { Strings("%s\nused %s!", trainerName, itemName) }
  if item == "FULL_HEAL" then
    enemy.mon.status = nil
    enemy.toxicCounter = nil
@@ -111,10 +113,10 @@ function TrainerAI.useItem(battle, item)
  elseif X_STAT[item] then
    local stat = X_STAT[item]
    enemy.stages[stat] = math.min(6, (enemy.stages[stat] or 0) + 1)
-    table.insert(msgs, ("%s's\n%s rose!"):format(enemy.name, stat:upper()))
+    table.insert(msgs, Strings("%s's\n%s rose!", enemy.name, stat:upper()))
  elseif item == "GUARD_SPEC" then
    enemy.mist = true
-    table.insert(msgs, ("%s's\nprotected against\nstat changes!"):format(enemy.name))
+    table.insert(msgs, Strings("%s's\nprotected against\nstat changes!", enemy.name))
  end
  return msgs
 end
@@ -212,9 +214,13 @@ end

 function TrainerAI.chooseMove(battler, rng, battle)
  rng = rng or love.math.random
+  -- Gen 1: SelectEnemyMove never consults wEnemyMonPP; Struggle only when
+  -- every move slot is missing/disabled (core.asm:2957-2999). modern_clean
+  -- depletes enemy PP and falls back to Struggle when none remain.
+  local unlimited = battle and battle.ruleset and battle.ruleset.enemyUnlimitedPP
  local usable = {}
  for i, mv in ipairs(battler.curMoves) do
-    if mv.pp > 0 and battler.disabledSlot ~= i then
+    if battler.disabledSlot ~= i and (unlimited or mv.pp > 0) then
      table.insert(usable, mv)
    end
  end
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ return {
  randMax = 255,
  -- Focus Energy famously QUARTERS the crit rate instead of x4
  focusEnergyBug = true,
+  -- Wild/trainer enemies never spend PP (DecrementPP only touches the
+  -- player side in pokered). They therefore never Struggle from empty PP.
+  enemyUnlimitedPP = true,
+  -- Gen 1 Hyper Beam: no recharge when the target faints (or its
+  -- substitute breaks).  Set false to always recharge like Gen 2+.
+  hyperBeamSkipRechargeOnKO = true,
 }
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ return {
  randMin = 217,
  randMax = 255,
  focusEnergyBug = false,
+  -- Gen 2+ style: AI opponents deplete PP and can Struggle when empty.
+  enemyUnlimitedPP = false,
+  -- Gen 2+: Hyper Beam always forces a recharge turn, even on a KO.
+  hyperBeamSkipRechargeOnKO = false,
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,760 @@
+-- Pure Game Boy audio synthesis (the DMG/GBC channel-program interpreter and
+-- PCM renderer), factored out of ChipAudio so it can run on EITHER the main
+-- thread (SFX/cries, and the synchronous music fallback) or the ChipAudio
+-- worker thread (src/core/chip_worker.lua), which is where map/battle music is
+-- synthesized so a song change never stutters the render thread.
+--
+-- Deliberately depends ONLY on `bit`, love.sound and love.filesystem: no
+-- love.audio (Sources are a playback concern the caller owns) and no
+-- src.render.Assets (hot-reload registration stays in ChipAudio).  Both of
+-- those are unavailable or main-thread-only inside a love.thread worker, so
+-- keeping them out is what lets the same synth code run in the worker.
+
+local bit = require("bit")
+
+local ChipSynth = {}
+
+local SAMPLE_RATE = 22050
+local TICKS_PER_SECOND = 15360
+local FRAME_TICKS = 256
+local GB_CLOCK = 4194304
+
+-- one 4096-sample stereo SoundData is the unit both the worker hands off and
+-- the synchronous fallback queues; the source keeps MUSIC_BUFFER_COUNT of them
+-- (~6s) for stall tolerance (window resize, a long GC pause)
+local MUSIC_BUFFER_SAMPLES = 4096
+local MUSIC_BUFFER_COUNT = 32
+
+ChipSynth.SAMPLE_RATE = SAMPLE_RATE
+ChipSynth.MUSIC_BUFFER_SAMPLES = MUSIC_BUFFER_SAMPLES
+ChipSynth.MUSIC_BUFFER_COUNT = MUSIC_BUFFER_COUNT
+
+local PITCHES = {
+  0xF82C, 0xF89D, 0xF907, 0xF96B, 0xF9CA, 0xFA23,
+  0xFA77, 0xFAC7, 0xFB12, 0xFB58, 0xFB9B, 0xFBDA,
+}
+local DUTY = { [0] = 0.125, [1] = 0.25, [2] = 0.5, [3] = 0.75 }
+local WAVE_LEVEL = { [0] = 0, [1] = 1, [2] = 0.5, [3] = 0.25 }
+local NOISE_DIVISORS = {
+  [0] = 8, [1] = 16, [2] = 32, [3] = 48,
+  [4] = 64, [5] = 80, [6] = 96, [7] = 112,
+}
+
+local function snapTicks(ticks)
+  return math.floor((ticks * 735 + 256) / 512)
+end
+
+local cachedProgramFile
+local cachedBanks
+
+local function loadBanks(data)
+  local audio = data.audio
+  if cachedProgramFile == audio.programFile and cachedBanks then
+    return cachedBanks
+  end
+  local raw, readError = love.filesystem.read(audio.programFile)
+  if not raw then error("could not read sound programs: " .. tostring(readError)) end
+  local banks = {}
+  for index, bank in ipairs(audio.bankOrder) do
+    local first = (index - 1) * 0x4000 + 1
+    banks[bank] = raw:sub(first, first + 0x3FFF)
+  end
+  cachedProgramFile, cachedBanks = audio.programFile, banks
+  return banks
+end
+
+-- drop the single-slot bank cache; the worker keeps its own copy of this
+-- module's state, so ChipAudio.invalidate must reach it via a worker message
+function ChipSynth.invalidateBanks()
+  cachedProgramFile, cachedBanks = nil, nil
+end
+
+-- A def-local program (ChipAsm output) is mounted as pseudo-bank 0 next to
+-- the ROM banks, so the 0x4000-window byte reader and every call/loop
+-- target work unchanged.  The ROM's own cached bank table is never touched
+-- because bank 0 differs per def, and a blob that carries its own waves and
+-- drums renders even where programs.bin is unreadable.
+local function engineBanks(data, chip)
+  if not chip then return loadBanks(data) end
+  local banks = {}
+  local ok, romBanks = pcall(loadBanks, data)
+  if ok then
+    for bank, bytes in pairs(romBanks) do banks[bank] = bytes end
+  end
+  banks[0] = chip.blob
+  return banks
+end
+
+local function romByte(banks, bank, address)
+  local bytes = assert(banks[bank], "uncached audio bank " .. tostring(bank))
+  local value = bytes:byte(address - 0x4000 + 1)
+  if not value then
+    error(("audio read outside bank %02X:%04X"):format(bank, address))
+  end
+  return value
+end
+
+local function romWord(banks, bank, address)
+  return romByte(banks, bank, address)
+    + romByte(banks, bank, address + 1) * 0x100
+end
+
+local function headerChannels(banks, header)
+  local channels = {}
+  local address = header.address
+  local first = romByte(banks, header.bank, address)
+  local count = bit.rshift(bit.band(first, 0xF0), 6) + 1
+  for _ = 1, count do
+    local descriptor = romByte(banks, header.bank, address)
+    channels[#channels + 1] = {
+      number = bit.band(descriptor, 0x0F) + 1,
+      address = romWord(banks, header.bank, address + 1),
+    }
+    address = address + 3
+  end
+  return channels
+end
+
+local function fadeValue(nibble)
+  if bit.band(nibble, 8) ~= 0 then return -bit.band(nibble, 7) end
+  return nibble
+end
+
+local Channel = {}
+Channel.__index = Channel
+
+function Channel.new(engine, spec, options)
+  options = options or {}
+  local hardware = (spec.number - 1) % 4 + 1
+  local isSfxChannel = spec.number > 4
+  return setmetatable({
+    engine = engine,
+    bank = options.bank,
+    address = spec.address,
+    number = spec.number,
+    hardware = hardware,
+    wave = hardware == 3,
+    noise = hardware == 4,
+    sfx = isSfxChannel,
+    executeMusic = not isSfxChannel,
+    allowLoops = options.allowLoops ~= false,
+    frequencyOffset = options.frequencyOffset or 0,
+    frameTicks = options.frameTicks or FRAME_TICKS,
+    speed = 12,
+    volume = 12,
+    fade = 0,
+    duty = 0.5,
+    octave = 4,
+    waveInstrument = 0,
+    waveLevel = 1,
+    perfectPitch = false,
+    vibrato = nil,
+    pendingSlide = nil,
+    sweep = nil,
+    callStack = {},
+    loopCounts = {},
+    event = nil,
+    ended = false,
+    phase = 0,
+    noiseLfsr = 0x7FFF,
+    noiseClock = 0,
+    timeTicks = 0,
+  }, Channel)
+end
+
+function Channel:byte()
+  local value = romByte(self.engine.banks, self.bank, self.address)
+  self.address = self.address + 1
+  return value
+end
+
+function Channel:word()
+  local value = romWord(self.engine.banks, self.bank, self.address)
+  self.address = self.address + 2
+  return value
+end
+
+function Channel:frequency(note, octave)
+  local signed = PITCHES[note + 1] - 0x10000
+  local register = bit.band(
+    bit.arshift(signed, math.max(0, (octave or self.octave) - 1)), 0x7FF)
+  if self.perfectPitch then register = bit.band(register + 1, 0x7FF) end
+  return bit.band(register + self.frequencyOffset, 0x7FF)
+end
+
+function Channel:durationTicks(length)
+  local tempo = self.sfx and self.frameTicks or self.engine.tempo
+  local speed = self.sfx and (self.executeMusic and self.speed or 1)
+    or self.speed
+  return length * speed * tempo
+end
+
+function Channel:timedEvent(event, ticks)
+  local first = snapTicks(self.timeTicks)
+  self.timeTicks = self.timeTicks + ticks
+  event.duration = ticks / TICKS_PER_SECOND
+  event.samples = snapTicks(self.timeTicks) - first
+  event.sample = 0
+  event.elapsed = 0
+  return event
+end
+
+function Channel:pan()
+  local mask = bit.lshift(1, self.hardware - 1)
+  return bit.band(bit.rshift(self.engine.pan, 4), mask) ~= 0,
+    bit.band(self.engine.pan, mask) ~= 0
+end
+
+function Channel:tone(ticks, register, volume, fade)
+  if register >= 0x800 then
+    return self:timedEvent({ silence = true }, ticks)
+  end
+  local duration = ticks / TICKS_PER_SECOND
+  local panLeft, panRight = self:pan()
+  local slide
+  if self.pendingSlide then
+    slide = {
+      target = self.pendingSlide.target,
+      frames = math.max(1, duration * 60 - self.pendingSlide.length),
+    }
+    self.pendingSlide = nil
+  end
+  return self:timedEvent({
+    register = register,
+    volume = volume == nil and self.volume or volume,
+    fade = fade == nil and self.fade or fade,
+    duty = self.duty,
+    wave = self.wave,
+    waveInstrument = self.waveInstrument,
+    waveLevel = self.waveLevel,
+    vibrato = slide and nil or self.vibrato,
+    slide = slide,
+    sweep = self.sfx and self.hardware == 1 and self.sweep or nil,
+    panLeft = panLeft,
+    panRight = panRight,
+  }, ticks)
+end
+
+function Channel:noiseEvent(ticks, volume, fade, parameter)
+  local panLeft, panRight = self:pan()
+  return self:timedEvent({
+    noise = true,
+    volume = volume or self.volume,
+    fade = fade or 0,
+    noiseParameter = parameter,
+    panLeft = panLeft, panRight = panRight,
+  }, ticks)
+end
+
+function Channel:drumEvent(ticks, instrument)
+  local panLeft, panRight = self:pan()
+  return self:timedEvent({
+    noise = true,
+    drum = self.engine:noiseInstrument(instrument),
+    panLeft = panLeft,
+    panRight = panRight,
+  }, ticks)
+end
+
+function Channel:silenceEvent(ticks)
+  return self:timedEvent({ silence = true }, ticks)
+end
+
+function Channel:nextEvent()
+  if self.ended then return nil end
+  for _ = 1, 100000 do
+    local commandAddress = self.address
+    local command = self:byte()
+
+    if (self.executeMusic or not self.sfx) and command < 0xC0 then
+      local note = bit.rshift(command, 4)
+      local length = bit.band(command, 0x0F) + 1
+      if self.noise then
+        local instrument = note
+        if command >= 0xB0 then instrument = self:byte() end
+        return self:drumEvent(self:durationTicks(length), instrument)
+      end
+      return self:tone(self:durationTicks(length), self:frequency(note))
+    elseif command >= 0xC0 and command < 0xD0 then
+      local length = bit.band(command, 0x0F) + 1
+      return self:silenceEvent(self:durationTicks(length))
+    elseif command >= 0xD0 and command < 0xE0 then
+      self.speed = bit.band(command, 0x0F)
+      if not self.noise then
+        local packed = self:byte()
+        if self.wave then
+          self.waveLevel = WAVE_LEVEL[bit.band(bit.rshift(packed, 4), 3)]
+          self.waveInstrument = bit.band(packed, 0x0F)
+        else
+          self.volume = bit.rshift(packed, 4)
+          self.fade = fadeValue(bit.band(packed, 0x0F))
+        end
+      end
+    elseif command >= 0xE0 and command <= 0xE7 then
+      self.octave = 8 - bit.band(command, 7)
+    elseif command == 0xE8 then
+      self.perfectPitch = not self.perfectPitch
+    elseif command == 0xE9 then
+      -- Unused command.
+    elseif command == 0xEA then
+      local delay, packed = self:byte(), self:byte()
+      local depth = bit.rshift(packed, 4)
+      if depth == 0 then
+        self.vibrato = nil
+      else
+        self.vibrato = {
+          delay = delay,
+          above = bit.rshift(depth, 1) + bit.band(depth, 1),
+          below = bit.rshift(depth, 1),
+          rate = bit.band(packed, 0x0F),
+        }
+      end
+    elseif command == 0xEB then
+      local length, packed = self:byte(), self:byte()
+      local octave = 8 - bit.rshift(packed, 4)
+      self.pendingSlide = {
+        length = length,
+        target = self:frequency(bit.band(packed, 0x0F), octave),
+      }
+    elseif command == 0xEC then
+      self.duty = DUTY[bit.band(self:byte(), 3)] or 0.5
+    elseif command == 0xED then
+      self.engine.tempo = self:byte() * 0x100 + self:byte()
+    elseif command == 0xEE then
+      self.engine.pan = self:byte()
+    elseif command == 0xEF or command == 0xF0 then
+      self:byte()
+    elseif command == 0xF8 then
+      self.executeMusic = not self.executeMusic
+    elseif command == 0xFC then
+      local packed = self:byte()
+      self.duty = {
+        DUTY[bit.band(bit.rshift(packed, 6), 3)],
+        DUTY[bit.band(bit.rshift(packed, 4), 3)],
+        DUTY[bit.band(bit.rshift(packed, 2), 3)],
+        DUTY[bit.band(packed, 3)],
+      }
+    elseif command == 0xFD then
+      self.callStack[#self.callStack + 1] = self.address + 2
+      self.address = self:word()
+    elseif command == 0xFE then
+      local count, target = self:byte(), self:word()
+      if count == 0 then
+        if self.allowLoops then
+          self.address = target
+        else
+          self.ended = true
+          return nil
+        end
+      else
+        local remaining = self.loopCounts[commandAddress]
+        if remaining == nil then remaining = count end
+        remaining = remaining - 1
+        if remaining > 0 then
+          self.loopCounts[commandAddress] = remaining
+          self.address = target
+        else
+          self.loopCounts[commandAddress] = nil
+        end
+      end
+    elseif command == 0xFF then
+      local returnAddress = table.remove(self.callStack)
+      if returnAddress then
+        self.address = returnAddress
+      else
+        self.ended = true
+        return nil
+      end
+    elseif self.sfx and command >= 0x20 and command < 0x30 then
+      local length = bit.band(command, 0x0F) + 1
+      local packed = self:byte()
+      local volume = bit.rshift(packed, 4)
+      local fade = fadeValue(bit.band(packed, 0x0F))
+      if self.noise then
+        local parameter = self:byte()
+        return self:noiseEvent(
+          self:durationTicks(length), volume, fade, parameter)
+      end
+      local register = bit.band(self:word() + self.frequencyOffset, 0x7FF)
+      return self:tone(self:durationTicks(length), register, volume, fade)
+    elseif command == 0x10 then
+      local packed = self:byte()
+      self.sweep = {
+        pace = bit.band(bit.rshift(packed, 4), 7),
+        subtract = bit.band(packed, 8) ~= 0,
+        shift = bit.band(packed, 7),
+      }
+    else
+      self.ended = true
+      return nil
+    end
+  end
+  self.ended = true
+  return nil
+end
+
+local function envelopeVolume(volume, fade, elapsed)
+  if fade == 0 then return volume end
+  local steps = math.floor(elapsed / (math.abs(fade) / 64))
+  if fade > 0 then return math.max(0, volume - steps) end
+  return math.min(15, volume + steps)
+end
+
+function Channel:resetNoise()
+  self.noiseLfsr = 0x7FFF
+  self.noiseClock = 0
+end
+
+function Channel:clockNoise(width7)
+  local feedback = bit.bxor(
+    bit.band(self.noiseLfsr, 1),
+    bit.band(bit.rshift(self.noiseLfsr, 1), 1))
+  self.noiseLfsr = bit.bor(
+    bit.rshift(self.noiseLfsr, 1),
+    bit.lshift(feedback, 14))
+  if width7 then
+    self.noiseLfsr = bit.bor(
+      bit.band(self.noiseLfsr, bit.bnot(0x40)),
+      bit.lshift(feedback, 6))
+  end
+end
+
+function Channel:sampleNoise(parameter)
+  parameter = parameter or 0
+  local divisor = NOISE_DIVISORS[bit.band(parameter, 7)]
+  local shift = bit.rshift(parameter, 4)
+  local output = bit.band(self.noiseLfsr, 1) == 0 and 1 or -1
+  if shift >= 14 then return output end
+  local cycles = GB_CLOCK / divisor / (2 ^ shift) / SAMPLE_RATE
+  local width7 = bit.band(parameter, 8) ~= 0
+  local remaining = cycles
+  local area = 0
+
+  while remaining > 0 do
+    local untilClock = 1 - self.noiseClock
+    local span = math.min(remaining, untilClock)
+    output = bit.band(self.noiseLfsr, 1) == 0 and 1 or -1
+    area = area + output * span
+    self.noiseClock = self.noiseClock + span
+    remaining = remaining - span
+    if self.noiseClock >= 1 - 1e-12 then
+      self.noiseClock = 0
+      self:clockNoise(width7)
+    end
+  end
+
+  return area / cycles
+end
+
+local function sweepCalculation(register, sweep)
+  local delta = math.floor(register / (2 ^ sweep.shift))
+  if sweep.subtract then return register - delta end
+  return register + delta
+end
+
+local function sweptRegister(register, sweep, elapsed)
+  if not sweep or sweep.shift == 0 then return register end
+  local nextRegister = sweepCalculation(register, sweep)
+  if nextRegister > 0x7FF or nextRegister < 0 then return nil end
+  if sweep.pace == 0 then return register end
+
+  local iterations = math.floor(elapsed * 128 / sweep.pace)
+  for _ = 1, iterations do
+    register = nextRegister
+    nextRegister = sweepCalculation(register, sweep)
+    if nextRegister > 0x7FF or nextRegister < 0 then return nil end
+  end
+  return register
+end
+
+function Channel:sampleDrum(event, sampleIndex)
+  local index = event.drumSegmentIndex or 1
+  local segment = event.drum[index]
+  while segment and sampleIndex >= segment.endSample do
+    index = index + 1
+    segment = event.drum[index]
+  end
+  if not segment or sampleIndex < segment.startSample then return 0 end
+  if event.drumSegmentIndex ~= index then
+    event.drumSegmentIndex = index
+    self:resetNoise()
+  end
+  local elapsed = (sampleIndex - segment.startSample) / SAMPLE_RATE
+  local volume = envelopeVolume(segment.volume, segment.fade, elapsed)
+  return self:sampleNoise(segment.parameter) * volume / 15 * 0.35
+end
+
+function Channel:sample()
+  while not self.ended
+      and (not self.event or self.event.sample >= self.event.samples) do
+    self.event = self:nextEvent()
+    self.phase = 0
+    self:resetNoise()
+  end
+  local event = self.event
+  if not event then return 0 end
+  local sampleIndex = event.sample
+  event.elapsed = sampleIndex / SAMPLE_RATE
+  event.sample = sampleIndex + 1
+  if event.silence then return 0 end
+
+  if event.drum then return self:sampleDrum(event, sampleIndex) end
+  local volume = envelopeVolume(
+    event.volume or 0, event.fade or 0, event.elapsed)
+  if event.noise then
+    return self:sampleNoise(event.noiseParameter) * volume / 15 * 0.35
+  end
+
+  local register = event.register
+  local frame = math.floor(event.elapsed * 60)
+  if event.sweep then
+    register = sweptRegister(register, event.sweep, event.elapsed)
+    if not register then return 0 end
+  elseif event.slide then
+    local amount = math.min(1, frame / event.slide.frames)
+    register = register + (event.slide.target - register) * amount
+  elseif event.vibrato and frame >= event.vibrato.delay then
+    local vibrato = event.vibrato
+    local toggles = math.floor(
+      (frame - vibrato.delay + 1) / (vibrato.rate + 1))
+    if toggles > 0 then
+      local low = bit.band(register, 0xFF)
+      local high = bit.band(register, 0x700)
+      if bit.band(toggles, 1) ~= 0 then
+        register = high + math.min(0xFF, low + vibrato.above)
+      else
+        register = high + math.max(0, low - vibrato.below)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  local frequency = 131072 / (2048 - math.min(register, 2047))
+  if event.wave then frequency = frequency * 0.5 end
+  local phase = self.phase
+  self.phase = (phase + frequency / SAMPLE_RATE) % 1
+  if event.wave then
+    local wave = self.engine.waves[
+      math.min(event.waveInstrument + 1, #self.engine.waves)]
+    -- a def-local program may omit its wave table entirely
+    if not wave then return 0 end
+    local index = math.min(32, math.floor(phase * 32) + 1)
+    return wave[index] * event.waveLevel * 0.55
+  end
+  local duty = event.duty
+  if type(duty) == "table" then
+    duty = duty[frame % 4 + 1]
+  end
+  return (phase < duty and 1 or -1) * volume / 15 * 0.5
+end
+
+local Engine = {}
+Engine.__index = Engine
+
+function Engine:noiseInstrument(number)
+  -- a def-local drum wins over the ROM engine's table for that id
+  local custom = self.customDrums and self.customDrums[number]
+  if custom then return custom end
+  local cached = self.noiseInstruments[number]
+  if cached then return cached end
+
+  local header = self.noiseHeaders[tostring(number)]
+  local segments = {}
+  if header then
+    local spec = headerChannels(self.banks, header)[1]
+    local address = spec and spec.address
+    local ticks = 0
+    for _ = 1, 64 do
+      local command = romByte(self.banks, header.bank, address)
+      address = address + 1
+      if command == 0xFF then break end
+      if command < 0x20 or command >= 0x30 then
+        error(("unsupported drum command %02X at %02X:%04X")
+          :format(command, header.bank, address - 1))
+      end
+      local packed = romByte(self.banks, header.bank, address)
+      local parameter = romByte(self.banks, header.bank, address + 1)
+      address = address + 2
+      local duration = (bit.band(command, 0x0F) + 1) * FRAME_TICKS
+      segments[#segments + 1] = {
+        startSample = snapTicks(ticks),
+        endSample = snapTicks(ticks + duration),
+        volume = bit.rshift(packed, 4),
+        fade = fadeValue(bit.band(packed, 0x0F)),
+        parameter = parameter,
+      }
+      ticks = ticks + duration
+    end
+  end
+
+  self.noiseInstruments[number] = segments
+  return segments
+end
+
+local function readWaves(banks, audio, engineNumber)
+  local spec = audio.waveBanks[tostring(engineNumber)]
+  local waves = {}
+  for wave = 0, 4 do
+    local values = {}
+    for byteIndex = 0, 15 do
+      local packed = romByte(
+        banks, spec.bank, spec.address + wave * 16 + byteIndex)
+      values[#values + 1] = (bit.rshift(packed, 4) - 7.5) / 7.5
+      values[#values + 1] = (bit.band(packed, 0x0F) - 7.5) / 7.5
+    end
+    waves[#waves + 1] = values
+  end
+  local values = {}
+  for byteIndex = 0, 15 do
+    local packed = romByte(
+      banks, spec.bank, spec.address + 5 * 16 + byteIndex)
+    values[#values + 1] = (bit.rshift(packed, 4) - 7.5) / 7.5
+    values[#values + 1] = (bit.band(packed, 0x0F) - 7.5) / 7.5
+  end
+  for _ = 1, 4 do waves[#waves + 1] = values end
+  return waves
+end
+
+-- def-local waves are authored either as raw 0-15 nibbles (the ROM's own
+-- units) or as the -1..1 samples readWaves produces; the synth wants the
+-- latter
+local function normalizeWaves(source)
+  local waves = {}
+  for index, values in ipairs(source) do
+    local nibbles = false
+    for _, value in ipairs(values) do
+      if value > 1 or value < -1 then nibbles = true break end
+    end
+    local wave = {}
+    for position, value in ipairs(values) do
+      wave[position] = nibbles and (value - 7.5) / 7.5 or value
+    end
+    waves[index] = wave
+  end
+  return waves
+end
+
+function Engine.new(data, header, options)
+  options = options or {}
+  local audio = data.audio or {}
+  -- shape dispatch: a def-local chip program supplies its own channels and
+  -- may supply its own waves/drums, falling back to a ROM engine's tables
+  local chip = header.chip
+  local banks = engineBanks(data, chip)
+  local engineNumber = chip and (chip.engine or 1) or header.engine
+  local waves
+  if chip and chip.waves then
+    waves = normalizeWaves(chip.waves)
+  elseif chip then
+    local ok, romWaves = pcall(readWaves, banks, audio, engineNumber)
+    waves = ok and romWaves or {}
+  else
+    waves = readWaves(banks, audio, engineNumber)
+  end
+  local engine = setmetatable({
+    banks = banks,
+    tempo = 0x100,
+    pan = 0xFF,
+    waves = waves,
+    noiseHeaders = audio.noiseHeaders
+      and audio.noiseHeaders[tostring(engineNumber)] or {},
+    customDrums = chip and chip.drums or nil,
+    noiseInstruments = {},
+    channels = {},
+  }, Engine)
+  for _, spec in ipairs(chip and chip.channels
+      or headerChannels(banks, header)) do
+    local frameTicks = options.frameTicks
+    local hardware = (spec.number - 1) % 4 + 1
+    if hardware == 4 then
+      frameTicks = FRAME_TICKS
+    elseif options.cryLength then
+      frameTicks = 0x80 + options.cryLength
+    end
+    engine.channels[#engine.channels + 1] = Channel.new(engine, spec, {
+      bank = chip and 0 or header.bank,
+      sfx = options.sfx,
+      allowLoops = options.allowLoops,
+      frequencyOffset = options.frequencyOffset,
+      frameTicks = frameTicks,
+    })
+  end
+  return engine
+end
+
+function Engine:finished()
+  for _, channel in ipairs(self.channels) do
+    if not channel.ended or channel.event then return false end
+  end
+  return true
+end
+
+function Engine:sample()
+  local value = 0
+  for _, channel in ipairs(self.channels) do value = value + channel:sample() end
+  return math.max(-1, math.min(1, value * 0.5))
+end
+
+function Engine:sampleStereo()
+  local left, right = 0, 0
+  for _, channel in ipairs(self.channels) do
+    local value = channel:sample()
+    local event = channel.event
+    if not event or event.panLeft ~= false then left = left + value end
+    if not event or event.panRight ~= false then right = right + value end
+  end
+  return math.max(-1, math.min(1, left * 0.5)),
+    math.max(-1, math.min(1, right * 0.5))
+end
+
+function Engine:sampleChannel(number)
+  local selected = 0
+  for _, channel in ipairs(self.channels) do
+    local value = channel:sample()
+    if channel.number == number then selected = value end
+  end
+  return math.max(-1, math.min(1, selected * 0.5))
+end
+
+-- render `samples` frames into a fresh SoundData (mono or stereo).  love.sound
+-- is available on worker threads, so this is the hand-off unit the worker
+-- produces and the main thread queues.
+local function soundData(engine, samples, channels)
+  local result = love.sound.newSoundData(samples, SAMPLE_RATE, 16, channels)
+  for index = 0, samples - 1 do
+    if channels == 2 then
+      local left, right = engine:sampleStereo()
+      result:setSample(index, 1, left)
+      result:setSample(index, 2, right)
+    else
+      result:setSample(index, engine:sample())
+    end
+  end
+  return result
+end
+
+-- Render a one-shot effect (SFX/cry) to a mono SoundData, or nil when it is
+-- too short to be audible.  The caller wraps it in a static love.audio.Source
+-- (a playback concern, hence not done here).
+local function renderEffectData(data, header, options)
+  if not header then return nil end
+  options = options or {}
+  options.sfx = true
+  options.allowLoops = false
+  local engine = Engine.new(data, header, options)
+  local maximum = SAMPLE_RATE * 5
+  local values = {}
+  local count = 0
+  while count < maximum and not engine:finished() do
+    count = count + 1
+    values[count] = engine:sample()
+  end
+  if count < math.floor(SAMPLE_RATE / 100) then return nil end
+  local result = love.sound.newSoundData(count, SAMPLE_RATE, 16, 1)
+  for index = 1, count do result:setSample(index - 1, values[index]) end
+  return result
+end
+
+ChipSynth.newEngine = Engine.new
+ChipSynth.soundData = soundData
+ChipSynth.renderEffectData = renderEffectData
+
+return ChipSynth
@@ -102,6 +102,39 @@ function Data:seedDefaults()
  -- after-battle rows so Blaine's SetEventRange deactivation and talk
  -- after-text work like the other gyms (scripts/CinnabarGym.asm).
  self:seedCinnabarGymTrainerHeaders()
+  -- #197: the Fighting Dojo Karate Master is text_asm, so the extractor
+  -- writes no header for him -- seed one so he engages on sight and has
+  -- his defeat / re-talk lines (same idea as the Cinnabar seed above).
+  self:seedFightingDojoKarateMaster()
+  -- #189: 1F cabin door order vs rooms map (survey zoom)
+  require("src.world.SsAnneLayout").apply(self.maps)
+end
+
+-- The Karate Master (FightingDojo.asm) is a text_asm object: his object has
+-- no def_trainers row (DisplayTextID routes to his ASM script), so the
+-- extractor emits headers only for the four blackbelts ([2]..[5]).  Seed
+-- object index [1] so he behaves like the real leader:
+--   * range 4 (matches the strongest blackbelt) -> CheckFightingMapTrainers
+--     spots the player in his DOWN line and he challenges on sight (#197),
+--   * battle = his pre-battle challenge, won = "Hwa! Arrgh! Beaten!",
+--   * after = the "Stay and train at Karate with us!" re-talk line.
+-- Deliberately NO `event`: EVENT_BEAT_KARATE_MASTER is owned by
+-- victories.lua (OPP_BLACKBELT#1) exactly like the gym leaders, and
+-- engageTrainer sets header.event *before* checkVictoryRewards runs -- if
+-- this header also set it, the reward's flag guard would early-return and
+-- swallow the prize dialogue.  trainerDefeated tracks him via
+-- defeatedTrainers[npc.id] like the leaders.
+function Data:seedFightingDojoKarateMaster()
+  local headers = self.trainer_headers
+  if not headers then return end
+  headers.FightingDojo = headers.FightingDojo or {}
+  if headers.FightingDojo[1] then return end
+  headers.FightingDojo[1] = {
+    range = 4,
+    battle = "_FightingDojoKarateMasterText",
+    won = "_FightingDojoKarateMasterDefeatedText",
+    after = "_FightingDojoKarateMasterStayAndTrainWithUsText",
+  }
 end

