fix(ci): update platform artifact workflow gate

ci: comment all platform build artifacts
fix(build): create macOS runtime cache before fetching
2026-08-25 23:11:15 +02:00 · 2026-08-19 20:32:35 +02:00 · 2026-08-19 20:26:21 +02:00 · 2026-08-19 20:21:53 +02:00 · 2026-08-19 20:14:04 +02:00 · 2026-08-19 20:07:54 +02:00
327 changed files with 2671 additions and 45362 deletions
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ name: ci
 #
 on:
  push:
+    # Integration branch + release branch. PRs already run via pull_request
+    # (any base); this list is only for post-merge push runs.
    branches: [dev, main]
-  # PRs into dev only: a dev -> main ship PR reuses the required checks the
-  # dev push already put on the same head SHA, so it needs no second run.
  pull_request:
-    branches: [dev]

 # a force-push while CI is mid-run should cancel the stale run, not queue
 concurrency:
@@ -27,6 +26,64 @@ permissions:
  contents: read

 jobs:
+  macos-changes:
+    name: detect macOS changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      changed: ${{ steps.paths.outputs.changed }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - id: paths
+        env:
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$BASE_SHA" ] || [ "$BASE_SHA" = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ]; then
+            echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if git diff --name-only "$BASE_SHA" "$HEAD_SHA" | grep -Eq '^(conf\.lua$|scripts/(build\.sh|build_love_macos\.sh|run\.sh|setup\.sh)$|Play-Mac\.command$|mobile/macos/|src/core/SaveData\.lua$|\.github/workflows/(ci|release)\.yml$)'; then
+            echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+  macos-build:
+    name: macOS LÖVE 12 build
+    needs: macos-changes
+    if: needs.macos-changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp' && '["self-hosted", "macOS"]' || '"macos-latest"') }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Build LÖVE 12 macOS runtime
+        run: scripts/build_love_macos.sh --fetch
+      - name: Build and verify macOS app
+        env:
+          LOVE_APP: ${{ github.workspace }}/.bazinga/love12/love.app
+          MAC_STAGE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/gen1recomp-mac-stage
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          scripts/build.sh mac --no-notarize --identity - --version 0.0.0
+          unzip -tqq 'dist/mac/gen1recomp++-macos.zip'
+          app="$MAC_STAGE_DIR/gen1recomp++.app"
+          [ -d "$app" ]
+          [ -x "$app/Contents/MacOS/gen1recomp++" ]
+          [ "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleExecutable' "$app/Contents/Info.plist")" = 'gen1recomp++' ]
+          [ "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleDisplayName' "$app/Contents/Info.plist")" = 'gen1recomp++' ]
+          [ "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$app/Contents/Info.plist")" = 'com.theboisclub.gen1recompplusplus' ]
+          [ "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' "$app/Contents/Info.plist")" = 0.0.0 ]
+          codesign --verify --deep --strict "$app"
+          otool -L "$app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" | grep -q '/Metal.framework/'
+      - name: Upload macOS build
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: gen1recomp++-macos
+          path: dist/mac/gen1recomp++-macos.zip
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 7
+
  ios-changes:
    name: detect iOS changes
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -121,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
            echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            exit 0
          fi
-          if git diff --name-only "$BASE_SHA" "$HEAD_SHA" | grep -Eq '^(scripts/build_switch\.sh$|scripts/switch/|docs/switch-.*\.md$|tests/switch_ci_workflows_test\.lua$|tests/switch_transfer_docs_test\.lua$|\.github/workflows/(ci|release|switch-artifact-comment)\.yml$|src/core/(NxAssetOverlay|Platform|GameVersion)\.lua$|src/import/CacheFs\.lua$|tests/engine/(assets_version_fallback|nx_generated_guard|nx_yellow_boot|switch_diagnostics|cache_fs_gold_nx_load)_test\.lua$|tests/engine/platform_nx)'; then
+          if git diff --name-only "$BASE_SHA" "$HEAD_SHA" | grep -Eq '^(scripts/build_switch\.sh$|scripts/switch/|docs/switch-.*\.md$|tests/switch_ci_workflows_test\.lua$|tests/switch_transfer_docs_test\.lua$|\.github/workflows/(ci|release|platform-artifact-comment)\.yml$|src/core/(NxAssetOverlay|Platform|GameVersion)\.lua$|src/import/CacheFs\.lua$|tests/engine/(assets_version_fallback|nx_generated_guard|nx_yellow_boot|switch_diagnostics|cache_fs_gold_nx_load)_test\.lua$|tests/engine/platform_nx)'; then
            echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          else
            echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -319,10 +376,52 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          scripts/build_linux_arm64.sh --version 0.0.0
-      # Shared with the release workflow so shipped images get the same
-      # self-contained / glibc-floor checks as PR builds.
      - name: Verify the AppImage is self-contained and bullseye-compatible
-        run: bash scripts/linux-arm64/verify_appimage.sh dist/linux-arm64/gen1recomp-0.0.0-linux-arm64.AppImage
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          image="dist/linux-arm64/gen1recomp-0.0.0-linux-arm64.AppImage"
+
+          # --appimage-extract needs no FUSE, so this works on a runner
+          # without /dev/fuse and still exercises the real payload.
+          "$image" --appimage-extract >/dev/null
+          for required in AppRun bin/love game.love lib/liblove-11.5.so; do
+            [ -e "squashfs-root/$required" ] \
+              || { echo "::error::AppImage is missing $required"; exit 1; }
+          done
+
+          # Every bundled object must resolve once AppRun's LD_LIBRARY_PATH is
+          # applied; an unresolved soname here is a user-visible launch crash.
+          #
+          # This runs on a HEADLESS runner on purpose, and that is the point.
+          # The first version of this build bundled Debian's SDL2, which
+          # hard-links libpulse/libasound/libX11/libwayland, so it only ever
+          # started on a full desktop -- a bare runner is what exposed it.
+          missing="$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/squashfs-root/lib" \
+            ldd squashfs-root/bin/love squashfs-root/lib/*.so* 2>/dev/null \
+            | grep 'not found' || true)"
+          [ -z "$missing" ] || { echo "::error::unresolved deps:"; echo "$missing"; exit 1; }
+
+          # Nothing may hard-link a driver, session or audio-stack library:
+          # those must be reached through dlopen so the AppImage runs on a box
+          # with only ALSA, only Wayland, or only KMSDRM.
+          linked="$(for f in squashfs-root/bin/love squashfs-root/lib/*.so*; do
+            objdump -p "$f" 2>/dev/null | awk '/NEEDED/{print $2}'
+          done | sort -u | grep -E '^lib(pulse|asound|X11|wayland|GL|EGL|drm|gbm|xcb|cairo|sndio|dbus)' || true)"
+          [ -z "$linked" ] \
+            || { echo "::error::these must be dlopened, not linked:"; echo "$linked"; exit 1; }
+
+          # The whole point of compiling on bullseye. If a future change moves
+          # the builder to a newer base, the glibc floor silently rises and
+          # every user on an older distro gets "GLIBC_2.xx not found" -- catch
+          # it here instead of in a release.
+          floor="$(objdump -T squashfs-root/bin/love squashfs-root/lib/*.so* 2>/dev/null \
+            | grep -o 'GLIBC_[0-9.]*' | sort -V | tail -1)"
+          echo "highest required glibc symbol version: $floor"
+          [ -n "$floor" ] \
+            || { echo "::error::found no versioned glibc symbols -- objdump read nothing"; exit 1; }
+          highest="$(printf '%s\n' "$floor" "GLIBC_2.31" | sort -V | tail -1)"
+          [ "$highest" = "GLIBC_2.31" ] \
+            || { echo "::error::AppImage requires $floor, above the bullseye 2.31 floor"; exit 1; }
      - name: Upload the AppImage
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
        with:
@@ -359,6 +458,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y luajit
      - run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pillow

      # the fixture PNGs are committed (they are 8x8 placeholders, not
@@ -379,8 +479,13 @@ jobs:
          print(f"\n{len(paths)} fixture assets valid")
          PY

-      # the fingerprint parity gates (gate_fingerprint / gate_meta_coverage)
-      # run in the headless job via run_engine; this job only guards the PNGs
+      # the fingerprint golden is the parity tripwire; prove it still
+      # matches the dataset on a clean checkout
+      - name: fingerprint gate
+        run: luajit tests/engine/gate_fingerprint.lua
+
+      - name: parity-guarantee meta-test
+        run: luajit tests/engine/gate_meta_coverage.lua

  # Only the differ is under test here, and the job is named for that.  The
  # capture half of the golden pipeline does not exist: a POKEPORT_DRIVER
@@ -468,24 +573,3 @@ jobs:
          if [ "$found" = "0" ]; then
            echo "no committed mods to lint"
          fi
-
-  luacheck:
-    name: engine lint (luacheck)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-
-      - name: install luacheck
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y lua5.4 liblua5.4-dev luarocks
-          sudo luarocks install luacheck || sudo apt-get install -y lua-check
-          luacheck --version
-
-      - name: luacheck gate (undefined globals, unreachable code)
-        run: ./scripts/lint.sh --gate
-
-      - name: luacheck full report (advisory)
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: ./scripts/lint.sh
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: iOS artifact comment
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [ci]
-    types: [completed]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  comment:
-    if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - id: artifact
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
-          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
-          HEAD_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
-        run: |
-          artifact_id="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts" --jq '.artifacts[] | select(.name == "gen1recomp++-ios-ipa") | .id')"
-          [ -n "$artifact_id" ] || exit 0
-          head_owner="${HEAD_REPOSITORY%%/*}"
-          pr_number="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls?state=open&head=$head_owner:$HEAD_BRANCH" --jq '.[0].number // empty')"
-          [ -n "$pr_number" ] || exit 0
-          echo "artifact_url=https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts/$artifact_id" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      # Upsert via comment-tag only — do not delete-all bot comments (clobbers Switch).
-      - name: Get build info
-        id: build-info
-        env:
-          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
-        run: |
-          commit_hash="$(printf '%s' "$HEAD_SHA" | cut -c1-7)"
-          build_time="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"
-          echo "hash=$commit_hash" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "time=$build_time" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - name: comment iOS artifact
-        if: steps.artifact.outputs.pr_number != ''
-        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          message: |
-            [gen1recomp++.ipa](${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact_url }})
-
-            **Commit**: [#${{ steps.build-info.outputs.hash }}](https://github.com/${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}/commit/${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }})
-            **Build Time**: `${{ steps.build-info.outputs.time }}`
-
-            <sub>This comment was automatically generated. [View workflow run](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }})</sub>
-          pr-number: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.pr_number }}
-          comment-tag: ios-build-result
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: platform artifact comment
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [ci]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  comment:
+    if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: artifacts
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
+          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          HEAD_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          artifacts="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts")"
+          head_owner="${HEAD_REPOSITORY%%/*}"
+          pr_number="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls?state=open&head=$head_owner:$HEAD_BRANCH" --jq '.[0].number // empty')"
+          [ -n "$pr_number" ] || exit 0
+
+          message="## CI build artifacts"
+          found=0
+          while IFS='|' read -r platform artifact_name artifact_file; do
+            artifact_id="$(printf '%s' "$artifacts" | jq -r --arg name "$artifact_name" '[.artifacts[] | select(.name == $name) | .id][0] // empty')"
+            if [ -n "$artifact_id" ] && [ "$artifact_id" != null ]; then
+              artifact_url="https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts/$artifact_id"
+              message+=$'\n'"- **$platform**: [$artifact_file]($artifact_url)"
+              found=1
+            fi
+          done <<'ARTIFACTS'
+          macOS|gen1recomp++-macos|gen1recomp++-macos.zip
+          iOS|gen1recomp++-ios-ipa|gen1recomp++.ipa
+          Nintendo Switch|gen1recomp-switch-nro|gen1recomp-switch.nro
+          Xbox UWP|gen1recomp-xbox-uwp|gen1recomp-xbox-uwp.zip
+          Linux arm64|gen1recomp-linux-arm64|gen1recomp-linux-arm64.AppImage
+          ARTIFACTS
+
+          [ "$found" -eq 1 ] || exit 0
+          commit_hash="$(printf '%s' "${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}" | cut -c1-7)"
+          build_time="$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")"
+          message+=$'\n\n'"**Commit**: [#$commit_hash](https://github.com/$HEAD_REPOSITORY/commit/${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }})"
+          message+=$'\n'"**Build Time**: \`$build_time\`"
+          message+=$'\n\n'"<sub>This comment was automatically generated. [View workflow run](https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID)</sub>"
+
+          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          {
+            echo 'message<<BUILD_MESSAGE'
+            printf '%s\n' "$message"
+            echo 'BUILD_MESSAGE'
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: comment platform artifacts
+        if: steps.artifacts.outputs.pr_number != ''
+        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          message: ${{ steps.artifacts.outputs.message }}
+          pr-number: ${{ steps.artifacts.outputs.pr_number }}
+          comment-tag: platform-build-result
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ jobs:
          scripts/build_linux_arm64.sh \
            --version "${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}" \
            --game-love .bazinga/work/game.love
-      - name: Verify the AppImage is self-contained and bullseye-compatible
-        run: bash scripts/linux-arm64/verify_appimage.sh "dist/linux-arm64/gen1recomp-${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}-linux-arm64.AppImage"
      - name: Upload Linux arm64 release
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
        with:
@@ -287,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
          retention-days: 1

  release:
-    needs: [version, love-payload, xbox-uwp, linux-arm64, native-tls-win]
+    needs: [version, xbox-uwp, linux-arm64, native-tls-win]
    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp' && '["self-hosted", "macOS"]' || '"macos-latest"') }}

    steps:
@@ -309,15 +307,6 @@ jobs:
          name: gen1tls-win-x64
          path: dist/native/win-x64

-      # The same game.love the arm64 AppImage and Xbox UWP builds fused, so
-      # every release asset ships one identical payload (build.sh's own pack
-      # would omit PATCH_NOTES.md and mobile/ios/app-repo.json).
-      - name: Download shared payload
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: gen1recomp-release-love
-          path: dist/payload
-
      - name: Import signing certificate into a temporary keychain
        if: github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp'
        run: |
@@ -355,9 +344,16 @@ jobs:
          echo "Identities available to codesign:"
          security find-identity -v -p codesigning "$KEYCHAIN_PATH"

+      - name: Build LÖVE 12 macOS runtime
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          scripts/build_love_macos.sh --fetch
+
      - name: Build macOS + Windows + Linux
        env:
          GEN1TLS_DLL: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist/native/win-x64/gen1tls.dll
+          LOVE_APP: ${{ github.workspace }}/.bazinga/love12/love.app
+          MAC_STAGE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/gen1recomp-mac-stage
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          # Sign in-build (identity auto-detected from the temp keychain);
@@ -368,36 +364,14 @@ jobs:
            echo "::error::gen1tls.dll missing at $GEN1TLS_DLL (native-tls-win job)"
            exit 1
          fi
-          scripts/build.sh all --version "${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}" --no-notarize \
-            --game-love dist/payload/game.love
+          scripts/build.sh all --version "${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}" --no-notarize
          unzip -l dist/win/gen1recomp-win64.zip | grep -F gen1tls.dll \
            || { echo "::error::Windows zip is missing gen1tls.dll"; exit 1; }

-      - name: Materialize Android release signing key
-        env:
-          KEYSTORE_B64: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_B64 }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          [ -n "$KEYSTORE_B64" ] || {
-            echo "::error::ANDROID_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_B64 is required for a publishable Android update"
-            exit 1
-          }
-          python3 - <<'PY'
-          import base64, os, pathlib
-          encoded = os.environ["KEYSTORE_B64"]
-          path = pathlib.Path(os.environ["RUNNER_TEMP"]) / "gen1recomp-android-release.keystore"
-          path.write_bytes(base64.b64decode(encoded, validate=True))
-          PY
-
      - name: Build Android
-        env:
-          GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE: ${{ runner.temp }}/gen1recomp-android-release.keystore
-          GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD }}
-          GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS }}
-          GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-          scripts/build_android.sh --release --version "${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}"
+          scripts/build_android.sh --version "${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}"

      - name: Install xcbeautify
        run: |
@@ -461,8 +435,8 @@ jobs:
          set -a; . "$ci_dir/notary.env"; set +a
          echo "::add-mask::$APPLE_APP_PASSWORD"

-          app=".bazinga/work/gen1recomp.app"
-          zip="dist/mac/gen1recomp-macos.zip"
+          app="$RUNNER_TEMP/gen1recomp-mac-stage/gen1recomp++.app"
+          zip="dist/mac/gen1recomp++-macos.zip"
          [ -d "$app" ] || { echo "::error::signed app not found at $app"; exit 1; }
          if [ -z "${APPLE_ID:-}" ] || [ -z "${APPLE_APP_PASSWORD:-}" ] || [ -z "${APPLE_TEAM_ID:-}" ]; then
            echo "::error::notary.env is missing APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_PASSWORD / APPLE_TEAM_ID."
@@ -507,7 +481,7 @@ jobs:
          outdir="dist/release"
          rm -rf "$outdir"
          mkdir -p "$outdir"
-          cp "dist/mac/gen1recomp-macos.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-macos.zip"
+          cp "dist/mac/gen1recomp++-macos.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp++-${v}-macos.zip"
          cp "dist/win/gen1recomp-win64.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-windows.zip"
          cp "dist/linux/gen1recomp-linux.zip" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-linux.zip"

@@ -519,8 +493,8 @@ jobs:
          [ -f "$arm64_appimage" ] || { echo "::error::$arm64_appimage not found (expected from the linux-arm64 job)"; exit 1; }
          cp "$arm64_appimage" "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-linux-arm64.AppImage"
          chmod +x "$outdir/gen1recomp-${v}-linux-arm64.AppImage"
-          apk="$(find dist/android/release -name '*.apk' | head -1)"
-          [ -n "$apk" ] || { echo "::error::no Android APK found under dist/android/release"; exit 1; }
+          apk="$(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"

          ipa="dist/ios/gen1recomp++.ipa"
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Switch artifact comment
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [ci]
-    types: [completed]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  comment:
-    if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - id: artifact
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
-          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
-          HEAD_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
-        run: |
-          artifact_id="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts" --jq '.artifacts[] | select(.name == "gen1recomp-switch-nro") | .id')"
-          [ -n "$artifact_id" ] || exit 0
-          head_owner="${HEAD_REPOSITORY%%/*}"
-          pr_number="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls?state=open&head=$head_owner:$HEAD_BRANCH" --jq '.[0].number // empty')"
-          [ -n "$pr_number" ] || exit 0
-          echo "artifact_url=https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts/$artifact_id" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      # Upsert via comment-tag only — do not delete-all bot comments (clobbers iOS).
-      - name: Get build info
-        id: build-info
-        env:
-          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
-        run: |
-          commit_hash="$(printf '%s' "$HEAD_SHA" | cut -c1-7)"
-          build_time="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"
-          echo "hash=$commit_hash" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "time=$build_time" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - name: comment Switch artifact
-        if: steps.artifact.outputs.pr_number != ''
-        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          message: |
-            [gen1recomp-switch.nro](${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact_url }})
-
-            **Commit**: [#${{ steps.build-info.outputs.hash }}](https://github.com/${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}/commit/${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }})
-            **Build Time**: `${{ steps.build-info.outputs.time }}`
-
-            <sub>This comment was automatically generated. [View workflow run](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }})</sub>
-          pr-number: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.pr_number }}
-          comment-tag: switch-build-result
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ read_globals = {
  -- LuaJIT 2.1 ships table.unpack even though the bare 5.1 `table` std lacks
  -- it; without this, every `table.unpack` reads as an undefined field.
  table = { fields = { "unpack" } },
-  "POKEPORT_DISPLAY_COMPANION",
-  "POKEPORT_EDITOR_MODE",
-  "rawlen",
-  package = { fields = { "searchers" } },
 }

 -- Vendored/native trees and the test suites have their own conventions.
@@ -34,7 +30,6 @@ exclude_files = {
  "mobile/",
  "tests/",
  "tools/save-editor/",
-  "tools/save_convert/vendor/",
 }

 ignore = {
@@ -140,17 +140,17 @@ ship text.

 ### 4. `games` (and the legacy `gen2compat`)

-Pokemon Gold and Silver are Gen 2, and they run their own battle engine,
-overworld, script VM and save format. The mod API is shared across both
-generations (same hook names, same event names, same registry names) but Gen 2
-cannot serve all of it yet, so it is opt-in. Say which games the mod is for:
+Pokemon Gold is Gen 2, and it runs its own battle engine, overworld, script
+VM and save format. The mod API is shared across both generations (same hook
+names, same event names, same registry names) but Gold cannot serve all of it
+yet, so Gen 2 is opt-in. Say which games the mod is for:

 ```json
 "games": ["gen1", "gen2"]
 ```

-Each entry is a version id (`"red"`, `"blue"`, `"yellow"`, `"gold"`,
-`"silver"`), a generation (`"gen1"`, `"gen2"`) or `"all"`;
+Each entry is a version id (`"red"`, `"blue"`, `"yellow"`, `"gold"`), a
+generation (`"gen1"`, `"gen2"`) or `"all"`;
 `src/mods/ModTargets.lua` resolves them off `GameVersion.ORDER` so nothing
 restates the game list. `python3 tools/modkit.py scaffold my_mod --games
 gen1,gen2` writes the key for you. The mod still installs to one directory,
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ gen1,gen2` writes the key for you. The mod still installs to one directory,
 Absent means Gen 1 only, which is what every mod written before the key existed
 was tested as. `"gen2compat": true` is the legacy spelling, still accepted and
 purely additive (it *adds* the Gen 2 games), so no manifest can lose a game it
-already ran on. On a Gold or Silver boot a mod claiming no Gen 2 game is not
-loaded at all: the manager lists it as `ENABLED (NOT THIS GAME)` and says why,
-because a mod that half-applies reads as a broken mod. Claim Gen 2 once you
-have actually run your mod on Gold or Silver.
+already ran on. On a Gold boot a mod claiming no Gen 2 game is not loaded at
+all: the manager lists it as `ENABLED (NOT THIS GAME)` and says why, because a
+mod that half-applies reads as a broken mod. Claim Gen 2 once you have actually
+run your mod on Gold.

 Every token is enforced, per game: the loader gates on the same
 `ModTargets.supports` answer both mod surfaces draw, so `"games": ["blue"]`
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ before the key existed changes behavior; list both generations or say `"all"`
 when you mean everywhere.

 `docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md` is the compatibility matrix: what works on Gold
-and Silver today (40 of the 46 registries, 40 event and 44 hook names shared with Gen 1,
+today (40 of the 46 registries, 40 event and 43 hook names shared with Gen 1,
 and 24 Gen 2-only ones), which registries have no Gen 2 home and drop their
 writes with a report, and which hooks and events are still to come.
 `docs/preparing-your-mod-for-gen2.md` is the step-by-step migration guide for a
@@ -27,9 +27,15 @@ ask() { # ask "question" -> yes by default
 printf '\n  \033[1mPokémon Red - LÖVE2D port\033[0m\n\n'

 have_love() {
-  command -v love >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
-  [ -x "/Applications/love.app/Contents/MacOS/love" ] && return 0
-  [ -x "$HOME/Applications/love.app/Contents/MacOS/love" ] && return 0
+  local app version
+  for app in ".bazinga/love12/love.app" "/Applications/love12.app" "$HOME/Applications/love12.app" \
+    "/Applications/love.app" "$HOME/Applications/love.app"; do
+    [ -x "$app/Contents/MacOS/love" ] || continue
+    version="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' "$app/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    printf '%s' "$version" | grep -Eq '^12(\.|$)' || continue
+    otool -L "$app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" 2>/dev/null \
+      | grep -q '/Metal.framework/' && return 0
+  done
  return 1
 }

@@ -57,22 +63,11 @@ if ! command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  fi
 fi

-# ----------------------------------------------------------------- Homebrew
-if ! have_love && ! command -v brew >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-    && [ ! -x /opt/homebrew/bin/brew ] && [ ! -x /usr/local/bin/brew ]; then
-  warn "LÖVE (the game engine) is not installed; the easiest installer is Homebrew"
-  if ask "Install Homebrew now? (asks for your macOS password)"; then
-    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" \
-      || { err "Homebrew install failed"; pause_exit 1; }
-  else
-    warn "OK, download LÖVE 11.x yourself from https://love2d.org,"
-    warn "drop love.app into /Applications, then run this again."
-    pause_exit 1
-  fi
+if ! have_love && ! command -v xcodebuild >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  warn "LÖVE 12 is not installed and Xcode is required to build it for macOS."
+  warn "Install Xcode from the App Store, launch it once, then run this again."
+  pause_exit 1
 fi
-# make brew visible in THIS shell (fresh installs aren't on PATH yet)
-[ -x /opt/homebrew/bin/brew ] && eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
-[ -x /usr/local/bin/brew ]    && eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"

 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- build
 echo
@@ -55,15 +55,16 @@ And before you say, "that's not a recomp", you're wrong. Recomp is an acronym. *

 [![Watch the latest update video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yi7LkWQPKKM/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/yi7LkWQPKKM)

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

 The ROM is verified, used during import, and then released from memory. It is
 not copied into the cache. Later launches load the private generated cache and
-do not ask for the ROM again. Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, and Silver can all be
-imported side by side. Gold and Silver are Gen 2 Phase 1 (import + launcher;
-see `docs/gold-phase1.md`): the Gen 2 engine is still under construction.
+do not ask for the ROM again. Red, Blue, Yellow, and Gold can all be imported
+side by side. Gold is Gen 2 Phase 1 (import + launcher; see
+`docs/gold-phase1.md`): the Gen 2 engine is still under construction.

 ## Quick Start

@@ -71,14 +72,13 @@ Open the desktop app. On first boot, choose your legally obtained `.gb` /
 `.gbc` file or drop it onto the window. Import takes a few seconds and the
 game starts automatically.

-Only the canonical US Red, Blue, Yellow (1 MiB), Gold, and Silver (2 MiB)
-ROMs are accepted. The importer verifies SHA-1 before creating any game data:
+Only the canonical US Red, Blue, Yellow (1 MiB), and Gold (2 MiB) ROMs are
+accepted. The importer verifies SHA-1 before creating any game data:

 - Red: `ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a`
 - Blue: `d7037c83e1ae5b39bde3c30787637ba1d4c48ce2`
 - Yellow: `cc7d03262ebfaf2f06772c1a480c7d9d5f4a38e1`
 - Gold: `d8b8a3600a465308c9953dfa04f0081c05bdcb94`
- Silver: `49b163f7e57702bc939d642a18f591de55d92dae`

 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
@@ -194,8 +194,9 @@ 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 `gen1recomp.app`/`.exe`, or next to `main.lua`/`conf.lua` when
-running from source), then launch the game. Portable mode is desktop-only
+(next to `gen1recomp++.app` on macOS or `gen1recomp.exe` on Windows, 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.

@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ entry: a desktop shortcut per game, a Steam entry, or a handheld frontend.

 | Option | Effect |
 | --- | --- |
-| `--game=red` | boot Red, skipping the launcher (`blue`, `yellow`, `gold` and `silver` too, or just `r` / `b` / `y` / `g` / `s`) |
+| `--game=red` | boot Red, skipping the launcher (`blue` and `yellow` too, or just `r` / `b` / `y`) |
 | `--slot=2` | load that save slot; takes a slot number or a slot id |
 | `--launcher` | open the launcher anyway, so you can edit a shortcut you already made |

@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ mkdir -p "$GAME_SRC"
 (cd "$SOURCE_DIR" && zip -q -9 -r "$WORK/game-payload.zip" \
  main.lua conf.lua src libs data assets tools/save-editor \
  tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
-  tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-  tools/rom_manifest_silver.json \
  -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
 if unzip -Z1 "$WORK/game-payload.zip" \
    | grep -Eq '^(data|assets)/generated/[^/]+|^(data|assets)/generated/.+/'; then
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ mkdir -p "$GAME_SRC"
  main.lua conf.lua src libs data assets tools/save-editor \
  tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
  tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-  tools/rom_manifest_silver.json \
  -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
 payload_list="$(unzip -Z1 "$WORK/game-payload.zip")"
 printf '%s\n' "$payload_list" \
@@ -100,8 +99,6 @@ printf '%s\n' "$payload_list" \
  && fail "payload unexpectedly contains generated ROM data"
 printf '%s\n' "$payload_list" | grep -qxF "tools/rom_manifest_gold.json" \
  || fail "payload is missing tools/rom_manifest_gold.json"
-printf '%s\n' "$payload_list" | grep -qxF "tools/rom_manifest_silver.json" \
-  || fail "payload is missing tools/rom_manifest_silver.json"
 unzip -q "$WORK/game-payload.zip" -d "$GAME_SRC"
 rm -f "$WORK/game-payload.zip"

@@ -196,26 +193,6 @@ get_controls
 [ -f "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt" ] && source "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt"

 GAMEDIR="$SHDIR/gen1recomp"
-# Anbernic stock keeps the launcher and the game folder side by side, so the
-# SHDIR-relative path above is correct there and is tried first.
-#
-# Other firmwares (muOS, and PortMaster's layout on several devices) keep
-# launcher scripts and port data in SEPARATE trees -- scripts under roms/ports,
-# data under ports -- so the sibling folder holds no game.
-#
-# Probe for the BINARY, not the directory: on a split layout this script has
-# usually already created "$SHDIR/gen1recomp/conf" and log.txt on an earlier
-# failed run (see mkdir/tee below), so an existence test matches a decoy of our
-# own making. Stock is unaffected -- its sibling holds the real binary and wins
-# on the first test.
-if [ ! -f "$GAMEDIR/bin/love.aarch64" ]; then
-  for candidate in "/$directory/ports/gen1recomp" \
-                   "/mnt/sdcard/ports/gen1recomp" \
-                   "/mnt/mmc/ports/gen1recomp" \
-                   "/roms/ports/gen1recomp"; do
-    if [ -f "$candidate/bin/love.aarch64" ]; then GAMEDIR="$candidate"; break; fi
-  done
-fi
 CONFDIR="$GAMEDIR/conf"
 mkdir -p "$CONFDIR"

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function love.conf(t)
    t.window.minwidth = 480
    t.window.minheight = 360
  end
-  t.version = love._os == "iOS" and "12.0" or "11.5"
+  t.version = (love._os == "iOS" or love._os == "OS X") and "12.0" or "11.5"
  t.window.vsync = 1
  t.modules.audio = not companion
  t.modules.joystick = not companion
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 local Menu = require("src.ui.Menu")
 local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")

-- TMNotebookText (data/text/text_2.asm) has no leading underscore, but the
-- extractor now collects any top-level label in a dedicated text file
-- regardless (tools/extract/text.py), so this is the real ROM label --
-- the literal below is only the fallback for a catalog without it.
+-- TMNotebookText (data/text/text_2.asm) has no leading underscore, so the
+-- extractor never collects it and the pamphlet's text is inlined.
 local TM_NOTEBOOK_TEXT = "It's a pamphlet\non TMs.\f...\f"
  .. "There are 50 TMs\nin all.\f"
  .. "There are also 5\nHMs that can be\vused repeatedly.\f"
@@ -72,8 +70,7 @@ return {
      return true
    end
    if fx == 3 and fy == 4 then
-      local text = game.data.text or {}
-      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, text.TMNotebookText or TM_NOTEBOOK_TEXT))
+      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, TM_NOTEBOOK_TEXT))
      return true
    end
    return false
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ return {
      -- pick the dish: bit 7 set (~50%) -> Salmon du Salad, else bit 4
      -- set (~25%) -> Eels au Barbecue, else (~25%) -> Prime Beef Steak.
      -- The three dish texts (SSAnneKitchenCook7SalmonDuSaladText /
-      -- ...EelsAuBarbecueText / ...PrimeBeefSteakText) have no leading
-      -- underscore in pokered/text/SSAnneKitchen.asm, but the extractor
-      -- collects them regardless (tools/extract/text.py); the literals
-      -- below are only the fallback for a catalog without them.
+      -- ...EelsAuBarbecueText / ...PrimeBeefSteakText) aren't extracted
+      -- into data/generated/text.lua (no leading underscore in
+      -- pokered/text/SSAnneKitchen.asm), so their literal strings are
+      -- ported here verbatim.
      TEXT_SSANNEKITCHEN_COOK7 = function(game, ow, npc, done)
        local t = game.data.text
        push(game, t._SSAnneKitchenCook7MainCourseIsText
@@ -27,16 +27,13 @@ return {
          local dish
          if roll <= 2 then
            -- bit 7 of hRandomAdd set (~50%)
-            dish = t.SSAnneKitchenCook7SalmonDuSaladText
-              or "Salmon du Salad!\fLes guests may\ngripe it's fish\vagain, however!"
+            dish = "Salmon du Salad!\fLes guests may\ngripe it's fish\vagain, however!"
          elseif roll == 3 then
            -- bit 4 set, bit 7 clear (~25%)
-            dish = t.SSAnneKitchenCook7EelsAuBarbecueText
-              or "Eels au Barbecue!\fLes guests will\nmutiny, I fear."
+            dish = "Eels au Barbecue!\fLes guests will\nmutiny, I fear."
          else
            -- neither bit set (~25%)
-            dish = t.SSAnneKitchenCook7PrimeBeefSteakText
-              or "Prime Beef Steak!\fBut, have I enough\nfillets du beef?"
+            dish = "Prime Beef Steak!\fBut, have I enough\nfillets du beef?"
          end
          push(game, dish, done)
        end)
@@ -60,23 +60,22 @@ M.VIRIDIAN_CITY = {
    -- you want to know about the two kinds of caterpillar Pokemon;
    -- YES -> CATERPIE/WEEDLE description, NO -> "Oh, OK then!".
    -- ViridianCityYoungster2OkThenText and
-    -- ViridianCityYoungster2CaterpieAndWeedleDescriptionText are defined
-    -- without a leading underscore in pokered/text/ViridianCity.asm, but
-    -- tools/extract/text.py now collects them regardless -- the literal
-    -- strings below are only the fallback for a catalog without them.
-    -- 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).
+    -- 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.  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\vof caterpillar\vPOKéMON?", function(yes)
        if yes then
-          push(game, t.ViridianCityYoungster2CaterpieAndWeedleDescriptionText
-            or "CATERPIE has no\npoison, but\vWEEDLE does.\fWatch 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, t.ViridianCityYoungster2OkThenText or "Oh, OK then!", done)
+          push(game, "Oh, OK then!", done)
        end
      end)
    end,
@@ -38,22 +38,6 @@ local function retryTmGive(game, ow, victoryKey, done)
  return true
 end

