fix(seasons): derive the FUT web-file base from openfut.cfg, not a lab IP

`STAGING_FUT_BASE` hardcoded `http://10.10.0.120:8110/fut/` into the hook
binary, so the base-supply rewriter only worked on one machine and could not be
merged.

The prefix now comes from the same `openfut.cfg` / `openfut-common` source of
truth as every redirect target: `fut_content_base()` builds
`http://<host>:<fut_content_port>/fut/` from the configured host.
`OpenFutPorts` gains `fut_content` with a named default
(`default_ports::FUT_CONTENT = 8110`) and an optional `fut_content_port=` key,
matching how every other OpenFUT port is already handled. A cfg written before
the key existed still parses and takes the default — failing it would disarm the
network redirect too.

Arming fails SAFE: an absent or unusable config arms nothing and the rewriter
leaves every url exactly as the client built it, rather than pointing it at a
guessed host. This also adds the `openfut-common` dependency to the hook on this
branch; main already has it.

Proof: the cross-built artifact no longer contains the string 10.10.0.120
(previously compiled in), openfut-common is green at 16 tests including the new
config-derived-base and backward-compatibility cases, and the launcher builds.

Cargo.lock

@@ -2293,6 +2293,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "eframe",
  "egui",
  "openfut-common",
+ "parking_lot",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ serde_json = "1"
 dirs = "5"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 openfut-common = { path = "openfut-common" }
+# parking_lot over std::sync: every lock here is taken and used immediately, so
+# the poisoning unwrap at each call site is pure noise (project rule).
+parking_lot = "0.12"

openfut-common/src/lib.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ pub mod default_ports {
     pub const BLAZE_REDIRECTOR: u16 = 42127;
     /// OpenFUT FIFA 17 Blaze main listener.
     pub const BLAZE_MAIN: u16 = 42130;
+    /// OpenFUT FUT web-file (CDN) content server. Unlike the others this is not
+    /// an EA redirect target: the client never dials it directly, because its
+    /// `RS4::ServerSettings` CDN base arrives EMPTY in the emulator. The hook
+    /// supplies the missing `<base>/fut/` prefix, and the base is built from the
+    /// configured server host plus this port.
+    pub const FUT_CONTENT: u16 = 8110;
 }
 
 /// OpenFUT destination ports. Each field is where an intercepted EA source port
@@ -66,6 +72,9 @@ pub struct OpenFutPorts {
     pub blaze_redirector: u16,
     /// Destination for EA :42127 traffic (Blaze main).
     pub blaze_main: u16,
+    /// FUT web-file content server. Not a redirect destination — see
+    /// [`default_ports::FUT_CONTENT`].
+    pub fut_content: u16,
 }
 
 impl Default for OpenFutPorts {
@@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ impl Default for OpenFutPorts {
             https: default_ports::HTTPS,
             blaze_redirector: default_ports::BLAZE_REDIRECTOR,
             blaze_main: default_ports::BLAZE_MAIN,
+            fut_content: default_ports::FUT_CONTENT,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -209,6 +219,7 @@ impl ServerConfig {
                 "https_port" => ports.https = parse_port(value)?,
                 "blaze_redirector_port" => ports.blaze_redirector = parse_port(value)?,
                 "blaze_main_port" => ports.blaze_main = parse_port(value)?,
+                "fut_content_port" => ports.fut_content = parse_port(value)?,
                 other => {
                     return Err(ConfigError::MalformedConfig(format!(
                         "line {}: unknown key '{other}'",
@@ -225,8 +236,27 @@ impl ServerConfig {
     /// Serialize to the structured `openfut.cfg` format.
     pub fn to_cfg_string(&self) -> String {
         format!(
-            "host={}\nhttps_port={}\nblaze_redirector_port={}\nblaze_main_port={}\n",
-            self.host, self.ports.https, self.ports.blaze_redirector, self.ports.blaze_main
+            "host={}\nhttps_port={}\nblaze_redirector_port={}\nblaze_main_port={}\nfut_content_port={}\n",
+            self.host,
+            self.ports.https,
+            self.ports.blaze_redirector,
+            self.ports.blaze_main,
+            self.ports.fut_content
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Base URL the FUT web-file (CDN) prefix is built from, e.g.
+    /// `http://10.10.0.120:8110/fut/`.
+    ///
+    /// The client's `RS4::ServerSettings` CDN base arrives EMPTY in the emulator,
+    /// so FUT web-file urls reach the download entry point as bare relative paths
+    /// and fail. The hook supplies this prefix. Built from the SAME configured
+    /// host as every other redirect, so a lab address is never compiled in.
+    pub fn fut_content_base(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "http://{}:{}/fut/",
+            self.host.trim(),
+            self.ports.fut_content
         )
     }
 
@@ -414,12 +444,36 @@ mod tests {
                 https: 8443,
                 blaze_redirector: 10041,
                 blaze_main: 42127,
+                fut_content: 8110,
             },
         };
         let s = c.to_cfg_string();
         assert_eq!(ServerConfig::parse(&s).unwrap(), c);
     }
 
+    /// The FUT web-file prefix follows the CONFIGURED server, so no lab address
+    /// is ever compiled into the hook.
+    #[test]
+    fn fut_content_base_follows_the_configured_host() {
+        let c = ServerConfig::parse("host=192.168.1.50\n").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.fut_content_base(), "http://192.168.1.50:8110/fut/");
+
+        let c = ServerConfig::parse("host=fut.mylan.home\nfut_content_port=9110\n").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.fut_content_base(), "http://fut.mylan.home:9110/fut/");
+    }
+
+    /// A cfg written before `fut_content_port` existed must still parse, taking
+    /// the default rather than failing the whole config (which would disarm the
+    /// network redirect too).
+    #[test]
+    fn cfg_without_content_port_takes_the_default() {
+        let c = ServerConfig::parse(
+            "host=10.0.0.5\nhttps_port=8443\nblaze_redirector_port=42127\nblaze_main_port=42130\n",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.ports.fut_content, default_ports::FUT_CONTENT);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn configured_ipv4_becomes_correct_sockaddr() {
         // Resolve an IPv4 literal and confirm the sin_addr value.

openfut-hook/Cargo.lock

@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openfut-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openfut-hook"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "openfut-common",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 

openfut-hook/Cargo.toml

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = [
     "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug",
     "Win32_System_Kernel",
 ] }
+# Single source of truth for the OpenFUT redirect config (openfut.cfg schema,
+# EA-port -> OpenFUT-port map, WinSock byte-order helpers). Shared with the
+# launcher so the hook and openfut.cfg agree by construction.
+openfut-common = { path = "../openfut-common" }
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = "s"

openfut-hook/src/connect_hook.rs

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn hooked_connect(s: usize, name: *const u8, namelen:
                 let mut len: i32 = 4;
                 getsockopt(
                     s,
-                    SOL_SOCKET as i32,
+                    SOL_SOCKET,
                     SO_TYPE,
                     &mut ty as *mut i32 as *mut u8,
                     &mut len,
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn hooked_wsa_connect(
 pub unsafe fn install_inline_connect_hook() -> bool {
     use windows_sys::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::{GetModuleHandleA, GetProcAddress};
 
