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+# R5 entry handoff — fresh-session entry point (2026-07-03, night)
+
+Successor to `2026-07-03-r4-verify-session-handoff.md` (now fully closed
+out — its items 1-4 are all struck through with outcomes). Worktree
+`vigorous-joliot-f0c3ad`, branch `claude/vigorous-joliot-f0c3ad`, tree
+CLEAN at `304327b0`. Full suite green: **3,964**.
+
+## State — the R2-R4 arc is DONE
+
+R4 shipped + user-verified; the whole follow-up queue closed **today,
+all user-verified live**:
+
+| Item | Outcome |
+|---|---|
+| #161 landing pose | FIXED `b1cf0102` — retail's apply pass runs with `ModifyInterpretedState=false` (the BN decomp SMEARS the params bitfield store into the mush at raw 305778: `(word & 0x37ff) \| cancelMoveTo<<15 \| disableJump<<17`; ACE MotionInterp.cs:444-449 confirms). Fwd is PRESERVED through a fall; HitGround re-dispatches it → landing link. Plus: HitGround must run BEFORE the DR gravity-bit clear (its verbatim `state&0x400` gate — AP-81); K-fix17 SetCycle blocks deleted; `copy_movement_from` now copies `current_style` (raw 0051e757); ALL apply_current_movement caller polarities fixed (raw arg3 = DisableJumpDuringLink → `(N,0)` = allowJump TRUE). Lesson: [[feedback-bn-decomp-field-names]] (2nd artifact class). |
+| #162 glide class | CLOSED, **no adaptation**. User A/B: retail does NOT glide — and post-#161 acdream matches (walk/run-by-distance movetos + clean mid-chain key takeover). Head-interrupt + CancelMoveTo re-audited retail-verbatim; ACE's mt-0 reflections carry the mover's REAL locomotion, so cancels never strand the legs. Evidence: ISSUES Recently-closed #162 + the launch-162 capture analysis. |
+| #163 temp diags | STRIPPED `5ebe2be3` ([autowalk-gate]+clock, [autowalk-feed], [MOVETO-CANCEL]). Durable ProbeAutoWalk family kept. |
+| R2-R4 visual pass | **PASSED** (jump/ledge momentum, run-in-circles, stop settle, retail-observer view). Filed #165 (remote wall-swallow) + #166 (slope-landing sled — the AD-25+AP-7+TS-4 composite, post-R6 per user). |
+
+## NEXT: R5 — MovementManager facade + PositionManager (Sticky/Constraint) + TargetManager
+
+**Retires: TS-39** (MoveToManager `StickTo`/`Unstick` are unbound no-op
+seams — sticky movetos complete-and-stop instead of sticking; retail
+hands off to `PositionManager::StickTo(tlid, radius, height)`, and every
+`PerformMovement` head calls `unstick_from_object` →
+`PositionManager::UnStick`) **and AP-79** (the P4 TargetTracker minimal
+adapter — GameWindow feeds `HandleUpdateTarget` from the entity table;
+retail's TargetManager is a full voyeur-subscription system with
+per-target quantums).
+
+### Retail function inventory (grep'd, addresses verified)
+
+- **MovementManager** (facade, mostly thin): 00524000 MakeMoveToManager ·
+  00524020 SetWeenieObject · 005240d0 PerformMovement · 00524170
+  move_to_interpreted_state · 005241b0 CancelMoveTo · 005241c0
+  EnterDefaultState · 00524260 IsMovingTo · 00524280 motions_pending ·
+  005242d0 MotionDone · 005242f0 UseTime · 00524300 HitGround · 00524320
+  LeaveGround · 00524340/00524350 HandleEnter/ExitWorld · 00524360
+  ReportExhaustion · 00524440 unpack_movement · 00524790
+  HandleUpdateTarget (routes TargetInfo → MoveToManager). Much of this
+  facade's BEHAVIOR is already ported piecemeal (funnel, RouteServerMoveTo,
+  TickRemoteMoveTo, the UseTime/CheckForCompletedMotions slots) — R5's job
+  is the STRUCTURE: one owner object per entity replacing the GameWindow
+  wiring sprawl, without changing dispatch behavior pinned by the
+  183-case + funnel + moveto suites.
+- **StickyManager**: 00555400 UnStick · 00555430 adjust_offset · 00555610
+  UseTime · 005556e0 SetPhysicsObject · 00555710 StickTo · 00555780
+  HandleUpdateTarget.
