Merge pull request #344 from bryanthaboi/dev

bazinga linux

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -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:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -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/gen1recomp/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
+        and how you picture it working.
-        actually build without guessing at what you meant.
 
   - 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
+        Describe it properly. What is it, where does it live (launcher, options,
-        player see or do. If it changes something that already exists, say what it does today
+        engine), what does the player see or do. If it changes something that already
-        and what it should do instead.
+        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
+        Ship a Linux AppImage on each release, same version as the macOS/Windows builds,
-        foot and the player moves at bike speed. Release and you go back to walking.
+        with the same save folder layout and mod discovery path.
-        Doesn't work indoors where the bike doesn't work, doesn't work in battles or menus.
     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
+        LÖVE already runs on Linux; without a packaged build, players have to assemble
-        dive away and doesn't work in a lot of places. Running would cut a lot of dead time
+        it themselves and miss release notes / update checks.
-        without making the game easier.
     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
+        - GitHub Releases asset next to the .dmg / .exe
-        - Same speed as the bike
+        - Same options.lua / mods/ layout as desktop
-        - Disabled anywhere the bike is disabled
+        - Documented in the README install section
-        - Sprite should probably need a running animation, not sure what that takes
-        - No effect on encounter rates
     validations:
       required: true
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/mod_request.yml

@@ -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/gen1recomp/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

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -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

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name: Release
 
-# Builds the macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop apps plus an Android APK
+# Builds the macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop apps, an Android APK, and the
-# on the self-hosted Mac runner, and publishes them as a GitHub Release.
+# Anbernic RG34XXSP (Stock OS 64-bit MOD / PortMaster) port on the self-hosted
+# Mac runner, and publishes them as a GitHub Release.
 #
 # Versioning:
 #   - First ever release is 0.1.0.
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ 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:
@@ -166,6 +170,13 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           scripts/build_android.sh --version "${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}"
 
+      - name: Build Anbernic RG34XXSP port
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # Self-contained aarch64 PortMaster-style pack; pulls the LÖVE 11.5
+          # runtime from PortMaster-GUI, so it needs no signing/notarization.
+          ./build-rg34xxsp.sh --version "${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}"
+
       - name: Notarize & staple macOS app
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -214,8 +225,27 @@ jobs:
           apk="$(find dist/android/debug -name '*.apk' | head -1)"
           [ -n "$apk" ] || { echo "::error::no Android APK found under dist/android/debug"; exit 1; }
           cp "$apk" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-android.apk"
+
+          # Anbernic handheld port (suffix names the CFW it targets, so a
+          # future RG35XX/other-CFW pack can ship alongside it).
+          rg34="dist/rg34xxsp/gen1recomp-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip"
+          [ -f "$rg34" ] || { echo "::error::$rg34 not found (expected from ./build-rg34xxsp.sh)"; exit 1; }
+          cp "$rg34" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip"
+
+          # Platform-independent update payload, built alongside the desktop
+          # apps above (same game.love that gets fused into each of them).
+          love_file=".bazinga/work/game.love"
+          [ -f "$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: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -266,7 +296,10 @@ jobs:
             "dist/release/gen1recomp-${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}-android.apk" \
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip" \
+            "dist/release/gen1recomp-${v}.love" \
+            "dist/release/sha256sums.txt"
 
           echo "Published release $tag"
 

README.md

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-# Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project
+# Gen1Recomp
 
-A native LÖVE2D recreation of Pokemon Red. The engine and map behavior are
+A native LÖVE2D recreation of Poke Red and Blue. The engine and map
-hand-written Lua; game data and graphics are decoded from a ROM supplied by
+behavior are hand-written Lua; game data and graphics are decoded from a ROM
-the player.
+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
+or download a disassembly. A canonical US Poke Red or Blue ROM is the only
-content input.
+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
 
@@ -20,30 +21,94 @@ 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
+Only the canonical 1 MiB US Red and Blue ROMs are accepted. The importer
-`ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a` before creating any game data.
+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`.
+
+### Rulesets
+
+**OPTIONS → RULESET** picks which set of Gen 1 battle behaviors to run.
+Both rulesets share the same damage formulas; they differ only in whether
+the original's quirks are kept. The setting persists in `options.lua`, and
+mods can register their own.
+
+`gen1_faithful` is the default and reproduces the original cartridge,
+famous bugs included:
+
+| Rule                        | Behavior                                              |
+| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| `oneIn256Miss`              | A 100%-accurate move still misses on a roll of 255     |
+| `critUsesBaseSpeed`         | Crit rate reads base speed, not the current stat       |
+| `critIgnoresStages`         | Crit rate ignores stat stages                          |
+| `focusEnergyBug`            | FOCUS ENERGY quarters the crit rate instead of x4      |
+| `enemyUnlimitedPP`          | Enemies never spend PP, so they never Struggle         |
+| `hyperBeamSkipRechargeOnKO` | HYPER BEAM skips its recharge when the target faints   |
+| `randMin` / `randMax`       | Damage random factor 217-255                           |
+
+`modern_clean` keeps the formulas but removes the notorious quirks:
+
+| Rule                        | Behavior                                              |
+| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| `oneIn256Miss`              | Off: a 100%-accurate move always hits                  |
+| `critUsesBaseSpeed`         | Unchanged: crit rate still reads base speed            |
+| `critIgnoresStages`         | Off: stat stages count toward the crit rate            |
+| `focusEnergyBug`            | Off: FOCUS ENERGY raises the crit rate as intended     |
+| `enemyUnlimitedPP`          | Off: enemies deplete PP and Struggle when empty        |
+| `hyperBeamSkipRechargeOnKO` | Off: HYPER BEAM always recharges, like Gen 2+          |
+| `randMin` / `randMax`       | Damage random factor 217-255, same as faithful         |
 
