The runtime tried one port file (game.port) and refused it if the game's
words did not match. Now it tries every *.port in /usr/local/padmode/ports
and /dump/ports (then the single files, the old layout), resetting the port
tables between candidates, and keeps the first whose core sites verify: a
wrong candidate hooks nothing, so trying it is safe, and the port that
verifies names the game (pm_game/pm_version).
The switch log's buttons and names come from the port's switch lines now —
the baked-in King Kong button list and switch_names.inc are gone (the port
lines carry the same ids and names, so King Kong's switch.log is unchanged).
Boot log: each refused candidate says its path and the game/version it
declares; no candidates at all says so; a game update whose port is not
deployed logs the refusal and runs stock.
tests/test_multi_game.py lifts the new code verbatim and compiles it for the
host: selection among candidates, table reset between them, the getdents64
*.port scan (it caught an inverted suffix test and an off-by-one), and the
port-driven switch log. The address-dependent tests need a Linux host (the
port's site addresses are 32 bits; darwin arm64 maps nothing below 4 GiB).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
Snapshot of the stern-event-agent work (as of 2026-10-12):
- gamelog.c: passive PAD mode logging bus events (game/ball/bonus/tilt),
all named shots and all-players' scores to /dump/mode.log
- pad_mode_runtime.c: the SDK runtime + a GAMELOG section (passive
stock-mode and award watching, gl_award_seq()/gl_last_award_id()),
a per-edge switch logger to /dump/switch.log (switch_names.inc), and
a passive Insider Connected gate; docs/runtime-patch.diff shows the
exact changes vs the upstream runtime
- event_probe.c / event_read.py: event-bus measurement tooling for
identifying bus event ids on another game
- ports/king_kong_le-0.97.port: 121 verified sites, 55 named shots, 6
bus events (emulator-proven by the SDK repo authors)
Deployed and verified on the machine: events, shots, stock modes and
awards. The /dump/switch.log feature is implemented but NOT yet
deployed or verified, and the extra-ball award id (default 13) is
unconfirmed. See README.md for build/install/log usage and unfinished
work.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
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