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PS1 Fishing 1 Water Animation — Session Worklog 2026-04-21

docs/ps1/research/WATER_ANIMATION_WORKLOG_2026-04-21.md

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Why this file matters

PS1 research worklog. This is one of the working notes that drove the port: plans, validation logs, classifier notes, and the pivots that eventually shaped the runtime.

after adsInitIsland() returns. Every downstream wave draw bails at the numSprites==0 check in grDrawSprite.

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Outline

  • PS1 Fishing 1 Water Animation — Session Worklog 2026-04-21
  • Outcome so far
  • Evidence gathered
  • What the probe grid currently tests
  • What’s been tried that did NOT work (this session)
  • Recommended next steps
  • Fix candidates that are still on the table
  • Probe infrastructure already in place (keep)
  • Boot-hang root cause (solved)
  • Debugging lessons learned
  • Resolution (landed this session)
    1. Pre-load BACKGRND.BMP before bg-tile allocation
    1. Wave-tick parity with the normal ads path
    1. Rect-based clean backup (option B)

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