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Sylpheed RE agent 610b21c434 formats: a primitive layer is not in the file - measure it, table it, prove it
Two places checked for the key a .prm element sorts by, both empty:

  * the declaration entry's four unread words are constant across every element
    of all three measured screens (+28=0, +36=0xffffffff, +56=0, and +44 is a
    button ordinal 1-5, 0xffffffff elsewhere);
  * the bundle carries NO data for a primitive at all - the menu build declares
    pteff00.prm, pteff02.prm and pteff05.t32 and has zero RATC children for any
    of them, its 34 children being 21 T8aD sprites and 13 .rat records.

So the layer comes from the game code. But it is consistent, which is what makes
a per-name table a measurement rather than a fudge. Bracketing each unkeyed
element between the keys of its measured neighbours: pteff02.prm falls in
(0x8010, 0x8040) on BOTH screens it appears on, pteff00.prm is past the maximum
on both, and palogo_eff0.prm is below the minimum on the splash.

implied_layer_key records exactly those and nothing else; an unlisted primitive
keeps u32::MAX and still sorts last. With it, derived_paint_order produces the
same layer-key sequence as the order read off the running game on all three
measured screens - primitives included - and matches element-for-element on four
of the five bundle instances. The fifth is the title, differing only inside its
tied groups, which is a separate open question.

This does not make include_primitives safe by default: the 36 builds that come
out one colour are wiped by pzeff00.prm and pceff00.prm, never measured, hence
not in the table.

14 disc tests green.
2026-08-19 09:15:55 +00:00
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