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alex d462513f84 shim: force and verify the x87 control word around the turn gate
New fpu_force module (4 register-transparent asm stubs, same pattern as the M0
Initialize hook, so the [unverified] prototypes of the turn-gate functions are
never relied on) plus two shim.cfg keys:

  fpu.force=<cw>|off      fldcw at StrategyClient::EndTurn and
                          StrategyServer::BeginProcessTurn, and nowhere else
  fpu.sample_ticks=on|off per-frame sampler, logs only when the word CHANGES

Forcing is deliberately one write per turn: re-forcing inside the pipeline would
guarantee the value is present without proving it ever held, which is the exact
false negative this experiment has to avoid. Verification is kept separate --
StrategyServer::ProcessTurn is hooked sample-only, and its reading plus the
existing per-hook fpu_cw fields (38 samples per turn across phases 4, 6 and 8)
are what establish that the setting lasted the whole turn.

Six shim.cfg variants, identical apart from the fpu.force line, and docs.

Used to settle STATE_CHECKSUM.md 3.5: 53-bit and 64-bit x87 produce byte-
identical turn results, so an x64/SSE port has no double-rounding budget to
preserve; 24-bit and round-up each move exactly one thing. Findings and evidence
live in the notes repo (findings/subsystems/fpu-precision-sensitivity.md).

clean_room_check.sh OK; host ctest 32/32.
2026-09-08 05:09:16 -04:00
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B1.md b1: ComputeBudget hook + adapter; fix researchMoneyKept to be charged only with a research target; budget out-param is int[22] 2026-09-07 23:24:10 -04:00
B2.md b2 live: 3 completions compared 0 divergences; float32 confirmed on the game; RollResearchEvent RNG region added; xenotech block size bug fixed 2026-09-08 01:18:39 -04:00
B3.md b3 live results: 13/15 zero-divergence, RNG post-state 14/15; research target is state 3 (no decay); oracle gap = unposted overbudget event 2026-09-08 00:29:44 -04:00
B4.md b4 live: 36 calls 0 divergences, no colony RNG draws as predicted; fix 3 hook bugs (stale args, two-base StrategyServer, raw Ghidra offset) 2026-09-08 02:07:28 -04:00
E-events.md game/events: the player event log and the five research events 2026-09-08 02:45:57 -04:00
game-data.md game/data: typed catalogs (weapons, sections, turrets, ids, tech tree, strings), cross_check; oracle 229k values 0 diffs 2026-09-07 17:55:08 -04:00
game-design.md game/design: assembly/fit/gating rules + derived stats on game/data; 127/127 designs, 197/197 DOpts, oracle-identical 2026-09-07 22:10:35 -04:00
game-effects.md b2: OnTechResearched hook + 10 effects-table corrections (float32, xenotech block size, no already-researched guard, sticky mask, AI bonus values) 2026-09-08 00:01:04 -04:00
game-sim.md b4: colony + movement hooks; 22 formula corrections (growth curve has no capacity term, range margin +0.05f, ties-to-even rounding); 3 verified signatures 2026-09-08 00:57:55 -04:00
harness-audit.md harness: compile-time Coverage on every descriptor, guard regions, replace-mode records; audit of 23 undeclared side effects 2026-09-08 01:28:35 -04:00
M-movefleet.md movefleet: reproduce the original's float32 normalise; 8 of 45 live divergences -> 0 2026-09-08 03:50:04 -04:00
M0.md m0: binkw32 proxy shim, minhook, trace hook on Application::Initialize; build/deploy tooling 2026-09-07 17:22:15 -04:00
M1.md m1: GlobalConsts::LoadFile hook + game/config loader; trace 19 calls, compare 0 div, replace passes End-Turn oracle 2026-09-07 22:16:55 -04:00
M2.md m2: live verification results (weapons compare 0 div, oracle passes; section compare crash documented) 2026-09-07 23:52:50 -04:00
mars-parse.md mars/parse + mars/text: engine parity (Mars::Script tokenizer, first-wins keys, trailing-pair drop); oracles 1531/1531, 64/64 2026-09-07 18:10:18 -04:00
mars-rng.md b3: research hook + RNG-snapshot compare design; fix draw mapping to y/(2^32-1), NextInt inclusive, float32 odds, spend floor, decay constants 2026-09-07 23:14:08 -04:00
mars-stream.md mars/stream + mars/rng: Streamable reader/writer/shapes, MT19937; 3 real saves exact + byte-identical round-trip 2026-09-07 17:46:06 -04:00
mars-text.md mars/parse + mars/text: engine parity (Mars::Script tokenizer, first-wins keys, trailing-pair drop); oracles 1531/1531, 64/64 2026-09-07 18:10:18 -04:00
mars-vfs.md mars/vfs: gob ZIP reader + native override, miniz 3.1.2; oracle-verified 8352+2035 entries 2026-09-07 17:40:51 -04:00
R-recapture.md recapture: golden traces with guards on the live game 2026-09-08 03:04:34 -04:00
shim-trace.md shim: force and verify the x87 control word around the turn gate 2026-09-08 05:09:16 -04:00