 function Data:seedCinnabarGymTrainerHeaders()
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 local Json = require("src.link.Json")
 local Logger = require("src.core.Logger")
 local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")

 local DiscordPresence = {
  APP_ID = "1529183141267374262",
@@ -38,8 +39,18 @@ local state = {
  unsubs = {},
  pid = nil,
  loggedAbsent = false, -- one quiet note when Discord isn't running
+  game = nil,          -- kept for the "friend clicked join" -> push a screen path
+  joinCode = nil,       -- the online-match/tournament code to advertise as a join secret, if any
+  joinKind = "match",   -- "match" (LinkState online) or "tournament"
+  partySize = 1,        -- current headcount for the party.size Discord shows
+  partyMax = 2,
+  subscribedJoin = false, -- SUBSCRIBE ACTIVITY_JOIN sent on this connection?
 }

+-- MSG_DONTWAIT differs by OS (Darwin 0x80, Linux 0x40); only used for the
+-- ongoing per-frame inbound poll, never for the one-time connect/handshake
+local MSG_DONTWAIT_BY_OS = { ["OS X"] = 0x80, Linux = 0x40 }
+
 local function disabledByEnv()
  return os.getenv("POKEPORT_NO_DISCORD") == "1"
      or os.getenv("POKEPORT_AUTOPILOT") ~= nil
@@ -378,6 +389,15 @@ local function connect()
    state.dirty = true
    state.lastSentKey = nil
    state.loggedAbsent = false
+    state.subscribedJoin = false
+    -- ask for "friend clicked join" dispatches; a plain outbound write, so
+    -- it's harmless to send even on Windows, where the inbound poll below
+    -- isn't implemented yet (see pollJoinRequest)
+    if sendFrame(OP_FRAME, Json.encode({
+      cmd = "SUBSCRIBE", evt = "ACTIVITY_JOIN", nonce = nonce(),
+    })) then
+      state.subscribedJoin = true
+    end
    Logger.info("discord: rich presence connected")
    return true
  end)
@@ -417,7 +437,7 @@ end
 local function buildActivity()
  local details, activityState
  if state.activity == "battle" then
-    details = state.battleLabel or "In battle"
+    details = state.battleLabel or Strings("In battle")
    activityState = state.location and (state.location) or "Kanto"
  elseif state.activity == "exploring" and state.location then
    details = state.location
@@ -427,7 +447,7 @@ local function buildActivity()
    activityState = "At the title screen"
  end

-  return {
+  local activity = {
    details = details,
    state = activityState,
    timestamps = { start = state.startedAt },
@@ -436,10 +456,25 @@ local function buildActivity()
      large_text = "Pokemon Gen1Recomp",
    },
  }
+  -- a party/join-secret pair is what makes Discord show "Ask to Join" on
+  -- the profile card; the secret carries our own room/tournament code plus
+  -- a one-letter kind tag ("m"/"t") so the click handler on the other end
+  -- knows which screen to jump into -- Discord only echoes the string
+  -- back, so the kind has to ride inside it
+  if state.joinCode then
+    local kindTag = state.joinKind == "tournament" and "t" or "m"
+    activity.party = { id = "pokeport-" .. state.joinCode,
+                       size = { state.partySize, state.partyMax } }
+    activity.secrets = { join = "join:" .. kindTag .. ":" .. state.joinCode }
+  end
+  return activity
 end

 local function activityKey(activity)
-  return (activity.details or "") .. "|" .. (activity.state or "")
+  local partyKey = activity.party
+    and (activity.party.size[1] .. "/" .. activity.party.size[2]) or ""
+  return (activity.details or "") .. "|" .. (activity.state or "") .. "|"
+    .. (activity.secrets and activity.secrets.join or "") .. "|" .. partyKey
 end

 local function flush(force)
@@ -516,20 +551,20 @@ local function subscribe(game)

  track("battle.started", function(ev)
    local battle = ev and ev.battle
-    local label = "In battle"
+    local label = Strings("In battle")
    if ev and ev.kind == "wild" then
      local name = speciesName(game, ev.species)
      if name then
        label = "Battling wild " .. name
        if ev.level then label = label .. " Lv" .. tostring(ev.level) end
      else
-        label = "Wild battle"
+        label = Strings("Wild battle")
      end
    elseif ev and ev.kind == "trainer" then
      local tname = battle and battle.trainer and battle.trainer.name
-      label = tname and ("Battling " .. tname) or "Trainer battle"
+      label = tname and ("Battling " .. tname) or Strings("Trainer battle")
    elseif ev and ev.kind == "link" then
-      label = "Link battle"
+      label = Strings("Link battle")
    end
    local mapId = state.mapId
      or (game.save and game.save.player and game.save.player.map)
@@ -560,13 +595,103 @@ local function subscribe(game)
      state.mapId = nil
      setPresence({
        activity = "menu",
-        location = id == "IntroMovie" and "Watching the intro" or "Title screen",
+        location = id == "IntroMovie" and "Watching the intro" or Strings("Title screen"),
        clearBattle = true,
      })
    end
  end)
 end

+-- Advertise (or clear, with code=nil) an online-match/tournament code as a
+-- Discord join secret. LinkState/Tournament call this once they have a
+-- real code from the relay, and clear it again once paired/started or the
+-- hosting screen exits (an invite that's already full or gone is worse
+-- than no invite). kind is "match" (default) or "tournament"; size/max are
+-- the party.size Discord shows (default 1/2, a plain 1v1 room) -- a
+-- tournament passes its live roster count and a generous cap instead, and
+-- should call this again whenever the roster changes, not just once.
+function DiscordPresence.setJoinCode(code, kind, size, max)
+  pcall(function()
+    state.joinCode = code
+    state.joinKind = kind or "match"
+    state.partySize = size or 1
+    state.partyMax = max or 2
+    state.dirty = true
+    flush(false)
+  end)
+end
+
+-- A friend clicked "Ask to Join" on our profile and Discord delivered the
+-- secret back over this same connection. Only act from a safe spot (never
+-- yank the player out of a battle or an already-running link session) --
+-- "exploring"/"menu" are the coarse buckets subscribe() above already
+-- tracks; anything more specific (a shop, a dialogue box) is a rarer miss
+-- worth accepting rather than adding a second, finer-grained state tracker
+-- just for this.
+local function handleJoinRequest(secret)
+  if not secret or secret == "" then return end
+  if state.activity == "battle" then return end
+  local game = state.game
+  if not game or not game.stack then return end
+  local top = game.stack:top()
+  if top and top.stage and top.net then return end -- already in a link session
+  local kindTag, code = secret:match("^(%a):(.+)$")
+  if not kindTag then kindTag, code = "m", secret end -- older/plain secret: assume match
+  Runtime.emit("discord.join_requested", { code = code, kind = kindTag })
+  if kindTag == "t" then
+    local ok, Tournament = pcall(require, "src.link.Tournament")
+    if ok and Tournament.newJoinOnline then
+      game.stack:push(Tournament.newJoinOnline(game, code))
+    end
+  else
+    local ok, LinkState = pcall(require, "src.link.LinkState")
+    if ok and LinkState.newJoinOnline then
+      game.stack:push(LinkState.newJoinOnline(game, code))
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+-- non-blocking peek for an incoming ACTIVITY_JOIN dispatch. Unix (FFI)
+-- only for now: reading a Windows named pipe without risking a stall needs
+-- a HANDLE-level PeekNamedPipe that the plain io.open() connection below
+-- doesn't give us, so a Windows player's presence/party/join-secret still
+-- all work (they can still be seen and clicked), the click just isn't
+-- delivered back to their own game session yet.
+local function pollJoinRequest()
+  if state.isWindows or not state.ffi or not state.socket or not state.subscribedJoin then
+    return
+  end
+  pcall(function()
+    local ffi = state.ffi
+    local dontwait = MSG_DONTWAIT_BY_OS[love.system.getOS()] or 0
+    local hbuf = ffi.new("char[8]")
+    local n = ffi.C.recv(state.socket, hbuf, 8, dontwait)
+    if not n or tonumber(n) <= 0 then return end -- nothing waiting right now
+    local header = ffi.string(hbuf, 8)
+    local opcode = unpackU32(header:sub(1, 4))
+    local length = unpackU32(header:sub(5, 8))
+    if not opcode or not length or length < 0 or length > 65536 then return end
+    -- the body may lag the header by a packet; the connection's normal
+    -- (short-timeout) blocking read is fine here since it has already
+    -- announced its exact length
+    local body = length > 0 and readExact(length) or ""
+    if body == nil then return end
+    if opcode == 3 then -- PING -> PONG, keeps Discord from closing on us
+      sendFrame(4, body)
+      return
+    end
+    if opcode ~= 1 then return end
+    local decoded = Json.decode(body)
+    if decoded and decoded.evt == "ACTIVITY_JOIN" then
+      local secret = decoded.data and decoded.data.secret
+      if type(secret) == "string" and secret ~= "" then
+        if secret:sub(1, 5) == "join:" then secret = secret:sub(6) end
+        handleJoinRequest(secret)
+      end
+    end
+  end)
+end
+
 function DiscordPresence.init(game)
  local ok, err = pcall(function()
    DiscordPresence.shutdown()
@@ -579,6 +704,8 @@ function DiscordPresence.init(game)
    state.location = "Title screen"
    state.mapId = nil
    state.battleLabel = nil
+    state.joinCode = nil
+    state.game = game
    state.dirty = true
    state.nextReconnectAt = 0
    state.loggedAbsent = false
@@ -621,6 +748,7 @@ function DiscordPresence.update(_dt)
      end
      return
    end
+    pollJoinRequest()
    if state.dirty then flush(false) end
  end)
 end
@@ -649,10 +777,13 @@ function DiscordPresence.shutdown()
  state.lastSentKey = nil
  state.connected = false
  state.socket = nil
+  state.subscribedJoin = false
+  state.joinCode = nil
 end

 -- test / debug helpers
 DiscordPresence._state = state
 DiscordPresence.locationName = locationName
+DiscordPresence.handleJoinRequest = handleJoinRequest

 return DiscordPresence
@@ -27,4 +27,12 @@ function FixedStep:update(dt)
  end
 end

