Merge pull request #882 from bryanthaboi/dev

Mod API: allow active screen states to be hidden from the main render

docs/modding.md

@@ -226,5 +226,12 @@ for driving a second physical display. This is what lets a mod lay the two
 passes out as two stacked Game Boy screens, or push one onto a second screen,
 without the engine knowing the layout.
 
+`screen.render_visible` receives `(next, state)` while the main screen is being
+composed. Return `false` to omit that state from drawing, opacity selection and
+palette-zone ownership. The state remains on the stack and keeps its normal
+update and input ownership, so a mod can mirror a native menu on another
+display without reimplementing it. The default is `true`. Treat the wrapper as
+a pure predicate: the renderer may ask it more than once per frame.
+
 Developer mode also arms the mod loader's dev tripwire, which flags mods
 that reach outside their permission set.

docs/rfcs/0002-screen-render-visible.md

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# RFC 0002 — Let mods hide an active screen state from the main render
+
+## Status
+
+Proposed. Engine: `StateStack.lua`, `Game.lua`. Tests:
+`screen_render_visible.lua`.
+
+## Motivation
+
+A mod can render a native menu on a companion display through
+`render.compose`, but it cannot remove that menu from the main display without
+also popping it. Popping transfers update and input ownership and forces the
+mod to reimplement native menu behavior.
+
+## The decision it extends
+
+No prior D-number. Extends the render-hook plan in `docs/modding.md` and the
+state-stack rendering contract in `docs/architecture.md`.
+
+## The exact API delta
+
+Backward-compatible, additive-only.
+
+### `screen.render_visible`
+
+New hook called with `(state) -> boolean` through the public wrapper signature
+`(next, state)`. Its vanilla result is `true`.
+
+Returning `false` excludes the state from the main draw, from opaque-base
+selection and from palette-zone ownership. It does not remove the state or
+change update, input, push or pop behavior. The call sites are
+`StateStack:visibleBase`, `StateStack:draw` and the equivalent draw and palette
+walks in `Game:draw`.
+
+The hook is guarded by `Runtime.wantsHook`, so the no-subscriber path allocates
+nothing. It is a pure render predicate and may be evaluated more than once per
+frame.
+
+## Migration note for existing mods
+
+**Nothing.** With no subscriber every state remains visible, and the existing
+state-stack, event and hook behavior is unchanged.
+
+## Parity tests
+
+- **No-mod:** the topmost opaque state still owns drawing and palette zones,
+  and `Runtime.wantsHook("screen.render_visible")` stays false.
+- **Mod-API:** a fixture mod registers through `mod.hooks:wrap`, hides one
+  opaque state and proves the state beneath draws and owns the palette while
+  the hidden state remains topmost and continues updating.
+
+## Deprecation etiquette
+
+Nothing deprecated. This is one additive hook with a `true` vanilla default.

mobile/ios/app-repo.json

@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
       "tintColor": "3b5ca8",
       "category": "games",
       "versions": [
+        {
+          "version": "0.1.72",
+          "date": "2026-08-05",
+          "size": 9586678,
+          "downloadURL": "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/download/v0.1.72/gen1recomp-0.1.72-ios.ipa",
+          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Issues closed\n\n- #604 Android, retroid pocket 2+ Rom won't import\n- #666 Pikachu emotions are not working on Android\n- #716 Lock Auto Rotate Mobile\n- #727 [Bug] [Windows] Gen1 Recomp \"still in use\" after closing\n- #763 Some EVENTS are turned off\n- #781 Mouse cursor broken on Linux with multi-monitor X11 setup\n- #784 Leech Seed effect\n- #799 Held direction randomly stops player movement (requires re-input)\n- #801 Cannot update mods from the launcher (MacOS)\n- #810 Launcher menu cuts off in vertical mode iOS\n- #828 Closing the app causes settings in launcher to reset\n- #834 Mod import failing\n- #838 Exporting save file Pokemon Yellow\n- #839 AYN Thor Misplaced Data files\n- #849 Public folder support on iOS\n- #852 Cannot switch between saves states on smaller 4:3 screen or in vertical mode\n- #857 Mt. Moon Fossils Reappeared and Won’t Disappear.\n- #863 [Yellow] When you use stairs, Pikachu shouldn't be next to you in the new area\n- #864 Faithful Ratio\n- #867 Missing Dialogue after defeating Marowak in Pokemon Tower\n- #869 Giovanni moves up to the player too early\n- #870 Start Menu on Classic Color\n- #872 Missing text when finding an item with full inventory\n\n## Contributors\n\n- @bryanthaboi"
+        },
         {
           "version": "0.1.71",
           "date": "2026-08-05",

src/core/Game.lua

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ local Screens = require("src.ui.Screens")
 
 local Game = {}
 
+local function renderVisible(stack, state)
+  return state and (not stack.renderVisible or stack:renderVisible(state))
+end
+
 -- dev-mode gate for the F5/backtick hotkeys; false keeps every src/dev
 -- module unloaded, so a player boot never touches a byte of dev code
 local devMode = os.getenv("POKEPORT_DEV") == "1" or _G.POKEPORT_DEV_MODE == true
@@ -460,7 +464,7 @@ function Game:draw()
     local state = self.stack.states[i]
     local wideState = state and state.isWideBattleLayout
       and state:isWideBattleLayout()
-    if state and state.draw then
+    if renderVisible(self.stack, state) and state.draw then
       if classicOffset ~= 0 and not wideState then
         love.graphics.push()
         love.graphics.translate(classicOffset, 0)
@@ -484,7 +488,7 @@ function Game:draw()
   local zones, worldZones, zoneOwner
   for i = #self.stack.states, 1, -1 do
     local s = self.stack.states[i]
-    if s.sgbPalettes then
+    if renderVisible(self.stack, s) and s.sgbPalettes then
       zones = s:sgbPalettes(self)
       zoneOwner = s
       break

src/core/StateStack.lua

@@ -39,17 +39,29 @@ function StateStack:update(dt)
   if top and top.update then top:update(dt) end
 end
 