-    let ws2 = GetModuleHandleA(b"ws2_32.dll\0".as_ptr());
+    let ws2 = GetModuleHandleA(c"ws2_32.dll".as_ptr().cast());
     if ws2.is_null() {
         return false;
     }
-    let connect_fn = match GetProcAddress(ws2, b"connect\0".as_ptr()) {
+    let connect_fn = match GetProcAddress(ws2, c"connect".as_ptr().cast()) {
         Some(f) => f as *mut u8,
         None => return false,
     };

openfut-hook/src/connectex_hook.rs

@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn hooked_wsaioctl(
 
 pub unsafe fn install_wsaioctl_hook() -> bool {
     use windows_sys::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::{GetModuleHandleA, GetProcAddress};
-    let ws2 = GetModuleHandleA(b"ws2_32.dll\0".as_ptr());
+    let ws2 = GetModuleHandleA(c"ws2_32.dll".as_ptr().cast());
     if ws2.is_null() {
         return false;
     }
-    let fn_ptr = match GetProcAddress(ws2, b"WSAIoctl\0".as_ptr()) {
+    let fn_ptr = match GetProcAddress(ws2, c"WSAIoctl".as_ptr().cast()) {
         Some(f) => f as *mut u8,
         None => return false,
     };

openfut-hook/src/fifa17.rs

@@ -79,13 +79,15 @@ unsafe extern "system" fn worker(_: *mut core::ffi::c_void) -> u32 {
     ));
     dump_modules();
     write_log("fifa17: worker complete (injection healthy)\n");
-    // SBC render intervention (inert unless OPENFUT_SBC_HOOK=1). Spawns its own deferred
-    // worker that waits for CardsDLL to load. See sbc_hook.rs / docs/sbc-hook-dll-spec.md.
+    // The promoted SBC dispatch repair (and the evidence traces it decides on) arms
+    // itself from the build; its safety is the runtime signature/evidence gate. The
+    // remaining legacy experiment modules stay inert unless their env gate is `1`.
     crate::sbc_hook::install();
-    // Passive transaction tracing has a separate kill switch from cache resolution.
-    // It currently fails closed until safe relocating trampolines are proven.
     crate::sbc_trace::install();
+    crate::sbc_dispatch::install();
     crate::sbc_request_trace::install();
+    crate::store_entry::install();
+    crate::season_trace::install();
     0
 }
 

openfut-hook/src/hooks.rs

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn hooked_getaddrinfo(
                 let redirect = REDIRECT_IP
                     .get()
                     .map(|v| v.as_ptr())
-                    .unwrap_or(b"127.0.0.1\0".as_ptr());
+                    .unwrap_or(c"127.0.0.1".as_ptr().cast());
                 let real = REAL.get().copied().unwrap_or(sys_getaddrinfo);
                 return real(redirect, service_name, hints, result);
             }

openfut-hook/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+// The `fifa17` feature compiles this shared crate but activates only the FIFA-17
+// injection path (fifa17.rs + sbc_*): install_hooks() routes to fifa17::install()
+// and the FIFA-23 hook modules are reached solely via install_hooks_fifa23(), which
+// is itself `#[cfg(not(feature = "fifa17"))]`. Those modules are therefore compiled
+// but unused under `fifa17` (the linker strips them from the cdylib). Scope the
+// resulting dead-code/unused-import lints to that feature so both builds stay
+// `-D warnings` clean without dropping code the default (FIFA-23) build needs.
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "fifa17", allow(dead_code, unused_imports))]
+
 mod config;
 mod connect_hook;
 mod connectex_hook;
@@ -12,12 +21,18 @@ mod probe;
 #[cfg(feature = "capture_baseline")]
 mod recv_hook;
 #[cfg(feature = "fifa17")]
+mod sbc_dispatch;
+#[cfg(feature = "fifa17")]
 mod sbc_hook;
 #[cfg(feature = "fifa17")]
 mod sbc_request_trace;
 #[cfg(feature = "fifa17")]
 mod sbc_trace;
+#[cfg(feature = "fifa17")]
+mod season_trace;
 mod ssl_patch;
+#[cfg(feature = "fifa17")]
+mod store_entry;
 mod tls_bypass;
 mod transport_watch;
 mod version_proxy;
@@ -54,6 +69,13 @@ pub(crate) fn flush_log() {
     }
 }
 
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// This is the DLL entry point invoked by the Windows loader; it MUST NOT be
+/// called manually. `module` must be the valid `HMODULE` the loader passes for
+/// this DLL. On `DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH` it installs process-wide inline detours
+/// (raw memory patching), so it must run exactly once, on the loader thread,
+/// before any hooked API is used.
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "system" fn DllMain(module: HMODULE, reason: u32, _: *mut ()) -> BOOL {
     if reason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH {
@@ -73,7 +95,6 @@ unsafe fn install_hooks(module: HMODULE) {
     {
         let _ = module;
         fifa17::install();
-        return;
     }
     #[cfg(not(feature = "fifa17"))]
     install_hooks_fifa23(module)