-- The badge line + its jingle, armed for the battle screen the way
-- SaveEndBattleTextPointers does (PewterGym.asm:117-119) (#1606)
-local function badgeEndBattleText(game, victoryKey)
-  local reward = victoryKey and require("data.scripts.victories")[victoryKey]
-  if not (reward and reward.dialogue) then return nil end
-  local text = game.data.text or {}
-  local pages = {}
-  for _, label in ipairs(reward.dialogue) do
-    if text[label] and text[label] ~= "" then
-      pages[#pages + 1] = text[label]
-    end
-  end
-  if #pages == 0 then return nil end
-  return table.concat(pages, "\f"), reward.badgeSound
-end
-
 -- scripts/PewterGym.asm PewterGymBrockText (text_asm): CheckEvent
 -- EVENT_BEAT_BROCK branches his dialogue.  Before the badge he prints
 -- _PewterGymBrockPreBattleText and engages the leader battle
@@ -74,8 +58,7 @@ M.PEWTER_GYM.talk = {
        game.data.text._PewterGymBrockPostBattleAdviceText
        or "Go to the GYM in\nCERULEAN and test\nyour abilities!", done))
    else
-      local text, sound = badgeEndBattleText(game, "OPP_BROCK#1")
-      ow:engageTrainer(npc, done, text, nil, sound)
+      ow:engageTrainer(npc, done)
    end
  end,
 }
@@ -108,8 +91,7 @@ local function leaderTalk(beatFlag, adviceLabel, fallback, afterAdvice, victoryK
      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
        game.data.text[adviceLabel] or fallback, finish))
    else
-      local text, sound = badgeEndBattleText(game, victoryKey)
-      ow:engageTrainer(npc, done, text, nil, sound)
+      ow:engageTrainer(npc, done)
    end
  end
 end
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ local function joinPrompt(game, ow, done)
  local t = game.data.text
  local back = function(text)
    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game, text, function()
-      ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 1, done, { collide = true })
+      ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 1, done)
    end))
  end
  game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ M.VIRIDIAN_CITY = {
    game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
      game.data.text._ViridianCityOldManSleepyPrivatePropertyText
      or "You can't go\nthrough here!\fThis is private\nproperty!",
-      function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 1, nil, { collide = true }) end))
+      function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 1) end))
    return true
  end,
 }
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ M.VERMILION_CITY = {
    if shipLeft then
      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
        t._VermilionCitySailor1ShipSetSailText or "The ship set sail.",
-        function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1, nil, { collide = true }) end))
+        function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1) end))
      return true
    end
    -- Walk-past is never facing-right / inFrontOfOrBehindGuardCoords, so
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ M.VERMILION_CITY = {
      ask .. "\f"
      .. (t._VermilionCitySailor1YouNeedATicketText
          or "You need a ticket\nto get aboard."),
-      function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1, nil, { collide = true }) end))
+      function() ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1) end))
    return true
  end,
  talk = {
@@ -837,14 +837,13 @@ M.SILPH_CO_11F = {
            -- every Silph rocket leaves off-screen (the street rockets are
            -- handled by M.SAFFRON_CITY.onEnter in story4.lua).  Queued, not
            -- run here: the battle's own callbacks are still unwinding, so
-            -- queueScript starts it on the first idle overworld frame (#722).
+            -- queueScript starts it on the first idle overworld frame --
+            -- after the end-battle "Arrgh!!" box victories.lua OPP_GIOVANNI#2
+            -- pushes (#722).
            if game.save.flags.EVENT_BEAT_SILPH_CO_GIOVANNI then
              ow:queueScript(silphAftermathRows())
            end
-          end,
-          -- "Arrgh!!" is armed for the battle screen, not the map
-          -- (scripts/SilphCo11F.asm:264-266 SaveEndBattleTextPointers) #1606
-          game.data.text._SilphCo10FGiovanniILostAgainText, true)
+          end, nil, true)
        end)
      end))
    return true
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ local function saffronGate(guardText, triggers, horizontal)
      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
        t._SaffronGateGuardGeeImThirstyText or "Gee, I'm thirsty\nthough!\nThe road's closed.",
        function()
-          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, back, 1, nil, { collide = true })
+          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, back, 1)
        end))
      return true
    end,
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ 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, "down", 1, nil, { collide = true })
+        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "down", 1)
      end)
      return true
    end
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ M.POKEMON_TOWER_6F = {
          -- .did_not_defeat: one simulated step right, off the trigger,
          -- so fleeing does not leave you standing on a cell that
          -- immediately re-fires.
-          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "right", 1, nil, { collide = true })
+          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "right", 1)
        end
        ow:afterBattle(result, battle)
      end
@@ -216,10 +216,7 @@ local function dojoMasterGate(game, ow, x, y)
  if not master or ow:trainerDefeated(master) then return false end
  ow.player.facing = "right"
  master:facePlayer(ow.player)
-  -- scripts/FightingDojo.asm:117-119 SaveEndBattleTextPointers (#1606)
-  ow:engageTrainer(master, nil,
-    ((game.data or {}).text or {})._FightingDojoKarateMasterDefeatedText,
-    nil, nil, false)
+  ow:engageTrainer(master)
  return true
 end

@@ -734,7 +731,7 @@ local function e4ExitSeal(flag, closedBlock, openBlock, dontRunText, autoFlag)
      local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
      game.stack:push(TextBox.new(game,
        game.data.text[dontRunText] or "Don't run away!", function()
-        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1, nil, { collide = true })
+        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", 1)
      end))
      return true
    end,
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ M.CINNABAR_LAB_METRONOME_ROOM = {
 -- TM42 Dream Eater (scripts/ViridianCity.asm, the fisher).  The fisher's
 -- YouCanHaveThisText prints before GiveItem, so this gift needs a pre
 -- text (#775).  Like the SilphCo2F worker (#393) that label carries no
-- leading underscore; tools/extract/text.py now collects it regardless,
-- so preFallback below is just the safety net for a catalog without it.
+-- leading underscore, and on Red it sits outside the extractor's symbol
+-- set, so the literal from text/ViridianCity.asm rides along as the
+-- fallback; Yellow resolves the ROM string instead.
 M.VIRIDIAN_CITY = {
  talk = {
    TEXT_VIRIDIANCITY_FISHER = gift({
@@ -145,11 +146,9 @@ M.SILPH_CO_2F = {
  talk = {
    TEXT_SILPHCO2F_SILPH_WORKER_F = gift({
      flag = "EVENT_GOT_TM36", item = "TM_SELFDESTRUCT",
-      -- the label carries no leading underscore (#393); collected like any
-      -- other text/*.asm label now, preFallback is just the safety net
+      -- the label carries no leading underscore: pokered keeps this one in
+      -- the script bank, not the far-text bank (#393)
      pre = "SilphCo2FSilphWorkerFPleaseTakeThisText",
-      preFallback = "Eeek!\nNo! Stop! Help!\fOh, you're not\nwith TEAM ROCKET."
-        .. "\vI thought...\vI'm sorry. Here,\vplease take this!",
      received = "_SilphCo2FSilphWorkerFReceivedTM36Text",
      explain = "_SilphCo2FSilphWorkerFTM36ExplanationText",
      noRoom = "_SilphCo2FSilphWorkerFTM36NoRoomText",
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ local function stepGate(opts)
    push(game, text(game)[opts.text] or opts.fallback, function()
      ow.player.facing = opts.push
      if not ow:checkLedgeHop(opts.push) then
-        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, opts.push, 1, nil, { collide = true })
+        ow:scriptMove(ow.player, opts.push, 1)
      end
    end)
    return true
@@ -647,29 +646,27 @@ end
 local rocketRows = {
  { "face_player" },                                           -- 1
  { "check_flag", "EVENT_GOT_TM28" },                          -- 2
-  { "jump_if_true", 16 },                                      -- 3 → CeruleanHideRocket
+  { "jump_if_true", 15 },                                      -- 3 → CeruleanHideRocket
  { "check_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_ROCKET_THIEF" },        -- 4
-  { "jump_if_true", 10 },                                      -- 5
+  { "jump_if_true", 9 },                                       -- 5
  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketText" },                  -- 6
-  -- scripts/CeruleanCity.asm:297 SaveEndBattleTextPointers
-  { "save_end_battle_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketIGiveUpText" }, -- 7
-  { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_ROCKET", 5 },              -- 8
-  { "jump_if_false", "end" },                                  -- 9
-  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketIllReturnTheTMText" },    -- 10
-  { "set_flag", "EVENT_BEAT_CERULEAN_ROCKET_THIEF" },          -- 11
-  { "give_item", "TM_DIG", 1, false },                         -- 12 (row 14 prints)
-  { "set_flag", "EVENT_GOT_TM28" },                            -- 13
-  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketReceivedTM28Text" },      -- 14
-  { "show_text", "_CeruleanCityRocketIBetterGetMovingText" },  -- 15
-  { "fade", "out" },                                           -- 16 GBFadeOutToBlack
+  { "start_battle", "trainer", "OPP_ROCKET", 5 },              -- 7
+  { "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
+  { "fade", "out" },                                           -- 15 GBFadeOutToBlack
  -- CeruleanHideRocket while black: GUARD1 (28,12) appears, GUARD2
  -- (27,12) and the ROCKET go.  GUARD2 blocks the trashed-house south
  -- door neighbour -- the swap reconnects the city (Bill's ticket does
  -- the same in story.lua; either route is enough).
-  { "show_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_GUARD1" },   -- 17
-  { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_GUARD2" },   -- 18
-  { "hide_object", "CERULEAN_CITY", "CERULEANCITY_ROCKET" },   -- 19
-  { "fade", "in" },                                            -- 20 GBFadeInFromBlack
+  { "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 = {
@@ -820,8 +817,7 @@ M.PEWTER_POKECENTER = {
 -- on the west-side cells and walks you back
 local function bikeGateGuard(coords, stopText, explainText)
  return function(game, ow, x, y)
-    local bike = game.save.inventory.BICYCLE
-    if bike and bike ~= 0 then return false end
+    if game.save.inventory.BICYCLE then return false end
    if not inCoords(coords, x, y) then return false end
    -- walk the player up to the tile beside the counter, no further:
    -- (matchedY - closestY) tiles, 0 when already next to it
@@ -843,10 +839,10 @@ local function bikeGateGuard(coords, stopText, explainText)
        -- (PlayerMovingRightScript). Without it the player was left
        -- parked beside the guard's counter with no way past. #518
        local function shoveRight()
-          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "right", 1, nil, { collide = true })
+          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "right", 1)
        end
        if dist > 0 then
-          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", dist, shoveRight, { collide = true })
+          ow:scriptMove(ow.player, "up", dist, shoveRight)
        else
          shoveRight()
        end
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ trixie.
 This is a statement about the *compile environment*, not about where the
 artifact runs — building on your own newer distro would silently raise that
 floor and strand every user on an older one, with no symptom until they
-download it. `scripts/linux-arm64/verify_appimage.sh` enforces the floor in
-both CI (`linux-arm64-build`) and the release workflow: the build fails if
-the highest required glibc symbol version climbs above 2.31.
+download it. CI enforces the floor: `linux-arm64-build` fails if the highest
+required glibc symbol version climbs above 2.31.

 ### Why five libraries are built from source

@@ -173,15 +172,13 @@ Three jobs, path-gated on `scripts/build_linux_arm64.sh`,
  exclude list still classifies known sonames correctly, that AppRun still
  launches `game.love` with `--fused`, and that the host-arch guard actually
  fires. Needs no container and no arm64 machine.
- **`linux-arm64-build`** (`ubuntu-24.04-arm`) — the real build, then
-  `scripts/linux-arm64/verify_appimage.sh` extracts the artifact and asserts
-  the layout, that every bundled object resolves under AppRun's
-  `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, and that the glibc floor is still ≤ 2.31. Uploads the
-  AppImage for 7 days.
+- **`linux-arm64-build`** (`ubuntu-24.04-arm`) — the real build, then extracts
+  the artifact and asserts the layout, that every bundled object resolves
+  under AppRun's `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, and that the glibc floor is still ≤ 2.31.
+  Uploads the AppImage for 7 days.
 - **release** — `linux-arm64` runs on `ubuntu-24.04-arm`, reuses the shared
-  `game.love` from the `love-payload` job, runs the same
-  `verify_appimage.sh` checks on the shipped image, and the AppImage is
-  staged and published like every other release asset.
+  `game.love` from the `love-payload` job, and the AppImage is staged and
+  published like every other release asset.