+- **ConstraintManager**: 00556090 SetPhysicsObject · 005560c0 UnConstrain ·
+  005560d0 IsFullyConstrained · 00556180 adjust_offset · 00556240
+  ConstrainTo. (`jump_is_allowed` already calls an `IsFullyConstrained`
+  stub — find it before re-porting.)
+- **PositionManager** (owns the two): CPhysicsObj::MakePositionManager
+  00510210 (also sets transient bit 0x80 + update_time). `stick_to_object`
+  / `unstick_from_object` on CPhysicsObj are the entry seams (today
+  Action seams on MotionInterpreter, wired per-entity in GameWindow).
+- **TargetManager**: 0051a370 ctor · 0051a4a0 SetTargetQuantum · 0051a4f0
+  SendVoyeurUpdate · 0051a5e0 GetInterpolatedPosition · 0051a650
+  CheckAndUpdateVoyeur · 0051a6f0 NotifyVoyeurOfEvent · 0051a7e0
+  ClearTarget · 0051a830 AddVoyeur · 0051a930 ReceiveUpdate · 0051aa90
+  HandleTargetting · 0051ac30 SetTarget · 0051ad90 RemoveVoyeur.
+  AP-79's seams (`_setTarget`/`_clearTarget`/quantum get/set +
+  GameWindow's tracker blocks for remotes AND the `_playerMoveToTarget*`
+  player twin) are the integration points to replace.
+
+### Already ported — do NOT re-port
+
+MoveToManager (R4, full incl. the queue model), MotionInterpreter (R3
+full; #161 corrected the apply-pass params), MotionTableManager +
+GetObjectSequence (R2), CSequence (R1), RemoteWeenie + PhysicsBody.InWorld
+(R4-V5), DefaultSink binding order (bind BEFORE SetPosition — the
+`LoginQueue_DrainsToEmpty_UnderProductionFeed` invariant).
+
+### R5-adjacent verification items (found reading unpack_movement this session)
+
+1. **Head stance-change dispatch**: raw @00524502-0052452c — before the
+   type switch, for ALL movement types: `if (InqStyle() !=
+   command_ids[stanceIdx]) CMotionInterp::DoMotion(style, defaults)` (BN
+   mislabels InqStyle as `CBaseFilter::GetPinVersion`). Verify our UM
+   path does this for types 6-9 (mt-0 handles style inside the funnel).
+2. **mt-0 header flags**: 0x100 → read sticky guid → `stick_to_object`
+   (raw @00524589); 0x200 → `standing_longjump` store (raw @0052458e).
+   `UpdateMotion.cs` PARSES both (cited §2f) — verify they're APPLIED
+   (sticky needs TS-39's machinery = this phase; longjump flag should
+   reach `MotionInterpreter.StandingLongJump`).
+3. **#164** (filed): action-replay dispatches drop the per-action
+   Autonomous bit (raw 305982 sets params bit 0x1000 → AddAction). Fix
+   while touching the action path.
+
+## The load-bearing lessons (compressed)
+
+- **The queue model** (unchanged from R4): every `pending_motions`
+  enqueue needs a manager completion partner; one orphan = permanent
+  MotionsPending wedge.
+- **BN smeared bitfield stores**: a fresh local struct + later "mush"
+  expression = decode the mush BEFORE porting "ctor defaults". ACE's C#
+  port of the same function is the fastest cross-check. Cost of missing
+  it: #161 + the wrong W6 entry-cache theory + a wrong pinned test.
+- **Tests can pin bug values**: `AirborneBody_NoCycleDispatches_...`
+  asserted the CLOBBERED fwd (0x40000015) with a comment admitting it was
+  untested. When flipping behavior, audit what the old assertions PINNED.
+
+## Session gotchas
+
+- Launch recipe unchanged (CLAUDE.md). Client LOCKS builds — ask the user
+  to close it, never kill. Graceful close clears the ACE session in ~5 s.
+- PowerShell `Tee-Object` writes UTF-16 → grep the background task's
+  plain-text output file instead of the tee'd log.
+- ACDREAM_DUMP_MOTION=1 + ACDREAM_REMOTE_VEL_DIAG=1 give the full UM/seq
+  evidence chain ([UM_RAW] hex incl. autonomy byte, [FWD_WIRE],
+  [SEQSTATE], [MOTIONDONE]); #165's first step is ACDREAM_PROBE_RESOLVE
+  at a wall.