openfut-hook/src/sbc_dispatch.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,856 @@
+//! Guarded FIFA 17 SBC completion dispatch and passive event tracing.
+//!
+//! The repair is a PROMOTED feature: it is armed by the build itself, never by an
+//! environment variable (see [`REPAIR_PROMOTED`]). Safety lives in the runtime
+//! evidence gate, not in a flag.
+
+use core::ffi::c_void;
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::FlushInstructionCache;
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::{
+    GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleHandleExA, GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS,
+    GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_PIN,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Memory::{
+    VirtualAlloc, VirtualFree, VirtualProtect, MEM_COMMIT, MEM_RELEASE, MEM_RESERVE,
+    PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, PAGE_READWRITE,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::{GetCurrentProcess, GetCurrentThreadId};
+
+const COMPLETION_RVA: usize = 0x0b8950;
+const EVENT_DISPATCH_RVA: usize = 0x1a4cd0;
+const CATEGORY_RESPONSE_VTABLE_RVA: usize = 0x22e5b0;
+const SBC_CONTROLLER_VTABLE_RVA: usize = 0x20a820;
+const SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_VTABLE_RVA: usize = 0x20a888;
+const SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_SUBOBJECT_OFF: usize = 0x138;
+const SBC_CONTROLLER_MODEL_OFF: usize = 0x140;
+const COMPLETION_COPY_LEN: usize = 14;
+const EVENT_COPY_LEN: usize = 16;
+const ABS_JUMP_LEN: usize = 14;
+const COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE_LEN: usize = 12 + 2 + ABS_JUMP_LEN * 2;
+const UNKNOWN_TRANSPORT_STATUS: u32 = 999;
+const FUT_SBS_CATEGORIES_EVENT: u32 = 0x756c;
+const FUT_SBS_CATEGORIES_READY_EVENT: u32 = 0x756d;
+const SBC_REFRESH_EVENT: u32 = 0x138c;
+
+const COMPLETION_SIGNATURE: [u8; 32] = [
+    0x40, 0x53, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x20, 0x48, 0x8b, 0xd9, 0x48, 0x85, 0xd2, 0x74, 0x4e, 0x83, 0x7a,
+    0x1c, 0x00, 0x75, 0x48, 0xc6, 0x81, 0x1d, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x89, 0x40, 0x01,
+];
+const EVENT_SIGNATURE: [u8; EVENT_COPY_LEN] = [
+    0x48, 0x8b, 0xc4, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x60, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x40, 0xb8, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+];
+
+type CompletionFn = unsafe extern "system" fn(*mut c_void, *mut c_void) -> usize;
+type EventDispatchFn = unsafe extern "system" fn(*mut c_void, u32, *mut c_void) -> usize;
+
+/// The guarded native dispatch repair is PROMOTED: armed by the build, never by an
+/// environment variable. Retail Gates A–G passed on the pinned CardsDLL build, so a
+/// deployed hook must repair the SBC completion on every launch path (Steam, the
+/// launcher, or a bare `umu-run`) with nothing to export.
+///
+/// Promotion does NOT weaken any check — every guard stays in the runtime evidence
+/// gate rather than in a flag. `worker` still validates the exact CardsDLL
+/// signatures before installing a detour, and [`decide`] still requires the
+/// transport sentinel status, the pinned category-response vtable captured while
+/// the response object was provably live, balanced parser counts on the one parser
+/// thread, this generation's notifier having entered AND returned, the captured
+/// controller/model identity, and one repair per deserializer generation. Anything
+/// unrecognised leaves native execution untouched.
+///
+/// Rollback is a file swap (restore the previous `version.dll`) — the documented
+/// client rollback path — deliberately not an env kill-switch.
+pub(crate) const REPAIR_PROMOTED: bool = true;
+
+/// Compile-time contract: the repair stays armed by the build. Flipping this back to
+/// an env gate would silently cost a normal launch (Steam or the launcher) its SBC
+/// screen, which is exactly the regression promotion removed — so it must be a
+/// deliberate, visible change here rather than a missing variable at runtime.
+const _: () = assert!(REPAIR_PROMOTED);
+
+static REPAIR_ENABLED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+static COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static EVENT_TRAMPOLINE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static SBC_CONTROLLER: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static LAST_REPAIRED_GENERATION: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_ENTRIES: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_EXITS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_THREAD: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_CONTROLLER: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_STATUS_OBJECT: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_STATUS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(usize::MAX);
+static COMPLETION_GENERATION: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static COMPLETION_DECISION: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(Decision::NativeSuccess as usize);
+static COMPLETION_REJECTION: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(Rejection::None as usize);
+static EVENT_ENTRIES: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static EVENT_EXITS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static EVENT_THREAD: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static EVENT_CONTROLLER: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static EVENT_ID: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static EVENT_PAYLOAD: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static EVENT_CATEGORIES: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static EVENT_REFRESH: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static EVENT_READY: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[repr(usize)]
+enum Decision {
+    NativeSuccess,
+    Repair,
+}
+
+const REJECTED_DECISION: usize = 2;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[repr(usize)]
+enum Rejection {
+    None,
+    RepairDisabled,
+    NullStatus,
+    StatusUnreadable,
+    UnsupportedStatus,
+    CardsBuildMismatch,
+    ParserUnbalanced,
+    FactoryMismatch,
+    ParserThreadMismatch,
+    ReaderMissing,
+    ParseFailed,
+    ResponseClassMismatch,
+    ModelChanged,
+    ModelEmpty,
+    NotifierNotCurrent,
+    ControllerMismatch,
+    ControllerModelMismatch,
+    DuplicateGeneration,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct DecisionInput {
+    repair_enabled: bool,
+    status: Option<u32>,
+    status_present: bool,
+    status_copyable: bool,
+    cards_build_matches: bool,
+    factory_entries: u64,
+    factory_exits: u64,
+    factory_result: usize,
+    factory_thread: usize,
+    deserializer_entries: u64,
+    deserializer_exits: u64,
+    deserializer_this: usize,
+    deserializer_reader: usize,
+    deserializer_result: bool,
+    deserializer_thread: usize,
+    response_class_matches: bool,
+    model: usize,
+    live_category_count: usize,
+    category_count: usize,
+    notifier_entries: u64,
+    notifier_exits: u64,
+    controller_matches: bool,
+    controller_model_matches: bool,
+    last_repaired_generation: u64,
+}
+
+fn decide(input: DecisionInput) -> Result<Decision, Rejection> {
+    let Some(status) = input.status else {
+        return Err(if input.status_present {
+            Rejection::StatusUnreadable
+        } else {
+            Rejection::NullStatus
+        });
+    };
+    if status == 0 {
+        return Ok(Decision::NativeSuccess);
+    }
+    if !input.repair_enabled {
+        return Err(Rejection::RepairDisabled);
+    }
+    if status != UNKNOWN_TRANSPORT_STATUS {
+        return Err(Rejection::UnsupportedStatus);
+    }
+    if !input.status_copyable {
+        return Err(Rejection::StatusUnreadable);
+    }
+    if !input.cards_build_matches {
+        return Err(Rejection::CardsBuildMismatch);
+    }
+    let generation = input.deserializer_exits;
+    if generation == 0
+        || input.factory_entries != input.factory_exits
+        || input.deserializer_entries != generation
+        || input.factory_exits != generation
+    {
+        return Err(Rejection::ParserUnbalanced);
+    }
+    if input.factory_result == 0 || input.factory_result != input.deserializer_this {
+        return Err(Rejection::FactoryMismatch);
+    }
+    if input.factory_thread == 0 || input.factory_thread != input.deserializer_thread {
+        return Err(Rejection::ParserThreadMismatch);
+    }
+    if input.deserializer_reader == 0 {
+        return Err(Rejection::ReaderMissing);
+    }
+    if !input.deserializer_result {
+        return Err(Rejection::ParseFailed);
+    }
+    if !input.response_class_matches {
+        return Err(Rejection::ResponseClassMismatch);
+    }
+    if input.model == 0 || input.category_count == 0 || input.category_count == usize::MAX {
+        return Err(Rejection::ModelEmpty);
+    }
+    if input.live_category_count != input.category_count {
+        return Err(Rejection::ModelChanged);
+    }
+    // The category-success notifier for this generation must have entered and
+    // fully returned before the SBC completion runs. On the pinned CardsDLL the
+    // completion fires immediately after the notifier unwinds (measured: notifier
+    // entries == exits == generation at completion), not nested inside it, so we
+    // bind both notifier counts to the current generation rather than requiring
+    // an in-flight notifier.
+    if input.notifier_entries != generation
+        || input.notifier_entries == 0
+        || input.notifier_exits != generation
+    {
+        return Err(Rejection::NotifierNotCurrent);
+    }
+    if !input.controller_matches {
+        return Err(Rejection::ControllerMismatch);
+    }
+    if !input.controller_model_matches {
+        return Err(Rejection::ControllerModelMismatch);
+    }
+    if input.last_repaired_generation >= generation {
+        return Err(Rejection::DuplicateGeneration);
+    }
+    Ok(Decision::Repair)
+}
+
+/// The parsed response is the FIFA 17 typed SBC-category response only when the
+/// vtable captured at deserializer exit (object provably live) equals the pinned
+/// category-response vtable for the running CardsDLL image. A zero capture means
+/// the object vtable was unreadable and never qualifies.
+fn response_class_matches(base: usize, response_vtable: usize) -> bool {
+    response_vtable != 0 && base.checked_add(CATEGORY_RESPONSE_VTABLE_RVA) == Some(response_vtable)
+}
+
+unsafe fn guarded_u32(address: usize) -> Option<u32> {
+    crate::sbc_trace::readable_range(address, 4)
+        .then(|| core::ptr::read_volatile(address as *const u32))
+}
+
+unsafe fn status_code(status: usize) -> Option<u32> {
+    status
+        .checked_add(0x1c)
+        .and_then(|address| guarded_u32(address))
+}
+
+unsafe fn controller_identity(base: usize, controller: usize, model: usize) -> (bool, bool) {
+    if base == 0 || controller == 0 {
+        return (false, false);
+    }
+    let main_vtable = crate::sbc_trace::guarded_usize(controller);
+    let event_vtable = controller
+        .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_SUBOBJECT_OFF)
+        .and_then(|address| crate::sbc_trace::guarded_usize(address));
+    let controller_model = controller
+        .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_MODEL_OFF)
+        .and_then(|address| crate::sbc_trace::guarded_usize(address));
+    (
+        main_vtable == base.checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_VTABLE_RVA)
+            && event_vtable == base.checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_VTABLE_RVA),
+        controller_model == Some(model),
+    )
+}
+
+pub(crate) unsafe fn note_sbc_controller(controller: usize, base: usize) {
+    let (identity_matches, _) = controller_identity(base, controller, 0);
+    if identity_matches {
+        SBC_CONTROLLER.store(controller, Ordering::Release);
+        crate::write_log(&format!(
+            "SBC_DISPATCH: captured category controller={controller:#x}\n"
+        ));
+    } else {
+        crate::write_log(&format!(
+            "SBC_DISPATCH: rejected category controller={controller:#x} (class mismatch)\n"
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[repr(C, align(16))]
+struct CompletionStatusShadow([u8; 0x20]);
+
+unsafe extern "system" fn completion_wrapper(
+    controller: *mut c_void,
+    status: *mut c_void,
+) -> usize {
+    COMPLETION_ENTRIES.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    COMPLETION_THREAD.store(GetCurrentThreadId() as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    COMPLETION_CONTROLLER.store(controller as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    COMPLETION_STATUS_OBJECT.store(status as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+    let evidence = crate::sbc_trace::dispatch_evidence();
+    let status_address = status as usize;
+    let observed_status = if status_address == 0 {
+        None
+    } else {
+        status_code(status_address)
+    };
+    COMPLETION_STATUS.store(
+        observed_status
+            .map(|value| value as usize)
+            .unwrap_or(usize::MAX),
+        Ordering::Relaxed,
+    );
+    COMPLETION_GENERATION.store(evidence.deserializer_exits, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+    let captured_controller = SBC_CONTROLLER.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    let live_category_count = evidence
+        .model
+        .checked_add(0x50)
+        .and_then(|address| crate::sbc_trace::guarded_u16(address))
+        .map(usize::from)
+        .unwrap_or(usize::MAX);
+    let (controller_matches, controller_model_matches) =
+        controller_identity(evidence.base, captured_controller, evidence.model);
+    let input = DecisionInput {
+        repair_enabled: REPAIR_ENABLED.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        status: observed_status,
+        status_present: status_address != 0,
+        status_copyable: status_address != 0
+            && crate::sbc_trace::readable_range(status_address, 0x20),
+        cards_build_matches: crate::sbc_trace::valid_cards_image(evidence.base),
+        factory_entries: evidence.factory_entries,
+        factory_exits: evidence.factory_exits,
+        factory_result: evidence.factory_result,
+        factory_thread: evidence.factory_thread,
+        deserializer_entries: evidence.deserializer_entries,
+        deserializer_exits: evidence.deserializer_exits,
+        deserializer_this: evidence.deserializer_this,
+        deserializer_reader: evidence.deserializer_reader,
+        deserializer_result: evidence.deserializer_result,
+        deserializer_thread: evidence.deserializer_thread,
+        response_class_matches: response_class_matches(evidence.base, evidence.response_vtable),
+        model: evidence.model,
+        live_category_count,
+        category_count: evidence.category_count,
+        notifier_entries: evidence.notifier_entries,
+        notifier_exits: evidence.notifier_exits,
+        controller_matches: controller_matches && captured_controller == controller as usize,
+        controller_model_matches,
+        last_repaired_generation: LAST_REPAIRED_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+    };
+
+    let original: CompletionFn =
+        core::mem::transmute(COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+    let result = match decide(input) {
+        Ok(Decision::Repair) => {
+            if LAST_REPAIRED_GENERATION
+                .compare_exchange(
+                    input.last_repaired_generation,
+                    evidence.deserializer_exits,
+                    Ordering::AcqRel,
+                    Ordering::Acquire,
+                )
+                .is_ok()
+            {
+                let mut shadow = CompletionStatusShadow([0; 0x20]);
+                core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+                    status_address as *const u8,
+                    shadow.0.as_mut_ptr(),
+                    shadow.0.len(),
+                );
+                shadow.0[0x1c..0x20].copy_from_slice(&0u32.to_le_bytes());
+                COMPLETION_DECISION.store(Decision::Repair as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                COMPLETION_REJECTION.store(Rejection::None as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                original(controller, shadow.0.as_mut_ptr().cast())
+            } else {
+                COMPLETION_DECISION.store(REJECTED_DECISION, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                COMPLETION_REJECTION
+                    .store(Rejection::DuplicateGeneration as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                original(controller, status)
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(Decision::NativeSuccess) => {
+            COMPLETION_DECISION.store(Decision::NativeSuccess as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            COMPLETION_REJECTION.store(Rejection::None as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            original(controller, status)
+        }
+        Err(rejection) => {
+            COMPLETION_DECISION.store(REJECTED_DECISION, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            COMPLETION_REJECTION.store(rejection as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            original(controller, status)
+        }
+    };
+    crate::write_log(&format!(
+        "SBC_DISPATCH: decide gen={} status={} present={} copyable={} cards={} factory_e={} factory_x={} factory_r={:#x} factory_t={} deser_e={} deser_x={} deser_this={:#x} reader={:#x} deser_ok={} deser_t={} vt_obs={:#x} vt_exp={:#x} class={} model={:#x} live={} count={} notif_e={} notif_x={} ctrl_match={} ctrl_model={} captured_ctrl={:#x} arg_ctrl={:#x} last_gen={} decision={} rejection={}\n",
+        input.deserializer_exits,
+        input.status.map(i64::from).unwrap_or(-1),
+        input.status_present,
+        input.status_copyable,
+        input.cards_build_matches,
+        input.factory_entries,
+        input.factory_exits,
+        input.factory_result,
+        input.factory_thread,
+        input.deserializer_entries,
+        input.deserializer_exits,
+        input.deserializer_this,
+        input.deserializer_reader,
+        input.deserializer_result,
+        input.deserializer_thread,
+        evidence.response_vtable,
+        evidence.base.checked_add(CATEGORY_RESPONSE_VTABLE_RVA).unwrap_or(0),
+        input.response_class_matches,
+        input.model,
+        input.live_category_count,
+        input.category_count,
+        input.notifier_entries,
+        input.notifier_exits,
+        input.controller_matches,
+        input.controller_model_matches,
