A client joining a game on a Custom Edition map checked only that it had a
file of that name. With another version of the map (an older release, a
re-edit), its tags are not the host's: the objects, weapons and vehicles the
host sends are other things there, and the game desyncs or crashes.
The host now sends its map file's header checksum as the game record's map
version, which the Xbox game always left 0, and a client whose copy has
another checksum leaves with an error saying so and where to copy the
host's. The record's layout is unchanged: a host that sends 0 (an older
one, or the game's own maps, whose builds of other regions play together)
is not checked, and older clients ignore the field.
A client joining a game on a map it does not have (a Custom Edition map
not in custom_maps, or one of the game's own not in maps) now leaves with
an error naming the map and where to copy it, instead of the damaged disc
error. It also says when the map cannot run there or the host names a
Custom Edition map as other versions do. The port's error texts wrap to
their dialog, in the smaller font when they would not fit.
Network version 22: hosts now name Custom Edition maps custom_maps\<name>,
which older clients cannot load or explain; they are told to update.
Custom Edition maps are loaded from the custom_maps folder, as level
custom_maps\<name>, apart from the game's own maps of the same name. The
map lists get CUSTOM SINGLEPLAYER and CUSTOM MULTIPLAYER, by the scenario
type in the map: a custom singleplayer map plays as a campaign level, or
as network co-op from the Map screen; a custom multiplayer map plays as a
multiplayer map. A map with an OpenSauce header that asks for nothing of
OpenSauce's runs as stock Custom Edition runs it.
Recover transparent geometry submit (+1,285 meaningful code, zero exact losses); reconcile COMMON ownership and Q10 85+EXT1 credit, actions/main data, and separately disclosed denominator corrections. Preserve canonical-only repairs and all held research. C09 is ordinary disclosed cleanup, not a claim of proven scaffolding intent. Clean rebuild, 1,663 tests, parks, audits, provider links and independent EXT1 check pass. Local reconciliation only.
Import only independently reviewed production changes. Preserve canonical physics and virtual-keyboard repairs; keep B3 and all unresolved holds out.
Record exactly four approved canary debits (6987 meaningful bytes), six Halo admissions and two revocations. Keep vendor ioinit/storage work separate. Full build, 8252-row sweep, 1318 tests, park/admission/fake audits and 621-object binding pass within approved debit bounds.
Do not publish donor research dumps or private assets. README and unrelated user research remain untouched. See frontier_publication_reconciliation_20260927.md for complete evidence limits and accounting.
PD2 from e3c053cd, HS-only append. +53122 raw data+1658 padding=54780, no code/functions/objects. Current provider seals and negative tests pass; full build, stable sweep, parks, admission, 1318 tools tests pass. No scorer upgrade or actions credit.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Source from Claude donor d18a7cee; independent stock and W3 builds, full build and stable sweep: +11 meaningful /16 padded Halo code, +1796 data, zero exact losses. 1161 tools tests pass. No declaration-batch or general UB exception.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Independently gate storage + K, OQ-4 P-a/P-b1, four static-local packets and comment-only disclosures. Preserve all 7641 exact owner rows, 71 valid parks and 1161 passing tests; code/data credit unchanged. G and game_engine admission remain held because current canonical loses populate_statistic_buffer. Existing collision static-local repair is not duplicated. No donor tree, held candidate, scorer or private asset imported.
Archives 714 meaningful bytes of new strict code, fresh full-board gates, source evidence and failed controls. Qualifies cross-build source inference and blanket Od claims. Whole-object hardware-bitmap admission remains pending; no holds lifted or push performed.
Records 2 canonical gains, 1481 meaningful / 1504 padded bytes, zero regressions, unchanged data and object counts, source-provenance limits and preserved holds. Archives selected donor evidence and fresh canonical verification pins. No publication performed.
Archive bounded source evidence and canonical section, warning, test and regression checks for actor_path_refresh and display_scenario_help. Distinguish 2024 non-tail-padding bytes from 2048 padded bytes and the frozen scorer delta2029: linear decoding of the actor jump table includes five trailing NOP bytes. No scorer change or new admission exception. Donor remains untouched; nothing pushed.
Independently reconcile W7 from 26684ca8: +1440 credited/padded bytes, 117 relocations, no new helpers or runtime owners. Retire only main_update_time's park in the same commit. Full build, stable board sweep with zero regressions, ownership/admission, warnings, fake scan and 1161 tests pass. No scorer or header changes.
Independently reconcile the +968-byte landing from 455dffad. All seven target-only view casts strip without changing runtime sections; both new helper copies match January and link with selected providers in both orders. Batch: +3 functions, +4208 canonical credited code bytes, +4224 padded, zero regressions; 1161 tests pass. No whole-object or data credit changes.
Bink's split-arm candidate q3 is kept as the best exact-byte candidate in
research/halo_r3_20260924/bink_q3/ (with a machine-readable manifest), and
the park evidence points to it. The park is not retired and the source is
unchanged. The fighter commit cdc79e78 stays lane-only until independent
reconciliation passes; it depends on 3ee32a5c for the provider link.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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