 ## Running From Source
 
-Requires LÖVE 11.x. Place the ROM in the project folder and double-click
+Requires LÖVE 11.x. Place a Red or Blue ROM in the project folder and
-`Play-Mac.command` or `Play-Windows.bat`, or run:
+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/Poke Red.gb"   # or Poke Blue.gb
 scripts/run.sh
 ```
 
 then `love .` for later launches. Windows PowerShell scripts, the optional
 developer data build, test suites, and cache management are covered in
-[Developer Setup](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Guide-Developer-Setup).
+[Developer Setup](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Guide-Developer-Setup).
 
 ## Portable Mode
 
@@ -51,7 +116,7 @@ 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 app
-(next to `PokemonRed.app`/`.exe`, or next to `main.lua`/`conf.lua` when
+(next to `gen1recomp.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.
@@ -59,14 +124,21 @@ 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.
+that same folder instead of the OS save directory.
 - A ROM import writes the generated `data/generated` and `assets/generated`
-  cache straight into that folder too (nothing is left in the OS save
+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
+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.
+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
+already written to either location is touched automatically, so copy files
-  over yourself if you want to carry existing progress across the switch.
+over yourself if you want to carry existing progress across the switch.
+
+## Handhelds
+
+A PortMaster-style port for the **Anbernic RG34XXSP** on Stock OS 64-bit MOD
+ships with every release as `gen1recomp-*-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip`.
+Install steps, controls, and troubleshooting live in
+[docs/anbernic-rg34xxsp.md](docs/anbernic-rg34xxsp.md).
 
 ## Modding
 
@@ -74,40 +146,38 @@ The game ships a native mod platform: content registries, events and hooks,
 per-mod saves and options, and an in-game manager. The full modding book —
 getting started, a twelve-rung tutorial ladder, a cookbook, and the generated
 reference — lives on the
-[project wiki](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki).
+[project wiki](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki).
 
-Shipped example mods, one per kind of author, live in [`mods/`](mods/).
+Shipped example mods, one per kind of author, live in `[mods/](mods/)`.
 
 ## Bugs and Ideas
 
 Found a bug? A warp dropping you somewhere it shouldn't, a battle doing math
 that looks wrong, text in the wrong box, anything that does not match the
 original game.
-[Open a bug report](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml).
+[Open a bug report](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml).
 Attach a screenshot if you can. It saves a lot of back and forth, and if you
 can't get one, the form asks you to describe what you saw instead.
 
 Thought of a feature that could be good, or a way to improve one that already
 exists?
-[Open a feature request](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/issues/new?template=feature_request.yml).
+[Open a feature request](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/issues/new?template=feature_request.yml).
 Say what you want, why it is worth doing, and how you picture it working. A
 request with real detail is one that can actually get built.
 
 ## More
 
-- [Link play](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Guide-Link-Play)
+- [Link play](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Guide-Link-Play)
-  — START > LINK connects two copies directly over UDP.
+— START > LINK connects two copies directly over UDP.
-- [Save editor](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Guide-Save-Editor)
+- [Save editor](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Guide-Save-Editor)
-  — edit party, boxes, items, events, and Pokédex flags outside the game.
+— edit party, boxes, items, events, and Pokédex flags outside the game.
 - `docs/architecture.md` — runtime details;
-  `docs/behavior-porting-notes.md` — formula provenance.
+`docs/behavior-porting-notes.md` — formula provenance.
+
+
 
 ## Special Thanks
 
 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.
+[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)
-

assets/touch/README.md

@@ -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).

build-rg34xxsp.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build a PortMaster-style aarch64 port of gen1recomp for Anbernic RG34XXSP
+# on Stock OS 64-bit MOD (H700; cbepx-me StockOS MOD / official V1.0.6 base
+# + PortMaster).
+#
+# The stock Anbernic firmware resolves ports relative to the launch script
+# (roms/PORTS/...), not PortMaster's /$directory/ports/... path. This pack
+# uses SHDIR-relative paths and bundles the LÖVE 11.5 aarch64 runtime so the
+# device does not need a separate love_11.5 runtime download on first launch.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./build-rg34xxsp.sh [--version X.Y.Z]
+#
+# Output:
+#   dist/rg34xxsp/gen1recomp-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip
+#
+# Install on device:
+#   1. Flash / run Stock OS 64-bit MOD with PortMaster installed.
+#   2. Unzip into the SD card's roms/PORTS/ folder so you have:
+#        roms/PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh
+#        roms/PORTS/gen1recomp/...
+#   3. Copy a legal US Red or Blue .gb into roms/PORTS/gen1recomp/lovegame/
+#   4. Launch "Gen1recomp" from the Ports list; press Choose ROM (scans that
+#      folder when zenity is missing).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+HERE="$ROOT/.bazinga"
+CACHE="$HERE/cache/rg34xxsp"
+WORK="$HERE/work/rg34xxsp"
+DIST="$ROOT/dist/rg34xxsp"
+
+APP_NAME="gen1recomp"
+# Artifact suffix matches the CFW this port targets (Anbernic H700 Stock OS
+# 64-bit MOD for RG34XXSP). Release uploads stage it as
+# gen1recomp-<ver>-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip.
+ARTIFACT_SUFFIX="rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod"
+PORT_DIR_NAME="gen1recomp"
+LAUNCHER_NAME="Gen1recomp.sh"
+LOVE_VERSION="11.5"
+VERSION="$(git -C "$ROOT" rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo dev)"
+
+# Official PortMaster LÖVE 11.5 aarch64 runtime (small love stub + liblove).
+PM_RUNTIME_BASE="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI/main/PortMaster/runtimes/love_${LOVE_VERSION}"
+
+say()  { printf '\033[1;32m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
+warn() { printf '\033[1;33mwarn:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+fail() { printf '\033[1;31merror:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --version) VERSION="$2"; shift ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      sed -n '2,24p' "$0"
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *) fail "unknown argument: $1" ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+command -v curl >/dev/null || fail "curl is required"
+command -v zip  >/dev/null || fail "zip is required"
+command -v unzip >/dev/null || fail "unzip is required"
+
+mkdir -p "$CACHE" "$WORK" "$DIST"
+
+download() {
+  local url="$1" dest="$2"
+  if [ -f "$dest" ] && [ -s "$dest" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  say "downloading $(basename "$dest")"
+  curl -fL --progress-bar "$url" -o "$dest.tmp" \
+    || fail "download failed: $url"
+  mv "$dest.tmp" "$dest"
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- game tree
+# Unpacked directory (not a .love zip) so the player can drop a .gb next to
+# main.lua and RomImporter can scan it without zenity/kdialog.
+say "staging lovegame/"
+GAME_SRC="$WORK/lovegame"
+rm -rf "$GAME_SRC"
+mkdir -p "$GAME_SRC"
+
+# Same payload as scripts/build.sh's game.love — never ship ROM-derived cache.
+# tools/save-editor is part of that payload: the launcher's Edit button on a
+# save row opens it in-process (main.lua).
+(cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$WORK/game-payload.zip" \
+  main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
+  tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
+  -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
+if unzip -Z1 "$WORK/game-payload.zip" \
+    | grep -Eq '^(data|assets)/generated/[^/]+|^(data|assets)/generated/.+/'; then
+  fail "payload unexpectedly contains generated ROM data"
+fi
+unzip -q "$WORK/game-payload.zip" -d "$GAME_SRC"
+rm -f "$WORK/game-payload.zip"
+
+# Stamp release version into the staged tree only (never the working tree).
+if printf '%s' "$VERSION" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
+  say "stamping engine version $VERSION"
+  sed -E "s/(engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\")[^\"]*(\")/\1$VERSION\2/" \
+    "$ROOT/src/core/Version.lua" > "$GAME_SRC/src/core/Version.lua"
+  version_re="$(printf '%s' "$VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')"
+  grep -Eq "engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"$version_re\"" \
+    "$GAME_SRC/src/core/Version.lua" \
+    || fail "version stamp failed"
+else
+  say "version '$VERSION' is not X.Y.Z — shipping default engine (no stamp)"
+fi
+
+# Portable marker: saves + ROM cache live next to the game on the SD card.
+: > "$GAME_SRC/portable.txt"
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- love runtime
+say "fetching LÖVE $LOVE_VERSION aarch64 runtime"
+LOVE_BIN="$CACHE/love.aarch64"
+LOVE_LIB="$CACHE/liblove-11.5.so"
+LUAJIT_LIB="$CACHE/libluajit-5.1.so.2"
+MODPLUG_LIB="$CACHE/libmodplug.so.1"
+OGG_LIB="$CACHE/libogg.so.0"
+
+download "$PM_RUNTIME_BASE/love.aarch64" "$LOVE_BIN"
+download "$PM_RUNTIME_BASE/libs.aarch64/liblove-11.5.so" "$LOVE_LIB"
+download "$PM_RUNTIME_BASE/libs.aarch64/libluajit-5.1.so.2" "$LUAJIT_LIB"
+download "$PM_RUNTIME_BASE/libs.aarch64/libmodplug.so.1" "$MODPLUG_LIB"
+download "$PM_RUNTIME_BASE/libs.aarch64/libogg.so.0" "$OGG_LIB"
+
+# Sanity: love stub must be an aarch64 ELF.
+file "$LOVE_BIN" | grep -qi 'aarch64\|ARM aarch64' \
+  || fail "love.aarch64 does not look like an aarch64 ELF (got: $(file "$LOVE_BIN"))"
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- port tree
+say "assembling port package"
+PORT_ROOT="$WORK/port"
+rm -rf "$PORT_ROOT"
+mkdir -p "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/bin" \
+         "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/libs.aarch64" \
+         "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/licenses" \
+         "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/conf"
+
+cp -R "$GAME_SRC" "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/lovegame"
+cp "$LOVE_BIN" "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/bin/love.aarch64"
+chmod +x "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/bin/love.aarch64"
+cp "$LOVE_LIB" "$LUAJIT_LIB" "$MODPLUG_LIB" "$OGG_LIB" \
+  "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/libs.aarch64/"
+
+# Drop a short license pointer for the bundled LÖVE bits.
+cat > "$PORT_ROOT/$PORT_DIR_NAME/licenses/LICENSE.love2d.txt" <<'EOF'
+This port bundles the LÖVE 11.5 aarch64 runtime from PortMaster
+(https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-GUI). LÖVE is zlib-licensed;
+see https://love2d.org/ for full terms.
+EOF
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- launcher
+# Stock OS fix: resolve GAMEDIR from this script's directory (SHDIR), not
+# PortMaster's $directory variable — Anbernic uses roms/PORTS with different
+# casing and mount points (mmc / sdcard / TF1 / TF2).
+cat > "$PORT_ROOT/$LAUNCHER_NAME" <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/bash
+# gen1recomp — Anbernic RG34XXSP stock OS / PortMaster launcher
+# Uses SHDIR-relative paths so stock firmware finds the game folder.
+
+export HOME="${HOME:-/root}"
+XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
+
+if [ -d "/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster/" ]; then
+  controlfolder="/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster"
+elif [ -d "/opt/tools/PortMaster/" ]; then
+  controlfolder="/opt/tools/PortMaster"
+elif [ -d "$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster/" ]; then
+  controlfolder="$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster"
+elif [ -d "/mnt/mmc/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster" ]; then
+  controlfolder="/mnt/mmc/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster"
+elif [ -d "/mnt/sdcard/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster" ]; then
+  controlfolder="/mnt/sdcard/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster"
+elif [ -d "/roms/ports/PortMaster" ]; then
+  controlfolder="/roms/ports/PortMaster"
+else
+  controlfolder="/roms/PORTS/PortMaster"
+fi
+
+SHDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "$controlfolder/control.txt"
+get_controls
+[ -f "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt" ] && source "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt"
+
+GAMEDIR="$SHDIR/gen1recomp"
+CONFDIR="$GAMEDIR/conf"
+mkdir -p "$CONFDIR"
+
+cd "$GAMEDIR" || exit 1
+> "$GAMEDIR/log.txt" && exec > >(tee "$GAMEDIR/log.txt") 2>&1
+
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="$CONFDIR"
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$CONFDIR"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAMEDIR/libs.aarch64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+export SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG="${sdl_controllerconfig:-}"
+# Mali / H700: prefer GLES where available
+export LOVE_GRAPHICS_USE_OPENGLES="${LOVE_GRAPHICS_USE_OPENGLES:-1}"
+# Same GPU class as a phone, but getOS() here says "Linux", so the Android
+# gate (issue #136) would not fire on its own: refuse GBC FX explicitly.
+# Hides the OPTIONS row, pins the level to OFF, and heals a level already
+# persisted in options.lua.
+export POKEPORT_GBCFX="${POKEPORT_GBCFX:-0}"
+
+$ESUDO chmod a+x ./bin/love.aarch64 2>/dev/null || chmod a+x ./bin/love.aarch64
+$ESUDO chmod 666 /dev/uinput 2>/dev/null || true
+
+if [ -n "${GPTOKEYB:-}" ]; then
+  $GPTOKEYB "love.aarch64" &
+fi
+if type pm_platform_helper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  pm_platform_helper "$GAMEDIR/bin/love.aarch64"
+fi
+
+./bin/love.aarch64 "$GAMEDIR/lovegame"
+
+if type pm_finish >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  pm_finish
+else
+  if [ -n "${ESUDO:-}" ]; then
+    $ESUDO kill -9 $(pidof gptokeyb) 2>/dev/null || true
+  else
+    kill -9 $(pidof gptokeyb) 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+fi
+EOF
+chmod +x "$PORT_ROOT/$LAUNCHER_NAME"
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- metadata
+cat > "$PORT_ROOT/port.json" <<EOF
+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "name": "gen1recomp.zip",
+  "items": [
+    "$LAUNCHER_NAME",
+    "$PORT_DIR_NAME"
+  ],
+  "items_opt": null,
+  "attr": {
+    "title": "gen1recomp",
+    "desc": "Native LÖVE2D recreation of Pokemon Red and Blue. Supply your own legal US Red or Blue ROM.",
+    "inst": "Requires Anbernic RG34XXSP Stock OS 64-bit MOD with PortMaster. Copy a canonical US Red or Blue .gb into gen1recomp/lovegame/, then launch and press Choose ROM.",
+    "genres": ["adventure", "rpg"],
+    "porter": ["gen1recomp"],
+    "image": {},
+    "rtr": true,
+    "runtime": null,
+    "reqs": [],
+    "arch": ["aarch64"]
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+cat > "$PORT_ROOT/gameinfo.xml" <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<gameList>
+  <game>
+    <path>./$LAUNCHER_NAME</path>
+    <name>gen1recomp</name>
+    <desc>Native LÖVE2D recreation of Pokemon Red and Blue. Requires your own legal US Red or Blue ROM.</desc>
+    <releasedate>20250101T000000</releasedate>
+    <developer>the bois club</developer>
+    <publisher>the bois club</publisher>
+    <genre>RPG</genre>
+  </game>
+</gameList>
+EOF
+
+cat > "$PORT_ROOT/README.md" <<'EOF'
+## gen1recomp (RG34XXSP / Stock OS 64-bit MOD)
+
+Native LÖVE 11.5 port of gen1recomp for Anbernic RG34XXSP on
+**Stock OS 64-bit MOD** (H700, PortMaster).
+
+### Install
+
+1. Use **Stock OS 64-bit MOD** with PortMaster installed (TF1).
+2. Unzip so `Gen1recomp.sh` and the `gen1recomp/` folder sit in `roms/PORTS/`.
+3. Copy a legal US Pokemon Red or Blue `.gb` into `gen1recomp/lovegame/`.
+4. Refresh Ports / restart EmulationStation and launch **Gen1recomp**.
+
+### Controls (launcher)
+
+| Input | Action |
+|--|--|
+| D-pad / left stick | Move cursor |
+| A | Click |
+| L1 / R1 | Switch tabs |
+| Right stick | Scroll lists |
+| Start / Select | Play or Choose ROM |
+
+In-game controls use the normal PortMaster / SDL pad map (rebind under OPTIONS → CONTROLS).
+
+### Display options
+
+GBC FX is disabled on this device (the H700's Mali GPU compiles that present
+pass and then shows a black frame), so the OPTIONS row is hidden. COLORS,
+TILT, ZOOM, VOID FILL and MAX FPS all work. To try it anyway, launch with
+`POKEPORT_GBCFX=1`.
+
+### First run
+
+Stock OS has no zenity file picker. Put the `.gb` in `lovegame/`, then press
+**Choose ROM** — the game scans that folder. After import, the ROM-derived
+cache and saves stay beside the game (`portable.txt`).
+
+Canonical SHA-1 (1 MiB US carts only):
+
+- Red: `ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a`
+- Blue: `d7037c83e1ae5b39bde3c30787637ba1d4c48ce2`
+
+### Thanks
+
+LÖVE runtime binaries from [PortMaster](https://portmaster.games/).
+Stock OS 64-bit MOD: [cbepx-me](https://github.com/cbepx-me/Anbernic-H700-RG-xx-StockOS-Modification).
+EOF
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- zip
+ZIP_OUT="$DIST/$APP_NAME-$ARTIFACT_SUFFIX.zip"
+rm -f "$ZIP_OUT" "$DIST/$APP_NAME-rg34xxsp.zip"
+say "packing $ZIP_OUT"
+(cd "$PORT_ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$ZIP_OUT" \
+  "$LAUNCHER_NAME" "$PORT_DIR_NAME" port.json gameinfo.xml README.md)
+
+say "done."
+say "artifact: $ZIP_OUT ($(du -h "$ZIP_OUT" | cut -f1))"
+say "copy onto the RG34XXSP SD card under roms/PORTS/ (Stock OS 64-bit MOD), then drop your .gb into gen1recomp/lovegame/"

conf.lua

@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ function love.conf(t)
   _G.POKEPORT_DEV_MODE = developer
 
   if editor then
-    t.identity = os.getenv("POKEPORT_IDENTITY") or "pokemon-love2d-editor"
+    -- Same identity as the game, deliberately: the editor edits the game's
+    -- saves and reads the game's ROM cache, both of which live under this
+    -- folder.  A private editor identity would point love.filesystem at an
+    -- empty directory in a packaged build, so `--editor` could not find
+    -- data/generated at all (SaveIO.defaultPath already assumed this name).
+    t.identity = os.getenv("POKEPORT_IDENTITY") or "pokemon-love2d"
     t.window.title = "Pokemon Save Editor"
     t.window.width = 1280
     t.window.height = 800
@@ -47,8 +52,9 @@ function love.conf(t)
     -- 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 touch input is gesture-based,
+    -- viewport into whatever size results, and the on-screen touch controls
-    -- so both orientations just work.  iOS follows the Info.plist orientations
+    -- 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

data/scripts/flavor/copycats_house_2f.lua

@@ -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 /
+-- TEXT_COPYCATSHOUSE2F_COPYCAT (POKE DOLL -> TM31 MIMIC) lives in
--- TM31 MIMIC trade) in data/scripts/story4.lua, so it is intentionally
+-- data/scripts/story4.lua.
--- omitted here.
 
 return {
   COPYCATS_HOUSE_2F = {

data/scripts/flavor/pewter_city.lua

@@ -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
+-- The YOUNGSTER's gym escort (talk + east-exit onStep) lives in
--- museum, YOUNGSTER walking the player to the gym) is scripted NPC
+-- story5.lua so the lockstep RLE walk is not overwritten by this
--- movement + a wPewterCityCurScript state machine that steers the
+-- flavor merge.  SUPER_NERD1's museum escort is not ported; only the
--- player off-map; the YOUNGSTER's escort to the gym is handled on this
+-- YES/NO-branched flavor text is here.
--- 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.
 
 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,
   },
 }
 

data/scripts/flavor/pewter_nidoran_house.lua

@@ -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
+-- play_cry only stashes ctx.pendingCry for the very next show_text row, so it
--- only; the cry SFX is cosmetic and has no gameplay effect.
+-- 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" },
       },
     },

data/scripts/flavor/reds_house_2f.lua

@@ -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,
+  },
+}

data/scripts/flavor/route_23.lua

@@ -28,7 +28,29 @@ local function badgeGuard(badge, passFlag)
   }
 end
 
+-- Route23SetVictoryRoadBoulders (pokered scripts/Route23.asm:8): every entry
+-- to Route 23 resets the Victory Road boulder puzzle behind you.  The 2F/3F
+-- switch events clear (so those barriers are closed again on the next floor
+-- load) and the boulder that fell through 3F's hole goes back upstairs:
+-- ShowObject TOGGLE_VICTORY_ROAD_3F_BOULDER / HideObject
+-- TOGGLE_VICTORY_ROAD_2F_BOULDER, which are VICTORYROAD3F_BOULDER4 and
+-- VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER3 (data/maps/toggleable_objects.asm).  1F's event is
+-- reset by the Indigo Plateau lobby and by Victory Road 2F, not here.  This
+-- is what makes the puzzle "completely reset" on a return trip (#258).
+-- onEnter is the port's BIT_CUR_MAP_LOADED_2 equivalent: setMap runs it on
+-- every map entry, connection crossings included, like EnterMap.
 M.ROUTE_23 = {
+  onEnter = function(game, ow)
+    local f = game.save.flags
+    f.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_2_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 = nil
+    f.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_2_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2 = nil
+    f.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 = nil
+    f.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2 = nil
+    local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
+    local ctx = { save = game.save, overworld = ow, game = game }
+    Commands.show_object(ctx, "VICTORY_ROAD_3F", "VICTORYROAD3F_BOULDER4")
+    Commands.hide_object(ctx, "VICTORY_ROAD_2F", "VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER3")
+  end,
   talk = {
     -- Route23Guard1Text: EventFlagBit ..., EVENT_PASSED_EARTHBADGE_CHECK
     -- -> wWhichBadge = EARTHBADGE

data/scripts/flavor/silph_co_9f.lua

@@ -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
+      -- before EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI: heals the party, white fade
-      -- "You look tired..." then "Don't give up!"; after the event, just
+      -- (Delay3 between out/in; no Music_PkmnHealed), then "Don't give
-      -- says thanks. Nurse texts are not in data/generated/text.lua, so
+      -- up!"; after the event, just says thanks. Nurse texts are not in
-      -- the exact pokered/text/SilphCo9F.asm strings are used as literals.
+      -- data/generated/text.lua, so the exact pokered/text/SilphCo9F.asm
+      -- strings are used as literals.
       TEXT_SILPHCO9F_NURSE = {
-        { "face_player" },
+        { "face_player" },                                              -- 1
-        { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI" },
+        { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI" },                -- 2
-        { "jump_if_true", 8 },
+        { "jump_if_true", 11 },                                         -- 3
-        { "show_text", "You look tired!\nYou should take a\nquick nap!" },
+        { "show_text", "You look tired!\nYou should take a\nquick nap!" }, -- 4
-        { "heal_party" },
+        { "heal_party" },                                               -- 5
-        { "show_text", "Don't give up!" },
+        { "fade", "out", "white" },                                     -- 6
-        { "jump", 9 },
+        { "wait", 3 },                                                  -- 7  Delay3
-        { "show_text", "Thank you so\nmuch!" },
+        { "fade", "in", "white" },                                      -- 8
+        { "show_text", "Don't give up!" },                              -- 9
+        { "jump", "end" },                                              -- 10
+        { "show_text", "Thank you so\nmuch!" },                         -- 11
       },
     },
   },

data/scripts/flavor/viridian_city.lua

@@ -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

data/scripts/flavor/viridian_nickname_house.lua

@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 return {
   VIRIDIAN_NICKNAME_HOUSE = {
     talk = {
-      -- ViridianNicknameHouseSpearowText: text_asm that shows the text
+      -- ViridianNicknameHouseSpearowText: text_asm that PrintTexts the
-      -- then plays a SPEAROW cry (PlayCry/WaitForSoundToFinish). The
+      -- line, then plays the SPEAROW cry (PlayCry/WaitForSoundToFinish)
-      -- cry playback isn't in the talk-script command vocabulary, so
+      -- before TextScriptEnd.  play_cry only arms the show_text row that
-      -- only the flavor line is ported here.
+      -- 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
       },
     },
   },

data/scripts/flavor_all.lua

@@ -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",

data/scripts/oaks_lab.lua

@@ -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)
+    -- StarterDex ahead of OaksLabYouWant...Text).  StarterDex temporarily
-    { "push_screen", "DexEntryMenu", species },   -- 5
+    -- 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
+    -- OaksLab.asm prints ReceivedMon then AddPartyMon (AskName lives
-    { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },          -- 9
+    -- inside give_pokemon).  Show the received text first so the
-    { "set_flag", choseFlag },                    -- 10
+    -- 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
+    -- Oak: OaksLabOak1Text.  Parcel delivery kicks SCRIPT_OAKSLAB_RIVAL_
-    -- player has beaten the Route 22 rival) hands over the real POKé
+    -- ARRIVES_AT_OAKS_REQUEST + OaksLabOakGivesPokedexScript (rival walk-
-    -- BALLs (scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabOak1Text, simplified: no rival
+    -- in, full Pokédex speech, rival exit, Route 22 arm).  Dex-rating
-    -- recall / dex-rating / "pokemon can fight" / "around the world"
+    -- (DisplayDexRating) is still skipped.
-    -- branches -- see docs/known-differences.md)
     TEXT_OAKSLAB_OAK1 = {
-      { "face_player" },                                          -- 1
+      { "face_player" },