+local function visibleByDefault() return true end
+
+-- A mod may mirror a state elsewhere and hide only its main-screen render.
+-- The state stays on the stack, so update and input ownership do not move.
+function StateStack:renderVisible(state)
+  if not state then return false end
+  if not Runtime.wantsHook("screen.render_visible") then return true end
+  return Runtime.call("screen.render_visible", visibleByDefault, state) ~= false
+end
+
 -- index of the lowest state drawn this frame (highest opaque, else 1)
 function StateStack:visibleBase()
   for i = #self.states, 1, -1 do
-    if self.states[i].isOpaque then return i end
+    local state = self.states[i]
+    if self:renderVisible(state) and state.isOpaque then return i end
   end
   return 1
 end
 
 function StateStack:draw()
   for i = self:visibleBase(), #self.states do
-    if self.states[i].draw then self.states[i]:draw() end
+    local state = self.states[i]
+    if self:renderVisible(state) and state.draw then state:draw() end
   end
 end
 

tests/modkit/cases/screen_render_visible.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+-- screen.render_visible through the public mod API: a mirrored native screen
+-- may leave the main render without leaving the active state stack.
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local Game = require("src.core.Game")
+local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
+local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
+local Renderer = require("src.render.Renderer")
+local TouchControls = require("src.core.TouchControls")
+
+local FIXTURE = {
+  ["mods/fix_screen_mirror/manifest.json"] = [[{
+    "id": "fix_screen_mirror",
+    "name": "Fixture Screen Mirror",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "entry": "main.lua",
+    "api": 2
+  }]],
+  ["mods/fix_screen_mirror/main.lua"] = [[
+    local mod = ...
+    mod.hooks:wrap("screen.render_visible", function(nextFn, state)
+      if state.screenId == "BagMenu" then return false end
+      return nextFn(state)
+    end)
+  ]],
+}
+
+local savedSetUISize, savedBegin, savedEnd, savedTouch =
+  Renderer.setUISize, Renderer.beginFrame, Renderer.endFrame,
+  TouchControls.draw
+local presentedZones
+Renderer.setUISize = function() end
+Renderer.beginFrame = function() end
+Renderer.endFrame = function(_, zones)
+  presentedZones = zones
+  return {}
+end
+TouchControls.draw = function() end
+
+local function scene()
+  local stack = setmetatable({}, { __index = StateStack })
+  stack:init()
+  local base = {
+    isOpaque = true,
+    draws = 0,
+    draw = function(self) self.draws = self.draws + 1 end,
+    sgbPalettes = function() return "base zones" end,
+  }
+  local menu = {
+    screenId = "BagMenu",
+    isOpaque = true,
+    draws = 0,
+    updates = 0,
+    draw = function(self) self.draws = self.draws + 1 end,
+    update = function(self) self.updates = self.updates + 1 end,
+    sgbPalettes = function() return "menu zones" end,
+  }
+  stack:push(base)
+  stack:push(menu)
+  return { stack = stack, overworld = base, save = { options = {} } },
+    base, menu
+end
+
+-- no-mod parity
+do
+  local run = T.sdk.loadNone({})
+  local game, base, menu = scene()
+  T.eq(Runtime.wantsHook("screen.render_visible"), false,
+    "no subscriber leaves the render hook cold")
+  Game.draw(game)
+  T.eq(base.draws, 0, "the opaque menu still covers the state beneath")
+  T.eq(menu.draws, 1, "the opaque menu still draws")
+  T.eq(presentedZones, "menu zones", "the visible menu still owns palettes")
+  run.release()
+end
+
+-- subscribed path, registered by a real fixture mod
+do
+  local run = T.sdk.loadMods({ "mods/fix_screen_mirror" },
+    { fs = T.sdk.memfs(FIXTURE) })
+  T.eq(#run.errors, 0,
+    "the fixture mod loads clean (" .. tostring(run.errors[1]) .. ")")
+  local game, base, menu = scene()
+  Game.draw(game)
+  T.eq(base.draws, 1, "the state beneath the hidden menu draws")
+  T.eq(menu.draws, 0, "the mirrored menu is omitted from the main draw")
+  T.eq(presentedZones, "base zones",
+    "a hidden state cannot own the main-screen palette")
+  T.check(game.stack:top() == menu,
+    "the hidden menu remains the active top state")
+  game.stack:update(1 / 60)
+  T.eq(menu.updates, 1, "the hidden menu keeps its update ownership")
+  run.release()
+end
+
+Renderer.setUISize, Renderer.beginFrame, Renderer.endFrame,
+  TouchControls.draw = savedSetUISize, savedBegin, savedEnd, savedTouch
+
+T.finish("screen_render_visible")