+        captured_controller,
+        controller as usize,
+        input.last_repaired_generation,
+        COMPLETION_DECISION.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        COMPLETION_REJECTION.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+    ));
+    COMPLETION_EXITS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+    result
+}
+
+unsafe extern "system" fn event_wrapper(
+    controller: *mut c_void,
+    event: u32,
+    payload: *mut c_void,
+) -> usize {
+    EVENT_ENTRIES.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    EVENT_THREAD.store(GetCurrentThreadId() as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    EVENT_CONTROLLER.store(controller as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    EVENT_ID.store(event as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    EVENT_PAYLOAD.store(payload as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    match event {
+        FUT_SBS_CATEGORIES_EVENT => {
+            EVENT_CATEGORIES.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+        SBC_REFRESH_EVENT => {
+            EVENT_REFRESH.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+        FUT_SBS_CATEGORIES_READY_EVENT => {
+            EVENT_READY.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    // Piggyback the store pre-warm on this game-thread hub event: it loads the
+    // purchase groups once, before the store screen is shown, so the store's native
+    // screen-show tab bind sees a populated group list (see `store_entry`).
+    crate::store_entry::maybe_prewarm_groups();
+    let original: EventDispatchFn = core::mem::transmute(EVENT_TRAMPOLINE.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+    let result = original(controller, event, payload);
+    EVENT_EXITS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+    result
+}
+
+unsafe fn allocate_completion_trampoline(target: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    let failure_target = target.checked_add(0x5c)?;
+    let success_target = target.checked_add(COMPLETION_COPY_LEN)?;
+    let memory = VirtualAlloc(
+        core::ptr::null(),
+        COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE_LEN,
+        MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE,
+        PAGE_READWRITE,
+    ) as usize;
+    if memory == 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(target as *const u8, memory as *mut u8, 12);
+    // The relocated branch preserves the original null-status failure edge.
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping([0x75, 0x0e].as_ptr(), (memory + 12) as *mut u8, 2);
+    let failure = crate::sbc_trace::absolute_jump(failure_target);
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(failure.as_ptr(), (memory + 14) as *mut u8, ABS_JUMP_LEN);
+    let success = crate::sbc_trace::absolute_jump(success_target);
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(success.as_ptr(), (memory + 28) as *mut u8, ABS_JUMP_LEN);
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(
+        memory as _,
+        COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE_LEN,
+        PAGE_EXECUTE_READ,
+        &mut old,
+    ) == 0
+        || FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), memory as _, COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE_LEN) == 0
+    {
+        VirtualFree(memory as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(memory)
+}
+
+unsafe fn restore_entry<const N: usize>(target: usize, original: &[u8; N]) -> bool {
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(target as _, N, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &mut old) == 0 {
+        return false;
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(original.as_ptr(), target as *mut u8, N);
+    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), target as _, N) != 0;
+    let mut ignored = 0u32;
+    flushed && VirtualProtect(target as _, N, old, &mut ignored) != 0
+}
+
+unsafe fn write_entry<const N: usize>(
+    target: usize,
+    destination: usize,
+    original: &[u8; N],
+) -> Result<(), bool> {
+    let mut patch = [0x90u8; N];
+    patch[..ABS_JUMP_LEN].copy_from_slice(&crate::sbc_trace::absolute_jump(destination));
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(target as _, N, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &mut old) == 0 {
+        return Err(true);
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(patch.as_ptr(), target as *mut u8, N);
+    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), target as _, N) != 0;
+    let mut ignored = 0u32;
+    if flushed && VirtualProtect(target as _, N, old, &mut ignored) != 0 {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(restore_entry(target, original))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum InstallOutcome {
+    Installed,
+    CleanFailure,
+    DegradedHookActive,
+    DegradedProcessState,
+    DegradedHookAndProcess,
+}
+
+unsafe fn install_pair(base: usize) -> InstallOutcome {
+    let Some(completion) = crate::sbc_trace::target_va(base, COMPLETION_RVA) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let Some(event) = crate::sbc_trace::target_va(base, EVENT_DISPATCH_RVA) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let completion_original: [u8; COMPLETION_COPY_LEN] = COMPLETION_SIGNATURE
+        [..COMPLETION_COPY_LEN]
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+    if !crate::sbc_trace::valid_cards_image(base)
+        || !crate::sbc_trace::executable_range_in_image(
+            base,
+            completion,
+            COMPLETION_SIGNATURE.len(),
+        )
+        || !crate::sbc_trace::executable_range_in_image(base, event, EVENT_SIGNATURE.len())
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(completion as *const u8, COMPLETION_SIGNATURE.len())
+            != COMPLETION_SIGNATURE
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(event as *const u8, EVENT_SIGNATURE.len()) != EVENT_SIGNATURE
+    {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    }
+    let mut pinned = core::ptr::null_mut();
+    if GetModuleHandleExA(
+        GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_PIN,
+        completion as *const u8,
+        &mut pinned,
+    ) == 0
+        || pinned as usize != base
+    {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    }
+    let Some(completion_trampoline) = allocate_completion_trampoline(completion) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let Some(event_trampoline) = crate::sbc_trace::allocate_trampoline(event, EVENT_COPY_LEN)
+    else {
+        VirtualFree(completion_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE.store(completion_trampoline, Ordering::Release);
+    EVENT_TRAMPOLINE.store(event_trampoline, Ordering::Release);
+
+    let Some(_gate) = crate::sbc_trace::acquire_patch_installer_gate() else {
+        VirtualFree(completion_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        VirtualFree(event_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+        EVENT_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let mut peers = match crate::sbc_trace::suspend_peers(completion, event) {
+        Ok(peers) => peers,
+        Err(crate::sbc_trace::QuiesceFailure::Acquire) => {
+            VirtualFree(completion_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+            VirtualFree(event_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+            COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+            EVENT_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+            return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+        }
+        Err(crate::sbc_trace::QuiesceFailure::Resume) => {
+            return InstallOutcome::DegradedProcessState;
+        }
+    };
+    let final_valid = crate::sbc_trace::valid_cards_image(base)
+        && core::slice::from_raw_parts(completion as *const u8, COMPLETION_SIGNATURE.len())
+            == COMPLETION_SIGNATURE
+        && core::slice::from_raw_parts(event as *const u8, EVENT_SIGNATURE.len())
+            == EVENT_SIGNATURE;
+    let transaction = if !final_valid {
+        InstallOutcome::CleanFailure
+    } else {
+        match write_entry(
+            completion,
+            completion_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+            &completion_original,
+        ) {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                match write_entry(event, event_wrapper as *const () as usize, &EVENT_SIGNATURE) {
+                    Ok(()) => InstallOutcome::Installed,
+                    Err(event_clean) => {
+                        let completion_clean = restore_entry(completion, &completion_original);
+                        if event_clean && completion_clean {
+                            InstallOutcome::CleanFailure
+                        } else {
+                            InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Err(true) => InstallOutcome::CleanFailure,
+            Err(false) => InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive,
+        }
+    };
+    let resumed = peers.resume_all();
+    let outcome = if resumed {
+        transaction
+    } else if matches!(
+        transaction,
+        InstallOutcome::Installed | InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive
+    ) {
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedHookAndProcess
+    } else {
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedProcessState
+    };
+    if outcome == InstallOutcome::CleanFailure {
+        VirtualFree(completion_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        VirtualFree(event_trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+        EVENT_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+    outcome
+}
+
+unsafe fn worker() {
+    let _pending = crate::sbc_trace::CodeInstallerPending;
+    let mut base = 0usize;
+    for _ in 0..600u32 {
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
+        if base != 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+    let outcome = if base == 0 {
+        InstallOutcome::CleanFailure
+    } else {
+        install_pair(base)
+    };
+    drop(_pending);
+    match outcome {
+        InstallOutcome::Installed => crate::write_log(
+            "SBC_DISPATCH: completion+event hooks installed; repair remains gate-controlled\n",
+        ),
+        InstallOutcome::CleanFailure => {
+            crate::write_log("SBC_DISPATCH: clean install failure; inactive\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive => {
+            crate::write_log("SBC_DISPATCH: DEGRADED hook may be active; terminate game now\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedProcessState => {
+            crate::write_log("SBC_DISPATCH: DEGRADED thread state; terminate game now\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedHookAndProcess => {
+            crate::write_log("SBC_DISPATCH: DEGRADED hook and thread state; terminate game now\n");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut completion_seen = 0u64;
+    let mut event_seen = 0u64;
+    let mut reports = 0u8;
+    while reports < 64 {
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(250));
+        let completion_entries = COMPLETION_ENTRIES.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        let event_entries = EVENT_ENTRIES.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        if completion_entries != completion_seen || event_entries != event_seen {
+            crate::write_log(&format!(
+                "SBC_DISPATCH: completion entry={} exit={} tid={} controller={:#x} status_obj={:#x} status={} generation={} decision={} rejection={}; event entry={} exit={} tid={} controller={:#x} id={:#x} payload={:#x} categories={} refresh={} ready={}\n",
+                completion_entries,
+                COMPLETION_EXITS.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+                COMPLETION_THREAD.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                COMPLETION_CONTROLLER.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                COMPLETION_STATUS_OBJECT.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                COMPLETION_STATUS.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                COMPLETION_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                COMPLETION_DECISION.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                COMPLETION_REJECTION.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                event_entries,
+                EVENT_EXITS.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+                EVENT_THREAD.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                EVENT_CONTROLLER.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                EVENT_ID.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                EVENT_PAYLOAD.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                EVENT_CATEGORIES.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                EVENT_REFRESH.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                EVENT_READY.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            ));
+            completion_seen = completion_entries;
+            event_seen = event_entries;
+            reports += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    crate::write_log("SBC_DISPATCH: report cap reached; hooks remain installed\n");
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn install() {
+    // Promoted: armed by the build. No environment variable participates in the
+    // decision, so every launch path behaves identically.
+    REPAIR_ENABLED.store(REPAIR_PROMOTED, Ordering::Release);
+    crate::write_log(
+        "SBC_DISPATCH: repair ARMED (promoted); strict native evidence gate enabled\n",
+    );
+    std::thread::spawn(|| unsafe { worker() });
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn valid_input(generation: u64) -> DecisionInput {
+        DecisionInput {
+            repair_enabled: true,
+            status: Some(UNKNOWN_TRANSPORT_STATUS),
+            status_present: true,
+            status_copyable: true,
+            cards_build_matches: true,
+            factory_entries: generation,
+            factory_exits: generation,
+            factory_result: 0x2000,
+            factory_thread: 7,
+            deserializer_entries: generation,
+            deserializer_exits: generation,
+            deserializer_this: 0x2000,
+            deserializer_reader: 0x3000,
+            deserializer_result: true,
+            deserializer_thread: 7,
+            response_class_matches: true,
+            model: 0x4000,
+            live_category_count: 2,
+            category_count: 2,
+            notifier_entries: generation,
+            notifier_exits: generation,
+            controller_matches: true,
+            controller_model_matches: true,
+            last_repaired_generation: generation - 1,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn native_success_is_never_rewritten() {
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.status = Some(0);
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Ok(Decision::NativeSuccess));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn exact_unknown_status_and_full_evidence_allow_repair() {
+        assert_eq!(decide(valid_input(1)), Ok(Decision::Repair));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn repair_is_exactly_gated_and_fail_closed() {
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.repair_enabled = false;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::RepairDisabled));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.status = Some(500);
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::UnsupportedStatus));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.category_count = 0;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::ModelEmpty));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.controller_matches = false;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::ControllerMismatch));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.status = None;
+        input.status_present = false;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::NullStatus));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.status = None;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::StatusUnreadable));
+
+        // Notifier still in flight for this generation (has not returned) is rejected:
+        // on the pinned build the completion only runs after the notifier unwinds.
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.notifier_exits = 0;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::NotifierNotCurrent));
+
+        // A notifier count that does not match the current generation is rejected.
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.notifier_entries = 2;
+        input.notifier_exits = 2;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::NotifierNotCurrent));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.controller_model_matches = false;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::ControllerModelMismatch));
+
+        let mut input = valid_input(1);
+        input.live_category_count = 0;
+        assert_eq!(decide(input), Err(Rejection::ModelChanged));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn each_generation_is_one_shot_but_next_lifecycle_is_allowed() {
+        let mut duplicate = valid_input(1);
+        duplicate.last_repaired_generation = 1;
+        assert_eq!(decide(duplicate), Err(Rejection::DuplicateGeneration));
+
+        let next = valid_input(2);
+        assert_eq!(decide(next), Ok(Decision::Repair));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn response_class_requires_exact_pinned_vtable() {
+        let base = 0x1_8000_0000usize;
+        let expected = base + CATEGORY_RESPONSE_VTABLE_RVA;
+        assert!(response_class_matches(base, expected));
+        // An unreadable capture (zero) never qualifies.
+        assert!(!response_class_matches(base, 0));
+        // Any other vtable (e.g. a sub-object or a freed/reused slot) is rejected.
+        assert!(!response_class_matches(base, expected + 8));
+        assert!(!response_class_matches(base, base));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn relocated_completion_branch_has_proven_layout() {
+        assert_eq!(COMPLETION_COPY_LEN, 14);
+        assert_eq!(
+            &COMPLETION_SIGNATURE[..12],
+            &[0x40, 0x53, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x20, 0x48, 0x8b, 0xd9, 0x48, 0x85, 0xd2]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(&COMPLETION_SIGNATURE[12..14], &[0x74, 0x4e]);
+        assert_eq!(COMPLETION_TRAMPOLINE_LEN, 42);
+    }
+}

