diff --git a/fifa17-recon/tools/live/probe_resident_fields.py b/fifa17-recon/tools/live/probe_resident_fields.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Read-only dump of RESIDENT record fields, for both the player and club-item vectors.
+
+Purpose: the kit clone driver FUN_1801c3480 gates on record+0x60 (category) == 4.
+No instruction in CardsDLL writes immediate 4 there, so this reads what value a
+genuinely resident record actually carries. Read-only. Never writes.
+
+  mgr+0x0c0        cardtype-2 single slot
+  mgr+0x0d8..0x0e0 cardtype-1 (player) vector
+  mgr+0x108..0x110 club-item vector
+  record+0x4c cardtype  +0x50 cardsubtypeid  +0x5c itemState
+  record+0x60 category  +0x94 teamid         +0xba teamkittypetechid (u16)
+"""
+import re, struct, sys, collections
+
+PID = int(sys.argv[1])
+mem = open(f"/proc/{PID}/mem", "rb", buffering=0)
+
+def rd(a, n):
+    mem.seek(a); return mem.read(n)
+def q(a):
+    return struct.unpack("<Q", rd(a, 8))[0]
+def i32(b, o):
+    return struct.unpack_from("<i", b, o)[0]
+
+named = []
+for ln in open(f"/proc/{PID}/maps"):
+    m = re.match(r"([0-9a-f]+)-([0-9a-f]+) \S{4} \S+ \S+ \S+\s+(.+)", ln)
+    if m:
+        named.append((int(m.group(1), 16), m.group(3).strip()))
+named.sort()
+base = next((s for s, p in named if p.endswith("CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll")), None)
+if base is None:
+    sys.exit("CardsDLL mapping not found")
+def live(static):
+    return base + (static - 0x180000000)
+
+if rd(live(0x180026fea), 5) != bytes.fromhex("ba75750000"):
+    sys.exit("SANITY FAILED - wrong base")
+print(f"  CardsDLL base = {base:#x}  (sanity ok)")
+
+owner = q(live(0x1802e6398))
+b = rd(q(owner) + 0x4e8, 12)
+b = rd(struct.unpack("<Q", struct.pack("<Q", q(q(owner) + 0x4e8)))[0], 12)
+getter = q(q(owner) + 0x4e8)
+gb = rd(getter, 12)
+if gb[0:3] == bytes.fromhex("488d81"):
+    mgr = owner + struct.unpack_from("<I", gb, 3)[0]
+elif gb[0:3] == bytes.fromhex("488d41"):
+    mgr = owner + gb[3]
+else:
+    sys.exit(f"unexpected getter shape {gb.hex(' ')}")
+print(f"  owner = {owner:#x}   mgr = {mgr:#x}")
+
+FIELDS = ("ctype", "subtype", "state", "cat", "team", "kittype")
+def decode(rec):
+    r = rd(rec, 0xC0)
+    if len(r) < 0xC0:
+        return None
+    return (i32(r, 0x4c), i32(r, 0x50), i32(r, 0x5c), i32(r, 0x60),
+            i32(r, 0x94), struct.unpack_from("<H", r, 0xba)[0])
+
+for label, vbeg, vend in (("players (cardtype 1)", mgr + 0xd8, mgr + 0xe0),
+                          ("club items",           mgr + 0x108, mgr + 0x110)):
+    try:
+        beg, end = q(vbeg), q(vend)
+    except OSError:
+        print(f"\n  {label}: vector unreadable")
+        continue
+    span = end - beg
+    print(f"\n  === {label}: {beg:#x}..{end:#x} span={span} ===")
+    if not (0 < beg <= end) or span > 24 * 100000:
+        print("    implausible vector, skipping")
+        continue
+    # resolve stride: the element must contain a plausible heap pointer
+    for stride, ptr_off in ((24, 0x10), (16, 0x08), (8, 0x00)):
+        if span % stride:
+            continue
+        n = span // stride
+        recs, nulls = [], 0
+        ok = True
+        for k in range(n):
+            try:
+                rec = q(beg + k * stride + ptr_off)
+            except OSError:
+                ok = False; break
+            if not rec:
+                nulls += 1; continue
+            d = decode(rec)
+            if d is None:
+                ok = False; break
+            recs.append((rec, d))
+        if not ok:
+            continue
+        print(f"    stride {stride} (ptr at +{ptr_off:#x}): {n} slots, {len(recs)} populated, {nulls} null")
+        if not recs and nulls != n:
+            continue
+        hist = collections.Counter(d[0:2] for _, d in recs)
+        for key, c in sorted(hist.items(), key=lambda x: -x[1]):
+            print(f"      (cardtype,subtype)={key} x{c}")
+        print(f"      {'ptr':>14} " + " ".join(f"{f:>8}" for f in FIELDS))
+        for rec, d in recs[:8]:
+            print(f"      {rec:#14x} " + " ".join(f"{v:>8}" for v in d))
+        cats = collections.Counter(d[3] for _, d in recs)
+        if cats:
+            print(f"      CATEGORY (+0x60) distribution: {dict(cats)}")
+        break