 Unlike the Switch job, none of this needs secrets or self-hosted hardware, so
 it runs on fork PRs too.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The short version, for an author deciding what to write:
  merged.** The write is taken, dropped, and named once per mod in the same
  error feed the mod manager shows -- in both directions, so a Red boot writing
  to `decorations` is told exactly as a Gold boot writing to `map_scripts` is.
- **40 event names and 44 hook names have a call site in both generations**, so
+- **40 event names and 43 hook names have a call site in both generations**, so
  one subscription serves both games. `tests/engine/gate_gen2_mod_api.lua`
  reads those names back out of the source and fails if a site is renamed or
  deleted on either side, and fails again if a new shared site appears without
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ The short version, for an author deciding what to write:
 ```

 `games` is an optional array of version ids (`"red"`, `"blue"`, `"yellow"`,
-`"gold"`, `"silver"`), generations (`"gen1"`, `"gen2"`, case-insensitive) or
-`"all"`. `src/mods/ModTargets.lua` resolves the tokens off `GameVersion.ORDER`
-and `GameVersion.generation`, so nothing anywhere restates the game list.
-`"gen2"` now expands to both Gold and Silver.
+`"gold"`), generations (`"gen1"`, `"gen2"`, case-insensitive) or `"all"`.
+`src/mods/ModTargets.lua` resolves the tokens off `GameVersion.ORDER` and
+`GameVersion.generation`, so nothing anywhere restates the game list.
 `Manifest.validate` stores the resolved, ORDER-sorted ids on `manifest.games`
 and **derives** `manifest.gen2compat` from them, which is the one field the
 loader's gate reads.
@@ -539,28 +538,15 @@ gains a field instead of the name gaining a prefix.
  `battle.damage_dealt`, `battle.fainted`, `battle.status_inflicted`,
  `battle.battler_switched`, `battle.ball_thrown`, `battle.exp_gained`,
  `pokemon.level_up`, `pokemon.move_learned`; hooks `battle.damage`,
-  `battle.crit`, `battle.accuracy`, `battle.charge_required`,
-  `battle.turn_order`,
+  `battle.crit`, `battle.accuracy`, `battle.turn_order`,
  `battle.enemy_action`, `battle.run`, `battle.exp_award`, `exp.gain`,
  `catch.rate`, `trainer.party`, `battle.overlay`, `battle.low_health_alarm`,
-  `battle.catch_exp`, `battle.bottom_ui_visible`,
-  `battle.status_hud_visible` and `battle.move_grid_navigation`. One payload
-  difference: Gen 1's vanilla
+  `battle.catch_exp`, `battle.bottom_ui_visible` and
+  `battle.status_hud_visible`. One payload difference: Gen 1's vanilla
  `battle.low_health_alarm` link reads `ctx.battle.data`, and Gold's battle
  screen has no `.data` field, so the Gen 2 site **adds** `ctx.data` beside the
  Gen 1 keys. A mod that calls `nextFn` is unaffected; one that reaches through
  `ctx.battle.data` instead gets nil on Gold.
-  `battle.exp_award`'s `ctx.applyShare(mon, split, announce)` reads its third
-  argument on both generations: truthy prints the mon's GainedText, falsy pays
-  it silently, so one mod source can print a single summary line for a
-  party-wide award instead of a box per recipient. Gold honours it **only when
-  it is passed**, by argument count -- `applyShare(mon, split)` was written
-  against a seam that always announced on Gold and keeps announcing there,
-  while `applyShare(mon, split, nil)` is silent on both. Pass the argument
-  explicitly and the two generations agree; omit it and Gen 1 stays silent
-  where Gold speaks. Only the line is affected: the exp, the stat exp,
-  `battle.exp_gained`, the level-up line, learned moves and the forget prompt
-  happen either way.
 - *The catch and the evolution:* `pokemon.caught`, `pokemon.evolved`; hook
  `evolution.check`. `src/ui/gen2/BattleState.lua:pushCaught` emits
  `pokemon.caught` once the mon is in the party or the box, and
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Every mod contains a root `manifest.json` defining its metadata, supported games
 | `entry` | `string` | Entry Lua file path relative to mod root (usually `"main.lua"`). |
 | `profile` | `string` | Mod profile: `"content"`, `"overhaul"`, or `"total_conversion"`. |
 | `category` | `string` | Categorization chip (e.g. `"GAMEPLAY"`, `"CONTENT"`, `"UI"`, `"AUDIO"`). |
-| `games` | `array` | Supported game versions: `["gen1"]`, `["gen2"]`, `["red"]`, `["blue"]`, `["yellow"]`, `["gold"]`, `["silver"]`, or `["all"]`. |
+| `games` | `array` | Supported game versions: `["gen1"]`, `["gen2"]`, `["red"]`, `["blue"]`, `["yellow"]`, `["gold"]`, or `["all"]`. |
 | `game_version`| `string` | Semver range of required engine version (e.g. `">=0.0.0-dev <2.0.0"`). |
 | `priority` | `integer` | Load priority order (lower numbers load earlier; dependencies always precede dependents regardless of priority). |
 | `dependencies` | `array` | Hard required dependencies. A mod will not load if a required dependency is missing or disabled for the active game. |
@@ -122,40 +122,21 @@ Each object requires a stable `id`, a display `name`, a destination `file`
 digests. `format` is either `"raw"` (the default) or `"n64"`. An optional
 `description` gives players dump or region guidance in the import panel.
 `size` declares the exact canonical byte length; `max_size` declares a smaller
-per-import ceiling when an exact size is not appropriate. The engine hard limit
-is 2 GiB. Imports above 128 MiB receive an explicit free-space confirmation and
-use the launcher's streaming large-file path rather than being materialized as
-one Lua string.
+per-import ceiling when an exact size is not appropriate. Every import also
+has an engine-enforced 128 MiB ceiling and is rejected before hashing when its
+filesystem reports an invalid size.

 For `"n64"`, the launcher recognizes `.z64`, `.v64`, and `.n64` byte orders,
 strips a recognized 512-byte copier header, converts the bytes to canonical
 big-endian `.z64` order, and then checks MD5. The canonical bytes are written
 to `mods/<mod-id>/baseroms/<file>`. Each selection is a private grant to that
 mod: the launcher never scans or copies another mod's imported files merely
-because its manifest names the same digest. Small sources can still be read
-with the existing scoped `mod:read` API, for example
-`mod:read("baseroms/stadium2.z64")`. For large sources, prefer the bounded
-`mod.imports` facade described below; no host path or new general filesystem
+because its manifest names the same digest. Mods read the result with their existing scoped `mod:read` API, for
+example `mod:read("baseroms/stadium2.z64")`; no host path or new filesystem
 permission is exposed. Missing `required_imports` block the mod before its
 entry chunk runs; missing `optional_imports` remain visible in the same
 launcher panel but do not block loading.

-#### Bounded access to validated imports
-
-A loaded mod can address only ids declared by its own `required_imports` or
-`optional_imports` arrays:
-
-```lua
-local info, err = mod.imports:info("stadium2")
-local header, err = mod.imports:read("stadium2", 0, 4096)
-```
-
-`read` uses zero-based offsets and is capped at 8 MiB per call. The engine
-rechecks the stored import before exposing it, seeks into the engine-owned
-copy, and never gives the mod a host path or file handle. This is intended for
-large source formats whose table/index can be parsed with small reads before
-selectively reading the payloads a transform actually needs.
-
 MD5 here identifies a known dump because ROM databases commonly publish it;
 it is not a security or authenticity guarantee. Do not paste the SHA-1 used by
 Gen1Recomp's own game-ROM importer into an import's `md5` field. Mod archives
@@ -460,28 +441,6 @@ default** (1x front, 2x back).
  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.

-## Installation-scoped generated cache
-
-Generated data derived from a validated user source often belongs to the mod
-installation rather than to one Pokémon save. `mod.cache` is that namespace:
-
-```lua
-local ok, err = mod.cache:write("extract/v1/arena.bin", encodedArena)
-local bytes, err = mod.cache:read("extract/v1/arena.bin")
-local info = mod.cache:info("extract/v1/arena.bin")
-mod.cache:delete("extract/v1/arena.bin")
-```
-
-The physical root is engine-owned (`mod_cache/<mod-id>/`) and never exposed to
-the mod. Keys are safe relative paths and a single write is capped at 64 MiB.
-The cache does not rewind with checkpoints and is not scoped to game version,
-slot, or playthrough. The mod owns its generated format, fingerprints, rebuild
-policy, and completion marker; the engine treats the bytes as opaque data.
-
-Use `mod.storage` instead when the data belongs to one playthrough. Use
-`mod.cache` when it is a reproducible installation artifact that can be rebuilt
-from a declared user source.
-
 ## Durable tool storage and runtime checkpoints

 `mod.save` remains the right place for state that should travel with the next
@@ -674,17 +633,6 @@ the selected indices. Mods remain responsible for selection policy and should
 use only public `mod.ui`, hook, and save APIs. See RFC 0010 for the exact
 contract and compatibility guarantees.

-Both battle engines expose the guarded `battle.charge_required` hook when a
-charge-capable move is selected for its initial turn and the active ruleset
-would otherwise charge it. The wrapper receives `(next, ctx)`, where `ctx` is
-`{ battle, user, target, move, charge = true, isCalled }`. Return `false` to
-skip only that initial charge and continue through the ordinary move pipeline;
-call `next(ctx)` to keep it. The hook does not run for the release turn or when
-the active ruleset already skips charging (for example, Gold Solarbeam in
-sun). PP use, accuracy, damage, animation, and secondary effects remain owned
-by the engine. With no subscriber, the vanilla decision runs without building
-the hook context.
-
 ## Developer console

 Boot with developer mode on to unlock the in-game console and hot-reload
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ Features intentionally added beyond the original Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
 * **Persistent custom options** stored separately from game saves
 * **Optional widescreen battle layout**
 * **Mobile touch controls** with editable layouts, vibration, and orientation settings
-* **Screen position setting** (center, upper, top) shared across all games, for clamp-on controllers that cover the lower screen
 * **Touch skins** in RetroArch overlay format and Delta `.deltaskin` (including PDF-wrapped bezel art), with per-button press states and Super Game Boy borders
 * **Pokédex diploma and printer image exports**
-* **Shareable mod lists** over save sync, optionally carrying the options set for those mods, which the receiving device is asked about before anything is changed

 ## Gen 2 Specifics

-* **Pokémon Silver** as an importable, launcher-selectable version alongside Gold
 * **Mod manager** with Gen 1 mod adapters, per-game targeting, and `modkit gen2check`
 * **Followers** for mods, plus Gen 2-only registries and hooks
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ something the filesystem encodes.

 | token | means |
 | --- | --- |
-| `"red"`, `"blue"`, `"yellow"`, `"gold"`, `"silver"` | that one game (a version id from `GameVersion.ORDER`) |
+| `"red"`, `"blue"`, `"yellow"`, `"gold"` | that one game (a version id from `GameVersion.ORDER`) |
 | `"gen1"`, `"gen2"` | every game of that generation (case-insensitive; `"gen 2"` also parses) |
 | `"all"` | every game this engine has |

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # What This Port Requires

 The packaged desktop app requires one user-supplied input on first boot: a
-canonical 1 MiB US Pokemon Red, Blue, or Yellow ROM, or a canonical 2 MiB US
-Pokemon Gold or Silver ROM.
+canonical 1 MiB US Pokemon Red, Blue, or Yellow ROM.

 The importer verifies the SHA-1 for the game (see `src/core/GameVersion.lua`
 for specific hashes). Other revisions and Virtual Console releases are rejected
@@ -16,8 +15,7 @@ Python and Pillow are not required by the packaged app.

 Assembly removes high-level names and some relationships that the Lua port
 needs. The version-specific files `tools/rom_manifest.json`,
-`tools/rom_manifest_blue.json`, `tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json`,
-`tools/rom_manifest_gold.json`, and `tools/rom_manifest_silver.json` therefore
+`tools/rom_manifest_blue.json`, and `tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json` therefore
 contain:

 - the ROM symbol addresses actually read by the extractor
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-# RFC 0008 — Streamed mod imports and installation-scoped generated cache
-
-## Motivation
-
-`required_imports`/`optional_imports` can now describe files up to 2 GiB, but
-the existing launcher and public mod API still assume imported bytes are small:
-
-* the Windows desktop picker stages a selected required import through a fixed
-  `%TEMP%/pokeport_required_import.bin` path before validation;
-* the fallback import path materializes the selected file as one Lua string;
-* after validation a mod can only use `mod:read("baseroms/...")`, which also
-  materializes the whole file;
-* `mod.storage` is intentionally scoped to one Pokémon playthrough, so it is
-  not an appropriate home for a one-time generated asset cache shared by every
-  save using the same installed mod.
-
-This makes optical-disc-sized user sources impractical even though the manifest
-schema already accepts them. A failed temporary staging copy can also turn a
-valid large source into a smaller temporary file and produce a misleading
-"wrong file size" rejection.
-
-A mod should be able to consume its own already-validated source incrementally
-and compile derived runtime data once, without receiving a host path or general
-filesystem access.
-
-## Decision being extended
-
-This extends the same legal/sandbox direction as **D11 asset transforms**
-(`src/mods/AssetTransform.lua`): mods distribute recipes and derive bytes from
-user-owned sources rather than shipping ROM-derived data. It also follows the
-**D14 parity-gate** contract referenced by `tests/harness.lua` and
-`tests/engine/gate_meta_coverage.lua` (the `21-testing-and-ci` plan): additive
-extension points ship public-API coverage, no-mod parity coverage, and docs in
-the same change.
-
-The historical D11 plan document is referenced by source comments but is not
-present in the current repository tree; this RFC is the checked-in design
-record for the new surface.
-
-## Exact API delta
-
-No manifest field changes. Existing `required_imports` and `optional_imports`
-remain the declaration/validation authority.
-
-Two additive facades are added to the `mod` object.
-
-### `mod.imports`
-
-```lua
-local info, err = mod.imports:info("source_id")
-local bytes, err = mod.imports:read("source_id", offset, length)
-```
-
-* `source_id` must name an import declared by the calling mod.
-* the import is rechecked through `RequiredImports.validateStored` before it is
-  exposed, so missing, replaced, or invalid optional imports are not readable;
-* `offset` and `length` are zero-based byte coordinates;
-* one read is capped at 8 MiB;
-* no host path or file handle is returned;
-* production reads seek into the engine-owned stored copy instead of reading
-  the whole source.
-
-`info()` returns declaration metadata plus stored size. It does not expose a
-host path.
-
-### `mod.cache`
-
-```lua
-mod.cache:write("extract/v1/model.bin", bytes)
-local bytes = mod.cache:read("extract/v1/model.bin")
-local info = mod.cache:info("extract/v1/model.bin")
-mod.cache:delete("extract/v1/model.bin")
-```
-
-The cache is rooted at `mod_cache/<mod-id>/`, follows the engine persistence
-backend, and is independent of game version, launcher slot, and playthrough.
-Paths are checked with `SafePath`; `..`, absolute paths, drive paths, and other
-escapes remain unavailable. A single cache write is capped at 64 MiB so large
-generated datasets are naturally split into independently replaceable files.
-
-The engine does not interpret cache bytes. Mods own generated-format versioning,
-fingerprints, transactional completion markers, and rebuild policy.
-
-## Launcher/import transport delta
-
-For large raw required imports:
-
-1. desktop pickers return the original selected path instead of staging it
-   through a fixed temporary file;
-2. the engine opens that source itself;
-3. bytes are copied directly to the existing engine-owned
-   `mods/<id>/baseroms/<file>` destination in 4 MiB chunks;
-4. MD5 is updated incrementally during the copy;
-5. the normal size/MD5 validation receipt is written only after the complete
-   destination passes validation;
-6. partial destinations are removed on short reads, write failure, size
-   mismatch, or digest mismatch.
-
-N64 imports stay on the existing canonicalization path because byte-order and
-copier-header normalization require transformation rather than a raw copy.
-
-If a validation receipt for an already-stored large raw import is missing, the
-engine rebuilds it with streaming MD5 rather than a whole-file read.
-
-## Backward compatibility / migration
-
-**Existing mods do nothing.** This is additive.
-
-* manifest v1/v2 fields are unchanged;
-* `mod:read`, `mod.storage`, registries, events, hooks, and legacy compatibility
-  retain their existing behavior;
-* small required imports retain the existing in-memory validation path;
-* N64 imports retain canonicalization and existing accepted byte orders;
-* a mod that never touches `mod.imports` or `mod.cache` creates no new cache
-  files and observes no new behavior.
-
-The mod API integer is not bumped because no existing member changes meaning or
-shape.
-
-## Security and legal posture
-
-The launcher remains the authority that validates user-supplied bytes. The new
-facade narrows access rather than widening it: a mod can read only ids declared
-in its own manifest, only after validation, and only in bounded ranges. It does
-not receive host paths, `io`, or a raw filesystem handle.
-
-`mod.cache` is writable only beneath the calling mod's generated-cache root.
-Nothing in this RFC permits packaged ROM-derived bytes; `modkit lint/pack`
-continue to enforce the existing legal posture.
-
-## Parity guarantee
-
-The change ships with:
-
-* a no-mod/API-v1 parity test proving an empty load and an existing v1-style
-  `mod:read` load do not create cache data or change the old surface;
-* a public mod-API test that reaches `mod.imports` and `mod.cache` through a
-  real `Loader` load, including bounded reads, undeclared/missing imports,
-  cache isolation, and traversal rejection;
-* incremental MD5 vectors and a large-import streaming regression test;
-* the existing engine suite, required-import suite, and mod lint gates.
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# RFC 0011: Charge-required battle hook
-
-## Status
-
-Proposed.
-
-## Motivation
-
-A battle-mechanics mod can change damage through `battle.damage` and register
-move effects, but it cannot conditionally skip the first turn of an existing
-charge move. In Gen 1, the engine decides and stores the charge continuation
-before any public effect callback can run. Reaching into `user.charging`,
-`user.chargeReady`, or generation-specific volatile state is private,
-checkpoint-fragile, and would require a mod to duplicate move-pipeline policy.
-
-Weather is the immediate example: a portable sun rule needs Solarbeam to
-resolve on selection while leaving Fly, Dig, PP use, hit resolution, animation,
-and secondary effects to the engine. The capability is generic and useful to
-other ruleset and move-mechanics mods.
-
-## Decision and plan extended
-
-This implements **D-AT-002: charge-stage policy remains mod authority through a
-generic guarded engine decision seam**. The consuming design is tracked in the
-Adaptive Trainers implementation plan,
-[`docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-14-adaptive-trainers.md`](https://github.com/MaxTomahawk/gen1recomp-adaptive-trainers/blob/main/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-14-adaptive-trainers.md),
-Task 8. The delta follows the additive, guarded hook convention documented by
-Route B in `CONTRIBUTING-mods.md`; it contains no weather, move-id, trainer, or
-Adaptive Trainers policy.
-
-## Exact API delta
-
-Both the Gen 1 and Gen 2 battle engines add this guarded hook:
-
-```lua
-mod.hooks:wrap("battle.charge_required", function(next, ctx)
-  -- ctx = {
-  --   battle = live battle controller,
-  --   user = attacking battler,
-  --   target = defending battler,
-  --   move = merged move record,
-  --   charge = true,
-  --   isCalled = false,
-  -- }
-  if should_resolve_now(ctx) then return false end
-  return next(ctx)
-end)
-```
-
-The call site is the initial-use charge decision, after announcement and PP
-handling but before charge state, invulnerability, charge animation, or charge
-text is created. It runs only when the active engine rules would otherwise
-require a charge. It does not run on the release turn. Returning exactly
-`false` skips that initial charge and continues through the engine-owned move
-pipeline. Any other downstream return preserves the charge. `isCalled` is true
-when Metronome or Mirror Move selected the move.
-
-Gold keeps its native sun decision first, so Solarbeam in native sun already
-requires no charge and does not invoke the hook. Gen 1 link battles use the
-shared Gen 1 move pipeline and therefore receive the same seam; normal link
-mod-compatibility rules continue to govern deterministic peers.
-
-The hot path first calls `Runtime.wantsHook("battle.charge_required")`. With no
-subscriber, no hook payload table is allocated and the existing branch runs
-unchanged.
-
-## Migration and compatibility
-
-Existing mods change nothing. The hook name and payload are additive. With no
-wrapper installed, Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, and Silver retain their previous
-charge state, PP use, text, animation, accuracy, damage, and native weather
-behavior. Existing charge-move data and effect records require no migration.
-
-A mod adopting the seam should call `next(ctx)` unless it deliberately wants to
-skip this charge. It should not mutate private charge fields or re-run the move.
-
-## Verification
-
- `tests/engine/battle_charge_required.lua` exercises the real Gen 1 and Gen 2
-  engines through a sandboxed public mod, including false-to-skip, next-to-keep,
-  release-turn behavior, called-move PP semantics, shared payload shape, and
-  native Gold sun behavior.
- The same test proves no-mod charge/release parity and replaces
-  `Runtime.call` with a sentinel behind a false `Runtime.wantsHook` guard.
- `tests/engine/gate_hooks.lua` discovers the new catalog name and proves empty
-  chains preserve vanilla values and allocation behavior.
- `tests/engine/gate_gen2_mod_api.lua` requires a guarded site in both
-  generations and keeps the compatibility reference list complete.
-
-## Deprecation etiquette
-
-Nothing is removed, renamed, superseded, or deprecated.
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-# RFC 0012: `applyShare`'s announce argument on Gen 2
-
-## Status
-
-Proposed.
-
-## Motivation
-
-`battle.exp_award` hands a mod `ctx.applyShare(mon, split, announce)` on both
-generations. On Gen 1 the third argument decides whether the mon's GainedText
-box is printed (`src/battle/BattleState.lua`, `if announce then`), which is how
-a mod that pays the whole party prints **one** summary line instead of a box
-per recipient.
-
-Gold accepts the argument and ignores it, as its own comment above the hook
-call says. So the same mod source, running the same code, prints one line on
-Red and six on Gold — one for the participant plus one for every bench mon it
-paid.
-
-This is not hypothetical. The [Exp Share](https://github.com/ShaneMcGovernIE/exp_share)
-mod declares `"games": ["gen1", "gen2"]` and its description promises "a single
-shared-exp line instead of one message per Pokemon". It passes `true` for the
-fighters and `nil` for the bench, exactly as the Gen 1 seam asks. On Gold every
-one of those `nil` calls announces anyway, so a five-mon party turns every KO
-into six boxes to click through.
-
-There is no mod-side fix. The announcement is emitted inside
-`Battle:giveExperiencePass`, behind no hook, and a mod cannot ask for silence
-because the argument that means "quietly" is discarded. The only workaround is
-to intercept the battle's event queue afterwards and delete the boxes, which is
-what a mod written for this had to do — a mod reaching into engine internals to
-undo something the public seam should never have done.
-
-## Decision and plan extended
-
-This does not add a seam. It finishes one: `battle.exp_award` is documented as
-"the same hook `BattleState:awardExp` calls on Gen 1 and with the same ctx",
-and `docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md` lists it among the hooks shared with Gen 1.
-The third `applyShare` argument is the one part of that ctx whose meaning did
-not survive the crossing, so the promise the catalog already makes is what this
-change delivers.
-
-The delta follows Route B's additive, guarded convention in
-`CONTRIBUTING-mods.md`: nothing is renamed, nothing is removed, and no mod that
-exists today changes behaviour.
-
-## Exact API delta
-
-`ctx.applyShare(mon, split, announce)` on Gen 2 now reads `announce`:
-
-| Call | Gen 1 | Gen 2 before | Gen 2 after |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| `applyShare(mon, split)` | silent | announces | **announces** (unchanged) |
-| `applyShare(mon, split, nil)` | silent | announces | **silent** |
-| `applyShare(mon, split, false)` | silent | announces | **silent** |
-| `applyShare(mon, split, true)` | announces | announces | announces |
-| `applyShare(mon, split, "expAll")` | announces | announces | announces |
-
-The argument is honoured **only when it is actually passed**, decided by
-argument count rather than by value:
-
-```lua
-local function applyShare(mon, split, ...)
-  local announce = ...
-  local silent = select("#", ...) > 0 and not announce
-  ...
-end
-```
-
-`select("#", ...)` counts an explicit `nil`, so `applyShare(mon, split)` and
-`applyShare(mon, split, nil)` are distinguishable — and they have to be, because
-the first is a Gen 2-era call written against a seam that always announced, and
-the second is a deliberate "pay this one quietly".
-
-Only the `{ kind = "experience" }` event is affected. A silent award is still a
-whole award: the exp, the stat exp, the `battle.exp_gained` event, the
-`grew to level` line, learned moves and the interactive forget-a-move prompt all
-happen exactly as before, in the same order.
-
-Internally `Battle:giveExperiencePass` takes a sixth parameter, `silent`. It
-defaults to announcing, so both of the cart's own passes are untouched.
-
-## Migration and compatibility
-
-**Existing mods change nothing.** A Gen 2 mod calling `applyShare(mon, split)`
-gets the behaviour it was written against. A Gen 1 mod is untouched: no Gen 1
-file is modified. The v1 surface — `content.X:register/override/get`,
-`events:on`, `hooks:wrap`, `mod.log`, `mod:read`, the manifest v1 fields and
-`pokemon.before_give` — is not involved; `mods/example_mew_starter` neither
-calls this seam nor loads differently.
-
-A mod that wants parity passes the argument explicitly, which is what the Gen 1
-seam has always documented. Exp Share already does, and needs no edit to get
-its own README's behaviour on Gold.
-
-One residual difference is deliberate and now documented rather than silent: an
-**omitted** third argument still means "silent" on Gen 1 and "announce" on
-Gold. Closing that would change what an existing Gen 2 mod prints, which Route
-B rejects. Passing the argument makes the two generations agree, so the rule an
-author needs is one sentence: *say what you mean and both games do the same
-thing.*
-
-## Verification
-
- `tests/gen2_exp_share_test.lua` grows two sections and 14 checks, and the 23
-  checks it already had are unchanged — which is itself the vanilla-parity
-  evidence for this file.
-  - **The no-mod test.** With nothing subscribed to `battle.exp_award`, a solo
-    participant still prints one line and the EXP.SHARE double pass still
-    prints both. The hot path is unchanged: `Runtime.wantsHook` still guards
-    the ctx allocation, and `vanillaAward` never passes `silent`.
-  - **The mod-API test.** The seam is driven through `hooks:wrap` on a real
-    `Runtime.install`ed bus, not by calling internals: the omitted argument
-    announces, an explicit `nil` and an explicit `false` are silent, a truthy
-    value (including Gen 1's `"expAll"`) announces, the exp and stat exp paid
-    are identical either way, and no `experience` event leaks into the queue on
-    a silent pass.
- `tests/engine/gate_gen2_mod_api.lua` (943 checks),
-  `tests/engine/gate_hooks.lua` (493) and `tests/engine/gate_events.lua` (529)
-  pass unchanged; `battle.exp_award` was already in the shared catalog, so no
-  gate list moves.
- `tests/gen2_battle_test.lua` (690), `gen2_battle_end_test.lua` (32),
-  `gen2_battle_items_test.lua` (99), `gen2_badge_boosts_test.lua` (34) and
-  `gen2_battle_loss_test.lua` (15) pass unchanged.
-
-## Docs with the change
-
-`docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md` gains the `applyShare` reading beside the
-existing `battle.low_health_alarm` payload note, in the same section that lists
-`battle.exp_award` as shared — including the argument-count rule and the
-residual difference above.
-
-No registry or schema field changes, so `src/mods/Schemas.lua` is untouched and
-`tools/gen_registry_docs.lua` has nothing new to emit.
-
-## Deprecation etiquette
-
-Nothing is removed, renamed, superseded or deprecated. The two-argument call is
-not deprecated either — it keeps its current Gen 2 meaning permanently, and the
-docs name the explicit form as the one that behaves the same on both games.
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Touch skins and the Skin Studio

 A **skin** replaces the on-screen controls wholesale: a bezel image, a
-control layout, and a screen-placement anchor. Engine:
+control layout, and the rectangle the Game Boy screen is drawn into. Engine:
 `src/core/TouchSkin.lua` (model, parsers, zip export), `src/core/TouchControls.lua`
-(draw and input), `src/render/Renderer.lua` (screen placement),
+(draw and input), `src/render/Renderer.lua` (the screen viewport),
 `src/core/DeltaSkin.lua` (Delta `.deltaskin` import and export),
-`src/ui/SkinStudio.lua` (the responsive skin editor). Tests:
+`src/ui/SkinStudio.lua` (the desktop editor). Tests:
 `tests/engine/touch_skin_test.lua`, `tests/engine/skin_studio_test.lua`,
 `tests/engine/skin_studio_ux.lua`,
 `tests/engine/skin_studio_image_import.lua`,
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ control layout, and a screen-placement anchor. Engine:
 `tests/engine/launcher_skins_tab.lua`,
 `tests/engine/launcher_skins_ux.lua`.

-The launcher's **Skins** tab imports skins, shows the enabled skin, exports it,
-and is the one place that turns skin use off. **My Skins** holds the visual
-grid, pagination, edit, delete and per-skin export actions.
-`options.touchControls.skin` holds the folder name.
+Skins are picked in the launcher's **Skins** tab, which also imports them and
+opens the studio. `options.touchControls.skin` holds the folder name.

 ## Formats

@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ as-is. Supported keys:
 | `overlays` | page count |
 | `overlayN_name` | page name, the target of `next_target` |
 | `overlayN_overlay` | bezel image |
-| `overlayN_full_screen` | cover the window with the page without deforming its artwork |
+| `overlayN_full_screen` | stretch the page to the window |
 | `overlayN_rect` | page placement, default `0,0,1,1` |
 | `overlayN_aspect_ratio` | design aspect; the overlay letterboxes to it even when full screen |
 | `overlayN_range_mod`, `overlayN_alpha_mod` | desc defaults |
@@ -100,8 +98,8 @@ corners fire two directions. `screens[1].outputFrame` (or the legacy
 `gameScreenFrame`) becomes the screen cutout. A portrait page with neither
 keeps `mappingSize` as the overlay aspect, sits at the bottom of the
 window, and puts the Game Boy picture in the leftover space above -- the
-usual GBA4iOS controller-deck layout. Pages that name a screen rect fit the
-game into it. Host functions map to
+usual GBA4iOS controller-deck layout. Pages that name a screen rect still
+stretch to the window the way Delta does. Host functions map to
 engine hotkeys: `menu` to `menu_toggle`, `fastForward` to
 `hold_fast_forward`, `toggleFastForward` to `toggle_fast_forward`;
 `quickSave` and `quickLoad` have nothing to bind to and drop to decoration.
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ to decoration and never captures a touch.
 As an extension to the format, `key:<name>` presses any keyboard key, which is
 how a skin button reaches a mod hotkey.

-## Screen placement
+## The screen viewport

 `overlayN_viewport` is the cutout the picture is fitted into. The Game Boy
 screen keeps its whole-pixel scale and letterboxes inside that rect rather than
@@ -148,17 +146,6 @@ that lets a widescreen bezel take the filling survey-zoom world view instead.
 A viewport also implies the faithful-ratio lock. Without it the world pass
 expands to fill the cutout and you get more map instead of a Game Boy screen.

-Zoom still steps around that hole: OUT shows more map inside it, IN enlarges
-the world, and the start menu stays at the hole's fit scale instead of
-shrinking with the map.
-
-An image-backed portrait overlay that has no explicit vertical anchor is treated
-as a controller deck: it is contained without deformation and pinned to the
-bottom on taller screens. The spare space belongs to the game above it.
-
-When a skin is active, **SCREEN POS** reads **SKIN**: placement comes from the
-skin rather than the normal Center / Upper / Top setting.
-
 Border art often ships with a transparent hole and no `viewport` key. **Detect
 screen from bezel** in the studio measures the hole out of the art's alpha
 channel and writes the rect.
@@ -166,8 +153,10 @@ channel and writes the rect.
 ## Bezels versus pads

 A skin whose active page binds nothing is a frame rather than a pad: a TV
-surround, a handheld shell, a Super Game Boy border. Selected skins draw on
-**desktop** as well as mobile; a gamepad does not hide them.
+surround, a handheld shell, a Super Game Boy border. Those draw on **desktop**
+as well, where the touch overlay itself does not, and a gamepad does not hide
+them. Anything that binds a button still follows the usual mobile /
+`POKEPORT_TOUCH` rule.

 ## Installing

@@ -201,32 +190,9 @@ shipping branding.

 ## The studio

-Launcher, Skins tab, **My Skins** opens the Studio library on desktop and
-mobile. **My Skins** is the only visual grid: real bezel previews plus create
-and import actions, with each card owning Edit, Export and (for installed
-skins) Delete. Choosing Edit opens a separate, canvas-first editor; the old
-New/Load workspace controls are deliberately not duplicated inside that editor.
-
-The editor keeps its canvas unobstructed and puts the contextual actions in a
-compact lower tray: add/control binding, button and bezel artwork, pages,
-screen placement, freeform/10:9 screen shape and deletion. **Screen** opens
-cutout, bezel-hole detect, **Detect this screen**, and the canvas presets.
-**Detect this screen** (also on the tray) sets the mock device to the live
-window size so a phone skin is authored at that phone's form factor rather
-than a generic 1080x1920 16:9. **Zoom −** shrinks the mock device inside the
-workspace so the screen hole can be dragged larger than the bezel while the
-handles stay grabable; **Fit** restores contain. The mouse wheel over the
-canvas, and `-` / `=` / `0` on a keyboard, do the same. Touches select, drag and resize the
-same controls that a mouse edits on desktop.
-
-My Skins and the editor chrome sit inside the platform safe area (notch,
-status bar, home indicator), the same inset the launcher uses. The mock
-device still represents the full window, because a skin covers the whole
-screen at play time.
-
-The launcher’s **Turn skins off** button clears the selected skin and disables
-skin use. With no skin enabled, mobile falls back to the built-in pad; that pad
-is not itself a skin card.
+Launcher, Skins tab, **Open Skin Studio**, or the gear on any skin row to open
+that skin. Desktop only: the launcher does not offer it on Android or iOS,
+because it wants a mouse, typed coordinates and room for an inspector.

 **Canvas.** A mock device at a chosen preset, so a phone skin is authored at
 phone proportions on a desktop monitor.
@@ -234,7 +200,6 @@ phone proportions on a desktop monitor.
 | Preset | Size |
 | --- | --- |
 | Phone portrait / landscape | 1080x1920, 1920x1080 |
-| This screen | the live window, so a phone is authored at its own height |
 | Tablet portrait / landscape | 1536x2048, 2048x1536 |
 | Steam Deck | 1280x800 |
 | Desktop 1080p | 1920x1080 |
@@ -251,16 +216,13 @@ and of the page itself when it comes within a few pixels, and the guide it
 snapped to is drawn. X / Y / W / H are in canvas pixels, so a control can be
 typed to the coordinate its art was drawn at. **Back** and **Front** move the
 selection through the draw order. Bind, hitbox shape, hit reach and idle and
-pressed images are per control; the bezel, the pages and the screen anchor are
-per page. The SCREEN anchor is itself draggable and resizable; its default
-shape is freeform, with an optional 10:9 lock.
+pressed images are per control; the bezel, the pages and the screen cutout are
+per page. The cutout is itself a draggable element with a 10:9 lock.

 **Bind** opens a grid of every bind the engine understands: the eight Game Boy
-buttons, the diagonal pairs, every hotkey, desktop hotkeys and decoration.
-The desktop section exposes `-` / `=`, `1` through `5`, `F1`, `F2` and `F10`
-as `key:` controls, so a mobile button invokes the exact same game path as
-its desktop shortcut. The COMBINE chips at the top toggle one part at a time,
-which is how a pipe bind like `left|down` is built without typing it.
+buttons, the diagonal pairs, every hotkey, a few `key:` entries, and
+decoration. The COMBINE chips at the top toggle one part at a time, which is
+how a pipe bind like `left|down` is built without typing it.

 **Undo** and **Redo** in the top bar cover every edit (ctrl+Z / ctrl+Y, or
 `u` / shift+`u` without a keyboard modifier). The stack holds the last 50
@@ -285,13 +247,12 @@ the **Import** button there and beside each row opens the host file picker (`src
 zenity/kdialog) and copies the chosen PNG or JPG into `img/` under the name in
 the SKIN field, then assigns it to that slot. Dropping a PNG or JPG on the
 window does the same for whichever slot was last touched. A new bezel does not
-move the screen anchor: press **Detect screen from bezel** to measure it out of
+move the screen cutout: press **Detect screen from bezel** to measure it out of
 the art's alpha.

-**Testing.** **Test** renders a game-composition preview behind the live overlay:
-the 160x144 picture letterboxes inside the screen cutout, matching gameplay.
-Clicking presses real Game Boy buttons and the footer reports what is held.
-**Play** saves the skin, selects it, and boots the game with it.
+**Testing.** **Test** makes the canvas live: clicking presses real Game Boy
+buttons and the footer reports what is held. **Play** saves the skin, selects
+it, and boots the game with it.

 **Saving.** **Save** writes `skins/<name>/skin.lua` and copies every image the
 skin names, so the folder stands alone. **Export** offers three formats, and
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ or the Switch-related workflow YAML), CI runs:
   head is that repo (same-repo push/PR). Fork CI never runs fused. Fork PRs into the main repo also skip Switch fused (offline selftest still runs) so untrusted head code is not executed on the self-hosted Mac; iOS device build eligibility is unchanged. Fused also waits for a successful offline selftest before starting on the Mac runner.
 3. On successful PR fused builds, a follow-up workflow posts a PR comment
   linking the Actions artifact named `gen1recomp-switch-nro`
-   (comment tag `switch-build-result`; see
-   `.github/workflows/switch-artifact-comment.yml`).
+   (comment tag `platform-build-result`; see
+   `.github/workflows/platform-artifact-comment.yml`).

 Unrelated PRs do not burn the self-hosted Mac on Switch packaging.

@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ Do **not** launch from the Album applet path for normal play.

 This project ships **no** game data. On first launch:

-1. Put your own legally obtained Pokémon Red, Blue (`.gb`), Yellow, Gold, or
-   Silver (`.gbc`) dump into `switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/` (the
-   launcher also shows the live save-dir path). All five can sit in the
+1. Put your own legally obtained Pokémon Red, Blue (`.gb`), Yellow, or
+   Gold (`.gbc`) dump into `switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/` (the
+   launcher also shows the live save-dir path). All four can sit in the
   same folder.
-2. Use **Scan again** on that game's tab (Red / Blue / Yellow / Gold /
-   Silver). Rescan matches by ROM SHA-1 for the open tab only. A Red dump
-   never imports from the Yellow tab (and vice versa). Gold and Silver are
-   Beta in the launcher; a clean US dump of either is enough to Play.
+2. Use **Scan again** on that game's tab (Red / Blue / Yellow / Gold).
+   Rescan matches by ROM SHA-1 for the open tab only. A Red dump never
+   imports from the Yellow tab (and vice versa). Gold is Beta in the
+   launcher; a clean US Gold dump is enough to Play.

 ## 5. Import / Export a raw `.sav`

@@ -111,12 +111,10 @@ SD / FTP, same transfer methods as ROMs. Paths are **per game**:
 | Blue | `imports/saves/blue/` | `exports/blue/` |
 | Yellow | `imports/saves/yellow/` | `exports/yellow/` |
 | Gold | `imports/saves/gold/` | `exports/gold/` |
-| Silver | `imports/saves/silver/` | `exports/silver/` |

 (Under the save dir `pokemon-love2d/`. The zip already creates these folders.
-Gold and Silver cart `.sav` import/export is not supported yet -- the folders
-exist so MTP browsing matches the other games. Gold and Silver progress still
-saves in-engine.)
+Gold cart `.sav` import/export is not supported yet -- the folders exist so
+MTP browsing matches the other games. Gold progress still saves in-engine.)

 1. Copy a Gen 1 `.sav` (32 KB) into that game's inbox under the save dir
   ([switch-transfer.md](switch-transfer.md)).
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Player install (what to download, title override) stays in
 | Loose iteration pair | `sdmc:/switch/gen1recomp/gen1recomp.nro` **and** `game.love` beside it |
 | ROM inbox | LÖVE save dir → `imports/` (launcher shows the live `getSaveDirectory()` path; under MTP often `1: SD Card/<save identity>/imports/`) |
 | Mod zip inbox | Same save dir → `imports/mods/` then MODS → **Scan again** |
-| Save `.sav` inbox | Same save dir → `imports/saves/red\|blue\|yellow\|gold\|silver/` then that game's SAVE FILES → **Import save** (Gold / Silver cart `.sav` not supported yet) |
-| Save exports | Same save dir → `exports/red\|blue\|yellow\|gold\|silver/` (pull after **Export save**; Gold / Silver cart `.sav` not supported yet) |
+| Save `.sav` inbox | Same save dir → `imports/saves/red\|blue\|yellow\|gold/` then that game's SAVE FILES → **Import save** (Gold cart `.sav` not supported yet) |
+| Save exports | Same save dir → `exports/red\|blue\|yellow\|gold/` (pull after **Export save**; Gold cart `.sav` not supported yet) |
 | Opt-in diagnostics | Empty `switch-debug.txt` in the save dir → `switch.log` |
 | Lua error log | `lua-error.log` in the save dir |

@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ macOS, not a Mac-only requirement.
 3. Create `switch/gen1recomp/` if needed; extract the release zip at SD root
   (or copy NRO / `game.love` for loose).
 4. For ROMs/mods/saves, open the save-dir `imports/`, `imports/mods/`,
-   `imports/saves/<red|blue|yellow|gold|silver>/`, or
-   `exports/<red|blue|yellow|gold|silver>/`
+   `imports/saves/<red|blue|yellow|gold>/`, or `exports/<red|blue|yellow|gold>/`
   path the launcher prints.
 5. Wait for the queue; refresh; exit MTP responder; title-override launch.

@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ mounted or deleted as stale; the launcher directs the player to a full package.

 Each tagged release `vX.Y.Z` carries the existing per-platform archives
 (`gen1recomp-X.Y.Z-macos.zip`, `-windows.zip`, `-linux.zip`,
-`-linux-arm64.AppImage`, `-android.apk`, `-ios.ipa`, `-switch.zip`, Xbox and
-PortMaster archives) plus two assets the updater itself consumes:
+`-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
@@ -76,9 +75,8 @@ PortMaster archives) plus two assets the updater itself consumes:
  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`. It also selects the exact current platform asset
-from the same release and persists the requirement, so it is visible again on
-every launch, including offline launches.
+`Check` reports `needs_full` and sends the player to `Check.releaseUrl()`
+(`https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/latest`).

 ## Save-directory layout

@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ Under the save directory (identity `pokemon-love2d`):
 ```
 updates/gen1recomp-<X.Y.Z>.love   downloaded payload(s)
 updates/pending.txt                crash-guard marker
-updates/full-update.json           persistent native-package requirement
 ```

 `pending.txt` holds the filename of the payload currently being chainloaded.
@@ -109,8 +106,7 @@ bundled game, in that case.
   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 | full_downloading | full_ready | error` plus the latest version,
-   download progress, and (when applicable) the selected full-package asset.
+   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
@@ -121,17 +117,6 @@ bundled game, in that case.
 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.
-5. **Native-package requirement**: when `minShell` or `payloadHost` is
-   incompatible, the worker writes `full-update.json` and surfaces a
-   persistent launcher control. Android downloads the release APK, verifies
-   its SHA-256 entry from `sha256sums.txt`, then invokes Android's Package
-   Installer. The installer asks the user for consent and enforces package,
-   version-code, and signing-certificate compatibility. A legacy APK without
-   the installer bridge links its full package for one manual bootstrap
-   update, including when its downloaded payload already reports the latest
-   engine version. iOS links the sideload repository for a re-sideload; Xbox,
-   desktop, and PortMaster builds link their correctly named full package.
-   Switch keeps its native OTA flow.

 ## Known limitations

@@ -155,13 +140,6 @@ bundled game, in that case.
  still need a full reinstall (`minShell` / `payloadHost` gate →
  `needs_full`). Applying a downloaded payload on Android relaunches via
  `love.system.restartApp`; iOS still uses in-process `quit("restart")`.
- **Android full updates are user-confirmed and certificate-bound.** The app
-  uses a private `FileProvider` cache path plus
-  `Intent.ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE`, checks Android 8+'s per-app
-  "install unknown apps" setting, and never requests a silent install. The
-  release job must use the original long-lived Android signing key; a new key
-  causes Android to reject an in-place update and requires a one-time manual
-  reinstall. See [mobile/ANDROID.md](../mobile/ANDROID.md).
 - **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
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ local GameViewport = require("src.render.GameViewport")

 -- Lua errors: persist a redacted trace in the save dir and surface a hint.
 do
-  local defaultErrorHandler = love.errorhandler or love.errhand
+  local defaultErrorHandler = love.errorhandler
  function love.errorhandler(msg)
-    local ok, hint = pcall(SwitchDiagnostics.logLuaError, msg)
-    if ok and hint and type(msg) == "string" then
+    local hint = SwitchDiagnostics.logLuaError(msg)
+    if hint and type(msg) == "string" then
      msg = msg .. "\n\n" .. hint
    end
    if defaultErrorHandler then
@@ -82,43 +82,6 @@ end
 local editorHost, editorVersion, editorWindow
 local closeEditor  -- forward declaration: openEditor hands it to the editor

-- Drop CacheFs / Data / mod Runtime / Assets / LegacyCompat for one mounted
-- version session (save editor or game).  closeEditor and returnToLauncher
-- both go through here so neither path can forget a singleton the other resets.
-local function teardownMountedSession(version)
-  if version then
-    require("src.import.CacheFs").unmountVersion(version)
-  end
-  require("src.core.Data"):unloadGenerated()
-  local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
-  if Runtime.reset then Runtime.reset() end
-  local Assets = require("src.render.Assets")
-  if Assets.installLoader then Assets.installLoader(nil) end
-  local okCompat, LegacyCompat = pcall(require, "src.mods.LegacyCompat")
-  if okCompat and LegacyCompat.reset then LegacyCompat.reset() end
-end
-
-- Evict every save-editor module from package.loaded without a hardcoded
-- panel whitelist.  Flat require names (App, Party, …) resolve under
-- tools/save-editor/; path-style keys may also appear.  A key is flushed
-- when it names a save-editor path or when tools/save-editor/{panels/}K.lua
-- exists for a flat name K -- new panels are picked up automatically.
-local function flushEditorPackageLoaded()
-  local fs = love and love.filesystem
-  local function isEditorFlat(name)
-    if not (fs and fs.getInfo) then return false end
-    if name:find("[./]") then return false end
-    return fs.getInfo("tools/save-editor/" .. name .. ".lua") ~= nil
-      or fs.getInfo("tools/save-editor/panels/" .. name .. ".lua") ~= nil
-  end
-  for k in pairs(package.loaded) do
-    if type(k) == "string"
-        and (k:find("save%-editor", 1, false) or isEditorFlat(k)) then
-      package.loaded[k] = nil
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 -- 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
@@ -217,9 +180,9 @@ local function openEditor(version, slotId)
    if EditorApp.unload then pcall(EditorApp.unload) end
    EditorApp = nil
    if version then
-      teardownMountedSession(version)
+      require("src.import.CacheFs").unmountVersion(version)
+      require("src.core.Data"):unloadGenerated()
    end
-    flushEditorPackageLoaded()
    restoreWindow()
    Importer = editorHost
    editorHost = nil
@@ -234,17 +197,21 @@ 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.  Also reset Runtime / Assets / LegacyCompat so the
-- next Edit or Play does not inherit the editor's dead mod loader.
+-- 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
-    teardownMountedSession(version)
+    require("src.import.CacheFs").unmountVersion(version)
+    require("src.core.Data"):unloadGenerated()
+  end
+  for k in pairs(package.loaded) do
+    if type(k) == "string" and (k:find("save%-editor") or k == "App" or k == "Kit" or k == "State" or k == "Catalog" or k == "SaveIO" or k == "Ops" or k == "MonOps" or k == "ItemOps" or k == "PadInput" or k == "Gen" or k == "Theme") then
+      package.loaded[k] = nil
+    end
  end
-  flushEditorPackageLoaded()
  editorVersion = nil
  restoreWindow()
  Importer = editorHost
@@ -335,8 +302,6 @@ local function makeLauncher()
    forceImport = forceImport,
    onEditSave = openEditor,
    onEditTouchControls = openTouchControlsEditor,
-    -- Skin Studio owns a touch-first layout as well as the desktop workspace.
-    -- Keep the compatibility predicate so external hosts using it still work.
    onOpenSkinStudio = require("src.ui.SkinStudio").available_desktop()
      and openSkinStudio or nil,
  })
@@ -362,15 +327,19 @@ local function returnToLauncher()
  if love.audio and love.audio.stop then
    pcall(love.audio.stop)
  end
-  pcall(function() require("src.render.SecondScreen").setEnabled(false) end)

  local GameVersion = require("src.core.GameVersion")
  local currentVersion = GameVersion.get()
-  teardownMountedSession(currentVersion)
-
-  if Game.reset then
-    pcall(function() Game:reset() end)
+  if currentVersion then
+    require("src.import.CacheFs").unmountVersion(currentVersion)
  end
+  require("src.core.Data"):unloadGenerated()
+
+  local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
+  if Runtime.reset then
+    Runtime.reset()
+  end
+
  Game = nil
  autopilot = nil
  driverCo = nil
@@ -417,12 +386,11 @@ function bootGame(version)
    love.window.setTitle(Version.title(
      GameVersion.info().displayName .. " (Gen 1 Recompilation Project)"))
  end
-  -- Gen 2: Gen 1 Game:load cannot consume a Gen 2 cache -- different generated
-  -- tables, save shape and screen registry -- so Gold and Silver boot their
-  -- own service owner, which mounts src/world/gen2 (walk / warps /
-  -- connections) and the Gen 2 screens instead of src/core/Game.lua's Gen 1
-  -- wiring.
-  if GameVersion.generation() == 2 then
+  -- Gold: Gen 1 Game:load cannot consume a Gen 2 cache -- different generated
+  -- tables, save shape and screen registry -- so Gold boots its own service
+  -- owner, which mounts src/world/gen2 (walk / warps / connections) and the
+  -- Gen 2 screens instead of src/core/Game.lua's Gen 1 wiring.
+  if GameVersion.isGold() then
    Game = require("src.core.Game2").new()
    Game:load()
  else
@@ -907,8 +875,6 @@ love.handlers = love.handlers or {}
 function love.handlers.audiosuspend()
  local ChipAudio = package.loaded["src.core.ChipAudio"]
  if ChipAudio then pcall(ChipAudio.setSuspended, true) end
-  local Sound = package.loaded["src.core.Sound"]
-  if Sound then pcall(Sound.onDeviceReset) end
 end

 function love.handlers.audioreset()
@@ -961,7 +927,7 @@ function love.touchpressed(id, x, y, dx, dy, pressure)
    if love.system.getOS() == "iOS" then return end
    return TouchEditor.touchpressed(id, x, y)
  end
-  if Studio then return Studio.touchpressed(id, x, y) end
+  if Studio then return end
  if Importer then
    -- Both mobiles: FlexLove scroll needs the real touch stream. Clicks are
    -- polled inside the view; the istouch filter on mousepressed still drops
@@ -978,7 +944,7 @@ function love.touchmoved(id, x, y, dx, dy, pressure)
    if love.system.getOS() == "iOS" then return end
    return TouchEditor.touchmoved(id, x, y)
  end
-  if Studio then return Studio.touchmoved(id, x, y) end
+  if Studio then return end
  if Importer then
    return Importer:touchmoved(id, x, y, dx, dy, pressure)
  end
@@ -992,7 +958,7 @@ function love.touchreleased(id, x, y, dx, dy, pressure)
    if love.system.getOS() == "iOS" then return end
    return TouchEditor.touchreleased(id, x, y)
  end
-  if Studio then return Studio.touchreleased(id, x, y) end
+  if Studio then return end
  if Importer then
    return Importer:touchreleased(id, x, y, dx, dy, pressure)
  end
@@ -1045,12 +1011,7 @@ function love.mousepressed(x, y, button, istouch)
    if love.system.getOS() == "Android" then return end
    return TouchEditor.mousepressed(x, y, button)
  end
-  if Studio then
-    -- Mobile LÖVE sends both a touch event and an `istouch` mouse twin.
-    -- Studio consumes the real finger stream above, so discard the twin.
-    if istouch and (love.system.getOS() == "Android" or love.system.getOS() == "iOS") then return end
-    return Studio.mousepressed(x, y, button)
-  end
+  if Studio then return Studio.mousepressed(x, y, button) end
  if Importer then
    -- love.touchpressed already forwards the primary touch into FlexLove for
    -- scroll. LÖVE ALSO synthesizes a mouse press for that same touch; if both
@@ -1085,10 +1046,7 @@ function love.mousereleased(x, y, button, istouch)
    if love.system.getOS() == "Android" then return end
    return TouchEditor.mousereleased(x, y, button)
  end
-  if Studio then
-    if istouch and (love.system.getOS() == "Android" or love.system.getOS() == "iOS") then return end
-    return Studio.mousereleased(x, y, button)
-  end
+  if Studio then return Studio.mousereleased(x, y, button) end
  if Importer then return end
  if editorMode and EditorApp.mousereleased then
    return EditorApp.mousereleased(x, y, button)
@@ -1106,10 +1064,7 @@ function love.mousemoved(x, y, dx, dy, istouch)
    if love.system.getOS() == "Android" then return end
    return TouchEditor.mousemoved(x, y)
  end
-  if Studio then
-    if istouch and (love.system.getOS() == "Android" or love.system.getOS() == "iOS") then return end
-    return Studio.mousemoved(x, y)
-  end
+  if Studio then return Studio.mousemoved(x, y) end
  if editorMode or Importer then return end
  if mouseTouch then
    if Game and love.mouse.isDown(1) then Game:touchmoved("mouse", x, y) end
@@ -93,9 +93,8 @@ transport, exactly as a missing curl does.
 love-android 11.5a expects:

 - **JDK 17**
- Android SDK with **API 36** (Android 16; latest 36.x Build-Tools)
+- Android SDK with **API 34**
 - NDK **25.2.9519653** (Apple Silicon host supported)
- **minSdk 19** (Android 4.4), **targetSdk 36** (Android 16)

 Set `ANDROID_SDK_ROOT` (or `ANDROID_HOME`), or let the script write
 `local.properties` when it finds `~/Library/Android/sdk`.
@@ -110,10 +109,10 @@ The APK lands under `app/build/outputs/apk/embedNoRecord/debug/`.

 `app/src/embed/assets/game.love` - zip of `main.lua`, `conf.lua`, `src/`,
 `libs/` (the vendored FlexLove toolkit the launcher UI needs), `data/`,
-`assets/`, and the Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, and Silver ROM manifests. The
-Android packer verifies the Yellow, Gold, and Silver manifests before it
-packages; if a partial source export omitted one, it restores the file from
-this checkout's Git data and then falls back to the project's GitHub copy. Generated game data,
+`assets/`, and the Red, Blue, and Yellow ROM manifests. The Android
+packer verifies the Yellow manifest before it packages; if a partial source
+export omitted it, it restores the file from this checkout's Git data and then
+falls back to the project's GitHub copy. Generated game data,
 scripts, tests, and mobile build sources are excluded.

 ## Branding (applied by the build script)
@@ -123,24 +122,15 @@ scripts, tests, and mobile build sources are excluded.
 | `app.application_id` | `com.theboisclub.pokemonred` |
 | `app.name` | Pokemon Red |
 | `app.orientation` | `fullUser`. This is only the manifest default: SDL requests FULL_SENSOR at window creation (resizable window, no `SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS`), and `GameActivity.setOrientationBis` remaps that to FULL_USER so the device's rotation lock is honoured. |
-| `app.version_name` / `app.version_code` | set from `--version X.Y.Z` (code = major*1,000,000 + minor*1,000 + patch); left as-is if `--version` is omitted |
-| Permissions | RECORD_AUDIO / WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE stripped; VIBRATE + BLUETOOTH + INTERNET (link play, mod index) + ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION (step bridge) kept; REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES is limited to the user-confirmed full-update installer |
+| `app.version_name` / `app.version_code` | set from `--version X.Y.Z` (code = major*10000 + minor*100 + patch); left as-is if `--version` is omitted |
+| Permissions | RECORD_AUDIO / WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE stripped; VIBRATE + BLUETOOTH + INTERNET (link play, mod index) + ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION (step bridge) kept |

 ## Releases

 `.github/workflows/release.yml` builds the APK with `--version` set to the
 release version and publishes it alongside the macOS/Windows/Linux builds as
-`gen1recomp-<version>-android.apk`.
+`PokemonRed-<version>-android.apk`.

 ## Signing

-Production APKs are built with `scripts/build_android.sh --release`. They must
-be signed with the same long-lived certificate as the currently installed app:
-Android's Package Installer rejects an update with a different signing
-certificate. Store that keystore and its passwords only in CI secrets, expose
-them as `GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE`,
-`GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD`, `GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS`, and
-`GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_PASSWORD`, and never commit the keystore. A newly
-created certificate cannot update users who have an APK signed by a different
-legacy key; those users need one final manual reinstall before in-app updates
-can take over.
+Signed with the default Android keystore (no setup required).
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Quick Start:
 Before you start, install JDK 17 (not later not earlier). If you intend to build from Android Studio, skip this step as
 Android Studio bundles its own JDK 17.

-Install Android SDK with SDK API 36 (latest 36.x Build-Tools) and Android NDK 25.2.9519653, set the environment variable
+Install Android SDK with SDK API 34 (34.x.y) and Android NDK 25.2.9519653, set the environment variable
 `ANDROID_SDK_ROOT` to your Android SDK location and run:

 ```
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ android {
        applicationId project.properties["app.application_id"]
        versionCode project.properties["app.version_code"].toInteger()
        versionName project.properties["app.version_name"]
-        // NDK r25 no longer supports API 16; API 19 is Android 4.4 and keeps
-        // the native toolchain and package-installer bridge on a supported ABI.
-        minSdk 19
-        // Android 16 / API 36: current Android distribution target.
-        compileSdk 36
-        targetSdk 36
+        minSdk 16
+        compileSdk 34
+        targetSdk 34
        
        def getAppName = {
            def nameArray = project.properties["app.name_byte_array"]
@@ -41,31 +38,10 @@ android {
            ORIENTATION:project.properties["app.orientation"],
        ]
    }
-    // Release signing lives outside the repository. The release build script
-    // requires all five values below, while debug builds intentionally remain
-    // usable without them.
-    def releaseStore = System.getenv("GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE")
-    def releaseStorePassword = System.getenv("GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD")
-    def releaseKeyAlias = System.getenv("GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS")
-    def releaseKeyPassword = System.getenv("GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_PASSWORD")
-    def hasReleaseSigning = releaseStore && releaseStorePassword && releaseKeyAlias && releaseKeyPassword
-
-    if (hasReleaseSigning) {
-        signingConfigs {
-            release {
-                storeFile file(releaseStore)
-                storePassword releaseStorePassword
-                keyAlias releaseKeyAlias
-                keyPassword releaseKeyPassword
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
-            if (hasReleaseSigning) signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }
    flavorDimensions = ['mode', 'recording']
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
       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" />
-  <!-- Required only to hand a checksum-verified, user-selected GitHub release
-       APK to Android's own Package Installer. Android still shows the install
-       confirmation and enforces package/signing-key/version compatibility. -->
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
  <!-- Step bridge: love.system.syncHealthSteps reads the hardware step
       counter, which Android 10+ gates behind this runtime permission.
       Requested only on the first sync call (the Pokéwalker mod's SYNC
@@ -39,22 +35,10 @@
    <meta-data
        android:name="android.allow_multiple_resumed_activities"
        android:value="true" />
-    <!-- The full-update APK is copied into this small cache subdirectory
-         before it is handed to Package Installer. Keep the provider private
-         and expose only that directory, never a storage root. -->
-    <provider
-        android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
-        android:authorities="${applicationId}.full_update_provider"
-        android:exported="false"
-        android:grantUriPermissions="true">
-      <meta-data
-          android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
-          android:resource="@xml/full_update_paths" />
-    </provider>
    <activity
        android:name="org.love2d.android.GameActivity"
        android:exported="true"
-        android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|uiMode|density|fontScale|locale|layoutDirection|colorMode"
+        android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation"
        android:label="${NAME}"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:screenOrientation="${ORIENTATION}"
@@ -71,7 +55,7 @@
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="org.love2d.android.GameActivity$SecondaryActivity"
-        android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|uiMode|density|fontScale|locale|layoutDirection|colorMode"
+        android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation"
        android:excludeFromRecents="true"
        android:exported="false"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
    <color name="shortcut_blue">#1E88E5</color>
    <color name="shortcut_yellow">#FDD835</color>
    <color name="shortcut_gold">#D4AF37</color>
-    <color name="shortcut_silver">#BEC6D2</color>
 </resources>
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Deliberately narrow: FileProvider may grant only the staged APK, never
-     arbitrary app, external, or shared storage. -->
-<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-    <cache-path name="full_update" path="full-update/" />
-</paths>
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ buildscript {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
-        // Android 16 / API 36 requires Android Gradle Plugin 8.9+.
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.9.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ app.version_name=11.5a
 # No need to modify anything past this line!
 android.enableJetifier=false
 android.useAndroidX=true
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 android.nonFinalResIds=true
 app.name=gen1recomp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ android {
    ndkVersion '25.2.9519653'

    defaultConfig {
-        minSdk 19
-        compileSdk 36
-        targetSdk 36
+        minSdk 16
+        compileSdk 34
+        targetSdk 34
        externalNativeBuild {
            ndkBuild {
                arguments "-j" + Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ android {

    buildTypes {
        release {
-            minifyEnabled false
+            minifyEnabled true
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
        debug {
            ndk {
@@ -283,40 +283,6 @@ bool restartApp()
 	return result;
 }