openfut-hook/src/sbc_hook.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 //! (all addresses, RVA math, call order, crash risks, staged test plan):
 //!   fifa17-recon/docs/sbc-hook-dll-spec.md
 //!
-//! Everything here is **inert by default** and gated by env vars, so shipping the DLL
-//! with this module compiled in changes nothing unless a var is set:
+//! Everything here is **inert by default** and gated by env vars:
 //!   OPENFUT_SBC_HOOK=1       -> arm the deferred worker (resolve + log; READ-ONLY)
 //!   OPENFUT_SBC_ARM_ONLY=1   -> Tier-0 negative control: write BYTE[B+0x28]=1 (renders EMPTY)
-//!   OPENFUT_SBC_COMMIT=1     -> after proven native parse success, arm populated M
 //!   OPENFUT_SBC_POPULATE=1   -> legacy Tier-1 gate: BLOCKED (logs corrected trace gap, returns)
 //!
 //! CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll is loaded lazily (only on entering Ultimate Team), so we
@@ -20,14 +18,11 @@
 //! See the spec for the verified disassembly behind each one.
 
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use windows_sys::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::FlushInstructionCache;
 use windows_sys::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::GetModuleHandleA;
 use windows_sys::Win32::System::Memory::{
-    VirtualProtect, VirtualQuery, MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ,
-    PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY, PAGE_GUARD, PAGE_NOACCESS, PAGE_READWRITE,
-    PAGE_WRITECOPY,
+    VirtualQuery, MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE,
+    PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY, PAGE_GUARD, PAGE_NOACCESS, PAGE_READWRITE, PAGE_WRITECOPY,
 };
-use windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::{GetCurrentProcess, GetCurrentThreadId};
 
