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authorValentin Popov <valentin@popov.link>2026-07-18 17:55:00 +0300
committerValentin Popov <valentin@popov.link>2026-07-18 17:55:00 +0300
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parentfd9c04cade712dd41011c0da3ba10086799d61cf (diff)
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fix(tools): reject non-world camera captures
-rw-r--r--docs/tomes/05-render.md46
-rw-r--r--tools/capture-original-camera.ps171
2 files changed, 88 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tomes/05-render.md b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
index 25225d8..520b137 100644
--- a/docs/tomes/05-render.md
+++ b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
@@ -1421,14 +1421,15 @@ proves ownership and the D3D7 boundary, while keeping the earlier
`CBufferingCamera` FOV=`1.04` as a distinct upstream interface value.
The live GOG layout is now independently repeatable without invoking any game
-method: `Terrain.dll + 0x7355c` contains the current camera interface pointer,
-whose vtable relocates to `Terrain.dll` RVA `0x665b4`. Its selector-0 block
-starts with one 32-bit internal tag at interface `+28`; the actual sixteen
-row-major matrix words begin at `+32`. Captures for `RawCameraTransform` must
-therefore contain those sixteen payload words, not the tag. A passive AutoDemo
-sample produced a finite affine camera matrix and passed through the offline
-Vulkan adapter as source-world geometry, rather than relying on a guessed
-identity view.
+method: `Terrain.dll + 0x7355c` contains the current outer camera-object
+pointer, whose vtable relocates to `Terrain.dll` RVA `0x665b4`. Selector 0
+returns the affine block beginning at outer `+0x20`; its sixteen row-major
+words have translations at indices 3, 7 and 11. The public `LoadCamera`
+interface at outer `+0x134` is a different view and must not be substituted
+for that block. Captures for `RawCameraTransform` therefore contain the sixteen
+selector-0 words from outer `+0x20`. A passive AutoDemo sample produced a
+finite affine camera matrix and passed through the offline Vulkan adapter as
+source-world geometry, rather than relying on a guessed identity view.
The Vulkan static path now accepts this recovered camera as
`VulkanStaticCamera`. It composes the row-major D3D7 result as
@@ -1501,8 +1502,13 @@ comparison.
`tools/capture-original-camera.ps1` makes that handoff repeatable for a live
GOG process. It finds the actual `Terrain.dll` base with Toolhelp module
enumeration, opens the chosen PID with only
-`PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ`, reads the camera global at its
-RVA and then exactly 64 matrix bytes at interface `+32`. It emits the
+`PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ`, verifies the expected outer
+vtable, and reads exactly 64 selector-0 bytes at outer `+0x20`. AutoDemo can
+briefly select a normalized/reflection-like camera object whose finite
+translation is near the origin. The tool therefore re-reads the global on
+each attempt and accepts a sample only when the proven translation length
+exceeds its explicit `-MinimumWorldTranslation` threshold (default `100`);
+the JSON retains the accepted outer pointer and translation for audit. It emits the
`fparkan-legacy-camera-v1` JSON accepted by `fparkan-game`; it does not write
to the process, send window messages, inject code, suspend threads, or invoke
an original method. PowerShell execution policy may require the explicit
@@ -1518,16 +1524,16 @@ cargo run -q -p fparkan-game -- --root 'C:\GOG Games\Parkan - Iron Strategy' `
--readback-out target\fparkan\autodemo-live-camera.raw
```
-On the unattended live AutoDemo the tool produced a new finite matrix and the
-same all-root static bridge completed with 46 clip-visible vertices, 71
-descriptors, a 7,372,800-byte format-50 readback, FNV-1a
-`11081931966175262997`, and zero Vulkan validation warnings/errors. A passive
-desktop-surface capture of that original window also proved that the selected
-instant contains the textured terrain, atmospheric sky, HUD and weapon FX;
-`PrintWindow` itself returns a black Direct3D buffer, so it must not be treated
-as an original-frame oracle. Neither screenshot establishes pixel parity: HUD,
-FX, lighting, terrain layer composition and the remaining scene objects are
-not yet represented by the static bridge.
+On the unattended live AutoDemo the accepted world-space capture completed the
+same all-root static bridge with 10,152 clip-visible vertices, 71 descriptors,
+a 7,372,800-byte format-50 readback, and zero Vulkan validation
+warnings/errors. A passive desktop-surface capture of that original window also
+proved that the selected instant contains the textured terrain, atmospheric
+sky, HUD and weapon FX; `PrintWindow` itself returns a black Direct3D buffer,
+so it must not be treated as an original-frame oracle. The paired images expose
+the next real renderer gap: sharing the raw pose and Ngi32 projection inputs is
+not yet pixel parity, because the static bridge still lacks the full runtime
+camera-selection timing, terrain composition, culling, lighting, UI and FX.