-bool installApk(const char *path)
-{
-	if (path == nullptr || path[0] == '\0')
-		return false;
-
-	JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv*) SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv();
-	// This may be called from Lua's main thread, but use the activity object
-	// class just like httpDownload so a future worker caller does not depend on
-	// the system JNI class loader finding the app class.
-	void *rawActivity = SDL_AndroidGetActivity();
-	if (rawActivity == nullptr)
-		return false;
-	jobject activityObj = (jobject) rawActivity;
-	jclass activity = env->GetObjectClass(activityObj);
-	env->DeleteLocalRef(activityObj);
-
-	jmethodID method = env->GetStaticMethodID(activity, "installApk",
-		"(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Z");
-	if (method == nullptr)
-	{
-		env->ExceptionClear();
-		env->DeleteLocalRef(activity);
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	jstring jpath = env->NewStringUTF(path);
-	jstring jroot = env->NewStringUTF(bridgeSaveDirectory());
-	jboolean result = env->CallStaticBooleanMethod(activity, method, jpath, jroot);
-	env->DeleteLocalRef(jroot);
-	env->DeleteLocalRef(jpath);
-	env->DeleteLocalRef(activity);
-	return result;
-}
-
 bool updateAppShortcuts(const std::vector<std::string> &versions)
 {
 	JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv*) SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv();
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ bool syncHealthSteps();
 **/
 bool restartApp();

-/**
- * Stages a checksum-verified APK from the current save directory and starts
- * Android's user-confirmed Package Installer flow. Android-only.
- **/
-bool installApk(const char *path);
-
 /**
 * Dynamic App Shortcuts: updates Android ShortcutManager with ready game versions.
 **/
@@ -245,16 +245,6 @@ bool System::restartApp() const
 #endif
 }

-bool System::installApk(const char *path) const
-{
-#ifdef LOVE_ANDROID
-	return love::android::installApk(path);
-#else
-	LOVE_UNUSED(path);
-	return false;
-#endif
-}
-
 bool System::updateShortcuts(const std::vector<std::string> &versions) const
 {
 #ifdef LOVE_ANDROID
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ public:
 	 **/
 	virtual bool restartApp() const;

-	/** Starts Android's user-confirmed install flow for a verified APK. */
-	virtual bool installApk(const char *path) const;
-
 	virtual bool updateShortcuts(const std::vector<std::string> &versions) const;
 	virtual std::string getLaunchGame() const;

@@ -132,13 +132,6 @@ int w_restartApp(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }

-int w_installApk(lua_State *L)
-{
-	const char *path = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-	luax_pushboolean(L, instance()->installApk(path));
-	return 1;
-}
-
 int w_httpDownload(lua_State *L)
 {
 	const char *url = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
@@ -332,7 +325,6 @@ static const luaL_Reg functions[] =
 	{ "createFile", w_createFile },
 	{ "syncHealthSteps", w_syncHealthSteps },
 	{ "restartApp", w_restartApp },
-	{ "installApk", w_installApk },
 	{ "updateShortcuts", w_updateShortcuts },
 	{ "getLaunchGame", w_getLaunchGame },
 	{ "httpDownload", w_httpDownload },
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import android.app.AlarmManager;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.ClipData;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ import android.view.*;

 import androidx.annotation.Keep;
 import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
-import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;

 public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
    private static DisplayMetrics metrics = null;
@@ -400,15 +398,11 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
-        secondaryHostResumed = false;
        if (vibrator != null) {
            Log.d("GameActivity", "Cancelling vibration");
            vibrator.cancel();
        }
        unregisterSecondaryDisplayListener();
-        teardownSecondaryDisplay();
-        secondaryEnabled = false;
-        synchronized (secondaryFrameLock) { secondaryFrame = null; }
        unregisterAudioDeviceCallback();
        abandonAudioFocus();
        onHostDestroy();
@@ -417,7 +411,6 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
-        secondaryHostResumed = false;
        if (vibrator != null) {
            Log.d("GameActivity", "Cancelling vibration");
            vibrator.cancel();
@@ -433,7 +426,6 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
-        secondaryHostResumed = true;
        onHostResume();
        requestGameAudioFocus();
        registerAudioDeviceCallback();
@@ -698,103 +690,6 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
        return true; // unreachable, but keeps the JNI signature honest
    }

-    /**
-     * Stages a verified release APK in cache and asks Android's Package
-     * Installer to update this package. This never silently installs an APK:
-     * the platform owns both the unknown-sources consent and final install
-     * confirmation. `updateRoot` comes from the native save directory and is
-     * checked before any file is read, so a Lua caller cannot turn this into a
-     * general-purpose local-file sharing bridge.
-     */
-    @Keep
-    public static boolean installApk(final String sourcePath, final String updateRoot) {
-        final GameActivity self = (GameActivity) mSingleton;
-        if (self == null || sourcePath == null || updateRoot == null) return false;
-        final File source;
-        try {
-            source = new File(sourcePath).getCanonicalFile();
-            File root = new File(updateRoot, "updates").getCanonicalFile();
-            String rootPath = root.getPath() + File.separator;
-            if (!source.getPath().startsWith(rootPath)
-                    || !source.isFile() || source.length() == 0
-                    || !source.getName().matches("gen1recomp-[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-android\\.apk")) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            Log.d("GameActivity", "invalid update APK path: " + e.getMessage());
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // Android 8+ lets the user decide whether this app is trusted to
-        // request package installs. Send them to the per-app setting first;
-        // they deliberately tap Install again after granting it.
-        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26
-                && !self.getPackageManager().canRequestPackageInstalls()) {
-            try {
-                Intent settings = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_UNKNOWN_APP_SOURCES,
-                    Uri.parse("package:" + self.getPackageName()));
-                self.startActivity(settings);
-                return true;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open install-source settings: " + e.getMessage());
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Copying an APK can be large; keep both I/O and checksum-verified
-        // source access off the UI thread. The FileProvider exposes this cache
-        // child only after it has been fully written and renamed.
-        new Thread(new Runnable() {
-            @Override public void run() {
-                File stagedDir = new File(self.getCacheDir(), "full-update");
-                File partial = new File(stagedDir, "update.apk.part");
-                File staged = new File(stagedDir, "update.apk");
-                try {
-                    if (!stagedDir.exists() && !stagedDir.mkdirs()) return;
-                    copyFile(source, partial);
-                    if (staged.exists() && !staged.delete()) return;
-                    if (!partial.renameTo(staged)) return;
-                    self.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
-                        @Override public void run() { launchPackageInstaller(self, staged); }
-                    });
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    Log.d("GameActivity", "could not stage update APK: " + e.getMessage());
-                } finally {
-                    if (partial.exists()) partial.delete();
-                }
-            }
-        }, "gen1recomp-apk-stage").start();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private static void copyFile(File source, File destination) throws IOException {
-        InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(source));
-        OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(destination));
-        try {
-            byte[] buffer = new byte[32768];
-            int count;
-            while ((count = in.read(buffer)) != -1) out.write(buffer, 0, count);
-        } finally {
-            try { out.close(); } catch (IOException ignored) {}
-            try { in.close(); } catch (IOException ignored) {}
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void launchPackageInstaller(GameActivity activity, File apk) {
-        try {
-            Context context = activity.getApplicationContext();
-            Uri uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context,
-                context.getPackageName() + ".full_update_provider", apk);
-            Intent install = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE);
-            install.setData(uri);
-            install.setClipData(ClipData.newRawUri("apk", uri));
-            install.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
-            activity.startActivity(install);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.d("GameActivity", "could not open package installer: " + e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
    @Keep
    public static String getLaunchGame() {
        return initialGame != null ? initialGame : "";
@@ -2038,7 +1933,6 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
    private static volatile int secondaryActivityTarget = Display.INVALID_DISPLAY;
    private static volatile long secondaryRetryAfter;
    private static volatile boolean secondaryEnabled = false;
-    private static volatile boolean secondaryHostResumed = false;
    private static volatile int secondaryTarget = SECONDARY_TARGET_AUTO;
    private static volatile int dualScreenDisplayMode = -1;
    private static volatile byte[] secondaryFrame;
@@ -2069,7 +1963,7 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
        if (self == null) return;
        self.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            @Override public void run() {
-                if (on && secondaryHostResumed) {
+                if (on) {
                    self.refreshDualScreenDisplayMode();
                    self.registerSecondaryDisplayListener();
                    rebindSecondaryDisplay();
@@ -2141,11 +2035,9 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {

    private static void rebindSecondaryDisplay() {
        GameActivity self = (GameActivity) mSingleton;
-        if (self == null || !secondaryHostResumed || !secondaryEnabled
-                || secondaryOutputIsPreferred(self)) return;
+        if (self == null || !secondaryEnabled || secondaryOutputIsPreferred(self)) return;
        self.runOnUiThread(() -> {
-            if (!secondaryHostResumed || !secondaryEnabled
-                    || secondaryOutputIsPreferred(self)) return;
+            if (!secondaryEnabled || secondaryOutputIsPreferred(self)) return;
            teardownSecondaryDisplay();
            setupSecondaryDisplay();
        });
@@ -2153,8 +2045,7 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {

    private static void setupSecondaryDisplay() {
        GameActivity self = (GameActivity) mSingleton;
-        if (self == null || !secondaryHostResumed || !secondaryEnabled
-                || secondaryPresentation != null
+        if (self == null || !secondaryEnabled || secondaryPresentation != null
                || secondaryActivity != null || secondaryActivityPending
                || android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() < secondaryRetryAfter) return;
        try {
@@ -12,160 +12,6 @@
      "tintColor": "3b5ca8",
      "category": "games",
      "versions": [
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-          "version": "0.2.19",
-          "date": "2026-08-22",
-          "size": 13778435,
-          "downloadURL": "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/download/v0.2.19/gen1recomp++-0.2.19-ios.ipa",
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-        },
-        {
-          "version": "0.2.18",
-          "date": "2026-08-21",
-          "size": 13772120,
-          "downloadURL": "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/download/v0.2.18/gen1recomp++-0.2.18-ios.ipa",
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-        },
-        {
-          "version": "0.2.17",
-          "date": "2026-08-21",
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-          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Contributors\n\n- @bryanthaboi"
-        },
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-          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Issues closed\n\n- #1367 Android auto scrolling  down bug\n- #1570 Pokemon Gold isn't noticing my controller inputs on...ANY controller I own, despite all of them working in the other games, and in the main launcher\n- #1585 Power-saving mode or dark mode closes the game on Android.\n- #1611 bug: keyboard gets stuck IOS\n- #1612 Fold 7 infinite scrolling mouse.\n- #1636 Game freezes when trainer battle starts\n- #1638 Game screen orientation on smartphone\n- #1641 [Gold] [Android] PKMN Evolutions sequence freezes the Game \n\n## Contributors\n\n- @1Jamie\n- @bryanthaboi\n- @HighDrexler\n- MaxTomahawk"
-        },
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-          "date": "2026-08-21",
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-          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Issues closed\n\n- #998 Jingles not finishing before game proceeds\n- #1472 Message for sending out Pokemon not closing automatically\n- #1526 No screen shake when getting poisoned\n- #1529 Messages missing when interacting with PC\n- #1530 No message for interacting with bikes in the bike shop\n- #1532 Thrash animation incomplete\n- #1534 Dialogue missing when switching out Pokemon\n- #1547 Save states can be used to bypass certain NPCs\n- #1549 Menu Cartridge 3D model has visual issues\n- #1550 Nugget Bridge Rocket repeating dialogue\n- #1551 No scripted dialogue after beating Nugget Bridge Rocket\n\n## Contributors\n\n- @bryanthaboi\n- @castdrian"
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-          "size": 13575299,
-          "downloadURL": "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/download/v0.2.0/gen1recomp++-0.2.0-ios.ipa",
-          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Issues closed\n\n- #1396 Nurse dialogue & options\n- #1398 Alignment of options for changing Pokemon\n- #1400 Flying Bug\n- #1401 [Gold] battlergfx $d9/$da load the wrong row count (jumptable crossed vs macro names)\n- #1406 Magikarp salesman dialogue issues\n- #1407 Not able to nickname Magikarp\n- #1411 No indication for stone evolutions\n- #1413 Using a stone closes menu\n- #1415 Super Nerd dialogue issues\n- #1416 (Pokémon Gold) Pokédex doesn't register other trainers' pokémon as seen\n- #1417 (Pokémon Gold) Pokémon you get in trade aren't being registered as caught\n- #1419 (Pokémon Gold) Deposited pokémon don't get healed\n- #1421 (Pokémon Gold) Bad status and catch state appears on the HUD before they should\n- #1422 (Pokémon Gold) Impossible to have the pokédex register Ditto as caught after it transforms\n- #1423 (Pokémon Gold) No save prompt before changing boxes in the PC\n- #1424 (Pokémon Gold) Quantity for owned TMs not being displayed\n- #1425 (Pokémon Gold) Items quantity in your bag should be alligned to the right\n- #1427 (Pokémon Gold) Can't switch items' position in your bag\n- #1428 (Pokémon Gold) Game doesn't show how many pokémon other trainers have\n- #1429 Pikachu not sliding in before its cry. Stuck on standard pokeball release animation.\n- #1431 Shiny sparkle does not play on your sent out shiny pokemon\n- #1432 Experimental marked mods don't install Android\n- #1433 (Pokémon Gold) Missing prompt for depositing pokémon\n- #1435 When npcs stop you to talk or when you walk up to npcs to talk to them sometimes the player has the wrong sprite\n- #1437 Issues with player sprite on map\n- #1440 hold a direction during cutscene and face the wrong way\n- #1441 Magnet Train missing animation\n- #1442 Radio dial is missing in PokeGear radio\n- #1443 Skipping production logo also skips battle scene\n- #1444 Pokemon lack type immunity to status moves\n- #1447 Soft-lock on Cinnabar Island\n- #1449 Visual error on Route 28\n- #1456 Activating all mods doesn't work properly\n- #1461 #1265 didnt got fixed.\n- #1464 Experiance shared in battle\n- #1465 Changing Touch Layout crashes launcher\n- #1466 #1403 Still Happens\n- #1467 A clearer definition of the use of AI for this reconstruction\n- #1468 [Gold] BICYCLE is broken and some pokegear bug\n- #1469 [Gold] status effects aren't shown in the party overlay or the summary screen of the pokemon\n- #1470 Mod updater doesn't work properly when AppImage is running through Steam or Game Mode (Steam Deck)\n\n## Contributors\n\n- @bryanthaboi"
-        },
-        {
-          "version": "0.1.99",
-          "date": "2026-08-17",
-          "size": 11391467,
-          "downloadURL": "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/download/v0.1.99/gen1recomp++-0.1.99-ios.ipa",
-          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Issues closed\n\n- #597 Pulling mod index fails on Android\n- #1403 Save editor not allowing moves to go past ZAP_CANNON\n\n## Contributors\n\n- @1Jamie\n- @AverageConsumer\n- @bryanthaboi\n- @emre155\n- @sanjinpepic\n- @ShaneMcGovernIE\n- @syybott\n- @thibautbus"
-        },
-        {
-          "version": "0.1.98",
-          "date": "2026-08-16",
-          "size": 11380117,
-          "downloadURL": "https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/releases/download/v0.1.98/gen1recomp++-0.1.98-ios.ipa",
-          "localizedDescription": "Download the correct version for your computer below.\n\n## Issues closed\n\n- #1181 Poison seems to trigger twice during the poisoned pokemon's turn\n- #1211 S.S. Anne Visual bug when it's sailing away\n- #1212 the move payday does not grant money in gen 2\n- #1214 Title Screen with OG Red is the wrong color\n- #1224 Windowed and borderless toggle in Gold\n- #1228 No option to nickname starter\n- #1229 Encounter rate grace period not working\n- #1230 Couple of sound effects missing\n- #1231 Using Tackle partially distorts battle sprites\n- #1232 Wild pokemon's sprite disappears early when using a pokeball\n- #1249 Cant use stat items IE HP UP PP UP PROTIEN\n- #1251 You don't have a COIN CASE\n- #1265 Major: Regression from #984 (probably?)\n- #1267 [GOLD] POKEDEX didn't show pokemon appear area\n- #1269 [Gold] shadow ball should be invert the screen\n- #1271 [Gold] substitute image broken/not shown\n- #1272 [Gold] swift still checks accuracy and/or evasion\n- #1273 S.S. Anne Issues\n- #1276 Nurse back to not bowing (and turning)\n- #1279 Rival still not looking at player when initiating first fight\n- #1282 PKMN league PC option missing\n- #1293 Dig animation is bugged in-battle\n- #1296 Opponent's moves failing\n- #1298 Gen1 sound tracks have a fade in period, if you enter a route and immediately exit it while this transition is going on it will land on the wrong music\n- #1301 Pixels aren't square\n- #1303 Animation speed of walking NPCs too slow\n- #1305 Wrong Pikachu cry when getting defeated\n- #1307 Rival theme broken after initial fight in Yellow\n- #1318 Thunder Wave works on Ground-types\n- #1328 Message for turning on the PC missing\n- #1329 Name Select Background\n- #1330 Message before looking at map missing\n- #1331 Messages in Oak's lab missing\n- #1333 E-mail in Oak's lab missing\n- #1334 Missing message after picking starter\n- #1335 No Money Box\n- #1338 Rival's sister missing dialogue and roaming\n- #1340 Color palett doesn't affect attack animations\n- #1341 Pokedex entries look wrong\n- #1343 No dashes in empty attack slots during fights\n- #1344 Town Map not showing player sprite\n- #1345 Wrong health color on OG palett\n- #1346 Health still black when viewing stats\n- #1360 No Surfing Music\n- #1362 Poison damage does not flash the screen\n- #1368 Fishing Rods behaving irregularly\n- #1385 Team Rocket Hideouts missing music\n- #1388 Safeguard targets opponent, not user\n- #1389 Gastly unobtainable\n- #1391 NPC not escorting player to museum\n\n## Contributors\n\n- @bryanthaboi"
-        },
        {
          "version": "0.1.97",
          "date": "2026-08-16",
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a5522634f1e581a1ebab73bf3ab4bd7a853b7a3e
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+97d4465e8c81099f79696ea4b4bb8b1f9083bc1a
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+12.0
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# macOS build
+
+The desktop app uses the pinned LÖVE 12 runtime built from the LÖVE source
+tree and the matching Apple dependency repository. The runtime enables Metal
+and is fused into the branded `gen1recomp++.app` bundle.
+
+Build the runtime and desktop app from the repository root:
+
+```bash
+scripts/build_love_macos.sh --fetch
+LOVE_APP="$PWD/.bazinga/love12/love.app" scripts/build.sh mac --no-notarize --identity -
+```
+
+The source and dependency revisions are recorded in `LOVE_SOURCE_REF` and
+`APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF`. Delete `.bazinga/love12/source` or use `--clean`
+when changing those pins.
+
+The packaged executable is `gen1recomp++` inside `gen1recomp++.app`, and the
+bundle declares LÖVE 12.0 compatibility.
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 #
 # Usage: scripts/build.sh [mac|win|linux|android|ios|all] [--version X.Y.Z] [--identity "Developer ID Application: ..."]
 #                          [--notary-profile NAME] [--no-notarize]
-#                          [--game-love PATH]  # fuse a prebuilt payload (scripts/pack_love.sh) instead of packing one
 #                          [--release]   # ios only: release config instead of debug
 #
-# Output: dist/mac/gen1recomp-macos.zip
+# Output: dist/mac/gen1recomp++-macos.zip
 #         dist/win/gen1recomp-win64.zip
 #         dist/linux/gen1recomp-linux.zip (fused x86_64 AppImage)
 #         dist/android/debug/*.apk (full gradle output stays under
@@ -28,21 +27,41 @@ ENTITLEMENTS="$ROOT/scripts/macos-entitlements.plist"

 APP_NAME="gen1recomp"
 BUNDLE_ID="com.theboisclub.pokemonred"
+MAC_APP_NAME="gen1recomp++"
+MAC_BUNDLE_ID="com.theboisclub.gen1recompplusplus"
 LOVE_VERSION="11.5"
+LOVE_MAC_VERSION="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$ROOT/mobile/macos/LOVE_VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo 12.0)"
+LOVE_MAC_APP="$HERE/love12/love.app"
 VERSION="$(git -C "$ROOT" rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo dev)"
 VERSION_EXPLICIT=false
 IDENTITY=""
 TARGET="all"
 NOTARY_PROFILE="notary-profile"
 NOTARIZE=true
+FETCH_MAC_RUNTIME=false
 IOS_RELEASE=false
 IOS_IPA=false
-GAME_LOVE_IN=""

 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; }

+strip_bundle_metadata() {
+  local bundle="$1"
+  xattr -rc "$bundle"
+  xattr -rd com.apple.FinderInfo "$bundle" 2>/dev/null || true
+  xattr -rd 'com.apple.fileprovider.fpfs#P' "$bundle" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+valid_love12_app() {
+  local app="$1" version
+  [ -x "$app/Contents/MacOS/love" ] || return 1
+  version="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' "$app/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  printf '%s' "$version" | grep -Eq '^12(\.|$)' || return 1
+  otool -L "$app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" 2>/dev/null \
+    | grep -q '/Metal.framework/'
+}
+
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
  case "$1" in
    mac|win|linux|android|ios|all) TARGET="$1" ;;
@@ -50,7 +69,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    --identity) IDENTITY="$2"; shift ;;
    --notary-profile) NOTARY_PROFILE="$2"; shift ;;
    --no-notarize) NOTARIZE=false ;;
-    --game-love) GAME_LOVE_IN="${2:?--game-love needs a path}"; shift ;;
+    --fetch) FETCH_MAC_RUNTIME=true ;;
    --release) IOS_RELEASE=true ;;
    --ipa) IOS_IPA=true ;;
    *) fail "unknown argument: $1" ;;
@@ -65,23 +84,16 @@ mkdir -p "$CACHE" "$WORK" "$DIST/mac" "$DIST/win" "$DIST/linux"
 # 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"
-if [ -n "$GAME_LOVE_IN" ]; then
-  [ -f "$GAME_LOVE_IN" ] || fail "--game-love: no such file: $GAME_LOVE_IN"
-  say "using prebuilt payload: $GAME_LOVE_IN"
-  cp "$GAME_LOVE_IN" "$LOVE_FILE"
-else
-  say "packing game.love"
-  # The launcher UI kit lives at src/ui/kit (inside src/, packed wholesale);
-  # the vendored libs/flexlove tree it replaced is gone.
-  (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
-    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
-    tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
-    tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-    tools/rom_manifest_silver.json \
-    -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
-fi
+# The launcher UI kit lives at src/ui/kit (inside src/, packed wholesale);
+# the vendored libs/flexlove tree it replaced is gone.
+(cd "$ROOT" && zip -q -9 -r "$LOVE_FILE" \
+  main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
+  tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
+  tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
+  -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
 # Materialize the listing once and grep the file: piping unzip straight into
 # grep -q under `set -o pipefail` SIGPIPEs unzip when grep exits early on a
 # match, and the pipeline's failure reads as "missing <file>" for whichever
@@ -100,8 +112,7 @@ for required in tools/save-editor/App.lua tools/save-editor/Kit.lua \
                tools/save-editor/panels/Party.lua \
                src/ui/kit/Kit.lua \
                tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
-                tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-                tools/rom_manifest_silver.json; do
+                tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json; do
  grep -qxF "$required" "$LOVE_LISTING" \
    || fail "game.love is missing $required"
 done
@@ -116,26 +127,18 @@ say "game.love: $(du -h "$LOVE_FILE" | cut -f1)"
 # 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
-  if [ -n "$GAME_LOVE_IN" ]; then
-    version_re="$(printf '%s' "$VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')"
-    unzip -p "$LOVE_FILE" src/core/Version.lua \
-      | grep -Eq "engine[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"$version_re\"" \
-      || fail "prebuilt payload does not report engine $VERSION (pack it with pack_love.sh --version $VERSION)"
-    say "prebuilt payload already stamped: $VERSION"
-  else
-    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"
-  fi
+  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
@@ -169,24 +172,55 @@ make_ico() { # $1 = output .ico path
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- macOS
 build_mac() {
  say "building macOS app"
-  local love_app="${LOVE_APP:-/Applications/love.app}"
-  [ -d "$love_app" ] || fail "LÖVE.app not found at $love_app (install it or set LOVE_APP=/path/to/love.app)"
+  local love_app="${LOVE_APP:-}"
+  if [ -z "$love_app" ]; then
+    for candidate in "$LOVE_MAC_APP" "/Applications/love12.app" "$HOME/Applications/love12.app" \
+      "/Applications/love.app" "$HOME/Applications/love.app"; do
+      if [ -d "$candidate" ] && valid_love12_app "$candidate"; then
+        love_app="$candidate"
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+  fi
+  if [ ! -d "$love_app" ] && [ -z "${LOVE_APP:-}" ] && $FETCH_MAC_RUNTIME; then
+    "$ROOT/scripts/build_love_macos.sh" --fetch
+    love_app="$LOVE_MAC_APP"
+  fi
+  [ -d "$love_app" ] || fail "LÖVE 12 Metal app not found; run scripts/build_love_macos.sh --fetch or set LOVE_APP=/path/to/love.app"
+  local love_version
+  love_version=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CFBundleShortVersionString" "$love_app/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  printf '%s' "$love_version" | grep -Eq '^12(\.|$)' \
+    || fail "macOS build requires LÖVE $LOVE_MAC_VERSION at $love_app (set LOVE_APP to a LÖVE 12 app)"
+  [ -f "$love_app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" ] \
+    || fail "macOS build requires love.framework at $love_app"
+  otool -L "$love_app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" \
+    | grep -q '/Metal.framework/' \
+    || fail "macOS build requires a LÖVE runtime linked to Metal at $love_app"

-  local out_app="$WORK/$APP_NAME.app"
+  local stage_dir="${MAC_STAGE_DIR:-${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/gen1recomp-mac-stage}"
+  local out_app="$stage_dir/$MAC_APP_NAME.app"
+  mkdir -p "$stage_dir"
  rm -rf "$out_app"
-  cp -R "$love_app" "$out_app"
+  ditto --norsrc "$love_app" "$out_app"
+
+  local love_executable="$out_app/Contents/MacOS/love"
+  local app_executable="$out_app/Contents/MacOS/$MAC_APP_NAME"
+  [ -f "$love_executable" ] || fail "LÖVE app is missing Contents/MacOS/love"
+  mv "$love_executable" "$app_executable"

  # drop any bundled placeholder .love and fuse ours in
  find "$out_app/Contents/Resources" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.love' -delete
  cp "$LOVE_FILE" "$out_app/Contents/Resources/game.love"

  local plist="$out_app/Contents/Info.plist"
-  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleName $APP_NAME" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
-    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleName string $APP_NAME" "$plist"
-  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleDisplayName $APP_NAME" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
-    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleDisplayName string $APP_NAME" "$plist"
-  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleIdentifier $BUNDLE_ID" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
-    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleIdentifier string $BUNDLE_ID" "$plist"
+  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleName $MAC_APP_NAME" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
+    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleName string $MAC_APP_NAME" "$plist"
+  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleDisplayName $MAC_APP_NAME" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
+    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleDisplayName string $MAC_APP_NAME" "$plist"
+  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleExecutable $MAC_APP_NAME" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
+    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleExecutable string $MAC_APP_NAME" "$plist"
+  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleIdentifier $MAC_BUNDLE_ID" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
+    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleIdentifier string $MAC_BUNDLE_ID" "$plist"
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleShortVersionString $VERSION" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleShortVersionString string $VERSION" "$plist"
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $VERSION" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
@@ -208,6 +242,11 @@ build_mac() {
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleIconFile OS X AppIcon" "$plist" 2>/dev/null \
    || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :CFBundleIconFile string 'OS X AppIcon'" "$plist"

+  strip_bundle_metadata "$out_app"
+
+  rm -rf "$WORK/$MAC_APP_NAME.app"
+  ln -s "$out_app" "$WORK/$MAC_APP_NAME.app"
+
  local id="$IDENTITY"
  if [ -z "$id" ]; then
    id="$(security find-identity -v -p codesigning 2>/dev/null | grep 'Developer ID Application' | head -1 | sed -E 's/^[^"]*"(.*)"$/\1/' || true)"
@@ -229,9 +268,9 @@ build_mac() {
      warn "keychain profile '$NOTARY_PROFILE' not found/working,  skipping notarization."
      warn "set it up with: xcrun notarytool store-credentials \"$NOTARY_PROFILE\" --apple-id ... --team-id ... --password ..."
    else
-      local notarize_zip="$WORK/$APP_NAME-notarize.zip"
+      local notarize_zip="$stage_dir/$MAC_APP_NAME-notarize.zip"
      rm -f "$notarize_zip"
-      (cd "$WORK" && ditto -c -k --keepParent "$APP_NAME.app" "$notarize_zip")
+      (cd "$stage_dir" && ditto -c -k --keepParent "$MAC_APP_NAME.app" "$notarize_zip")
      say "submitting to Apple notary service (this can take a few minutes)"
      xcrun notarytool submit "$notarize_zip" --keychain-profile "$NOTARY_PROFILE" --wait
      say "stapling notarization ticket"
@@ -240,9 +279,11 @@ build_mac() {
    fi
  fi

-  local zip_out="$DIST/mac/$APP_NAME-macos.zip"
+  strip_bundle_metadata "$out_app"
+
+  local zip_out="$DIST/mac/$MAC_APP_NAME-macos.zip"
  rm -f "$zip_out"
-  (cd "$WORK" && ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent "$APP_NAME.app" "$zip_out")
+  (cd "$stage_dir" && ditto -c -k --norsrc --keepParent "$MAC_APP_NAME.app" "$zip_out")
  say "macOS build: $zip_out"
 }

@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Packages the LÖVE2D Pokémon Red port into an Android APK via love-android 11.5a.
 #
-# Usage: scripts/build_android.sh [--version X.Y.Z] [--release] [--package-only]
+# Usage: scripts/build_android.sh [--version X.Y.Z] [--package-only]
 #
 #   --version X.Y.Z  set app.version_name / app.version_code (else left as-is)
-#   --release        build the production-signed release APK (requires the
-#                    GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_* signing environment variables)
 #   --package-only   zip game.love + apply branding; skip gradle
 #
 # Prerequisites:
 #   - mobile/android vendored love-android tree at tag 11.5a (in-repo; see mobile/ANDROID.md)
-#   - Android SDK + NDK (SDK API 36, NDK 25.2.9519653)
+#   - Android SDK + NDK (SDK API 34, NDK 25.2.9519653)
 #   - JDK 17
 #
 # Output (after gradle):
-#   dist/android/debug/*.apk (normal local build) or dist/android/release/*.apk
+#   dist/android/debug/*.apk (convenience copy)
+#   mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/embedNoRecord/debug/*.apk

 set -euo pipefail

@@ -27,17 +26,13 @@ APP_NAME="gen1recomp"
 APPLICATION_ID="com.theboisclub.pokemonred"
 LOVE_ANDROID_VERSION="11.5a"
 NDK_VERSION="25.2.9519653"
-ANDROID_API="36"
 YELLOW_MANIFEST_RELATIVE="tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json"
 YELLOW_MANIFEST_URL="${YELLOW_MANIFEST_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/main/tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json}"
 GOLD_MANIFEST_RELATIVE="tools/rom_manifest_gold.json"
 GOLD_MANIFEST_URL="${GOLD_MANIFEST_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/main/tools/rom_manifest_gold.json}"
-SILVER_MANIFEST_RELATIVE="tools/rom_manifest_silver.json"
-SILVER_MANIFEST_URL="${SILVER_MANIFEST_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/main/tools/rom_manifest_silver.json}"

 VERSION=""
 PACKAGE_ONLY=false
-RELEASE=false

 say()  { printf '\033[1;32m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
 warn() { printf '\033[1;33mwarn:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
@@ -47,12 +42,11 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
  case "$1" in
    --version) VERSION="$2"; shift ;;
    --package-only) PACKAGE_ONLY=true ;;
-    --release) RELEASE=true ;;
    -h|--help)
      sed -n '2,20p' "$0"
      exit 0
      ;;
-    *) fail "unknown argument: $1 (try --version X.Y.Z, --release, or --package-only)" ;;
+    *) fail "unknown argument: $1 (try --version X.Y.Z or --package-only)" ;;
  esac
  shift
 done
@@ -66,22 +60,7 @@ if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
  rest="${VERSION#*.}"
  minor="${rest%%.*}"
  patch="${rest##*.}"
-  # Reserve three digits for each lower component. This stays monotonic across
-  # 1.0.100 -> 1.1.0, unlike the old two-digit encoding, and remains inside
-  # Android's signed 32-bit versionCode range for normal release versions.
-  if [ "$minor" -gt 999 ] || [ "$patch" -gt 999 ] || [ "$major" -gt 2099 ]; then
-    fail "--version components exceed Android versionCode limits"
-  fi
-  VERSION_CODE=$((major * 1000000 + minor * 1000 + patch))
-fi
-
-if $RELEASE; then
-  for var in GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD \
-    GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEY_PASSWORD; do
-    [ -n "${!var:-}" ] || fail "--release requires $var"
-  done
-  [ -f "$GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE" ] \
-    || fail "Android signing keystore does not exist: $GEN1RECOMP_ANDROID_KEYSTORE"
+  VERSION_CODE=$((major * 10000 + minor * 100 + patch))
 fi

 # --------------------------------------------------------------- preconditions
@@ -198,54 +177,6 @@ ensure_gold_manifest() {
  fail "Gold import manifest is unavailable. Git recovery failed and could not download $GOLD_MANIFEST_URL"
 }

-silver_manifest_is_valid() {
-  local path="$1"
-  python3 - "$path" <<'PY'
-import json, pathlib, sys
-
-try:
-    manifest = json.loads(pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text())
-except (OSError, ValueError):
-    raise SystemExit(1)
-
-raise SystemExit(0 if manifest.get("romSha1") ==
-                 "49b163f7e57702bc939d642a18f591de55d92dae" else 1)
-PY
-}
-
-ensure_silver_manifest() {
-  local manifest="$ROOT/$SILVER_MANIFEST_RELATIVE"
-  local staged
-  staged="$(mktemp)"
-
-  if silver_manifest_is_valid "$manifest"; then
-    rm -f "$staged"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  warn "Silver import manifest is missing or invalid; recovering it before packaging"
-  if git -C "$ROOT" show "HEAD:$SILVER_MANIFEST_RELATIVE" > "$staged" 2>/dev/null \
-      && silver_manifest_is_valid "$staged"; then
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$manifest")"
-    mv "$staged" "$manifest"
-    say "restored Silver import manifest from this checkout's Git data"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-      && curl --fail --location --retry 2 --connect-timeout 15 \
-          --output "$staged" "$SILVER_MANIFEST_URL" \
-      && silver_manifest_is_valid "$staged"; then
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$manifest")"
-    mv "$staged" "$manifest"
-    say "downloaded Silver import manifest from the project repository"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  rm -f "$staged"
-  fail "Silver import manifest is unavailable. Git recovery failed and could not download $SILVER_MANIFEST_URL"
-}
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- branding
 # love-android 11.5+ reads app id / name / orientation from gradle.properties.
 # Manifest still gets permission trims. Re-applied every build so refreshing
@@ -311,7 +242,6 @@ pack_game_love() {
  say "packing game.love for love-android embed flavor"
  ensure_yellow_manifest
  ensure_gold_manifest
-  ensure_silver_manifest
  mkdir -p "$EMBED_ASSETS"
  rm -f "$LOVE_FILE"
  # tools/save-editor ships with the app: the launcher's Edit button on a save
@@ -326,7 +256,6 @@ pack_game_love() {
    main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
    tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
    tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-    tools/rom_manifest_silver.json \
    -x '*.DS_Store' -x '*/.git/*' -x '*/.DS_Store' \
    -x 'data/generated/*' -x 'assets/generated/*')
  # List once and match against the captured text: piping unzip straight into
@@ -348,8 +277,6 @@ pack_game_love() {
    || fail "game.love is missing the Yellow ROM import manifest"
  grep -qx 'tools/rom_manifest_gold.json' <<< "$archive_entries" \
    || fail "game.love is missing the Gold ROM import manifest"
-  grep -qx 'tools/rom_manifest_silver.json' <<< "$archive_entries" \
-    || fail "game.love is missing the Silver ROM import manifest"
  # This gate exists because the launcher's UI toolkit once lived outside
  # src/ (libs/flexlove) and was added to scripts/build.sh's payload and to
  # no other packager, so Android and iOS built an APK/IPA whose launcher
@@ -408,18 +335,13 @@ require_android_sdk() {
    export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=\$HOME/Library/Android/sdk
  or create mobile/android/local.properties with:
    sdk.dir=/path/to/Android/sdk
-  love-android $LOVE_ANDROID_VERSION expects SDK API $ANDROID_API and NDK $NDK_VERSION
+  love-android $LOVE_ANDROID_VERSION expects SDK API 34 and NDK $NDK_VERSION
  (see mobile/ANDROID.md)."
  fi

  export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="$sdk"
  export ANDROID_HOME="$sdk"

