I think he meant he could enable both options 'stencil test' and 'Save ge to textures' in r2490 (save ge to textures would give a speedup), both options used to be compatible (and could be enabled at once) now when they are enabled you will get a half screen effect, The actual dialog text stopped working in r2536, so two separate issues here
r2535 still had the same incompatibility with Save GE to textures so that's probably another issue introduced before, the dialog text still worked in r2535 though (r2536 is what permanently broke stencil), when you comment out re.enableFlag(GU_STENCIL_TEST); in the latest revision it will bring the dialog text back.
However I would also like to see it compatible with the Save GE screen to texture option again so ill try to narrow the revision that broke in, i'll start with r2490 :p
r2593 normal
Stencil Test
Stencil Test + Save GE to Textures. (half screen effect)
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r2593 modified with re.enableFlag(GU_STENCIL_TEST) commented out (introduced in r2536) (fixes dialog text)
Stencil Test
Stencil Test + Save GE to Textures. (half screen effect)
r2490,r2491 = working with save ge to textures + stencil (no half screen effect).
r2492+ = broke with save ge to textures + stencil (introduced the half screen bug)
r2535 still had the same incompatibility with Save GE to textures so that's probably another issue introduced before, the dialog text still worked in r2535 though (r2536 is what permanently broke stencil), when you comment out re.enableFlag(GU_STENCIL_TEST); in the latest revision it will bring the dialog text back.
However I would also like to see it compatible with the Save GE screen to texture option again so ill try to narrow the revision that broke in, i'll start with r2490 :p
r2593 normal
Stencil Test
Stencil Test + Save GE to Textures. (half screen effect)
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r2593 modified with re.enableFlag(GU_STENCIL_TEST) commented out (introduced in r2536) (fixes dialog text)
Stencil Test
Stencil Test + Save GE to Textures. (half screen effect)
r2490,r2491 = working with save ge to textures + stencil (no half screen effect).
r2492+ = broke with save ge to textures + stencil (introduced the half screen bug)
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