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_OAKS_PARCEL" },                  -- 2
+      { "check_item", "POKE_BALL" },
-      { "jump_if_false", 14 },                                    -- 3
+      { "jump_if_true", "come_see" },
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_OAK_GOT_PARCEL" },                   -- 4
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE" },
-      { "jump_if_true", 14 },                                     -- 5
+      { "jump_if_true", "give_balls" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1DeliverParcelText" },           -- 6
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX" },
-      { "take_item", "OAKS_PARCEL", 1 },                          -- 7
+      { "jump_if_true", "around_world" },
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_OAK_GOT_PARCEL" },                     -- 8
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1PokemonAroundTheWorldText" },   -- 9
+      { "jump_if_false", "pre_lab_battle" },
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX" },                        -- 10
+      { "check_item", "OAKS_PARCEL" },
-      -- the Pokédex swaps Viridian's two old men (OaksLab.asm:602-606:
+      { "jump_if_false", "raise_young" },
-      -- HideObject TOGGLE_LYING_OLD_MAN / ShowObject TOGGLE_OLD_MAN).
+      -- OaksLabOak1Text.got_parcel → RivalArrives + OakGivesPokedex
-      -- Until this ran, the walking man at (17,5) -- who owns the coffee
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1DeliverParcelText" },
-      -- ask and the catch tutorial -- stayed OFF for the whole game
+      { "play_sound", "Get_Key_Item" },
-      -- (toggleable_objects.asm seeds him OFF, the sleeper ON).
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ParcelThanksText" },
-      { "hide_object", "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN_SLEEPY" }, -- 11
+      { "take_item", "OAKS_PARCEL", 1 },
-      { "show_object", "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN" },  -- 12
+      { "stop_music" },
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 13
+      { "play_music", "Music_MeetRival" },
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },                      -- 14
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsText" },
-      { "jump_if_false", 29 },                                    -- 15
+      { "show_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" },
-      { "check_item", "POKE_BALL" },                              -- 16
+      -- OaksLabCalcRivalMovementScript: sprite map (8,11) → cell (4,7)
-      { "jump_if_true", 27 },                                     -- 17
+      -- when the player stands below Oak (the usual desk talk).
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE" },    -- 18
+      { "place_npc", 1, 4, 7, "up" },
-      { "jump_if_false", 31 },                                    -- 19
+      { "move_npc_to", 1, 4, 3 },
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEBALLS_FROM_OAK" },           -- 20
+      { "play_music", "Music_OaksLab" },
-      { "jump_if_true", 27 },                                     -- 21
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_POKEBALLS_FROM_OAK" },             -- 22
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
-      { "give_item", "POKE_BALL", 5, false },                     -- 23
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalWhatDidYouCallMeForText" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ReceivedPokeballsText" },       -- 24
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabGivePokeballsExplanationText" },    -- 25
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 26
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakIHaveARequestText" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1ComeSeeMeSometimesText" },      -- 27
+      { "face_object", 1, "up" },
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 28
+      { "face_object", 5, "down" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1WhichPokemonDoYouWantText" },   -- 29
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakMyInventionPokedexText" },
-      { "jump", 32 },                                             -- 30
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOakGotPokedexText" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabOak1RaiseYourYoungPokemonText" },   -- 31 (32 = end)
+      { "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
+      { "face_player" },
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },                      -- 2
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },
-      { "jump_if_false", 21 },                                    -- 3
+      { "jump_if_false", "pre_starter" },
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },        -- 4
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },
-      { "jump_if_true", 19 },                                     -- 5
+      { "jump_if_true", "after_battle" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalMyPokemonLooksStrongerText" }, -- 6
+      -- has a starter, has not fought yet: just the taunt.  The battle is
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_CHOSE_BULBASAUR" },                  -- 7
+      -- the coordinate trigger in onStep, not this talk (#219)
-      { "jump_if_false", 11 },                                    -- 8
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalMyPokemonLooksStrongerText" },
-      { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_RIVAL1", 3 },             -- 9  Charmander
+      { "jump", "end" },
-      { "jump", 16 },                                             -- 10
+
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_CHOSE_SQUIRTLE" },                   -- 11
+      { "label", "after_battle" },
-      { "jump_if_false", 15 },                                    -- 12
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalFedUpWithWaitingText" },
-      { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_RIVAL1", 2 },             -- 13 Bulbasaur
+      { "jump", "end" },
-      { "jump", 16 },                                             -- 14
+
-      { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_RIVAL1", 1 },             -- 15 Squirtle
+      -- pre-starter fork (scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabText8 rival handler):
-      -- OaksLabRivalEndBattleScript: HealParty + flag, then exit either way
+      -- Oak has already escorted you in (three balls on the table) -> he
-      { "heal_party" },                                           -- 16
+      -- waves you on to choose; not yet escorted (very early game) -> the
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BATTLED_RIVAL_IN_OAKS_LAB" },          -- 17
+      -- "Gramps isn't around" line.  #218
-      { "jump", 23 },                                             -- 18
+      { "label", "pre_starter" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalFedUpWithWaitingText" },       -- 19
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_FOLLOWED_OAK_INTO_LAB" },
-      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 20
+      { "jump_if_false", "gramps_gone" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsIsntAroundText" },       -- 21
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGoAheadAndChooseText" },
-      { "jump", "end" },                                          -- 22
+      { "jump", "end" },
-      -- win: sulk text then exit; loss: Rival1WinText already played in
+
-      -- battle (HandlePlayerBlackOut), so skip straight to the walk-out
+      { "label", "gramps_gone" },
-      { "jump_if_false", 25 },                                    -- 23
+      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalGrampsIsntAroundText" },
-      { "show_text", "_OaksLabRivalIPickedTheWrongPokemonText" }, -- 24
-      { "move_npc_to", 1, 4, 11 },                                -- 25
-      { "hide_object", "OAKS_LAB", "OAKSLAB_RIVAL" },             -- 26
     },
   },
 
+  -- 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
+      -- OaksLabRivalEndBattleScript: on WIN, print the "picked the wrong
-      -- already shown in-battle via Rival1WinText)
+      -- 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 })

data/scripts/reds_house.lua

@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 -- Hand-ported from pret/pokered scripts/RedsHouse1F.asm.
--- Mom (RedsHouse1FMomText, text_asm) heals the party and shows the
+-- Mom (RedsHouse1FMomText): pre-starter shows the wake-up / Oak tip;
--- "you should rest" / "looking great" dialogue.  The intro "wake up"
+-- after EVENT_GOT_STARTER, RedsHouse1FMomHealScript fades to white,
--- branch is tied to the unported intro cutscene, so the heal path is used.
+-- heals, plays MUSIC_PKMN_HEALED, fades back, then "looking great".
 
 return {
   talk = {
     TEXT_REDSHOUSE1F_MOM = {
-      { "face_player" },
+      { "face_player" },                                          -- 1
-      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomYouShouldRestText" },
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_STARTER" },                      -- 2
-      { "heal_party" },
+      { "jump_if_true", 6 },                                      -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_RedsHouse1FMomLookingGreatText" },
+      { "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
     },
   },
 }

data/scripts/story.lua

@@ -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" },
@@ -86,6 +94,27 @@ M.VIRIDIAN_CITY = {
       { "show_text", "_ViridianCityOldManTimeIsMoneyText" },             -- 8 (9 = end)
     },
   },
+  -- Re-apply the Pokedex old-man swap for a save that already holds the flag
+  -- but was never standing here when it fired: a vanilla .sav imported
+  -- through src/save_convert, whose codec does not model pokered's
+  -- wToggleableObjectFlags array, so save.objectToggles arrives empty and
+  -- both objects fall back to their compiled-in defaults -- the sleeper ON
+  -- (data/maps/toggleable_objects.asm toggleable_objects_for VIRIDIAN_CITY),
+  -- still lying across the north path (#234).
+  -- OaksLabOakGivesPokedexScript (scripts/OaksLab.asm) sets EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX
+  -- and, with no branch in between, runs HideObject TOGGLE_LYING_OLD_MAN /
+  -- ShowObject TOGGLE_OLD_MAN, so that one flag settles both toggles exactly.
+  -- Same shape as M.OAKS_LAB.onEnter in data/scripts/oaks_lab.lua, which
+  -- re-applies the same script's other two HideObjects on entry (#106).
+  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, "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN_SLEEPY")
+    Commands.show_object(ctx, "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "VIRIDIANCITY_OLD_MAN")
+  end,
   -- ViridianCityCheckGotPokedexScript: the north corridor is gated on
   -- EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX, NOT on the sleeper being hidden, and it triggers
   -- on exactly one cell -- (19,9), the gap east of the sleeper (18,9)
@@ -222,17 +251,55 @@ 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
+    local flags = game.save.flags
-       and not game.save.flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL then
+    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
+      flags.EVENT_BILL_SAID_USE_CELL_SEPARATOR = true
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL = true
+      flags.EVENT_USED_CELL_SEPARATOR_ON_BILL = true
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_MET_BILL = true
+      flags.EVENT_MET_BILL = true
-      game.save.flags.EVENT_MET_BILL_2 = 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 +323,40 @@ 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
+  -- onto the dock warp.  Stepping onto it facing down always runs the
-  -- ticket-checked (and turned back once the ship has sailed) without
+  -- sailor dialog (DisplayTextID TEXT_VERMILIONCITY_SAILOR1); only a
-  -- the player ever pressing A.  The sailor himself never disappears.
+  -- 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!")
+      ask .. "\f"
-      .. "\f"
       .. (t._VermilionCitySailor1YouNeedATicketText
           or "You need a ticket\nto get aboard."),
       function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1) end))
@@ -288,7 +370,7 @@ 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 +400,21 @@ 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
+      { "give_item", "HM_CUT", 1, false },                                -- 6
-      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainReceivedHM01Text" },      -- 6
+      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainReceivedHM01Text" },      -- 7
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_HM01" },                                   -- 7
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_HM01" },                                   -- 8
-      { "jump", 10 },                                                     -- 8
+      { "jump", 11 },                                                     -- 9
-      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainNotSickAnymoreText" },    -- 9
+      { "show_text", "_SSAnneCaptainsRoomCaptainNotSickAnymoreText" },    -- 10
     },
   },
 }
@@ -339,7 +424,93 @@ 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 +731,8 @@ 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)
@@ -568,11 +740,20 @@ local function boulderAt(ow, x, y)
   return npc and npc.def.sprite == "SPRITE_BOULDER" and npc or nil
 end
 
+-- Each barrier is stamped BOTH ways on entry.  pokered only ever stamps the
+-- OPEN block (ReplaceTileBlock edits the loaded block map, which the next map
+-- load throws away, so a fresh entry always shows the .blk's closed barrier),
+-- but OverworldState:replaceBlock writes through Map:setBlock into the SHARED
+-- map record in Game.data, so the port has to put the closed block back
+-- itself or a solved barrier stays open for the rest of the session (#258).
+-- The closed ids are the shipped .blk bytes: VictoryRoad1F.blk (4,6) = $25,
+-- VictoryRoad2F.blk (3,4) = $37 and (11,7) = $25, VictoryRoad3F.blk
+-- (3,5) = $25.  Same both-ways pattern as the card-key doors in
+-- OverworldState:setMap.
 M.VICTORY_ROAD_1F = {
   onEnter = function(game, ow)
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_1_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH then
+    ow:replaceBlock(4, 6,
-      ow:replaceBlock(4, 6, 0x1D)
+      game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_1_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH and 0x1D or 0x25)
-    end
   end,
   onBoulderMoved = function(game, ow, npc)
     if npc.cellX == 17 and npc.cellY == 13
@@ -585,12 +766,14 @@ M.VICTORY_ROAD_1F = {
 
 M.VICTORY_ROAD_2F = {
   onEnter = function(game, ow)
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_2_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 then
+    -- VictoryRoad2FResetBoulderEventScript (scripts/VictoryRoad2F.asm:19):
-      ow:replaceBlock(3, 4, 0x15)
+    -- entering 2F clears the 1F switch event, so 1F's barrier is closed
-    end
+    -- again the next time you climb down (#258)
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_2_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2 then
+    game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_1_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH = nil
-      ow:replaceBlock(11, 7, 0x1D)
+    ow:replaceBlock(3, 4,
-    end
+      game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_2_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 and 0x15 or 0x37)
+    ow:replaceBlock(11, 7,
+      game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_2_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2 and 0x1D or 0x25)
   end,
   onBoulderMoved = function(game, ow, npc)
     if npc.cellX == 1 and npc.cellY == 16
@@ -608,9 +791,8 @@ M.VICTORY_ROAD_2F = {
 
 M.VICTORY_ROAD_3F = {
   onEnter = function(game, ow)
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 then
+    ow:replaceBlock(3, 5,
-      ow:replaceBlock(3, 5, 0x1D)
+      game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 and 0x1D or 0x25)
-    end
   end,
   onBoulderMoved = function(game, ow, npc)
     if npc.cellX == 3 and npc.cellY == 5
@@ -618,14 +800,37 @@ M.VICTORY_ROAD_3F = {
       game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH1 = true
       ow:replaceBlock(3, 5, 0x1D)
     end
-    -- the hole at (23,15): the boulder drops to 2F next to switch 2
+    -- the hole at (23,15): the boulder drops to 2F next to switch 2.
-    if npc.cellX == 23 and npc.cellY == 15 then
+    -- VictoryRoad3FDefaultScript .handle_hole gates the swap on
+    -- CheckAndSetEvent EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2, then
+    -- HideObject TOGGLE_VICTORY_ROAD_3F_BOULDER / ShowObject
+    -- TOGGLE_VICTORY_ROAD_2F_BOULDER.  Those two toggles are
+    -- VICTORYROAD3F_BOULDER4 and VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER3
+    -- (data/maps/toggleable_objects.asm); the old "VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER"
+    -- matched no object_event name, so the toggle landed under a key
+    -- objectVisible never reads: harmless only while nothing hid that
+    -- boulder, and fatal once Route 23's reset does (#258).
+    if npc.cellX == 23 and npc.cellY == 15
+       and not game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2 then
+      game.save.flags.EVENT_VICTORY_ROAD_3_BOULDER_ON_SWITCH2 = true
       local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
       local ctx = { save = game.save, overworld = ow, game = game }
       Commands.hide_object(ctx, "VICTORY_ROAD_3F", npc.def.name)
-      Commands.show_object(ctx, "VICTORY_ROAD_2F", "VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER")
+      Commands.show_object(ctx, "VICTORY_ROAD_2F", "VICTORYROAD2F_BOULDER3")
     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 +843,16 @@ 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 +861,69 @@ 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 = {
+    TEXT_CHAMPIONSROOM_RIVAL = championsRoomRivalScript,
-      { "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
-    },
   },
 }
 
@@ -753,10 +994,14 @@ M.HALL_OF_FAME = {
     -- 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
-      { "warp", "REDS_HOUSE_2F", 3, 6, "down" },        -- 3  YES: home to your room
+      { "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
     },
   },
 }
@@ -769,35 +1014,72 @@ 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
+      { "face_player" },                                         -- 1
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },        -- 2
+      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },             -- 2
-      { "jump_if_true", 9 },                                -- 3
+      { "jump_if_true", 13 },                                    -- 3
-      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalPreBattleText" },   -- 4
+      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalPreBattleText" },        -- 4
-      { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL1", 7 },                  -- 5
+      { "rival_battle", "OPP_RIVAL1", 7 },                       -- 5
-      { "jump_if_false", 10 },                              -- 6
+      { "jump_if_false", "end" },                                -- 6
-      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },          -- 7
+      { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_RIVAL" },               -- 7
-      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalDefeatedText" },    -- 8
+      { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalDefeatedText" },         -- 8
-      { "jump", 10 },                                       -- 9
+      { "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 = {
+    TEXT_POKEMONTOWER2F_RIVAL = function(game, ow, npc, done)
-      { "face_player" },                                            -- 1
+      ow.runner:run(pokemonTower2FRivalScript(ow.player.cellX),
-      { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_POKEMON_TOWER_RIVAL" },           -- 2
+                    { npc = npc, onDone = done })
-      { "jump_if_true", 10 },                                       -- 3
+    end,
-      { "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
-    },
   },
+  -- 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
@@ -809,8 +1091,7 @@ 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,
+    ow.runner:run(pokemonTower2FRivalScript(x), { npc = rival })
-                  { npc = rival })
     return true
   end,
 }

data/scripts/story2.lua

@@ -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")
+    local t = game.data.text
-    if game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_A_FOSSIL then
+    local flags = game.save.flags
-      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, "You already took\na fossil.", done))
+    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
+    local want = (itemId == "DOME_FOSSIL")
-    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, ("You want the\n%s?"):format(name), function()
+      and (t._MtMoonB2FDomeFossilYouWantText or "You want the\nDOME FOSSIL?")
-      game.stack:push(ChoiceBox.new(game, function(yes)
+      or (t._MtMoonB2FHelixFossilYouWantText or "You want the\nHELIX FOSSIL?")
-        if not yes then done() return end
+    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, want, nil, { choice = function(yes)
-        game.save.inventory[itemId] = 1
+      if not yes then done() return end
-        game.save.flags.EVENT_GOT_A_FOSSIL = true
+      if not require("src.inventory.Bag").add(game.save, itemId, 1) then
-        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)
         game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-          ("%s got the\n%s!"):format(game.save.player.name, name), done))
+          t._MtMoonB2FYouHaveNoRoomText or "Look, you've got\nno room for this.",
-      end))
+          done))
-    end))
+        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_DOME_FOSSIL = mtMoonFossil(
-    TEXT_MTMOONB2F_HELIX_FOSSIL = mtMoonFossil("HELIX_FOSSIL", "MTMOONB2F_DOME_FOSSIL"),
+      "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)
+        -- Apply deferred step-exp once (OverworldController only bumps
-        local newLevel = math.min(100, Growth.levelForExp(def.growthRate, mon.exp))
+        -- daycare.steps). Clearing prevents double-count on re-talk.
-        local fee = 100 + (newLevel - mon.level) * 100
+        mon.exp = (mon.exp or 0) + (dc.steps or 0)
-        local grew = newLevel > mon.level
+        dc.steps = 0
-        mon.level = newLevel
+        -- depositLevel mirrors wDayCareMonBoxLevel: fee baseline that
-        mon.stats = Stats.calc(def, mon.level, mon.dvs, mon.statExp)
+        -- must survive a declined retrieve. Fall back to mon.level for
-        mon.hp = mon.stats.hp
+        -- older saves that predate the field.
-        local msg = grew and (t._DaycareGentlemanMonHasGrownText or "It's grown a lot!")
+        if dc.depositLevel == nil then dc.depositLevel = mon.level end
-                    or "Back already?"
+        local startLevel = dc.depositLevel
-        game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+        local newLevel = Growth.levelForExp(def and def.growthRate, mon.exp)
-          msg .. ("\fThe fee is ¥%d.\nGet it back?"):format(fee), function()
+        if newLevel >= 100 then
-          game.stack:push(ChoiceBox.new(game, function(yes)
+          newLevel = 100
-            if yes and game.save.money >= fee then
+          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))
+                t._DaycareGentlemanHeresYourMonText
-            else
+                  or "Thank you! Here's\nyour POKéMON!", function()
-              game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-                yes and (t._DaycareGentlemanOweMoneyText or "You owe me money!")
+                  fillDaycareText(
-                    or "Come again!", done))
+                    t._DaycareGentlemanGotMonBackText
-            end
+                      or "{PLAYER} got\n{RAM:wDayCareMonName} back!",
-          end))
+                    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()
+        t._DaycareGentlemanIntroText
-        game.stack:push(ChoiceBox.new(game, function(yes)
+          or "I run a DAYCARE.\nWould you like me\nto raise one of\nyour POKéMON?",
-          if not yes then done() return end
+        nil, { choice = function(yes)
-          local PartyMenu = require("src.ui.PartyMenu")
+          if not yes then
-          game.stack:push(PartyMenu.new(game, {
+            game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-            pickOnly = true,
+              t._DaycareGentlemanComeAgainText or "come again.", done))
-            onSwitch = function(mon)
+            return
-              for i, m in ipairs(game.save.party) do
+          end
-                if m == mon then table.remove(game.save.party, i) break end
+          if #game.save.party < 2 then
-              end
+            game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-              game.save.daycare = { mon = mon, steps = 0 }
+              t._DaycareGentlemanOnlyHaveOneMonText
-              game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+                or "You only have one\nPOKéMON with you.", done))
-                t._DaycareGentlemanWillLookAfterMonText or
+            return
-                "Fine, I'll look\nafter it a while!", done))
+          end
-            end,
+          game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-          }))
+            t._DaycareGentlemanWhichMonText or "Which POKéMON\nshould I raise?",
-        end))
+            function()
-      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
+                  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,
   },
 }

data/scripts/story3.lua

@@ -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)
+-- .UpdateWarp: point EVERY car exit warp at the same floor's elevator
-  local m, p = ow.map, ow.player
+-- door (warp id, map id).  Shared generated map data, but the car's
-  -- .UpdateWarp is run twice, so BOTH car warp entries get the same
+-- warps are only read from inside the car; rides rewrite them again.
-  -- (warp id, map id): point every exit warp at the picked floor's
+local function elevatorSetExit(ow, floor)
-  -- elevator-door warp (the reciprocal warp found while building the
+  if not floor then return end
-  -- menu).  The car map's def is shared generated data, but its own