-  if [ ! -d "$sdk/platforms/android-$ANDROID_API" ]; then
-    fail "Android SDK platform android-$ANDROID_API is not installed.
-  Install Android $ANDROID_API (and the latest 36.x Build-Tools) in SDK Manager."
-  fi
-
  local props="$ANDROID_DIR/local.properties"
  # Always rewrite so a leftover Docker sdk.dir=/opt/android-sdk cannot stick.
  printf 'sdk.dir=%s\n' "$sdk" > "$props"
@@ -436,12 +358,7 @@ require_android_sdk() {

 # --------------------------------------------------------------- gradle
 run_gradle() {
-  local variant="debug"
-  $RELEASE && variant="release"
-  # Keep this compatible with macOS's bundled Bash 3.2 (no ${var^}).
-  local variant_title="Debug"
-  $RELEASE && variant_title="Release"
-  local task="assembleEmbedNoRecord$variant_title"
+  local task="assembleEmbedNoRecordDebug"
  local build_dir="$ANDROID_DIR"

  # ndk-build is GNU make underneath and cannot cope with spaces anywhere in
@@ -476,12 +393,12 @@ run_gradle() {
  You can still iterate on the .love payload with: scripts/build_android.sh --package-only"
  fi

-  local out_dir="$build_dir/app/build/outputs/apk/embedNoRecord/$variant"
+  local out_dir="$build_dir/app/build/outputs/apk/embedNoRecord/debug"
  if [ -d "$out_dir" ]; then
    say "APK output:"
    find "$out_dir" -name '*.apk' -exec ls -lh {} \;

-    local dist_dir="$DIST/$variant"
+    local dist_dir="$DIST/debug"
    rm -rf "$dist_dir"
    mkdir -p "$dist_dir"
    find "$out_dir" -name '*.apk' -exec cp {} "$dist_dir/" \;
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+MACOS_DIR="$ROOT/mobile/macos"
+CACHE="$ROOT/.bazinga/love12"
+SOURCE_DIR="${LOVE_SOURCE_DIR:-$CACHE/source}"
+RUNTIME_APP="${LOVE_APP_OUTPUT:-$CACHE/love.app}"
+BUILD_DIR="$CACHE/build"
+LOVE_VERSION="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$MACOS_DIR/LOVE_VERSION")"
+LOVE_SOURCE_REF="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$MACOS_DIR/LOVE_SOURCE_REF")"
+APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$MACOS_DIR/APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF")"
+LOVE_SOURCE_REPO="${LOVE_SOURCE_REPO:-https://github.com/love2d/love.git}"
+APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REPO="${APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REPO:-https://github.com/love2d/love-apple-dependencies.git}"
+
+FETCH=false
+CLEAN=false
+
+say() { printf '\033[1;32m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
+fail() { printf '\033[1;31merror:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+strip_bundle_metadata() {
+  local bundle="$1"
+  xattr -rc "$bundle"
+  xattr -rd com.apple.FinderInfo "$bundle" 2>/dev/null || true
+  xattr -rd 'com.apple.fileprovider.fpfs#P' "$bundle" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --fetch) FETCH=true ;;
+    --clean) CLEAN=true ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      printf '%s\n' 'usage: scripts/build_love_macos.sh [--fetch] [--clean]'
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *) fail "unknown argument: $1" ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+[ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] || fail "macOS LÖVE builds require Darwin"
+command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "git is required to fetch LÖVE sources"
+command -v xcodebuild >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "xcodebuild is required to build LÖVE for macOS"
+command -v xattr >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "xattr is required to normalize the runtime bundle"
+
+source_ready() {
+  [ -d "$SOURCE_DIR/platform/xcode/love.xcodeproj" ] \
+    && [ -d "$SOURCE_DIR/platform/xcode/macosx/Frameworks/Lua.framework" ] \
+    && [ -d "$SOURCE_DIR/platform/xcode/shared/Frameworks/SDL3.xcframework" ]
+}
+
+source_is_pinned() {
+  [ "$(git -C "$SOURCE_DIR" rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)" = "$LOVE_SOURCE_REF" ] \
+    && [ -f "$SOURCE_DIR/.gen1recomp-apple-dependencies-ref" ] \
+    && [ "$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$SOURCE_DIR/.gen1recomp-apple-dependencies-ref")" = "$APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF" ]
+}
+
+fetch_repo() {
+  local repo_url="$1"
+  local ref="$2"
+  local destination="$3"
+  mkdir -p "$destination"
+  git -C "$destination" init -q
+  git -C "$destination" remote add origin "$repo_url"
+  git -C "$destination" fetch --depth 1 origin "$ref"
+  git -C "$destination" checkout --detach -q FETCH_HEAD
+}
+
+fetch_sources() {
+  local tmp
+  mkdir -p "$CACHE"
+  tmp="$(mktemp -d "$CACHE/fetch.XXXXXX")"
+  say "fetching LÖVE source $LOVE_SOURCE_REF"
+  fetch_repo "$LOVE_SOURCE_REPO" "$LOVE_SOURCE_REF" "$tmp/love"
+  say "fetching Apple dependencies $APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF"
+  fetch_repo "$APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REPO" "$APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF" "$tmp/dependencies"
+  mkdir -p "$tmp/love/platform/xcode/macosx/Frameworks" "$tmp/love/platform/xcode/shared"
+  cp -R "$tmp/dependencies/macOS/Frameworks/." "$tmp/love/platform/xcode/macosx/Frameworks/"
+  cp -R "$tmp/dependencies/shared/." "$tmp/love/platform/xcode/shared/"
+  rm -rf "$SOURCE_DIR"
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$SOURCE_DIR")"
+  mv "$tmp/love" "$SOURCE_DIR"
+  printf '%s\n' "$APPLE_DEPENDENCIES_REF" > "$SOURCE_DIR/.gen1recomp-apple-dependencies-ref"
+  rm -rf "$tmp"
+  say "LÖVE source ready at $SOURCE_DIR"
+}
+
+if $CLEAN; then
+  [ -z "${LOVE_SOURCE_DIR:-}" ] \
+    || fail "--clean cannot be used with LOVE_SOURCE_DIR"
+  rm -rf "$SOURCE_DIR" "$BUILD_DIR" "$RUNTIME_APP"
+fi
+
+if ! source_ready || ! source_is_pinned; then
+  if ! $FETCH; then
+    fail "pinned LÖVE 12 sources are missing at $SOURCE_DIR; run scripts/build_love_macos.sh --fetch"
+  fi
+  [ -z "${LOVE_SOURCE_DIR:-}" ] \
+    || fail "LOVE_SOURCE_DIR is not the pinned LÖVE commit $LOVE_SOURCE_REF"
+  fetch_sources
+fi
+
+PROJECT="$SOURCE_DIR/platform/xcode/love.xcodeproj"
+rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR" "$RUNTIME_APP"
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+say "building LÖVE 12 macOS runtime"
+xcodebuild \
+  -quiet \
+  -project "$PROJECT" \
+  -target love-macosx \
+  -configuration Release \
+  -sdk macosx \
+  SYMROOT="$BUILD_DIR" \
+  OBJROOT="$BUILD_DIR/Intermediates" \
+  ARCHS="arm64 x86_64" \
+  ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO \
+  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=12.0 \
+  CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO \
+  CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO \
+  CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=-
+
+BUILT_APP="$BUILD_DIR/Release/love.app"
+[ -d "$BUILT_APP" ] || fail "xcodebuild produced no LÖVE app at $BUILT_APP"
+ditto --norsrc "$BUILT_APP" "$RUNTIME_APP"
+strip_bundle_metadata "$RUNTIME_APP"
+
+version="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' "$RUNTIME_APP/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+version_re="$(printf '%s' "$LOVE_VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')"
+printf '%s' "$version" | grep -Eq "^${version_re}(\.|$)" \
+  || fail "built runtime reports LÖVE version '$version'"
+[ -x "$RUNTIME_APP/Contents/MacOS/love" ] \
+  || fail "built runtime is missing Contents/MacOS/love"
+[ -f "$RUNTIME_APP/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" ] \
+  || fail "built runtime is missing love.framework"
+otool -L "$RUNTIME_APP/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" \
+  | grep -q '/Metal.framework/' \
+  || fail "built LÖVE runtime is not linked to Metal"
+
+archs="$(lipo -archs "$RUNTIME_APP/Contents/MacOS/love")"
+printf '%s' "$archs" | grep -qw arm64 \
+  || fail "built LÖVE app is missing arm64"
+printf '%s' "$archs" | grep -qw x86_64 \
+  || fail "built LÖVE app is missing x86_64"
+framework_archs="$(lipo -archs "$RUNTIME_APP/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love")"
+printf '%s' "$framework_archs" | grep -qw arm64 \
+  || fail "built LÖVE framework is missing arm64"
+printf '%s' "$framework_archs" | grep -qw x86_64 \
+  || fail "built LÖVE framework is missing x86_64"
+
+say "LÖVE 12 macOS runtime: $RUNTIME_APP"
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 # the nil global), unused values, unreachable code. The .luacheckrc mutes the
 # cosmetic categories the codebase lives with, so what prints is worth a look.
 #
-#   scripts/lint.sh            full advisory report over every shipped tree
-#   scripts/lint.sh --gate     only the codes CI blocks on (0xx, 1xx, 511)
+#   scripts/lint.sh            lint src/
 #   scripts/lint.sh src tools  lint specific paths
 #
 # Install once with:  luarocks install luacheck
@@ -16,27 +15,9 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."

-DEFAULT_PATHS=(main.lua conf.lua src data/scripts mods tools)
-
-GATE=0
-if [ "${1:-}" = "--gate" ]; then
-  GATE=1
-  shift
-fi
-
 if ! command -v luacheck >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "luacheck not found on PATH (install: luarocks install luacheck)" >&2
  exit 2
 fi

-if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
-  PATHS=("$@")
-else
-  PATHS=("${DEFAULT_PATHS[@]}")
-fi
-
-if [ "$GATE" = "1" ]; then
-  exec luacheck "${PATHS[@]}" -q --codes --only 0 1 511
-fi
-
-luacheck "${PATHS[@]}"
+luacheck "${@:-src}"
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ cp "$IN/game.love" "$APPDIR/game.love"
 unzip -Z1 "$APPDIR/game.love" > "$WORK/love-listing.txt"
 grep -qxF "tools/rom_manifest_gold.json" "$WORK/love-listing.txt" \
  || fail "game.love is missing tools/rom_manifest_gold.json"
-grep -qxF "tools/rom_manifest_silver.json" "$WORK/love-listing.txt" \
-  || fail "game.love is missing tools/rom_manifest_silver.json"
 # The .desktop's Icon= resolves against the AppDir root by basename, and
 # .DirIcon is what appimaged and file-manager thumbnailers read.
 cp "$IN/icon.png" "$APPDIR/$APP_NAME.png"
@@ -169,7 +169,5 @@ unzip -p "$temp_dir/game.love" src/core/Version.lua \
  || fail "shared payload version was not stamped"
 grep -qxF "tools/rom_manifest_gold.json" "$temp_dir/love-listing.txt" \
  || fail "shared payload is missing tools/rom_manifest_gold.json"
-grep -qxF "tools/rom_manifest_silver.json" "$temp_dir/love-listing.txt" \
-  || fail "shared payload is missing tools/rom_manifest_silver.json"

 say "Linux arm64 self-test passed"
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Verifies a built arm64 AppImage is self-contained and bullseye-compatible.
-# Usage: scripts/linux-arm64/verify_appimage.sh <AppImage>
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-image="${1:?usage: verify_appimage.sh <AppImage>}"
-[ -f "$image" ] || { echo "::error::no such AppImage: $image"; exit 1; }
-image="$(cd "$(dirname "$image")" && pwd)/$(basename "$image")"
-
-workdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-trap 'rm -rf "$workdir"' EXIT
-cd "$workdir"
-
-# --appimage-extract needs no FUSE, so this works on a runner
-# without /dev/fuse and still exercises the real payload.
-"$image" --appimage-extract >/dev/null
-for required in AppRun bin/love game.love lib/liblove-11.5.so; do
-  [ -e "squashfs-root/$required" ] \
-    || { echo "::error::AppImage is missing $required"; exit 1; }
-done
-
-# Every bundled object must resolve once AppRun's LD_LIBRARY_PATH is
-# applied; an unresolved soname here is a user-visible launch crash.
-#
-# This runs on a HEADLESS runner on purpose, and that is the point.
-# The first version of this build bundled Debian's SDL2, which
-# hard-links libpulse/libasound/libX11/libwayland, so it only ever
-# started on a full desktop -- a bare runner is what exposed it.
-missing="$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/squashfs-root/lib" \
-  ldd squashfs-root/bin/love squashfs-root/lib/*.so* 2>/dev/null \
-  | grep 'not found' || true)"
-[ -z "$missing" ] || { echo "::error::unresolved deps:"; echo "$missing"; exit 1; }
-
-# Nothing may hard-link a driver, session or audio-stack library:
-# those must be reached through dlopen so the AppImage runs on a box
-# with only ALSA, only Wayland, or only KMSDRM.
-linked="$(for f in squashfs-root/bin/love squashfs-root/lib/*.so*; do
-  objdump -p "$f" 2>/dev/null | awk '/NEEDED/{print $2}'
-done | sort -u | grep -E '^lib(pulse|asound|X11|wayland|GL|EGL|drm|gbm|xcb|cairo|sndio|dbus)' || true)"
-[ -z "$linked" ] \
-  || { echo "::error::these must be dlopened, not linked:"; echo "$linked"; exit 1; }
-
-# The whole point of compiling on bullseye. If a future change moves
-# the builder to a newer base, the glibc floor silently rises and
-# every user on an older distro gets "GLIBC_2.xx not found" -- catch
-# it here instead of in a release.
-floor="$(objdump -T squashfs-root/bin/love squashfs-root/lib/*.so* 2>/dev/null \
-  | grep -o 'GLIBC_[0-9.]*' | sort -V | tail -1)"
-echo "highest required glibc symbol version: $floor"
-[ -n "$floor" ] \
-  || { echo "::error::found no versioned glibc symbols -- objdump read nothing"; exit 1; }
-highest="$(printf '%s\n' "$floor" "GLIBC_2.31" | sort -V | tail -1)"
-[ "$highest" = "GLIBC_2.31" ] \
-  || { echo "::error::AppImage requires $floor, above the bullseye 2.31 floor"; exit 1; }
-
-echo "AppImage verified: $image"
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ rm -f "$OUTPUT"
  main.lua conf.lua src data assets tools/save-editor \
  tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
  tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-  tools/rom_manifest_silver.json \
  -x '*.DS_Store' 'data/generated/*' 'assets/generated/*')
 if [ -f "$ROOT/PATCH_NOTES.md" ]; then
  (cd "$ROOT" && zip -q "$OUTPUT" PATCH_NOTES.md)
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ for required in tools/save-editor/App.lua tools/save-editor/Kit.lua \
                tools/save-editor/panels/Party.lua \
                tools/rom_manifest.json tools/rom_manifest_blue.json \
                tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json tools/rom_manifest_gold.json \
-                tools/rom_manifest_silver.json \
                src/ui/kit/Kit.lua \
                src/import/LauncherView.lua; do
  grep -qxF "$required" "$LISTING" \
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ fail() { printf '\033[1;31merror:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }

 if [ ! -f "$ROOT/data/generated/maps.lua" ] \
    && [ ! -f "$ROOT/blue/data/generated/maps.lua" ] \
-    && [ ! -f "$ROOT/yellow/data/generated/maps.lua" ] \
-    && [ ! -f "$ROOT/gold/data/generated/maps.lua" ] \
-    && [ ! -f "$ROOT/silver/data/generated/maps.lua" ]; then
+    && [ ! -f "$ROOT/yellow/data/generated/maps.lua" ]; then
  fail "generated data missing,  run scripts/setup.sh first"
 fi

@@ -34,8 +32,30 @@ find_love() {
  return 1
 }

-LOVE_BIN="$(find_love)" \
-  || fail "LÖVE not found,  run scripts/setup.sh (or install from https://love2d.org)"
+find_love12() {
+  local app version
+  for app in "${LOVE_APP:-}" "$ROOT/.bazinga/love12/love.app" "/Applications/love12.app" "$HOME/Applications/love12.app" \
+    "/Applications/love.app" "$HOME/Applications/love.app"; do
+    [ -n "$app" ] || continue
+    if [ -x "$app/Contents/MacOS/love" ]; then
+      version="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' "$app/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+      if printf '%s' "$version" | grep -Eq '^12(\.|$)' \
+        && otool -L "$app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" 2>/dev/null | grep -q '/Metal.framework/'; then
+        echo "$app/Contents/MacOS/love"
+        return
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+  LOVE_BIN="$(find_love12)" \
+    || fail "LÖVE 12 with Metal not found,  run scripts/setup.sh or scripts/build_love_macos.sh --fetch"
+else
+  LOVE_BIN="$(find_love)" \
+    || fail "LÖVE not found,  run scripts/setup.sh (or install from https://love2d.org)"
+fi

 # SDL2 on Wayland crashes during desktop drag-and-drop in certain compositors;
 # default to X11/XWayland when available to ensure rock-solid drag-drop stability.
@@ -70,11 +70,32 @@ find_love() {
  return 1
 }

-if LOVE_BIN="$(find_love)"; then
+valid_love12_app() {
+  local app="$1" version
+  [ -x "$app/Contents/MacOS/love" ] || return 1
+  version="$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' "$app/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  printf '%s' "$version" | grep -Eq '^12(\.|$)' || return 1
+  otool -L "$app/Contents/Frameworks/love.framework/love" 2>/dev/null \
+    | grep -q '/Metal.framework/'
+}
+
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+  if valid_love12_app "$ROOT/.bazinga/love12/love.app"; then
+    say "LÖVE 12 found: $ROOT/.bazinga/love12/love.app"
+  elif valid_love12_app "/Applications/love12.app"; then
+    say "LÖVE 12 found: /Applications/love12.app"
+  elif valid_love12_app "$HOME/Applications/love12.app"; then
+    say "LÖVE 12 found: $HOME/Applications/love12.app"
+  elif valid_love12_app "/Applications/love.app"; then
+    say "LÖVE 12 found: /Applications/love.app"
+  elif valid_love12_app "$HOME/Applications/love.app"; then
+    say "LÖVE 12 found: $HOME/Applications/love.app"
+  else
+    say "building LÖVE 12 for macOS"
+    "$ROOT/scripts/build_love_macos.sh" --fetch
+  fi
+elif LOVE_BIN="$(find_love)"; then
  say "LÖVE found: $LOVE_BIN"
-elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] && command -v brew >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  say "installing LÖVE via Homebrew"
-  brew install --cask love
 else
  fail "LÖVE 11.x is not installed; install it from https://love2d.org"
 fi
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ First install or update (same steps):
     your saves, imported ROMs, mods, and options. Re-extracting only
     replaces the NRO(s) and these help files.
  3. Launch with title override (hold R on HOME, open any title → hbmenu).
-  4. Copy a legal Pokemon Red/Blue .gb or Yellow/Gold/Silver .gbc into:
+  4. Copy a legal Pokemon Red/Blue .gb or Yellow/Gold .gbc into:
       switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/
     then use Scan again in the launcher if needed.

 Inboxes (drop files here via MTP / SD / FTP):
  imports/                      — ROM .gb / .gbc
  imports/mods/                 — community mod .zip
-  imports/saves/red|blue|yellow|gold|silver/  — raw .sav import (Gold/Silver cart .sav not yet)
-  exports/red|blue|yellow|gold|silver/        — pull after Export save (Gold/Silver not yet)
+  imports/saves/red|blue|yellow|gold/  — raw .sav import (Gold cart .sav not yet)
+  exports/red|blue|yellow|gold/        — pull after Export save (Gold not yet)

 Full guide: https://github.com/bryanthaboi/gen1recomp/blob/main/docs/switch-install.md
 EOF
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ write_readme() {
 }

 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/imports/README.txt" \
-  "Put a legal Pokemon Red/Blue .gb or Yellow/Gold/Silver .gbc here, then Scan again in the launcher."
+  "Put a legal Pokemon Red/Blue .gb or Yellow/Gold .gbc here, then Scan again in the launcher."
 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/imports/mods/README.txt" \
  "Put community mod .zip files here, then MODS → Scan again."
 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/imports/saves/red/README.txt" \
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/imports/saves/yellow/README.txt" \
  "Put a Yellow .sav (32 KB) here, then Yellow tab → SAVE FILES → Import save."
 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/imports/saves/gold/README.txt" \
  "Gold cart .sav import is not supported yet. Folder reserved so MTP matches the other games."
-write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/imports/saves/silver/README.txt" \
-  "Silver cart .sav import is not supported yet. Folder reserved so MTP matches the other games."
 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/exports/red/README.txt" \
  "After Export save (Red), copy the .sav out of this folder via MTP / SD / FTP."
 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/exports/blue/README.txt" \
@@ -113,8 +111,6 @@ write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/exports/yellow/README.txt" \
  "After Export save (Yellow), copy the .sav out of this folder via MTP / SD / FTP."
 write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/exports/gold/README.txt" \
  "Gold cart .sav export is not supported yet. Folder reserved so MTP matches the other games."
-write_readme "$SAVE_ROOT/exports/silver/README.txt" \
-  "Silver cart .sav export is not supported yet. Folder reserved so MTP matches the other games."

 rm -f "$OUT_ZIP"
 (
@@ -144,12 +140,10 @@ REQUIRED=(
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/blue/README.txt"
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/yellow/README.txt"
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/gold/README.txt"
-  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/silver/README.txt"
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/red/README.txt"
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/blue/README.txt"
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/yellow/README.txt"
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/gold/README.txt"
-  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/silver/README.txt"
 )
 for rel in "${REQUIRED[@]}"; do
  printf '%s\n' "$LISTING" | grep -Fq "$rel" || fail "zip missing $rel"
@@ -271,12 +271,10 @@ for rel in \
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/blue/README.txt" \
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/yellow/README.txt" \
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/gold/README.txt" \
-  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/imports/saves/silver/README.txt" \
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/red/README.txt" \
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/blue/README.txt" \
  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/yellow/README.txt" \
-  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/gold/README.txt" \
-  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/silver/README.txt"
+  "switch/gen1recomp/pokemon-love2d/exports/gold/README.txt"
 do
  printf '%s\n' "$ZIP_LIST" | grep -Fq "$rel" || PACK_MISSING="${PACK_MISSING} ${rel}"
 done
@@ -66,17 +66,7 @@ run_tier() {

 # ------- ROM-free tiers: these are what CI runs

-if command -v luacheck >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  run_tier "T0 luacheck gate (undefined globals, unreachable code)" \
-    ./scripts/lint.sh --gate
-else
-  echo ""
-  echo "-- T0 luacheck gate: skipped (no luacheck on PATH --"
-  echo "   luarocks install luacheck; CI installs and gates on it regardless)"
-fi
-
 run_tier "T0 ROM builder version routing" python3 tests/build_rom_data_cli_test.py
-run_tier "T0 ROM manifest generator pin/overrides" python3 tests/rom_manifest_generator_test.py
 run_tier "T0 switch CI workflow content gate" "$LUA" tests/switch_ci_workflows_test.lua
 run_tier "T0 switch transfer docs gate" "$LUA" tests/switch_transfer_docs_test.lua
 # NX Blue/Yellow asset overlay: ROM-free, must run on every checkout so a
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ local BattleSafety = {}
 local BATTLE_BUSY_FIELDS = {
  "current", "afterQueue", "nextInsert", "pendingHit", "waitingUI",
  "waitingSound", "waitFrames", "draining", "animPlaying", "growIn",
-  "shrinkOut",
  "introSlide", "ghostReveal", "mimicCtx", "mimicMoves", "result",
 }

@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ end

 local function makeBattler(data, mon, isPlayer, save)
  local def = data.pokemon[mon.species]
-  require("src.pokemon.Stats").ensure(def, mon)
  local badgeBoosts = data.constants and data.constants.badgeBoosts
  local badges = nil
  if isPlayer and save then
@@ -1365,7 +1364,7 @@ function BattleState:updateQueue()
    -- subanimation (or just the coarse fx when animations are off).
    -- item.hit carries the target's blink + damage sound, applied when
    -- the animation ends (hitRow rows carry a hit with no animation --
-    -- Mimic, whose animation waits on a successful copy).
+    -- thrash/rage continuation turns that skip the announcement).
    if item.anim or item.hitRow then
      -- PlayMoveAnimation writes wAnimationID, calls Delay3, and only then
      -- jumps to MoveAnimation (core.asm:6635-6640), so three frames pass
@@ -1719,14 +1718,9 @@ function BattleState:enter()
    -- _PlayerBlackedOutText2 (data/text/text_2.asm:896): the two paragraphs
    -- playerMonFainted queues on the battle screen; there is no battle
    -- screen to queue them on here, so they print over the map.
-    -- _PlayerBlackedOutText (no "2") extracts to the identical wording from
-    -- a different ROM address and is unused anywhere in this engine -- not
-    -- a fallback for this one, just pokered printing the same paragraph
-    -- from a second call site elsewhere.
    self.game.stack:push(require("src.render.TextBox").new(self.game,
-      self:romText("_PlayerBlackedOutText2",
-        "%s is out of\nuseable POKéMON!\f%s blacked\nout!", name, name),
-      blackedOut))
+      Strings("%s is out of\nuseable POKéMON!", name) .. "\f"
+      .. Strings("%s blacked\nout!", name), blackedOut))
    return
  end
  self.musicKind = self:computeMusicKind()
@@ -1863,8 +1857,7 @@ function BattleState:enter()
      self:slidePic("foe")
    end)
    -- _TrainerSentOutText ends `done`, not `prompt` (data/text/text_2.asm:923)
-    self:sayAuto(self:romText("_TrainerSentOutText", "%s sent\nout %s!",
-      foeName, self.enemy.name))
+    self:sayAuto(Strings("%s sent\nout %s!", foeName, self.enemy.name))
    self:act(function()
      -- EnemySendOutFirstMon (core.asm:1421-1434): after the text the
      -- pic grows out of the ball (AnimateSendingOutMon), then the cry
@@ -2496,12 +2489,9 @@ function BattleState:openOldManBag()
    -- POKé BALLs; pokeyellow's SimulatedInputBattleItemList, shared by
    -- the Viridian tutorial and Oak's catch, has one.
    local qty = require("src.core.GameVersion").isYellow() and "x1" or "x50"
-    -- the tutorial bag rides DisplayBagMenu's LIST_MENU_BOX over the battle
-    -- screen (engine/battle/core.asm:2210)
    list = ListMenu.new(game, "ITEMS", {
      { value = "POKE_BALL", label = Strings("POKé BALL"), right = qty },
    }, {
-      itemBox = true,
      script = function(l)
        l.scriptTimer = (l.scriptTimer or 0) + 1
        if l.scriptTimer == 81 then
@@ -2712,11 +2702,9 @@ function BattleState:resolveSwitch(newMon)
  self.afterQueue = "menu"
  self:act(function()
    -- SwitchPlayerMon (core.asm:2419-2423): RetreatMon prints over the
-    -- outgoing pic and holds 50 frames, then AnimateRetreatingPlayerMon
-    -- runs before the mon is recalled
+    -- outgoing pic and holds 50 frames before the mon is recalled
    self:sayNextAuto(self:withdrawText(self.player.name),
                     Timing.SWITCH_PLAYER_MON)
-    self:queueRetreatAnim()
    self:actNext(function()
      self:restoreMimicked(self.player) -- the battle copy leaves with it
      local previous = self.player
@@ -3328,26 +3316,6 @@ function BattleState:queueSendOutAnim(append)
  if append then self:act(fn) else self:actNext(fn) end
 end

-- AnimateRetreatingPlayerMon (core.asm:1769-1796); the Yellow starter Pikachu
-- slides off instead (pokeyellow core.asm:1862-1866, animations.asm:1259)
-function BattleState:queueRetreatAnim()
-  if self:starterPikachuSendOut() then
-    self:actNext(function() self:slidePic("playerMon", 0, -64, 8, 3) end)
-    self:waitNext(24)
-    self:actNext(function()
-      -- .clearScreenArea keeps the 7x7 area blank until the swap
-      -- (pokeyellow core.asm:1867-1871) (#1545)
-      self.sendingOut = true
-      self:slidePic("playerMon")
-    end)
-  else
-    self:actNext(function()
-      self.shrinkOut = { battler = self.player, frame = 0 }
-    end)
-    self:waitNext(7)
-  end
-end
-
 -- Should the low-health alarm sound this frame?  pokered keys it off
 -- the drawn bar color: DrawPlayerHUDAndHPBar (core.asm:1846-1875) sets
 -- wLowHealthAlarm bit 7 when GetHealthBarColor says the player bar is
@@ -3564,12 +3532,6 @@ function BattleState:updateFx()
    self.growIn.frame = self.growIn.frame + 1
    if self.growIn.frame >= 12 then self.growIn = nil end
  end
-  -- the retreat shrink (AnimateRetreatingPlayerMon): 4+3 frames, then the
-  -- 7x7 area holds cleared (scale 0) until the swap replaces the battler
-  if self.shrinkOut then
-    self.shrinkOut.frame = self.shrinkOut.frame + 1
-    if self.shrinkOut.battler ~= self.player then self.shrinkOut = nil end
-  end
  -- low-HP alarm (audio/low_health_alarm.asm): the two-tone siren
  -- loops while the player's bar is red; see lowHealthAlarmActive
  local Sound = require("src.core.Sound")
@@ -3676,13 +3638,12 @@ function BattleState:executeAction(user, target, action)
      })
      self.aiUses = self:aiUsesFor()
      markSeen(self.game, self.enemy.mon.species)
-      self:sayNext(self:romText("_AIBattleWithdrawText", "%s with-\ndrew %s!",
-        self.trainer.name, oldName))
+      -- _AIBattleWithdrawText: "X with-/drew Y!"
+      self:sayNext(Strings("%s with-\ndrew %s!", self.trainer.name, oldName))
      -- EnemySendOut falls into EnemySendOutFirstMon: TrainerSentOutText,
      -- then AnimateSendingOutMon and PlayCry (core.asm:1276-1434)
      self.enemySendingOut = true
-      self:sayNextAuto(self:romText("_TrainerSentOutText", "%s sent\nout %s!",
-        self.trainer.name, self.enemy.name))
+      self:sayNextAuto(Strings("%s sent\nout %s!", self.trainer.name, self.enemy.name))
      self:actNext(function()
        self.enemySendingOut = false
        self:startGrowIn(self.enemy)
@@ -3834,8 +3795,6 @@ function BattleState:statusInterrupt(user, target, selectedId)
                                   { rng = self.rng, forceCrit = false, typeless = true,
                                     screens = target })
    self:sayNext(self:romText("_HurtItselfText", "It hurt itself in\nits confusion!"))
-    -- HandleSelfConfusionDamage (core.asm:3706-3714, enemy side :5807-5811)
-    self:animNext("POUND", not user.isPlayer)
    self:clearVolatiles(user, true)
    self:applyDamage(user, dmg)
    if user.mon.hp <= 0 then self:onFaint(user) end
@@ -3928,28 +3887,18 @@ function BattleState:performMove(user, target, moveInst, isCalled)
  end

  self.moveAnimRow = nil
-  local thrashing = user.thrashTurns and moveInst == user.thrashMove
-    and user.thrashAnnounced or false
-  if thrashing then
-    -- .ThrashingAboutCheck (core.asm:3531-3552)
-    self:sayNextAuto(self:romText("_ThrashingAboutText", "%s's\nthrashing about!",
-                                  displayName(user)))
-    user.thrashTurns = user.thrashTurns - 1
-    if user.thrashTurns <= 0 then
-      user.thrashTurns, user.thrashMove, user.thrashAnnounced = nil, nil, nil
-      if not user.confusedTurns then user.confusedTurns = self.rng(2, 5) end
-    end
-  else
+  if not (user.thrashTurns and moveInst == user.thrashMove and user.thrashAnnounced) then
    self:sayNextAuto(self:romText("_ItemUseText001", "%s\nused %s!", displayName(user), move.name))
-  end
-  -- PlayCurrentMoveAnimation follows the announcement; Mimic (announceAnim
-  -- = false) queues it from applyMimic after a successful copy
-  if not (record and record.announceAnim == false) then
-    self.nextInsert = (self.nextInsert or 0) + 1
-    -- ld a, THRASH / ld [wPlayerMoveNum] (core.asm:3534-3535, :5909-5910) #1577
-    self.moveAnimRow = { anim = thrashing and "THRASH" or move.id,
-                         attackerIsPlayer = user.isPlayer }
-    table.insert(self.queue, self.nextInsert, self.moveAnimRow)
+    -- the move's animation plays right after the announcement; the
+    -- damage path attaches the target's hit blink to this row so the
+    -- blink follows the animation (pokered's order).  Mimic is the
+    -- exception (announceAnim = false): PlayCurrentMoveAnimation runs
+    -- only after a successful copy, never on a miss -- applyMimic queues it
+    if not (record and record.announceAnim == false) then
+      self.nextInsert = (self.nextInsert or 0) + 1
+      self.moveAnimRow = { anim = move.id, attackerIsPlayer = user.isPlayer }
+      table.insert(self.queue, self.nextInsert, self.moveAnimRow)
+    end
  end
  Runtime.emit("battle.move_used", {
    battle = self, user = user, target = target, move = move,
@@ -3957,9 +3906,6 @@ function BattleState:performMove(user, target, moveInst, isCalled)
  })

  local ctx = EffectRegistry.makeCtx(self, user, target, move, moveInst, isCalled)
-  -- .ThrashingAboutCheck jumps past JumpMoveEffect into PlayerCalcMoveDamage
-  -- (core.asm:3540), so SpecialEffectsCont never re-runs on a locked turn
-  ctx.thrashing = thrashing

