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What and why

Problem

Star Fox needs the pending graphics and streaming fixes for a sharper, correctly coloured Mac picture. Its empty shader-preparation list also leaves known tutorial pipelines to first use.

Fix

Integrate seedds/nxnative PRs #1304, #1305, #1308, #1310 and #1323, with credit to their original authors. Add 772 observed startup/tutorial preparation rows and the display/loader fixture stubs required on current main.

Tradeoffs

This is a personal integration branch, not a replacement for the upstream PRs. Streaming hitches remain, and no 120 fps unlock is enabled. The preparation list covers the opening route only.

Checked

Tests

Level: live-verified

• build_ipa_from_nsp.py <dump> --platform mac-app --show-fps -> 2,856/2,856 shaders, self-contained signed Mac app; codesign --verify --deep --strict <app> -> pass.
• M5 Pro 24 GB, macOS 27.0, Star Fox v131072: 1920x1080 scene targets; player confirmed physical DualSense steering, firing and correct full-window picture. A 1,800-frame flight sample took 30.01 s; a longer first-use sample included hitches. Final bundle loads its preparation list before the first frame.
• make -C dm/host/tests GAME=0400E88025B1A000 run -> pass.
• make -C dm/gfx/tests GAME=0400E88025B1A000 check_t_image_srgb check_t_readback check_t_dirty_slots check_t_nvn -> pass; sRGB 26 checks, readback 173 checks, NVN 238 checks.
• python -m unittest dm.tools.tests.test_patches dm.tools.tests.test_settings dm.tools.tests.test_docs -> 30 pass; final docs run -> 11 pass.
• python -m unittest discover -s dm/tools/tests -> 1,253 pass, 23 skip, 5 errors. The same five errors reproduce on unchanged main: synthetic NSP fixtures reach the local .NET 7 extractor build before their mocked prerequisite stop.
• regress.py impact origin/main..HEAD -> 3 games affected, 1 broad, 142 unknown. No cross-game regress.py check: Star Fox is the only built game available for this task.
• Not checked: full campaign, 4K, 120 fps, physical gyro/rumble feel, iOS, independent review or other games.

Front ends

Front-ends: new: Star Fox v131072 exposes the build-gated Resolution setting from upstream seedds#1323.

Docs

• Findings and limits are in the Star Fox note; the imported general fixes retain their reference entries and symptom links.
• No shader-chain tool changed.
• No game binaries, assets or keys are included; preparation rows contain shader and pipeline metadata only.

Deploy

After merge: rebuild from the supplied dump with --platform mac-app; no game files are hosted in this fork. The locally tested app is already built. Stack: none. Do not merge upstream as a duplicate fix bundle.

Model: Codex, gpt-6.1-sol