+  for _, w in ipairs(ow.map.def.warps) do
-  -- 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
     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
+    if poster then
-    local block = game.save.flags[poster.event] and poster.openBlock
+      local block = game.save.flags[poster.event] and poster.openBlock
-                  or poster.closedBlock
+                    or poster.closedBlock
-    ow:replaceBlock(poster.x, poster.y, block)
+      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")
+            -- #198: GameCornerRocketExitScript (scripts/GameCorner.asm)
-            Commands.hide_object({ game = game, save = game.save,
+            -- ApplyMovementData walks the grunt one tile UP into the poster
-                                   overworld = ow },
+            -- (the hideout's secret entrance at 9,4) before HideObject, so
-                                 "GAME_CORNER", "GAMECORNER_ROCKET")
+            -- he leaves the floor rather than popping out of existence on
-            done()
+            -- (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,
@@ -421,40 +615,62 @@ 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 = {}
+  local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
-  for _, p in ipairs(activePrizes()) do
+  local t = game.data.text
-    local label
+  -- IsItemInBag COIN_CASE: without the case, deny and open no window
-    if p.kind == "mon" then
+  -- (COIN_CASE is a numeric count in save.inventory, nil when absent).
-      label = ("%s L%d"):format(game.data.pokemon[p.species].name, p.level)
+  if not game.save.inventory.COIN_CASE then
-    else
+    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-      label = game.data.items[p.item].name
+      t._RequireCoinCaseText or "A COIN CASE is\nrequired!", done))
-    end
+    return
-    table.insert(items, { label = label, right = tostring(p.cost), value = p })
   end
-  local list
+  -- ExchangeCoinsForPrizesText plays before the prize window opens.
-  list = ListMenu.new(game, "PRIZES (COINS)", items, {
+  game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
-    footer = ("COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins or 0),
+    t._ExchangeCoinsForPrizesText or "We exchange your\ncoins for prizes.",
-    onChoose = function(item)
+    function()
-      local p = item.value
+      local items = {}
-      if (game.save.coins or 0) < p.cost then
+      for _, p in ipairs(activePrizes()) do
-        list.footer = "Not enough coins!"
+        local label
-        return
+        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
+      local list
-      if p.kind == "mon" then
+      list = ListMenu.new(game, "PRIZES (COINS)", items, {
-        Commands.give_pokemon({ save = game.save, game = game },
+        footer = ("COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins or 0),
-                              p.species, p.level)
+        onChoose = function(item)
-      else
+          local p = item.value
-        game.save.inventory[p.item] = (game.save.inventory[p.item] or 0) + 1
+          if (game.save.coins or 0) < p.cost then
-      end
+            list.footer = "Not enough coins!"
-      list.footer = ("Got it! COINS %d"):format(game.save.coins)
+            return
-    end,
+          end
-    onCancel = done,
+          game.save.coins = game.save.coins - p.cost
-  })
+          if p.kind == "mon" then
-  game.stack:push(list)
+            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 = {
@@ -481,8 +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
@@ -498,13 +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
+      -- Music_Surfing plays for the sail-away cutscene, smoke puffs
-      -- erased to open water, and the player is walked off the dock
+      -- drift off the funnel, the horn blows, the ship is erased to
-      -- into the city past the guard (VermilionCity's
+      -- 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
+      Flags.set(game.save, "EVENT_SS_ANNE_LEFT")
-      require("src.core.Music").stop()
+      local Music = require("src.core.Music")
-      require("src.core.Sound").play(game.data, "SS_Anne_Horn")
+      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)
@@ -512,11 +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)

data/scripts/story4.lua

@@ -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
+        push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31Explanation2Text, done)
-          or "Huh? Huh? Huh?", done)
         return
       end
-      if (game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL or 0) > 0 then
+      -- Mimic line first; auto-trade POKE DOLL for TM31 (no YES/NO).
-        ask(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatPokeDollText
+      push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatDoYouLikePokemonText, function()
-          or "Oh wow!\nA POKé DOLL!\fFor me?\nCan I have it?", function(yes)
+        if (game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL or 0) <= 0 then
-          if not yes then done() return end
+          done()
-          game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL = game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL - 1
+          return
-          if game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL == 0 then
+        end
-            game.save.inventory.POKE_DOLL = nil
+        push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31PreReceiveText, function()
-          end
+          if not Bag.add(game.save, "TM_MIMIC", 1) then
-          if not require("src.inventory.Bag").add(game.save, "TM_MIMIC", 1) then
+            push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatTM31NoRoomText, done)
-            push(game, "You don't have\nroom for TM31!", 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)
-      end
-      push(game, t._CopycatsHouse2FCopycatText
-        or "I like to mimic\npeople!", done)
     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).
+--                 landing on (6,11). Vanilla WalkToLance_RLEList is
---                 It marches straight across the room's water decor:
+--                 up 12 / left 12 / down 7 / left 6 and skips collision
---                 pokered's CollisionCheckOnLand skips collision
+--                 through void tiles; our camera follows that literally
---                 entirely while simulated joypad states run, and our
+--                 and briefly shows the empty upper chamber (reads as
---                 scriptMove is collision-free the same way.
+--                 "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()
+  local i = 0
-    ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "left", 12, function()
+  local function step()
-      ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 7, function()
+    i = i + 1
-        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "left", 6, function()
+    local seg = LANCE_WALK_IN[i]
-          -- the walk lands on (6,11); vanilla's per-frame coord poll
+    if not seg then
-          -- then locks the door at once. scriptMove landings do not
+      -- lands on (6,11); vanilla's per-frame coord poll then locks the
-          -- fire onStep, so lock here.
+      -- door at once. scriptMove landings do not fire onStep, so lock
-          lanceLockDoor(game, ow)
+      -- here.
-        end)
+      lanceLockDoor(game, ow)
-      end)
+      return
-    end)
+    end
-  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

data/scripts/story5.lua

@@ -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,
+    push(game, text(game)[opts.text] or opts.fallback, function()
-         function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, opts.push, 1) end)
+      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 +272,208 @@ 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
+-- PewterCityYoungsterShowsPlayerGymScript, engine/overworld/auto_movement.asm
--- PewterGymGuyCoords): the "follow me" lines, then the player is walked
+-- PewterGymGuyMovementScriptPointerTable, engine/events/pewter_guys.asm
--- west along the road to the front of the PEWTER_GYM door at (16,17).
+-- 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",
+}
+
+-- Reverse of guySteps with opposite facings, i.e. the gym-to-spawn
+-- mirror of RLEList_PewterGymGuy.  Kept as the documented inverse that
+-- tests/parity_pewter_escort.lua checks; the youngster does NOT walk it
+-- home any more, because its first step is LEFT through the player
+-- parked on (11,18) (#241).  See walkHome below.
+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 MovementData_PewterGymGuyExit -- five steps RIGHT out of
+  -- (12,18), the cell PewterCityYoungsterShowsPlayerGymScript pins him to
+  -- with SetSpritePosition1 (hSpriteMapXCoord 16 / hSpriteMapYCoord 22,
+  -- minus the +4 border offset object_event coords carry per
+  -- macros/scripts/maps.asm) and exactly where the escort leaves him.
+  -- That lands him on (17,18), the last walkable cell before the fence at
+  -- (18,18) and one column past the screen edge with the player parked on
+  -- (11,18).  PewterCityHideYoungsterScript then HideObject's him and
+  -- PewterCityResetYoungsterScript's SetSpritePosition2 + ShowObject put
+  -- him back on his object_event spawn (35,16) facing DOWN, which is the
+  -- snap below (the vanish/reappear is off screen, same as the original).
+  --
+  -- The old code retraced guyReturnSteps instead, whose first step is
+  -- LEFT into (11,18) -- the cell the player is standing on -- and
+  -- scriptMove is a pure tween with no entity test, so he walked straight
+  -- through Red (#241).  There is no honest route home: (17,18) is a
+  -- dead-end pocket ((18,18) fence, (17,17) wall), which is precisely why
+  -- the original teleports.  guyReturnSteps stays as the documented
+  -- mirror of RLEList_PewterGymGuy that parity_pewter_escort asserts.
+  -- Brock victory still HideObject's him.
+  local function walkHome()
+    if not guy then return end
+    local i = 0
+    local function tick()
+      i = i + 1
+      if i > 5 then
+        -- SetSpritePosition2: same field writes as Commands.place_npc,
+        -- including the target clear -- a stale targetX/targetY would
+        -- leave OverworldState:npcAtCell reserving (17,18) forever and
+        -- silently wall the player out of that pocket.
+        guy.cellX, guy.cellY = 35, 16
+        guy.px, guy.py = 35 * 16, 16 * 16
+        guy.moving = false
+        guy.targetX, guy.targetY = nil, nil
+        guy.facing = "down"
+        return
+      end
+      ow:scriptMove(guy, "right", 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)
+    pewterGymEscort(game, ow)
-    -- 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)
     return true
   end,
 }
@@ -315,36 +495,79 @@ 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).
+-- Both exit lists are keyed on wSavedCoordIndex -- WHICH entry of
+-- Route22DefaultScript.Route22RivalBattleCoords the player matched -- not
+-- on where the rival ended up.  CheckCoords (home/map_objects.asm:107)
+-- zeroes wCoordIndex and `inc [hl]` BEFORE each compare, so the first
+-- entry reports 1: index 1 is (29,4), index 2 is (29,5).
+-- Route22Rival1AfterBattleScript (Route22.asm:175) takes
+-- ...ExitMovementData1 on index 1 and ...Data2 otherwise.  From the top
+-- tile the rival stands BELOW the player on (29,5) and leaves east along
+-- row 5; from the bottom tile he stands LEFT of him on (28,5) and has to
+-- step UP to row 4 to get around him.  The port had the two branches
+-- swapped, so the top tile started the walk with UP out of (28,4) into
+-- the cliff cell (28,3), which is not walkable (#236).
+local function route22ExitDirs(n, py)
+  if n == 2 then
+    -- Route22Rival2ExitMovementData1 falls through into ...Data2: LEFT x4
+    -- from (29,5), LEFT x3 from (28,5), both back onto the spawn (25,5).
+    if py == 4 then return { "left", "left", "left", "left" } end
+    return { "left", "left", "left" }
+  end
+  -- Route22Rival1ExitMovementData1: (29,5) -> (31,5) -> (31,10)
+  if py == 4 then
+    return { "right", "right", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+  end
+  -- Route22Rival1ExitMovementData2: (28,5) -> (28,4) -> (31,4) -> (31,10)
+  return { "up", "right", "right", "right",
+           "down", "down", "down", "down", "down", "down" }
+end
+
 local function route22Scene(n, objIndex, objName, oppClass, baseParty, beatFlag, py)
+  -- Route22MoveRivalRightScript (Route22.asm:39) walks him RIGHT along his
+  -- own row from the object_event spawn (25,5): the full four-RIGHT
+  -- Route22RivalMovementData on coord index 1 (player on (29,4)), so he
+  -- stops BELOW the player on (29,5); `inc de` drops one RIGHT on index 2
+  -- (player on (29,5)), so he stops LEFT of him on (28,5).  He never
+  -- leaves row 5.  Route22Rival{1,2}StartBattleScript (Route22.asm:110)
+  -- then faces him UP on index 1 and RIGHT otherwise (#236).
+  local rx = (py == 4) and 29 or 28
+  local rivalFacing = (py == 4) and "up" or "right"
   return {
     { "show_object", "ROUTE_22", objName },                    -- 1
-    { "move_npc_to", objIndex, 28, py },                       -- 2
+    { "move_npc_to", objIndex, rx, 5 },                        -- 2
-    { "face_object", objIndex, "right" },                      -- 3
+    { "face_object", objIndex, rivalFacing },                  -- 3
     { "show_text", "_Route22RivalBeforeBattleText" .. n },     -- 4
     { "rival_battle", oppClass, baseParty },                   -- 5
     { "jump_if_false", 11 },                                   -- 6
     { "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
 
+-- Route22Rival{1,2}StartBattleScript turns the player toward him too:
+-- PLAYER_DIR_DOWN on coord index 1 (the (29,4) tile, rival below him),
+-- and the PLAYER_DIR_LEFT Route22DefaultScript already set on index 2
+-- (the (29,5) tile, rival to his left) (#236).
 M.ROUTE_22 = {
   onStep = function(game, ow, x, y)
     if not inCoords({ { 29, 4 }, { 29, 5 } }, x, y) then return false end
     local f = game.save.flags
+    local playerFacing = (y == 4) and "down" or "left"
     if f.EVENT_GOT_POKEDEX and not f.EVENT_BEAT_BROCK
        and not f.EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE then
       return runAmbush(game, ow,
         route22Scene(1, 1, "ROUTE22_RIVAL1", "OPP_RIVAL1", 4,
-                     "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE", y), "left")
+                     "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_1ST_BATTLE", y), playerFacing)
     end
     if f.EVENT_BEAT_GIOVANNI and not f.EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_2ND_BATTLE then
       return runAmbush(game, ow,
         route22Scene(2, 2, "ROUTE22_RIVAL2", "OPP_RIVAL2", 10,
-                     "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_2ND_BATTLE", y), "left")
+                     "EVENT_BEAT_ROUTE22_RIVAL_2ND_BATTLE", y), playerFacing)
     end
     return false
   end,
@@ -353,6 +576,14 @@ 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 +591,43 @@ 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
+    { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRivalIWentToBillsText" },     -- 9
-    { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_RIVAL" },  -- 10
+    { "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
+  { "fade", "out" },                                           -- 15 GBFadeOutToBlack
-  -- CeruleanHideRocket (scripts/CeruleanCity_2.asm) does all three behind
+  -- CeruleanHideRocket while black: GUARD1 (28,12) appears, GUARD2
-  -- one fade: the ROCKET goes, GUARD1 (28,12) appears and GUARD2 (27,12)
+  -- (27,12) and the ROCKET go.  GUARD2 blocks the trashed-house south
-  -- disappears.  GUARD2 stands on the only walkable neighbour of the
+  -- door neighbour -- the swap reconnects the city (Bill's ticket does
-  -- trashed house's south door, which is one of the two ways through the
+  -- the same in story.lua; either route is enough).
-  -- 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.
   { "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 = {
@@ -453,13 +686,83 @@ M.MUSEUM_1F = {
 }
 
 -- The Pewter Center's singing JIGGLYPUFF (scripts/PewterPokecenter.asm
--- plays MUSIC_JIGGLYPUFF_SONG, then the map theme resumes)
+-- PewterPokecenterJigglypuffText).  The text_asm sets
+-- wDoNotWaitForButtonPressAfterDisplayingText before PrintText, so the box
+-- prints with no A prompt and the script keeps running underneath it:
+-- SFX_STOP_ALL_MUSIC, DelayFrames 32, PlayMusic MUSIC_JIGGLYPUFF_SONG,
+-- then .spinMovementLoop writes the next of DOWN -> LEFT -> UP -> RIGHT (a
+-- clockwise turn) every 24 frames for as long as the song's CHAN1/CHAN2
+-- still sound, DelayFrames 48, PlayDefaultMusic, TextScriptEnd.  Only that
+-- last step closes the box, so the whole dance plays out unskippably
+-- (#249).  Music.playOnce's pendingRestore stands in for both the channel
+-- poll and PlayDefaultMusic, so the Center's theme comes back the frame
+-- the song ends rather than 48 frames later.
+local JIGGLYPUFF_SPIN = { "down", "left", "up", "right" }
+local JIGGLYPUFF_SILENCE, JIGGLYPUFF_STEP, JIGGLYPUFF_TAIL = 32, 24, 48
+
+-- Built as a TextBox `auto` table: auto.sound fires the frame the last
+-- page has typed out (PrintText returning), and auto.tick then runs once
+-- per frame while the gate it returns still reads as playing.
+local function jigglypuffDance(game, npc)
+  local Music = require("src.core.Music")
+  -- .findMatchingFacingDirectionLoop: the rotation picks up at the entry
+  -- matching the sprite's current facing (showMapText has just turned it
+  -- toward the player), and the first write is that same facing, so the
+  -- first visible quarter turn lands 24 frames in
+  local step = 1
+  for i, dir in ipairs(JIGGLYPUFF_SPIN) do
+    if npc and npc.facing == dir then step = i end
+  end
+  local frames, phase = 0, "silence"
+  return {
+    sound = function()
+      Music.stop() -- SFX_STOP_ALL_MUSIC
+      return { isPlaying = function() return phase ~= "done" end }
+    end,
+    tick = function()
+      frames = frames + 1
+      if phase == "silence" then
+        if frames < JIGGLYPUFF_SILENCE then return end
+        frames = 0
+        if Music.playOnce(game.data, "Music_JigglypuffSong") then
+          phase = "spin"
+        else
+          -- no song def (or headless): Music.stop above already took the
+          -- map theme down and nothing armed pendingRestore, so put it
+          -- back by hand and fall through to the tail rather than hold
+          -- the box on a poll that would never clear
+          Music.restoreMap(game.data)
+          phase = "tail"
+        end
+        return
+      end
+      if phase == "spin" then
+        if frames < JIGGLYPUFF_STEP then return end
+        frames = 0
+        -- the loop tests the channels after the delay and before the next
+        -- write, so a song that just ended costs no extra quarter turn
+        if not Music.oneShotPlaying() then
+          phase = "tail"
+          return
+        end
+        step = step % #JIGGLYPUFF_SPIN + 1
+        if npc then npc.facing = JIGGLYPUFF_SPIN[step] end
+        return
+      end
+      if frames >= JIGGLYPUFF_TAIL then phase = "done" end
+    end,
+  }
+end
+
 M.PEWTER_POKECENTER = {
   talk = {
     TEXT_PEWTERPOKECENTER_JIGGLYPUFF = function(game, ow, npc, done)
-      require("src.core.Music").playOnce(game.data, "Music_JigglypuffSong")
+      -- not the local push() helper: this box needs opts.auto, which is
-      push(game, text(game)._PewterPokecenterJigglypuffText
+      -- also what suppresses the blinking arrow and the A dismissal
-        or "JIGGLYPUFF: Puu\npupuu!", done)
+      local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
+        text(game)._PewterPokecenterJigglypuffText or "JIGGLYPUFF: Puu\npupuu!",
+        done, { auto = jigglypuffDance(game, npc) }))
     end,
   },
 }

data/scripts/victories.lua

@@ -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
+--   Rocket Hideout Giovanni: Silph Scope is a hidden item ball revealed by
---   (data/maps/objects/RocketHideoutB4F.asm), so no reward entry needed.
+--   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)

docs/anbernic-rg34xxsp.md

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Anbernic RG34XXSP (Stock OS 64-bit MOD)
+
+Download `gen1recomp-*-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip` from
+[Releases](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases). This build
+targets **Stock OS 64-bit MOD** on the RG34XXSP with PortMaster installed
+(TF1).
+
+## Install
+
+1. Unzip the release on your computer. You get `Gen1recomp.sh` and a
+   `gen1recomp/` folder.
+2. Copy **both** onto the SD card under **`Roms/PORTS/`** so the layout is:
+
+   ```
+   Roms/PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh
+   Roms/PORTS/gen1recomp/
+   ```
+
+   On the device that path is `/mnt/mmc/Roms/PORTS/`. Keep the launcher and
+   the `gen1recomp/` folder as siblings — do not nest the `.sh` inside the
+   folder.
+3. Put your legal US Red and/or Blue `.gb` files inside the game folder:
+
+   ```
+   Roms/PORTS/gen1recomp/lovegame/
+   ```
+
+   Example: `Roms/PORTS/gen1recomp/lovegame/Pokemon - Red Version.gb`
+4. Eject the card, boot the handheld, open **Ports → Gen1recomp**.
+5. On the launcher, move the cursor with the D-pad or left stick, press **A**
+   to click. Choose the Red or Blue tab, then **Choose ROM** — with no file
+   picker on stock OS, that scans `lovegame/` for the `.gb` you dropped in.
+
+The port ships with `portable.txt` already in place, so after import the
+saves and ROM-derived cache stay next to the game on the SD card. See
+[Portable Mode](../README.md#portable-mode) for what that means.
+
+Only the canonical 1 MiB US carts import:
+
+- Red: `ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a`
+- Blue: `d7037c83e1ae5b39bde3c30787637ba1d4c48ce2`
+
+## Launcher controls
+
+| Input              | Action             |
+| ------------------ | ------------------ |
+| D-pad / left stick | Move cursor        |
+| A                  | Click              |
+| L1 / R1            | Switch tabs        |
+| Right stick        | Scroll lists       |
+| Start / Select     | Play or Choose ROM |
+
+In-game controls use the normal PortMaster / SDL pad map, rebindable under
+**OPTIONS → CONTROLS**.
+
+## Notes
+
+**GBC FX is off on this device.** The launcher exports `POKEPORT_GBCFX=0`,
+which hides the GBC FX row from OPTIONS, pins the level to OFF, and clears a
+level carried over in an `options.lua` from another machine. The H700's Mali
+GPU is in the same class as the phone GPUs that compile that present pass and
+then show a black frame (issue #136), and `love.system.getOS()` reports
+`"Linux"` here, so the Android gate would not have caught it. Every other
+display option — COLORS, TILT, ZOOM, VOID FILL, MAX FPS — works normally. If
+your device turns out to handle the pass, launch with `POKEPORT_GBCFX=1` to
+put the row back.
+
+The pack bundles the LÖVE 11.5 aarch64 runtime from
+[PortMaster](https://portmaster.games/), so the device does not need a
+separate `love_11.5` runtime download on first launch. The launcher resolves
+paths relative to its own directory rather than PortMaster's `$directory`,
+because stock Anbernic firmware runs ports out of `roms/PORTS/` with its own
+casing and mount points.
+
+If a launch fails, `Roms/PORTS/gen1recomp/log.txt` holds the output of the
+last run.
+
+## Building the port
+
+Release runs build this automatically (see `.github/workflows/release.yml`).
+To build it by hand:
+
+```sh
+./build-rg34xxsp.sh --version 0.1.0   # -> dist/rg34xxsp/gen1recomp-rg34xxsp-stockos64-mod.zip
+```
+
+`install-rg34xxsp.sh` copies that pack straight onto a mounted SD card for
+local testing.
+
+Stock OS 64-bit MOD comes from
+[cbepx-me](https://github.com/cbepx-me/Anbernic-H700-RG-xx-StockOS-Modification).

docs/architecture.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ the same core data and graphics into the source tree for verification.
 | | `src/battle/Experience.lua`, `Catching.lua`, `TrainerAI.lua` | exp/levels, Gen 1 catch algorithm, AI |
 | | `src/battle/rulesets/` | `gen1_faithful` (default) vs `modern_clean` |
 | ui | `src/ui/*` | start menu, generic menu, yes/no box, party/bag lists |
-| | `tools/save-editor/` | Standalone save editor (`love . --editor`) |
+| | `tools/save-editor/` | Save editor: shipped in every build, opened from the launcher's Edit button or standalone with `love . --editor` |
 
 ## Map scripts
 

docs/launcher.md

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+# 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" } }`.
+  Custom slot labels (#205) live alongside them in the same registry:
+  `options.saveSlots[version].names = { slot1 = "Nuzlocke" }`, written by
+  `SaveData.renameSlot` (trimmed; an empty label clears it) and surfaced on
+  each `listSlots` row as `label` (the launcher row shows `label`, falling
+  back to the player name). `deleteSlot` drops the label with the slot.
+  Renaming never touches the save file, so an empty slot can be labeled.
+  On desktop, right-clicking a slot row opens the inline rename modal
+  (Enter commits, Esc cancels); touch has no secondary button, so the
+  affordance is desktop-only.
+- **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.

docs/modding.md

@@ -1,23 +1,128 @@
 # Native modding
 
 The modding book lives on the
-[project wiki](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki).
+[project wiki](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki).
 
-- [Getting started](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Getting-Started)
+- [Getting started](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Getting-Started)
   — install a mod, write a first one, enable and disable it.
-- [Tutorials](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Tutorials)
+- [Tutorials](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Tutorials)
   — twelve dependency-ordered rungs, each a runnable mod.
-- [Cookbook](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Cookbook)
+- [Cookbook](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Cookbook)
   — task-sized recipes.
-- [Registry reference](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project/wiki/Reference-Registries)
+- [Registry reference](https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/wiki/Reference-Registries)
   — every registry, generated from `src/mods/Schemas.lua`.
 
 Regenerate the reference straight into a wiki checkout:
 