  -- Metronome / Mirror Move re-entry; a nil pick means the record
  -- already said its failure text
@@ -3981,17 +3927,7 @@ function BattleState:performMove(user, target, moveInst, isCalled)
  -- record (chargeText) and the invulnerability from semiInvulnerable,
  -- falling back to the id tables (Fly AND Dig go semi-invulnerable:
  -- ChargeEffect sets INVULNERABLE for both)
-  local chargeRequired = record and record.charge ~= nil and not releasing
-  if chargeRequired and Runtime.wantsHook("battle.charge_required") then
-    local required = Runtime.call("battle.charge_required", function(c)
-      return c.charge
-    end, {
-      battle = self, user = user, target = target, move = move,
-      charge = true, isCalled = isCalled or false,
-    })
-    chargeRequired = required ~= false
-  end
-  if chargeRequired then
+  if record and record.charge and not releasing then
    self:cancelMoveAnim()
    user.charging = moveInst
    user.chargeReady = true
@@ -4206,12 +4142,8 @@ function BattleState:onFaint(battler)
    -- acknowledged core.asm:797-798 bug.)
    self:actNext(function() self:playVictoryMusic() end)
  end
-  -- _EnemyMonFaintedText already carries its own "Enemy" wording, so this
-  -- passes the raw name -- displayName's separate Strings("Enemy %s", ...)
-  -- would double it up
-  self:sayNext(battler.isPlayer
-    and self:romText("_PlayerMonFaintedText", "%s\nfainted!", battler.name)
-    or self:romText("_EnemyMonFaintedText", "Enemy %s\nfainted!", battler.name))
+  -- _EnemyMonFaintedText "Enemy X fainted!" / _PlayerMonFaintedText
+  self:sayNext(Strings("%s\nfainted!", displayName(battler)))
  if battler.isPlayer then
    self:act(function() self:playerMonFainted() end)
  else
@@ -4242,11 +4174,8 @@ function BattleState:awardExp()
  end
  local function applyShare(mon, split, announce)
    local playerId = self.game.save.player and self.game.save.player.id
-    -- GainExperience (engine/battle/experience.asm:69-88) compares the
-    -- stored MON_OTID against wPlayerID every award; no persistent flag
-    -- mon.traded covers otId-less mons (repairTradedOtIds, old link peers) #1488
-    local traded = playerId ~= nil and ((mon.otId ~= nil and mon.otId ~= playerId)
-      or (mon.otId == nil and mon.traded == true))
+    local traded = mon.traded == true
+      or (mon.otId ~= nil and playerId ~= nil and mon.otId ~= playerId)
    local levels, gained = Experience.apply(self.data, mon, self.enemy.def,
                                            self.enemy.mon.level, self.kind == "trainer",
                                            split, traded)
@@ -4390,44 +4319,22 @@ function BattleState:enemyMonFainted()
        -- "X is" off so "about to use" stays above the name, instead of the
        -- page ending on a bare nick (#565).  Then para "Will PLAYER" /
        -- "change POKéMON?" with YES/NO.
-        --
-        -- _TrainerAboutToUseText combines both \f-paged, but unlike
-        -- _ItemUseBallText00's say()+say() merge above, this is say()+
-        -- sayChoice(): tried merging into one romText/sayChoice call and
-        -- confirmed via tests/engine/trainer_shift_prompt_bug565.lua that
-        -- the battle queue's own \f handling (not TextBox.lua's) does not
-        -- page a sayChoice string the same way -- left as two calls.
        self:say(Strings("%s is\nabout to use\v%s!", self.trainer.name, nextName))
-        -- EnemySendOutFirstMon .next9/.next8 (core.asm:1390-1409) and
-        -- HasMonFainted's NoWillText (core.asm:1473-1488)
        self:sayChoice(
          Strings("Will %s\nchange POKéMON?", self.game.save.player.name),
          function(yes)
            if not yes then return end
            local game = self.game
-            local shiftOpts, reopenShift
-            reopenShift = function(text)
-              table.insert(self.queue, 1, { ui = function()
-                return self:buildScreen("PartyMenu", shiftOpts)
-              end })
-              table.insert(self.queue, 1, { text = text })
-            end
-            shiftOpts = {
+            Screens.push(game, "PartyMenu", {
              battle = self,
              party = self:playerPartyView(),
              forceSwitch = true,
              onSwitch = function(mon)
-                if mon == self.player.mon then
-                  reopenShift(self:romText("_AlreadyOutText",
-                    "%s is\nalready out!", self.player.name))
-                elseif mon.hp <= 0 then
-                  reopenShift(self:romText("_NoWillText", "There's no will\nto fight!"))
-                else
+                if mon ~= self.player.mon and mon.hp > 0 then
                  shiftSwitchMon = mon
                end
              end,
-            }
-            Screens.push(game, "PartyMenu", shiftOpts)
+            })
          end, { box = Theme.trainerSwitchBox })
      end
      self:act(function()
@@ -4455,8 +4362,7 @@ function BattleState:enemyMonFainted()
        -- (AnimateSendingOutMon) with the cry; no POOF -- that animation
        -- belongs to the player-side SendOutMon (core.asm:1757-1762)
        self.enemySendingOut = true
-        self:sayNextAuto(self:romText("_TrainerSentOutText", "%s sent\nout %s!",
-          self.trainer.name, self.enemy.name))
+        self:sayNextAuto(Strings("%s sent\nout %s!", self.trainer.name, self.enemy.name))
        self:actNext(function()
          self.enemySendingOut = false
          self:startGrowIn(self.enemy)
@@ -4470,11 +4376,10 @@ function BattleState:enemyMonFainted()
        local mon = shiftSwitchMon
        if not mon then return end
        -- SwitchPlayerMon (core.asm:2419-2423): RetreatMon, the 50-frame
-        -- hold, AnimateRetreatingPlayerMon, then the recall and the send-out
+        -- hold, then the recall and the send-out
        self.nextInsert = 0
        self:sayNextAuto(self:withdrawText(self.player.name),
                         Timing.SWITCH_PLAYER_MON)
-        self:queueRetreatAnim()
        self:actNext(function()
          local previous = self.player
          self.player = makeBattler(self.data, mon, true, self.game.save)
@@ -4546,22 +4451,9 @@ function BattleState:enemyMonFainted()
      -- TrainerNamePointers aims those entries at wTrainerName).  The tag
      -- prints once, so a `para` page carries no second copy (#566).
      local tag = self.trainer and self.trainer.name
-      -- the badge jingle (sound_get_item_1 and friends) rides the armed
-      -- line's first page, as the script's text command would (#1606)
-      local sfx = self.endBattleSound
-      local data = self.data
      for page in (self.endBattleText .. "\f"):gmatch("(.-)\f") do
        if page ~= "" then
-          local line = tag and (tag .. ": " .. page) or page
-          if sfx then
-            local id = sfx
-            self:sayNextWaitSfx(line, function()
-              return require("src.core.Sound").play(data, id)
-            end)
-            sfx = nil
-          else
-            self:sayNext(line)
-          end
+          self:sayNext(tag and (tag .. ": " .. page) or page)
          tag = nil
        end
      end
@@ -4986,8 +4878,7 @@ function BattleState:storeCaughtMon()
    -- text_promptbutton (item_effects.asm:624-629), so the fanfare follows
    -- the box rather than firing when the dex bit is set
    self:sayNextWaitSfx(
-      self:romText("_ItemUseBallText06",
-        "New POKéDEX data\nwill be added for\n%s!", self.enemy.name),
+      Strings("New POKéDEX data\nwill be added for\n%s!", self.enemy.name),
      function() return require("src.core.Sound").play(self.data, "Dex_Page_Added") end)
    self:uiNext(function()
      return self:buildScreen("DexEntryMenu", species)
@@ -5008,12 +4899,9 @@ function BattleState:storeCaughtMon()
    if boxNum then
      askCaughtNickname()
      -- _ItemUseBallText07/08 keyed on EVENT_MET_BILL
-      local metBill = game.save.flags and game.save.flags.EVENT_MET_BILL
-      self:sayNext(self:romText(
-        metBill and "_ItemUseBallText07" or "_ItemUseBallText08",
-        metBill and "%s was\ntransferred to\nBILL's PC!"
-                or "%s was\ntransferred to\nsomeone's PC!",
-        self.enemy.name))
+      local pc = (game.save.flags and game.save.flags.EVENT_MET_BILL)
+                 and "BILL's PC" or Strings("someone's PC")
+      self:sayNext(Strings("%s was\ntransferred to\n%s!", self.enemy.name, pc))
    else
      self:sayNext(Strings("But every BOX\nis full!"))
    end
@@ -5119,18 +5007,8 @@ function BattleState:throwBall(ball)
      -- RESTLESS SOUL dodges balls even once the scope has revealed it,
      -- so it is not a ghost battle any more (#444)
      self:animNext(self:tossAnimFor(ball), true, nil, ball)
-      -- _ItemUseBallText00 is one label for both lines, \f-paged.  Unlike
-      -- TextBox.new() (which splits \f itself), the battle queue's own
-      -- startMessage() only splits on \n/\v -- confirmed live: the \f
-      -- landed mid-line and the second sentence overflowed off the box
-      -- instead of starting a fresh page.  Resolve the label once, then
-      -- split it the same way TextBox.lua does and queue one sayNext per
-      -- page, so the two ROM sentences still render as two pages.
-      local dodgeText = self:romText("_ItemUseBallText00",
-        "It dodged the\nthrown BALL!\fThis POKéMON\ncan't be caught!")
-      for page in (dodgeText .. "\f"):gmatch("(.-)\f") do
-        self:sayNext(page)
-      end
+      self:sayNext(Strings("It dodged the\nthrown BALL!"))
+      self:sayNext(Strings("This POKéMON\ncan't be caught!"))
      self:act(function()
        self:executeAction(self.enemy, self.player, self:enemyAction())
      end)
@@ -5177,14 +5055,10 @@ function BattleState:openParty()
      battle = self,
      party = self:playerPartyView(),
      onSwitch = function(mon)
-        -- PartyMenuOrRockOrRun's SWITCH .partyMonDeselected (core.asm:2396-2408)
        if mon == self.player.mon then
-          self:say(self:romText("_AlreadyOutText",
-            "%s is\nalready out!", self.player.name))
-          self:act(function() self:openParty() end)
+          self:say(Strings("%s is\nalready out!", self.player.name))
        elseif mon.hp <= 0 then
          self:say(self:romText("_NoWillText", "There's no will\nto fight!"))
-          self:act(function() self:openParty() end)
        else
          self:resolveSwitch(mon)
        end
@@ -5328,16 +5202,6 @@ function BattleState:growInScale(battler)
  return f < 3 and 0 or f < 7 and 3 / 7 or 5 / 7
 end

-- AnimateRetreatingPlayerMon's CopyDownscaledMonTiles stages
-- (core.asm:1769-1796)
-function BattleState:shrinkOutScale(battler)
-  local shrink = self.shrinkOut
-  if not shrink or shrink.battler ~= battler then return nil end
-  -- scale 0 past Delay3: the area stays cleared until the swap
-  -- (core.asm:1790-1796) (#1563)
-  return shrink.frame < 4 and 5 / 7 or shrink.frame < 7 and 3 / 7 or 0
-end
-
 -- battler hidden this frame? (damage blink)
 --
 -- AnimationBlinkMon hides the pic, waits DelayFrames 5, shows it, waits
@@ -5974,18 +5838,15 @@ function BattleState:drawPicsLayer(slide, sx, sy, onlySide, skipMenuClip)
    local s = BattleState.resolveBattleScale(self.data, "back",
      imagePathOf(self.player.sprite),
      self.player.mon and self.player.mon.species)
-    local gs = self:growInScale(self.player) or self:shrinkOutScale(self.player)
+    local gs = self:growInScale(self.player)
    if gs then
-      -- the player-side AnimateSendingOutMon grow (core.asm:1757-1762) and
-      -- the AnimateRetreatingPlayerMon shrink (core.asm:1769-1796)
+      -- the player-side AnimateSendingOutMon grow (after the poof,
+      -- core.asm:1757-1762): feet pinned at y=96, horizontal centre
+      -- pinned, mod scale composed with the grow stage
      local eff = s * gs
      if eff > 0 then
-        -- the retreat stages sit one tile right of the grow-in's
-        -- (hlcoord 3,7 / 4,9 vs 2,7 / 3,9, core.asm:1770-1788) (#1563)
-        local shrinkX = self.shrinkOut
-          and self.shrinkOut.battler == self.player and 8 or 0
        love.graphics.draw(img,
-          8 + shrinkX - padL * s + img:getWidth() * s * (1 - gs) / 2 + sx,
+          8 - padL * s + img:getWidth() * s * (1 - gs) / 2 + sx,
          96 - (img:getHeight() - pad) * eff + sy, 0, eff, eff)
      end
    else
@@ -108,17 +108,13 @@ end

 -- The damaging pipeline, extracted from the performMove monolith: every
 -- stage keeps the original's exact check order and rng consumption
-- (pre-accuracy -> invulnerability -> gate -> hit count -> accuracy ->
+-- (invulnerability -> gate -> hit count -> pre-accuracy -> accuracy ->
 -- damage choice -> hits -> messages -> after-damage -> secondary run).
 function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
  local user, target = ctx.user, ctx.target
  local move, moveInst = ctx.move, ctx.moveInst
  local neverMiss = record and record.neverMiss

-  -- SpecialEffectsCont's JumpMoveEffect (core.asm:3129-3133) runs before
-  -- MoveHitTest's INVULNERABLE test (:3150), mid-Fly/Dig included (#1565)
-  if record and record.beforeAccuracy then record.beforeAccuracy(ctx) end
-
  -- Swift ignores semi-invulnerability (MoveHitTest returns hit for
  -- SWIFT_EFFECT before the INVULNERABLE check)
  if target.invulnerable and not neverMiss then
@@ -147,6 +143,8 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)

  local hits = hitCount(ctx, record)

+  if record and record.beforeAccuracy then record.beforeAccuracy(ctx) end
+
  if not neverMiss then
    if not battle:accuracyRoll(move, user, target) then
      -- Explosion/Selfdestruct still animate on a miss (HandleIfPlayerMoveMissed)
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ function EffectRegistry.runDamaging(battle, ctx, record)
  -- replay PlayMoveAnimation per strike (pokered: GetPlayerAnimationType
  -- / GetEnemyAnimationType loop on wNumAttacksLeft); hit 1 reuses the
  -- announcement-time moveAnimRow, later hits queue fresh anim rows.
-  -- Mimic queues no announcement anim (announceAnim = false) -- a bare
+  -- Thrash/rage continuations have no announcement anim -- a bare
  -- hitRow carries the blink instead.
  -- PlayApplyingAttackSound (engine/battle/animations.asm, the routine after
  -- PlayApplyingAttackAnimation) picks the sound off wDamageMultipliers -- 10
@@ -582,15 +582,30 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
  },
  THRASH_PETAL_DANCE_EFFECT = {
    -- ThrashPetalDanceEffect (effects.asm:791-808) runs before damage
-    -- (data/battle/special_effects.asm:22, core.asm:3531-3552)
+    -- (data/battle/special_effects.asm:22) and animates the setup turn
    beforeAccuracy = function(ctx)
      local user = ctx.user
-      if ctx.thrashing or user.thrashTurns then return end
-      user.thrashTurns = ctx.rng(2, 3) -- 3-4 attacks total, then confusion
-      user.thrashMove = ctx.moveInst
-      user.thrashAnnounced = true
-      ctx.battle:animBeforeMove(
-        user.isPlayer and "SHRINKING_SQUARE_ANIM" or "ANIM_B1", user.isPlayer)
+      if not user.thrashTurns then
+        ctx.battle:animBeforeMove(
+          user.isPlayer and "SHRINKING_SQUARE_ANIM" or "ANIM_B1", user.isPlayer)
+      end
+    end,
+    afterDamage = function(ctx)
+      local user = ctx.user
+      if not user.thrashTurns then
+        user.thrashTurns = ctx.rng(2, 3) -- 3-4 attacks total, then confusion
+        user.thrashMove = ctx.moveInst
+        user.thrashAnnounced = true
+      else
+        user.thrashTurns = user.thrashTurns - 1
+        if user.thrashTurns <= 0 then
+          user.thrashTurns, user.thrashMove, user.thrashAnnounced = nil, nil, nil
+          if not user.confusedTurns then
+            user.confusedTurns = ctx.rng(2, 5)
+            ctx.say(romText(ctx.battle.data, "_BecameConfusedText", "%s\nbecame confused!", displayName(user)))
+          end
+        end
+      end
    end,
  },
  JUMP_KICK_EFFECT = {
@@ -645,9 +660,7 @@ MoveEffects.full = {
      user.bideTurns = ctx.rng(2, 3)
      user.bideDamage = 0
      ctx.battle:cancelMoveAnim()
-      ctx.battle:animBeforeMove(
-        user.isPlayer and "XSTATITEM_ANIM" or "XSTATITEM_DUPLICATE_ANIM",
-        user.isPlayer)
+      ctx.anim(user.isPlayer and "XSTATITEM_ANIM" or "XSTATITEM_DUPLICATE_ANIM")
      ctx.say(Strings("%s\nis storing energy!", displayName(user)))
    end,
  },
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ Battle.SUBSTATUS_ITEMS = {
 -- be run from or Roared away.
 Battle.BATTLETYPE_FORCESHINY = 7
 Battle.BATTLETYPE_TRAP = 9
-- LostBattle's .canlose arm (engine/battle/core.asm:2766): the only battle
-- type whose loss still prints the trainer's own line instead of a whiteout.
-Battle.BATTLETYPE_CANLOSE = 1

 -- BadgeStatBoosts (engine/battle/core.asm:6534): each of these Johto badges
 -- raises the PLAYER's in-battle stat by 1/8.  The routine walks every other
@@ -892,27 +889,16 @@ Battle.PRIORITY = {
  EFFECT_ENDURE = 3,
  EFFECT_COUNTER = -1,
  EFFECT_MIRROR_COAT = -1,
-  EFFECT_FORCE_SWITCH = -1,  -- Whirlwind, Roar: priority 0, below BASE
+  EFFECT_VITAL_THROW = -1,
 }

 function Battle:movePriority(moveId)
-  -- GetMovePriority `cp VITAL_THROW / ld a, 0 / ret z`
-  -- (engine/battle/core.asm:787-789).
-  if moveId == "VITAL_THROW" then return -1 end
  local def = self:moveDef(moveId)
  return (def and Battle.PRIORITY[def.effect]) or 0
 end

-- engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:192-197 (enemy twin :383-390)
-Battle.SLEEP_BYPASS_MOVES = { SNORE = true, SLEEP_TALK = true }
-
 -- Can this mon act?  Returns true, or false plus the message the cart prints.
-- `moveId` is wCurPlayerMove / wCurEnemyMove (effect_commands.asm:193).
-local function clearBide(state)
-  state.bideTurns, state.bideStored, state.bideMove = nil, nil, nil
-end
-
-local function checkTurn(self, mon, moveId)
+function Battle:canAct(mon)
  local name = self:monName(mon)
  -- SUBSTATUS_RECHARGE, and it is checked BEFORE status: CheckPlayerTurn reads
  -- it first, clears it, prints MustRechargeText and jumps to EndTurn, so a mon
@@ -933,11 +919,7 @@ local function checkTurn(self, mon, moveId)
  local beforeMove = record and record.beforeMove
  if beforeMove
      and (record.beforeMovePriority or 0) > Battle.VOLATILE_PRIORITY then
-    -- engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:188-200
-    local bypass = mon.status == "sleep" and Battle.SLEEP_BYPASS_MOVES[moveId]
-    local acted = beforeMove(self, mon, name) and true or false
-    if acted or not bypass then return acted end
-    beforeMove = nil
+    return beforeMove(self, mon, name) and true or false
  end
  -- SUBSTATUS_FLINCHED, read and cleared right after the freeze check
  -- (CheckPlayerTurn / CheckEnemyTurn `.not_frozen`).  Set this turn by the
@@ -971,14 +953,6 @@ local function checkTurn(self, mon, moveId)
  return true
 end

-- CantMove (engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:344-353) clears BIDE on every
-- arm of CheckPlayerTurn / CheckEnemyTurn that spends the turn.
-function Battle:canAct(mon, moveId)
-  local acted = checkTurn(self, mon, moveId)
-  if not acted then clearBide(self:volatile(mon)) end
-  return acted
-end
-
 -- STRUGGLE, the move a mon with nothing left to spend falls back to
 -- (engine/battle/core.asm `.CheckPlayerHasUsableMoves` for the player and
 -- `.struggle` for the enemy).  It lives in the move table like any other move
@@ -1254,15 +1228,10 @@ function Battle:dealDamage(attacker, defender, damage, opts)
  if opts.critical then
    self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "A critical hit!" })
  end
-  -- SuperEffectiveText / NotVeryEffectiveText (data/text/battle.asm:603,608).
-  -- The cart breaks both across the box's two lines and hyphenates "super-"
-  -- to do it, and the not-very line ends on the single ellipsis glyph Gold's
-  -- charmap carries at $75, not three periods.
  if opts.effectiveness and opts.effectiveness > 10 then
-    self:emit({ kind = "message", text = Strings("It's super-\neffective!") })
+    self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "It's super effective!" })
  elseif opts.effectiveness and opts.effectiveness < 10 then
-    self:emit({ kind = "message",
-      text = Strings("It's not very\neffective…") })
+    self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "It's not very effective..." })
  end
  if endured then
    self:emit({ kind = "message",
@@ -1414,18 +1383,9 @@ function Battle:useMove(attacker, defender, moveId)
  -- free of PP and obedience in exactly the same way.
  local rolling = state.rolloutLock == moveId

-  -- engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:977-979, data/moves/effects.asm:795-800,
-  -- engine/battle/move_effects/bide.asm:62-68
-  local biding = def.effect == "EFFECT_BIDE" and state.bideTurns ~= nil
-
-  -- engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:6222-6234, :949-951
-  local called = (self.copyDepth or 0) > 0
-
-  if not (charging or rampaging or rolling or biding or called) then
+  if not (charging or rampaging or rolling) then
    if move and (move.pp or 0) <= 0 then
-      -- BattleText_TheresNoPPLeftForThisMove (data/text/battle.asm:315).
-      self:emit({ kind = "message",
-        text = Strings("There's no PP left\nfor this move!") })
+      self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "No PP left for this move!" })
      return
    end
    if move then move.pp = (move.pp or 1) - 1 end
@@ -1505,38 +1465,9 @@ function Battle:useMove(attacker, defender, moveId)
    return
  end

-  -- engine/battle/move_effects/sleep_talk.asm:2, :16-19, :61
-  if def.effect == "EFFECT_SLEEP_TALK" then
-    local picked
-    if attacker.status == "sleep" and (self.copyDepth or 0) == 0 then
-      -- engine/battle/move_effects/sleep_talk.asm:40-44, :117-141
-      local pool = {}
-      for _, own in ipairs(attacker.moves or {}) do
-        local ownDef = self:moveDef(own.id)
-        local effect = ownDef and ownDef.effect
-        if own.id ~= moveId and not self:moveDisabled(attacker, own.id)
-            and not Effects.CHARGE[effect] and effect ~= "EFFECT_BIDE" then
-          pool[#pool + 1] = own.id
-        end
-      end
-      if #pool > 0 then picked = pool[rand(self.random, #pool) + 1] end
-    end
-    if not picked then
-      self:markMissed()
-      self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "But it failed!" })
-      return
-    end
-    state.lastMove = nil
-    self.copyDepth = (self.copyDepth or 0) + 1
-    self:useMove(attacker, defender, picked)
-    self.copyDepth = self.copyDepth - 1
-    return
-  end
-
  -- Everything past here counts as "the user's last move" for Mirror Move,
-  -- Encore and Disable.  A called move skips the write
-  -- (engine/battle/used_move_text.asm:30-36).
-  if (self.copyDepth or 0) == 0 then state.lastMove = moveId end
+  -- Encore and Disable.
+  state.lastMove = moveId
  state.turnsTaken = (state.turnsTaken or 0) + 1
  state.usedMoves = state.usedMoves or {}
  local seen = false
@@ -1557,15 +1488,6 @@ function Battle:useMove(attacker, defender, moveId)
  if def.effect == "EFFECT_SOLARBEAM" and self.weather == "sun" then
    charge = nil
  end
-  if charge and not charging and Runtime.wantsHook("battle.charge_required") then
-    local required = Runtime.call("battle.charge_required", function(c)
-      return c.charge
-    end, {
-      battle = self, user = attacker, target = defender, move = def,
-      charge = true, isCalled = (self.copyDepth or 0) > 0,
-    })
-    if required == false then charge = nil end
-  end
  if charge and not charging then
    state.chargeMove = moveId
    state.vanished = charge.vanish or nil
@@ -1579,13 +1501,6 @@ function Battle:useMove(attacker, defender, moveId)
    return
  end

-  -- BattleCommand_Snore (engine/battle/move_effects/snore.asm:1-9)
-  if def.effect == "EFFECT_SNORE" and attacker.status ~= "sleep" then
-    self:markMissed()
-    self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "But it failed!" })
-    return
-  end
-
  -- Counter and Mirror Coat answer what the user took this turn, at double,
  -- and fail outright when nothing of the right kind landed.
  local counterKind = Effects.COUNTER[def.effect]
@@ -1817,12 +1732,8 @@ function Battle:useMove(attacker, defender, moveId)
      landed = landed + 1
    end
    if landed > 1 then
-      -- PlayerHitTimesText / EnemyHitTimesText (data/text/battle.asm:749,755)
-      -- are "Hit @ times!".  Gen 2 has no singular form of this line, so the
-      -- plural stands even at one hit rather than the "(s)" this printed.
-      -- Gen 1 already says it this way (src/battle/EffectRegistry.lua,
-      -- _HitXTimesText).
-      self:emit({ kind = "message", text = Strings("Hit %d times!", landed) })
+      self:emit({ kind = "message",
+        text = ("Hit %d time(s)!"):format(landed) })
    end

    -- move_effects/pay_day.asm:13
@@ -2042,11 +1953,8 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_PERISH_SONG = function(self)
  if mine.perish and theirs.perish then return fail(self) end
  if not mine.perish then mine.perish = Effects.PERISH_TURNS end
  if not theirs.perish then theirs.perish = Effects.PERISH_TURNS end
-  -- StartPerishText (data/text/battle.asm:986).  What shipped here was a
-  -- sentence no cart prints; the Gen 2 line names both sides and counts in
-  -- digits.
  self:emit({ kind = "message",
-    text = Strings("Both POKéMON will\nfaint in 3 turns!") })
+    text = "All POKéMON hearing the song will faint in three turns!" })
 end

 -- BattleCommand_Encore: 3-6 turns locked into the move the target last used.
@@ -2176,11 +2084,6 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_SPIKES = function(self, attacker, defender)
  local side = self:sideOf(defender)
  if self.spikes[side] then return fail(self) end
  self.spikes[side] = true
-  -- SpikesText (data/text/battle.asm:974) is three rows, the third scrolled
-  -- (`cont`) and carrying <TARGET>.  The battle message path has no `cont`:
-  -- src/ui/gen2/BattleState.lua sets self.message straight from the event and
-  -- printMessage cuts past two rows, so the cart's line cannot be told here
-  -- yet without the name being dropped on screen.  Left as it stands.
  self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "Spikes were scattered all around!" })
 end

@@ -2215,8 +2118,6 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_BIDE = function(self, attacker, defender, def, moveId
  if not state.bideTurns then
    state.bideTurns = Effects.bideTurns(self.random)
    state.bideStored = 0
-    -- engine/battle/core.asm:574-576
-    state.bideMove = moveId
    self:emit({ kind = "message",
      text = self:monName(attacker) .. " is storing energy!" })
    return
@@ -2228,7 +2129,7 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_BIDE = function(self, attacker, defender, def, moveId
    return
  end
  local damage = Effects.bideDamage(state.bideStored)
-  state.bideTurns, state.bideStored, state.bideMove = nil, nil, nil
+  state.bideTurns, state.bideStored = nil, nil
  self:emit({ kind = "message",
    text = self:monName(attacker) .. " unleashed energy!" })
  if damage <= 0 then return fail(self) end
@@ -2418,9 +2319,7 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_BEAT_UP = function(self, attacker, defender, def)
      { move = def, moveId = def and def.id })
    landed = landed + 1
  end
-  -- BattleCommand_EndLoop prints the same line for Beat Up, and Beat Up can
-  -- land exactly once, which is the case the cart still prints as "times".
-  self:emit({ kind = "message", text = Strings("Hit %d times!", landed) })
+  self:emit({ kind = "message", text = ("Hit %d time(s)!"):format(landed) })
 end

 -- BattleCommand_Heal (effect_commands.asm:5986): Recover and Rest are both
@@ -2503,14 +2402,11 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_BATON_PASS = function(self, attacker)
    self.enemyIndex = target
    self.enemy = party[target]
    self.enemy.volatile = carried
-    -- engine/battle/move_effects/baton_pass.asm:59
-    self:resetParticipants()
  end
-  local sent = side == "player" and self.player or self.enemy
-  self:emit({ kind = "send", side = side, mon = sent,
-    hp = sent.hp or 0, status = sent.status or false,
-    level = sent.level, experience = sent.experience,
-    text = "Go! " .. self:monName(sent) .. "!" })
+  self:emit({ kind = "send", side = side,
+    mon = side == "player" and self.player or self.enemy,
+    text = "Go! " .. self:monName(side == "player" and self.player
+      or self.enemy) .. "!" })
 end

 -- BattleCommand_TrapTarget's .Traps table, one line per move: target first,
@@ -2767,12 +2663,8 @@ Battle.MOVE_EFFECTS.EFFECT_FORCE_SWITCH = function(self, attacker, defender,
    self.enemyIndex = pick
    self.enemy = incoming
    self.stages.enemy = Battle.newStages()
-    -- ForceEnemySwitch (engine/battle/core.asm:2937)
-    self:resetParticipants()
  end
  self:emit({ kind = "send", side = self:sideOf(incoming), mon = incoming,
-    hp = incoming.hp or 0, status = incoming.status or false,
-    level = incoming.level, experience = incoming.experience,
    text = self:monName(incoming) .. " was dragged out!" })
  self:breakTrapsOnSend(incoming)
  self:spikesDamage(incoming)
@@ -3178,12 +3070,6 @@ end

 -- Faint bookkeeping and experience.  Returns true when the battle ended.
 function Battle:resolveFaints()
-  -- engine/battle/core.asm:2551-2556, :7116-7130, :3033-3037
-  if (self.player.hp or 0) <= 0 and self.participantsCleared ~= self.player then
-    self.participantsCleared = self.player
-    if self.playerIndex then self.participants[self.playerIndex] = nil end
-  end
-
  if (self.enemy.hp or 0) <= 0 then
    self:emit({ kind = "faint", side = "enemy",
      text = (self.wild and "Wild " or "") .. self:monName(self.enemy)
@@ -3198,7 +3084,6 @@ function Battle:resolveFaints()
      if self.trainer then
        self:emit({ kind = "message",
          text = (self.trainer.name or "TRAINER") .. " was defeated!" })
-        self:printWinLossText("win")
        self:awardPrizeMoney()
      end
      -- CheckPayDay, on the win arm only (engine/battle/core.asm:7971-7976,
@@ -3225,8 +3110,6 @@ function Battle:resolveFaints()
    -- can offer a shift on (engine/battle/core.asm:2241-2278).
    self:emit({ kind = "send", side = "enemy", mon = self.enemy,
      replacement = true,
-      hp = self.enemy.hp or 0, status = self.enemy.status or false,
-      level = self.enemy.level, experience = self.enemy.experience,
      text = (self.trainer and self.trainer.name or "Foe") .. " sent out "
        .. self:monName(self.enemy) .. "!" })
    Runtime.emit("battle.battler_switched", {
@@ -3269,11 +3152,6 @@ function Battle:resolveFaints()
    local nextIndex = Battle.firstHealthy(self.party)
    if not nextIndex then
      self:emit({ kind = "message", text = "You have no more POKéMON!" })
-      -- LostBattle (engine/battle/core.asm:2763-2782): only BATTLETYPE_CANLOSE
-      -- reaches PrintWinLossText on a loss; every other loss whites out.
-      if self.battleType == Battle.BATTLETYPE_CANLOSE then
-        self:printWinLossText("lose")
-      end
      self:endBattle("lose")
      return true
    end
@@ -3299,23 +3177,14 @@ function Battle:resolveFaints()
  return false
 end

-- WinTrainerBattle (engine/battle/core.asm:2310-2323), LostBattle's .canlose
-- arm (:2769-2782), PrintWinLossText (home/trainers.asm:230)
-function Battle:printWinLossText(result)
-  local trainer = self.trainer
-  if not trainer then return end
-  -- The DEBUG_BATTLE_F skip sits in front of PrintWinLossText alone, behind
-  -- the slide (engine/battle/core.asm:2310, :2320-2323).
-  -- The CANLOSE loss arm runs ClearBox first (:2770-2773).
-  self:emit({ kind = "trainer-return", cleared = result == "lose" or nil })
-  local text = (result == "lose") and trainer.lossText or trainer.winText
-  if type(text) ~= "string" or text == "" then return end
-  -- FarPrintText prints the pointer alone: no trainer-name tag in front of
-  -- it, unlike Gen 1's TrainerEndBattleText (pokered home/trainers.asm:355).
-  self:emit({ kind = "win-text", text = text })
-end
-
-- WinTrainerBattle's money arm (engine/battle/core.asm:2310-2323)
+-- WinTrainerBattle's money arm, which runs after BattleText_EnemyWasDefeated
+-- and the frontpic slide: the four quarters are dealt between the wallet and
+-- Mom's savings and then one StdBattleTextbox names the figure.
+--
+-- The `ld a, [wDebugFlags] / bit DEBUG_BATTLE_F` skip in front of
+-- PrintWinLossText is the trainer's own after-battle line, which this port
+-- runs from the script on the way out of the battle rather than from here.
+-- The payout is not gated on it either way.
 function Battle:awardPrizeMoney()
  local save = self.save
  if not (save and save.player) then return nil end
@@ -3368,16 +3237,7 @@ end
 -- `count` is the pass's own divisor -- the participant count for the first
 -- pass, the holder count for the EXP.SHARE pass -- and `halved` is whether
 -- any Share holder taxed the whole pool.
--
-- `silent` suppresses only the GainedText line.  It exists for the
-- battle.exp_award seam below, where a mod paying the bench wants one summary
-- line rather than a box per mon; the cart's own two passes never pass it, so
-- vanilla prints exactly what it always did.  Everything else about the pass
-- -- the exp, the stat exp, battle.exp_gained, "grew to level", learned moves
-- and the forget prompt -- is unaffected, because a silent award is still an
-- award.
-function Battle:giveExperiencePass(loser, def, recipients, count, halved,
-                                   silent)
+function Battle:giveExperiencePass(loser, def, recipients, count, halved)
  for _, index in ipairs(recipients) do
    local mon = self.party[index]
    if mon and (mon.hp or 0) > 0 and not mon.isEgg then
@@ -3428,12 +3288,10 @@ function Battle:giveExperiencePass(loser, def, recipients, count, halved,
          index = index,
        })
      end
-      if not silent then
-        self:emit({ kind = "experience", index = index, amount = amount,
-          -- BoostedExpPointsText, keyed on the traded arm alone.
-          text = self:monName(mon) .. " gained "
-            .. (traded and "a boosted " or "") .. amount .. " EXP. Points!" })
-      end
+      self:emit({ kind = "experience", index = index, amount = amount,
+        -- BoostedExpPointsText, keyed on the traded arm alone.
+        text = self:monName(mon) .. " gained "
+          .. (traded and "a boosted " or "") .. amount .. " EXP. Points!" })
      if result.levels > 0 then
        -- "level up happiness mod", the cart's own comment, sitting right
        -- after the stat recalc and before the "grew to level" text.  It fires
@@ -3448,9 +3306,7 @@ function Battle:giveExperiencePass(loser, def, recipients, count, halved,
          local moveDef = self:moveDef(moveId)
          local moveName = (moveDef and moveDef.name) or moveId
          if ok then
-            -- data/text/common_3.asm:119
            self:emit({ kind = "message",
-              sfx = "Sfx_DexFanfare5079", waitSfx = true,
              text = self:monName(mon) .. " learned " .. moveName .. "!" })
          elseif reason == "full" then
            -- LearnMove's full-moveset arm calls ForgetMove, which asks with
@@ -3529,38 +3385,22 @@ function Battle:awardExperience(loser)

