diff --git a/openfut-adapter-fifa17/src/fut/non_economy.rs b/openfut-adapter-fifa17/src/fut/non_economy.rs
index 5c75324..b484500 100644
--- a/openfut-adapter-fifa17/src/fut/non_economy.rs
+++ b/openfut-adapter-fifa17/src/fut/non_economy.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,48 @@ pub fn accountinfo_body() -> Value {
     json!({})
 }
 
-/// `GET …/settings` — production oracle returns an empty config list.
+/// `GET …/settings` — the FUT client applies this `configs` array via the applier
+/// `FUN_18011dc50`, the ONLY writer of the `IS_*` UI gate bytes (each
+/// `byte = (field == 1)`). A flag never sent is a gate never opened — which is why
+/// Single-Player Seasons/Draft refuse to open while issuing ZERO server requests
+/// (`friendlySeasonsEnabled` → slot `[0x16]` → model byte `0x1fd3a`
+/// `IS_FRIENDLY_SEASON_ENABLED`; RE-confirmed via pyghidra on CardsDLL).
+///
+/// Default (`OPENFUT_FUT_SETTINGS` unset/`off`) is the historical empty baseline.
+/// `OPENFUT_FUT_SETTINGS=gates` populates the array. SAFETY: populating it is what
+/// makes the applier RUN, and it then writes EVERY gate byte, so the already-live
+/// store flags MUST be re-asserted here or enabling Seasons would clear the working
+/// Store (those reach the client today via the Blaze FUT_RS4_CONFIG store, not
+/// here). Mirrors the audited list in `utas_server.py` `_SETTINGS_KEEP`/`_GATES`.
 pub fn settings_body() -> Value {
-    json!({ "configs": [] })
+    if std::env::var("OPENFUT_FUT_SETTINGS").as_deref() != Ok("gates") {
+        return json!({ "configs": [] });
+    }
+    // Already-live store flags re-asserted (pinned to their working state).
+    const KEEP: &[&str] = &[
+        "storeEnabled",
+        "storeEnabled_JP",
+        "coinEnabled",
+        "coinEnabled_JP",
+        "cardPackStoreEnabled",
+        "cardPackStoreEnabled_JP",
+        "pointsPackStoreEnabled",
+        "tradingEnabled",
+    ];
+    // Mode gates that nothing has ever populated (the point of the change).
+    const GATES: &[&str] = &[
+        "friendlySeasonsEnabled",
+        "enableDraftMode",
+        "enableSinglePlayerDraftMode",
+        "enableOfflineDraftMode",
+        "tournamentQuitEnabled",
+    ];
+    let configs: Vec<Value> = KEEP
+        .iter()
+        .chain(GATES.iter())
+        .map(|k| json!({ "type": k, "value": 1 }))
+        .collect();
+    json!({ "configs": configs })
 }
 
 /// `GET …/leaderboards/options` — production oracle (FUT_MODES off) returns an