+-- Drop any pending catch-up steps.  A hitch inside one logic step (map
+-- seam setMap / song start) makes the next real-time dt huge; without this
+-- the while-loop above would advance many walk frames before the next
+-- draw, which looks like a slide with no leg animation (issue #93).
+function FixedStep:discardCatchup()
+  self.accum = 0
+end
+
 return FixedStep
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+-- Render frame-rate cap.  With a driver control panel forcing
+-- vsync off, the 160x144 game is trivially cheap and love.run will present
+-- thousands of frames a second; over hours that cooks the graphics driver
+-- until a restart, and it wastes power whenever the window is left open in
+-- the background.  A hard cap bounds the present rate.  Render-only: game
+-- logic is fixed-step off dt (src/core/FixedStep.lua), so pacing present()
+-- changes nothing about timing, audio, or determinism.
+--
+-- Persisted as save.options.fpsCap; applied from OptionsMenu and on boot
+-- via Game:applyOptions.  main.lua's love.run reads FrameCap.current each
+-- frame for its sleep budget.  The module never touches love.timer itself,
+-- so it stays safe under the headless test stub.
+
+local FrameCap = {}
+
+-- Selectable steps: the normal framerate stops between the floor and the
+-- ceiling.  STEPS[1] == MIN and STEPS[#STEPS] == MAX, so the nearest-step
+-- snap in normalize doubles as the clamp.  Cycling past the last wraps.
+FrameCap.STEPS = { 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 90, 100, 120, 144, 160 }
+FrameCap.MIN = 30
+FrameCap.MAX = 160
+FrameCap.DEFAULT = 60
+
+-- The live cap the run loop paces to.  Defaults so the launcher and the
+-- save editor are paced before any save applies its stored option.
+FrameCap.current = FrameCap.DEFAULT
+
+-- Nearest valid step for an arbitrary value (a hand-edited options.lua or
+-- an old save with no fpsCap key), so a bad number degrades to something
+-- sane; nil / non-numbers fall back to the default.  A value below MIN or
+-- above MAX snaps to that end, since MIN/MAX are the first/last steps.
+function FrameCap.normalize(value)
+  value = tonumber(value)
+  if not value then return FrameCap.DEFAULT end
+  local best, bestDiff = FrameCap.DEFAULT, math.huge
+  for _, step in ipairs(FrameCap.STEPS) do
+    local diff = math.abs(step - value)
+    if diff < bestDiff then best, bestDiff = step, diff end
+  end
+  return best
+end
+
+-- plain numeric text for the options row (e.g. "60")
+function FrameCap.label(value)
+  return tostring(FrameCap.normalize(value))
+end
+
+-- cycle to the next/previous step, wrapping (the options row idiom)
+function FrameCap.cycle(value, dir)
+  local steps = FrameCap.STEPS
+  local snapped = FrameCap.normalize(value)
+  local cur = 1
+  for i, step in ipairs(steps) do
+    if step == snapped then cur = i break end
+  end
+  local nextIdx = (cur - 1 + (dir or 1)) % #steps + 1
+  return steps[nextIdx]
+end
+
+-- Store the chosen cap as the live value the run loop paces to.  Never
+-- touches love.timer, so it is safe headless -- the loop just reads the
+-- number back.  Returns the normalized value it stored.
+function FrameCap.apply(value)
+  FrameCap.current = FrameCap.normalize(value)
+  return FrameCap.current
+end
+
+function FrameCap.applyOptions(opts)
+  FrameCap.apply(opts and opts.fpsCap)
+end
+
+return FrameCap
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ local Logger = require("src.core.Logger")
 local Renderer = require("src.render.Renderer")
 local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
 local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
-local TouchInput = require("src.core.TouchInput")
+local TouchControls = require("src.core.TouchControls")
 local ModLoader = require("src.mods.Loader")
 local ModRuntime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local Screens = require("src.ui.Screens")
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ function Game:load()
  self.mods = ModLoader.new()
  self.mods:load(Data)
  self.modStatus = self.mods:status()
+  -- render pipelines dispatch off the merged dataset; point them at the
+  -- one the mods just merged into before anything can draw a frame
+  require("src.render.Pipelines").install(Data)

  self.input = Input
  Input:init()

-  self.touchInput = TouchInput
-  TouchInput:init()
+  self.touchControls = TouchControls
+  TouchControls:init()

  self.renderer = Renderer
  Renderer:init()
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@ function Game:load()
  require("src.render.Font").load(Data)
  -- menu cursor/border/geometry constants; field.theme restyles them
  require("src.ui.Theme").load(Data)
+  -- the engine's own text, after the merge so a translation mod's catalog
+  -- is already in Data.strings; empty on a mod-free boot and skipped
+  require("src.core.Strings").load(Data)

  self.stack = StateStack
  StateStack:init()
@@ -93,13 +99,32 @@ function Game:load()
  end

  Logger.info("game loaded")
+  -- Scaling bug reports (#87, #208) are unanswerable without these three
+  -- numbers: LOVE units, drawable pixels, and the integer physical pixels
+  -- per GB pixel the renderer settled on.  Cheap, once, and it turns "it
+  -- looks stretched" into something reproducible.
+  if love.graphics and love.graphics.getDimensions then
+    local ww, wh = love.graphics.getDimensions()
+    local pw, ph = ww, wh
+    if love.graphics.getPixelDimensions then
+      pw, ph = love.graphics.getPixelDimensions()
+    end
+    Logger.info(string.format(
+      "display: %dx%d units, %dx%d px, fit scale %d px/GB px",
+      ww, wh, pw, ph, Renderer:fitScale()))
+  end
 end

 -- the merged field.boot: spawn, names, money and the naming presets a
 -- total conversion overrides.  Threaded into SaveData so persistence stays
 -- free of a Data dependency.
 function Game:bootConfig()
-  return self.data and self.data.field and self.data.field.boot
+  local boot = self.data and self.data.field and self.data.field.boot
+  -- stamp the running game version onto the boot config so a New Game records
+  -- it (SaveData.newGame reads boot.version); this is what routes a Blue
+  -- playthrough to save_blue.lua and Blue's version-gated content
+  if boot then boot.version = require("src.core.GameVersion").get() end
+  return boot
 end

 -- the title screen with its NEW GAME / CONTINUE wiring; used at boot
@@ -172,9 +197,6 @@ function Game:logicSpeed()
 end

 function Game:update(dt)
-  -- Touch timers / prior-frame auto-releases before the fixed step so
-  -- deferred A and edge pulses land in Input's press queue for this step.
-  TouchInput:update(dt)
  -- Fast-forward scales only the logic clock (see src/core/GameSpeed.lua).
  -- Give the accumulator room for one full frame at the current speed,
  -- or the anti-spiral clamp quietly caps every level above ~15X.
@@ -193,7 +215,17 @@ function Game:update(dt)
  -- Overworld tilt toggle tween: presentational, so it runs on the real
  -- frame dt (not the fixed logic step) for a smooth ~0.25s glide.
  require("src.render.Tilt").update(dt)
+  -- mod render pipelines tween on the same real-frame clock, for the same
+  -- reason: they are presentational, so fast-forward must not speed them up
+  require("src.render.Pipelines").update(dt)
  pcall(function() require("src.core.DiscordPresence").update(dt) end)
+  -- Steady-state memory backstop: advance the incremental collector one
+  -- small step every rendered frame.  The heavy GPU objects are now freed
+  -- explicitly (map eviction, battle exit, canvas/renderer swaps), so this
+  -- only has to keep ordinary Lua-heap garbage (per-frame tables/closures)
+  -- from drifting upward over a long session, and to spread collection out
+  -- so the default lazy schedule never batches it into a visible pause.
+  if collectgarbage then collectgarbage("step", 1) end
 end

 -- render.zones' identity default: unhooked, the zone list reaches the blit
@@ -228,13 +260,19 @@ function Game:draw()
    worldZones = self.overworld:sgbWorldZones()
  end
  Renderer:endFrame(zones, worldZones)
+  -- on-screen mobile controls: pure screen-space, over the finished frame
+  TouchControls:draw()
 end

 -- overworld survey zoom: wheel up / '=' zooms in, wheel down / '-' out
 function Game:zoomStep(delta)
  local Zoom = require("src.render.Zoom")
  if not Zoom.gateOK(self.stack:top(), self.overworld) then return end
-  Zoom.step(delta, Renderer:fitScale())
+  local offset = Zoom.step(delta, Renderer:fitScale())
+  if self.save and self.save.options then
+    self.save.options.zoom = offset
+    self:writeOptions()
+  end
 end

 function Game:wheelmoved(_, dy)
@@ -308,13 +346,34 @@ function Game:keypressed(key)
      self:writeOptions()
    end
    return
+  elseif key == "4" then
+    -- cycle ZOOM through every integer level (survey → FIT → close-up → wrap)
+    local Zoom = require("src.render.Zoom")
+    if Zoom.gateOK(self.stack:top(), self.overworld) then
+      self.save.options.zoom = Zoom.cycle(Renderer:fitScale())
+      self:writeOptions()
+    end
+    return
  elseif key == "5" then
    -- cycle GBC FX OFF → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 (unlit-GBC ladder); always on
+    -- desktop.  Mobile refuses the present shader (issue #136).
    local GBCFX = require("src.render.GBCFX")
+    if not GBCFX.isSupported() then return end
    self.save.options.gbcfx = GBCFX.cycle()
    self:writeOptions()
    return
  end
+  -- Mod render pipelines claim their hotkeys last, so one can never shadow
+  -- an engine display key however a mod declares it (12 §rendering
+  -- pipelines).  syncOptions writes the whole ladder back, including the
+  -- tilt exclusion a world pipeline forces.
+  local Pipelines = require("src.render.Pipelines")
+  if Pipelines.hotkey(key, self.stack:top(), self.overworld) then
+    Pipelines.syncOptions(self.save.options)
+    require("src.render.Tilt").setLevel(self.save.options.tilt or 0)
+    self:writeOptions()
+    return
+  end
  Input:keypressed(key)
 end

@@ -332,6 +391,9 @@ function Game:keyreleased(key)
 end

 function Game:gamepadpressed(joystick, button)
+  -- a controller is being used: the touch overlay steps aside until the
+  -- next screen touch (mobile only; a no-op elsewhere)
+  TouchControls:noteGamepad()
  -- BindingsMenu's pad capture rides the same top-state routing as keys
  local top = self.stack and self.stack:top()
  if top and top.onGamepadPressed then
@@ -346,22 +408,23 @@ function Game:gamepadreleased(joystick, button)
 end

 function Game:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
+  -- past-deadzone only, so resting-stick drift can't hide the overlay
+  if math.abs(value) > 0.5 then TouchControls:noteGamepad() end
  Input:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
 end

-- Window lost focus or got minimized: any release event due while it was
-- unfocused/hidden can be swallowed by the OS instead of delivered here,
-- which would otherwise leave a held direction stuck on.
+-- Window focus/visibility flips: a release due while unfocused/hidden can
+-- be swallowed by the OS. Reset on both edges -- gaining focus with a
+-- physically held key won't re-fire keypressed, so trusting leftover
+-- state is worse than asking the player to re-press.
 function Game:focus(f)
-  if f then return end
  Input:reset()
-  TouchInput:reset()
+  TouchControls:reset()
 end

 function Game:visible(v)
-  if v then return end
  Input:reset()
-  TouchInput:reset()
+  TouchControls:reset()
 end

 -- A disconnected/dropped controller can't send the button-up for whatever
@@ -369,18 +432,19 @@ end
 -- flags it owned.
 function Game:joystickremoved(joystick)
  Input:reset()
+  TouchControls:joystickremoved()
 end

 function Game:touchpressed(id, x, y)
-  TouchInput:touchpressed(id, x, y)
+  TouchControls:touchpressed(id, x, y)
 end

 function Game:touchmoved(id, x, y)
-  TouchInput:touchmoved(id, x, y)
+  TouchControls:touchmoved(id, x, y)
 end

 function Game:touchreleased(id, x, y)
-  TouchInput:touchreleased(id, x, y)
+  TouchControls:touchreleased(id, x, y)
 end

 -- Point the loader's mod.save backing at this save's modData so per-mod
@@ -431,8 +495,20 @@ function Game:applyOptions(opts)
  if Sound.applyOptions then Sound.applyOptions(opts) end
  require("src.render.PaletteFX").applyOptions(opts)
  require("src.render.Tilt").applyOptions(opts)
-  require("src.render.GBCFX").applyOptions(opts)
+  -- after Tilt, so a persisted world pipeline can switch the tilt level it
+  -- just restored back off (the two are mutually exclusive)
+  require("src.render.Pipelines").applyOptions(opts)
+  require("src.render.Zoom").applyOptions(opts)
+  require("src.render.TileRenderer").applyOptions(opts)
+  -- returns true when a persisted GBC FX level was cleared on mobile
+  local gbcCleared = require("src.render.GBCFX").applyOptions(opts)
  require("src.core.VideoMode").applyOptions(opts)
+  -- normalizes a nil/garbage cap to the 60 default, so old saves with no
+  -- fpsCap key pace at the standard rate (issue #88)
+  require("src.core.FrameCap").applyOptions(opts)
+  Input:applyBindings(opts.bindings)
+  -- heal soft-bricked APK installs that already saved gbcfx > 0 (#136)
+  if gbcCleared then self:writeOptions() end
 end

 function Game:restoreSave(loaded, recovered)
@@ -444,6 +520,13 @@ function Game:restoreSave(loaded, recovered)
  -- SaveData.load and skip on the format guard
  local activeMods = self.modStatus and self.modStatus.loaded
  SaveData.runMigrations(loaded, self.mods and self.mods.migrations, activeMods)
+  -- Issue #103: 0.1.11 softlocks left CONTINUE in HALL_OF_FAME with
+  -- lastOutdoor on Indigo.  One-shot relocate + heal before validate.
+  if SaveData.needsPostGameRescue(loaded) then
+    SaveData.applyPostGameHome(loaded, self:bootConfig())
+    local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+    for _, mon in ipairs(loaded.party or {}) do Pokemon.heal(mon) end
+  end
  local modsDiff = SaveData.modsDiff(loaded, activeMods)
  local report = SaveData.validate(loaded, self.data)
  report.recovered = recovered
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+-- Which Gen-1 game this process is running: Red (the historical default) or
+-- Blue.  One source of truth for everything that differs by version -- the
+-- accepted ROM hash, the import manifest, where the extracted cache lives,
+-- and the save-file suffix -- so the importer, cache mount, SaveData, title
+-- screen and palette all agree.
+--
+-- Red keeps every un-suffixed path it always used (save.lua, the root cache),
+-- so existing installs are untouched; Blue is namespaced under blue/ and
+-- _blue so both can be imported and played side by side.
+--
+-- Zero requires, so it loads during love.conf and under plain Lua for tools
+-- and tests.  The active version is a process-global set once at boot from
+-- the launcher's column choice (main.lua); it defaults to Red.
+
+local GameVersion = {}
+
+GameVersion.VERSIONS = {
+  red = {
+    id = "red",
+    label = "Red",
+    displayName = "Pokemon Red",
+    sha1 = "ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a",
+    manifest = "tools/rom_manifest.json",
+    cachePrefix = "",       -- Red owns the cache root (backwards compatible)
+    saveSuffix = "",        -- save.lua / save.lua.bak / save.lua.tmp
+  },
+  blue = {
+    id = "blue",
+    label = "Blue",
+    displayName = "Pokemon Blue",
+    sha1 = "d7037c83e1ae5b39bde3c30787637ba1d4c48ce2",
+    manifest = "tools/rom_manifest_blue.json",
+    cachePrefix = "blue/",  -- blue/data/generated, blue/assets/generated
+    saveSuffix = "_blue",   -- save_blue.lua / .bak / .tmp
+  },
+}
+
+-- Launcher column order (Yellow is still a placeholder, handled by the UI).
+GameVersion.ORDER = { "red", "blue" }
+
+GameVersion.current = "red"
+
+function GameVersion.set(id)
+  GameVersion.current = GameVersion.VERSIONS[id] and id or "red"
+  return GameVersion.current
+end
+
+function GameVersion.get()
+  return GameVersion.current
+end
+
+function GameVersion.isBlue()
+  return GameVersion.current == "blue"
+end
+
+-- Metadata for a version id, defaulting to the active one.
+function GameVersion.info(id)
+  return GameVersion.VERSIONS[id or GameVersion.current]
+end
+
+function GameVersion.saveSuffix(id)
+  return GameVersion.info(id).saveSuffix
+end
+
+function GameVersion.cachePrefix(id)
+  return GameVersion.info(id).cachePrefix
+end
+
+-- The version a ROM belongs to, by its SHA-1, or nil for an unknown ROM.
+function GameVersion.forSha1(sha1)
+  for id, info in pairs(GameVersion.VERSIONS) do
+    if info.sha1 == sha1 then return id end
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+return GameVersion
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 local Input = {}

-local BINDINGS = {
+local DEFAULT_BINDINGS = {
  up = "up", w = "up",
  down = "down", s = "down",
  left = "left", a = "left",
@@ -11,15 +11,23 @@ local BINDINGS = {
  z = "a", ["return"] = "a", space = "a",
  x = "b", backspace = "b",
  ["kpenter"] = "start", escape = "start",
+  -- Select: fight-menu move reorder + bag item reorder. Tab is the
+  -- discoverable default (shown in CONTROLS); both shifts stay as
+  -- aliases so Right-Shift muscle memory from older builds still works.
+  tab = "select",
  rshift = "select",
+  lshift = "select",
 }

 -- keys that map to "start" but also to "a" would conflict; keep Enter = a,
 -- Escape = start for desktop friendliness.

 -- LÖVE's standard gamepad mapping (SDL game controller DB), consistent
-- across Xbox/PlayStation/generic controllers on desktop and mobile.
-local GAMEPAD_BINDINGS = {
+-- across Xbox/PlayStation/generic controllers on desktop and mobile. Some
+-- third-party pads report their own SDL mapping for a given physical
+-- button (e.g. Select/Back/View on off-brand XInput pads), which is what
+-- src/ui/BindingsMenu.lua's rebinding is for -- see applyBindings below.
+local DEFAULT_GAMEPAD_BINDINGS = {
  dpup = "up", dpdown = "down", dpleft = "left", dpright = "right",
  a = "a", b = "b",
  start = "start", back = "select",
@@ -32,9 +40,33 @@ local STICK_ON = 0.5
 local STICK_OFF = 0.3

 function Input:init()
+  self:applyBindings(nil)
  self:reset()
 end

+-- Layers a player's rebind choices (save.options.bindings, written by
+-- src/ui/BindingsMenu.lua) on top of the defaults above. A rebind adds an
+-- extra way to trigger that action instead of replacing the default key,
+-- so e.g. Z/Enter/Space all still press A even after binding a 4th key to
+-- it. Call whenever options load or change (see Game:applyOptions and
+-- BindingsMenu:storeBinding) -- without this the menu records a choice
+-- that never actually reaches gameplay.
+function Input:applyBindings(overlay)
+  local keys, pads = {}, {}
+  for key, action in pairs(DEFAULT_BINDINGS) do keys[key] = action end
+  for button, action in pairs(DEFAULT_GAMEPAD_BINDINGS) do pads[button] = action end
+  for actionId, binding in pairs(overlay or {}) do
+    if type(binding) == "table" then
+      if binding.key then keys[binding.key] = actionId end
+      if binding.pad then pads[binding.pad] = actionId end
+    elseif type(binding) == "string" then
+      keys[binding] = actionId
+    end
+  end
+  self.keyBindings = keys
+  self.padBindings = pads
+end
+
 -- Purely event-driven state (press sets true, release sets false) has no
 -- fallback if a release event never arrives -- focus loss, a minimized
 -- window, or a disconnected gamepad can all swallow the key-up/button-up
@@ -44,45 +76,106 @@ function Input:reset()
  self.state = {}
  self.pressQueue = {}
  self.pressed = {}
+  self.sources = {}
  self.stickAxis = { x = 0, y = 0 }
  self.stickDir = nil
 end

-function Input:keypressed(key)
-  local btn = BINDINGS[key]
-  if btn then
+-- Multiple physical sources (W + Up, d-pad + stick, etc.) can claim the
+-- same GB button. Track them individually so releasing one doesn't clear
+-- a hold another source still owns, and so a press+release that both land
+-- before the next FixedStep can't be revived when step() drains the queue.
+local function press(self, btn, source)
+  local sources = self.sources[btn]
+  if not sources then
+    sources = {}
+    self.sources[btn] = sources
+  end
+  if not sources[source] then
+    sources[source] = true
    table.insert(self.pressQueue, btn)
  end
+  self.state[btn] = true
+end
+
+local function release(self, btn, source)
+  local sources = self.sources[btn]
+  if sources then
+    sources[source] = nil
+    if next(sources) == nil then
+      -- Leave an empty table (not nil) so step() can tell a real
+      -- source was released before the queue drained, versus a
+      -- synthetic pressQueue inject that never had sources at all.
+      self.state[btn] = false
+    end
+  else
+    self.state[btn] = false
+  end
+end
+
+function Input:keypressed(key)
+  local btn = self.keyBindings[key]
+  if btn then
+    press(self, btn, "key:" .. key)
+  end
 end

 function Input:keyreleased(key)
-  local btn = BINDINGS[key]
+  local btn = self.keyBindings[key]
  if btn then
-    self.state[btn] = false
+    release(self, btn, "key:" .. key)
  end
 end