  -- battle.exp_award, the same hook BattleState:awardExp calls on Gen 1 and
  -- with the same ctx: the participant COUNT, the live participants, and an
-  -- applyShare(mon, split, announce) a mod can call to pay one mon its own
-  -- share.  `recipients`, `holders` and `halved` are the Gen 2 additions.
-  --
-  -- `announce` is Gen 1's third argument (src/battle/BattleState.lua
-  -- applyShare) and means the same thing here: truthy prints the mon's
-  -- GainedText, falsy pays it silently.  That is what lets one mod source
-  -- print ONE summary line for a party-wide award on both generations instead
-  -- of a box per mon -- which is what the Exp Share mod documents and could
-  -- not do on Gold, because this argument used to be accepted and ignored.
-  --
-  -- It is honoured only when it is actually PASSED, by argument count rather
-  -- than by value.  A Gen 2-era mod calling applyShare(mon, split) was written
-  -- against a seam that always announced and keeps announcing; a caller that
-  -- passes the argument -- including an explicit nil, which is what a "pay
-  -- this one quietly" call looks like -- gets Gen 1's reading.  So no existing
-  -- mod changes behaviour, and a mod that opts in gets parity.
+  -- applyShare(mon, split) a mod can call to pay one mon its own share.  The
+  -- third applyShare argument is Gen 1's EXP.ALL announcement variant; Gen 2
+  -- has no EXP.ALL (the EXP.SHARE pass below is its replacement), so it is
+  -- accepted and ignored rather than changing what is printed.  `recipients`,
+  -- `holders` and `halved` are the Gen 2 additions.
  if Runtime.wantsHook("battle.exp_award") then
    local alive = {}
    for _, index in ipairs(participants) do
      local mon = self.party[index]
      if mon and (mon.hp or 0) > 0 then alive[#alive + 1] = mon end
    end
-    local function applyShare(mon, split, ...)
-      local announce = ...
-      -- select("#") counts an explicit nil; `announce == nil` alone could not
-      -- tell applyShare(mon, split) from applyShare(mon, split, nil), and
-      -- those two have to mean different things here.
-      local silent = select("#", ...) > 0 and not announce
+    local function applyShare(mon, split)
      for index, candidate in ipairs(self.party) do
        if candidate == mon then
          return self:giveExperiencePass(loser, def, { index },
-            math.max(1, split or 1), halved, silent)
+            math.max(1, split or 1), halved)
        end
      end
    end
@@ -3575,7 +3415,8 @@ function Battle:awardExperience(loser)

  -- GiveExperiencePoints .done falls through ResetBattleParticipants into
  -- AddBattleParticipant (engine/battle/core.asm:7116 and :3033).
-  self:resetParticipants()
+  self.participants = {}
+  if self.playerIndex then self.participants[self.playerIndex] = true end
 end

 -- The answer to a `choose-forget`: drop the move in `slot` and put the
@@ -3596,9 +3437,7 @@ function Battle:resolveForget(index, slot, entry, moveName)
  end
  self:emit({ kind = "message",
    text = "1, 2 and… " .. self:monName(mon) .. " forgot " .. oldName .. "!" })
-  -- engine/pokemon/learn.asm:115, data/text/common_3.asm:119
  self:emit({ kind = "message",
-    sfx = "Sfx_DexFanfare5079", waitSfx = true,
    text = self:monName(mon) .. " learned "
      .. (moveName or (entry and entry.id) or "?") .. "!" })
  -- The forget path writes the slot itself rather than going through
@@ -3637,13 +3476,6 @@ function Battle:switchLocked()
  return self:volatile(self.enemy).trapsTarget == true
 end

-- ResetBattleParticipants falls through into AddBattleParticipant
-- (engine/battle/core.asm:3033 and :3037).
-function Battle:resetParticipants()
-  self.participants = {}
-  if self.playerIndex then self.participants[self.playerIndex] = true end
-end
-
 -- EnemySwitch's shift arm zeroes both participant bitfields before PlayerSwitch
 -- (engine/battle/core.asm:2959-2961).
 function Battle:shiftSwitch(index)
@@ -3666,7 +3498,6 @@ function Battle:switch(index)
  -- A mon that comes back (a REVIVE, or a second battle) has to be able to
  -- announce its own faint again; see resolveFaints.
  self.faintAnnounced = nil
-  self.participantsCleared = nil
  -- ForcePlayerMonChoice has been answered, so the next faint may ask again.
  self.pendingSwitch = nil
  self.player = mon
@@ -3674,8 +3505,6 @@ function Battle:switch(index)
  self.participants[index] = true
  self.stages.player = Battle.newStages()
  self:emit({ kind = "send", side = "player", mon = mon,
-    hp = mon.hp or 0, status = mon.status or false,
-    level = mon.level, experience = mon.experience,
    text = "Go! " .. self:monName(mon) .. "!" })
  -- battle.battler_switched, the payload BattleState:resolveSwitch emits on
  -- Gen 1: the side record, whoever walked in, and whoever walked out.
@@ -3904,41 +3733,19 @@ function Battle:lockedInMove(mon)
  return nil
 end

-- ParsePlayerAction's bide arm (engine/battle/core.asm:569-576), enemy twin
-- at :5650
-function Battle:fightLockedMove(mon)
-  local state = self:volatile(mon)
-  if state.bideTurns then return state.bideMove end
-  return nil
-end
-
-- engine/battle/core.asm:627-629
-function Battle:cancelBide(mon)
-  clearBide(self:volatile(mon))
-end
-
 -- Encore forces the move; Disable forbids one.  Both are read by the screen
 -- (to grey out the move list) and by the enemy's own choice below.
-- engine/battle/core.asm:561-566
-local function encoredMove(state, mon)
-  if not state.encore then return nil end
-  for _, move in ipairs(mon.moves or {}) do
-    if move.id == state.encore and (move.pp or 0) > 0 then
-      return state.encore
-    end
-  end
-  state.encore, state.encoreTurns = nil, nil
-  return nil
-end
-
 function Battle:forcedMove(mon)
  local locked = self:lockedInMove(mon)
  if locked then return locked end
-  -- ParsePlayerAction reads SUBSTATUS_ENCORED ahead of the bide arm
-  -- (engine/battle/core.asm:561-566).
-  local encored = encoredMove(self:volatile(mon), mon)
-  if encored then return encored end
-  return self:fightLockedMove(mon)
+  local state = self:volatile(mon)
+  if not state.encore then return nil end
+  for _, move in ipairs(mon.moves or {}) do
+    if move.id == state.encore and (move.pp or 0) > 0 then return state.encore end
+  end
+  -- Encore ends early when the move runs out of PP.
+  state.encore, state.encoreTurns = nil, nil
+  return nil
 end

 function Battle:moveDisabled(mon, moveId)
@@ -3952,9 +3759,8 @@ function Battle:usableMoves(mon)
  -- .CheckPlayerHasUsableMoves (core.asm:533-556), so a Rollout or a rampage
  -- that spent its last PP on the opening turn keeps running: no later turn
  -- of the lock spends any.  Encore is not in this exemption -- forcedMove
-  -- ends it the moment the encored move runs dry.  Bide is exempt too:
-  -- .CheckPlayerHasUsableMoves lives inside MoveSelectionScreen (core.asm:5058).
-  local locked = self:lockedInMove(mon) or self:fightLockedMove(mon)
+  -- ends it the moment the encored move runs dry.
+  local locked = self:lockedInMove(mon)
  local out = {}
  for _, move in ipairs(mon.moves or {}) do
    local ok = (move.pp or 0) > 0 and not self:moveDisabled(mon, move.id)
@@ -4156,8 +3962,6 @@ function Battle:enemyTrySwitchOrItem()
        .. self:monName(outgoing) .. "!" })
    self.enemyIndex = target
    self.enemy = self.enemyParty[target]
-    -- AI_Switch (engine/battle/ai/items.asm:697)
-    self:resetParticipants()
    -- ResetEnemyBattleVars (engine/battle/core.asm:3016) zeroes wCurEnemyMove
    -- and wLastEnemyMove and NewEnemyMonStatus wipes the substatus bytes, so
    -- the mon coming IN starts from an empty area -- the same pair of clears
@@ -4165,8 +3969,6 @@ function Battle:enemyTrySwitchOrItem()
    self:clearVolatile(self.enemy)
    self.stages.enemy = Battle.newStages()
    self:emit({ kind = "send", side = "enemy", mon = self.enemy,
-      hp = self.enemy.hp or 0, status = self.enemy.status or false,
-      level = self.enemy.level, experience = self.enemy.experience,
      text = (self.trainer.name or "TRAINER") .. " sent out "
        .. self:monName(self.enemy) .. "!" })
    Runtime.emit("battle.battler_switched", {
@@ -4248,16 +4050,9 @@ function Battle:vanillaEnemyMove()
  -- move answers "TYPHLOSION's attack missed!", so Hitmonlee cannot be damaged
  -- by anything, at any level.  Fifteen straight attempts at the Elite Four
  -- died there, and no amount of grinding could ever have got past it.
-  local enemyState = self:volatile(self.enemy)
-  local charged = enemyState.chargeMove
+  local charged = self:volatile(self.enemy).chargeMove
  if charged then return charged end

-  -- engine/battle/core.asm:5524-5533: the encore arm runs ahead of
-  -- CheckEnemyLockedIn (:5650).
-  local encored = encoredMove(enemyState, self.enemy)
-  if encored then return encored end
-  if enemyState.bideTurns then return enemyState.bideMove end
-
  -- Encore and Disable narrow the pool before the AI ever scores it.
  local moves = self:usableMoves(self.enemy)
  if #moves == 0 then
@@ -4351,7 +4146,6 @@ local function runTurn(self, action)
    -- (engine/battle/core.asm:5035-5038), which reopens the 2x2 menu with the
    -- turn unspent -- so a refused RUN never bought the enemy a free attack.
    if self.runRefused then return self:takeEvents() end
-    self:cancelBide(self.player)
    action = { kind = "skip" }
  end

@@ -4367,9 +4161,6 @@ local function runTurn(self, action)
  if action.kind == "item" and Battle.X_ITEMS[action.item] then
    Happiness.change(self.player, "USEDXITEM")
  end
-  -- engine/battle/core.asm:572-573 into :627-629; a switch takes :570-571
-  -- instead and keeps the store.
-  if action.kind == "item" then self:cancelBide(self.player) end

  -- AI_SwitchOrTryItem runs BEFORE the move is chosen: a trainer that decides
  -- to rotate or drink a potion spends its whole turn on it.
@@ -4418,6 +4209,7 @@ local function runTurn(self, action)

  local function playerAttack()
    if action.kind ~= "move" then return end
+    if not self:canAct(self.player) then return end
    local move = action.move
    -- An encored mon has no choice, whatever the menu said.
    local forced = self:forcedMove(self.player)
@@ -4437,20 +4229,13 @@ local function runTurn(self, action)
    -- player's own mon spends the rest of the battle underground.
    local stored = self:volatile(self.player).chargeMove
    if stored then move = stored end
-    -- engine/battle/core.asm:558-598 settles wCurPlayerMove before
-    -- engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:193 reads it.
-    if not self:canAct(self.player, move) then return end
    -- CheckPlayerLockedIn quits before .CheckPlayerHasUsableMoves and before
    -- checkobedience, so a locked Rollout or Thrash is exempt from the
    -- Struggle substitution and the obedience roll the same way the second
    -- half of a charge move is.
    local charging = self:volatile(self.player).chargeMove == move
      or self:lockedInMove(self.player) == move
-    -- engine/battle/core.asm:5058, and data/moves/effects.asm:796 keeps
-    -- `checkobedience`.
-    local bideLocked = self:fightLockedMove(self.player) == move
-    if not charging and not bideLocked
-        and not self:hasUsableMoves(self.player) then
+    if not charging and not self:hasUsableMoves(self.player) then
      self:emit({ kind = "message",
        text = self:monName(self.player) .. " has no moves left!" })
      move = Battle.STRUGGLE
@@ -4488,7 +4273,7 @@ local function runTurn(self, action)
      -- against a trainer, could not be escaped either.
      enemyMoveId = Battle.STRUGGLE
    end
-    if not self:canAct(self.enemy, enemyMoveId) then return end
+    if not self:canAct(self.enemy) then return end
    -- CheckEnemyTurn's disabled arm (engine/battle/effect_commands.asm:562-574):
    -- the AI chose before the player's Disable landed, so the turn is spent here.
    if self:moveDisabled(self.enemy, enemyMoveId) then
@@ -326,9 +326,6 @@ function Game:logicSpeed()
  if self.linkSession or (self.linkNet and not self.linkNet.closed) then
    return 1
  end
-  if Game.isFixedSpeedInStack and Game.isFixedSpeedInStack(self.stack) then
-    return 1
-  end
  if self.speedOverride then return GameSpeed.clamp(self.speedOverride) end
  -- Clamp here too, not just in _resolveLogicSpeed's vanilla path: a mod's
  -- core.logic_speed hook can return anything (0, negative, nil, NaN) and
@@ -478,15 +475,6 @@ function Game.speedCategoryInStack(stack)
  return "menu"
 end

-function Game.isFixedSpeedInStack(stack)
-  local states = stack and stack.states
-  for i = #(states or {}), 1, -1 do
-    local state = states[i]
-    if state and (state.isFixedSpeed or state.isMinigame) then return true end
-  end
-  return false
-end
-
 -- Whether a state on the stack composes its own screen and so wants the
 -- edge anchors held off (BattleState.holdsUIAnchors).  Whole-stack, like
 -- everything else here: the text box and YES/NO a battle puts up are states
@@ -609,10 +597,9 @@ function Game:draw()
  -- ...and for the same reason the UI's own scale has to know the world is
  -- still the backdrop while an opaque menu covers it.  Renderer:uiScale
  -- steps the UI down with the survey zoom only while a world is behind it,
-  -- gated on this frame's world pass -- which the party menu ends by being
-  -- opaque (the bag's item box shows the map around it, #1521).  Without
-  -- this hold it loses the step-down and blits at full fit scale over a
-  -- battle drawn at the zoomed-out one.
+  -- gated on this frame's world pass -- which the party menu and the bag end
+  -- by being opaque.  Without this hold they lose the step-down and blit at
+  -- full fit scale over a battle drawn at the zoomed-out one.
  Renderer.uiWorldHold = Renderer.battleDim ~= nil
  -- ...and a battle keeps its dialogue box and YES/NO inside its own screen
  -- instead of letting them dock to the window edge.
@@ -919,7 +906,16 @@ function Game:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
  Input:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
 end

-local isAccelerometer = GamepadMap.isAccelerometer
+-- conf.lua turns the mobile accelerometer-joystick off (#468), but guard the
+-- generic joystick path anyway: any sensor-style device that still reaches us
+-- has gravity pinning an axis past the deadzone, which would hide the touch
+-- overlay every instant and steer the player by tilt through the axis-1/2
+-- mapping (#459).  Real controllers arrive as SDL gamepads or named sticks,
+-- never as "* Accelerometer".
+local function isAccelerometer(joystick)
+  local name = joystick and joystick.getName and joystick:getName()
+  return name ~= nil and name:lower():find("accelerometer", 1, true) ~= nil
+end

 -- BindingsMenu's raw-stick capture rides the same top-state routing as the
 -- keyboard and gamepad paths (#632).  Only a stick SDL does not recognize
@@ -974,11 +970,7 @@ end
 -- parked the player until every direction was re-pressed (#799).
 function Game:focus(f)
  Input:reset()
-  if f then
-    Input:reconcile()
-    local eng = self:syncEngine()
-    if eng then pcall(eng.noteResumed, eng) end
-  end
+  if f then Input:reconcile() end
  TouchControls:reset()
  self:cancelPointers()
 end
@@ -998,8 +990,6 @@ function Game:onResume()
  Input:reconcile()
  TouchControls:reset()
  self:cancelPointers()
-  local eng = self:syncEngine()
-  if eng then pcall(eng.noteResumed, eng) end
  -- Chip music may survive NX suspend as a duplicate stream; stop it and let
  -- the active screen re-cue on the next frame (hardware audio check: T19).
  -- Desktop/mobile window-visible flips must not kill overworld music.
@@ -1207,26 +1197,18 @@ end

 function Game:syncEngine()
  if self._syncOff then return nil end
-  local eng = self._syncEngineRef
+  if self._syncEngineRef then return self._syncEngineRef end
+  local ok, SyncEngine = pcall(require, "src.sync.SyncEngine")
+  if not ok or type(SyncEngine) ~= "table" then
+    self._syncOff = true
+    return nil
+  end
+  local eng = SyncEngine.shared()
  if not eng then
-    local ok, SyncEngine = pcall(require, "src.sync.SyncEngine")
-    if not ok or type(SyncEngine) ~= "table" then
-      self._syncOff = true
-      return nil
-    end
-    eng = SyncEngine.shared()
-    if not eng then
-      self._syncOff = true
-      return nil
-    end
-    self._syncEngineRef = eng
-  end
-  if type(eng.protectPlaythrough) == "function" then
-    local meta = self.save and self.save.meta
-    eng:protectPlaythrough(
-      (self.save and self.save.version) or require("src.core.GameVersion").get(),
-      type(meta) == "table" and meta.playthroughId or nil)
+    self._syncOff = true
+    return nil
  end
+  self._syncEngineRef = eng
  return eng
 end

@@ -1266,7 +1248,6 @@ function Game:applyOptions(opts)
  -- after VideoMode: a faithful-resolution lock is an exact window size, so
  -- it has to be the last word on the window (it drops fullscreen to hold)
  require("src.core.FaithfulRes").applyOptions(opts)
-  require("src.core.ScreenPosition").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)
@@ -1381,26 +1362,4 @@ function Game:restoreCheckpointBattle(battle)
  if battle.resumeCheckpoint then battle:resumeCheckpoint() end
 end

-- Drop every session-owned field so the next Game:load() starts clean when
-- the process returns to the launcher in-place (Android / intent_game).
-- main.lua must not guess field names: new systems (Game.network, …) are
-- cleared automatically because only functions (methods) are kept.
-function Game:reset()
-  if self.stack and self.stack.clear then
-    pcall(function() self.stack:clear() end)
-  end
-  if self.renderer and self.renderer.releaseCanvases then
-    pcall(function() self.renderer:releaseCanvases() end)
-  end
-  local keys = {}
-  for key, value in pairs(self) do
-    if type(value) ~= "function" then
-      keys[#keys + 1] = key
-    end
-  end
-  for _, key in ipairs(keys) do
-    self[key] = nil
-  end
-end
-
 return Game
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- everything under src/*/gen2 reaches shared services through here.  Gen 1
 -- Game:load cannot consume a Gen 2 cache -- different generated tables, save
 -- shape and screen registry -- so main.lua's bootGame picks this owner when
-- GameVersion.generation() == 2, and the two never branch into each other.
+-- GameVersion.isGold(), and the two never branch into each other.
 --
 -- Boot: copyright → GameFreak Presents → GS intro stub → title
 -- (tilemap + Ho-Oh flap / clouds / trails) → Oak speech (Marill + shrink)
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ local Chrome = require("src.ui.gen2.Chrome")
 local Clock = require("src.core.gen2.Clock")
 local FixedStep = require("src.core.FixedStep")
 local Font = require("src.render.Font")
-local GamepadMap = require("src.core.GamepadMap")
 local Input = require("src.core.Input")
 local Music = require("src.core.Music")
 local Save = require("src.core.gen2.Save")
@@ -58,6 +57,20 @@ Game2.__index = Game2

 local function noop() end

+for _, name in ipairs({
+  "joystickpressed", "joystickreleased", "joystickaxis", "joystickhat",
+  "joystickadded",
+}) do
+  Game2[name] = noop
+end
+
+-- Not a noop, because the overlay has to come back on its own: a player who
+-- unplugs the only controller would otherwise have to tap a blind screen to
+-- get the pad back (src/core/Game.lua:869 does the same).
+function Game2:joystickremoved()
+  TouchControls:joystickremoved()
+end
+
 -- THE FRAME AND INPUT SEAMS.
 --
 -- Gold composites its own frame (Game2:draw / drawScene) and pumps its own pad
@@ -483,10 +496,8 @@ function Game2:learnMoveOn(mon, moveId, onDone)
    if onDone then onDone(learned) end
  end
  if ok then
-    -- data/text/common_3.asm:119
    return self:say(("%s learned\n%s!"):format(name, moveName),
-      function() finish(true) end,
-      TextBox.soundOpts(self, "Sfx_DexFanfare5079"))
+      function() finish(true) end)
  end
  if reason ~= "full" then return finish(false) end
  local askForget, pickMove, askStop
@@ -541,11 +552,9 @@ function Game2:learnMoveOn(mon, moveId, onDone)
        -- The slot is written here rather than through Mon.learnMove, so
        -- pokemon.move_learned is raised here too.
        ModRuntime.emit("pokemon.move_learned", { mon = mon, moveId = moveId })
-        -- engine/pokemon/learn.asm:115, data/text/common_3.asm:119
        self:say(("1, 2 and… Poof!\f%s forgot\n%s.\fAnd…\f%s learned\n%s!")
          :format(name, oldName, name, moveName),
-          function() finish(true) end,
-          TextBox.soundOpts(self, "Sfx_DexFanfare5079"))
+          function() finish(true) end)
      end,
    })
  end
@@ -710,9 +719,7 @@ function Game2:usePartyItem(itemId)
      })
    elseif action == "candy" then
      self:consumeItem(itemId)
-      -- data/text/common_1.asm:86
-      self:say(result.text, function() self:afterRareCandy(mon, result) end,
-        result.sfx and TextBox.soundOpts(self, result.sfx) or nil)
+      self:say(result.text, function() self:afterRareCandy(mon, result) end)
    else
      self:consumeItem(itemId)
      self:say(result.text)
@@ -771,10 +778,8 @@ function Game2:useSelectItem()
    local name = (items[itemId] and items[itemId].name) or itemId
    self:say(Strings("{PLAYER} used the\n%s.", name))
  elseif outcome == "trophy_sent" then
-    -- data/text/common_3.asm:372
    self:say(Strings(
-      "There was a trophy\ninside!\fThe trophy was\nsent home."),
-      nil, TextBox.soundOpts(self, "Sfx_DexFanfare5079"))
+      "There was a trophy\ninside!\fThe trophy was\nsent home."))
  end
  -- Anything else (a fishing bite, the ITEMFINDER's queued script) already
  -- drives its own presentation off World:step -- nothing left to print here.
@@ -786,9 +791,9 @@ end
 -- onDone that popped again ate the state UNDER the box: dismissing a message
 -- over the PACK closed the PACK with it, and over an empty overworld stack it
 -- was a silent extra pop.
-function Game2:say(text, onDone, opts)
+function Game2:say(text, onDone)
  local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
-  self.stack:push(TextBox.new(self, text, onDone, opts))
+  self.stack:push(TextBox.new(self, text, onDone))
 end

 -- The landmark the player is standing in, for the Pokegear map's marker.
@@ -943,12 +948,6 @@ function Game2:load()
  self.data.gen2Scripts = loadGenerated("data/generated/scripts.lua")
  self.data.gen2StdScripts = loadGenerated("data/generated/std_scripts.lua")
  self.data.gen2Text = loadGenerated("data/generated/text.lua")
-  -- The engine's own strings, keyed by the disassembly's label.  gen2Text
-  -- above is the script text and is keyed by bank:address for the overworld
-  -- VM, so the two are different tables and both are loaded.  This one is
-  -- what src/core/RomText.lua reads, which is why it lands on `text`: that
-  -- helper is shared with Gen 1 and looks up data.text[label].
-  self.data.text = loadGenerated("data/generated/rom_text.lua") or {}
  -- data/generated/events.lua: the side tables a script command NAMES rather
  -- than carries -- the phone book, the in-game trades, the elevator's floor
  -- labels, the decoration descriptions.  Keyed for World's own `eventTables`
@@ -1661,9 +1660,8 @@ function Game2:drawScene(w, h)
      -- row to opt into the step-down half, so CENTERED is the whole rule
      -- here.
      local s = self.world:fitScale()
-      local ox, oy = Chrome.fitOrigin(w, h, s)
      G.push()
-      G.translate(ox, oy)
+      G.translate(math.floor((w - 160 * s) / 2), math.floor((h - 144 * s) / 2))
      G.scale(s, s)
      self.stack:draw()
      G.pop()
@@ -1704,7 +1702,7 @@ function Game2:hotkey(key)
    self:writeSave()
    return true
  elseif key == "f2" then
-    local loaded = Save.load()
+    local loaded = Save.load("gold")
    if loaded then self:continueGame(loaded) end
    return true
  elseif key == "1" then
@@ -1969,11 +1967,7 @@ function Game2:applyOptions()
  local options = self.options or {}
  Music.applyOptions(options)
  require("src.core.Sound").applyOptions(options)
-  local Zoom = require("src.render.Zoom")
-  Zoom.applyOptions(options)
-  local caps = require("src.core.Performance").applyOptions(options)
-  Zoom.allowSurvey = caps.survey
-  if not caps.survey and Zoom.offset < 0 then Zoom.offset = 0 end
+  require("src.render.Zoom").applyOptions(options)
  require("src.render.Tilt").applyOptions(options)
  require("src.render.GbcPalette").applyOptions(options)
  -- engine/gfx/load_font.asm:29 LoadFrame, off options.lua's wTextboxFrame.
@@ -1988,7 +1982,6 @@ function Game2:applyOptions()
    haptics = options.haptics,
  })
  require("src.core.VideoMode").applyOptions(options)
-  require("src.core.ScreenPosition").applyOptions(options)
  require("src.core.FrameCap").applyOptions(options)
  require("src.world.gen2.BorderFill").applyOptions(options)
  local GBCFX = require("src.render.GBCFX")
@@ -1998,13 +1991,6 @@ function Game2:applyOptions()
  end
 end

-function Game2:_cycleSpeed(dir)
-  local GameSpeed = require("src.core.GameSpeed")
-  self.options.speed = GameSpeed.cycle(self.options.speed, dir)
-  if self.save then self.save.options = self.options end
-  self:persistOptions()
-end
-
 -- `back` -- SDL's name for the small left-hand menu button: Xbox VIEW, the PS
 -- CREATE/SHARE beside the touchpad, the Switch MINUS -- is SELECT, and has been
 -- since src/core/GamepadMap.lua's DEFAULT_GAMEPAD_BINDINGS was written
@@ -2015,49 +2001,27 @@ end
 -- the PACK's move-item, the party menu's reorder and half the soft-reset chord
 -- (A+B+SELECT+START) were all unreachable from a pad, and pressing the button
 -- to find out killed the process.  It reaches Input like every other button now.
-function Game2:gamepadpressed(joystick, button)
+function Game2: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()
-  local selectHeld = Input:isDown("select")
-  if not selectHeld and joystick and joystick.isGamepadDown then
-    local ok, down = pcall(function()
-      return joystick:isGamepadDown("back")
-    end)
-    selectHeld = ok and down == true
-  end
-  -- shoulders and triggers cycle GAME SPEED, as in src/core/Game.lua:881
-  if not selectHeld then
-    if button == "rightshoulder" or button == "righttrigger" then
-      self:_cycleSpeed(1)
-      return
-    elseif button == "leftshoulder" or button == "lefttrigger" then
-      self:_cycleSpeed(-1)
-      return
-    end
-  end
-  local top = self.stack and self.stack:top()
-  if top and top.onGamepadPressed then
-    top:onGamepadPressed(button)
+  -- The shoulders cycle GAME SPEED, as they do in the Gen 1 path.
+  if button == "rightshoulder" or button == "leftshoulder" then
+    local GameSpeed = require("src.core.GameSpeed")
+    local dir = button == "rightshoulder" and 1 or -1
+    self.options.speed = GameSpeed.cycle(self.options.speed, dir)
+    if self.save then self.save.options = self.options end
+    self:persistOptions()
    return
  end
-  if selectHeld then
-    local digit = GamepadMap.displayChordDigit(button)
-    if digit then
-      self:keypressed(digit)
-      return
-    end
-  end
  -- START opens the start menu in the overworld; it used to quit, from before
  -- there was a menu to open.

-  Input:gamepadpressed(joystick, button)
+  Input:gamepadpressed(_joystick, button)
 end

 function Game2:gamepadreleased(joystick, button)
  Input:gamepadreleased(joystick, button)
-  local top = self.stack and self.stack:top()
-  if top and top.onGamepadReleased then top:onGamepadReleased(button) end
 end

 function Game2:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
@@ -2066,79 +2030,4 @@ function Game2:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
  Input:gamepadaxis(joystick, axis, value)
 end

-- The raw joystick road, same bodies as src/core/Game.lua:935 (#620, #632, #1570).
-local function isRawStick(joystick)
-  return not (joystick and joystick.isGamepad and joystick:isGamepad())
-end
-
-function Game2:joystickpressed(joystick, button)
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
-  TouchControls:noteGamepad()
-  local top = self.stack and self.stack:top()
-  if isRawStick(joystick) and top and top.onJoystickPressed then
-    top:onJoystickPressed(button)
-    return
-  end
-  Input:joystickpressed(joystick, button)
-end
-
-function Game2:joystickreleased(joystick, button)
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
-  Input:joystickreleased(joystick, button)
-  local top = self.stack and self.stack:top()
-  if isRawStick(joystick) and top and top.onJoystickReleased then
-    top:onJoystickReleased(button)
-  end
-end
-
-function Game2:joystickaxis(joystick, axis, value)
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
-  if math.abs(value) > 0.5 then TouchControls:noteGamepad() end
-  Input:joystickaxis(joystick, axis, value)
-end
-
-function Game2:joystickhat(joystick, hat, direction)
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
-  if direction ~= "c" then TouchControls:noteGamepad() end
-  Input:joystickhat(joystick, hat, direction)
-end
-
-- src/core/Game.lua:1015 (#799)
-function Game2:recoverInput()
-  Input:reset()
-  Input:reconcile()
-  TouchControls:reset()
-  if self.mods and self.mods.releaseModInput then self.mods:releaseModInput() end
-  self:cancelPointers()
-end
-
-function Game2:joystickadded()
-  self:recoverInput()
-end
-
-- The overlay comes back on its own when the last pad is unplugged
-- (src/core/Game.lua:1044).
-function Game2:joystickremoved()
-  self:recoverInput()
-  TouchControls:joystickremoved()
-end
-
-- In-process return-to-launcher (Android / intent_game): drop session fields
-- so a later Game2.new() + load is not sharing a live stack or mod loader.
-- Methods live on the class table; pairs(self) only sees instance state.
-function Game2:reset()
-  if self.stack and self.stack.clear then
-    pcall(function() self.stack:clear() end)
-  end
-  local keys = {}
-  for key, value in pairs(self) do
-    if type(value) ~= "function" then
-      keys[#keys + 1] = key
-    end
-  end
-  for _, key in ipairs(keys) do
-    self[key] = nil
-  end
-end
-
 return Game2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Which game this process is running: Red (the historical default), Blue,
-- Yellow, Gold, or Silver.  One source of truth for everything that differs by
+-- Yellow, or Gold.  One source of truth for everything that differs by
 -- version -- the accepted ROM hash, the import manifest, where the
 -- extracted cache lives, and the save-file suffix -- so the importer,
 -- cache mount, SaveData, title screen and palette all agree.
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 -- saves are untouched, but its extracted cache lives under red/ like Blue,
 -- Yellow, and Gold (issue #899); a legacy root cache is moved into red/ once
 -- by CacheFs.migrateLegacyRedCache.  All supported versions can be imported
-- and selected side by side.  Gold and Silver are Gen 2 (see
-- docs/gold-phase1.md).
+-- and selected side by side.  Gold is Gen 2 (see docs/gold-phase1.md).
 --
 -- Zero requires, so it loads during love.conf and under plain Lua for tools
 -- and tests.  The active version is a process-global set once at boot from
@@ -62,26 +61,13 @@ GameVersion.VERSIONS = {
    manifest = "tools/rom_manifest_gold.json",
    cachePrefix = "gold/",    -- gold/data/generated, gold/assets/generated
    saveSuffix = "_gold",     -- save_gold.lua / .bak / .tmp
-    -- Absent reads as 1 (GameVersion.generation)
-    generation = 2,
-  },
-  -- Gold's engine with edition-selected data; the manifest is derived from
-  -- Gold's by tools/make_silver_manifest.py.
-  silver = {
-    id = "silver",
-    label = "Silver",
-    displayName = "Pokemon Silver",
-    launcherName = "Silver (Beta)",
-    sha1 = "49b163f7e57702bc939d642a18f591de55d92dae",
-    manifest = "tools/rom_manifest_silver.json",
-    cachePrefix = "silver/",  -- silver/data/generated, silver/assets/generated
-    saveSuffix = "_silver",   -- save_silver.lua / .bak / .tmp
+    -- The only row that carries one; absent reads as 1 (GameVersion.generation)
    generation = 2,
  },
 }

 -- Launcher column order.
-GameVersion.ORDER = { "red", "blue", "yellow", "gold", "silver" }
+GameVersion.ORDER = { "red", "blue", "yellow", "gold" }

 GameVersion.current = "red"

@@ -106,17 +106,6 @@ function GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(joystick)
  return ok and isPad == true
 end

-- conf.lua turns the mobile accelerometer-joystick off (#468), but guard the
-- generic joystick path anyway: any sensor-style device that still reaches us
-- has gravity pinning an axis past the deadzone, which would hide the touch
-- overlay every instant and steer the player by tilt through the axis-1/2
-- mapping (#459).  Real controllers arrive as SDL gamepads or named sticks,
-- never as "* Accelerometer".
-function GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick)
-  local name = joystick and joystick.getName and joystick:getName()
-  return name ~= nil and name:lower():find("accelerometer", 1, true) ~= nil
-end
-
 function GamepadMap.mapRawButton(index)
  if nxActive() then
    local nx = GamepadMap.NX_RAW_BUTTON_BINDINGS[index]
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ end

 function Input:joystickpressed(joystick, button)
  if GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(joystick) then return end
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
  noteCapture(self, "joy", "pressed", button)
  local btn = self.joyBindings[button]
  if btn then press(self, btn, "joy:" .. button) end
@@ -289,7 +288,6 @@ end

 function Input:joystickreleased(joystick, button)
  if GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(joystick) then return end
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
  noteCapture(self, "joy", "released", button)
  local btn = self.joyBindings[button]
  if btn then release(self, btn, "joy:" .. button) end
@@ -332,7 +330,6 @@ end

 function Input:joystickaxis(joystick, axis, value)
  if GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(joystick) then return end
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
  if axis == 1 then
    self:gamepadaxis(joystick, "leftx", value)
  elseif axis == 2 then
@@ -346,7 +343,6 @@ end
 -- directions on top of a direction rebind.
 function Input:joystickhat(joystick, hat, direction)
  if GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(joystick) then return end
-  if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(joystick) then return end
  local source = "hat:" .. hat
  for _, btn in ipairs(self.hatDirs[hat] or {}) do
    release(self, btn, source)
@@ -384,8 +380,7 @@ function Input:reconcile()
  local ok, joysticks = pcall(js.getJoysticks)
  if not ok or type(joysticks) ~= "table" then return end
  for _, j in ipairs(joysticks) do
-    if GamepadMap.isAccelerometer(j) then
-    elseif GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(j) then
+    if GamepadMap.ignoreRawForJoystick(j) then
      -- SDL-recognized pad: buttons + left stick, the gamepad surfaces
      if j.isGamepadDown then
        for button, btn in pairs(self.padBindings) do
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ local function normalizeVersion(v)
    b = "blue", blue = "blue",
    y = "yellow", yellow = "yellow",
    g = "gold", gold = "gold",
-    s = "silver", silver = "silver",
  }
  v = alias[v] or v
  if GameVersion.VERSIONS and not GameVersion.VERSIONS[v] then return nil end
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ end

 function Music.play(data, song, loop, ctx)
  if not song then return end
-  if not (love and love.audio) then return end -- headless test stub
+  if not love.audio then return end -- headless test stub
  ctx = ctx or {}
  song = selectSong(song, ctx)

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- Screen orientation lock, Android and iOS (#592, #716, #1638).
+-- Screen orientation lock, Android only (#592, #716).
 --
 -- Persisted as options.orientation: "auto" | "portrait" | "landscape" |
 -- "reverseLandscape".  The lock travels through SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS:
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@
 -- rotation lock"; LANDSCAPE allows both landscapes (SENSOR_LANDSCAPE ->
 -- USER_LANDSCAPE); REVERSE LANDSCAPE is SDL's LandscapeRight alone.
 --
-- Android only re-reads the hint at window creation or on a resizable-flag
-- change (SDL_androidwindow.c), and SDL_SetWindowResizable early-returns on
-- a fullscreen window (SDL_video.c:2237) -- which LOVE's Android window
-- always is -- so the hint never reached a running activity (#1638).
-- apply() sets the hint for a later window, then goes over JNI for the live
-- one.  iOS needs only the hint.  Desktop and headless stubs no-op.
+-- SDL only re-reads the hint when the window is created or its resizable
+-- flag changes (SDL_androidwindow.c: Android_CreateWindow /
+-- Android_SetWindowResizable both call Android_JNI_SetOrientation).  LOVE
+-- 11.5 exposes neither hints nor a resizable setter, so apply() goes through
+-- the FFI to SDL's C API: set the hint, then pulse the window's resizable
+-- flag off and back on -- each edge makes the Android backend recompute the
+-- requested orientation, so a change from the launcher or the OPTION menu
+-- takes hold immediately, and the flag ends where it started (conf.lua sets
+-- resizable on mobile).  Everything is pcall-guarded: desktop, iOS (the
+-- Info.plist governs there) and headless stubs make this a no-op.

