[PR #270] [MERGED] kb: Croc in Crash: vehicles, hero swap and HUD face; Crash N. Sane uncapped FPS and live boss powers #270

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/pull/270
Author: @aalkandery-eng
Created: 10/12/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 10/14/2026
Merged by: @rehan-remade

Base: main ← Head: kb/croc-swap-hud

📝 Commits (10+)

06b105f kb: Croc in Crash, vehicle mode (Crash 3 biplane) and character UI
693cb5d kb: Croc in Crash, third hero on the game's swap and Croc's face on the HUD
8c681e6 kb: Croc in Crash, hiding Crash's idle props, spin and power-up effects
3e74c21 kb: Croc in Crash, pilots' outfits, plane deaths and the gapless swap
a1b5022 kb: Croc in Crash, Crash 3's pause-screen sticker
0f1f382 kb: Crash N. Sane, uncapped frame rate and Crash 3's boss powers in Crash 1 and 2, live
d6fc6e5 kb: Crash N. Sane boss powers, Crash 1 follows Crash 3's order from the first boss
3570a40 kb: Crash N. Sane, the game's bitmap fonts and UI panels for the power card
d478882 kb: Croc in Crash follow-up and Crash N. Sane uncapped FPS: review fixes
6db19ad renormalize line endings to match .gitattributes (as on main since #304)

📊 Changes

4 files changed (+324 additions, -7 deletions)

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📝 knowledge/INDEX.md (+2 -1)
📝 knowledge/games/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy/croc-inside-crash-n-sane-live-two-engine-mashup.md (+79 -6)
➕ knowledge/games/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy/uncapped-fps-and-live-boss-powers.md (+206 -0)
📝 knowledge/index.json (+37 -0)

📄 Description

Follow-up to the Croc-in-Crash field note (#199). Updates knowledge/games/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy/croc-inside-crash-n-sane-live-two-engine-mashup.md and adds one new note next to it.

What's added to the Croc-in-Crash note:

Vehicle levels (Crash 3's biplane and motorbike): detection by the loaded area archive, what to hide at the player, and the pilot parts the vehicle's own shader draws.
Which area is loaded: watching the exe's CreateFileW/CreateFileA for the area archive (l300_hub.pak, ...).
Croc as a third hero on the game's own Crash ↔ Coco swap (R2 / Ctrl on the level-select screens): telling the heroes apart by their mesh index counts, and riding the game's swap effect in both directions.
Croc's face on the HUD: the hero icons are standalone BC3 textures, recognised by a centre-block hash and replaced at their draw.
Hiding Crash's own props and effects around Croc: IGZ index counts (igIndexBuffer +0x10) for models, texture hashes for particles, and a diagnostic that finds draws appearing only after an attack, a stomp or a long idle.
Updated verification list and open questions.

New note, uncapped-fps-and-live-boss-powers.md:

Uncapped frame rate: the ~64 FPS ceiling (Windows' 15.6 ms timer tick), and the Max FPS list's 30–60 filter patched out in code. Run and jump measured uncapped and at 60 FPS show native speed.
Crash 3's boss powers in Crash 1 and 2, live:
- the game-variable map that holds the live Upgrade_* switches;
- the per-level zone records with the save's "boss beaten" flag;
- a Crash 3-style "new power" card built from the user's own archives.
Gotcha: a device-context state that kept the back buffer bound made ResizeBuffers fail, and the game crashed on Graphics → Apply.

um kb check --index passes.