 ```sh
-luajit tools/gen_registry_docs.lua ../pokemon-gen1-recomp-project.wiki
+luajit tools/gen_registry_docs.lua ../gen1recomp.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

docs/new-features.md

@@ -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
+The mouse wheel (or `-`/`=`), the Options **ZOOM** row, or hotkey `4`
-pixel (full survey) and 2× the window fit scale (close-up), in crisp
+zooms the overworld between 1 pixel per world pixel (full survey) and 2×
-integer steps. This has no Game Boy equivalent:
+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.
+  active; the zoom offset is persisted as `save.options.zoom` (default
-- Beyond the border ring the border block repeats indefinitely (interiors
+  `0` = FIT) and survives New Game via `options.lua`.
-  stay black, seaside towns stay water,  except OVERWORLD-tileset maps,
+- Hotkey `4` ticks through every integer zoom level (survey → FIT →
-  whose beyond-edge space fills with the solid tree wall instead of the
+  close-up → wrap). The Options row shows `FIT` / `OUTn` / `INn`.
-  per-map border block), and each visible map area is colorized with its
+- Beyond the border ring the void fill repeats indefinitely (see VOID
-  own SGB palette (the original recolored the whole screen per map).
+  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
+  and the standing FX attached to them (emote bubbles, the fishing rod,
-  bubbles, the fishing rod, the FLY bird). An earlier revision tried
+  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
@@ -69,7 +86,7 @@ Game Boy equivalent:
 ## Colors mode
 
 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**.
+through **OG RED → SGB → ADVANCED → OG → OG INV → SGB INV → CLASSIC → OG RED**.
 The first three are the real colorizations; the rest are DMG-shade novelties:
 
 - **OG RED**: the Game Boy Color boot-ROM look for Pokemon Red -- one global
@@ -80,8 +97,9 @@ The first three are the real colorizations; the rest are DMG-shade novelties:
 - **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
+- **ADVANCED**: pokered-gbc SuperPalettes -- real per-tile GBC coloring plus
-  per-species mon colors (`data/palettes_gbc.lua`).
+  per-species mon colors (`data/palettes_gbc.lua`). (Formerly labeled
+  "RED++"; it is the richest colorization rather than anything Red-specific.)
 - **OG**: force the four DMG grays (colorization off).
 - **OG INV**: inverted DMG grays.
 - **SGB INV**: each SGB zone palette with shade order reversed.
@@ -92,7 +110,8 @@ 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` / `gbc_inv` / `redpp` save ids are kept for back-compat under the new
+labels.
 
 ## GBC FX
 
@@ -110,6 +129,14 @@ It runs as a final present pass after world + UI composite in
 ([github.com/mattakins/Pixel_Transparency](https://github.com/mattakins/Pixel_Transparency)).
 Default OFF; persisted as `save.options.gbcfx`.
 
+Mobile GPUs often compile the pass but present a black frame, so Android and
+iOS hide the row entirely, pin the level to OFF, and rewrite a level already
+persisted in `options.lua` (issue #136). `POKEPORT_GBCFX` overrides that
+decision either way, same tri-state as `POKEPORT_TOUCH`: `=0` refuses the
+effect, `=1` forces it available. The Anbernic handheld pack exports `0` from
+its launcher because the device reports `"Linux"` while its GPU is in the
+phone class (see [Anbernic RG34XXSP](anbernic-rg34xxsp.md)).
+
 ## Peer-to-peer link play (lua-enet)
 
 Trades and link battles connect two copies of the game directly over
@@ -124,6 +151,30 @@ tradeoff vs. the relay). Headless tests drive the protocol over an
 in-memory loopback (`Net.loopbackPair`); under LÖVE the same test file
 also exercises real UDP pairing.
 
+## Fair play in link and online matches
+
+A link session is decided by the battle and nothing else, so for its
+duration:
+
+- **Game speed is pinned to normal.** The GAME SPEED option and
+  `POKEPORT_SPEED` are ignored from the moment LINK PLAY opens until it
+  closes, and apply again after. Fast-forward otherwise runs one peer's
+  queue faster than the peer it is locked to and drains a tournament shot
+  clock faster than the opponent racing it.
+- **Online play runs vanilla.** Picking ONLINE MATCH or TOURNAMENT with
+  mods enabled offers to switch them all off and relaunch (mods merge at
+  boot, so a restart is the only way). The restart is confirmed, not
+  silent. They stay listed as disabled, ready to switch back on.
+- **Only a meaningful split ends a match.** The per-turn state signature
+  both peers exchange is split three ways: `actives` and `bench` carry
+  species, HP, status, stat stages, PP and the rest of the party, and a
+  divergence there ends the match as a draw. `volatile` carries per-turn
+  flags both sides recompute anyway - a divergence there is logged and
+  reported to mods, and play continues.
+
+The relay logs which component diverged on which turn, so a desync report
+names something specific.
+
 ## Custom boot text
 
 The boot sequence replaces the Nintendo / GAME FREAK identifiers with
@@ -137,15 +188,153 @@ 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 (OG RED / SGB / RED++ / OG / OG INV / SGB INV / CLASSIC),  also
+- BATTLE LAYOUT (OG / WIDE); see "Widescreen battle layout" below
-  hotkey `2` (OG RED = GBC boot-ROM look; RED++ uses pokered-gbc
+- COLORS (OG RED / SGB / ADVANCED / OG / OG INV / SGB INV / CLASSIC),  also
+  hotkey `2` (OG RED = GBC boot-ROM look; ADVANCED 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.
+
+## Widescreen battle layout
+
+Options **BATTLE LAYOUT** picks the battle screen's composition: **OG**
+(the default: the original 160×144 arrangement, unchanged) or **WIDE**,
+which gives battles a 304×144 native-pixel surface and a Gen 3-style
+arrangement on it:
+
+- the foe's status box upper left, the foe's picture upper right;
+- the player's picture lower left, the player's status box lower right,
+  with a longer HP bar and the numeric HP under it;
+- a full-width message window;
+- a split "What will X do?" prompt / 2×2 command window;
+- a 2×2 move menu, navigated with all four directions, with a PP and type
+  panel attached to its right.
+
+Only the composition changes. Pictures, palettes, HP-bar colors, font
+pages, window borders, sounds, animations, timing and every battle rule
+stay the engine's, so a COLORS mode or an asset mod still owns the look.
+Each side's picture keeps its original pixels and placement math and is
+composited into its own region of the wider battlefield -- nothing is
+scaled or squeezed -- and animations, which are authored in the original
+160-pixel space, shift as one rigid group onto whichever side they play
+on. The whole screen is drawn at the window's integer fit scale for the
+wider surface, so a 304-pixel screen is drawn a step smaller than a
+160-pixel one in the same window.
+
+The wide surface is live only while the battle itself is the screen on
+top: a party menu, the bag or a nickname prompt is a 160×144 screen and
+brings the classic surface back with it.
+
+## 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.
+
+## Save editor (bundled, reachable from the launcher)
+
+The save editor ships inside every build instead of being a developer-only
+script, and the launcher's SAVE SLOT card grows an **Edit** label next to
+Delete on every slot that actually holds a save. Edit suspends the
+launcher, opens that slot's file in the editor, and **Close** hands the
+process back to the launcher with the slot list re-read (a rename, a badge
+or a dex change shows up on the row immediately). Unsaved edits arm a
+confirm first, so leaving cannot lose work. `love . --editor` still opens
+it standalone, where Close quits instead; `--save <path>` points it at any
+file, and a save can be dragged onto the window.
+
+The editor now wears the launcher's visual language - the same navy radial
+field, 16px translucent cards, tri-colour version rail and green/yellow/red
+semantics - so the two windows read as one app. Six tabs:
+
+- **Party**: the roster with sprites, HP bars and level chips on the left,
+  and the mon inspector permanently docked on the right instead of floating
+  over the list. Species, level, DVs and moves all round-trip through the
+  Gen 1 formulas, so the inspector can never show illegal stats.
+- **Boxes**: the 12 PC boxes as a 5x4 grid with a fill meter per box and a
+  party dock, so deposit and withdraw live in one place. Empty slots are
+  clickable and create a mon there.
+- **Items**: money, a searchable item picker (replacing the arrows that
+  cycled one id at a time through ~250 items), the 20-slot bag, PC storage
+  with no slot cap, and the eight badges as toggle chips.
+- **Events**: flags, defeated trainers, taken items and per-map object
+  toggles, with a real filter field and a two-column paged grid.
+- **Map**: any map rendered with the game's own renderer, warps followable,
+  and the player / lastHeal / lastOutdoor spawn points settable by clicking
+  a cell. Setting lastOutdoor on a map the game would not accept as an
+  outdoor source is refused with the reason.
+- **Dex**: seen / owned completion meters and a four-column grid; owning
+  implies seen and un-seeing clears owned, exactly as the game requires.
+
+Two rules run through all of it. Every mutation goes through one funnel
+that sets the dirty flag and writes the status line together, so nothing
+changes silently and no branch can quietly no-op - "Party is full", "Bag is
+full", "click a cell first" all say so. And every destructive verb (Remove,
+Release, Clear all, Wipe dex) arms on the first click and commits on the
+second, relabelling itself to `Confirm?` in between.
+
+A validation pill in the tab rail mirrors what the running game would
+quarantine on load; clicking it jumps to the tab holding the first problem.

docs/updater.md

@@ -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/gen1recomp/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.

install-rg34xxsp.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# After first boot of the freshly flashed Stock OS Mod, reinsert the SD card
+# and run this to install gen1recomp + Red/Blue ROMs into roms/PORTS.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+STAGE="$ROOT/.bazinga/work/rg34xxsp-install"
+DECPREP="$(cd "$ROOT/../decprep" && pwd)"
+ZIP="$ROOT/dist/rg34xxsp/gen1recomp-rg34xxsp.zip"
+
+say()  { printf '\033[1;32m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
+fail() { printf '\033[1;31merror:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# Find the Anbernic user/ROMs volume (usually "NO NAME" after first-boot expand).
+find_roms_root() {
+  local v candidate
+  for v in /Volumes/*; do
+    [ -d "$v" ] || continue
+    # Prefer a volume that already has Roms/ or PORTS/
+    if [ -d "$v/Roms" ] || [ -d "$v/roms" ] || [ -d "$v/PORTS" ] || [ -d "$v/ports" ]; then
+      echo "$v"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+  # Fallback: large FAT volume named NO NAME on disk8
+  for v in "/Volumes/NO NAME" /Volumes/NO\ NAME /Volumes/ROMS /Volumes/EASYROMS; do
+    if [ -d "$v" ]; then
+      echo "$v"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+say "looking for Anbernic ROMs volume"
+ROMS_ROOT="$(find_roms_root)" || fail "no ROMs volume mounted. Boot the RG34XXSP once (wait for first-boot setup), power off, reinsert the SD, then rerun."
+
+say "using: $ROMS_ROOT"
+# Resolve PORTS dir (stock uses Roms/PORTS)
+if [ -d "$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/PORTS" ]; then
+  PORTS="$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/PORTS"
+elif [ -d "$ROMS_ROOT/roms/PORTS" ]; then
+  PORTS="$ROMS_ROOT/roms/PORTS"
+elif [ -d "$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/ports" ]; then
+  PORTS="$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/ports"
+elif [ -d "$ROMS_ROOT/PORTS" ]; then
+  PORTS="$ROMS_ROOT/PORTS"
+else
+  mkdir -p "$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/PORTS"
+  PORTS="$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/PORTS"
+fi
+say "PORTS: $PORTS"
+
+# Refresh staged payload
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/PORTS"
+if [ -f "$ZIP" ]; then
+  rm -rf "$STAGE/PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh" "$STAGE/PORTS/gen1recomp" "$STAGE/PORTS/port.json" \
+    "$STAGE/PORTS/gameinfo.xml" "$STAGE/PORTS/README.md"
+  unzip -q -o "$ZIP" -d "$STAGE/PORTS"
+else
+  fail "missing $ZIP — run ./build-rg34xxsp.sh first"
+fi
+
+# Ensure ROMs are in lovegame (Choose ROM scans this folder on stock OS)
+[ -f "$DECPREP/Pokemon - Red Version.gb" ] || fail "missing Red ROM in $DECPREP"
+[ -f "$DECPREP/Pokemon - Blue Version.gb" ] || fail "missing Blue ROM in $DECPREP"
+cp -f "$DECPREP/Pokemon - Red Version.gb" "$STAGE/PORTS/gen1recomp/lovegame/"
+cp -f "$DECPREP/Pokemon - Blue Version.gb" "$STAGE/PORTS/gen1recomp/lovegame/"
+
+say "copying gen1recomp port"
+rm -rf "$PORTS/gen1recomp" "$PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh"
+cp -R "$STAGE/PORTS/gen1recomp" "$PORTS/"
+cp -f "$STAGE/PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh" "$PORTS/"
+cp -f "$STAGE/PORTS/port.json" "$PORTS/gen1recomp/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -f "$STAGE/PORTS/README.md" "$PORTS/gen1recomp/" 2>/dev/null || true
+chmod +x "$PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh" "$PORTS/gen1recomp/bin/love.aarch64"
+
+# Also drop carts in the stock GB folder for the emulator library
+GB_DIR=""
+for candidate in "$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/GB" "$ROMS_ROOT/roms/GB" "$ROMS_ROOT/Roms/gb"; do
+  if [ -d "$candidate" ]; then GB_DIR="$candidate"; break; fi
+done
+if [ -n "$GB_DIR" ]; then
+  say "copying .gb into $GB_DIR"
+  cp -f "$DECPREP/Pokemon - Red Version.gb" "$GB_DIR/"
+  cp -f "$DECPREP/Pokemon - Blue Version.gb" "$GB_DIR/"
+fi
+
+sync
+say "installed:"
+ls -lh "$PORTS/Gen1recomp.sh"
+ls -lh "$PORTS/gen1recomp/lovegame/"*.gb
+say "eject the SD, insert TF1 in the RG34XXSP, open Ports → Gen1recomp, Choose ROM."