 -- Called once per fixed step: promote queued presses to this step's edges.
+-- Hold state is owned by live sources (updated in press/release), not
+-- re-asserted here -- otherwise a same-frame press→release leaves the
+-- button stuck on after the queue drains.
+-- Synthetic injects (tests/drivers writing pressQueue directly, with no
+-- source entry) still set state so scripted holds keep working.
 function Input:step()
  self.pressed = {}
  for _, btn in ipairs(self.pressQueue) do
    self.pressed[btn] = true
-    self.state[btn] = true
+    local sources = self.sources[btn]
+    if sources == nil then
+      -- synthetic pressQueue inject (tests/drivers): no live source map
+      self.state[btn] = true
+    elseif next(sources) ~= nil then
+      self.state[btn] = true
+    end
+    -- sources == {}: real press fully released before this step — keep up
+  end
+  for btn, sources in pairs(self.sources) do
+    if next(sources) == nil then
+      self.sources[btn] = nil
+    end
  end
  self.pressQueue = {}
 end

+-- The on-screen touch overlay (src/core/TouchControls.lua) presses GB
+-- buttons directly by name -- not through a keyboard alias -- so a player
+-- rebind can never detach or shadow the overlay.
+function Input:overlayPressed(btn)
+  press(self, btn, "touch:" .. btn)
+end
+
+function Input:overlayReleased(btn)
+  release(self, btn, "touch:" .. btn)
+end
+
 function Input:gamepadpressed(joystick, button)
-  local btn = GAMEPAD_BINDINGS[button]
+  local btn = self.padBindings[button]
  if btn then
-    table.insert(self.pressQueue, btn)
+    press(self, btn, "pad:" .. button)
  end
 end

 function Input:gamepadreleased(joystick, button)
-  local btn = GAMEPAD_BINDINGS[button]
+  local btn = self.padBindings[button]
  if btn then
-    self.state[btn] = false
+    release(self, btn, "pad:" .. button)
  end
 end

@@ -112,10 +205,10 @@ function Input:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)

  if newDir ~= self.stickDir then
    if self.stickDir then
-      self.state[self.stickDir] = false
+      release(self, self.stickDir, "stick")
    end
    if newDir then
-      table.insert(self.pressQueue, newDir)
+      press(self, newDir, "stick")
    end
    self.stickDir = newDir
  end
@@ -24,7 +24,31 @@ local FILTER_HIGHGAIN = { 0.4, 0.16, 0.064 }
 local filterLevel = 0

 local function applyVolume(src)
-  if src then pcall(src.setVolume, src, VOLUME * volumeScale) end
+  if not src then return end
+  local vol = VOLUME * volumeScale
+  if Runtime.wantsHook("music.volume") then
+    local ctx = {
+      song = state.current,
+      mapSong = state.mapSong,
+      onBike = state.onBike,
+      surfing = state.surfing,
+      fading = state.fade ~= nil,
+      optionScale = volumeScale,
+    }
+    local ok, Game = pcall(require, "src.core.Game")
+    if ok and Game then
+      local ow = Game.overworld
+      if ow and ow.player then
+        ctx.x, ctx.y = ow.player.cellX, ow.player.cellY
+        ctx.mapId = ow.map and ow.map.id
+        ctx.tod = ow.tod
+      end
+    end
+    vol = Runtime.call("music.volume", function(v) return v end, vol, ctx)
+    vol = tonumber(vol) or (VOLUME * volumeScale)
+    if vol < 0 then vol = 0 end
+  end
+  pcall(src.setVolume, src, vol)
 end

 -- Source:setFilter needs OpenAL EFX; the pcall degrades to unfiltered
@@ -254,6 +278,7 @@ function Music.stop()
  require("src.core.ChipAudio").stopMusic()
  state.current, state.source, state.loopSource, state.fade = nil, nil, nil, nil
  state.chip = false
+  state.pendingRestore = nil
  if previous and Runtime.wants("music.stopped") then
    Runtime.emit("music.stopped", { song = previous })
  end
@@ -347,18 +372,25 @@ end
 function Music.playOnce(data, song)
  if not songDef(data, song) then return false end
  Music.play(data, song, false, { reason = "once" })
+  -- play() can no-op (hook silence, failed def); only arm restore when
+  -- the jingle actually became current
+  if state.current ~= song then return false end
  state.pendingRestore = true
  return true
 end

-- is a playOnce jingle still sounding?  (AnimateHealingMachine's
-- .waitLoop2 holds the healing machine until MUSIC_PKMN_HEALED ends)
+local function chipAwaitingFirstBuffer()
+  return state.chip
+     and require("src.core.ChipAudio").awaitingFirstBuffer()
+end
+
+-- is a playOnce jingle still in flight?  (AnimateHealingMachine's
+-- .waitLoop2 / Mom heal / captain rub hold until MUSIC_PKMN_HEALED ends.)
+-- pendingRestore stays set from playOnce until Music.update restores the
+-- map theme, covering the threaded chip "empty QueueableSource" window
+-- where Source:isPlaying is briefly false before the first buffer lands.
 function Music.oneShotPlaying()
-  if not state.pendingRestore then return false end
-  local src = state.source
-  if not src then return false end
-  local ok, playing = pcall(src.isPlaying, src)
-  return ok and playing or false
+  return state.pendingRestore == true
 end

 function Music.restoreMap(data)
@@ -400,6 +432,12 @@ end
 -- restores the map theme after a one-shot jingle
 function Music.update(data)
  if state.chip then require("src.core.ChipAudio").update() end
+  -- distance / indoor muffling mods re-apply volume every frame while
+  -- subscribed; otherwise applyVolume only runs on song/option changes
+  if Runtime.wantsHook("music.volume") and not state.fade then
+    applyVolume(state.source)
+    applyVolume(state.loopSource)
+  end
  -- volume ramp (Music.fadeOut): hold the current level for `control`
  -- frames, then drop one level (FadeOutAudio decrements both rAUDVOL
  -- nibbles when its counter reaches 0); at level 0 the music stops.
@@ -441,8 +479,10 @@ function Music.update(data)
    state.source = loopSrc
    pcall(loopSrc.play, loopSrc)
  end
+  -- do not treat "threaded source still waiting on its first buffer" as
+  -- ended, or playOnce jingles get restored over before they can sound
  if state.pendingRestore and sourceStopped(state.source)
-     and not state.loopSource then
+     and not state.loopSource and not chipAwaitingFirstBuffer() then
    Music.restoreMap(data)
  end
 end
@@ -17,15 +17,33 @@ local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local Semver = require("src.mods.Semver")
 local Boxes = require("src.pokemon.Boxes")
 local Bag = require("src.inventory.Bag")
+local Badges = require("src.inventory.Badges")
+
+local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")

 local SaveData = {}

-local FILENAME = "save.lua"
+-- Progress files carry the game-version suffix so Red and Blue saves coexist:
+-- Red keeps save.lua / .bak / .tmp exactly as before; Blue is save_blue.lua
+-- (+ .bak/.tmp).  options.lua is deliberately shared across versions (it holds
+-- global preferences and the mod enable-state, not per-playthrough data).
 local OPTIONS_FILENAME = "options.lua"
-- one rolling backup plus the staged-write witness; load promotes either
-- when the main file is missing or fails to parse
-local BACKUP_FILENAME = FILENAME .. ".bak"
-local TMP_FILENAME = FILENAME .. ".tmp"
+
+-- Main / backup / staged-witness names for a version (defaults to the active
+-- one).  The backup is a rolling copy and .tmp is the staged-write witness;
+-- load promotes either when the main file is missing or fails to parse.
+-- Forward-declared here so saveFilename (just below) and every save/load
+-- caller share the one upvalue; the body is filled in under "save slots"
+-- once the options IO it depends on exists, because it now resolves the
+-- ACTIVE slot for a version rather than the fixed flat name.
+local saveNames
+
+-- The main save filename for a version -- used by the title screen's
+-- CONTINUE gate so it looks for the right game's save.
+function SaveData.saveFilename(version)
+  local main = saveNames(version)
+  return main
+end

 -- ------- portable mode
 -- LÖVE's save directory is always the OS per-user path derived from the
@@ -75,6 +93,18 @@ local function makePortableFs(dir)
      os.remove(full(name))
      return true
    end,
+    createDirectory = function(name)
+      -- portable mode writes real files through io.*, which will not
+      -- create missing parent directories; mkdir the tree so a slot path
+      -- like "saves/red" exists before a write lands inside it
+      local osPath = full(name):gsub("/", SEP)
+      if SEP == "\\" then
+        os.execute('mkdir "' .. osPath .. '" 2>nul')
+      else
+        os.execute('mkdir -p "' .. osPath .. '" 2>/dev/null')
+      end
+      return true
+    end,
  }
 end

@@ -83,15 +113,41 @@ local function detectPortable()
  portableChecked = true
  portableBase = false
  if not (love and love.filesystem) then return false end
+  -- Desktop only: portable mode carries the save (and, since issue #74, the
+  -- ROM cache) in the game folder next to the executable/source.  On
+  -- Android/iOS the source is a read-only package with no such folder, so
+  -- portable mode never applies there.
+  if love.system and love.system.getOS then
+    local osName = love.system.getOS()
+    if osName ~= "Windows" and osName ~= "Linux" and osName ~= "OS X" then
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+  local src = love.filesystem.getSource and love.filesystem.getSource()
+  local sbd = love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory
+    and love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory()
+  -- A packaged macOS build nests the game inside gen1recomp.app/Contents/
+  -- Resources, so getSource()/getSourceBaseDirectory() point INSIDE the
+  -- bundle -- not where the player drops portable.txt (next to the .app).
+  -- Recover the folder containing the .app so a packaged app finds its
+  -- marker.  On Windows/Linux the executable is not a bundle, so this is nil
+  -- and the plain source-base directory (next to the .exe/AppImage) is used.
+  local function appContainer(path)
+    local appPath = path and path:match("^(.*%.app)/Contents/")
+    return appPath and appPath:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$") or nil
+  end
+  -- Order: the .app's containing folder (packaged macOS), then the
+  -- source-base directory (next to a packaged .exe/AppImage), then the
+  -- source itself (a `love <gamedir>` run drops portable.txt in the game
+  -- folder).  First one holding the marker wins.  Built by appending so a
+  -- nil (e.g. no .app in the path) never truncates the ipairs scan.
  local candidates = {}
-  if love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory then
-    candidates[#candidates + 1] = love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory()
-  end
-  if love.filesystem.getSource then
-    candidates[#candidates + 1] = love.filesystem.getSource()
-  end
+  local appDir = appContainer(src) or appContainer(sbd)
+  if appDir then candidates[#candidates + 1] = appDir end
+  if sbd then candidates[#candidates + 1] = sbd end
+  if src then candidates[#candidates + 1] = src end
  for _, base in ipairs(candidates) do
-    if base and base ~= "" and pathExists(base .. SEP .. PORTABLE_MARKER) then
+    if base ~= "" and pathExists(base .. SEP .. PORTABLE_MARKER) then
      portableBase = base
      break
    end
@@ -144,12 +200,23 @@ function SaveData.defaultOptions()
    musicFilter = 0,
    -- logic fast-forward multiplier; audio is unaffected (GameSpeed.lua)
    speed = 1,
-    -- port display options (OptionsMenu / hotkeys 2/3/5)
+    -- port display options (OptionsMenu / hotkeys 2/3/4/5)
    colors = "gbc",
    tilt = 0,
    gbcfx = 0,
+    -- survey zoom offset from window fit scale (0 = FIT); see Zoom.lua
+    zoom = 0,
+    -- OVERWORLD beyond-edge fill: trees | water | black
+    voidFill = "trees",
    -- windowed | borderless (desktop fullscreen); ignored on mobile
    videoMode = "windowed",
+    -- hard render frame-rate cap; render-only pacing (issue #88, FrameCap.lua)
+    fpsCap = 60,
+    -- Per-pipeline display levels, keyed by render_pipelines id (see
+    -- src/render/Pipelines.lua).  A level for a mod that is not installed
+    -- is kept rather than pruned, so re-enabling the mod restores the mode
+    -- the player left it in.
+    pipelines = {},
    -- Native mod enablement is an installation option, not save-slot data.
    -- Missing entries mean enabled so newly installed mods work by default.
    mods = {},
@@ -235,6 +302,302 @@ function SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
  return SaveData.mergeOptions(data)
 end

+-- ------- save slots
+
+-- A version's playthroughs live in numbered slots under saves/<version>/;
+-- the active slot is where in-game SAVE and CONTINUE land.  The registry
+-- (the ordered slot list plus which one is active) persists in options.lua
+-- under options.saveSlots[version]; the active slot is also cached
+-- process-wide (like GameVersion.current) so the hot saveNames path does
+-- not re-read options every call.  A false cache entry means "no slot in
+-- use" and the flat legacy path (save.lua / save_blue.lua) is used, which
+-- keeps a brand-new install and every pre-slots caller working unchanged.
+local activeSlotCache = {}   -- version -> slotId in use, or false when none
+local slotsChecked = {}      -- version -> true once resolved this process
+
+local function slotDir(version) return "saves/" .. version end
+
+local function slotNames(version, id)
+  local main = slotDir(version) .. "/" .. id .. ".lua"
+  return main, main .. ".bak", main .. ".tmp"
+end
+
+-- the pre-slots flat names a version always used (save.lua for Red,
+-- save_blue.lua for Blue); still the destination before any slot exists
+local function legacyNames(version)
+  local main = "save" .. GameVersion.saveSuffix(version) .. ".lua"
+  return main, main .. ".bak", main .. ".tmp"
+end
+
+-- Slot resolution is only meaningful for versions GameVersion actually knows
+-- (red/blue).  The launcher also renders a locked placeholder tab ("yellow")
+-- that has no info entry and therefore no saveSuffix; resolving its legacy
+-- names would index a nil info table and crash.  Treat any unknown version as
+-- having no slots so the slot APIs degrade to empty/no-op instead.
+local function knownVersion(version)
+  return GameVersion.info(version) ~= nil
+end
+
+-- Create the parent directory of a slot path when the fs supports it.
+-- love.filesystem.createDirectory makes the whole tree; the injected memfs
+-- stub keys files by full path and exposes no such method, so this is a
+-- no-op there.
+local function ensureParentDir(fs, name)
+  local dir = name:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
+  if dir and fs.createDirectory then fs.createDirectory(dir) end
+end
+
+-- Decode a slot's save using the same recovery order load() uses -- main,
+-- then the .tmp write-witness, then the .bak -- so a slot mid-crash still
+-- summarizes.  nil when nothing readable is present.
+local function decodeSlot(fs, version, id)
+  local main, bak, tmp = slotNames(version, id)
+  local data = fs.getInfo(main) and SaveSerializer.decode(fs.read(main) or "")
+  if data then return data end
+  data = fs.getInfo(tmp) and SaveSerializer.decode(fs.read(tmp) or "")
+  if data then return data end
+  data = fs.getInfo(bak) and SaveSerializer.decode(fs.read(bak) or "")
+  return data or nil
+end
+
+-- One-time legacy consolidation: a pre-slots install has a flat save file
+-- (+ .bak) and no saves/<version>/ registry.  Copy both into slot1, verify
+-- the copy reads back, then remove the originals and register slot1 as the
+-- active slot.  Returns the new slot id, or nil when there is nothing to
+-- migrate or the copy could not be verified (originals left in place so no
+-- data is ever lost to a failed move).
+local function tryMigrateLegacy(version, fs)
+  local lmain, lbak, ltmp = legacyNames(version)
+  local mainBody = fs.getInfo(lmain) and fs.read(lmain)
+  local bakBody = fs.getInfo(lbak) and fs.read(lbak)
+  if not (mainBody or bakBody) then return nil end
+  local id = "slot1"
+  local dmain, dbak = slotNames(version, id)
+  ensureParentDir(fs, dmain)
+  if mainBody then fs.write(dmain, mainBody) end
+  if bakBody then fs.write(dbak, bakBody) end
+  -- refuse to delete the originals unless the new slot is loadable (from
+  -- the main copy or, failing that, the backup)
+  if not decodeSlot(fs, version, id) then return nil end
+  remove(fs, lmain)
+  remove(fs, lbak)
+  remove(fs, ltmp)
+  local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
+  opts.saveSlots = opts.saveSlots or {}
+  opts.saveSlots[version] = { list = { id }, active = id }
+  SaveData.saveOptions(opts, fs)
+  return id
+end
+
+-- Resolve (once per version per process) which slot in-game saves use: an
+-- existing registry wins; otherwise a lazy legacy migration may create
+-- slot1; otherwise false, meaning the flat legacy path.
+local function ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
+  if slotsChecked[version] then return end
+  slotsChecked[version] = true
+  if not knownVersion(version) then
+    activeSlotCache[version] = false
+    return
+  end
+  local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
+  local reg = opts.saveSlots and opts.saveSlots[version]
+  if reg and type(reg.list) == "table" and #reg.list > 0 then
+    activeSlotCache[version] = reg.active or reg.list[1]
+    return
+  end
+  activeSlotCache[version] = tryMigrateLegacy(version, fs) or false
+end
+
+-- (body for the forward-declared saveNames.)  Resolves the ACTIVE slot for
+-- the version, falling back to the flat legacy names when no slot is in use.
+function saveNames(version)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
+  local slot = activeSlotCache[version]
+  if slot then return slotNames(version, slot) end
+  return legacyNames(version)
+end
+
+-- Pure extraction of the launcher's per-slot summary from a decoded save,
+-- factored out so it is unit-testable with no filesystem: the player name
+-- (nil for an empty slot) and { badges, timeText, dexCount } -- the same
+-- fields the title screen's ContinueInfo derives.  Badges resolve against
+-- the vanilla gym list (launcher has no loaded Data), which is what the
+-- flat launcher meta line needs.
+function SaveData.slotSummary(save)
+  if type(save) ~= "table" then return nil, nil end
+  local name = save.player and save.player.name or nil
+  local dexCount = 0
+  for _ in pairs((save.pokedex and save.pokedex.owned) or {}) do
+    dexCount = dexCount + 1
+  end
+  local t = math.floor(save.playTime or 0)
+  local timeText = ("%d:%02d"):format(math.floor(t / 3600),
+                                      math.floor(t / 60) % 60)
+  return name, {
+    badges = Badges.count(nil, save),
+    timeText = timeText,
+    dexCount = dexCount,
+  }
+end
+
+-- Slots visible to the launcher: every registered slot for a version, each
+-- with whether it holds a save and the cheap summary above.  A fresh
+-- install with nothing registered returns an empty array; a legacy install
+-- is migrated to slot1 first.
+function SaveData.listSlots(version)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) then return {} end
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
+  local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
+  local reg = opts.saveSlots and opts.saveSlots[version]
+  local list = (reg and reg.list) or {}
+  local out = {}
+  for _, id in ipairs(list) do
+    local save = decodeSlot(fs, version, id)
+    local name, meta = SaveData.slotSummary(save)
+    out[#out + 1] = { id = id, exists = save ~= nil, name = name, meta = meta }
+  end
+  return out
+end
+
+-- Point the active slot at slotId (registering it if new) and persist the
+-- choice to options.lua; also update the process-global cache so the very
+-- next save/load lands in the chosen slot.
+function SaveData.setActiveSlot(version, slotId)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) then return nil end
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
+  opts.saveSlots = opts.saveSlots or {}
+  local reg = opts.saveSlots[version] or { list = {}, active = nil }
+  local found = false
+  for _, id in ipairs(reg.list) do
+    if id == slotId then found = true break end
+  end
+  if not found then reg.list[#reg.list + 1] = slotId end
+  reg.active = slotId
+  opts.saveSlots[version] = reg
+  SaveData.saveOptions(opts, fs)
+  slotsChecked[version] = true
+  activeSlotCache[version] = slotId
+  return slotId
+end
+
+-- Register a new empty slot for the version and return its id.  Does NOT
+-- write a save file and does NOT change the active slot: an empty slot
+-- means the title screen offers NEW GAME only.  Ids are "slot%d+",
+-- allocated one past the highest existing number so a reused id can never
+-- collide with a lingering file.
+function SaveData.createSlot(version)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) then return nil end
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
+  local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
+  opts.saveSlots = opts.saveSlots or {}
+  local reg = opts.saveSlots[version] or { list = {}, active = nil }
+  local maxN = 0
+  for _, id in ipairs(reg.list) do
+    local n = tonumber(tostring(id):match("^slot(%d+)$"))
+    if n and n > maxN then maxN = n end
+  end
+  local id = "slot" .. (maxN + 1)
+  reg.list[#reg.list + 1] = id
+  opts.saveSlots[version] = reg
+  SaveData.saveOptions(opts, fs)
+  return id
+end
+
+-- The active slot id in use for a version (resolved once per process like
+-- saveNames does), or nil when none is registered and the flat legacy path is
+-- in use.  Public so the launcher's save Import/Export glue can name an export
+-- after the slot it came from without reaching into the private cache.
+function SaveData.activeSlot(version)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) then return nil end
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
+  return activeSlotCache[version] or nil
+end
+
+-- Write saveTable into an existing slot's file (SaveSerializer.encode), through
+-- the same fs seam every other save/load call uses (so portable mode keeps
+-- working) and the same .tmp-witness / .bak recovery discipline SaveData.save
+-- uses for the flat path.  Used by the launcher's save-import glue, which has
+-- already registered the slot via createSlot but written no bytes yet; unlike
+-- SaveData.save this targets a specific slot and never rebuilds meta or touches
+-- options.  Returns true, or false + an error string on a failed write.
+function SaveData.writeSlot(version, slotId, saveTable)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) then return false, "unknown version" end
+  if type(slotId) ~= "string" then return false, "missing slot id" end
+  if type(saveTable) ~= "table" then return false, "missing save table" end
+  local main, bak, tmp = slotNames(version, slotId)
+  local encoded = SaveSerializer.encode(saveTable)
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  ensureParentDir(fs, main)
+  if fs.getInfo(main) then
+    local prev = fs.read(main)
+    if prev then fs.write(bak, prev) end
+  end
+  local ok, err = fs.write(tmp, encoded)
+  if not ok then return false, err end
+  remove(fs, main)
+  ok, err = fs.write(main, encoded)
+  if not ok then return false, err end
+  remove(fs, tmp)
+  return true
+end
+
+-- Delete a registered slot: remove its main/.bak/.tmp files, drop it from the
+-- options registry, and if it was active point active at another remaining
+-- slot (or clear active when the list is empty).  Returns true, or false +
+-- an error string when the id is unknown / not registered.
+function SaveData.deleteSlot(version, slotId)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) then return false, "unknown version" end
+  if type(slotId) ~= "string" or slotId == "" then
+    return false, "missing slot id"
+  end
+  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  ensureVersionSlots(version, fs)
+  local opts = SaveData.loadOptions(fs)
+  opts.saveSlots = opts.saveSlots or {}
+  local reg = opts.saveSlots[version]
+  if not reg or not reg.list then return false, "slot not registered" end
+  local found, idx = false, nil
+  for i, id in ipairs(reg.list) do
+    if id == slotId then found = true; idx = i; break end
+  end
+  if not found then return false, "slot not registered" end
+
+  local main, bak, tmp = slotNames(version, slotId)
+  remove(fs, main)
+  remove(fs, bak)
+  remove(fs, tmp)
+
+  table.remove(reg.list, idx)
+  if reg.active == slotId then
+    reg.active = reg.list[1]  -- may be nil when the list is now empty
+  end
+  opts.saveSlots[version] = reg
+  SaveData.saveOptions(opts, fs)
+  slotsChecked[version] = true
+  activeSlotCache[version] = reg.active or false
+  return true
+end
+
+-- Test seam: drop the process-global slot cache so a suite can exercise
+-- migration/resolution against a freshly injected filesystem.  Unused by
+-- the game, which resolves each version exactly once per boot.
+function SaveData.resetSlotState()
+  for k in pairs(activeSlotCache) do activeSlotCache[k] = nil end
+  for k in pairs(slotsChecked) do slotsChecked[k] = nil end
+end
+
 -- ------- meta

