[TideGear]

Correct thin textured polygon sampling in the implemented MGS1 x64 renderer path. Expose the correction through ThinTexturedQuads. The x86 build is checked for compatibility; this does not claim an x86 rendering implementation.

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PR 5 of 8 in the complete TideGear contribution. These are an ordered stack against upstream master; GitHub shows earlier unmerged changes cumulatively. Merge in order 1 through 8 and update the remaining branches after each merge.

Previous PR: #116

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Validation

• This branch passed Release x64 and x86 builds with the development installer disabled.
• Standalone native RAM repair tests passed for both architectures.
• Standalone scoped patch-range tests passed for both architectures.

Ready for maintainer review. The documented gameplay testing remains outstanding; no gameplay pass is claimed.

Complete series

1. [1/8] Build Zydis with the selected toolset and invalidate stale caches #113
2. [2/8] Validate PPF3 files and preserve executable RAM patches #114
3. [3/8] Preserve MGS1 configuration and Integral language choices #115
4. [4/8] Correct USA brightness help with scoped disc patches #116
5. [5/8] Correct thin textured polygon sampling in MGS1 #117
6. [6/8] Add Integral English and grenade patches with the complete toolchain #118
7. [7/8] Add optional MGS1 and VR testing aids #119
8. [8/8] Add patch watches, RAM auditing and debugger tools #120

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Bypass the blacklist for the built-in brightness patch

With the default BrightnessText=fixed, these ranges also contain both offsets produced by MGS1_BrightnessTextPatches(). ProcessBuiltins() submits those writes through SQEmuTask::EntryCdRomPatch, so SQNative_entryCdRomPatch() matches this same RangeBlacklist and suppresses them; the offsets are far outside the executable RAM-mirroring range, so they are not applied by that path either. Consequently fixed merely blocks the collection replacement and displays the original six-line texture instead of installing the intended blanked four-line data. The built-in write needs to bypass or be distinguishable from the collection-patch blacklist.

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[ShizCalev]

Going by the name alone, but does this correct the subpixel rendering inaccuracy at distance?

(test case for this is vr -> puzzle mode 4 iirc.)

left is retrotink, right is MC

[nuggslet]

LGTM