main.lua

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 -- Native LÖVE2D port of Pokemon Red. A packaged build creates its private
 -- game-data cache from a user-provided ROM on first boot.
 --
--- Set POKEPORT_EDITOR=1 or pass `--editor` to `love .` to boot the save
+-- The save editor (tools/save-editor/) ships inside every build and is
--- editor tool (tools/save-editor/) instead of the game.
+-- reachable two ways:
+--   * standalone: POKEPORT_EDITOR=1 or `love . --editor`, its own window
+--   * from the launcher: Edit on a save row, which suspends the launcher,
+--     opens the editor on that slot's file, and restores the launcher when
+--     the editor's Close button is pressed (openEditor / closeEditor below)
 
 local editorMode = os.getenv("POKEPORT_EDITOR") == "1" or POKEPORT_EDITOR_MODE == true
 
@@ -18,6 +22,11 @@ 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.
@@ -26,6 +35,105 @@ local function scriptedIterations()
   return math.max(1, math.floor(require("src.core.GameSpeed").clamp(speedOverride)))
 end
 
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------ save editor
+-- The launcher instance parked while the editor is up, plus the version whose
+-- cache the editor mounted (so closing can put the read path back).
+local editorHost, editorVersion, editorWindow
+local closeEditor  -- forward declaration: openEditor hands it to the editor
+
+-- The editor's modules use flat names (require("Kit"), require("Party")), so
+-- their directories have to be on the require path.  It must be
+-- love.filesystem's path, not package.path: in a packaged build these files
+-- live inside the .love archive, which the stock Lua searcher cannot open.
+local function addEditorRequirePath()
+  local fs = love.filesystem
+  if not (fs.setRequirePath and fs.getRequirePath) then
+    -- very old LOVE: a source checkout still resolves through package.path
+    package.path = fs.getSource() .. "/tools/save-editor/?.lua;"
+                .. fs.getSource() .. "/tools/save-editor/panels/?.lua;"
+                .. package.path
+    return
+  end
+  local current = fs.getRequirePath()
+  if current:find("tools/save%-editor") then return end
+  fs.setRequirePath("tools/save-editor/?.lua;tools/save-editor/panels/?.lua;"
+    .. current)
+end
+
+-- Desktop only: the launcher window (1024x768) is tighter than the editor's
+-- design size, so grow it while editing and put it back on Close.  Never
+-- shrinks, never touches a fullscreen or mobile window.
+local function resizeForEditor()
+  if not (love.window and love.window.getMode and love.window.setMode) then return end
+  local osName = love.system.getOS()
+  if osName ~= "OS X" and osName ~= "Windows" and osName ~= "Linux" then return end
+  local w, h, flags = love.window.getMode()
+  if flags.fullscreen then return end
+  local dw, dh = love.window.getDesktopDimensions()
+  local wantW = math.max(w, math.min(1360, math.floor((dw or w) * 0.92)))
+  local wantH = math.max(h, math.min(860, math.floor((dh or h) * 0.88)))
+  if wantW <= w and wantH <= h then return end
+  editorWindow = { w = w, h = h }
+  love.window.setMode(wantW, wantH, flags)
+end
+
+local function restoreWindow()
+  if not editorWindow then return end
+  local _, _, flags = love.window.getMode()
+  love.window.setMode(editorWindow.w, editorWindow.h, flags)
+  editorWindow = nil
+end
+
+-- Open the editor on a launcher save row.  The version's cache has to be
+-- mounted before the editor's Data:load runs, or a Blue save would be edited
+-- against Red's species/item tables.
+local function openEditor(version, slotId)
+  local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+  local path = SaveData.slotDiskPath(version, slotId)
+  if not path then
+    if Importer then
+      Importer.saveNotice = Importer.saveNotice or {}
+      Importer.saveNotice[version] =
+        { ok = false, text = "Could not resolve that save slot on disk." }
+    end
+    return
+  end
+  local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")
+  GameVersion.set(version)
+  require("src.import.CacheFs").mountVersion(version)
+  editorVersion = version
+  editorHost = Importer
+  Importer = nil
+  editorMode = true
+  resizeForEditor()
+  addEditorRequirePath()
+  EditorApp = require("App")
+  EditorApp.load(path, { version = version, slotId = slotId, embedded = true,
+                         onClose = function() closeEditor() end })
+end
+
+-- Back to the launcher.  Everything the editor mounted or cached has to come
+-- back out: the version overlay (CacheFs) and the generated modules require
+-- cached behind it (Data), or pressing Play on the OTHER game would boot it
+-- with this one's data.
+function closeEditor()
+  local version = editorVersion
+  editorMode = false
+  if EditorApp and EditorApp.unload then EditorApp.unload() end
+  EditorApp = nil
+  if version then
+    require("src.import.CacheFs").unmountVersion(version)
+    require("src.core.Data"):unloadGenerated()
+  end
+  editorVersion = nil
+  restoreWindow()
+  Importer = editorHost
+  editorHost = nil
+  if Importer and version and Importer.savesChanged then
+    Importer:savesChanged(version)
+  end
+end
+
 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
@@ -56,6 +164,12 @@ local function bootGame(version)
 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
@@ -70,12 +184,17 @@ function love.load(args)
   end
   love.graphics.setDefaultFilter("nearest", "nearest")
 
+  -- Standalone editor.  A bare `--editor` run has no launcher behind it, so
+  -- Close quits; --save points it at a specific file, otherwise it opens the
+  -- default save path for POKEPORT_VERSION (Red unless overridden), whose
+  -- cache has to be mounted before the editor's Data:load.
   if editorMode then
-    package.path = love.filesystem.getSource() .. "/tools/save-editor/?.lua;"
+    local version = os.getenv("POKEPORT_VERSION") or "red"
-                .. love.filesystem.getSource() .. "/tools/save-editor/panels/?.lua;"
+    require("src.core.GameVersion").set(version)
-                .. package.path
+    require("src.import.CacheFs").mountVersion(version)
+    addEditorRequirePath()
     EditorApp = require("App")
-    EditorApp.load(savePath)
+    EditorApp.load(savePath, { version = version })
     return
   end
 
@@ -116,10 +235,11 @@ function love.load(args)
   -- 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.
+  -- Edit on a save row opens the bundled editor on that slot (openEditor).
   Importer = RomImporter.new(function(version)
     Importer = nil
     bootGame(version)
-  end, { launcher = true, forceImport = forceImport })
+  end, { launcher = true, forceImport = forceImport, onEditSave = openEditor })
 end
 
 function love.update(dt)
@@ -195,19 +315,19 @@ end
 
 function love.gamepadpressed(joystick, button)
   if editorMode then return end
-  if Importer then return end
+  if Importer then return Importer:gamepadpressed(joystick, button) end
   Game:gamepadpressed(joystick, button)
 end
 
 function love.gamepadreleased(joystick, button)
   if editorMode then return end
-  if Importer then return end
+  if Importer then return Importer:gamepadreleased(joystick, button) end
   Game:gamepadreleased(joystick, button)
 end
 
 function love.gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
   if editorMode then return end
-  if Importer then return end
+  if Importer then return Importer:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value) end
   Game:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
 end
 
@@ -268,6 +388,9 @@ 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)
@@ -275,10 +398,20 @@ 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)
-  if Importer then return end
+  if Importer then return Importer:textinput(text) end
   if editorMode and EditorApp.textinput then
     return EditorApp.textinput(text)
   end
@@ -299,3 +432,78 @@ 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

mobile/ANDROID.md

@@ -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
+ROM / mod / save import on Android uses `love.system.pickFile([kind])` →
-release still needs a Storage Access Framework handoff that passes the chosen
+`GameActivity.showFilePicker` (Storage Access Framework), which copies the
-ROM to LÖVE; the APK packaging itself is data-free.
+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
 

mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
+  <!-- Link play (src/link/): both the LAN backend (enet UDP) and the relay
+       backend (luasocket TCP) are ordinary sockets, and Android denies those
+       to a UID without INTERNET. Bind and connect then come back EPERM, which
+       the link screen shows as "(Operation not permitted)" (issue #287).
+       scripts/build_android.sh must not strip this again. -->
+  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 <!-- OpenGL ES 2.0 -->
   <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
   <!-- Touchscreen support -->

mobile/android/gradle.properties

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 android.nonFinalResIds=true
-app.name=Pokemon Red
+app.name=gen1recomp

mobile/android/love/src/jni/love/src/common/android.cpp

@@ -183,13 +183,37 @@ void vibrate(double seconds)
 	env->DeleteLocalRef(activity);
 }
 
-bool showFilePicker()
+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, "showRomFilePicker", "()Z");
+	jmethodID method = env->GetStaticMethodID(activity, "showFilePicker",
-	jboolean result = env->CallStaticBooleanMethod(activity, method);
+		"(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;

mobile/android/love/src/jni/love/src/common/android.h

@@ -63,9 +63,16 @@ 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, not returned here -- see src/import/RomImporter.lua.
+ * external save directory under destFilename (default picked_rom.gb), not
+ * returned here -- see src/import/RomImporter.lua.
  **/
-bool showFilePicker();
+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

mobile/android/love/src/jni/love/src/modules/system/System.cpp

@@ -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)
@@ -180,11 +182,32 @@ void System::vibrate(double seconds) const
 #endif
 }
 
-bool System::pickFile() const
+bool System::pickFile(const char *kind) const
 {
 #ifdef LOVE_ANDROID
-	return love::android::showFilePicker();
+	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
 }

mobile/android/love/src/jni/love/src/modules/system/System.h

@@ -111,9 +111,21 @@ public:
 	 * 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;
+	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.

mobile/android/love/src/jni/love/src/modules/system/wrap_System.cpp

@@ -97,7 +97,15 @@ int w_vibrate(lua_State *L)
 
 int w_pickFile(lua_State *L)
 {
-	luax_pushboolean(L, instance()->pickFile());
+	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;
 }
 
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ static const luaL_Reg functions[] =
 	{ "openURL", w_openURL },
 	{ "vibrate", w_vibrate },
 	{ "pickFile", w_pickFile },
+	{ "createFile", w_createFile },
 	{ "hasBackgroundMusic", w_hasBackgroundMusic },
 	{ 0, 0 }
 };

mobile/android/love/src/main/java/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java

@@ -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;
@@ -61,13 +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 ROM_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE = 4;
+    public static final int FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE = 4;
-    // Mirrors conf.lua's t.identity ("pokemon-love2d"): where the picked ROM
+    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;
@@ -341,59 +355,185 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
 
     /**
      * Shows the system document picker (Storage Access Framework) so the
-     * player can pick their ROM from anywhere (Downloads, Drive, etc.)
+     * player can pick a ROM / mod / save from anywhere (Downloads, Drive,
-     * without needing to know where the app's external files folder is.
+     * etc.) without needing to know where the app's external files folder
-     * Requires API 19+ (ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT); the picked file (if any)
+     * 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 showRomFilePicker() {
+    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, ROM_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE);
+            self.startActivityForResult(intent, FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE);
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open ROM file picker: " + e.getMessage());
+            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 != ROM_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE) return;
+        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", "ROM picker returned no file (cancelled?)");
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "file picker returned no file (cancelled?)");
             return;
         }
 
         Uri uri = data.getData();
-        File destDir = new File(new File(getExternalFilesDir(null), "save"), ROM_SAVE_IDENTITY);
+        File destDir = saveIdentityDir();
         if (!destDir.exists() && !destDir.mkdirs()) {
             Log.d("GameActivity", "could not create " + destDir);
             return;
         }
-        File destFile = new File(destDir, PICKED_ROM_FILENAME);
+        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 ROM: " + e.getMessage());
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open picked file: " + e.getMessage());
             return;
         }
         if (source == null) {
-            Log.d("GameActivity", "ContentResolver returned no stream for picked ROM");
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "ContentResolver returned no stream for picked file");
             return;
         }
         if (!copyAssetFile(source, destFile.getPath())) {
-            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not copy picked ROM to " + destFile);
+            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not copy picked file to " + destFile);
         }
     }
 

mods/example_mew_starter/mod.card

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "Oak's Charmander gift becomes a level 20 Mew with inverted sprites.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "beginner", "cosmetic", "data-only", "legacy" },
   differences = {
     changed = {

mods/examples/README.md

@@ -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.

mods/examples/example_balance_tweaks/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_balance_tweaks/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "Faster final starters, half-price TMs, a re-slotted Route 1.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "balance", "data-only", "beginner" },
   differences = {
     changed = {

mods/examples/example_dexnav/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_dexnav/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "A start-menu dex overlay with seen/owned counts and an inter-mod API.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "ui", "tool", "quality-of-life" },
   differences = {
     changed = { "the START menu gains a DEXNAV row above SAVE" },

mods/examples/example_jukebox/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_jukebox/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "An authored chip song for Pallet Town, a new Mew cry, and a jukebox screen.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "audio", "chiptune", "ui" },
   differences = {
     changed = {

mods/examples/example_lost_parcel/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_lost_parcel/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "A courier in Viridian lost a parcel in Pewter. Fetch it for a NUGGET.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "quest", "story", "scripting" },
   differences = {
     changed = {

mods/examples/example_mini_conversion/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_mini_conversion/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "Sable Cove: one town, three species, one badge. The smallest whole conversion.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "total-conversion", "capstone" },
   differences = {
     changed = {

mods/examples/example_shiny_palette/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_shiny_palette/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "A teal player recolor derived from your own cache, plus two palette records.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "cosmetic", "graphics", "beginner" },
   screenshots = {
     { transform = "shots/pallet_town.lua", caption = "Pallet Town under the recolored palette" },

mods/examples/example_silly_oak/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -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.

mods/examples/example_silly_oak/README.md

@@ -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` |

mods/examples/example_silly_oak/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

mods/examples/example_silly_oak/manifest.json

@@ -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."
+}

mods/examples/example_silly_oak/mod.card

@@ -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/gen1recomp",
+  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 },
+}

mods/examples/example_silly_oak/tests/example_silly_oak_test.lua

@@ -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")

mods/examples/example_weather/manifest.json

@@ -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": [],

mods/examples/example_weather/mod.card

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 return {
   summary = "Opt-in rain: WATER hits harder, FIRE hits softer, for five turns a battle.",
   author = "Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation Project",
-  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/pokemon-gen1-recomp-project",
+  contact = "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp",
   tags = { "battle", "mechanic", "ruleset", "hardcore" },
   differences = {
     changed = {

scripts/build.sh

@@ -56,18 +56,55 @@ done
 mkdir -p "$CACHE" "$WORK" "$DIST/mac" "$DIST/win" "$DIST/linux"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- game.love
+# tools/save-editor is part of the shipped app, not a dev-only script: the
+# launcher's Edit button on a save row opens it in-process (main.lua), and
+# `--editor` / POKEPORT_EDITOR=1 opens it standalone.  It is required through
+# love.filesystem's require path, so it has to live inside the archive.
 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 tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
+  main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
+  tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
   -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
 if unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" \
     | grep -Eq '^(data|assets)/generated/[^/]+|^(data|assets)/generated/.+/'; then
   fail "game.love unexpectedly contains generated ROM data"
 fi
+# The editor is only reachable if its entry point and both module directories
+# made it in; a silent miss would ship a launcher whose Edit button crashes.
+for required in tools/save-editor/App.lua tools/save-editor/Kit.lua \
+                tools/save-editor/panels/Party.lua; do
+  unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" | grep -qx "$required" \
+    || fail "game.love is missing $required (save editor would not load)"
+done
 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"

scripts/build_android.sh

@@ -113,11 +113,12 @@ import pathlib, re, sys
 path = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1])
 text = path.read_text()
 