 -- the version/engine/mod-set stamp every v2 save carries; mods is the
@@ -423,6 +786,36 @@ SaveData.addCoreMigration(1, function(save)
  Boxes.ensure(save)
 end)

+-- game version (Red vs Blue) prep: saves written before Blue support
+-- existed carry no `version` tag, and Red is the only game that ever
+-- shipped, so default every untagged save to Red.  from=2 so it catches
+-- every pre-bump save (format 1 and 2) and is skipped once re-stamped to
+-- the current format.
+SaveData.addCoreMigration(2, function(save)
+  if not save.version then
+    save.version = "red"
+  end
+end)
+
+-- #131 / follow-up to #50: Game Corner poster grunt used to stay on the
+-- floor after defeat (defeatedTrainers only).  The #50 script now hides
+-- him via objectToggles, but saves that already beat him never got the
+-- toggle -- he still blocks the hideout switch.  from=3 so every pre-4
+-- save reconciles once, then is skipped after re-stamp.
+SaveData.addCoreMigration(3, function(save)
+  local defeated = save.defeatedTrainers
+  if not defeated or not defeated["GAME_CORNER_obj_11"] then return end
+  save.objectToggles = save.objectToggles or {}
+  local mapToggles = save.objectToggles.GAME_CORNER
+  if not mapToggles then
+    mapToggles = {}
+    save.objectToggles.GAME_CORNER = mapToggles
+  end
+  if mapToggles.GAMECORNER_ROCKET ~= false then
+    mapToggles.GAMECORNER_ROCKET = false
+  end
+end)
+
 -- ------- write

 -- Game progress only; options are written separately via saveOptions.
@@ -432,6 +825,9 @@ end)
 -- itself rolls the last good save into .bak and stages the new bytes as
 -- a .tmp witness before the swap, so a crash mid-write is recoverable.
 function SaveData.save(data, mods)
+  -- write to the file matching this save's own version, not just the active
+  -- one, so a Blue playthrough always lands in save_blue.lua
+  local FILENAME, BACKUP_FILENAME, TMP_FILENAME = saveNames(data.version)
  if data.options then
    SaveData.saveOptions(data.options)
  end
@@ -444,6 +840,9 @@ function SaveData.save(data, mods)
  end
  local encoded = SaveSerializer.encode(gameOnly)
  local fs = persistFs(nil)
+  -- the active slot may live in saves/<version>/, which must exist before
+  -- the .tmp/.bak/main writes land (a no-op for the flat legacy path)
+  ensureParentDir(fs, FILENAME)
  if fs.getInfo(FILENAME) then
    local prev = fs.read(FILENAME)
    if prev then fs.write(BACKUP_FILENAME, prev) end
@@ -471,7 +870,10 @@ end
 -- returns the parsed save plus "tmp"/"bak" when the main file was gone
 -- or corrupt and a staged/backup copy was promoted; Game surfaces the
 -- recovery on the load report
-function SaveData.load()
+function SaveData.load(version)
+  -- version defaults to the active game (set at boot from the launcher);
+  -- an explicit version lets callers/tests load a specific game's save.
+  local FILENAME, BACKUP_FILENAME, TMP_FILENAME = saveNames(version)
  local fs = persistFs(nil)
  local data, err = readTable(fs, FILENAME)
  local recovered
@@ -752,6 +1154,43 @@ function SaveData.defaultHeal(boot)
  return { map = map, x = boot.startX or 3, y = boot.startY or 6 }
 end

+-- Post-credits home (issue #103).  pokered left the player in HALL_OF_FAME
+-- after jp Init; this port relocates CONTINUE instead, and retargets
+-- LAST_MAP exits (Red's house mats) at the heal-point town so leaving the
+-- house does not dump the player back at Indigo Plateau.
+--
+-- The landing spot is the blackout point, not the NewGameWarp bedroom:
+-- HallOfFameResetEventsAndSaveScript sets wLastBlackoutMap := PALLET_TOWN,
+-- so resuming puts the player outside the front door.  Spawning them back
+-- in the upstairs bedroom was a port-only detour (#253).  Non-vanilla
+-- spawns are unaffected -- defaultHeal returns boot's own start map for
+-- those, which is what the bedroom branch resolved to anyway.
+-- Marks postGameHomeOk so a later intentional HoF save is not relocated.
+function SaveData.applyPostGameHome(save, boot)
+  boot = type(boot) == "table" and boot or {}
+  local heal = SaveData.defaultHeal(boot)
+  save.lastHeal = { map = heal.map, x = heal.x, y = heal.y }
+  save.lastOutdoor = { id = heal.map, x = heal.x, y = heal.y }
+  save.player = save.player or {}
+  save.player.map = heal.map
+  save.player.x = heal.x
+  save.player.y = heal.y
+  save.player.facing = boot.startFacing or "down"
+  save.postGameHomeOk = true
+  return heal
+end
+
+-- Softlocked 0.1.11 saves: still standing in HALL_OF_FAME after credits,
+-- with lastOutdoor on Indigo.  One-shot rescue on CONTINUE.
+function SaveData.needsPostGameRescue(save)
+  if not (save and save.player and save.player.map == "HALL_OF_FAME") then
+    return false
+  end
+  if save.postGameHomeOk then return false end
+  local hof = save.hallOfFame
+  return type(hof) == "table" and #hof > 0
+end
+
 function SaveData.newGame(boot)
  boot = type(boot) == "table" and boot or {}
  local map = boot.startMap or "REDS_HOUSE_2F"
@@ -759,6 +1198,9 @@ function SaveData.newGame(boot)
  local heal = SaveData.defaultHeal(boot)
  local save = {
    meta = { format = Version.saveFormat, mods = {} },
+    -- which game this playthrough is (Red vs Blue).  Only Red ships today;
+    -- boot carries the choice once Blue support lands.
+    version = boot.version or "red",
    player = {
      map = map,
      x = x,
@@ -772,6 +1214,10 @@ function SaveData.newGame(boot)
    },
    flags = {},
    inventory = {},
+    -- Vanilla Gen1 seeds one Potion in the player's item PC
+    -- (wBoxItems / players_pc.asm); existing saves keep whatever they
+    -- already have — this only applies to New Game.
+    pcItems = { POTION = 1 },
    party = {},
    box = {},
    money = boot.startMoney or 3000,
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+-- The engine's own player-facing text, made overridable.
+--
+-- Extracted dialogue already had a home: `Data.text`, keyed by pokered's
+-- labels, which a mod reaches through `mod.content.text`.  The strings the
+-- engine *authors* had none.  Battle messages, item results, menu labels
+-- and the link-play screens were literals in Lua, so a translator could
+-- reach two thirds of the game and no more (#186, #245).
+--
+-- Those literals stay where they are, wrapped in `S(...)`, and the English
+-- source doubles as the catalog key:
+--
+--   self:say(S("But, it failed!"))
+--   self:say(S("Wild %s\nappeared!", self.enemy.name))
+--
+-- Keying on the source rather than on an invented id is deliberate.  It
+-- keeps the English readable at the point it is used (the alternative
+-- scatters a thousand `battle.it_failed` ids that have to be looked up to
+-- review a diff), it needs no id registry to stay in sync, and an entry a
+-- translation has not covered yet falls through to English instead of
+-- rendering a raw id at the player.  The cost is that editing an English
+-- string orphans its translations; `tools/modkit.py translation --refresh`
+-- reports those as changed keys rather than silently dropping them.
+--
+-- Same-source-different-meaning is the one case source keys cannot hold on
+-- their own ("OFF" as a filter setting vs "OFF" as a toggle, which some
+-- languages render differently).  Those sites pass a context:
+--
+--   S("OFF", "options.musicFilter")   -- key: "options.musicFilter|OFF"
+--
+-- A mod supplies the catalog through the `strings` registry:
+--
+--   mod.content.strings:override("But, it failed!", "Echec !")
+--
+-- With no mod loaded the catalog is empty and `S` is an identity function
+-- guarded by one boolean, so a vanilla boot draws byte-identical text.
+
+local Strings = {}
+
+local catalog = nil   -- Data.strings once a mod has put something in it
+local missing = {}    -- format-arity complaints, reported once each
+
+-- Called from Game after the mod merge, and again on dev-mode hot reload.
+-- Holding the table (not a copy) means a mod that registers late still
+-- takes effect without a second load.
+function Strings.load(data)
+  local t = data and data.strings
+  catalog = nil
+  if type(t) ~= "table" then return end
+  for _ in pairs(t) do
+    catalog = t
+    return
+  end
+end
+
+function Strings.active()
+  return catalog ~= nil
+end
+
+-- The lookup itself.  `context` is optional and only disambiguates sources
+-- that collide; the plain key is tried after it, so a translation that does
+-- not care about the distinction can supply one entry for both.
+function Strings.lookup(source, context)
+  if not catalog then return source end
+  if context then
+    local hit = catalog[context .. "|" .. source]
+    if type(hit) == "string" then return hit end
+  end
+  local hit = catalog[source]
+  if type(hit) == "string" then return hit end
+  return source
+end
+
+-- Count `%`-directives so a translation that drops or adds one is caught
+-- here rather than as a mid-battle `string.format` error.
+local function specifiers(s)
+  local n = 0
+  for spec in s:gmatch("%%(.)") do
+    if spec ~= "%" then n = n + 1 end
+  end
+  return n
+end
+
+-- S(source)                -> translated source
+-- S(source, ...)           -> translated source, string.format'ed
+-- S(source, context)       -> context-disambiguated lookup, no formatting
+--
+-- The two-argument forms are told apart by whether the source carries any
+-- format directives: a source with no `%s` cannot be formatting, so a lone
+-- string second argument is a context.
+function Strings.get(source, ...)
+  local argc = select("#", ...)
+  if argc == 0 then return Strings.lookup(source) end
+
+  local wants = specifiers(source)
+  if wants == 0 and argc == 1 and type((...)) == "string" then
+    return Strings.lookup(source, (...))
+  end
+
+  local text = Strings.lookup(source)
+  -- A translation with the wrong arity would raise inside string.format,
+  -- which in a battle means a crash the player cannot escape.  Fall back to
+  -- the English source, which is known to match, and say so once.
+  if specifiers(text) ~= wants then
+    if not missing[source] then
+      missing[source] = true
+      require("src.core.Logger").warn(
+        "strings: translation of %q has %d format directives, source has %d"
+        .. " -- using the source", source, specifiers(text), wants)
+    end
+    text = source
+  end
+  local ok, out = pcall(string.format, text, ...)
+  if not ok then return source end
+  return out
+end
+
+-- A marker, not a lookup: returns its argument untouched.
+--
+-- Some templates are declared in a module-level table and formatted much
+-- later (BattleState's charge-move lines, for one).  Translating at the
+-- declaration would freeze the English, because those tables are built at
+-- require time and Strings.load has no catalog yet; the use site therefore
+-- calls Strings(template, ...) and looks the source up then.  That works at
+-- runtime but leaves the literal invisible to the catalog generator, which
+-- only sees what is spelled out at a call site.  Wrapping the declaration in
+-- Strings.source puts it back in the harvest while changing nothing at all
+-- about when the lookup happens.
+function Strings.source(text)
+  return text
+end
+
+setmetatable(Strings, { __call = function(_, ...) return Strings.get(...) end })
+
+return Strings
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+-- On-screen touch controls: a visible d-pad, A, B, START and SELECT drawn
+-- over the finished frame (art: Xelu's CC0 controller prompts, see
+-- assets/touch/README.md).  Replaces the old touch gesture recognizer:
+-- every control is a real button under the thumb, so there is no
+-- tap-vs-swipe classification, no deferred-A double-tap window, and no
+-- added latency.
+--
+-- Mobile only, and only while no controller is being used: the overlay
+-- shows on Android/iOS, disappears the moment a gamepad button or stick
+-- is used, and comes back on the next screen touch (Game routes both
+-- events here).  POKEPORT_TOUCH=1 forces it on for desktop testing
+-- (main.lua then drives it with the mouse); POKEPORT_TOUCH=0 forces it
+-- off everywhere.
+--
+-- Controls press GB buttons through Input:overlayPressed/Released -- their
+-- own input source, not a keyboard alias -- so a held overlay direction
+-- merges cleanly with a keyboard key or stick holding the same button,
+-- and a player rebind can never detach the overlay.
+
+local Input = require("src.core.Input")
+
+local TouchControls = {}
+
+-- idle vs pressed overlay opacity
+local ALPHA = 0.65
+local ALPHA_PRESSED = 0.95
+-- translucent backing disc behind each control: the prompt art is dark
+-- gray, so without it the controls melt into dark map areas
+local BACK = 0.24
+local BACK_PRESSED = 0.38
+
+-- neutral zone at the d-pad center, as a fraction of the d-pad width;
+-- inside it no direction is held (keeps a resting thumb from jittering)
+local DPAD_DEAD = 0.16
+
+-- hit slop: how far past the visible edge a press still counts, as a
+-- multiplier on the control's half-width.  START/SELECT get more because
+-- the glyphs are small.
+local SLOP = { a = 1.3, b = 1.3, start = 1.4, select = 1.4 }
+
+local BUTTONS = { "a", "b", "start", "select" }
+
+local IMAGES = {
+  dpad = "assets/touch/dpad.png",
+  dpad_up = "assets/touch/dpad_up.png",
+  dpad_down = "assets/touch/dpad_down.png",
+  dpad_left = "assets/touch/dpad_left.png",
+  dpad_right = "assets/touch/dpad_right.png",
+  a = "assets/touch/a.png",
+  b = "assets/touch/b.png",
+  start = "assets/touch/start.png",
+  select = "assets/touch/select.png",
+}
+
+local function wantsOverlay()
+  local env = os.getenv("POKEPORT_TOUCH")
+  if env == "1" then return true end
+  if env == "0" then return false end
+  local osName = love.system and love.system.getOS and love.system.getOS()
+  return osName == "Android" or osName == "iOS"
+end
+
+function TouchControls:init()
+  self.active = wantsOverlay()
+  self.controllerHidden = false
+  self.touches = {}
+  -- per-GB-button owner count: two fingers on A must not double-press it,
+  -- and lifting one of them must not release the other's hold
+  self.held = {}
+  self.dpadTouch = nil
+  self.layoutW, self.layoutH = nil, nil
+  self.img = nil
+  if not self.active then return end
+  -- soft-fail: a missing/corrupt PNG must never block boot; the overlay
+  -- stays off and keyboard/controller play still works
+  local img = {}
+  for name, path in pairs(IMAGES) do
+    local ok, im = pcall(love.graphics.newImage, path)
+    if not ok then
+      img = nil
+      break
+    end
+    -- smooth UI icons; the global default filter is nearest for GB pixels
+    im:setFilter("linear", "linear")
+    img[name] = im
+  end
+  self.img = img
+end
+
+function TouchControls:visible()
+  return self.active and self.img ~= nil and not self.controllerHidden
+end
+
+-- Layout in LOVE units (density-independent on mobile), recomputed when
+-- the window size changes (rotation, resize).  D-pad bottom-left, B/A
+-- bottom-right with A above B (the Game Boy diagonal), START/SELECT
+-- flanking the bottom center.
+function TouchControls:layout()
+  local ww, wh = love.graphics.getDimensions()
+  if self.layoutW == ww and self.layoutH == wh then return self.L end
+  self.layoutW, self.layoutH = ww, wh
+  local short = math.min(ww, wh)
+  -- ~a third of the short edge, capped so tablets don't get a dinner plate
+  local dpadW = math.min(180, short * 0.34)
+  local abW = dpadW * 0.46
+  local ssW = dpadW * 0.30
+  local margin = dpadW * 0.12
+  -- START/SELECT hug the bottom center: on a narrow portrait phone the
+  -- d-pad and B leave little room, so a tight pair is what keeps them off
+  -- the neighboring controls
+  self.L = {
+    dpad = { cx = margin + dpadW / 2, cy = wh - margin - dpadW / 2, w = dpadW },
+    a = { cx = ww - margin - abW * 0.55, cy = wh - margin - abW * 1.75, w = abW },
+    b = { cx = ww - margin - abW * 1.60, cy = wh - margin - abW * 0.55, w = abW },
+    start = { cx = ww / 2 + ssW * 0.60, cy = wh - margin - ssW * 0.95, w = ssW },
+    select = { cx = ww / 2 - ssW * 0.60, cy = wh - margin - ssW * 0.95, w = ssW },
+  }
+  local fontSize = math.max(8, math.floor(ssW * 0.26))
+  if not self.labelFont or self.fontSize ~= fontSize then
+    self.fontSize = fontSize
+    self.labelFont = love.graphics.newFont(fontSize)
+  end
+  return self.L
+end
+
+local function inCircle(zone, x, y, slop)
+  local r = zone.w * 0.5 * slop
+  local dx, dy = x - zone.cx, y - zone.cy
+  return dx * dx + dy * dy <= r * r
+end
+
+local function dpadDir(zone, x, y)
+  local dx, dy = x - zone.cx, y - zone.cy
+  local dead = zone.w * DPAD_DEAD
+  if math.abs(dx) < dead and math.abs(dy) < dead then return nil end
+  if math.abs(dx) >= math.abs(dy) then
+    return dx > 0 and "right" or "left"
+  end
+  return dy > 0 and "down" or "up"
+end
+
+local function pressBtn(self, btn)
+  local n = (self.held[btn] or 0) + 1
+  self.held[btn] = n
+  if n == 1 then Input:overlayPressed(btn) end
+end
+
+local function releaseBtn(self, btn)
+  local n = self.held[btn]
+  if not n then return end
+  if n > 1 then
+    self.held[btn] = n - 1
+  else
+    self.held[btn] = nil
+    Input:overlayReleased(btn)
+  end
+end
+
+-- the d-pad touch's held direction changed (or ended): swap the GB hold
+local function setDpad(self, touch, dir)
+  if touch.dir == dir then return end
+  if touch.dir then releaseBtn(self, touch.dir) end
+  touch.dir = dir
+  if dir then pressBtn(self, dir) end
+end
+
+function TouchControls:touchpressed(id, x, y)
+  if not (self.active and self.img) then return end
+  -- a controller hid the overlay; the first touch only brings it back
+  if self.controllerHidden then
+    self.controllerHidden = false
+    return
+  end
+  local L = self:layout()
+  for _, btn in ipairs(BUTTONS) do
+    if inCircle(L[btn], x, y, SLOP[btn]) then
+      self.touches[id] = { control = btn }
+      pressBtn(self, btn)
+      return
+    end
+  end
+  -- square hit zone a bit past the cross art; one owning finger at a time
+  local dz = L.dpad
+  local half = dz.w * 0.65
+  if not self.dpadTouch
+     and math.abs(x - dz.cx) <= half and math.abs(y - dz.cy) <= half then
+    self.dpadTouch = id
+    local touch = { control = "dpad", dir = nil }
+    self.touches[id] = touch
+    setDpad(self, touch, dpadDir(dz, x, y))
+  end
+end
+
+function TouchControls:touchmoved(id, x, y)
+  local touch = self.touches[id]
+  -- only the d-pad tracks movement (slide between directions without
+  -- lifting); buttons hold until release wherever the finger wanders
+  if not touch or touch.control ~= "dpad" then return end
+  setDpad(self, touch, dpadDir(self:layout().dpad, x, y))
+end
+
+function TouchControls:touchreleased(id, x, y)
+  local touch = self.touches[id]
+  if not touch then return end
+  self.touches[id] = nil
+  if touch.control == "dpad" then
+    setDpad(self, touch, nil)
+    self.dpadTouch = nil
+  else
+    releaseBtn(self, touch.control)
+  end
+end
+
+-- LÖVE has no touchcancelled: a touch interrupted by the OS (app
+-- backgrounded, a system gesture stealing the finger) never fires
+-- touchreleased and would strand its button held forever.  Called from
+-- Game alongside Input:reset() on focus/visibility loss.
+function TouchControls:reset()
+  for btn in pairs(self.held) do
+    Input:overlayReleased(btn)
+  end
+  self.held = {}
+  self.touches = {}
+  self.dpadTouch = nil
+end
+
+-- a gamepad is being used: hide the overlay (dropping anything it held)
+-- until the next screen touch asks for it back
+function TouchControls:noteGamepad()
+  if not self.active or self.controllerHidden then return end
+  self.controllerHidden = true
+  self:reset()
+end
+
+-- last controller unplugged: show the overlay again immediately instead
+-- of requiring a blind first tap
+function TouchControls:joystickremoved()
+  self:reset()
+  if love.joystick and love.joystick.getJoystickCount
+     and love.joystick.getJoystickCount() == 0 then
+    self.controllerHidden = false
+  end
+end
+
+local function drawIcon(img, zone, pressed)
+  love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, pressed and BACK_PRESSED or BACK)
+  love.graphics.circle("fill", zone.cx, zone.cy, zone.w * 0.58)
+  local scale = zone.w / img:getWidth()
+  love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, pressed and ALPHA_PRESSED or ALPHA)
+  love.graphics.draw(img, zone.cx - zone.w / 2,
+                     zone.cy - img:getHeight() * scale / 2, 0, scale, scale)
+end
+
+-- Screen-space, called by Game:draw after Renderer:endFrame so the
+-- overlay rides on top of everything (world, UI, CRT/GBC FX included).
+function TouchControls:draw()
+  if not self:visible() then return end
+  local L = self:layout()
+  love.graphics.push("all")
+  love.graphics.origin()
+
+  local dpadTouch = self.dpadTouch and self.touches[self.dpadTouch]
+  local dir = dpadTouch and dpadTouch.dir
+  drawIcon(dir and self.img["dpad_" .. dir] or self.img.dpad, L.dpad,
+           dir ~= nil)
+  for _, btn in ipairs(BUTTONS) do
+    drawIcon(self.img[btn], L[btn], self.held[btn] ~= nil)
+  end
+
+  -- the +/- glyphs alone don't say which is which; shadowed so the text
+  -- reads on both the black letterbox and battle's white one
+  love.graphics.setFont(self.labelFont)
+  local ly = L.start.cy + L.start.w * 0.66
+  local function label(text, zone)
+    local w = self.labelFont:getWidth(text)
+    love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 0.6)
+    love.graphics.print(text, zone.cx - w / 2 + 1, ly + 1)
+    love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, ALPHA + 0.2)
+    love.graphics.print(text, zone.cx - w / 2, ly)
+  end
+  label("START", L.start)
+  label("SELECT", L.select)
+
+  love.graphics.pop()
+end
+
+return TouchControls
@@ -1,297 +0,0 @@
-- Touch gesture recognizer → virtual keyboard keys for Input.lua.
--
-- Deferred-tap tradeoff: A fires only after DOUBLE_TAP_MS with no second
-- tap. That adds ~280ms latency to every A press so a double-tap can be
-- remapped to START instead of A-then-START. Gen 1 has no frame-perfect
-- input needs, so the latency is acceptable.
--
-- Select = two-finger tap (open Q1 in docs/mobile-plan.md): when a second distinct
-- touch ID lands while another short, low-movement touch is active, fire
-- SELECT (press + one-frame auto-release).
-
-local Input = require("src.core.Input")
-
-local TouchInput = {}
-
-local function dpiScale()
-  if love and love.window then
-    if love.window.getDPIScale then
-      return love.window.getDPIScale()
-    end
-    if love.window.toPixels then
-      return love.window.toPixels(1)
-    end
-  end
-  return 1
-end
-
-- Tunables (device-DPI-scaled where noted). Adjust after on-device testing.
-local SWIPE_THRESHOLD_PX = 14
-local EDGE_PX = 24
-local EDGE_SWIPE_PX = 24
-local DOUBLE_TAP_MS = 280
-local TAP_MAX_MS = 320
-local TAP_MAX_MOVE_PX = 12
-
-local function scaled(px)
-  return px * dpiScale()
-end
-
-local DIRS = { up = true, down = true, left = true, right = true }
-
-- Virtual keys Input:keypressed looks up in KEYBOARD bindings (not button names).
-local KEY = {
-  up = "up",
-  down = "down",
-  left = "left",
-  right = "right",
-  a = "z",
-  b = "x",
-  start = "escape",
-  select = "rshift",
-}
-
-local function nowMs()
-  return love.timer.getTime() * 1000
-end
-
-local function dominantDir(dx, dy)
-  if math.abs(dx) >= math.abs(dy) then
-    return dx > 0 and "right" or "left"
-  end
-  return dy > 0 and "down" or "up"
-end
-
-function TouchInput:init()
-  self.touches = {}
-  self.pendingA = nil          -- { deadlineMs = number }
-  -- Edge pulses (B / START / SELECT / deferred-A): press now, release on a
-  -- later update so FixedStep can consume wasPressed first.
-  -- `armed` = pressed during events since last update; promoted to
-  -- `autoRelease` at the start of update (released on the *following* update).
-  -- Deferred-A fired inside update goes straight into `autoRelease`.
-  self.armed = {}
-  self.autoRelease = {}
-  self.selectFired = false     -- one SELECT per two-finger gesture cluster
-end
-
-- LÖVE has no touchcancelled event, so a touch interrupted by the OS (app
-- backgrounded mid-touch, a system gesture stealing the finger) never fires
-- touchreleased and would otherwise strand its direction held forever.
-- Called from Game alongside Input:reset() on focus/visibility loss.
-function TouchInput:reset()
-  for _, touch in pairs(self.touches) do
-    releaseDir(self, touch)
-  end
-  self.touches = {}
-  self.pendingA = nil
-  self.armed = {}
-  self.autoRelease = {}
-  self.selectFired = false
-end
-
-local function pulse(self, key)
-  Input:keypressed(key)
-  self.armed[#self.armed + 1] = key
-end
-
-local function pulseInUpdate(self, key)
-  Input:keypressed(key)
-  self.autoRelease[#self.autoRelease + 1] = key
-end
-
-local function releaseDir(self, touch)
-  if touch.dir and DIRS[touch.dir] then
-    Input:keyreleased(KEY[touch.dir])
-    touch.dir = nil
-  end
-end
-
-local function pressDir(self, touch, dir)
-  if touch.dir == dir then return end
-  releaseDir(self, touch)
-  touch.dir = dir
-  Input:keypressed(KEY[dir])
-end
-
-local function totalMove(touch, x, y)
-  local dx = x - touch.x0
-  local dy = y - touch.y0
-  return math.abs(dx), math.abs(dy), dx, dy
-end
-
-local function isTapLike(touch, x, y, tMs)
-  local ax, ay = totalMove(touch, x, y)
-  local elapsed = tMs - touch.t0
-  return elapsed <= TAP_MAX_MS
-     and ax <= scaled(TAP_MAX_MOVE_PX)
-     and ay <= scaled(TAP_MAX_MOVE_PX)
-     and not touch.classified
-end
-
-local function countActive(self)
-  local n = 0
-  for _ in pairs(self.touches) do n = n + 1 end
-  return n
-end
-
-local function tryTwoFingerSelect(self, tMs)
-  if self.selectFired then return false end
-  local ids = {}
-  for id, touch in pairs(self.touches) do
-    if isTapLike(touch, touch.x, touch.y, tMs) then
-      ids[#ids + 1] = id
-    end
-  end
-  if #ids < 2 then return false end
-
-  self.selectFired = true
-  self.pendingA = nil
-  for _, id in ipairs(ids) do
-    local touch = self.touches[id]
-    touch.classified = true
-    touch.consumed = true
-    releaseDir(self, touch)
-  end
-  pulse(self, KEY.select)
-  return true
-end
-
-function TouchInput:update(dt)
-  -- Releases armed on a prior update (FixedStep already saw wasPressed).
-  for i = 1, #self.autoRelease do
-    Input:keyreleased(self.autoRelease[i])
-  end
-  -- Promote event-phase pulses from since the last update; they release next time.
-  self.autoRelease = self.armed
-  self.armed = {}
-
-  local tMs = nowMs()
-
-  -- Deferred A: fire once the double-tap window closes with no second tap.
-  -- Queued into autoRelease so the next update clears hold after this FixedStep.
-  if self.pendingA and tMs >= self.pendingA.deadlineMs then
-    self.pendingA = nil
-    pulseInUpdate(self, KEY.a)
-  end
-
-  -- Keep two-finger SELECT detection live while both fingers stay down.
-  if countActive(self) >= 2 then
-    tryTwoFingerSelect(self, tMs)
-  elseif countActive(self) == 0 then
-    self.selectFired = false
-  end
-end
-
-function TouchInput:touchpressed(id, x, y)
-  local tMs = nowMs()
-
-  -- Second tap inside the deferred-A window → START instead of A.
-  if self.pendingA and tMs < self.pendingA.deadlineMs then
-    self.pendingA = nil
-    pulse(self, KEY.start)
-    -- Still record this touch so a lingering finger doesn't become a stray swipe.
-    self.touches[id] = {
-      x0 = x, y0 = y, x = x, y = y, t0 = tMs,
-      edge = x < scaled(EDGE_PX),
-      classified = true,
-      consumed = true,
-      dir = nil,
-    }
-    return
-  end
-
-  self.touches[id] = {
-    x0 = x, y0 = y, x = x, y = y, t0 = tMs,
-    edge = x < scaled(EDGE_PX),
-    classified = false,
-    consumed = false,
-    dir = nil,
-  }
-
-  if countActive(self) >= 2 then
-    tryTwoFingerSelect(self, tMs)
-  end
-end
-
-function TouchInput:touchmoved(id, x, y)
-  local touch = self.touches[id]
-  if not touch or touch.consumed then return end
-
-  touch.x, touch.y = x, y
-  local ax, ay, dx, dy = totalMove(touch, x, y)
-  local swipeTh = scaled(SWIPE_THRESHOLD_PX)
-
-  -- Edge-origin swipes become B on release; never promote to d-pad.
-  if touch.edge then
-    if ax >= scaled(EDGE_SWIPE_PX) or ay >= scaled(EDGE_SWIPE_PX) then
-      touch.classified = true
-    end
-    return
-  end
-
-  if not touch.classified then
-    if ax < swipeTh and ay < swipeTh then return end
-    touch.classified = true
-    pressDir(self, touch, dominantDir(dx, dy))
-    return
-  end
-
-  -- Mid-hold direction change: release old, press new (dominant axis).
-  if touch.dir then
-    local fromLastX = x - touch.x0
-    local fromLastY = y - touch.y0
-    -- Re-evaluate from origin so small jitter doesn't flip; require threshold
-    -- distance from origin along the new dominant axis.
-    if math.abs(fromLastX) >= swipeTh or math.abs(fromLastY) >= swipeTh then
-      local newDir = dominantDir(fromLastX, fromLastY)
-      if newDir ~= touch.dir then
-        pressDir(self, touch, newDir)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-function TouchInput:touchreleased(id, x, y)
-  local touch = self.touches[id]
-  if not touch then return end
-
-  local tMs = nowMs()
-  touch.x, touch.y = x, y
-  local ax, ay = totalMove(touch, x, y)
-
-  if touch.dir then
-    releaseDir(self, touch)
-    self.touches[id] = nil
-    if countActive(self) == 0 then self.selectFired = false end
-    return
-  end
-
-  if touch.consumed then
-    self.touches[id] = nil
-    if countActive(self) == 0 then self.selectFired = false end
-    return
-  end
-
-  -- Left-edge B: origin in EDGE_PX strip and movement past EDGE_SWIPE_PX
-  -- (or already marked classified while moving). Prefer over d-pad / tap.
-  if touch.edge then
-    local edgeTh = scaled(EDGE_SWIPE_PX)
-    if touch.classified or ax >= edgeTh or ay >= edgeTh then
-      pulse(self, KEY.b)
-      self.touches[id] = nil
-      if countActive(self) == 0 then self.selectFired = false end
-      return
-    end
-  end
-
-  -- Plain tap → defer A (or it was already classified as swipe without dir, ignore).
-  if isTapLike(touch, x, y, tMs) then
-    self.pendingA = { deadlineMs = tMs + DOUBLE_TAP_MS }
-  end
-
-  self.touches[id] = nil
-  if countActive(self) == 0 then self.selectFired = false end
-end
-
-return TouchInput
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@
 -- tests.

