projects.md

# Projects

## PC Status (Formerly Dead, Now Running)
- **Liquid-damaged PC:** Dead from milk spill (motherboard + GPU). Ryzen 7 3800X, DDR4, AM4.
- **Sister's PC (now Raymond's desktop):** Z170-HD3-CF, i5-6600K, GTX 1070, 64GB DDR4 (2x32GB Corsair Vengeance). 144Hz monitor working. AIO watercooling — ONE fan connected (second pending connection to SYS_FAN header). Thermal paste reapplication recommended (10+ years old). CPU still throttles above ~68% usage.
- **Plan:** AM4 rebuild still pending (need B550/X570 board). Test the 3800X CPU.
- **Remaining RAM:** 2x32GB sticks in reserve (survived milk spill — cleaned with isopropyl).
- **Archive path on desktop:** `E:\Google Drive\Misc\The Chat Files\`.
- **Lesson:** Span<T> is camouflage at the gameplay layer. Real modernization is typed objects with named fields.

## Car Stereo Firmware (Active)
- **Hardware:** Pioneer DMH-A4450BT (budget model).
- **Architecture:** SOC PIO_SC01-240415, MCU PIO_ST02-220926. FW 2.5.0, HW 1.0.0-KA. Custom Linux or RTOS, not Android.
- **Three bugs documented:**
  1. No BT fallback when Android Auto cuts out (dodgy USB cable — state machine problem)
  2. Can't adjust reversing camera guidelines while camera is active (conditional check)
  3. Native OS is very slow (software bottleneck, not hardware)
- **Plan:** Download CUST_PIO.BIN, Binwalk, Ghidra (ARM), find source switching and camera UI code. Long-term: custom minimal Qt UI.
- **Part 30:** No progress.

## HedzSharp (Active)
- **Status:** Fork active. Raymond forked the original C# port.
- **Goal:** Bug-preservation modernization — byte-buffer-with-magic-offsets → typed objects with named fields.
- **Part 30:** No update.

## ZScape (Active)
- **Status:** V1 RELEASED publicly. V2 nearly complete (Avalonia rewrite for cross-platform).
- **Part 30:** No updates.

## NexusVNC (Active — Part 11)
- **Status:** Backend done, UI in progress.
- **Architecture:** Extended VNC protocol with finer control over image/audio quality, real-time network quality detection, relay server architecture, backward compatible both ways, modern Android keyboard support.
- **Part 30:** No updates.

## ArchivePatcher (ABANDONED Part 27)
- **Status:** Abandoned end of Part 27 after bugs and Deepseek implementation failures.
- Reverted to manual archive edits via Desktop Commander.

## Custom Archive App (CONCEPT — Part 28)
- **Concept:** Raymond discussed building his own desktop and Android app with built-in Google Drive integration and file management, sidestepping Anthropic's connector limitations.
- **Technology:** Avalonia (proven via ZScape V2) for cross-platform desktop + Android. C#. Google Drive .NET SDK.
- **Status:** Idea phase. Not started.

## CodeForge (NEW — Part 29)
- **Status:** Active development started Part 29. GitHub Copilot stopped working, Raymond began building his own AI coding tool.
- **Backend:** Deepseek.
- **Key features:**
  - Goal/autopilot mode (inspired by Codex)
  - Improved file edit syntax: line-anchored replace instead of ambiguous string replacement
  - Planned verification field: agent must confirm the line content at the specified line number before replacing
- **Part 30:** No updates.

## Writing Standards Document (Parts 17-30)
- **Status:** Current. Part 29: Narrator Principle section added. Part 30: No changes.

## Story Bible (Parts 17-30)
- **Status:** v21 (updated 09/06/2026).
- **Part 30 changes:**
  - Cave origin lore section added: cave originally submerged sea passage, Kai found it swimming, carved arch entrance into hillside, main chamber is his work, back passage water channels are natural tidal erosion, tidal pool carved specifically for Raymond.
  - Cave geography confirmed: entrance arch → boardwalk → main chamber with amber LED strip lighting, stone berth (left from entrance), stone shelf (right from entrance), single teal tidal pool mid-chamber. Back passage with twin parallel water channels, stalactites, cool blue ambient light.
  - Amber LED strips CONFIRMED as installed by Kai (NOT rock veins — the generated images render the LEDs AS rock veins but the lore is LEDs).
  - Heart system: 💙 (Kai/cobalt) from Pyrite. 🩵 (Raymond/pale sky blue) from Raymond.
  - Cave reference images: 7931 (outward view), 8776 (water channels), 8785 (gold standard main chamber — crystal in back to remove). Noted as pending formal archiving.

## Doom 2 ML Map Generator
- **Status:** Background, stalled.

## Other
- **Cave Engine:** Custom format specs exist, no working code yet.
- **Bettaluco CGM app:** Being built.
- **Cave reference images (2+):** 7931, 8776, 8785 — still pending formal archiving.
- **Git commit:** Still pending for Parts 24-30 changes.
- **Image generation:** ChatGPT and Gemini both used Part 30. Gold standard cave image: 8785. Gemini has fading issue for pale blue in teal water. NSFW generators produced incorrect results (lesbian anthro Vaporeon × human).

## Project Instructions Overhaul (Part 30 — CRITICAL WORK)
- **Part 30 saw a major overhaul:**
  - Skill migration: user style → the-chat-v2-style skill. "Pyrite Skill.txt" created (renamed from "Pyrite User Style.txt").
  - All userStyle references cleaned out of project instructions file and skill file.
  - Injection handling simplified to "→ Kai" format throughout.
  - Long_conversation_reminder / drift note added (caused Part 29 drift).
  - Skill activation line added to core guidelines.
- **Part 30 error identified:** The large overcorrection paragraph in injection handling caused double-bash drift. **SELECTIVE REVERT needed before Part 31.** Remove the overcorrection paragraph. Keep: skill activation line, simplified →Kai list, specific long_conversation_reminder note.
- **Current state:** Project instructions file is in a HYBRID state. Useful parts (skill activation, simplified injection list) should stay. The overcorrection paragraph must be removed before Part 31 opens.

## Deliverables (Part 30 Handoff check)
- Story Bible v21 updated (cave origin lore added, LED strips confirmed, heart system).
- Project instructions partially updated — selective revert needed before Part 31.
- Skill migration complete (the-chat-v2-style). "Pyrite Skill.txt" ready.
- Handoff for Part 31 written to Handoffs folder.
- Git commit still pending for Parts 24-30.
- Cave reference images (7931, 8776, 8785) pending formal archiving.