Demote tier2 kind-8 header class signal

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Jan Petykiewicz 2026-04-19 11:35:37 -07:00
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@ -50,18 +50,64 @@ So `Louisiana.gmp` is currently unique among the shipped carrier set on the cand
sentinel pair, while `Alternate USA.gmp` stays separately unique on the recognized
`rt3-105-map-container-v1` header pair.
## Wider map-corpus check
A wider `compare-setup-payload-core` pass over all 41 bundled `rt3_105/maps/*.gmp` files changes
the candidate-header read materially:
- `(0x00000000, 0x00000000)` appears on 31 maps
- `(0xcdcdcdcd, 0xcdcdcdcd)` appears on 9 maps
- `(0x10000000, 0x00009000)` appears only on `Alternate USA.gmp`
Current `0xcdcdcdcd / 0xcdcdcdcd` maps in that wider corpus:
- `Argentina Opens Up.gmp`
- `Britain.gmp`
- `Crossing the Alps.gmp`
- `Greenland Growing.gmp`
- `Japan Trembles.gmp`
- `Louisiana.gmp`
- `Pacific NW.gmp`
- `South East Australia.gmp`
- `Spanish Mainline.gmp`
So the candidate-header sentinel pair is no longer a plausible `Louisiana`-specific upstream
explanation by itself.
That wider read also matches the already checked atlas note in
`post-load-generation-paintterrain-and-save-load-restore.md`: the candidate-availability table
header scan had already narrowed the visible family to those same three stable
`(header_word_0, header_word_1)` pairs, with the `0xcdcdcdcd` class behaving like reused
source-family framing rather than a direct availability payload or a unique scenario-side trigger.
One narrower outlier still survives that wider scan:
- no other bundled `rt3_105` map matches the full current `Louisiana.gmp` setup-core tuple
`payload_word_0x14 = 1870`, `payload_byte_0x20 = 0x3a`, `payload_word_0x3b2 = 2`,
`candidate_header = 0xcdcdcdcd / 0xcdcdcdcd`
- even the nearest header-class peers still diverge:
- `Argentina Opens Up.gmp`: same header pair, but `payload_word_0x14 = 1880`,
`payload_byte_0x20 = 0x57`, `payload_word_0x3b2 = 1`
- `Crossing the Alps.gmp`: same header pair, but `payload_word_0x14 = 1875`,
`payload_byte_0x20 = 0x8f`, `payload_word_0x3b2 = 1`
- `Spanish Mainline.gmp`: same header pair, but `payload_word_0x14 = 1876`,
`payload_byte_0x20 = 0xe3`, `payload_word_0x3b2 = 1`
## Current implication
The upstream side of the Tier 2 strip is now bounded more tightly:
- the current `Louisiana.gmp` recipe/runtime outlier status is not explained by `payload_word_0x3b2`
alone, because `Chicago to New York.gmp` also carries `2`
- but `Louisiana.gmp` does stand out on the candidate-header sentinel pair
- and `Louisiana.gmp` no longer stands out on the candidate-header sentinel pair once the broader
41-map corpus is included
- but `Louisiana.gmp` still keeps a unique combined setup-core tuple once the broader corpus is
included
So the next Tier 2 upstream question is narrower:
- whether the unique `0xcdcdcdcd / 0xcdcdcdcd` candidate-header state in `Louisiana.gmp` is
relevant to the coupled
- whether `Louisiana.gmp`'s remaining upstream setup-core outlier is a more specific combination of
`payload_word_0x14`, `payload_byte_0x20`, and the sparse recipe/runtime profile, rather than the
coarse candidate-header class itself, in the coupled
`0x00435630 / 0x00412d70 / 0x00412fb0 / 0x00412c10`
rebuild strip, or whether it is only another container-side artifact unrelated to the shipped
`Add Building Warehouse05` row.
rebuild strip.