The -home, -palette, DEFAULT.Z80 and Sam Coupe claims now cite the
option table and loaders of the Speccy 5.9 desktop binary. Quotes with
no code behind them are gone.
Notes now cite code for the fpRam directory, the registry keys and the
Tables path, and drop the manual, installer and Batocera changelog
wording. The code spells the directory fpRam.
The four camera plugins link OpenCV statically. Refs now cite the
CascadeClassifier::load call, its path built from the plugin directory
and the three-entry table, and the empty detector that follows a
failed load.
The step from the frame's create handler down to Memory::Init was
inferred from the error message. Refs now give the chain through
AfxWinMain, InitInstance, the message map, VM::Init and the device
vtable, and the notes say where the SRAM machine index is set.
The media board ROM ref now cites the XBE directory build, the boot.id
exists test that makes the system Chihiro and the gate that skips the
ROM checks in TeknoParrot's cxbxr-emu.dll.
Each built-in ROM resource of Caprice.exe 26.4 is listed with the sha1
of its bytes and the dump it equals in this and other profiles. The
release date taken from History.txt is gone.
A source_ref part that names a compiled image now has to carry an
address, a decompiled function or an IL method. An import directory, a
string table or readelf output only says the binary exists. A name
under a directory is a file of the tree and a .dll.map is not a DLL.
The exception list is empty: every closed profile now cites code.
The flag, star, FAQ and notice assets cited format strings only. They
now name the decompiled methods that build each asset path and open it
through the AssetManager or a WebView, in all three builds.
Import and .rdata citations now name the loader, LoadLibrary, cascade
and SQLite call sites in BAM.dll and its plugins. TrackIR.dll keeps the
NPClient.dll Future Pinball loads, Kinect10.dll is imported by the two
Kinect plugins only, and the PostFX, iCom and OpenVR configs gain
entries.
Import directory lines and manual pages gave way to the IAT ranges and
the calls that use each library in Future Pinball.exe 1.9.1.20101231.
fpLatestTables.xml is written by the program, not by libcurl.
The ref named the DLL string table. It now cites the functions in
pepflashplayer.dll 32.0.0.371 that join the plugin directory with
pepper.vch and hand the path to the Flash Access DRM callback.
validate_schemas now refuses a files[] source_ref whose parts are all data or build files (a table, a makefile, meson.build, the file itself). A ref passes when one part names a source file or a binary with an address. The closed-source profiles whose refs are still prose about the shipped binary are listed in DATA_ONLY_REF_EXCEPTIONS with a reason each.
Seven refs named a whole binary. They now cite the firmware check in
the RPCS3 build, the media board and JVS loaders in cxbxr-emu.dll, and
AMMediaboard.cpp at the commit the CrediarDolphin build reports. The
media board ROM is size checked, and the two JVS messages trade places.
The four entries had no ref. Each now names the slot declaration, the
dump reader and the md5 test for the PAL Anvil BIOS in the RetroBat
PhoenixEmuProject.exe. The Jaguar boot ROM is optional, the core starts
the cartridge itself, and the 3DO font slot gains an entry.
Refs were file offsets of help text and RTTI names. They now name the
ROM directory scan, the ROM slot loader with its AMSDOS header test and
the cartridge loader in Caprice.exe 26.4. The built-in ROMs are RCDATA
resources and cartridges come from a file dialog.
Refs were bare string addresses. They now name the functions the
shipped PDB gives for the media board boot, the JVS image loader, the
EEPROM and key readers and the wm2_loader.dll load. EEPROM.bin is
resized to 256 bytes before the check, so size leaves validation.
Refs cited history.txt, the readmes and the import directory. They now
name the font scan, the mask loader and the 55-entry effect table with
its loaders in the unpacked MFME.exe 20.1.0.0. Meter.wav takes the case
the table uses, and RelayOn.wav and RelayOff.wav gain entries.
Four Torch ROM entries named only their Roms_Torch.cfg line. They now cite BeebEmTorch.vbs passing -Roms Roms_Torch.cfg, BeebWin taking that file from the user data folder, RomConfigFile::Load, and BeebReadRoms opening each paged ROM.
background.jpg cited flash.html and qml.qrc only. It now cites the main.qml lines that open flash.html from the application folder, and the QML image that reads the compiled copy.
defaults.prp cited abuse.lsp, which does not name it. dev_init opens it at every start through property_manager::load, which skips a missing file, so it is optional. It holds the level editor window positions and is written back after an -edit session. english.lsp now cites the abuse.lsp load the engine runs and the install rule.
Refs were bare string addresses. They now name the functions in the
r2.5.2.0 binary that build, open and size check each file, matched to
the r2.5.2.2 symbol names. Eight files the binary loads gain entries:
microphone, Lua scripts, cheats, slot-2 GBA, DLDI image and logos.