-# Drop network / mic / legacy storage,  not needed for offline play.
+# Drop mic / legacy storage, not needed by this game.
-# Keep VIBRATE (love.system.vibrate) and BLUETOOTH (optional gamepads).
+# Keep VIBRATE (love.system.vibrate), BLUETOOTH (optional gamepads) and
+# INTERNET: link play is not offline-only any more, and stripping INTERNET
+# made every LAN host and every relay connect fail with EPERM (issue #287).
 # Orientation / label come from gradle.properties placeholders.
 for perm in (
-    "android.permission.INTERNET",
     "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO",
     "android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE",
 ):
@@ -136,15 +137,46 @@ pack_game_love() {
   say "packing game.love for love-android embed flavor"
   mkdir -p "$EMBED_ASSETS"
   rm -f "$LOVE_FILE"
+  # tools/save-editor ships with the app: the launcher's Edit button on a save
+  # row opens it in-process, so it must be inside the archive (see build.sh).
   (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
-    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
+    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
+    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 "$LOVE_FILE" \
       | grep -Eq '^(data|assets)/generated/[^/]+|^(data|assets)/generated/.+/'; then
     fail "game.love unexpectedly contains generated ROM data"
   fi
+  unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" | grep -qx 'tools/save-editor/App.lua' \
+    || fail "game.love is missing the save editor (Edit on a save row would crash)"
   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

scripts/build_ios.sh

@@ -164,15 +164,19 @@ pack_game_love() {
   say "packing game.love for love-ios resources"
   mkdir -p "$RESOURCES_DIR"
   rm -f "$LOVE_FILE"
-  # Same payload as scripts/build.sh / build_android.sh: game sources only.
+  # Same payload as scripts/build.sh / build_android.sh: game sources plus
+  # tools/save-editor, which the launcher's Edit button opens in-process.
   (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
-    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
+    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
+    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 "$LOVE_FILE" \
       | grep -Eq '^(data|assets)/generated/[^/]+|^(data|assets)/generated/.+/'; then
     fail "game.love unexpectedly contains generated ROM data"
   fi
+  unzip -Z1 "$LOVE_FILE" | grep -qx 'tools/save-editor/App.lua' \
+    || fail "game.love is missing the save editor (Edit on a save row would crash)"
   say "game.love: $(du -h "$LOVE_FILE" | cut -f1) -> $LOVE_FILE"
 }
 

scripts/test.sh

@@ -116,7 +116,13 @@ if [ -f data/generated/maps.lua ]; then
     echo "-- T3 content: skipped (--quick)"
   else
     run_tier "T3 content behavior (Red)" run_content_behavior
+    # The save editor ships inside every build (the launcher's Edit button on
+    # a save row opens it), so its panel suites run in CI rather than by hand.
     run_tier "T3 save editor" "$LUA" tests/run_save_editor_tests.lua
+    run_tier "T3 save editor: boxes + items" "$LUA" tests/save_editor_task6_tests.lua
+    run_tier "T3 save editor: events + dex" "$LUA" tests/save_editor_task7_tests.lua
+    run_tier "T3 save editor: map browser" "$LUA" tests/save_editor_task8_tests.lua
+    run_tier "T3 save editor: mod awareness" "$LUA" tests/save_editor_mod_tests.lua
     run_tier "T5 link (loopback lockstep)" "$LUA" tests/run_link_tests.lua
   fi
 else

src/battle/EffectRegistry.lua

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

src/battle/MoveEffects.lua

@@ -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
+      -- Gen 1: no recharge when the target faints OR its substitute breaks.
-      if ctx.target.mon.hp > 0 and not ctx.brokeSub then
+      -- 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

src/battle/Status.lua

@@ -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)
+-- Toxic counter (HandlePoisonBurnLeechSeed).  The caller passes the whole
-local function damageOverTime(what)
+-- 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

src/battle/StatusRegistry.lua

@@ -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", {

src/battle/TrainerAI.lua

@@ -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

src/battle/WideBattle.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
+-- Widescreen battle layout (OPTION -> BATTLE LAYOUT -> WIDE).
+--
+-- The battle simulation, timing, animations and rules stay BattleState's;
+-- this module only replaces the composition and asks the renderer for a
+-- 304x144 native-pixel UI surface while it is up.  Pictures, font pages,
+-- border glyphs, species palettes and HP tiles all resolve through the
+-- engine, so a COLORS mode or an asset mod still owns the look.
+--
+-- The extra 144 pixels of width buy a Gen 3-style arrangement: foe status
+-- upper left with its picture upper right, the player's picture lower left
+-- with their status lower right, a full-width message window, a split
+-- prompt/command window, and a 2x2 move menu with an attached PP/type panel.
+
+local Font = require("src.render.Font")
+local HudTiles = require("src.render.HudTiles")
+local PaletteFX = require("src.render.PaletteFX")
+local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")
+local TypeChart = require("src.battle.TypeChart")
+
+local WideBattle = {
+  WIDTH = 304,
+  HEIGHT = 144,
+  -- everything above this line is battlefield; the 40 rows below it are
+  -- the message / command / move windows
+  FIELD_BOTTOM = 104,
+}
+
+-- The forced-mono display modes re-threshold the whole finished frame
+-- through the shade shader, and picImage hands them raw DMG grays for that
+-- (#207).  The wide layout has to know: it exposes a matching whole-surface
+-- zone and leaves the HP bar fill gray, exactly like the zone pass does in
+-- the classic layout (#229).  Keep in sync with picImage / ensureZones.
+local function monoMode()
+  local m = PaletteFX.mode
+  return m == "og" or m == "og_inv" or m == "classic"
+end
+
+local function shownHP(battler)
+  return math.max(0, math.floor(battler.shownHP or battler.mon.hp or 0))
+end
+
+-- a name truncated to `pixels` with a trailing '.', measured through the
+-- font's own advances so a variable-width page still fits
+local function fitName(text, pixels)
+  local spans = Font.split(text or "")
+  local n = Font.spansFitting(spans, pixels)
+  if n >= #spans then return text or "" end
+  local out = {}
+  for i = 1, math.max(0, n - 1) do
+    out[#out + 1] = (text or ""):sub(spans[i].from, spans[i].to)
+  end
+  return table.concat(out) .. "."
+end
+
+local function saveScissor()
+  if not love.graphics.getScissor then return nil end
+  local x, y, w, h = love.graphics.getScissor()
+  if x == nil then return false end
+  return { x, y, w, h }
+end
+
+local function restoreScissor(saved)
+  if not love.graphics.setScissor then return end
+  if saved and saved ~= false then
+    love.graphics.setScissor(saved[1], saved[2], saved[3], saved[4])
+  else
+    love.graphics.setScissor()
+  end
+end
+
+-- Draw fn's content translated by (dx, dy) and clipped to a surface rect.
+-- The scissor is in canvas space, so it bounds the region itself while the
+-- translate moves the classic 160x144 coordinates into it.
+local function inRegion(x, y, w, h, dx, dy, fn)
+  local g = love.graphics
+  local saved = saveScissor()
+  g.setScissor(x, y, w, h)
+  g.push()
+  g.translate(dx, dy)
+  fn()
+  g.pop()
+  restoreScissor(saved)
+end
+
+local function levelAt(battle, battler, x, y)
+  if battler.shownStatus then
+    Font.draw(battle:statusLabel({ status = battler.shownStatus }), x, y)
+  else
+    HudTiles.tile(0x6E, x, y) -- '<LV>'
+    Font.draw(tostring(battler.mon.level), x + 8, y)
+  end
+end
+
+-- One side's status box: name and level on the first line, a long HP bar
+-- under it, and the numeric HP on the player's box only (the foe's exact
+-- HP is never shown, like the original).
+local function drawStatusPanel(battle, battler, x, y, player)
+  local tx, ty = math.floor(x / 8), math.floor(y / 8)
+  local tw, th = player and 15 or 16, player and 5 or 4
+  Font.drawBox(tx, ty, tw, th)
+  love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+
+  local nameWidth = player and 64 or 80
+  Font.draw(fitName(battler.name, nameWidth), x + 8, y + 8)
+  levelAt(battle, battler, x + tw * 8 - 40, y + 8)
+
+  HudTiles.drawHPBar(battle.data, tx + 1, ty + 2, {
+    hp = shownHP(battler),
+    stats = battler.mon.stats,
+  }, nil, monoMode(), tw - 5)
+
+  if player then
+    Font.draw(("%3d/%3d"):format(shownHP(battler), battler.mon.stats.hp),
+      x + tw * 8 - 64, y + 24)
+  end
+end
+
+-- the party ball rows DrawAllPokeballs puts up with the intro text, moved
+-- out to the wide screen's own corners
+local function drawIntroBalls(battle)
+  if not battle.introBalls then return end
+  if battle.enemyParty and
+      (battle.kind == "trainer" or battle.kind == "link") then
+    battle:drawBallRow(battle.enemyParty, 88, 40, -8)
+  end
+  battle:drawBallRow(battle.playerParty or battle.game.save.party, 216, 96, 8)
+end
+
+local function drawHUDs(battle, slide)
+  if battle.enemy and not battle.showEnemyTrainer
+      and not battle.enemySendingOut and not battle:growInScale(battle.enemy)
+      and slide == 0 and not battle.introBalls and not battle.enemy.fainted then
+    drawStatusPanel(battle, battle.enemy, 0, 0, false)
+  end
+
+  if battle.safari then
+    Font.drawBox(23, 7, 15, 4)
+    love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+    Font.draw(("BALLx%2d"):format(battle.safari.balls), 200, 72)
+  elseif battle.player and not battle.demo and not battle.showPlayerBack
+      and slide == 0 then
+    drawStatusPanel(battle, battle.player, 184, 56, true)
+  end
+  drawIntroBalls(battle)
+end
+
+local function drawMessageBox(battle)
+  Font.drawBox(0, 13, 38, 5)
+  love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+  if battle.scrollPx and battle.scrollPx > 0 then
+    battle.scrollPx = battle.scrollPx - 2
+    if battle.scrollPx <= 0 then battle.scrollPx = nil end
+  end
+  local off = battle.scrollPx or 0
+  local ys = { 112, 128 }
+  for li, line in ipairs(battle.shown or {}) do
+    local y = (ys[li] or 128) + off
+    for i = 1, #line do
+      Font.drawCode(line[i], 8 + (i - 1) * 8, y)
+    end
+  end
+  if (battle.msgWaiting or battle.msgPrompt) and battle.frame % 60 < 30 then
+    Font.drawCode(0xEE, 288, 132)
+  end
+end
+
+local function drawCommandMenu(battle)
+  local col = (battle.menuIndex - 1) % 2
+  local row = math.floor((battle.menuIndex - 1) / 2)
+  if battle.safari then
+    Font.drawBox(0, 13, 38, 5)
+    love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+    Font.draw(Strings("BALLx"), 16, 112)
+    Font.draw(Strings("BAIT"), 168, 112)
+    Font.draw(Strings("THROW ROCK"), 16, 128)
+    Font.draw(Strings("RUN"), 168, 128)
+    Font.drawCode(0xED, col == 0 and 8 or 160, 112 + row * 16)
+    return
+  end
+
+  -- the prompt on the left, the 2x2 commands on the right
+  Font.drawBox(0, 13, 20, 5)
+  Font.drawBox(20, 13, 18, 5)
+  love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+  Font.draw(Strings("What will"), 8, 112)
+  local who = battle.player and battle.player.name or ""
+  Font.draw(fitName(who, 112) .. Strings(" do?"), 8, 128)
+  Font.draw(Strings("FIGHT"), 176, 112)
+  Font.drawCode(0xE1, 240, 112) -- 'PK'
+  Font.drawCode(0xE2, 248, 112) -- 'MN'
+  Font.draw(Strings("ITEM"), 176, 128)
+  Font.draw(Strings("RUN"), 240, 128)
+  Font.drawCode(0xED, col == 0 and 168 or 232, 112 + row * 16)
+end
+
+local function drawMoveDetails(battle, move)
+  Font.drawBox(28, 13, 10, 5)
+  if not move then return end
+  local def = battle.data.moves[move.id]
+  if not def then return end
+  local maxPP = def.pp + (move.ppUps or 0) * math.floor(def.pp / 5)
+  love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+  Font.draw(("PP %2d/%2d"):format(move.pp or 0, maxPP), 232, 112)
+  Font.draw(fitName(TypeChart.displayName(def.type), 64), 232, 128)
+end
+
+local function drawMoveGrid(battle, moves, selected)
+  -- The 8px font needs 28 tiles for two complete twelve-character move
+  -- names plus their cursors; the details panel gets the other ten.
+  Font.drawBox(0, 13, 28, 5)
+  love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
+  for i, move in ipairs(moves or {}) do
+    local col = (i - 1) % 2
+    local row = math.floor((i - 1) / 2)
+    local x, y = col == 0 and 16 or 120, 112 + row * 16
+    local def = battle.data.moves[move.id]
+    Font.draw(fitName(def and def.name or move.id or "", 96), x, y)
+  end
+  local col = (selected - 1) % 2
+  local row = math.floor((selected - 1) / 2)
+  Font.drawCode(0xED, col == 0 and 8 or 112, 112 + row * 16)
+  drawMoveDetails(battle, moves and moves[selected])
+end
+
+local function drawMoveMenu(battle)
+  drawMoveGrid(battle, battle.player.curMoves, battle.moveIndex)
+  if battle.moveSwapIndex then
+    local col = (battle.moveSwapIndex - 1) % 2
+    local row = math.floor((battle.moveSwapIndex - 1) / 2)
+    Font.drawCode(0xEC, col == 0 and 8 or 112, 112 + row * 16)
+  end
+end
+
+local function drawTextArea(battle)
+  if battle.phase == "messages" and (battle.current or battle.animPlaying) then
+    drawMessageBox(battle)
+  elseif battle.phase == "menu" then
+    drawCommandMenu(battle)
+  elseif battle.phase == "moveSelect" then
+    drawMoveMenu(battle)
+  elseif battle.phase == "mimicSelect" then
+    drawMoveGrid(battle, battle.mimicMoves, battle.mimicIndex)
+  else
+    Font.drawBox(0, 13, 38, 5)
+  end
+end
+
+-- Battle animations are authored in the original 160px coordinate space.
+-- Shift each complete OAM frame as one rigid group between the new player
+-- and enemy anchors: drawing the whole animation through both side regions
+-- would duplicate any tiles overlapping the other side's source range (most
+-- visibly the send-out POOF reappearing on the far right).
+function WideBattle.animationOffset(sprites)
+  if not sprites or #sprites == 0 then return 0, 0 end
+  local minX, maxX = math.huge, -math.huge
+  for _, sprite in ipairs(sprites) do
+    minX = math.min(minX, sprite.x - 8)
+    maxX = math.max(maxX, sprite.x)
+  end
+  local center = (minX + maxX) / 2
+  local t = math.max(0, math.min(1, (center - 40) / 80))
+  return math.floor(20 + 116 * t + 0.5),
+         math.floor(8 * (1 - t) + 0.5)
+end
+
+local function currentAnimationSprites(battle)
+  if battle.animPlaying and battle.animPlayer then
+    local step = battle.animPlayer.steps[battle.animPlayer.stepIndex]
+    return step and step.sprites
+  end
+  if battle.lockedBall and battle.animPlayer then
+    return battle.lockedBall
+  end
+end
+
+local function drawAnimationLayer(battle)
+  local sprites = currentAnimationSprites(battle)
+  if not sprites or #sprites == 0 then return end
+  local dx, dy = WideBattle.animationOffset(sprites)
+  inRegion(0, 0, WideBattle.WIDTH, WideBattle.FIELD_BOTTOM, dx, dy,
+    function() battle:drawAnimLayer(false) end)
+end
+
+-- The whole 304x144 composition for one frame.
+function WideBattle.draw(battle)
+  local g = love.graphics
+  -- The field is the display mode's paper.  Under a forced-mono mode the
+  -- whole surface is remapped downstream (WideBattle.zones), so the field
+  -- goes down as DMG white and comes out of that pass as the mode's paper;
+  -- painting the resolved shade there would run it through the remap twice
+  -- and land a shade off the letterbox the renderer fills around it.
+  if monoMode() then
+    g.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
+  else
+    g.setColor(PaletteFX.paperShade(battle.data))
+  end
+  g.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, WideBattle.WIDTH, WideBattle.HEIGHT)
+  -- AskName clears the field the same way the classic layout does
+  if battle.blankForAskName then return end
+
+  local fx = battle.fx
+  local sx = (fx and fx.shakeX) or 0
+  local sy = (fx and fx.shakeY) or 0
+  if sx == 0 and sy == 0 and fx and fx.shake and fx.shake > 0 then
+    sx = battle.frame % 4 < 2 and 2 or -2
+  end
+  local slide = (battle.introSlide or 0) * 4
+
+  -- Each side keeps its original sprite pixels and placement math: the two
+  -- 160x144 OAM regions are translated apart and clipped into the wider
+  -- battlefield rather than either monster being scaled.  wideRegion tells
+  -- drawBattlerPic its own side window is already the clip.
+  battle.wideRegion = true
+  inRegion(0, 32, 160, WideBattle.FIELD_BOTTOM - 32, 20 + sx, 8 + sy,
+    function() battle:drawPicsLayer(slide, 0, 0, "player", true) end)
+  inRegion(160, 0, 144, WideBattle.FIELD_BOTTOM, 136 + sx, sy,
+    function() battle:drawPicsLayer(slide, 0, 0, "enemy", true) end)
+  battle.wideRegion = nil
+
+  drawHUDs(battle, slide)
+  drawAnimationLayer(battle)
+  drawTextArea(battle)
+
+  if fx and fx.flash and fx.flash > 0 and battle.frame % 4 < 2 then
+    g.setColor(1, 1, 1, 0.85)
+    g.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, WideBattle.WIDTH, WideBattle.HEIGHT)
+  end
+  g.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
+  if Runtime.wantsHook("battle.overlay") then
+    Runtime.call("battle.overlay", function() end, battle)
+  end
+end
+
+-- The palette zones for the wide surface.  The composition already resolves
+-- species colors, paper shade and HP-bar colors itself, so the colorized
+-- modes take the trueColor opt-out (`colors = false`) over the whole
+-- surface; the forced-mono modes still want their whole-screen remap, and
+-- get one sized to the wide surface instead of the 160x144 rectangle
+-- PaletteFX.ensureZones would invent (which would leave 144 columns raw).
+function WideBattle.zones()
+  local w, h = WideBattle.WIDTH, WideBattle.HEIGHT
+  if monoMode() then
+    -- sendColors runs the mode's own substitution (CLASSIC's pea greens,
+    -- the inverted permutation), exactly as it does for ensureZones' zone
+    return { PaletteFX.zone(PaletteFX.GRAYS, 0, 0, w / 8 - 1, h / 8 - 1) }
+  end
+  return { { colors = false, x = 0, y = 0, w = w, h = h } }
+end
+
+-- 2x2 move-grid navigation: LEFT/RIGHT cross the row, UP/DOWN the column,
+-- and a direction pointing at an empty slot holds the current one.
+function WideBattle.moveGridIndex(index, count, direction)
+  if count < 1 then return nil end
+  local row = math.floor((index - 1) / 2)
+  local col = (index - 1) % 2
+  if direction == "left" or direction == "right" then
+    local other = row * 2 + (1 - col) + 1
+    return other <= count and other or index
+  end
+  local otherRow = 1 - row
+  local other = otherRow * 2 + col + 1
+  return other <= count and other or index
+end
+
+local DIRECTIONS = { "left", "right", "up", "down" }
+
+-- the slot a directional press selects, or nil when none was pressed (the
+-- caller then runs its normal list navigation / A / B / SELECT handling)
+function WideBattle.navigate(index, count, input)
+  for _, key in ipairs(DIRECTIONS) do
+    if input:wasPressed(key) then
+      return WideBattle.moveGridIndex(index, count, key)
+    end
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+return WideBattle

src/battle/rulesets/gen1_faithful.lua

@@ -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,
 }

src/battle/rulesets/modern_clean.lua

@@ -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,
 }

src/core/ChipAudio.lua

@@ -230,6 +230,25 @@ function ChipAudio.ensureMusicPlaying()
   end
 end
 
+-- Threaded playMusic returns an empty QueueableSource and only calls
+-- Source:play once the first worker buffer lands (~1 frame later).  Until
+-- then Source:isPlaying is false -- callers that treat that as "song over"
+-- (Music.oneShotPlaying / pendingRestore) must wait here instead, or a
+-- playOnce jingle like Music_PkmnHealed is cut off before it starts.
+local forceAwaitingFirstBuffer -- test-only override (see _simulate*)
+
+function ChipAudio.awaitingFirstBuffer()
+  if forceAwaitingFirstBuffer then return true end
+  local m = currentMusic
+  if not (m and m.threaded and not m.started and not m.finished) then
+    return false
+  end
+  -- a dead worker will never deliver the first buffer
+  if workerReady == false then return false end
+  if worker and worker.getError and worker:getError() then return false end
+  return true
+end
+
 function ChipAudio.stopMusic()
   if currentMusic and currentMusic.source then
     pcall(currentMusic.source.stop, currentMusic.source)
@@ -240,6 +259,7 @@ function ChipAudio.stopMusic()
   end
   pendingBuf = nil
   currentMusic = nil
+  forceAwaitingFirstBuffer = nil
 end
 