 // ── RVAs (verified byte-exact against /tmp/fut/cardsdll.dll this pass) ────────────
 const IMAGE_BASE: usize = 0x180000000;
@@ -46,13 +41,6 @@ const B_READY_OFF: usize = 0x28; //     B+0x28 ready byte (the isValid gate)
 const B_COLL_OFF: usize = 0x08; //      B+0x08 collection ptr (MUST stay 0 — see spec §4/C5)
 const M_CACHE_OFF: usize = 0x20a68; //  M = *(A + 0x20a68) (render source; per-session heap)
 const M_COUNT_OFF: usize = 0x50; //     WORD[M+0x50] category count
-const SBC_CONTROLLER_VTABLE_RVA: usize = 0x20a820;
-const SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_VTABLE_RVA: usize = 0x20a888;
-const SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_SUBOBJECT_OFF: usize = 0x138;
-const SBC_CONTROLLER_MODEL_OFF: usize = 0x140;
-const SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_JNE_RVA: usize = 0x0b8962;
-const SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_JNE: [u8; 2] = [0x75, 0x48];
-const SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_FALLTHROUGH: [u8; 2] = [0x90, 0x90];
 const B_DTOR_RVA: usize = 0x63040;
 const B_ISVALID_RVA: usize = 0x65d40;
 const B_CLEAR_RVA: usize = 0x65d20;
@@ -87,11 +75,9 @@ mod rva {
 
 static ARMED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static ARM_ONLY: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
-static COMMIT: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static POPULATE: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static DONE: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static CARDS_BASE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
-static SBC_CONTROLLER: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static STATE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(RuntimeState::Disabled as usize);
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -147,13 +133,6 @@ enum ValidationError {
     CollectionUnreadable,
     CollectionNotNull,
     ReadyByteNotWritable,
-    ModelEmpty,
-    ControllerMissing,
-    ControllerVtableMismatch,
-    ControllerModelMismatch,
-    CompletionBranchMismatch,
-    CompletionBranchProtectFailed,
-    CompletionBranchFlushFailed,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
@@ -313,12 +292,12 @@ unsafe fn read_u16(ptr: usize) -> Option<u16> {
 /// Resolve CardsDLL's runtime base, or 0. Tries the exact loaded name; the ToolHelp
 /// fallback (name-contains "CardsDLL") lives in the spec — add it if EA ever renames.
 unsafe fn resolve_cards_base() -> usize {
-    let h = GetModuleHandleA(b"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll\0".as_ptr());
+    let h = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast());
     if !h.is_null() {
         return h as usize;
     }
     // Also try the short form some tooling reports.
-    let h2 = GetModuleHandleA(b"CardsDLL.dll\0".as_ptr());
+    let h2 = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL.dll".as_ptr().cast());
     if !h2.is_null() {
         return h2 as usize;
     }
@@ -428,12 +407,6 @@ pub fn install() {
             .unwrap_or(false),
         Ordering::Relaxed,
     );
-    COMMIT.store(
-        std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_COMMIT")
-            .map(|v| v == "1")
-            .unwrap_or(false),
-        Ordering::Relaxed,
-    );
     POPULATE.store(
         std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_POPULATE")
             .map(|v| v == "1")
@@ -444,192 +417,6 @@ pub fn install() {
     std::thread::spawn(|| unsafe { worker() });
 }
 