The .dsd and .raw entries rested on the shader format text. They now
name the .dfx parser, the shader source loader and the texture reader in
libdrastic_arm64.so r2.6.0.4a. Readme citations give way to code, and
the shader log is <name>.dsd.log.
hiscore.zip and xm.zip named only their hash/a7800.xml entries. They now cite the cart_list software list of the driver, the hash path that holds the XML, its open in softlist_dev.cpp, and the ROM search by list and set name in romload.cpp.
The entry cited only the configure line that packs every *.rom into the release. The General Sound loader opens GS_ROM_NAME, fixed to gs105a.rom (src/soundchips/gs.h:34), and no code names gs104.rom, so ZEsarUX never reads it under its name.
The three C64DTV ROM entries named only their file in vice/data. They now cite the BasicName, KernalName and ChargenName resources that name them, the c64rom loaders those resources call, and the embedded table that answers the names in the libretro build.
The entry cited only the bundled file and its note said no code reads it. No source file of MSX.emu names cbios.txt at the pin, so it is not a file the emulator loads.
Refs cited the changelog, readme, manual and XM6 2.06 source. They now
name the loaders and DLL load sites in XM6.exe 260920. ROM30.DAT and the
SCSI ROMs take the exact sizes the code checks, the X68030 boots on a
stub without ROM30.DAT, and SRAM.DAT takes both sizes it writes.
Refs leaned on the PDF manual and pointed inside instructions. Each now
names the loader, the system file table index and the init path in
xm6g.exe 3.38. SCSIINROM.DAT is needed on the base model only, and
RTC.DAT and the YM2608 ROM take their read sizes.
Four entries cited only their file in Source/ROMs. tk90.rom, tk95.rom and spectrum48.arabic.rom are in no ROM list and are read when picked with the Browse button. interface1.edition1.rom is listed for ZX Interface 1, but ConfigureFDCRom has no Interface 1 branch, so it is read only when the configuration file sets ROMINTERFACE1.
Refs rested on string addresses. They now name the functions in vox
and vox_dyn that open each file. libHoloPlayCore.so is kept for the
Batocera generator that puts it on LD_LIBRARY_PATH, neither binary
loads it.
Data file refs rested on string addresses and the manual. They now
name the loader functions in the shipped pico8, pico8_64 and pico8.exe.
config.txt is read from the home folder first.
Theme and engine data entries named only scummvm.rc or an engine_data makefile. They now cite bundle_datafiles.sh, which builds the libretro bundle from those lists, the themepath or extrapath the core sets, and the code that opens each file: the theme lookup, the icon, shader, translation and font archives, and each engine's loader.
The DSP refs named IL2CPP methods only. They now carry the addresses
the v0.320 Windows GameAssembly.dll gives DSP1..ctor and
DSP1Core.LoadROM, with the CRC32 constant and the 8 KB buffer sites.
Entries that cited only pc-bios/meson.build now cite the code that opens them.
bios-256k.bin is the firmware of the pc and q35 machines (pc_piix.c:466, pc_q35.c:349) and pc is the machine the core starts for an .iso, so it is required, and a missing image exits in x86_bios_rom_init. bios.bin is read only by the ISA PC or when the firmware option is cleared, so it is optional. qboot.rom is microvm's firmware with ACPI off. The pxe-*.rom images and efi-eepro100.rom are read through a romfile= option, the EDK2 code images through -bios.
The three EDK2 variable store templates and vof-nvram.bin are removed: no code resolves them through the data directory, a pflash drive is opened by path and the core runs from the content folder (ui/libretro.c:697).
Refs cited cpcemu0.cfg lines, the help file and strace runs. Each now
names the loader, the config parser, the M4 board setup or the layout
dialog in cpcemu_portable.exe 3.0.2. The loader never checks length, so
size leaves validation, and NMIROM.BIN gains its own entry.
File refs cited the manifest and set records by data address only.
Each now names the code that reads them in DREAMM 4.0 linux-x64: the
name, size and CRC32 match, the reverse lookup and the set picker.
Notes no longer rest on strace.
Refs were prose. Each now names the function and offsets in the
2026/10/16 Linux AceDL that builds the path, reads the file and fails.
The firmware names the SNA loader opens without the .rom suffix become
aliases, and the plugin ROMs take a minimum size.
ROM, font and CARTS.SHA entries cited the copy in fMSX/ROMs, a file and not a reader. They now cite the system directory taken as ProgDir, the chdir to it, the LoadROM, LoadCart or LoadFNT call that names each file, and the function that opens it.
System ROM entries named only a machine or extension XML. They now cite the rule that ships share (install.py for openMSX, libretro_share.py and installShare for the libretro core), HardwareConfig loading machines/ or extensions/, and Rom.cc resolving the rom by filename then by sha1 in the file pool.
Machine ROM entries named only a config.ini, most with no line. Each now gives the config.ini line that names the ROM, then libretro.c building the Machines path and calling machineCreate, readMachine parsing the Slots section, and romLoad opening each slot file.
The original game files named only their .obg, .obs or .obm line. They now cite the CMake rules that configure and install the base set metadata, FindSets and AddFile that scan for it, FillSetDetails that reads its files and md5s groups, and the startup call per set type.
Abdessamad Derraz