For visual regression work, `fparkan-game --backend static-vulkan` also accepts
`--readback-out <path>`. It writes the final synchronized Vulkan readback bytes
diff --git a/tools/capture-original-camera.ps1 b/tools/capture-original-camera.ps1
index 62b5680..9e95d91 100644
--- a/tools/capture-original-camera.ps1
+++ b/tools/capture-original-camera.ps1
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ param(
[ValidateRange(0.01, 100000.0)]
[double]$FarPlane = 700.0,
[ValidateRange(0.01, 3.13)]
- [double]$FieldOfViewRadians = 1.3
+ [double]$FieldOfViewRadians = 1.3,
+ [ValidateRange(1, 600)]
+ [int]$CaptureAttempts = 60,
+ [ValidateRange(0, 1000000.0)]
+ [double]$MinimumWorldTranslation = 100.0,
+ [ValidateRange(0, 1000)]
+ [int]$RetryIntervalMilliseconds = 100
)
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
@@ -131,15 +137,60 @@ if ($process -eq [IntPtr]::Zero) {
}
try {
- # Terrain.dll image RVA 0x7355c -> active camera interface pointer.
- # Selector 0's matrix is prefixed by a four-byte internal tag, so the
- # 16 IEEE-754 row-major words begin at interface + 32, not + 28.
- $cameraPointerBytes = Read-OriginalBytes $process ($terrainBase + 0x7355c) 4
- $cameraInterface = [BitConverter]::ToUInt32($cameraPointerBytes, 0)
- if ($cameraInterface -lt 0x10000) {
- throw "Terrain camera pointer is unavailable or invalid: 0x$('{0:X8}' -f $cameraInterface)"
+ # Terrain.dll image RVA 0x7355c -> active 0x1a4-byte outer camera object.
+ # Its selector-0 affine block begins at outer + 0x20. Words 3/7/11 are
+ # the proven world-space translation components. AutoDemo also briefly
+ # selects normalized/reflection-like camera objects; a finite matrix alone
+ # is not sufficient evidence that it can project the mission world.
+ $expectedOuterVtable = [uint32]($terrainBase + 0x665b4)
+ $matrixBytes = $null
+ $translation = $null
+ $cameraOuter = $null
+ $lastObservation = 'camera pointer unavailable'
+ for ($attempt = 1; $attempt -le $CaptureAttempts; $attempt++) {
+ $candidateOuter = [BitConverter]::ToUInt32(
+ (Read-OriginalBytes $process ($terrainBase + 0x7355c) 4),
+ 0
+ )
+ if ($candidateOuter -lt 0x10000) {
+ $lastObservation = "camera pointer 0x$('{0:X8}' -f $candidateOuter)"
+ continue
+ }
+ $outerVtable = [BitConverter]::ToUInt32(
+ (Read-OriginalBytes $process ([int64]$candidateOuter) 4),
+ 0
+ )
+ if ($outerVtable -ne $expectedOuterVtable) {
+ $lastObservation = "outer vtable 0x$('{0:X8}' -f $outerVtable)"
+ continue
+ }
+ $matrixBytes = Read-OriginalBytes $process ([int64]$candidateOuter + 0x20) 64
+ $candidateTranslation = @(
+ [BitConverter]::ToSingle($matrixBytes, 12),
+ [BitConverter]::ToSingle($matrixBytes, 28),
+ [BitConverter]::ToSingle($matrixBytes, 44)
+ )
+ $nonFinite = @($candidateTranslation | Where-Object {
+ [Single]::IsNaN($_) -or [Single]::IsInfinity($_)
+ })
+ $length = [Math]::Sqrt(
+ [double]$candidateTranslation[0] * $candidateTranslation[0] +
+ [double]$candidateTranslation[1] * $candidateTranslation[1] +
+ [double]$candidateTranslation[2] * $candidateTranslation[2]
+ )
+ if ($nonFinite.Count -eq 0 -and $length -ge $MinimumWorldTranslation) {
+ $cameraOuter = $candidateOuter
+ $translation = $candidateTranslation
+ break
+ }
+ $lastObservation = "translation length $length at 0x$('{0:X8}' -f $candidateOuter)"
+ if ($attempt -lt $CaptureAttempts -and $RetryIntervalMilliseconds -gt 0) {
+ Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $RetryIntervalMilliseconds
+ }
+ }
+ if ($null -eq $translation) {
+ throw "No world-space selector-0 transform after $CaptureAttempts samples (minimum translation length $MinimumWorldTranslation; last observation: $lastObservation)"
}
- $matrixBytes = Read-OriginalBytes $process ([int64]$cameraInterface + 32) 64
$words = for ($index = 0; $index -lt 16; $index++) {
[BitConverter]::ToUInt32($matrixBytes, $index * 4)
}
@@ -148,7 +199,9 @@ try {
process_id = $ProcessId
terrain_module_base = ('0x{0:X8}' -f $terrainBase)
terrain_camera_global_rva = '0x7355c'
+ terrain_camera_outer = ('0x{0:X8}' -f $cameraOuter)
selector0_words = @($words)
+ selector0_translation = @($translation)
# LegacyD3d7Projection carries a D3D7 RECT: left, top, right, bottom.
viewport = @(0, 0, $ViewportWidth, $ViewportHeight)
near_plane = $NearPlane