Entry 176

Letting go stops the turn; a hazard hurts once a contact

2026-10-1613mplay

Filescrates/rugrats/src/actors/player.rscrates/rugrats/src/world/game/mod.rscrates/rugrats/tests/hle.rsplay.rs

Two of the code's guesses replaced by what the original does, and an eighth script played against it.

• Letting go of the stick stops the turn (0x8005c8d8): with the stick's magnitude under 70 the target is set to the heading, in every state. The port did so only while held in place (a guess there) and otherwise turned on to the last target. A tap of Up and Left from the hub's start: the original turns 2048 to 1888 and stays; the port went on to 1536. Now the same (hub_tap_turn_as_the_original). The tests' turning helper holds its gentle push until the heading arrives, as a player would.
• A hazard hurts once a contact (template flag 0x200000, its touch 0x8004e0f4): touching sets the player's +0x188 bit 256 (0x80059570), through which no touch hurts, and leaving it (its untouch, 0x80049e5c) clears the bit. The port waited 300 dt between hurts (a guess). Damage itself (0x800780ac) only posts an event (none in levels 1, 11, 17 or the golf holes), and the event (0x80077864) takes the health but never while standing on a thing.

tests/hle.rs: eight scripts, all the same as the original's across on every frame.