 local Version = {
-  engine = "1.0.0",       -- game/engine release (semver triple)
+  engine = "0.0.0-dev",   -- game/engine release (semver).  Repo default is the
+                          -- "-dev" placeholder; CI stamps the real X.Y.Z into
+                          -- the packed game.love only, never the working tree.
+  shell = 1,              -- native-shell contract this build implements
+  minShell = 1,           -- lowest shell contract that can RUN this payload.
+                          -- Bump only when a payload needs a newer native
+                          -- binary (e.g. a LOVE version bump); an older shell
+                          -- refuses to chainload a payload whose minShell
+                          -- exceeds the shell it provides.
  modApi = 2,             -- mod API major (manifest `api`)
  linkProtocol = 2,       -- link handshake wire version (Handshake.PROTOCOL)
-  saveFormat = 2,         -- save.meta.format
+  saveFormat = 4,         -- save.meta.format
  cache = "rom-cache-v5", -- ROM import cache generation (RomImporter marker)
 }

-- "Pokemon Red (Gen 1 Recompilation Project) v1.0.0"
+-- "gen1recomp v0.0.0-dev" (or the stamped release version in shipped builds)
 function Version.title(base)
-  return (base or "Pokemon Red (Gen 1 Recompilation Project)")
+  return (base or "gen1recomp")
    .. " v" .. Version.engine
 end

