Entry 98

Mr. Friend waits at home in phase 2

2026-10-152mplay

Filescrates/rugrats/src/actors/npc.rs crates/rugrats/src/levels/mr_friend.rs crates/rugrats/src/world/game/mod.rs crates/rugrats/src/levels/grandpas_teeth.rs crates/rugrats/tests/play.rs

40.2 left the oracle's sight of 46 in level 9's phase 2 unported (docs/levels/level-09.md, "Cine 18 and phase 2"). He comes back home still in state 19, the state he died in. 0x80083728 resets his mode, counters, health and place, but not his state. State 19 does not walk, so he stood in mode 4 from 4222 to 6400 while 91 and 800 chased and bit. Brought near Tommy he bit (mode 5), went through mode 1 to state 0, and chased from then on.

This is how the game plays, not an oracle artefact, so the port now does the same. Npc::rooted marks a following NPC whose state does not walk:

• it holds its place until the target is within a bite (half its range);
• the bite, or a hit (mode 1 ends in state 0), clears it.

cine_finished(18) sets it for 46 alone. The test level_9_mr_friend_waits_after_his_return checks three things: he waits 120 frames with Tommy 6000 away, bites when Tommy stands beside him, and chases afterwards.