Month: 2025-08 — SMGCommunity/Syati: Delivered BlackHole Camera Integration and refactored camera data handling to improve performance and maintainability. Key outcomes include feature delivery, a structural data model improvement, and groundwork for future camera utilities. Key features delivered: - BlackHole Camera Integration: adds camera information to BlackHole; updates MarioActor to reference a BlackHole; introduces camera utility features. - Internal data model refactor: changed camera data representation from a pointer to ActorCameraInfo to a 32-bit integer, reducing memory usage and improving access speed. Major bugs fixed: - No major bugs documented for this period; activity focused on feature delivery and refactor. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enables camera-aware functionality across the BlackHole subsystem, unlocking richer feature sets for downstream modules and user-facing experiences. - Memory footprint and performance improved due to the 32-bit internal representation, with better cache locality and simpler serialization. - Clear API surface changes documented in BlackHole.h, enabling smoother onboarding and future enhancements. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - C++ refactoring and API evolution; memory layout optimization; integration between BlackHole, MarioActor, and camera utilities; disciplined commit messaging.