diff --git a/App/lib/core/Gen/TranslatorGenMixin.vp b/App/lib/core/Gen/TranslatorGenMixin.vp
index 92154f9..2269fa6 100644
--- a/App/lib/core/Gen/TranslatorGenMixin.vp
+++ b/App/lib/core/Gen/TranslatorGenMixin.vp
@@ -478,6 +478,30 @@ novirtual class TranslatorGenMixin:
         return 0
 
 
+    # _module_init_from_cdefine - resolve a module-level initializer that is a bare DefineT name.
+    # Without this the initializer is silently dropped and the global becomes zero/BSS
+    # (e.g. `_text_mode: int = TEXT_MODE_MANAGED` ran as 0).
+    def _module_init_from_cdefine(self, name: str, kind_out: int*, val_out: int64*, fval_out: double*, sval_out: str*) -> int:
+        """Fill the initializer kind/value from a DefineT name; 1 when resolved, 0 otherwise."""
+        if name is None: return 0
+        cv: int64 = self.Gen.TypeGenCDef.lookup_cdefine_constant(name)
+        if self.Gen.TypeGenCDef.is_cdefine_found() == 0: return 0
+        if self.Gen.TypeGenCDef.is_cdefine_str() != 0:
+            sv: str = self.Gen.TypeGenCDef.lookup_cdefine_string(name)
+            if sv is None: return 0
+            if sval_out is not None: sval_out[0] = sv
+            if kind_out is not None: kind_out[0] = 3
+            return 1
+        if self.Gen.TypeGenCDef.is_cdefine_double() != 0:
+            dv: double = self.Gen.TypeGenCDef.lookup_cdefine_double(name)
+            if fval_out is not None: fval_out[0] = dv
+            # Kind 6: float value already known, so emission must not re-read a source literal.
+            if kind_out is not None: kind_out[0] = 6
+            return 1
+        if val_out is not None: val_out[0] = cv
+        if kind_out is not None: kind_out[0] = 1
+        return 1
+
     def handle_module_level_var(self, trans: HT.Translator*, node: ast.AST*) -> int:
         """Handle a module-level variable declaration by creating its global."""
         pool: memhub.MemBuddy* = trans.Pool
@@ -627,6 +651,12 @@ novirtual class TranslatorGenMixin:
                 elif val_kind == ast.ASTKind.List:
                     init_list_node = ast.List*(aa.value)
                     init_kind = 2
+                elif val_kind == ast.ASTKind.Name:
+                    # DefineT reference (`g: int = SOME_DEFINE`): resolve at compile time, else the
+                    # global is created without an initializer and silently becomes 0/BSS.
+                    nv_g: ast.Name* = ast.Name*(aa.value)
+                    if nv_g is not None and nv_g.id is not None:
+                        self._module_init_from_cdefine(nv_g.id, &init_kind, &init_val, &init_fval, &init_str_val)
         elif k == ast.ASTKind.Assign:
             asgn: ast.Assign* = ast.Assign*(node)
             if asgn is None or asgn.targets is None: return 0
@@ -675,6 +705,14 @@ novirtual class TranslatorGenMixin:
                 elif val_kind2 == ast.ASTKind.List:
                     init_list_node = ast.List*(asgn.value)
                     init_kind = 2
+                elif val_kind2 == ast.ASTKind.Name:
+                    # DefineT reference without an annotation; the define's kind decides the
+                    # inferred type (int -> i32, float -> double, string -> str pointer).
+                    nv_g2: ast.Name* = ast.Name*(asgn.value)
+                    if nv_g2 is not None and nv_g2.id is not None:
+                        self._module_init_from_cdefine(nv_g2.id, &init_kind, &init_val, &init_fval, &init_str_val)
+                        if init_kind == 6: var_ty = mlirlite.Double(pool)
+                        elif init_kind == 3: var_ty = mlirlite.Ptr(pool, mlirlite.Int8(pool))
                 elif val_kind2 == ast.ASTKind.Attribute:
                     # Module-level re-export alias (e.g. `_read32 = types._read32`): the RHS is an
                     # entity reference with no value semantics, so emit no LLVM global (same as __all__).
@@ -688,7 +726,8 @@ novirtual class TranslatorGenMixin:
 
         # Float literal init (init_kind==4): re-read the value from source by name instead of the
         # AST float_val (which pool ops may overwrite); also validate that the annotation is float.
-        if init_kind == 4:
+        # init_kind==6 is a float already resolved from a DefineT, so no source re-read applies.
+        if init_kind == 4 or init_kind == 6:
             is_fty_g: int = 0
             match var_ty:
                 case mlirlite.LLVMType.Float(_):
@@ -698,9 +737,10 @@ novirtual class TranslatorGenMixin:
             if is_fty_g == 0:
                 self.Gen.TypeGenErr.fatal_error(node, f"module-level variable '{var_name}' is initialized with a float literal, but its annotation is not a float type", "TypeError")
                 return 0
-            if self.Gen.AssignGen._recover_float_literal(var_name, &init_fval, 0) != 1:
-                self.Gen.TypeGenErr.fatal_error(node, f"failed to recover the initializer value of module-level float variable '{var_name}' from the source file", "InternalCompilerError")
-                return 0
+            if init_kind == 4:
+                if self.Gen.AssignGen._recover_float_literal(var_name, &init_fval, 0) != 1:
+                    self.Gen.TypeGenErr.fatal_error(node, f"failed to recover the initializer value of module-level float variable '{var_name}' from the source file", "InternalCompilerError")
+                    return 0
 
         # Check whether it is already registered
         existing: mlirlite.Value* = self.Gen.VarGen.lookup_module_var(trans.SymTab, var_name)
@@ -799,7 +839,7 @@ novirtual class TranslatorGenMixin:
                 str_init: str = self._build_string_ptr_initializer(pool, mod, var_name, init_str_val)
                 if str_init is not None: gv.Initializer = str_init
                 else: self.Gen.TypeGenErr.fatal_error(node, f"failed to build the initializer of module-level variable '{var_name}'", "TypeError")
-        elif init_kind == 4:
+        elif init_kind == 4 or init_kind == 6:
             # Float initializer: LLVM float constants must be written as bit-pattern text
             # (0x%016llx / 0x%08x); decimal text has ulp errors, and omitting this zeroes the global.
             fc_g: mlirlite.Value* = mlirlite.ConstFloat(pool, var_ty, init_fval)