-/// Records the concrete SBC controller observed registering FUT_SBS_CATEGORIES.
-/// The registration hook is observational; all structural checks happen again on
-/// the notifier thread before this address is trusted.
-pub(crate) unsafe fn note_sbc_controller(controller: usize) {
-    let base = CARDS_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-    let valid = base != 0
-        && read_ptr(controller) == base.checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_VTABLE_RVA)
-        && controller
-            .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_SUBOBJECT_OFF)
-            .and_then(|p| read_ptr(p))
-            == base.checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_VTABLE_RVA);
-    if valid {
-        SBC_CONTROLLER.store(controller, Ordering::Release);
-        crate::write_log(&format!(
-            "SBC_CONTROLLER_TRACE: captured controller={controller:#x}\n"
-        ));
-    } else {
-        crate::write_log(&format!(
-            "SBC_CONTROLLER_TRACE: rejected controller={controller:#x} (vtable mismatch)\n"
-        ));
-    }
-}
-
-unsafe fn log_controller_model(native_model: usize) {
-    let controller = SBC_CONTROLLER.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-    let controller_model = controller
-        .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_MODEL_OFF)
-        .and_then(|p| read_ptr(p))
-        .unwrap_or(0);
-    let main_vtable = read_ptr(controller).unwrap_or(0);
-    let event_vtable = controller
-        .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_SUBOBJECT_OFF)
-        .and_then(|p| read_ptr(p))
-        .unwrap_or(0);
-    crate::write_log(&format!(
-        "SBC_CONTROLLER_TRACE: notifier controller={controller:#x} main_vt={main_vtable:#x} event_vt={event_vtable:#x} controller_M={controller_model:#x} parsed_M={native_model:#x} match={}\n",
-        controller != 0 && controller_model == native_model,
-    ));
-}
-
-unsafe fn validated_sbc_controller(
-    base: usize,
-    native_model: usize,
-) -> Result<usize, ValidationError> {
-    let controller = SBC_CONTROLLER.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-    if controller == 0 {
-        return Err(ValidationError::ControllerMissing);
-    }
-    if read_ptr(controller) != base.checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_VTABLE_RVA)
-        || controller
-            .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_SUBOBJECT_OFF)
-            .and_then(|p| read_ptr(p))
-            != base.checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_EVENT_VTABLE_RVA)
-    {
-        return Err(ValidationError::ControllerVtableMismatch);
-    }
-    if controller
-        .checked_add(SBC_CONTROLLER_MODEL_OFF)
-        .and_then(|p| read_ptr(p))
-        != Some(native_model)
-    {
-        return Err(ValidationError::ControllerModelMismatch);
-    }
-    Ok(controller)
-}
-
-/// Route the already-scheduled category completion through CardsDLL's own success
-/// branch. The original function first rejects a non-zero status with a two-byte
-/// `jne ServerErrSets`; after a separately proven native parse, that status belongs
-/// to the stale scheduler completion rather than the category HTTP transaction.
-unsafe fn arm_native_completion_success(base: usize) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-    let target = base
-        .checked_add(SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_JNE_RVA)
-        .ok_or(ValidationError::AddressOverflow)?;
-    if !executable_range(target, SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_JNE.len())
-        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(target as *const u8, SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_JNE.len())
-            != SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_JNE
-    {
-        return Err(ValidationError::CompletionBranchMismatch);
-    }
-    let mut old = 0u32;
-    if VirtualProtect(
-        target as _,
-        SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_FALLTHROUGH.len(),
-        PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE,
-        &mut old,
-    ) == 0
-    {
-        return Err(ValidationError::CompletionBranchProtectFailed);
-    }
-    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
-        SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_FALLTHROUGH.as_ptr(),
-        target as *mut u8,
-        SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_FALLTHROUGH.len(),
-    );
-    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(
-        GetCurrentProcess(),
-        target as _,
-        SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_FALLTHROUGH.len(),
-    ) != 0;
-    let mut ignored = 0u32;
-    let protected = VirtualProtect(
-        target as _,
-        SBC_COMPLETION_STATUS_FALLTHROUGH.len(),
-        old,
-        &mut ignored,
-    ) != 0;
-    if !flushed || !protected {
-        return Err(ValidationError::CompletionBranchFlushFailed);
-    }
-    crate::write_log(&format!(
-        "SBC_HOOK: armed native completion success branch at {target:#x} tid={}\n",
-        GetCurrentThreadId(),
-    ));
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/// Commit the already-populated native SBC model after the category success notifier.
-///
-/// This is called synchronously by the passive notifier wrapper *after* the original
-/// notifier returns. It never invokes a parser or constructs game objects. The only
-/// mutation is the established cache-ready byte, and only when the normal parser has
-/// produced at least one category and every pointer/vtable invariant still matches.
-pub(crate) unsafe fn commit_after_native_parse() {
-    if !COMMIT.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
-        return;
-    }
-    let base = CARDS_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-    if base == 0 || !control_matches(base) {
-        set_failed(ValidationError::AUnreadable);
-        return;
-    }
-    let snapshot = match runtime_snapshot(base).and_then(|snapshot| {
-        validate_snapshot(base, &snapshot)?;
-        if snapshot.m == 0
-            || read_u16(snapshot.m + M_COUNT_OFF)
-                .filter(|&count| count > 0)
-                .is_none()
-        {
-            return Err(ValidationError::ModelEmpty);
-        }
-        if !writable_u8(snapshot.b + B_READY_OFF) {
-            return Err(ValidationError::ReadyByteNotWritable);
-        }
-        Ok(snapshot)
-    }) {
-        Ok(snapshot) => snapshot,
-        Err(error) => {
-            set_failed(error);
-            return;
-        }
-    };
-    let count = read_u16(snapshot.m + M_COUNT_OFF).unwrap_or(0);
-    log_controller_model(snapshot.m);
-    if DONE.swap(true, Ordering::AcqRel) {
-        return;
-    }
-    crate::write_log(&format!(
-        "SBC_HOOK: post-parse commit -> M={:#x} categories={} BYTE[{:#x}]=1\n",
-        snapshot.m,
-        count,
-        snapshot.b + B_READY_OFF,
-    ));
-    core::ptr::write_volatile((snapshot.b + B_READY_OFF) as *mut u8, 1);
-    if read_u8(snapshot.b + B_READY_OFF) != Some(1)
-        || !transition(RuntimeState::Validated, RuntimeState::Committed)
-    {
-        set_failed(ValidationError::ReadyByteUnexpected);
-        return;
-    }
-    let _controller = match validated_sbc_controller(base, snapshot.m) {
-        Ok(controller) => controller,
-        Err(error) => {
-            set_failed(error);
-            return;
-        }
-    };
-    if let Err(error) = arm_native_completion_success(base) {
-        set_failed(error);
-        return;
-    }
-    crate::write_log(
-        "SBC_HOOK: post-parse commit DONE; awaiting CardsDLL native completion events\n",
-    );
-}
-
 /// Deferred worker: waits (up to ~5 min) for CardsDLL to load — it only appears when
 /// the user enters Ultimate Team — then runs the resolve/log (+ optional Tier-0 arm)
 /// exactly once.

openfut-hook/src/sbc_request_trace.rs

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ unsafe fn worker() {
     }
     let mut base = 0usize;
     for _ in 0..600u32 {
-        base = GetModuleHandleA(b"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll\0".as_ptr()) as usize;
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
         if base != 0 {
             break;
         }

openfut-hook/src/sbc_trace.rs

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static TRACE_BASE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static DESERIALIZER_EXIT_M: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static DESERIALIZER_EXIT_COUNT: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static DESERIALIZER_EXIT_B_READY: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(usize::MAX);
+static DESERIALIZER_EXIT_RESPONSE_VTABLE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static NOTIFIER_TRAMPOLINE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static CONTROLLER_REGISTER_TRAMPOLINE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 static NOTIFIER_ENTRIES: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ static NOTIFIER_COUNT: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(usize::MAX);
 static PATCH_INSTALLER_BUSY: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static CODE_PATCH_PENDING: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
 
