HD2Runtime v0.40.0

Desiderium · 2026-10-17T08:09:35+0100

I apologize for not posting this as a Github issue as you requested, as I do not have (nor plan to have) a Github account.

IMPORTANT:

I discovered a compatibility issue with this mod and the popular Total Arsenal Overhaul. Many of TAO's changes were not properly applying.

I ran the following prompt through Antigravity on Gemini 4 Argon:

> Look inside the folders `HD2Runtime-0.40.0-runtime_AR828537` and `Total-Arsenal-Overhaul-1.4.2_AR445157`.
>
> In `HD2Runtime-0.40.0-runtime_AR828537`, find the Stingray archive file (`.patch_0`) that contains the embedded plaintext Lua script `hd2runtime/core/stratagem.lua`. Specifically, locate the validation check around line 59 that returns or errors with `"empty payload pointer change"`.
>
> 1. First, create a backup copy of the `.patch_0` file outside the mod folder (in the parent `mods` directory as `HD2Runtime_patch_0.bak`) so HD2 Arsenal doesn't deploy the backup.
> 2. Write and run a Python script to inspect the exact Lua code around `"empty payload pointer change"` inside the `.patch_0` file and show me the surrounding 30 lines of Lua.
> 3. Patch the embedded Lua in-place so that an empty payload pointer change table in a `stratagem-plan` is treated as a no-op (skipped cleanly without refusing the rest of the stratagem plan) instead of returning the `"empty payload pointer change"` refusal.
> 4. CRITICAL: Because this is a compiled Stingray `.patch_0` container without recalculated header offsets, the total byte length of the embedded Lua chunk and the `.patch_0` file MUST remain 100% identical to the original byte count. Pad any shortened bytes with ASCII spaces (`0x20`) inside the Lua chunk, and assert in Python that `len(new_bytes) == len(original_bytes)` before writing the file.
> ```

> 5. Scan the embedded Lua in `Total-Arsenal-Overhaul-1.4.2_AR445157` and compare the targets it modifies against all other mod folders in this directory to list which mods are colliding with its `hd2.ensure` / `hd2.plan` operations.
> ```

Surrounding 35 Lines of Lua (hd2runtime/core/stratagem.lua, lines 37–71):

Code:

  37:         assert(count>0 and count<=s.entries and b.u32(bytes,root+12)==0,
  38:             'stratagem row count/reserved')
  39:         local start,row_representation=array_offset(b.pointer(bytes,root),root,base,finish,
  40:             count*s.stride,'stratagem rows')
  41:         for row=0,count-1 do
  42:             if cooperate and row%8==0 then cooperate()end
  43:             local ro=start+row*s.stride
  44:             local kind=b.u32(bytes,ro)
  45:             assert(kind<s.entries and not seen[kind],'stratagem type duplicated/out of range')
  46:             seen[kind]=true;total=total+1
  47:             assert(b.pointer(pointers,kind*8)==base+ro,'stratagem runtime table mismatch')
  48:             local payload_count=b.u32(bytes,ro+160)
  49:             assert(payload_count<=s.payload_max and b.u32(bytes,ro+164)==0,
  50:                 'payload count/reserved')
  51:             local payloads,payload_representation={},'empty'
  52:             if payload_count>0 then
  53:                 local payload_at
  54:                 payload_at,payload_representation=array_offset(b.pointer(bytes,ro+152),root,
  55:                     base,finish,payload_count*8,'payload list')
  56:                 for index=0,payload_count-1 do
  57:                     payloads[#payloads+1]=b.resource(bytes,payload_at+index*8)
  58:                 end
  59:             else assert(b.pointer(bytes,ro+152)==0,'empty payload pointer changed')end
  60:             records[#records+1]={record_kind=kind,id=b.u32(bytes,ro+4),group=group,row=row,
  61:                 package=b.resource(bytes,ro+168),payload_count=payload_count,payloads=payloads,
  62:                 payload_pointer=payload_representation,row_pointer=row_representation,offset=ro,
  63:                 use_count=b.u32(bytes,ro+80),spawn_time=b.value(bytes,ro+84,'f32'),
  64:                 spawn_radius=b.value(bytes,ro+88,'f32'),beacon_linger_time=b.value(bytes,ro+96,'f32'),
  65:                 extra_travel_time=b.value(bytes,ro+100,'f32'),cooldown=b.value(bytes,ro+104,'f32'),
  66:                 cooldown_failed=b.value(bytes,ro+108,'f32'),cooldown_type=b.u32(bytes,ro+148),
  67:                 max_in_loadout=b.u32(bytes,ro+204),
  68:                 has_shared_uses_pool=bytes:byte(ro+209)%2==1}
  69:         end
  70:         groups[#groups+1]={group=group,count=count,offset=start,row_pointer=row_representation}
  71:     end

(In addition, hd2runtime/domains/stratagem_writes.lua has a per-operation planner guard assert(next(payload_changes)~=nil,'empty payload pointer change') at offset 60,842,459 inside plan_payload_pointer; however, M.capture_many short-circuits with if want_payloads~=nil then so plan_payload_pointer is only called when payloads is explicitly passed, whereas line 59 of hd2runtime/core/stratagem.lua was the check failing on empty-payload stratagems.)

The new HD2Runtime 9ba626afa44a3aa3.patch_0 modified by me using Gemini 4 Argon is completely conflict-free with Total Arsenal Overhaul.

Here is a link to the updated file if you want to inspect it personally:
View: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15GpU-udl9nSbrAHuK4vf8KnSbdSm8Ium/view?usp=drive_link

This is STRICTLY a temporary, manual hotfix until Skye fixes the source issue.

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