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## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/pull/270 **Author:** [@aalkandery-eng](https://github.com/aalkandery-eng) **Created:** 10/12/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 10/14/2026 **Merged by:** [@rehan-remade](https://github.com/rehan-remade) **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `kb/croc-swap-hud` --- ### 📝 Commits (10+) - [`06b105f`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/06b105f9fb0eb60c94dddefb1fd8e755e2d349a4) kb: Croc in Crash, vehicle mode (Crash 3 biplane) and character UI - [`693cb5d`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/693cb5db753693bc6348f47718b22fa2ae98330d) kb: Croc in Crash, third hero on the game's swap and Croc's face on the HUD - [`8c681e6`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/8c681e677af24cb18223890657f7f685be47f9d6) kb: Croc in Crash, hiding Crash's idle props, spin and power-up effects - [`3e74c21`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/3e74c21e472a7342e6ff784fb3a58951e19d45fa) kb: Croc in Crash, pilots' outfits, plane deaths and the gapless swap - [`a1b5022`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/a1b50224165bb5926731e566ed4a2a2d4bfe51fb) kb: Croc in Crash, Crash 3's pause-screen sticker - [`0f1f382`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/0f1f382058b31c30ef219f0fc2909e211f6a683e) kb: Crash N. Sane, uncapped frame rate and Crash 3's boss powers in Crash 1 and 2, live - [`d6fc6e5`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/d6fc6e521eb8a635a7b167d22f680671d5d00b83) kb: Crash N. Sane boss powers, Crash 1 follows Crash 3's order from the first boss - [`3570a40`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/3570a40fb38963af18f95ac40064aa912262ecfc) kb: Crash N. Sane, the game's bitmap fonts and UI panels for the power card - [`d478882`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/d478882699540d3fb7d727cb6e56d93688ef1315) kb: Croc in Crash follow-up and Crash N. Sane uncapped FPS: review fixes - [`6db19ad`](https://github.com/rehan-remade/universal-modder/commit/6db19adf292888406151d0303fb5e862fcfadcee) renormalize line endings to match .gitattributes (as on main since #304) ### 📊 Changes **4 files changed** (+324 additions, -7 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `knowledge/INDEX.md` (+2 -1) 📝 `knowledge/games/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy/croc-inside-crash-n-sane-live-two-engine-mashup.md` (+79 -6) ➕ `knowledge/games/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy/uncapped-fps-and-live-boss-powers.md` (+206 -0) 📝 `knowledge/index.json` (+37 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description Follow-up to the Croc-in-Crash field note (#199). Updates `knowledge/games/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy/croc-inside-crash-n-sane-live-two-engine-mashup.md` and adds one new note next to it. What's added to the Croc-in-Crash note: - **Vehicle levels** (Crash 3's biplane and motorbike): detection by the loaded area archive, what to hide at the player, and the pilot parts the vehicle's own shader draws. - **Which area is loaded:** watching the exe's `CreateFileW`/`CreateFileA` for the area archive (`l300_hub.pak`, ...). - **Croc as a third hero on the game's own Crash ↔ Coco swap** (R2 / Ctrl on the level-select screens): telling the heroes apart by their mesh index counts, and riding the game's swap effect in both directions. - **Croc's face on the HUD:** the hero icons are standalone BC3 textures, recognised by a centre-block hash and replaced at their draw. - **Hiding Crash's own props and effects around Croc:** IGZ index counts (`igIndexBuffer` +0x10) for models, texture hashes for particles, and a diagnostic that finds draws appearing only after an attack, a stomp or a long idle. - Updated verification list and open questions. New note, `uncapped-fps-and-live-boss-powers.md`: - **Uncapped frame rate:** the ~64 FPS ceiling (Windows' 15.6 ms timer tick), and the Max FPS list's 30–60 filter patched out in code. Run and jump measured uncapped and at 60 FPS show native speed. - **Crash 3's boss powers in Crash 1 and 2, live:** - the game-variable map that holds the live `Upgrade_*` switches; - the per-level zone records with the save's "boss beaten" flag; - a Crash 3-style "new power" card built from the user's own archives. - **Gotcha:** a device-context state that kept the back buffer bound made `ResizeBuffers` fail, and the game crashed on Graphics → Apply. `um kb check --index` passes. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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2026-10-15 20:55:01 +00:00