From 66e74c58a724d05d6bd61672e0fc9bde3f636063 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiyooru <au@vectormedia.pl>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:28:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Accept extended GC 4.75 stage catalogs

---
 src/StageCatalog.cpp | 13 +++----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/StageCatalog.cpp b/src/StageCatalog.cpp
index 0637c21..fad0033 100644
--- a/src/StageCatalog.cpp
+++ b/src/StageCatalog.cpp
@@ -115,16 +115,9 @@ bool ParseStageCatalog(const std::vector<uint8_t>& bytes,
         entries->push_back(std::move(entry));
     }
 
-    if (r.tell() != bytes.size()) {
-        if (error) {
-            std::ostringstream message;
-            message << "stage_param.dat has " << (bytes.size() - r.tell())
-                    << " trailing bytes after " << count << " records";
-            *error = message.str();
-        }
-        entries->clear();
-        return false;
-    }
+    // game471's loader trusts the leading count and stops after that many
+    // records. GC 4.75 appends a version-specific metadata block, so requiring
+    // EOF here rejects a catalog whose complete declared record array is valid.
     return true;
 }