Beta Update

This is the archive of earlier beta notes. New notes are on the main updates page.

SeymourBETA

Update 2.21

6/9/2026

updateui

"???" nav category: the 3 UI-less Wave-1 families now have a read-only browser. Owner's ask: park the Wave-1 families that have a PROVEN reader+byte-safe writer+RT0 gate but ZERO screen into their own category. Found the 3 (every other module was already wired): `buki_get.bin` (Weapon-Get Treasure Catalog), `albheddic.bin` (Al Bhed Dictionary), `battle_script.bin` (Pointer/Script Table). New "???" card at the bottom of the nav (Wave-1 sem editor) → 3 buttons → one generic `UnwiredCatalog_Control(family)` that resolves the file (workspace master OR extracted reference) and lists entries read-only via the FfxLib readers (`BukiGetTreasureCatalog_File`/`AlBhedDictionary_File`/`PointerScriptTable_File`, decoder `FfxEncoding.UsDecoder`). Honest: the writer exists (RT0 byte-identical no-edit) but editing stays out of scope for this screen. Build 0 errors.

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.20

6/7/2026

updatemagic-dll

MAP SCENE EDITOR EMBEDDED in the editor (no browser): 3rd viewer on the WebView2 pattern. Owner's ask ("do it like the Model Viewer Embedded, INSIDE the editor"): a new "Map Scene Editor 🗺️" nav (Spira Forge card, next to Aurora) → `SetModule` shows `MapSceneEditorEmbedded_Control` hosting the editable map-scene lab (`RuntimeTools/FFXMapViewerWeb` from the Jarvis-MAP lane: 299 maps, click-to-select submesh + gizmo + material/light panel + `map-edits.json` sidecar) in a WebView2 panel inside the window. Reuses the shared `WebView2Host` (Model b36 / Magic b37) — all three viewers now share ONE embedding infra. New `MapSceneEditorLauncher` (http 8768, distinct from Aurora 8765/Magic 8766/Model 8767 + cache-bust + kills python on exit) + `MapSceneEditorEmbedded_Control/DataModel`. Build 0 errors, editor relaunches without crash. Coordination: Jarvis-MAGIC embedding the Jarvis-MAP lane's web at the owner's request — flagged in `SESSION_HANDOFF`.

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.19

6/6/2026

updatemagic-dll

MODEL VIEWER EMBEDDED in the editor (no browser): native WebView2 in a panel. Phase 2 of the plot twist: the SAME three.js viewer of the 816 models now runs INSIDE the editor window, in a panel — a new "Model Viewer (Embedded) 🐉" button in the Extras card → `SetModule` shows `ModelViewerEmbedded_Control`, which hosts an Edge WebView2 via `NativeControlHost` (win32 interop: child HWND + `CoreWebView2Controller`, bounds synced in `ArrangeOverride`, HiDPI via `RenderScaling`). It uses the already-installed WebView2 Evergreen runtime (no Chromium bundle — nuget `Microsoft.Web.WebView2` 1.0.2592.51, ~few MB; NOT the heavy CEF that would add ~100MB). The panel starts the same http server (`ModelViewerLauncher.EnsureServerAndGetUrl`, port 8767, cache-busted) and navigates the WebView to it; "Reload" + "Open in Browser" buttons (fallback). `Program.cs`/AppBuilder untouched. Build 0 errors. Proven in an isolated worktree spike (judged: compiles + 0 new warnings) before porting to main. Phase 1 (browser, v2.18.0) stays as a fallback. Owner decision alongside: the gallery opens at the clean REST pose (animation opt-in) — we stopped the offline animation whack-a-mole; real animation = mocap later (queued). Doc `FFX_MODELVIEWER_EDITOR_2026-06-06.md`.

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.18

6/6/2026

updatemagic-dll

MODEL VIEWER (HD) in the editor: a 3D gallery of the 816 textured+animated models. The plot twist ("this is going to have to run inside the editor") became a feature: a new "Model Viewer (HD) 🐉" button in the Extras card → opens `RuntimeTools/FFXModelViewerWeb` (three.js + GLTFLoader) served over loopback HTTP (the same PROVEN Magic Viewer/Aurora recipe — `python -m http.server`, distinct port 8767; HTTP mandatory for the catalog `fetch()` + GLTFLoader of `/work/...`). The viewer is an animated gallery: a unified catalog of 816 models (`modelviewer-catalog.json`, generated from the HD-lane baseline — pc/sum/npc/mon/obj/wep), filter by category + verdict + search, thumbnails, and animation-clip playback (AnimationMixer + clip selector) + orbit/grid/wire/spin/fit. It consumes exactly the glTFs baked in the HD saga (META 1 + pure-HD) — no re-baking. `ModelViewerLauncher.cs` (clone of `MagicViewerLauncher`) + a button in `Main_Window.axaml`/handler. Build 0 errors; serve proven (catalog/index/gltf = 200). csproj bump (real UI feature). Phase 2 queued (owner decision): host the SAME viewer in an editor WebView panel (no browser) — needs one nuget; the three.js engine is host-agnostic. Docs: `FFX_MODELVIEWER_EDITOR_2026-06-06.md`.

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.17

6/6/2026

updatemagic-dll

Magic Viewer FINALIZED (3-lane parallel workflow): web viewer wired into the editor + menus polished + root+88 RE closed:

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.16

6/9/2026

updatemonster-ai

Monster AI Editor is now USABLE: decoded meanings + ability names + filter (+ crash fix):

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.15

6/9/2026

updatemonster-ai

Aurora DRAG-TO-PLACE + upright map (flip) + draggable panel (confirmed LIVE by the owner):

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SeymourBETA

Update 2.14

6/6/2026

updatemonster-ai

JP text decoder reads the 2-byte KANJI (payoff of today's crack): the `FfxEncoding` lossless codec now recognizes the 2-byte font-bank leads (`0x06`/`0x26-0x2F`, proven in `docs/reverse/FFX_EVENT_TEXT_ENCODING_CRACKED_2026-06-06.md`) and surfaces readable glyph refs — `<FTCX:n>` (this event's kanji), `<K:n>` (`base.ftc` kanji), `<F2/F3/F5:n>` (other banks) — instead of the old garbled `<C..>`+`<MISS>`. Fully symmetric encoder (token↔bytes exact). New gate `--jptext-rt0` PROVES on the event corpus (367 files, 18,935 JP scripts, 15,467 with 2-byte glyphs): glyph drift = 0 + codec idempotent (pre-existing single-byte char aliases canonicalize once then stay fixed = safe; no-edit already returns the original bytes). Directly benefits `BattleTextExplorer` (uses the lossless codec). `offline_ci` = 23 gates PASS. csproj bump (user-visible capability).

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