 -- hot reload: the next play re-reads programs.bin (a mod may have swapped the
@@ -302,6 +322,20 @@ end
 -- test hooks (headless): synchronous synthesis straight through ChipSynth
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-- Force the "threaded, first buffer not yet queued" window so Music's
+-- playOnce / pendingRestore race can be asserted without love.thread.
+-- Returns a clear() that drops the override (call after the assertion).
+function ChipAudio._simulateAwaitingFirstBufferForTest()
+  local m = currentMusic
+  if not m or not m.source then return nil end
+  m.threaded = true
+  m.started = false
+  m.finished = false
+  pcall(function() m.source.playing = false end)
+  forceAwaitingFirstBuffer = true
+  return function() forceAwaitingFirstBuffer = nil end
+end
+
 function ChipAudio._renderMusicForTest(data, header, seconds)
   local engine = ChipSynth.newEngine(data, header, { allowLoops = true })
   return ChipSynth.soundData(engine, math.floor(seconds * SAMPLE_RATE), 2)

src/core/Data.lua

@@ -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()
@@ -173,10 +206,15 @@ function Data:load()
               (function() local n = 0 for _ in pairs(self.moves) do n = n + 1 end return n end)())
 end
 
--- dev-mode hot reload only (src/dev/HotReload.lua): drop every namespace the
+-- Drop every namespace the mod merge created and evict the generated modules
--- mod merge created, then re-require the generated modules so base records
+-- from package.loaded, so the next load() re-reads them off disk instead of
--- return to their on-disk values even where a mod edited them in place
+-- handing back the cached tables.  Two callers:
-function Data:reloadGenerated()
+--   * reloadGenerated below (dev hot reload)
+--   * main.lua, when the launcher closes the save editor -- the editor may
+--     have loaded the OTHER game's cache, and require would otherwise serve
+--     those modules to a subsequent Play (see CacheFs.unmountVersion, which
+--     clears the matching read-path overlay).
+function Data:unloadGenerated()
   local pristine = self._pristineKeys
   if pristine then
     for key in pairs(self) do
@@ -189,6 +227,13 @@ function Data:reloadGenerated()
   for _, name in ipairs(OPTIONAL) do
     package.loaded["data.generated." .. name] = nil
   end
+end
+
+-- dev-mode hot reload only (src/dev/HotReload.lua): drop every namespace the
+-- mod merge created, then re-require the generated modules so base records
+-- return to their on-disk values even where a mod edited them in place
+function Data:reloadGenerated()
+  self:unloadGenerated()
   self:load()
 end
 
@@ -213,6 +258,20 @@ function Data:resolveText(mapLabel, textConst)
     local s = self.text[entry.text]
     if s then return s, entry.asm end
   end
+  -- A text_asm entry names its wrapper label but carries no string, because
+  -- the extractor cannot follow asm.  A handful of those wrappers are plain
+  -- `text_far <label> / text_end` pairs with no logic at all -- BoulderText
+  -- (home/overworld_text.asm:16), MartSignText, PokeCenterSignText -- and
+  -- for those the extracted _Label string IS the whole behavior, so the
+  -- boulders and signs printed nothing at all (#318).  Wrappers that really
+  -- do run logic have no _Label string to find, so they still fall through
+  -- to their hand-ported script in data/scripts/.
+  -- needsAsm comes back false here on purpose: showMapText's warning tells
+  -- the reader to go port a script, and for these there is nothing to port.
+  if entry.label then
+    local s = self.text["_" .. entry.label]
+    if s then return s, false end
+  end
   return nil, entry.asm
 end
 

src/core/DiscordPresence.lua

@@ -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

src/core/FixedStep.lua

@@ -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

src/core/FrameCap.lua

@@ -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

src/core/Game.lua

@@ -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
+  self.touchControls = TouchControls
-  TouchInput:init()
+  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()
@@ -93,6 +99,20 @@ 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
@@ -171,15 +191,21 @@ end
 -- or screenshot run does not depend on whatever the player last chose.
 function Game:logicSpeed()
   local GameSpeed = require("src.core.GameSpeed")
+  -- Link play is always 1X on both machines, and this wins over every other
+  -- source including POKEPORT_SPEED.  Fast-forward multiplies the logic
+  -- clock, so a peer at 10X burned a tournament shot clock ten times faster
+  -- than the opponent it is racing, and drove its own animation/message
+  -- queue at a different rate than the peer it is locked to.  Nothing about
+  -- a match should depend on what either player set this to.
+  if self.linkSession or (self.linkNet and not self.linkNet.closed) then
+    return 1
+  end
   if self.speedOverride then return GameSpeed.clamp(self.speedOverride) end
   local opts = self.save and self.save.options
   return GameSpeed.clamp(opts and opts.speed or GameSpeed.DEFAULT)
 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.
@@ -198,6 +224,9 @@ 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
@@ -218,6 +247,16 @@ function Game:draw()
   -- white clear
   local base = self.stack:visibleBase()
   local worldBelow = self.stack.states[base] == self.overworld
+  -- The UI surface is resolved once, before any state draws: the top state
+  -- may want more than the Game Boy's 160x144 (the widescreen battle layout
+  -- asks for 304x144).  Anything else keeps the classic surface, so a menu
+  -- pushed over a wide battle brings the screen straight back to 160x144.
+  local top = self.stack:top()
+  if top and top.uiSize then
+    Renderer:setUISize(top:uiSize())
+  else
+    Renderer:setUISize(Renderer.WIDTH, Renderer.HEIGHT)
+  end
   Renderer:beginFrame(worldBelow)
   self.stack:draw()
   -- SGB colorization: the topmost state that knows its palette owns the
@@ -240,13 +279,19 @@ 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)
@@ -320,13 +365,34 @@ 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
 
@@ -334,9 +400,7 @@ end
 -- LÖVE process ensures scripts, registries, and assets are all rebuilt from
 -- the newly selected mod state.
 function Game:restartWithMods()
-  if love.event and love.event.quit then
+  require("src.core.HostShell").restart()
-    love.event.quit("restart")
-  end
 end
 
 function Game:keyreleased(key)
@@ -344,6 +408,9 @@ 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
@@ -358,6 +425,8 @@ 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
 
@@ -367,12 +436,12 @@ end
 -- state is worse than asking the player to re-press.
 function Game:focus(f)
   Input:reset()
-  TouchInput:reset()
+  TouchControls:reset()
 end
 
 function Game:visible(v)
   Input:reset()
-  TouchInput:reset()
+  TouchControls:reset()
 end
 
 -- A disconnected/dropped controller can't send the button-up for whatever
@@ -380,19 +449,19 @@ end
 -- flags it owned.
 function Game:joystickremoved(joystick)
   Input:reset()
-  TouchInput: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
@@ -443,9 +512,20 @@ 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)
@@ -457,6 +537,13 @@ 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

src/core/HostShell.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+-- Helpers for calling host tools (curl, zenity/kdialog, ...).
+
+local HostShell = {}
+
+-- Our AppRun exports LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$APPDIR/lib:..." so every subprocess we
+-- spawn tries to link against the libraries we're shipping instead of the
+-- system ones. We want to unset the var so that any system tools can find
+-- their proper libraries. Only needed when running in an AppImage.
+function HostShell.envPrefix()
+  if os.getenv("APPIMAGE") then
+    return "env -u LD_LIBRARY_PATH "
+  end
+  return ""
+end
+
+-- Wraps io.popen with the AppImage env fix applied and lua errors swallowed
+function HostShell.popen(command, mode)
+  local ok, pipe = pcall(io.popen, HostShell.envPrefix() .. command, mode or "r")
+  if not ok or not pipe then return nil end
+  return pipe
+end
+
+-- Restart the whole app. The obvious love.event.quit("restart") re-runs LÖVE's
+-- boot in-process, which calls love.filesystem.init a second time -- and inside
+-- an AppImage physfs is already initialized, so that second init throws
+-- ("Failed to initialize filesystem: already initialized") and the relaunch
+-- crashes. So on an AppImage we relaunch the executable; the fresh process's
+-- Boot step mounts any downloaded update exactly as a manual relaunch would.
+-- On every other platform the in-process restart works, so keep it.
+function HostShell.restart()
+  if not (love and love.event and love.event.quit) then return end
+  local appimage = os.getenv("APPIMAGE")
+  if not appimage then
+    love.event.quit("restart")
+    return
+  end
+
+  -- We have to restart the process with this cursed execv call to prevent the
+  -- PID from changing, which might cause SteamOS and other Linux launchers to
+  -- think the app has crashed.
+  local ffi = require("ffi")
+  pcall(ffi.cdef, [[
+    int execv(const char *path, char *const argv[]);
+    int unsetenv(const char *name);
+  ]])
+  ffi.C.unsetenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
+  local argv = ffi.new("const char *[2]", appimage, nil)
+  ffi.C.execv(appimage, ffi.cast("char *const *", argv))
+end
+
+return HostShell

src/core/Input.lua

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ local DEFAULT_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,
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ function Input:step()
     elseif next(sources) ~= nil then
       self.state[btn] = true
     end
-    -- sources == {}: real press fully released before this step — keep up
+    -- sources == {}: real press fully released before this step -- keep up
   end
   for btn, sources in pairs(self.sources) do
     if next(sources) == nil then
@@ -149,6 +154,17 @@ function Input:step()
   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 = self.padBindings[button]
   if btn then

src/core/Music.lua

@@ -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
+local function chipAwaitingFirstBuffer()
--- .waitLoop2 holds the healing machine until MUSIC_PKMN_HEALED ends)
+  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
+  return state.pendingRestore == true
-  local src = state.source
-  if not src then return false end
-  local ok, playing = pcall(src.isPlaying, src)
-  return ok and playing or false
 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

src/core/SaveData.lua

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ local SaveSerializer = require("src.core.SaveSerializer")
 local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local Semver = require("src.mods.Semver")
 local Boxes = require("src.pokemon.Boxes")
+local Stats = require("src.pokemon.Stats")
 local Bag = require("src.inventory.Bag")
+local Badges = require("src.inventory.Badges")
 
 local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")
 
@@ -31,10 +33,11 @@ local OPTIONS_FILENAME = "options.lua"
 -- 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.
-local function saveNames(version)
+-- Forward-declared here so saveFilename (just below) and every save/load
-  local main = "save" .. GameVersion.saveSuffix(version) .. ".lua"
+-- caller share the one upvalue; the body is filled in under "save slots"
-  return main, main .. ".bak", main .. ".tmp"
+-- once the options IO it depends on exists, because it now resolves the
-end
+-- 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.
@@ -91,6 +94,18 @@ 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
 
@@ -118,17 +133,26 @@ local function detectPortable()
   -- 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 function parentDir(path)
-    local appPath = path and path:match("^(.*%.app)/Contents/")
+    return path and path:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$") or nil
-    return appPath and appPath:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$") or nil
   end
-  -- Order: the .app's containing folder (packaged macOS), then the
+  local function appContainer(path)
-  -- source-base directory (next to a packaged .exe/AppImage), then the
+    return parentDir(path and path:match("^(.*%.app)/Contents/"))
-  -- source itself (a `love <gamedir>` run drops portable.txt in the game
+  end
-  -- folder).  First one holding the marker wins.  Built by appending so a
+  -- The Linux AppImage build works similarly to macOs, but the runtime mounts
-  -- nil (e.g. no .app in the path) never truncates the ipairs scan.
+  -- the squashfs at a temp path, and that becomes the base directory.
+  -- The runtime exports the real .AppImage path in $APPIMAGE, so we get the
+  -- base dir from there.
+  local function appImageContainer()
+    return parentDir(os.getenv("APPIMAGE"))
+  end
+  -- Order: the packaged-app containing folder (macOS .app / Linux AppImage),
+  -- then the source-base directory (next to a packaged .exe), 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 = {}
-  local appDir = appContainer(src) or appContainer(sbd)
+  local appDir = appContainer(src) or appContainer(sbd) or appImageContainer()
   if appDir then candidates[#candidates + 1] = appDir end
   if sbd then candidates[#candidates + 1] = sbd end
   if src then candidates[#candidates + 1] = src end
@@ -179,6 +203,9 @@ function SaveData.defaultOptions()
     textSpeed = 3,
     animations = true,
     battleStyle = "shift",
+    -- battle screen composition: og (the 160x144 original) | wide
+    -- (304x144, src/battle/WideBattle.lua)
+    battleLayout = "og",
     ruleset = "gen1_faithful",
     -- 0-7 like the GB's NR50 master volume
     musicVol = 7,
@@ -186,12 +213,23 @@ 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 = {},
@@ -277,6 +315,355 @@ 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
+
+-- The absolute on-disk path of a slot's save file, for the one caller that
+-- cannot go through love.filesystem: the save editor reads and writes with
+-- raw io.* so it can also open a file the player dragged in from anywhere.
+-- Resolves against the same root persistFs would write to -- the portable
+-- game folder when portable mode is on, otherwise LOVE's save directory --
+-- so Edit on a launcher save row lands on the file the game actually plays.
+-- nil when neither root is available (headless tests with an injected fs).
+function SaveData.slotDiskPath(version, slotId)
+  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  if not knownVersion(version) or not slotId then return nil end
+  local base = SaveData.portableBaseDir()
+    or (love and love.filesystem and love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory
+        and love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory())
+  if not base then return nil end
+  local sep = package.config:sub(1, 1)
+  local rel = select(1, slotNames(version, slotId))
+  return base .. sep .. rel:gsub("/", sep)
+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,
+                      label = reg.names and reg.names[id] or nil }
+  end
+  return out
+end
+
+-- Give a registered slot a custom label (#205: "a way to name save slots so
+-- you can see that in the launcher").  The label lives in the options
+-- registry next to list/active, never in the save file itself, so renaming
+-- needs no save rewrite and an empty slot can be labeled too.  The label is
+-- trimmed; an empty (or whitespace-only) one clears it.  Returns true, or
+-- false + an error string when the id is not registered.
+function SaveData.renameSlot(version, slotId, name)
+  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)
+  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 = false
+  for _, id in ipairs(reg.list) do
+    if id == slotId then found = true break end
+  end
+  if not found then return false, "slot not registered" end
+  local label = type(name) == "string" and name:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$") or nil
+  if label == "" then label = nil end
+  reg.names = reg.names or {}
+  reg.names[slotId] = label
+  if next(reg.names) == nil then reg.names = nil end
+  opts.saveSlots[version] = reg
+  SaveData.saveOptions(opts, fs)
+  return true
+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.names then reg.names[slotId] = nil end
+  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
@@ -476,6 +863,25 @@ SaveData.addCoreMigration(2, function(save)
   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.
@@ -500,6 +906,9 @@ 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
@@ -629,6 +1038,17 @@ local function scrubKnownMon(mon, data)
     for stat, v in pairs(mon.statExp) do mon.statExp[stat] = clamp(v, 0, 65535, 0) end
   end
   mon.level = clamp(mon.level, 1, 100, 1)
+  -- Box mons imported from a real .sav carry NO stat block: box_struct stops
+  -- before MON_LEVEL/MON_STATS, so src/save_convert/GenSave.lua decodeMon
+  -- only fills `stats` for party slots.  Every HP-bar draw then nil-indexes
+  -- mon.stats: the status screen opened in the box (#233) and the party list
+  -- after withdrawing one (#304).  The original derives them on demand
+  -- (status_screen.asm:66-76, add_mon.asm _MoveMon); deriving once here means
+  -- every later reader (menus, battle, items, SGB bar zones, the link
+  -- fingerprint) sees a party-shaped mon.  Runs after the level clamp above
+  -- so the derived stats use a sane level.  A save that already has stats is
+  -- untouched.
+  Stats.ensure(data.pokemon and data.pokemon[mon.species], mon)
   local moves = mon.moves
   if type(moves) ~= "table" then return end
   local hadMoves = #moves > 0
@@ -811,6 +1231,43 @@ 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"
@@ -834,6 +1291,10 @@ 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,

src/core/Strings.lua

@@ -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