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Add new files and update project state for Spanish localization analysis

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- Introduced new binary files for user data and database.
- Updated project state to include new paths for Spanish executable.
- Added detailed notes on Spanish cheat/debug differences in a new document.
- Revised mid-project plan to reflect findings from localized build comparison.
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@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This file is an index. Detailed notes have been split into the `docs/` folder by
Active live analysis target is now `CRUSADER.EXE`. Existing `CRUSADER-RAW.EXE` notes remain in scope as cross-reference evidence and should be cited alongside live NE addresses when they support a rename, variable role, or behavior claim.
Recent verified localized-build batch: [docs/spanish-cheat-differences.md](docs/spanish-cheat-differences.md) now records a focused live-Ghidra comparison against `/es/CRUSADER.EXE` for the known cheat/debug control areas. Current best read is now split more tightly: the Spanish executable still preserves the same broad cheat/debug framework as the English build with relocated addresses rather than different behavior, but it does **not** preserve the English `jassica16` table as the same static data object. The `-laurie` parser still sets the broad cheat/debug gate (`1478:0910`), the gameplay-input gate still exists at `1478:0927`, the lower keyboard-cheat latch still exists at `1478:5fb3`, and Hack Mover still toggles through `13e8:24a5`; but a direct live byte scan found no exact `24 1e 1f 1f 17 2e 1e 02 07 00` table anywhere in Spanish data `1478:0000-8c3f` or `1480:0000-1fff`, and the old English-side slot at `1478:2833` now contains pointer-like words instead. The same batch also tightens the secondary-latch story: Hack Mover is pre-gated by `1478:8ad6` before the broad gate check, so the Spanish target still appears to retain an additional post-sequence-style latch even though its actual writer and matcher routine remain unresolved.
Recent verified batch: [docs/retail-debug-arg.md](docs/retail-debug-arg.md) now records the live NE proof that retail `CRUSADER.EXE` still recognizes and executes a real `-debug` command-line branch. That branch prints `Debugging mode ON.`, sets `g_debugMsgLevel` at `1478:87e0`, and toggles two debug globals at `1478:0845/0859`. The later sink pass also closes the text-output target more tightly: `ProbablyPrintDebugMessage` formats through the static stdio-style table at `1478:6c32..6c81` and writes to the handle-`1` entry at `1478:6c46`, so the non-video side is ordinary DOS `stdout` gated by the debug threshold, plus the already-confirmed AVI timing overlay. Current best read remains `surviving debug-output / instrumentation switch`, not `the missing bootstrap for the hidden seg109/seg1408 usecode debugger`. The same batch also leaves the earlier `-laurie` and `0x659c/659e` debugger-state conclusions intact: `-debug` is a separate switch and is not currently evidenced as constructing the hidden usecode-debugger break-state object.
Latest doc-reconciliation batch: [docs/ne-segment1.md](docs/ne-segment1.md) now has a combined hidden-debugger component table that explicitly separates the seg109/raw-reference UI wrappers (`000b:9a86`, `000b:9c0d`, `000b:b3b1`, `000b:b62c`, `000b:2882`) from the live seg1408 breakpoint-state helpers (`1408:0000`, `1408:0053`, `1408:00dd`, `1408:029e`, `1408:03b0`, `1408:03f7`, `1408:0419`, `1408:0432`, `1408:0444`) and the interpreter hook at `1418:04aa..04b5`. Current best read remains `two connected layers of one hidden usecode debugger`, not `conflicting address claims for the same function family`.
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| [docs/overview.md](docs/overview.md) | Binary overview, installed copy findings, address space layout, NE fixup placeholder, segment map, NE import details, next steps |
| [docs/phar-lap-extender.md](docs/phar-lap-extender.md) | DOS extender architecture, named functions (entry, loading, memory, I/O, interrupts), key string references |
| [docs/ne-segment1.md](docs/ne-segment1.md) | NE Segment 1 full analysis: cursor, input, entity system, shot lifecycle, combat, weapons, AI, player/HUD, destruction, entity constants, vtable index, cheat system |
| [docs/spanish-cheat-differences.md](docs/spanish-cheat-differences.md) | Focused comparison note for `/es/CRUSADER.EXE` versus the English build's known cheat/debug lanes: `-laurie`, broad cheat gate, gameplay-input gate, low-level keyboard latch, `Ctrl+Q`, Hack Mover, and the current status of the unresolved secret sequence |
| [docs/raw-porting-progress.md](docs/raw-porting-progress.md) | seg091 RNG, 0x4588 callback lifecycle batches 1-6, 0007 gameplay helper batches, snap_entity_to_ground, AI sweep, animation/range/command globals, seg043 boundary recovery |
| [docs/raw-000e.md](docs/raw-000e.md) | 000e parser helper cluster (record table init/parse/dispatch), 000e RIFF/animation cluster (animation object field map, RIFF format, constructor variants) |
| [docs/raw-0007-rendering.md](docs/raw-0007-rendering.md) | Draw list node format and functions, world-to-screen isometric, tile visibility system, scroll/camera functions, scroll region table, save slot system, string/memory utilities, coordinate transform deep analysis |