test(p0): retail find_cell_list trace parser + cdb value-capture tooling

P0 Task 5. RetailTrace parses the [fcl] golden format (seed/pos/picked,
RetailCellPick); 4 TDD tests green. find-cell-list-capture.cdb targets
CPhysicsObj::change_cell (commit-on-diff) to capture retail's accepted
membership sequence at the doorway; README is the operator runbook
(dt offset verification + decode_retail_hex float decode). The live run
is P0's one user-gated step (Task 6 mines existing traces first).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# find-cell-list-capture — operator runbook
Captures retail's **accepted membership sequence** at the cottage doorway so P0 can pin
acdream's `CellTransit.FindCellList` against the real client (P0 Task 6 — the P1 gate).
This is the one user-gated step of P0. Everything else (parser, fixture loader, goldens) is
already headless + green.
> **Try the autonomous path first.** Before running this, P0 Task 6 greps the *already-committed*
> retail traces under `docs/research/2026-05-21-a6-captures/` for a usable membership pick. Only
> run this capture if those traces don't yield one.
## What you get
A log of lines in the golden format the parser (`RetailTrace.ParseFindCellList`) reads:
```
[fcl] seed=0xA9B40031 px=0x43200000 py=0x41200000 pz=0x42BC0000 picked=0xA9B40170
```
`seed` = the cell the player was in; `picked` = the cell retail committed; `px/py/pz` = the player
world origin as **raw IEEE-754 hex** (decode with `decode_retail_hex.py`). One line per accepted
cell change, so a doorway walk yields a short clean sequence (e.g. `0031 → 0170 → 0171`).
## Prerequisites
1. **PDB matches the binary** (CLAUDE.md retail-debugger toolchain):
```
py tools/pdb-extract/check_exe_pdb.py "C:/Turbine/Asheron's Call/acclient.exe"
```
Expect `=== MATCH ===`.
2. **Retail in-world at the Holtburg cottage doorway** (the building at world ≈ (161.9, 7.5, 94),
outdoor landcell `0xA9B40031`, vestibule `0xA9B40170`, room `0xA9B40171` — see
`docs/research/2026-06-03-p0-conformance-apparatus-notes.md`). Stand just outside the door.
3. `cdb.exe` (x86) at `C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86\cdb.exe`.
## One-time: verify the struct offsets (the script ships with placeholders)
Launch cdb attached, let it break once, then dump the layouts and edit `$t4/$t5/$t6` in the
`.cdb`:
```
dt acclient!CPhysicsObj @ecx # note m_position (origin x,y,z) offset -> POS_OFF ($t6)
# note the current-cell pointer field -> CELLPTR_OFF ($t5)
dt acclient!CObjCell poi(@esp+4) # note cell_id offset -> CELLID_OFF ($t4)
```
`change_cell` is `thiscall`: `this` (CPhysicsObj*) is `@ecx`; the new cell arg is `poi(@esp+4)`.
The defaults in the script (`0x18 / 0x08 / 0x1C`) are best-guesses from `acclient.h` — **confirm
them** before trusting a capture.
## Run
```powershell
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86\cdb.exe" `
-pn acclient.exe -cf tools\cdb\find-cell-list-capture.cdb *>&1 |
Tee-Object -FilePath "find-cell-list-capture.console.log"
```
Then, in retail, **walk slowly in and out of the doorway 510 times** (out → vestibule → room →
back). The script auto-detaches (`qd`) after 400 cell changes; retail keeps running. Do **not**
`Stop-Process` cdb — that kills retail (CLAUDE.md watchout).
## Fold into the golden
1. Decode the hex floats to decimals:
```
py tools/cdb/decode_retail_hex.py find-cell-list-capture.log > find-cell-list-threshold.log
```
(or hand-decode; each `0xHHHHHHHH` is a little-endian float). Result lines must read
`[fcl] seed=0xA9B40031 px=160.0 py=10.0 pz=94.0 picked=0xA9B40170`.
2. Place the decoded file at
`tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Conformance/Fixtures/find-cell-list-threshold.log`.
3. Run `dotnet test … --filter FindCellList_DoorwayThreshold_MatchesRetailTrace`. GREEN = acdream
already matches retail at the threshold. RED = a real divergence → that is the **P1** work,
left as a documents-the-bug conformance test (no weakening the assertion — master plan §4).

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$$ ============================================================================
$$ find-cell-list-capture.cdb — P0 conformance retail golden capture
$$ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$$ Captures retail's ACCEPTED membership decision at the cottage doorway so we
$$ can pin acdream's CellTransit.FindCellList against it (P0 Task 6, the P1 gate).
$$
$$ Emits one line per accepted cell change in the golden format the parser reads
$$ (tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Conformance/RetailTrace.cs):
$$ [fcl] seed=0xHHHHHHHH px=0x<hex> py=0x<hex> pz=0x<hex> picked=0xHHHHHHHH
$$ where seed = the cell the player was in (old), picked = the cell committed (new),
$$ and px/py/pz = the player world origin (raw IEEE-754 hex; decode offline with
$$ tools/cdb/decode_retail_hex.py, then write decimals into the golden fixture).
$$
$$ Target: CPhysicsObj::change_cell @ 0x00513390 (pc:281192) — commit-on-diff.
$$ It fires ONLY on an accepted cell transition, so the doorway crossing yields a
$$ short, clean sequence (e.g. 0031 -> 0170 -> 0171), not a per-tick flood.
$$
$$ thiscall: this (CPhysicsObj*) = @ecx ; arg new_cell (CObjCell*) = poi(@esp+4)
$$
$$ OFFSETS BELOW ARE PLACEHOLDERS — VERIFY LIVE (see README). At the first break:
$$ dt acclient!CPhysicsObj @ecx $$ find m_position (Frame/Position) + cell
$$ dt acclient!CObjCell poi(@esp+4) $$ find cell_id offset
$$ dt acclient!Position <m_position> $$ find origin (x,y,z) float offsets
$$ then edit CELLID_OFF / CELLPTR_OFF / POS_OFF and re-run.
$$ ============================================================================
.logopen C:\Users\erikn\source\repos\acdream\find-cell-list-capture.log
.sympath C:\Users\erikn\source\repos\acdream\refs
.symopt+ 0x40
.reload /f acclient.exe
$$ ---- EDIT THESE after the dt dumps (hex byte offsets) ----------------------
r $t4 = 0x18 $$ CELLID_OFF : CObjCell.cell_id (acclient.h:30938 — verify)
r $t5 = 0x08 $$ CELLPTR_OFF : CPhysicsObj.cell (current cell ptr — verify)
r $t6 = 0x1C $$ POS_OFF : CPhysicsObj.m_position.origin.x (verify; y=+4, z=+8)
$$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
r $t0 = 0
bp acclient!CPhysicsObj::change_cell "r $t0 = @$t0 + 1; r $t1 = poi(@ecx+@$t5); r $t2 = poi(@esp+4); .printf /D \"[fcl] seed=0x%08x px=0x%08x py=0x%08x pz=0x%08x picked=0x%08x\\n\", poi(@$t1+@$t4), poi(@ecx+@$t6), poi(@ecx+@$t6+4), poi(@ecx+@$t6+8), poi(@$t2+@$t4); .if (@$t0 >= 400) { .printf /D \"=== DETACH after %d cell changes ===\\n\", @$t0; qd } .else { gc }"
.printf \"find-cell-list capture armed (change_cell). Walk SLOWLY in/out of the cottage doorway now.\\n\"
g