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+-- ChipAudio synthesis worker (love.thread).  Runs the Game Boy audio synth
+-- (src/core/ChipSynth.lua) off the main thread so a map/battle song change
+-- never stutters the render thread: filling the ~6s playback queue from
+-- scratch is ~200ms of Lua synthesis, and this is where it now happens.
+--
+-- Protocol -- main thread pushes command tables onto the "chipaudio_cmd"
+-- channel and drains produced buffers off "chipaudio_out":
+--   cmd = "play"  { gen, header, allowLoops, audio }  start a song
+--   cmd = "stop"                                       halt production
+--   cmd = "invalidate"                                 drop the bank cache
+--   cmd = "quit"                                        end the thread
+-- out buffers are tagged with the play's `gen` so the main thread can
+-- discard anything left over from a superseded song:
+--   { gen, sd = SoundData }   one rendered buffer
+--   { gen, done = true }      the song ended (non-looping jingle finished)
+--   { gen, error = msg }      build/synth failed; main logs and gives up
+
+require("love.thread")
+require("love.timer")
+require("love.sound")
+require("love.filesystem")
+
+-- Load the synth explicitly via love.filesystem (a fresh thread Lua state does
+-- not necessarily carry the package searcher that resolves "src.core..."):
+local ChipSynth = assert(love.filesystem.load("src/core/ChipSynth.lua"))()
+
+local cmdCh = love.thread.getChannel("chipaudio_cmd")
+local outCh = love.thread.getChannel("chipaudio_out")
+
+local BUF = ChipSynth.MUSIC_BUFFER_SAMPLES
+-- how many finished buffers may sit in the hand-off channel before the worker
+-- pauses.  The deep (~6s) playback depth lives in the main-thread Source; this
+-- only bounds the worker's look-ahead (and its memory) between drains.
+local LOOKAHEAD = 8
+
+local gen = nil        -- active song generation, or nil when stopped
+local engine = nil     -- the ChipSynth engine producing the current song
+local finished = false -- the current song ran out (non-looping)
+local data = nil       -- { audio = <slim audio tables> } for ROM bank/wave reads
+
+local function handle(cmd)
+  if cmd.cmd == "play" then
+    gen = cmd.gen
+    finished = false
+    engine = nil
+    outCh:clear() -- drop any buffers left from the previous song
+    data = { audio = cmd.audio }
+    local ok, eng = pcall(ChipSynth.newEngine, data, cmd.header,
+                          { allowLoops = cmd.allowLoops })
+    if ok then
+      engine = eng
+    else
+      outCh:push({ gen = gen, error = tostring(eng) })
+      finished = true
+    end
+  elseif cmd.cmd == "stop" then
+    gen = nil
+    engine = nil
+    finished = false
+    outCh:clear()
+  elseif cmd.cmd == "invalidate" then
+    ChipSynth.invalidateBanks()
+  elseif cmd.cmd == "quit" then
+    return true
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+while true do
+  -- drain every pending command first, so a stop/new-play is seen promptly
+  local quit = false
+  local cmd = cmdCh:pop()
+  while cmd do
+    if handle(cmd) then quit = true end
+    cmd = cmdCh:pop()
+  end
+  if quit then break end
+
+  if engine and not finished and gen and outCh:getCount() < LOOKAHEAD then
+    local activeGen = gen
+    local ok, sd = pcall(ChipSynth.soundData, engine, BUF, 2)
+    if not ok then
+      outCh:push({ gen = activeGen, error = tostring(sd) })
+      finished = true
+    else
+      outCh:push({ gen = activeGen, sd = sd })
+      if engine:finished() then
+        outCh:push({ gen = activeGen, done = true })
+        finished = true
+      end
+    end
+  else
+    -- nothing to do (idle, or the look-ahead is full): yield the core
+    love.timer.sleep(0.001)
+  end
+end
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+-- Routes ROM-derived cache I/O (data/generated, assets/generated and the
+-- rom-cache.complete marker) to the right place.
+--
+-- Normally the cache lives in LÖVE's per-user OS save directory and is
+-- written through love.filesystem.  In portable mode it lives in the game
+-- folder next to the executable instead (the folder holding portable.txt --
+-- see SaveData), so nothing is left on the host machine.  That folder is
+-- written with raw io.* (love.filesystem can only write to the save dir) and
+-- read back through love.filesystem, require and love.graphics.newImage --
+-- which works because the folder is on the physfs read path:
+--
+--   * Source runs (`love <gamedir>`, what the Play-* launchers use): the
+--     folder IS the physfs source, so it is already readable.
+--   * Fused builds (the packaged .app/.exe): the folder sits next to the
+--     executable and is NOT normally readable, so CacheFs mounts it onto the
+--     read path via PhysFS.  love.filesystem.mount refuses external folders,
+--     but the underlying PHYSFS_mount (exported from love's framework) allows
+--     them; we call it through LuaJIT's FFI.
+--
+-- Directories in the portable folder are created with a plain mkdir syscall
+-- via FFI rather than os.execute, so importing never flashes a console window
+-- on Windows (issue #74 -- the old per-file `os.execute("mkdir")` froze the
+-- app behind a storm of one-frame cmd.exe windows).
+--
+-- Portable mode is desktop-only (Windows/Linux/macOS); on Android/iOS the
+-- source is a read-only package with no game folder to write into, so
+-- SaveData.isPortable() is false there and this module falls back to the
+-- ordinary love.filesystem/save-directory behaviour.
+
+local CacheFs = {}
+
+local SEP = package.config:sub(1, 1)
+
+-- Cache-relative paths are prefixed with this before every read/write, so a
+-- Blue import lands in blue/ (see src.core.GameVersion) while a Red import
+-- keeps the historical root.  The launcher sets it per import / per readiness
+-- check; it stays "" for Red.  Runtime *reads* (require / newImage) do NOT go
+-- through here -- CacheFs.mountVersion overlays the active version's subtree
+-- onto the un-prefixed paths instead.
+CacheFs.prefix = ""
+
+local function withPrefix(rel)
+  local p = CacheFs.prefix
+  if p == nil or p == "" then return rel end
+  return p .. rel
+end
+
+-- lazily-resolved windowless mkdir: function(absolutePath) or false when
+-- FFI is unavailable (the cache then stays on the save directory)
+local mkdirFn = nil
+
+local function resolveMkdir()
+  if mkdirFn ~= nil then return mkdirFn end
+  mkdirFn = false
+  local ok, ffi = pcall(require, "ffi")
+  if not ok then return mkdirFn end
+  if ffi.os == "Windows" then
+    -- kernel32 is reliably resolvable through ffi.C on Windows (the engine
+    -- already binds it in DiscordPresence); CreateDirectoryA returns
+    -- nonzero on success and 0 when the directory already exists -- both
+    -- fine, the result is ignored.
+    pcall(ffi.cdef,
+      "int CreateDirectoryA(const char *lpPathName, void *lpSecurityAttributes);")
+    local resolved = pcall(function() return ffi.C.CreateDirectoryA end)
+    if resolved then
+      mkdirFn = function(path) pcall(ffi.C.CreateDirectoryA, path, nil) end
+    end
+  else
+    pcall(ffi.cdef, "int mkdir(const char *pathname, unsigned int mode);")
+    local resolved = pcall(function() return ffi.C.mkdir end)
+    if resolved then
+      mkdirFn = function(path) pcall(ffi.C.mkdir, path, 493) end -- 0755
+    end
+  end
+  return mkdirFn
+end
+
+-- Mount an external directory onto the physfs read path (appended, so the
+-- game's own source always wins a name clash).  Returns true on success.
+--
+-- PHYSFS_mount is exported by love's own binary.  How ffi finds it differs
+-- per platform: on macOS/Linux the symbol is in the default namespace, so
+-- ffi.C resolves it; on Windows it lives in love.dll, which ffi.C does NOT
+-- search, so love.dll is loaded explicitly with ffi.load("love").  Try the
+-- default first, then love.
+local physfsMountFn = nil
+local function resolveMount()
+  if physfsMountFn ~= nil then return physfsMountFn end
+  physfsMountFn = false
+  local ok, ffi = pcall(require, "ffi")
+  if not ok then return physfsMountFn end
+  pcall(ffi.cdef,
+    "int PHYSFS_mount(const char *newDir, const char *mountPoint, int appendToPath);")
+  local libs = {
+    function() return ffi.C end,
+    function() return ffi.load("love") end,
+  }
+  for _, getlib in ipairs(libs) do
+    local okl, lib = pcall(getlib)
+    if okl and lib then
+      local oks, fn = pcall(function() return lib.PHYSFS_mount end)
+      if oks and fn then
+        physfsMountFn = function(d, append)
+          if append == nil then append = true end
+          local okr, ret = pcall(fn, d, "", append and 1 or 0)
+          return okr and ret ~= 0
+        end
+        break
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return physfsMountFn
+end
+
+-- append (default true): the game's own source wins a name clash, matching
+-- how the portable cache root has always been mounted.  Pass false to
+-- prepend, so the mounted tree wins -- used to overlay the active version's
+-- cache on top of the root (Red) copy and the source.
+local function mountReadable(dir, append)
+  local fn = resolveMount()
+  if not fn then return false end
+  return fn(dir, append)
+end
+
+-- The portable game folder when the cache should live there, else nil.
+-- Resolved (and, for a fused build, mounted) once and cached.  Requires a
+-- desktop portable install (SaveData) and a working windowless mkdir.
+local portableRoot = nil
+local portableResolved = false
+local function resolvePortableRoot()
+  if portableResolved then return portableRoot end
+  portableResolved = true
+  portableRoot = nil
+  if not resolveMkdir() then return nil end
+  local base = require("src.core.SaveData").portableBaseDir()
+  if not base then return nil end
+  if love.filesystem.getSource and base == love.filesystem.getSource() then
+    -- source run: the folder is already the physfs source
+    portableRoot = base
+  elseif mountReadable(base) then
+    -- fused build: base is next to the executable; mount it so io.* writes
+    -- there are visible to love.filesystem/require/newImage
+    portableRoot = base
+  end
+  return portableRoot
+end
+
+function CacheFs.root()
+  return resolvePortableRoot()
+end
+
+local function realPath(root, rel)
+  return root .. SEP .. rel:gsub("/", SEP)
+end
+
+-- create every parent directory of `rel` under `root` (best effort; an
+-- already-existing directory is fine, a genuine failure surfaces when the
+-- subsequent io.open write fails)
+local function ensureParents(root, rel)
+  local mkdir = resolveMkdir()
+  if not mkdir then return end
+  local parts = {}
+  for part in rel:gmatch("[^/]+") do parts[#parts + 1] = part end
+  local cur = root
+  for i = 1, #parts - 1 do
+    cur = cur .. SEP .. parts[i]
+    mkdir(cur)
+  end
+end
+
+-- write cache-relative `rel` (forward-slash path) with the given bytes;
+-- returns ok, err like love.filesystem.write
+function CacheFs.write(rel, data)
+  rel = withPrefix(rel)
+  local root = CacheFs.root()
+  if root then
+    ensureParents(root, rel)
+    local f, err = io.open(realPath(root, rel), "wb")
+    if not f then return false, err end
+    f:write(data)
+    f:close()
+    return true
+  end
+  local parent = rel:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
+  if parent and not love.filesystem.createDirectory(parent) then
+    local info = love.filesystem.getInfo(parent)
+    local reason = info and ("a " .. info.type .. " already exists there")
+      or "unknown reason"
+    return false, "could not create " .. parent .. ": " .. reason
+  end
+  return love.filesystem.write(rel, data)
+end
+
+-- read cache-relative `rel`; returns the bytes or nil
+function CacheFs.read(rel)
+  rel = withPrefix(rel)
+  local root = CacheFs.root()
+  if root then
+    local f = io.open(realPath(root, rel), "rb")
+    if not f then return nil end
+    local data = f:read("*a")
+    f:close()
+    return data
+  end
+  return love.filesystem.read(rel)
+end
+
+-- does cache-relative `rel` exist as a file?
+function CacheFs.exists(rel)
+  rel = withPrefix(rel)
+  local root = CacheFs.root()
+  if root then
+    local f = io.open(realPath(root, rel), "rb")
+    if not f then return false end
+    f:close()
+    return true
+  end
+  return love.filesystem.getInfo(rel, "file") ~= nil
+end
+
+-- remove a single cache-relative file
+function CacheFs.remove(rel)
+  rel = withPrefix(rel)
+  local root = CacheFs.root()
+  if root then
+    os.remove(realPath(root, rel))
+    return
+  end
+  love.filesystem.remove(rel)
+end
+
+-- Remove the game-folder copy of a cache subtree before a fresh import, so a
+-- cache-format bump does not leave orphaned files behind.  No-op when the
+-- portable cache is inactive (the save-directory copy is cleared by
+-- RomImporter's own removeTree).  The tree is enumerated through
+-- love.filesystem (the game folder is mounted) and the real files deleted
+-- with os.remove; empty directories are harmless and left in place.
+function CacheFs.removeTree(rel)
+  rel = withPrefix(rel)
+  local root = CacheFs.root()
+  if not root then return end
+  local function walk(r)
+    local info = love.filesystem.getInfo(r)
+    if not info then return end
+    if info.type == "directory" then
+      for _, child in ipairs(love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(r)) do
+        walk(r .. "/" .. child)
+      end
+    else
+      os.remove(realPath(root, r))
+    end
+  end
+  walk(rel)
+end
+
+-- Overlay the active version's extracted cache onto the un-prefixed read
+-- paths, so require("data.generated.*") and love.graphics.newImage(
+-- "assets/generated/*") resolve to that version's files.  Red lives at the
+-- cache root and needs nothing; Blue lives under blue/ and is *prepended* so
+-- it wins over any Red copy at the root and over the game source.  Called
+-- once at boot, before Game:load (main.lua).  Returns true when nothing was
+-- needed or the mount succeeded.
+function CacheFs.mountVersion(version)
+  local prefix = require("src.core.GameVersion").cachePrefix(version)
+  if prefix == "" then return true end            -- Red: already at the root
+  local sub = prefix:gsub("/+$", "")              -- "blue/" -> "blue"
+  -- The cache root is the portable game folder when active, else LÖVE's OS
+  -- save directory (where love.filesystem wrote blue/...).
+  local base = CacheFs.root()
+  if not base and love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory then
+    base = love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()
+  end
+  if not base then return false end
+  if mountReadable(base .. SEP .. sub, false) then return true end
+  -- Fallback when FFI/PHYSFS_mount is unavailable: LÖVE can mount a folder
+  -- that lives in the save directory by name (prepended: appendToPath=false).
+  if love.filesystem.mount then
+    return love.filesystem.mount(sub, "", false)
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+return CacheFs
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ function ImageWriter.columnsToRows(raw, tilesWide, tilesHigh, bytesPerTile)
 end

 function ImageWriter.save(image, path)
-  local parent = path:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
-  if parent then
-    local ok, err = love.filesystem.createDirectory(parent)
-    if not ok then error("could not create " .. parent .. ": " .. tostring(err)) end
-  end
  local ok, fileData = pcall(image.encode, image, "png")
  if not ok then error("could not encode " .. path .. ": " .. tostring(fileData)) end
-  local written, writeError = love.filesystem.write(path, fileData)
+  -- CacheFs routes this to the OS save directory (normal builds) or straight
+  -- into the game folder (portable installs), creating parent directories as
+  -- needed.  io.* needs the bytes as a string; love.filesystem would also
+  -- take the FileData, but getString() keeps one code path.
+  local CacheFs = require("src.import.CacheFs")
+  local written, writeError = CacheFs.write(path, fileData:getString())
  if not written then
    error("could not write " .. path .. ": " .. tostring(writeError))
  end
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ function LuaWriter.encode(value)
 end

 function LuaWriter.write(path, value)
-  local parent = path:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
-  if parent then
-    local ok, err = love.filesystem.createDirectory(parent)
-    if not ok then error("could not create " .. parent .. ": " .. tostring(err)) end
-  end
-  local ok, err = love.filesystem.write(path, LuaWriter.encode(value))
+  -- CacheFs routes this to the OS save directory (normal builds) or straight
+  -- into the game folder (portable installs); it also creates the parent
+  -- directories.  See src/import/CacheFs.lua.
+  local CacheFs = require("src.import.CacheFs")
+  local ok, err = CacheFs.write(path, LuaWriter.encode(value))
  if not ok then error("could not write " .. path .. ": " .. tostring(err)) end
 end

@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ function RomExtractor:extractMaps()
    }
    self:tick("Maps", mapIndex, #keys)
  end
+  -- keep the extract ROM-faithful; Data:seedDefaults applies the #189
+  -- S.S. Anne 1F cabin reorder at load time
  self:write("maps", out)
  return out
 end
@@ -1669,10 +1671,11 @@ function RomExtractor:extractAudio()
    chunks[index] = self.rom.data:sub(first, first + 0x3FFF)
    self:tick("Sound programs", index, #bankOrder + 2)
  end
-  local ok, writeError = love.filesystem.createDirectory(
-    "assets/generated/audio")
-  if ok == false then error("could not create audio cache: " .. tostring(writeError)) end
-  ok, writeError = love.filesystem.write(
+  -- CacheFs (not love.filesystem directly) so a portable install lands this
+  -- in the game folder with the rest of the cache; it creates the parent
+  -- directory too.
+  local CacheFs = require("src.import.CacheFs")
+  local ok, writeError = CacheFs.write(
    "assets/generated/audio/programs.bin", table.concat(chunks))
  if not ok then error("could not write audio programs: " .. tostring(writeError)) end

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+-- SaveFileIO -- the launcher's glue between a raw Gen1 .sav battery image and
+-- this project's save slots.  Keeps RomImporter lean: the SAVE FILES card just
+-- calls importToSlot / exportActiveSlot and renders the {ok, result} outcome.
+--
+-- Import reads bytes (an absolute picker path, a dropped LOVE file, or raw
+-- bytes), runs them through SaveConvert.importSav (32768-byte + checksum
+-- validated), then registers a fresh slot, writes it, and makes it active.
+-- Export loads the active slot, encodes it back to a 32768-byte SRAM image, and
+-- drops it in the save directory's exports/ folder, returning the absolute path
+-- so the launcher can offer an "open folder" affordance.
+--
+-- Every failure returns false + a friendly one-line message (never raises), so
+-- the card can surface it as a red notice line rather than crashing.
+
+local SaveConvert = require("src.save_convert.SaveConvert")
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")
+
+local SaveFileIO = {}
+
+local SAVE_SIZE = SaveConvert.SAVE_SIZE
+
+-- Resolve raw save bytes from whatever the launcher hands us:
+--   * a LOVE DroppedFile (a table/userdata with :open/:read/:getSize), read the
+--     way RomImporter reads a dropped ROM;
+--   * a raw 32768-byte string (the tests and the in-memory path) used as-is;
+--   * any other string treated as an absolute picker path opened with io.open.
+-- A picker path is never 32768 bytes long, so the length test disambiguates it
+-- from a raw image cleanly.  Returns bytes, or nil + an error string.
+local function readSource(source)
+  local t = type(source)
+  if t == "table" or t == "userdata" then
+    if type(source.read) ~= "function" then
+      return nil, "that file could not be read"
+    end
+    local ok, openErr = source:open("r")
+    if not ok then return nil, "could not open the dropped file: " .. tostring(openErr) end
+    local data, readErr = source:read(source:getSize())
+    source:close()
+    if not data then return nil, "could not read the dropped file: " .. tostring(readErr) end
+    return data
+  end
+  if t ~= "string" then
+    return nil, "no save file was provided"
+  end
+  if #source == SAVE_SIZE then
+    return source
+  end
+  local f, openErr = io.open(source, "rb")
+  if f then
+    local data = f:read("*a")
+    f:close()
+    if type(data) ~= "string" then return nil, "the save file was empty" end
+    return data
+  end
+  -- Android SAF drops (picked_save.sav) and USB copies land in the LOVE save
+  -- directory; io.open cannot see them, so fall back to love.filesystem.
+  if love and love.filesystem and love.filesystem.read then
+    local data = love.filesystem.read(source)
+    if type(data) == "string" then return data end
+  end
+  return nil, "could not read the save file: " .. tostring(openErr)
+end
+
+-- importToSlot(source, version) -> ok, slotIdOrErr
+-- source: an absolute path, a LOVE DroppedFile, or raw 32768 bytes.  On success
+-- registers a new slot for the version, writes the imported save into it, makes
+-- it the active slot, and returns true + the new slot id.  On any failure
+-- returns false + a friendly message.
+function SaveFileIO.importToSlot(source, version)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  local bytes, readErr = readSource(source)
+  if not bytes then return false, readErr end
+  if #bytes ~= SAVE_SIZE then
+    return false, ("A save file must be %d bytes (32 KB); this one is %d.")
+      :format(SAVE_SIZE, #bytes)
+  end
+  local save, convertErr = SaveConvert.importSav(bytes, version)
+  if not save then return false, convertErr end
+  -- Tag the game version and normalize the meta stamp: SaveConvert leaves
+  -- meta.format = "gen1_import", but SaveData.load's migration pass compares
+  -- the format numerically, so re-stamp it to the current format (the imported
+  -- table is already current-shaped, so no migration is skipped by doing so).
+  save.version = version
+  save.meta = SaveData.buildMeta(nil, save.meta)
+  local slotId = SaveData.createSlot(version)
+  if not slotId then return false, "this game has no save slots to import into" end
+  local ok, writeErr = SaveData.writeSlot(version, slotId, save)
+  if not ok then
+    return false, "could not write the imported save: " .. tostring(writeErr)
+  end
+  SaveData.setActiveSlot(version, slotId)
+  return true, slotId
+end
+
+-- exportActiveSlot(version) -> ok, pathOrErr
+-- Loads the version's active slot save (SaveData.load semantics), encodes it
+-- back to a 32768-byte SRAM image, and writes it to
+-- exports/gen1recomp-<version>-<slotId>.sav in the save directory (created if
+-- absent).  Returns true + the absolute path on success, false + a friendly
+-- message otherwise.
+function SaveFileIO.exportActiveSlot(version)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  local save = SaveData.load(version)
+  if not save then return false, "this game has no save to export yet" end
+  local bytes, exportErr = SaveConvert.exportSav(save)
+  if not bytes then return false, exportErr end
+  local slotId = SaveData.activeSlot(version) or "save"
+  local fs = love and love.filesystem
+  if not (fs and fs.write) then return false, "no filesystem available to export to" end
+  if fs.createDirectory then fs.createDirectory("exports") end
+  local rel = ("exports/gen1recomp-%s-%s.sav"):format(version, slotId)
+  local ok, writeErr = fs.write(rel, bytes)
+  if not ok then return false, "could not write the export: " .. tostring(writeErr) end
+  local base = fs.getSaveDirectory and fs.getSaveDirectory() or ""
+  if base ~= "" then return true, base .. "/" .. rel end
+  return true, rel
+end
+
+return SaveFileIO
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@

 local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
 local Flags = require("src.script.Flags")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")

 local ItemEffects = {}

@@ -114,12 +115,13 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
  local itemDef = data.items[itemId]
  local name = itemDef and itemDef.name or itemId

-  -- ItemUseVitamin / ItemUsePPUp / ItemUseEvoStone / ItemUseCoinCase
-  -- all refuse mid-battle (jp nz, ItemUseNotTime)
+  -- ItemUseVitamin / ItemUsePPUp / ItemUseEvoStone / ItemUseCoinCase /
+  -- ItemUseTMHM all refuse mid-battle (jp nz, ItemUseNotTime)
  if battle and (VITAMINS[itemId] or STONES[itemId] or itemId == "PP_UP"
-                 or itemId == "RARE_CANDY" or itemId == "COIN_CASE") then
-    return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name
-      .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+                 or itemId == "RARE_CANDY" or itemId == "COIN_CASE"
+                 or (itemDef and itemDef.machine)) then
+    return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!",
+                               save.player.name) }
  end

  if BALLS[itemId] then
@@ -137,11 +139,12 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
      local mapId, npc = adjacentSleepingSnorlax(save, ow)
      if npc then
        return "flute_wake", { data.text._PlayedFluteHadEffectText
-          or "{PLAYER} played the\nPOKé FLUTE." }, { mapId = mapId, npc = npc }
+          or Strings("{PLAYER} played the\nPOKé FLUTE.") },
+          { mapId = mapId, npc = npc }
      end
      -- otherwise: play the tune, nothing happens (ItemUsePokeFlute's
      -- PlayedFluteNoEffectText branch)
-      return "flute_field", { "Played the POKé\nFLUTE.\fNow, that's a\ncatchy tune!" }
+      return "flute_field", { Strings("Played the POKé\nFLUTE.\fNow, that's a\ncatchy tune!") }
    end
    local woke = false
    local function wake(mon)
@@ -156,24 +159,24 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
    -- WakeUpEntireParty runs on the enemy's bench too
    for _, mon in ipairs(battle.enemyParty or {}) do wake(mon) end
    if not woke then
-      return "failed", { "Played the POKé\nFLUTE.\fNow, that's a\ncatchy tune!" }
+      return "failed", { Strings("Played the POKé\nFLUTE.\fNow, that's a\ncatchy tune!") }
    end
-    return "flute", { ("%s played the\nPOKé FLUTE."):format(save.player.name),
-                      "All sleeping\nPOKéMON woke up!" }
+    return "flute", { Strings("%s played the\nPOKé FLUTE.", save.player.name),
+                      Strings("All sleeping\nPOKéMON woke up!") }
  end

  -- battle-only items
  if X_ITEMS[itemId] or itemId == "DIRE_HIT" or itemId == "GUARD_SPEC"
     or itemId == "POKE_DOLL" then
    if not battle then
-      return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+      return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
    end
    local b = battle.player
    if itemId == "X_ACCURACY" then
      -- ItemUseXAccuracy sets USING_X_ACCURACY: moves never miss
      -- (not an accuracy stage)
      b.xAccuracy = true
-      return "consumed", { ("%s's\nhits will never\nmiss!"):format(b.name) }
+      return "consumed", { Strings("%s's\nhits will never\nmiss!", b.name) }
    end
    if X_ITEMS[itemId] then
      local stat = X_ITEMS[itemId]
@@ -182,28 +185,28 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
      -- effect, so at +6 it is still consumed and StatModifierUpEffect
      -- just prints "Nothing happened!"
      if cur >= 6 then
-        return "consumed", { "Nothing happened!" }
+        return "consumed", { Strings("Nothing happened!") }
      end
      b.stages[stat] = cur + 1
-      return "consumed", { ("%s's\n%s rose!"):format(b.name, stat:upper()) }
+      return "consumed", { Strings("%s's\n%s rose!", b.name, stat:upper()) }
    end
    -- ItemUseDireHit/ItemUseGuardSpec always set the bit and consume
    -- the item, even when it is already active
    if itemId == "DIRE_HIT" then
      b.focusEnergy = true
-      return "consumed", { ("%s's\ngetting pumped!"):format(b.name) }
+      return "consumed", { Strings("%s's\ngetting pumped!", b.name) }
    end
    if itemId == "GUARD_SPEC" then
      b.mist = true
-      return "consumed", { ("%s's\nprotected against\nstat changes!"):format(b.name) }
+      return "consumed", { Strings("%s's\nprotected against\nstat changes!", b.name) }
    end
    if itemId == "POKE_DOLL" then
      if battle.kind ~= "wild" then
        -- ItemUsePokeDoll jumps to ItemUseNotTime in trainer battles
-        return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name
-          .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+        return "failed", { Strings(
+          "OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
      end
-      return "consumed_escape", { "The wild POKéMON\nran away!" }
+      return "consumed_escape", { Strings("The wild POKéMON\nran away!") }
    end
  end