 local Orientation = {}

@@ -54,11 +58,6 @@ function Orientation.isAndroid()
  return love.system.getOS() == "Android"
 end

-function Orientation.isIOS()
-  if not love or not love.system or not love.system.getOS then return false end
-  return love.system.getOS() == "iOS"
-end
-
 function Orientation.cycle(mode, dir)
  local cur, idx = Orientation.normalize(mode), 1
  for i, m in ipairs(Orientation.MODES) do
@@ -68,15 +67,6 @@ function Orientation.cycle(mode, dir)
  return Orientation.MODES[(idx - 1 + (dir or 1)) % n + 1]
 end

-- ActivityInfo constants, what setOrientationBis lands on per hint after
-- GameActivity's *_SENSOR -> *_USER remap (#716).
-local REQUESTED = {
-  auto = 13,
-  portrait = 1,
-  landscape = 11,
-  reverseLandscape = 8,
-}
-
 -- The SDL2 C API this module needs.  cdef errors on redefinition, so run it
 -- once and remember whether it took; ffi itself may be absent (plain Lua
 -- test interpreters), hence the pcall'd require.
@@ -87,79 +77,33 @@ local function sdlFfi()
  if cdefOk == nil then
    cdefOk = pcall(ffi.cdef, [[
      typedef struct SDL_Window SDL_Window;
-      typedef union { int32_t i; int64_t pad; } love_jvalue;
      int SDL_SetHint(const char *name, const char *value);
      SDL_Window *SDL_GL_GetCurrentWindow(void);
      void SDL_SetWindowResizable(SDL_Window *window, int resizable);
-      void *SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv(void);
-      void *SDL_AndroidGetActivity(void);
    ]])
  end
  if not cdefOk then return nil end
  return ffi
 end

-- Slot numbers in JNINativeInterface (jni.h).
-local JNI_EXCEPTION_CLEAR = 17
-local JNI_DELETE_LOCAL_REF = 23
-local JNI_GET_OBJECT_CLASS = 31
-local JNI_GET_METHOD_ID = 33
-local JNI_CALL_VOID_METHOD_A = 63
-
-- What Android_JNI_SetOrientation reaches, called directly: the hint path
-- cannot re-run on a live fullscreen window (SDL_video.c:2237).
-local function setRequestedOrientation(ffi, requested)
-  local env = ffi.C.SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv()
-  if env == nil then return false end
-  local activity = ffi.C.SDL_AndroidGetActivity()
-  if activity == nil then return false end
-  local fns = ffi.cast("void***", env)[0]
-  local getObjectClass = ffi.cast("void *(*)(void *, void *)", fns[JNI_GET_OBJECT_CLASS])
-  local getMethodID = ffi.cast(
-    "void *(*)(void *, void *, const char *, const char *)", fns[JNI_GET_METHOD_ID])
-  local callVoidMethodA = ffi.cast(
-    "void (*)(void *, void *, void *, love_jvalue *)", fns[JNI_CALL_VOID_METHOD_A])
-  local deleteLocalRef = ffi.cast("void (*)(void *, void *)", fns[JNI_DELETE_LOCAL_REF])
-  local exceptionClear = ffi.cast("void (*)(void *)", fns[JNI_EXCEPTION_CLEAR])
-
-  local ok = false
-  local cls = getObjectClass(env, activity)
-  if cls ~= nil then
-    local mid = getMethodID(env, cls, "setRequestedOrientation", "(I)V")
-    if mid ~= nil then
-      local args = ffi.new("love_jvalue[1]")
-      args[0].pad = 0
-      args[0].i = requested
-      callVoidMethodA(env, activity, mid, args)
-      ok = true
-    end
-    exceptionClear(env)
-    deleteLocalRef(env, cls)
-  end
-  deleteLocalRef(env, activity)
-  return ok
-end
-
-- Returns true only when the request actually landed, never unconditionally
-- as it once did (#1638).
+-- Push the mode into the live activity.  Returns true when the hint reached
+-- SDL (the symbols resolved), false on any non-Android / stubbed platform.
 function Orientation.apply(mode)
-  local android = Orientation.isAndroid()
-  if not (android or Orientation.isIOS()) then return false end
+  if not Orientation.isAndroid() then return false end
  local ffi = sdlFfi()
  if not ffi then return false end
  mode = Orientation.normalize(mode)
-  local ok, reached = pcall(function()
-    -- SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS is "SDL_IOS_ORIENTATIONS" in the SDL2 Android
-    -- ships and "SDL_ORIENTATIONS" in the SDL3 the iOS app links; each
-    -- engine ignores the other's key.
+  local ok = pcall(function()
+    -- "SDL_IOS_ORIENTATIONS" is SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS's name (SDL_hints.h);
+    -- despite the IOS in the string, the Android backend reads it too.
    ffi.C.SDL_SetHint("SDL_IOS_ORIENTATIONS", HINTS[mode])
-    ffi.C.SDL_SetHint("SDL_ORIENTATIONS", HINTS[mode])
-    -- On iOS the hint is the lock: UIKit re-asks on every rotation
-    -- (SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m supportedInterfaceOrientations).
-    if not android then return true end
-    return setRequestedOrientation(ffi, REQUESTED[mode])
+    local win = ffi.C.SDL_GL_GetCurrentWindow()
+    if win ~= nil then
+      ffi.C.SDL_SetWindowResizable(win, 0)
+      ffi.C.SDL_SetWindowResizable(win, 1)
+    end
  end)
-  return ok and reached == true
+  return ok
 end

 function Orientation.applyOptions(opts)
@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ function Performance.detect()
  local cores = processorCount()

  -- PortMaster-style ARM Linux handhelds (e.g. the RG34XXSP the project
-  -- already ships a build for): the weakest target here.  Desktop ARM
-  -- (Apple Silicon "OS X", Windows-on-ARM) is not a handheld — those
-  -- used to resolve AUTO → LOW, which stripped survey zoom-out from
-  -- OPTIONS so the ZOOM row only offered IN.
-  if isArm and os == "Linux" then
+  -- already ships a build for): the weakest target here.
+  if isArm and os ~= "Android" and os ~= "iOS" then
    return "low"
  end
  -- Phones and tablets: GBC FX is already force-disabled here (issue #136);
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function SaveData.gameFolders()
  local src = love.filesystem.getSource and love.filesystem.getSource()
  local sbd = love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory
    and love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory()
-  -- A packaged macOS build nests the game inside gen1recomp.app/Contents/
+  -- A packaged macOS build nests the game inside gen1recomp++.app/Contents/
  -- Resources, so getSource()/getSourceBaseDirectory() point INSIDE the
  -- bundle -- not where the player drops portable.txt (next to the .app).
  -- Recover the folder containing the .app so a packaged app finds its
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ function SaveData.defaultOptions()
    -- lock the window to an exact 160x144 multiple, 1..4 (0 = OFF); see
    -- src/core/FaithfulRes.lua.  Ignored on mobile.
    faithfulRes = 0,
-    screenPos = "center",
    -- hard render frame-rate cap; render-only pacing (issue #88, FrameCap.lua)
    fpsCap = 60,
    -- graphics performance tier: auto | high | balanced | low.  "auto"
@@ -1280,26 +1279,13 @@ function SaveData.ensurePlaythroughId(save, injectedFs)
  local isFresh = save == freshPlaythrough
  if isFresh then freshPlaythrough = nil end
  local byVersion = opts.playthroughIds and opts.playthroughIds[version]
-  local existing = byVersion and byVersion[scope]
-  id = not isFresh and existing or nil
+  id = not isFresh and byVersion and byVersion[scope] or nil
  if type(id) ~= "string" or id == "" then
    id = SaveData.newPlaythroughId()
-    -- A fresh skeleton still gets its own id (two unsaved New Games sharing a
-    -- slot must stay distinct), and it is still persisted when the slot has no
-    -- binding yet -- that is the contract a tool relies on to resolve
-    -- `selected` at the title after a restart, before any normal SAVE.
-    --
-    -- What it must NOT do is OVERWRITE a binding that already exists. newGame()
-    -- marks a skeleton on the boot frame, before any save is loaded, and mods
-    -- initialise inside that window -- so a mod touching storage at init
-    -- replaced the real save's id with a throwaway, stranding that save's mod
-    -- storage and repeating on every launch.
-    if not (isFresh and type(existing) == "string" and existing ~= "") then
-      opts.playthroughIds = opts.playthroughIds or {}
-      opts.playthroughIds[version] = opts.playthroughIds[version] or {}
-      opts.playthroughIds[version][scope] = id
-      SaveData.saveOptions(opts, injectedFs)
-    end
+    opts.playthroughIds = opts.playthroughIds or {}
+    opts.playthroughIds[version] = opts.playthroughIds[version] or {}
+    opts.playthroughIds[version][scope] = id
+    SaveData.saveOptions(opts, injectedFs)
  end
  save.meta.playthroughId = id
  return id
@@ -1700,14 +1686,6 @@ local function clamp(n, lo, hi, fallback)
  return n
 end

-- PP and the PP Up count are unsigned bit fields of one byte
-- (constants/pokemon_data_constants.asm:101-102)
-local function ppInt(v, fallback)
-  local n = tonumber(v)
-  if n == nil or n ~= n or n == math.huge or n == -math.huge then return fallback end
-  return math.max(0, math.floor(n))
-end
-
 local function ensureOrphaned(save)
  if not save.orphaned then
    save.orphaned = { mons = {}, items = {} }
@@ -1771,7 +1749,7 @@ local function scrubKnownMon(mon, data)
  -- (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 complete stat block is
+  -- 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
@@ -1791,18 +1769,6 @@ local function scrubKnownMon(mon, data)
      moves[1] = { id = fallback, pp = def.pp }
    end
  end
-  -- the replacement PP mirrors AddBonusPP (engine/items/item_effects.asm:2418);
-  -- Mimic rewrites the move id and not the PP (engine/battle/effects.asm:1266)
-  for j = 1, #moves do
-    local slot = moves[j]
-    if type(slot) == "table" then
-      local mdef = data.moves and data.moves[slot.id]
-      local base = ppInt(mdef and mdef.pp, 0)
-      local ppUps = math.min(3, ppInt(slot.ppUps, 0))
-      if slot.ppUps ~= nil then slot.ppUps = ppUps end
-      slot.pp = ppInt(slot.pp, base + ppUps * math.floor(base / 5))
-    end
-  end
 end

 local function scrubMonList(list, where, save, data, report)
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-local ScreenPosition = {}
-
-ScreenPosition.MODES = { "center", "upper", "top" }
-ScreenPosition.DEFAULT = "center"
-ScreenPosition.mode = ScreenPosition.DEFAULT
-
-local LABELS = { center = "CENTER", upper = "UPPER", top = "TOP" }
-
-function ScreenPosition.normalize(v)
-  if LABELS[v] then return v end
-  return ScreenPosition.DEFAULT
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.label(v)
-  if ScreenPosition.skinActive() then return "SKIN" end
-  return LABELS[ScreenPosition.normalize(v)]
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.cycle(v, dir)
-  if ScreenPosition.skinActive() then return ScreenPosition.normalize(v) end
-  v = ScreenPosition.normalize(v)
-  local modes = ScreenPosition.MODES
-  local cur = 1
-  for i, mode in ipairs(modes) do
-    if mode == v then cur = i break end
-  end
-  return modes[(cur - 1 + (dir or 1)) % #modes + 1]
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.setMode(v)
-  ScreenPosition.mode = ScreenPosition.normalize(v)
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.applyOptions(opts)
-  ScreenPosition.setMode(opts and opts.screenPos)
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.safeTop()
-  local ok, SafeArea = pcall(require, "src.core.SafeArea")
-  if not ok then return 0 end
-  local okr, _, y = pcall(SafeArea.rect)
-  if not okr then return 0 end
-  return math.max(0, tonumber(y) or 0)
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.skinActive(w, h)
-  local ok, TouchSkin = pcall(require, "src.core.TouchSkin")
-  if not ok or type(TouchSkin.viewport) ~= "function" then return false end
-  if (not w or not h) and love and love.graphics and love.graphics.getDimensions then
-    w, h = love.graphics.getDimensions()
-  end
-  local okv, x = pcall(TouchSkin.viewport, w, h)
-  return okv and x ~= nil
-end
-
-function ScreenPosition.lift(viewH, contentH, safeTop)
-  if ScreenPosition.mode == "center" then return 0 end
-  viewH = tonumber(viewH) or 0
-  contentH = tonumber(contentH) or 0
-  local slack = viewH - contentH
-  if slack <= 0 then return 0 end
-  local centered = math.floor(slack / 2)
-  local target = ScreenPosition.mode == "top" and 0 or math.floor(slack / 4)
-  safeTop = math.floor(tonumber(safeTop) or 0)
-  if safeTop > 0 and target < safeTop then
-    target = math.min(safeTop, centered)
-  end
-  return centered - target
-end
-
-return ScreenPosition
@@ -154,14 +154,8 @@ local function newSfxSource(data, key, def, pitch, tempo, plain)
  return newFileSource(def)
 end

-local function deviceSuspended()
-  local ChipAudio = package.loaded["src.core.ChipAudio"]
-  return ChipAudio ~= nil and ChipAudio.isSuspended()
-end
-
 local function playPath(data, key, def, pitch, tempo, plain)
  if not love.audio or not def then return nil end
-  if deviceSuspended() then return nil end
  local src = cache[key]
  if src == false then return nil end -- known bad, already logged
  if not src then
@@ -608,7 +602,6 @@ end
 -- cache carries no clips (Red/Blue) or headless.
 function Sound.playPikaCry(data, n)
  if not love.audio then return nil end
-  if deviceSuspended() then return nil end
  local count = data.audio and data.audio.pikaCries
  if not count then return nil end
  n = math.max(1, math.min(count, n or 1))
@@ -640,7 +633,6 @@ end
 -- like the original's PlayCry -> WaitForSoundToFinish can poll it
 function Sound.playCry(data, species, pikaClip)
  if not love.audio then return nil end
-  if deviceSuspended() then return nil end
  -- Yellow voices every Pikachu cry with the PCM clips (the chip cry is
  -- never used for the species there).  Which clip is a property of the
  -- call site in the original -- every caller of PlayPikachuSoundClip sets
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function TouchControls.defaultLayout(ww, wh, ox, oy, scale)
  local ssW = dpadW * 0.30
  local margin = dpadW * 0.12
  local ok, GameVersion = pcall(require, "src.core.GameVersion")
-  if ok and GameVersion.generation and GameVersion.generation() == 2 then
+  if ok and GameVersion.isGold and GameVersion.isGold() then
    margin = math.max(margin, math.min(ww * 0.10, 72))
  end
  return {
@@ -293,9 +293,7 @@ function TouchControls:applyOptions(opts)
  -- launcher editor round-trips through config() (#806)
  self.haptics = TouchControls.normalizeHaptics(opts and opts.haptics)
  TouchSkin.setOverlayLive(self.active)
-  -- Off means off everywhere: do not leave a hidden selected skin behind to
-  -- influence renderer placement on desktop or with a controller attached.
-  self:selectSkin(cfg.enabled and cfg.skin or nil)
+  self:selectSkin(cfg.skin)
  self.layouts = cfg.layouts
  self.layoutW, self.layoutH = nil, nil
  self.layoutOx, self.layoutOy = nil, nil
@@ -337,10 +335,7 @@ function TouchControls:visible()
  local art = TouchSkin.active ~= nil or self.img ~= nil
  if self.preview then return art end
  if self.enabled == false or not art then return false end
-  -- A selected skin is also a desktop/TV bezel.  Input remains gated in
-  -- touchpressed, but the artwork must not disappear when a controller is
-  -- connected or the platform is not touch-first.
-  if TouchSkin.active then return true end
+  if TouchSkin.active and TouchSkin.decorativeOnly() then return true end
  return self.active and not self.controllerHidden
 end

@@ -783,19 +778,12 @@ local function drawIcon(img, zone, pressed, alphaMul)
                     zone.cy - img:getHeight() * scale / 2, 0, scale, scale)
 end

-local function drawCovered(img, x, y, w, h, alpha)
+local function drawStretched(img, x, y, w, h, alpha)
  if not img or alpha <= 0 then return end
  local iw, ih = img:getWidth(), img:getHeight()
  if iw <= 0 or ih <= 0 then return end
-  -- Cover the assigned box with one uniform scale and crop the excess.  The
-  -- old independent X/Y scale made portrait art visibly squash on wide
-  -- displays (and vice versa).
-  local s = math.max(w / iw, h / ih)
-  local dw, dh = iw * s, ih * s
  love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, math.min(1, alpha))
-  love.graphics.setScissor(x, y, w, h)
-  love.graphics.draw(img, x + (w - dw) * 0.5, y + (h - dh) * 0.5, 0, s, s)
-  love.graphics.setScissor()
+  love.graphics.draw(img, x, y, 0, w / iw, h / ih)
 end

 function TouchControls:drawSkin(alphaMul)
@@ -807,7 +795,7 @@ function TouchControls:drawSkin(alphaMul)

  love.graphics.push("all")
  love.graphics.origin()
-  drawCovered(page.image, bx, by, bw, bh, opacity)
+  drawStretched(page.image, bx, by, bw, bh, opacity)

  local pressed = {}
  for _, touch in pairs(self.touches or {}) do
@@ -822,7 +810,7 @@ function TouchControls:drawSkin(alphaMul)
        TouchSkin.controlGeometry(page, ctl, ww, wh, sox, soy)
      local alpha = opacity
      if down and not ctl.pressedImage then alpha = opacity * ctl.alphaMod end
-      drawCovered(img, cx - halfW, cy - halfH, halfW * 2, halfH * 2, alpha)
+      drawStretched(img, cx - halfW, cy - halfH, halfW * 2, halfH * 2, alpha)
    end
  end

@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ function TouchSkin.parse(text)
      page.viewport = { x = num(vp[1], 0), y = num(vp[2], 0),
                        w = num(vp[3], 1), h = num(vp[4], 1) }
      page.viewportFill = toBool(kv[p .. "_viewport_fill"])
+      page.viewportExpand = toBool(kv[p .. "_viewport_expand"])
    end

    page.pixelCoords = not page.normalized
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ function TouchSkin.parseNative(text)
      page.viewport = { x = num(raw.viewport.x, 0), y = num(raw.viewport.y, 0),
                        w = num(raw.viewport.w, 1), h = num(raw.viewport.h, 1) }
      page.viewportFill = raw.viewport.fill == true
+      page.viewportExpand = raw.viewport.expand == true
    end
    for _, c in ipairs(raw.controls or {}) do
      local buttons, hotkeys, keys, decorative = parseBinds(c.bind or "nul")
@@ -524,6 +526,7 @@ function TouchSkin.toNative(skin)
        x = page.viewport.x, y = page.viewport.y,
        w = page.viewport.w, h = page.viewport.h,
        fill = page.viewportFill or nil,
+        expand = page.viewportExpand or nil,
      }
    end
    for _, ctl in ipairs(page.controls or {}) do
@@ -633,19 +636,6 @@ local function applyPixelScale(page)
  return true
 end

-- An overlay image is its own design canvas.  Older RetroArch cfg files often
-- omit `aspect_ratio`; reading the dimensions here keeps that legacy art and
-- all of its normalized controls on the same uniform scale.
-function TouchSkin.applyImageAspect(page)
-  if not page or page.aspectFromCfg or not page.image
-     or not page.image.getDimensions then return false end
-  local iw, ih = page.image:getDimensions()
-  if not iw or not ih or iw <= 0 or ih <= 0 then return false end
-  page.aspect = iw / ih
-  page.aspectFromImage = true
-  return true
-end
-
 function TouchSkin.load(root, id)
  local cfgPath, format, prefix = findConfig(root)
  if not cfgPath then return nil, "no skin.lua, .cfg or info.json in " .. root end
@@ -675,7 +665,6 @@ function TouchSkin.load(root, id)
    elseif page.pdfPath then
      rasterizePdfPage(page, root)
    end
-    TouchSkin.applyImageAspect(page)
    if not applyPixelScale(page) then
      return nil, "could not read " .. tostring(page.imagePath)
        .. ", which " .. page.name .. " measures its coordinates against"
@@ -782,28 +771,6 @@ function TouchSkin.find(id)
  return nil
 end

-- Remove only a user-installed skin.  Bundled skins are shipped with the
-- game and intentionally have no delete affordance.
-function TouchSkin.remove(id)
-  local entry = TouchSkin.find(id)
-  if not entry then return nil, "no skin " .. tostring(id) end
-  if entry.source ~= "user" then return nil, "bundled skins cannot be deleted" end
-  if not (love and love.filesystem and love.filesystem.remove) then
-    return nil, "no writable filesystem"
-  end
-  local function removeTree(path)
-    if isDir(path) and love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems then
-      for _, name in ipairs(love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(path)) do
-        local ok, err = removeTree(path .. "/" .. name)
-        if not ok then return nil, err end
-      end
-    end
-    local ok, err = love.filesystem.remove(path)
-    return ok and true or nil, err
-  end
-  return removeTree(entry.archive or (TouchSkin.USER_ROOT .. "/" .. entry.id))
-end
-
 function TouchSkin.assetPaths(skin)
  local out, seen = {}, {}
  local function add(rel)
@@ -919,6 +886,7 @@ function TouchSkin.toRetroArchConfig(skin)
    if page.viewport then
      out[#out + 1] = p .. "_viewport = " .. fmtRect(page.viewport)
      if page.viewportFill then out[#out + 1] = p .. "_viewport_fill = true" end
+      if page.viewportExpand then out[#out + 1] = p .. "_viewport_expand = true" end
    end
    local controls = {}
    for _, ctl in ipairs(page.controls or {}) do
@@ -1316,7 +1284,7 @@ function TouchSkin.pageBox(page, w, h, ox, oy)
  -- full_screen means "relative to the window, not the game viewport".
  -- When the cfg also names an aspect_ratio, that window is then fitted
  -- to the overlay's design aspect so buttons do not stretch.  #1503
-  local fit = ((not page.fullScreen) or page.aspectFromCfg or page.aspectFromImage)
+  local fit = ((not page.fullScreen) or page.aspectFromCfg)
    and page.aspect and page.aspect > 0 and h > 0
  if fit then
    local displayAspect = w / h
@@ -1338,11 +1306,6 @@ function TouchSkin.pageBox(page, w, h, ox, oy)
        by = oy + extra
      elseif anchor == "top" then
        by = oy
-      elseif page.aspect < 1 then
-        -- A portrait bezel with controls is a controller deck.  On an
-        -- unusually tall display, pin the deck to the lower edge and leave
-        -- the additional room for the game above it.
-        by = oy + extra
      else
        by = oy + extra * 0.5
      end
@@ -1396,10 +1359,8 @@ function TouchSkin.decorativeOnly()
 end

 function TouchSkin.drawable()
-  -- A selected skin is a presentation choice, not a mobile-only input mode.
-  -- Its artwork and screen placement therefore belong on every platform;
-  -- `overlayLive` still controls whether touch input is available.
-  return TouchSkin.active ~= nil
+  if not TouchSkin.active then return false end
+  return TouchSkin.overlayLive or TouchSkin.decorativeOnly()
 end

 function TouchSkin.hasViewport()
@@ -1430,16 +1391,6 @@ local function remainderBox(ox, oy, w, h, bx, by, bw, bh)
  return best[1], best[2], best[3], best[4]
 end

-- The deck box pinned to the lower edge (see pageBox) leaves room above it
-- that belongs to the game, so a screen rect flush with the top of the deck
-- grows into it instead of showing a black band.
-local function deckHeadroom(y, vh, by, bh, oy, h)
-  if by <= oy + 0.5 then return y, vh end
-  if by + bh < oy + h - 0.5 then return y, vh end
-  if y - by > math.max(2, bh * 0.01) then return y, vh end
-  return oy, vh + (y - oy)
-end
-
 function TouchSkin.pageViewport(page, w, h, ox, oy)
  if not page then return nil end
  ox, oy = ox or 0, oy or 0
@@ -1449,27 +1400,16 @@ function TouchSkin.pageViewport(page, w, h, ox, oy)
    local x, y = bx + v.x * bw, by + v.y * bh
    local vw, vh = v.w * bw, v.h * bh
    if vw <= 0 or vh <= 0 then return nil end
-    y, vh = deckHeadroom(y, vh, by, bh, oy, h)
-    return x, y, vw, vh, page.viewportFill == true
+    return x, y, vw, vh, page.viewportFill == true, page.viewportExpand == true
  end
  if page.screenFit == "remainder" then
    local x, y, vw, vh = remainderBox(ox, oy, w, h, bx, by, bw, bh)
    if not x then return nil end
-    return x, y, vw, vh, false
+    return x, y, vw, vh, false, false
  end
  return nil
 end

-- Centre of the page's screen cutout.  The renderer fits the 160x144
-- picture into that rect; this helper is for the studio preview.
-function TouchSkin.screenCenter(w, h, ox, oy, page)
-  page = page or TouchSkin.page()
-  if not page then return nil end
-  local x, y, vw, vh = TouchSkin.pageViewport(page, w, h, ox, oy)
-  if not x then return nil end
-  return x + vw * 0.5, y + vh * 0.5
-end
-
 function TouchSkin.viewport(w, h, ox, oy)
  local page = TouchSkin.page()
  if not page or not TouchSkin.drawable() then return nil end
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ local function rareCandy(mon, data)
    used = true,
    level = newLevel,
    learned = learned,
-    -- data/text/common_1.asm:86
-    sfx = "Sfx_DexFanfare5079",
    text = ("%s grew to\nlevel %d!"):format(monName(mon), newLevel),
  }
 end
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Save.PLAYER_STATES = {
 }

 local function saveNames(version)
-  version = version or GameVersion.get()
+  version = version or "gold"
  -- Resolve the ACTIVE SLOT the same way SaveData does, and only fall back to
  -- the flat save_<version>.lua when no slot is registered.
  --
@@ -133,22 +133,16 @@ local function fs()
  return love.filesystem
 end

-- The blank-name fallback is the first PlayerNameArray row, which differs
-- per edition -- data/player_names.asm:12-23.
-function Save.defaultPlayerName(version)
-  return (version or GameVersion.get()) == "silver" and "SILVER" or "GOLD"
-end
-
-- A fresh Gen 2 save.  `opts` carries what the intro collected: player name,
+-- A fresh Gold save.  `opts` carries what the intro collected: player name,
 -- rival name, and the options the OPTION screen was left on.
 function Save.newGame(opts)
  opts = opts or {}
  local save = {
    format = Save.FORMAT,
-    version = GameVersion.get(),
+    version = "gold",
    generation = 2,
    player = {
-      name = opts.playerName or Save.defaultPlayerName(),
+      name = opts.playerName or "GOLD",
      -- _ResetWRAM rolls wPlayerID out of hRandomSub/hRandomAdd
      -- (engine/menus/intro_menu.asm:41-49).
      id = opts.trainerId or rand(0, 65535),
@@ -220,9 +214,6 @@ function Save.newGame(opts)
    phoneContacts = {},
    tradeFlags = {},
    pokedex = { seen = {}, caught = {} },
-    -- wLastDexMode (engine/pokedex/pokedex.asm:59-61): the sort mode the
-    -- #DEX reopens in.  NEW_MODE is the cart's zero byte.
-    lastDexMode = "NEW",
    -- wUnownDex: the distinct Unown FORMS caught, in catching order.  A second
    -- record beside the #DEX because the #DEX knows only the species
    -- (src/core/gen2/Unown.lua).
@@ -291,7 +282,6 @@ Save.DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
  musicFilter = 0,          -- low-pass steps, 0 = off
  haptics = "light",
  touchControls = { enabled = true },
-  screenPos = "center",
 }

 function Save.defaultOptions()
@@ -312,7 +302,7 @@ end
 Save.OPTIONS_KEY = "gold"

 local SHARED_KEYS = {
-  touchControls = true, haptics = true, screenPos = true,
+  touchControls = true, haptics = true,
  mods = true, modsByVersion = true, modsGen2 = true,
  modOptions = true, modProfiles = true, modProfilesSeeded = true,
  activeProfile = true,
@@ -384,13 +374,10 @@ end
 function Save.normalize(save)
  if type(save) ~= "table" then return nil end
  save.format = save.format or Save.FORMAT
-  if not (GameVersion.VERSIONS[save.version]
-      and GameVersion.generation(save.version) == 2) then
-    save.version = GameVersion.get()
-  end
+  save.version = "gold"
  save.generation = 2
  save.player = save.player or {}
-  save.player.name = save.player.name or Save.defaultPlayerName(save.version)
+  save.player.name = save.player.name or "GOLD"
  save.player.id = save.player.id or rand(0, 65535)
  save.player.money = math.max(0, math.min(save.player.money or 0, Save.MAX_MONEY))
  save.player.coins = math.max(0, math.min(save.player.coins or 0, Save.MAX_COINS))
@@ -688,12 +675,6 @@ function Save.validate(save)
  scrubEvents(save, report)
  scrubMapScenes(save, report)
  scrubPlayerState(save, report)
-  -- wLastDexMode: only the three modes the #DEX has (PokedexMenu MODES);
-  -- a hand-edited value falls back to NEW_MODE, the cart's zero byte
-  if save.lastDexMode ~= "NEW" and save.lastDexMode ~= "OLD"
-     and save.lastDexMode ~= "A-Z" then
-    save.lastDexMode = "NEW"
-  end
  -- The `mailmsg` structs get the same treatment for the same reason: their
  -- `type` byte is an item id nothing else in the save vouches for, and a
  -- party key outside 1..6 or a MAILBOX past MAILBOX_CAPACITY is a region the
@@ -772,24 +753,21 @@ end
 -- copy is the witness that survives a crash mid-replace.
 function Save.save(save)
  if type(save) ~= "table" then return false, "no save" end
-  Save.normalize(save)
-  local version = save.version
-  do
+  if (save.version or "gold") == "gold" then
    local ok, SaveData = pcall(require, "src.core.SaveData")
-    if ok and SaveData.activeSlot and not SaveData.activeSlot(version) then
-      local id = SaveData.createSlot and SaveData.createSlot(version)
-      if id and SaveData.setActiveSlot then
-        SaveData.setActiveSlot(version, id)
-      end
+    if ok and SaveData.activeSlot and not SaveData.activeSlot("gold") then
+      local id = SaveData.createSlot and SaveData.createSlot("gold")
+      if id and SaveData.setActiveSlot then SaveData.setActiveSlot("gold", id) end
    end
  end
-  local main, backup, tmp = saveNames(version)
+  local main, backup, tmp = saveNames(save.version)
  local f = fs()
  if not f then return false, "no filesystem" end
  -- saveNames may now return a saves/<version>/<slot>.lua path, and
  -- love.filesystem.write does not create missing parent directories.
  local dir = main:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
  if dir and f.createDirectory then f.createDirectory(dir) end
+  Save.normalize(save)
  save.savedAt = os.time()
  local encoded = SaveSerializer.encode(save)
  if f.getInfo(main) then
@@ -249,12 +249,10 @@ function SwitchDiagnostics.probeAssets(version)
  end

  -- Shallow listing so we can see if the extract tree exists at all.
-  local roots = { "yellow", "blue", "gold", "silver", "assets",
-    "yellow/assets/generated",
+  local roots = { "yellow", "blue", "gold", "assets", "yellow/assets/generated",
    "yellow/assets/generated/sprites", "blue/assets/generated/sprites",
    "gold/assets/generated", "gold/assets/generated/sprites",
-    "gold/data/generated", "silver/assets/generated",
-    "silver/data/generated" }
+    "gold/data/generated" }
  for _, dir in ipairs(roots) do
    local info = filesystem.getInfo(dir)
    if info and info.type == "directory" and filesystem.getDirectoryItems then
@@ -287,43 +287,6 @@ function CacheFs.write(rel, data)
  return love.filesystem.write(rel, data)
 end

-- Open a cache-relative file for streaming replacement. The returned handle
-- has write(bytes) and close() methods and follows the same portable/save-dir
-- routing as CacheFs.write without forcing the caller to hold the whole file
-- in one Lua string.
-function CacheFs.openWrite(rel)
-  rel = withPrefix(rel)
-  local root = CacheFs.root()
-  if root then
-    ensureParents(root, rel)
-    local f, err = io.open(realPath(root, rel), "wb")
-    if not f then return nil, err end
-    return {
-      write = function(_, data)
-        local ok, writeErr = f:write(data)
-        if not ok then return nil, writeErr end
-        return true
-      end,
-      close = function() f:close() end,
-    }
-  end
-  if not (love and love.filesystem and love.filesystem.newFile) then
-    return nil, "streaming cache writes are unavailable"
-  end
-  local parent = rel:match("^(.*)/[^/]+$")
-  if parent and not love.filesystem.createDirectory(parent) then
-    local info = love.filesystem.getInfo(parent)
-    local reason = info and ("a " .. info.type .. " already exists there")
-      or "unknown reason"
-    return nil, "could not create " .. parent .. ": " .. reason
-  end
-  local file, makeErr = love.filesystem.newFile(rel)
-  if not file then return nil, makeErr or "could not create cache file" end
-  local ok, openErr = file:open("w")
-  if not ok then return nil, openErr or "could not open cache file" end
-  return file
-end
-
 -- read cache-relative `rel`; returns the bytes or nil
 function CacheFs.read(rel)
  rel = withPrefix(rel)
@@ -614,18 +577,14 @@ function CacheFs.mountVersion(version)
  return true
 end

-- Undo mountVersion in LIFO order relative to mountVersion: generated-tree
-- overlays first (assets, then data -- reverse of mountGeneratedTrees), then
-- the version folder.  PHYSFS resolves by stack order; peeling the wrong
-- layer first can leave another version's generated files winning a name.
--
-- A process normally mounts exactly one version and then boots it, but the
-- launcher can open the save editor on one game's save, close it, and press
-- Play on another: with the first version's subtree still prepended, the
-- other's require("data.generated.*") and generated art would silently
-- resolve to the first game's files.  Callers must also drop the generated
-- modules from package.loaded (src.core.Data:unloadGenerated) -- unmounting
-- alone only fixes the read path, not what require already cached.
+-- Undo mountVersion.  A process normally mounts exactly one version and then
+-- boots it, but the launcher can open the save editor on one game's save,
+-- close it, and press Play on another: with the first version's subtree
+-- still prepended, the other's require("data.generated.*") and generated
+-- art would silently resolve to the first game's files.  Callers must also
+-- drop the generated modules from package.loaded
+-- (src.core.Data:unloadGenerated) -- unmounting alone only fixes the read
+-- path, not what require already cached.
 --
 -- Returns true when nothing was mounted or the unmount took.
 function CacheFs.unmountVersion(version)
@@ -637,16 +596,6 @@ function CacheFs.unmountVersion(version)
    base = love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()
  end
  local done = false
-  -- LIFO vs mountGeneratedTrees: assets/generated, then data/generated.
-  if love.filesystem and love.filesystem.unmount then
-    local generated = {
-      prefix .. "assets/generated",
-      prefix .. "data/generated",
-    }
-    for _, src in ipairs(generated) do
-      done = love.filesystem.unmount(src) or done
-    end
-  end
  local fn = resolveUnmount()
  if fn and base then
    done = fn(base .. SEP .. sub) or done
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Adrian Castro	f77a98bfe6	fix(ci): update platform artifact workflow gate	2026-08-19 20:32:35 +02:00
Adrian Castro	dd024d0e50	ci: comment all platform build artifacts	2026-08-19 20:26:21 +02:00
Adrian Castro	770798b4b6	fix(build): create macOS runtime cache before fetching	2026-08-19 20:21:53 +02:00
Adrian Castro	f1e5fa4ec3	build(mac): establish LÖVE 12 Metal parity	2026-08-19 20:14:04 +02:00
Adrian Castro	5cf53bb13f	build(mac): use LÖVE 12 Metal runtime	2026-08-19 20:07:54 +02:00
Adrian Castro	95764c7d97	fix(build): strip macOS staging metadata before signing	2026-08-19 20:07:54 +02:00