@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
  -- restore every move with no menu.
  if itemId == "ETHER" or itemId == "MAX_ETHER"
     or itemId == "ELIXER" or itemId == "MAX_ELIXER" then
-    if not target then return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." } end
+    if not target then return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") } end
    local restored = false
    local full = itemId == "MAX_ETHER" or itemId == "MAX_ELIXER"
    local allMoves = itemId == "ELIXER" or itemId == "MAX_ELIXER"
@@ -234,9 +237,9 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
      restored = mv and restore(mv) or false
    end
    if not restored then
-      return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+      return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
    end
-    return "consumed", { ("%s's PP\nwas restored!"):format(monName(data, target)) }
+    return "consumed", { Strings("%s's PP\nwas restored!", monName(data, target)) }
  end

  local heal = HEAL_AMOUNT[itemId]
@@ -249,17 +252,17 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
      target.status = nil
      cureActiveToxic(battle, target)
      require("src.core.Sound").play(data, "Heal_Ailment")
-      return "consumed", { ("%s's\nstatus returned\nto normal!"):format(monName(data, target)) }
+      return "consumed", { Strings("%s's\nstatus returned\nto normal!", monName(data, target)) }
    end
    if not target or target.hp <= 0 or target.hp >= target.stats.hp then
-      return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+      return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
    end
    if itemId == "MAX_POTION" or itemId == "FULL_RESTORE" then
      target.hp = target.stats.hp
    else
      target.hp = math.min(target.stats.hp, target.hp + heal)
    end
-    local msgs = { ("%s's HP\nwas restored!"):format(monName(data, target)) }
+    local msgs = { Strings("%s's HP\nwas restored!", monName(data, target)) }
    if itemId == "FULL_RESTORE" then
      target.status = nil
      cureActiveToxic(battle, target)
@@ -271,27 +274,27 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
  local cures = STATUS_HEAL[itemId]
  if cures then
    if not target or not target.status or not cures[target.status] then
-      return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+      return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
    end
    target.status = nil
    cureActiveToxic(battle, target)
    require("src.core.Sound").play(data, "Heal_Ailment")
-    return "consumed", { ("%s's\nstatus returned\nto normal!"):format(monName(data, target)) }
+    return "consumed", { Strings("%s's\nstatus returned\nto normal!", monName(data, target)) }
  end

  if itemId == "REVIVE" or itemId == "MAX_REVIVE" then
    if not target or target.hp > 0 then
-      return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+      return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
    end
    target.status = nil
    target.hp = itemId == "REVIVE" and math.floor(target.stats.hp / 2) or target.stats.hp
    require("src.core.Sound").play(data, "Heal_HP")
-    return "consumed", { ("%s\nis revitalized!"):format(monName(data, target)) }
+    return "consumed", { Strings("%s\nis revitalized!", monName(data, target)) }
  end

  if itemId == "RARE_CANDY" then
    if not target or target.level >= 100 then
-      return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+      return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
    end
    local Growth = require("src.pokemon.Growth")
    local Stats = require("src.pokemon.Stats")
@@ -301,56 +304,56 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
    local old = target.stats
    target.stats = Stats.calc(speciesDef, target.level, target.dvs, target.statExp)
    target.hp = math.min(target.stats.hp, target.hp + (target.stats.hp - old.hp))
-    return "consumed", { ("%s grew\nto level %d!"):format(monName(data, target), target.level) },
+    return "consumed", { Strings("%s grew\nto level %d!", monName(data, target), target.level) },
           { leveledTo = target.level }
  end

  if STONES[itemId] then
-    if not target then return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." } end
+    if not target then return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") } end
    local speciesDef = data.pokemon[target.species]
    for _, evo in ipairs(speciesDef.evolutions) do
      if evo.method == "ITEM" and evo.item == itemId then
        return "consumed", nil, { evolveTo = evo.species }
      end
    end
-    return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+    return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
  end

  -- vitamins: +2560 stat exp, refused at 25600+ (ItemUseVitamin,
  -- engine/items/item_effects.asm)
  local vitaminStat = VITAMINS[itemId]
  if vitaminStat then
-    if not target then return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." } end
+    if not target then return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") } end
    target.statExp = target.statExp or {}
    local cur = target.statExp[vitaminStat] or 0
    if cur >= 25600 then
-      return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+      return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
    end
    target.statExp[vitaminStat] = math.min(65535, cur + 2560)
    local Stats = require("src.pokemon.Stats")
    target.stats = Stats.calc(data.pokemon[target.species], target.level,
                              target.dvs, target.statExp)
    target.hp = math.min(target.hp, target.stats.hp)
-    return "consumed", { ("%s's %s\nrose!"):format(monName(data, target),
+    return "consumed", { Strings("%s's %s\nrose!", monName(data, target),
      vitaminStat == "hp" and "HP" or vitaminStat:upper()) }
  end

  -- PP UP boosts the move the player picked (ItemUsePPUp's move menu)
  if itemId == "PP_UP" then
-    if not target then return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." } end
+    if not target then return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") } end
    local mv = target.moves[moveIndex or 1]
    local mdef = mv and data.moves[mv.id]
    if mdef and (mv.ppUps or 0) < 3 then
      mv.ppUps = (mv.ppUps or 0) + 1
      -- each PP UP adds maxPP/5 uses on top of the base maximum
      mv.pp = mv.pp + math.floor(mdef.pp / 5)
-      return "consumed", { ("%s's PP\nincreased!"):format(mdef.name) }
+      return "consumed", { Strings("%s's PP\nincreased!", mdef.name) }
    end
-    return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." }
+    return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") }
  end

  if itemDef and itemDef.machine then
-    if not target then return "failed", { "It won't have\nany effect." } end
+    if not target then return "failed", { Strings("It won't have\nany effect.") } end
    local speciesDef = data.pokemon[target.species]
    local ok = false
    for _, m in ipairs(speciesDef.tmhm) do
@@ -361,11 +364,11 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
      -- plays SFX_DENIED before MonCannotLearnMachineMoveText (the generic
      -- ItemUseNotTime/NoCyclingAllowedHere paths are silent)
      require("src.core.Sound").play(data, "Denied")
-      return "failed", { ("%s can't\nlearn that move!"):format(monName(data, target)) }
+      return "failed", { Strings("%s can't\nlearn that move!", monName(data, target)) }
    end
    for _, mv in ipairs(target.moves) do
      if mv.id == itemDef.machine.move then
-        return "failed", { "It knows that\nmove already!" }
+        return "failed", { Strings("It knows that\nmove already!") }
      end
    end
    -- HMs are never consumed; TMs are single-use
@@ -374,14 +377,14 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)

  if itemId == "OLD_ROD" or itemId == "GOOD_ROD" or itemId == "SUPER_ROD" then
    if battle then
-      return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+      return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
    end
    return "fish", itemId
  end

  if itemId == "BICYCLE" then
    if battle then
-      return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+      return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
    end
    return "bicycle"
  end
@@ -391,26 +394,26 @@ function ItemEffects.use(data, save, itemId, target, battle, moveIndex, ow)
  end
  if itemId == "TOWN_MAP" then
    if battle then
-      return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+      return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
    end
    return "townmap"
  end
  if itemId == "ITEMFINDER" then
    if battle then
-      return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+      return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
    end
    return "itemfinder"
  end
  if itemId == "COIN_CASE" then
-    return "failed", { ("Coin count:\n%d"):format(save.coins or 0) }
+    return "failed", { Strings("Coin count:\n%d", save.coins or 0) }
  end
  if itemId == "REPEL" or itemId == "SUPER_REPEL" or itemId == "MAX_REPEL" then
    local steps = itemId == "REPEL" and 100 or itemId == "SUPER_REPEL" and 200 or 250
    save.repelSteps = steps
-    return "consumed", { ("%s used\n%s!"):format(save.player.name, name) }
+    return "consumed", { Strings("%s used\n%s!", save.player.name, name) }
  end

-  return "failed", { "OAK: " .. save.player.name .. "!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!" }
+  return "failed", { Strings("OAK: %s!\nThis isn't the\ntime to use that!", save.player.name) }
 end

 return ItemEffects
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+-- Shared 6-slot room-code entry widget: the digit-scrub interaction
+-- LinkState's own `ipDigits`/`addrPos` already uses for IP entry, over the
+-- Crockford-32-style alphabet pokeserver room/tournament codes are drawn
+-- from (23456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ -- no 0/O/1/I/L, so a code read
+-- aloud or handwritten never has to be checked twice).
+
+local CodeEntry = {}
+
+CodeEntry.CHARSET = "23456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+CodeEntry.LENGTH = 6
+
+function CodeEntry.new()
+  local chars = {}
+  for i = 1, CodeEntry.LENGTH do chars[i] = 1 end -- index into CHARSET, 1-based
+  return { chars = chars, pos = 1 }
+end
+
+local N = #CodeEntry.CHARSET
+
+function CodeEntry.up(state)
+  state.chars[state.pos] = state.chars[state.pos] % N + 1
+end
+
+function CodeEntry.down(state)
+  state.chars[state.pos] = (state.chars[state.pos] - 2) % N + 1
+end
+
+function CodeEntry.left(state)
+  state.pos = math.max(1, state.pos - 1)
+end
+
+function CodeEntry.right(state)
+  state.pos = math.min(CodeEntry.LENGTH, state.pos + 1)
+end
+
+function CodeEntry.text(state)
+  local out = {}
+  for i = 1, CodeEntry.LENGTH do
+    out[i] = CodeEntry.CHARSET:sub(state.chars[i], state.chars[i])
+  end
+  return table.concat(out)
+end
+
+return CodeEntry
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+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
bryanthaboi	3b2e489325	Merge pull request #312 from bryanthaboi/dev Lots of bug fixes and additional API greatness	2026-07-27 13:47:04 -04:00
bryanthaboi	10acfe0710	Merge main into dev to clear the #312 conflicts main carried #299 (api upgrades, windows dev tools, android fixes) as a single squash, while the same work reached dev through #297/#298/#269 and was refined afterwards. Every conflicting hunk is dev already being ahead of that squash: - src/import/RomImporter.lua, src/ui/OakSpeech.lua: dev routes the launcher and intro literals through src/core/Strings.lua, main still inlines them. - src/pokemon/Sprites.lua: dev adds the Sprites.playerPath seam over field.playerPics; OakSpeech's player pic resolves through it instead of hardcoding trainer_card/red.png. - tests/fs_io.lua: dev adds FsIo.globPrefix. - tests/mod_qol_hooks_tests.lua, tests/mod_ui_tests.lua: dev adds the player.sprite, #270 submenu-cancel and #308 finish-once coverage. Resolved to dev on all six; the merged tree is byte-identical to dev, so this only records the ancestry. T1/T2/T4 pass.	2026-07-27 13:44:27 -04:00
johnjohto	5113cfd951	Fire intro.oak_speech.finished only once (#308 ) (#309 ) The shrink timeline called finish() every frame once past its end. finish() emits finished and then pops the stack, so a listener that pushes a screen (a warp, a menu) had that screen popped in the speech's place: the speech stayed alive and re-fired the event every frame, repeating the listener's side effects each time. Clear the shrink state before finishing so the timeline cannot run finish() twice. Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 13:39:12 -04:00
johnjohto	43158d724b	Add a fieldmove.eligibility hook to partyKnows (#310 ) Mods that widen field-move rules (use an HM without teaching it, a rental mon) had to monkey-patch partyKnows, the one function every field-move path funnels through. Wrap the vanilla check in a hook instead: next_ is the whole badge-and-knows-move check, so a wrapper that calls it first keeps vanilla answers winning and only fills the cases vanilla denies. No hook, no behavior change. Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 13:38:17 -04:00
bryanthaboi	f0a88ea473	Bug squashing and translation mods (#311 ) * audio timing stuff * bug fixes and translation additions * translation stuff * Update modkit.py * better asset resolution	2026-07-27 13:37:05 -04:00
johnjohto	31365d8dfd	Keep the used-move text up during battle animations (#296 ) (#302 ) The battle textbox redraws its text every frame, but only while a message was current. Once the player dismissed "Enemy X used GUST!" and the move animation started, nothing drew the text, so the box sat empty for the whole animation. The original game's animations never touch the textbox, so the text stays up. Draw the held lines while an animation is playing; everything else is unchanged. Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 10:38:03 -04:00
johnjohto	531a719794	Return to the start menu when a pause submenu is cancelled (#270 ) (#300 ) Selecting a start-menu row pops the start menu before the submenu is pushed (Menu's generic A handler), so B in a submenu had no parent to return to and dropped straight to the overworld. pokered redisplays the start menu instead (RedisplayStartMenu from the party/item/ trainer-card/option handlers), so give each vanilla submenu an onCancel that re-opens the start menu; the saved cursor row (wBattleAndStartSavedMenuItem) restores on re-entry. - PokedexMenu/BagMenu forward opts.onCancel into their ListMenu - TrainerCard dismisses back via onCancel on A or B (WaitForTextScrollButtonPress then RedisplayStartMenu) - OptionsMenu fires onCancel from both B/START and the CANCEL row - PlayerPC rows are keepOpen so B in WITHDRAW/DEPOSIT/TOSS returns to the PC root menu (players_pc.asm), matching the BoxMenu pattern The SAVE flow is untouched: StartMenu_SaveReset falls through to HoldTextDisplayOpen and never redisplays the menu. Battle-opened party/bag screens get no onCancel, so mid-battle cancel behavior is unchanged. Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 10:05:15 -04:00
johnjohto	ff90062741	Make the T3 content tier run on Windows (#269 ) * Make ROM-free test tiers actually run on Windows Suite discovery, the extension-point catalog scan, mod test-dir pickup, and the meta-coverage corpus all shelled out to ls/find/test -d, which do not exist in cmd.exe. Every listing came back empty on Windows, so tiers ran 0 suites and still reported ALL TESTS PASSED. Add portable probes to tests/fs_io.lua (same Unix commands on Linux/macOS; dir /b and a shell-free rename-self existence check on Windows) and rewire the four call sites to them. 15/15 engine suites and 2/2 modkit suites now genuinely run and pass on Windows. Fixes #266 * Make the T3 content tier run on Windows The content tier had the same Unix-shell assumptions as the tier discovery fixed in #267, one level down: - run_tests.lua redirected to /dev/null when chaining tier runners - mod_runtime_tests.lua called ffi setenv/unsetenv, which msvcrt lacks (_putenv with an empty value unsets) - modkit_tests.lua captured exit codes with POSIX '; echo 0' (cmd needs /v:on and !errorlevel!), called python3 (python on Windows), and used mkdir -p / rm -rf; cmd mkdir makes parents on its own and read -p as a directory name - the save-editor suites globbed save backups with ls - tools/save-editor/Catalog.lua scraped mod flags with ls; this one affects the real editor on Windows, not just tests With a ROM imported, run_tests.lua goes from 12 failures to the 3 that track the missing audio.lua generation (#268), which fails on any OS and needs a maintainer decision. --------- Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 10:04:35 -04:00
bryanthaboi	803f86d5b3	api upgrades, windows dev tools, and android fixes (#299 ) * pop up a fake save * add CI to dev branch * Make ROM-free test tiers actually run on Windows (#267) Suite discovery, the extension-point catalog scan, mod test-dir pickup, and the meta-coverage corpus all shelled out to ls/find/test -d, which do not exist in cmd.exe. Every listing came back empty on Windows, so tiers ran 0 suites and still reported ALL TESTS PASSED. Add portable probes to tests/fs_io.lua (same Unix commands on Linux/macOS; dir /b and a shell-free rename-self existence check on Windows) and rewire the four call sites to them. 15/15 engine suites and 2/2 modkit suites now genuinely run and pass on Windows. Fixes #266 Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com> * intro api upgrade (#294) * intro api upgrade * api updates * fix tests * updated templates * android fixes for mods and saves (#297) * Android SCALING fixes (#298) * android fixes for mods and saves * perhaps this is the true scaling android issue fix --------- Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johtoboy@atomicmail.io> Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 09:29:24 -04:00
bryanthaboi	3448fae3f5	Android SCALING fixes (#298 ) * android fixes for mods and saves * perhaps this is the true scaling android issue fix	2026-07-27 09:27:24 -04:00
bryanthaboi	25df838b45	android fixes for mods and saves (#297 )	2026-07-27 09:05:57 -04:00
bryanthaboi	be90e5b42c	intro api upgrade (#294 ) * intro api upgrade * api updates * fix tests * updated templates	2026-07-27 08:37:11 -04:00
johnjohto	08e8dfc416	Make ROM-free test tiers actually run on Windows (#267 ) Suite discovery, the extension-point catalog scan, mod test-dir pickup, and the meta-coverage corpus all shelled out to ls/find/test -d, which do not exist in cmd.exe. Every listing came back empty on Windows, so tiers ran 0 suites and still reported ALL TESTS PASSED. Add portable probes to tests/fs_io.lua (same Unix commands on Linux/macOS; dir /b and a shell-free rename-self existence check on Windows) and rewire the four call sites to them. 15/15 engine suites and 2/2 modkit suites now genuinely run and pass on Windows. Fixes #266 Co-authored-by: johnjohto <johnjohto@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-07-27 07:06:53 -04:00
bryanthaboi	6a27be54de	add CI to dev branch	2026-07-27 07:01:38 -04:00
bryanthaboi	d4055209e6	pop up a fake save	2026-07-27 06:54:18 -04:00
bryanthaboi	043f6b2426	Bugsquashingjuly26 (#264 ) * big bug squash * ok	2026-07-26 14:11:07 -04:00
bryanthaboi	f7695308b7	big bug squash (#261 )	2026-07-26 13:38:52 -04:00
bryanthaboi	a8936e79d6	Add on-screen touch controls and assets	2026-07-25 23:16:15 -04:00
bryanthaboi	f6b29e6caa	evee fix and some other junk	2026-07-25 15:21:49 -04:00
bryanthaboi	3069b2e2a9	The new experience (#201 ) * new launcher and save converts and pipeline * fixing bugs	2026-07-25 12:36:53 -04:00
bryanthaboi	6625391f76	online play updates and fixes and tweaks and cheeks	2026-07-24 14:36:10 -04:00
bryanthaboi	c40dcd6159	Merge branch 'online-play'	2026-07-24 13:31:07 -04:00
bryanthaboi	35f5c9513c	Update BattleState.lua	2026-07-24 13:30:54 -04:00
bryanthaboi	5a0f9ab06d	Online play (#156 ) * new options, and hot keys and readme clean up * oooooooooooh bazinga	2026-07-24 13:11:40 -04:00
bryanthaboi	13b58dc51e	oooooooooooh bazinga	2026-07-24 13:09:00 -04:00
bryanthaboi	d872010209	new options, and hot keys and readme clean up (#148 )	2026-07-24 10:12:27 -04:00
bryanthaboi	6306975352	new options, and hot keys and readme clean up	2026-07-24 10:10:51 -04:00
bryanthaboi	819150f50f	Bugs and stuff (#146 ) * main menu scrollable when over 8 items * buggies * more buggies * Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha now push their AfterBattle text right after a win * more and more bugs	2026-07-24 09:26:43 -04:00
bryanthaboi	bfba1f7bb7	Bugs and stuff (#144 ) * main menu scrollable when over 8 items * buggies * more buggies * Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha now push their AfterBattle text right after a win	2026-07-24 09:06:29 -04:00
bryanthaboi	8278b209b4	Squadhing som bug (#130 ) * squashy squash * squassshheee CLOSES #128 CLOSES #114 CLOSES #113 CLOSES #111 CLOSES #110 CLOSES #109 CLOSES #107 CLOSES #106 CLOSES #105 CLOSES #90 CLOSES #103 * brock guy fix CLOSES #39	2026-07-23 16:55:03 -04:00
bryanthaboi	1c4515eaaa	squashy squash (#127 )	2026-07-23 15:42:54 -04:00
bryanthaboi	c04b93ce1c	pokecenter fix (#126 )	2026-07-23 15:17:20 -04:00
bryanthaboi	2c9970a643	Frame Cap (#124 )	2026-07-23 14:35:26 -04:00
bryanthaboi	352a9a0eb8	Merge branch 'graphics-and-stutters-fixes'	2026-07-23 12:20:00 -04:00
bryanthaboi	5533785364	Create gen1recomp_cover.png	2026-07-23 12:19:47 -04:00
bryanthaboi	11f4f5570e	Merge pull request #108 from bryanthaboi/graphics-and-stutters-fixes MAJOR UPDATE	2026-07-23 11:51:59 -04:00
bryanthaboi	6239387643	renamed	2026-07-23 11:49:45 -04:00
bryanthaboi	4a50cb0728	hopefulyl a soltuion to broken end game saves	2026-07-23 11:29:58 -04:00
bryanthaboi	78aa1f3c0a	add blue	2026-07-23 11:14:40 -04:00
bryanthaboi	5128b840b1	launcher spruce p2	2026-07-23 09:44:09 -04:00
bryanthaboi	da14b7ee3f	lauuncher spruce up part 1	2026-07-23 09:13:00 -04:00
bryanthaboi	2dbe21babf	map stutter p2	2026-07-23 08:29:04 -04:00
bryanthaboi	7a85862602	graphics and stutters part 1	2026-07-23 07:59:09 -04:00
bryanthaboi	09b12a7cf0	Fixes portable windows and unlocks orientation on android Fixes portable windows and unlocks orientation on android	2026-07-22 15:44:14 -04:00
bryanthaboi	e2f2b432ff	bazinga moment 2	2026-07-22 15:42:19 -04:00
bryanthaboi	8c274d969e	Merge pull request #77 from bryanthaboi/portablemodefix PORTABLE MODE	2026-07-22 14:20:00 -04:00
bryanthaboi	4c7633b56e	PORTABLE MODE	2026-07-22 14:18:39 -04:00
bryanthaboi	943ae23e73	Update build.sh	2026-07-22 13:03:53 -04:00
bryanthaboi	839cf19088	bzinga	2026-07-22 12:28:51 -04:00
bryanthaboi	5019ba2caf	Merge pull request #71 from bryanthaboi/bug-squashing another attempt	2026-07-22 10:56:20 -04:00
bryanthaboi	290bde1c39	Merge pull request #70 from bryanthaboi/bug-squashing android build fix	2026-07-22 10:51:02 -04:00
bryanthaboi	b89b895962	squashing BUGS and adding COOL stuff squashing BUGS and adding COOL stuff	2026-07-22 10:43:06 -04:00