-struct PatchInstallerGate;
+pub(crate) struct PatchInstallerGate;
 
 impl Drop for PatchInstallerGate {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ impl Drop for PatchInstallerGate {
     }
 }
 
-fn acquire_patch_installer_gate() -> Option<PatchInstallerGate> {
+pub(crate) fn acquire_patch_installer_gate() -> Option<PatchInstallerGate> {
     for _ in 0..200 {
         if PATCH_INSTALLER_BUSY
             .compare_exchange(false, true, Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Acquire)
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ fn acquire_patch_installer_gate() -> Option<PatchInstallerGate> {
     None
 }
 
-struct CodeInstallerPending;
+pub(crate) struct CodeInstallerPending;
 
 impl Drop for CodeInstallerPending {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
@@ -138,15 +139,15 @@ enum TraceState {
     DegradedHookAndProcess,
 }
 
-fn env_enabled(value: Option<&str>) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn env_enabled(value: Option<&str>) -> bool {
     matches!(value, Some("1"))
 }
 
-fn target_va(base: usize, rva: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+pub(crate) fn target_va(base: usize, rva: usize) -> Option<usize> {
     base.checked_add(rva)
 }
 
-fn absolute_jump(destination: usize) -> [u8; ABS_JUMP_LEN] {
+pub(crate) fn absolute_jump(destination: usize) -> [u8; ABS_JUMP_LEN] {
     let mut jump = [0u8; ABS_JUMP_LEN];
     jump[..6].copy_from_slice(&[0xff, 0x25, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
     jump[6..].copy_from_slice(&(destination as u64).to_le_bytes());
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ fn instruction_pointer_in_span(rip: usize, target: usize) -> bool {
         .unwrap_or(true)
 }
 
-struct SuspendedPeers {
+pub(crate) struct SuspendedPeers {
     handles: [HANDLE; MAX_PEERS],
     tids: [u32; MAX_PEERS],
     count: usize,
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ impl SuspendedPeers {
         self.tids[..self.count].contains(&tid)
     }
 
-    unsafe fn resume_all(&mut self) -> bool {
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn resume_all(&mut self) -> bool {
         let mut all_resumed = true;
         for index in (0..self.count).rev() {
             let handle = self.handles[index];
@@ -208,14 +209,14 @@ impl Drop for SuspendedPeers {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-enum QuiesceFailure {
+pub(crate) enum QuiesceFailure {
     Acquire,
     Resume,
 }
 
 /// Stop and inspect every peer thread before touching either entry point. Any
 /// incomplete enumeration/access/context operation fails the transaction closed.
-unsafe fn suspend_peers(
+pub(crate) unsafe fn suspend_peers(
     factory: usize,
     deserializer: usize,
 ) -> Result<SuspendedPeers, QuiesceFailure> {
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ unsafe fn executable_range(address: usize, length: usize) -> bool {
     ) && end <= mbi.BaseAddress as usize + mbi.RegionSize
 }
 
-unsafe fn executable_range_in_image(base: usize, address: usize, length: usize) -> bool {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn executable_range_in_image(base: usize, address: usize, length: usize) -> bool {
     let Some(end) = address.checked_add(length) else {
         return false;
     };
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ unsafe fn executable_range_in_image(base: usize, address: usize, length: usize)
         && end <= mbi.BaseAddress as usize + mbi.RegionSize
 }
 
-unsafe fn readable_range(address: usize, length: usize) -> bool {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn readable_range(address: usize, length: usize) -> bool {
     let Some(end) = address.checked_add(length) else {
         return false;
     };
@@ -362,20 +363,20 @@ unsafe fn readable_range(address: usize, length: usize) -> bool {
         && end <= mbi.BaseAddress as usize + mbi.RegionSize
 }
 
-unsafe fn guarded_usize(address: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn guarded_usize(address: usize) -> Option<usize> {
     (address & 7 == 0 && readable_range(address, 8))
         .then(|| core::ptr::read_volatile(address as *const usize))
 }
 
-unsafe fn guarded_u16(address: usize) -> Option<u16> {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn guarded_u16(address: usize) -> Option<u16> {
     readable_range(address, 2).then(|| core::ptr::read_volatile(address as *const u16))
 }
 
-unsafe fn guarded_u8(address: usize) -> Option<u8> {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn guarded_u8(address: usize) -> Option<u8> {
     readable_range(address, 1).then(|| core::ptr::read_volatile(address as *const u8))
 }
 
-unsafe fn valid_cards_image(base: usize) -> bool {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn valid_cards_image(base: usize) -> bool {
     let Some(control) = base.checked_add(CONTROL_RVA) else {
         return false;
     };
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ unsafe fn signature_matches(target: usize, signature: &[u8; 32]) -> bool {
     core::slice::from_raw_parts(target as *const u8, signature.len()) == signature
 }
 
-unsafe fn allocate_trampoline(target: usize, copy_len: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn allocate_trampoline(target: usize, copy_len: usize) -> Option<usize> {
     let trampoline_len = copy_len.checked_add(ABS_JUMP_LEN)?;
     let memory = VirtualAlloc(
         core::ptr::null(),
@@ -595,7 +596,10 @@ unsafe extern "system" fn controller_register_wrapper(controller: *mut c_void, e
         core::mem::transmute(CONTROLLER_REGISTER_TRAMPOLINE.load(Ordering::Acquire));
     original(controller, event);
     if event == FUT_SBS_CATEGORIES_EVENT {
-        crate::sbc_hook::note_sbc_controller(controller as usize);
+        crate::sbc_dispatch::note_sbc_controller(
+            controller as usize,
+            TRACE_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        );
     }
 }
 
@@ -630,7 +634,6 @@ unsafe extern "system" fn notifier_wrapper(ctx: *mut c_void) {
     let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(*mut c_void) =
         core::mem::transmute(NOTIFIER_TRAMPOLINE.load(Ordering::Acquire));
     original(ctx);
-    crate::sbc_hook::commit_after_native_parse();
     NOTIFIER_BYTE_AFTER.store(
         address
             .checked_add(0x88)
@@ -682,12 +685,54 @@ unsafe extern "system" fn deserializer_wrapper(this: *mut c_void, reader: *mut c
         .and_then(|slot| guarded_u8(slot))
         .map(usize::from)
         .unwrap_or(usize::MAX);
+    let response_vtable = guarded_usize(this as usize).unwrap_or(0);
     DESERIALIZER_EXIT_M.store(m, Ordering::Relaxed);
     DESERIALIZER_EXIT_COUNT.store(count, Ordering::Relaxed);
     DESERIALIZER_EXIT_B_READY.store(ready, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    DESERIALIZER_EXIT_RESPONSE_VTABLE.store(response_vtable, Ordering::Relaxed);
     DESERIALIZER_EXITS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
     result
 }
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct DispatchEvidence {
+    pub(crate) base: usize,
+    pub(crate) factory_entries: u64,
+    pub(crate) factory_exits: u64,
+    pub(crate) factory_result: usize,
+    pub(crate) factory_thread: usize,
+    pub(crate) deserializer_entries: u64,
+    pub(crate) deserializer_exits: u64,
+    pub(crate) deserializer_this: usize,
+    pub(crate) deserializer_reader: usize,
+    pub(crate) deserializer_result: bool,
+    pub(crate) deserializer_thread: usize,
+    pub(crate) response_vtable: usize,
+    pub(crate) model: usize,
+    pub(crate) category_count: usize,
+    pub(crate) notifier_entries: u64,
+    pub(crate) notifier_exits: u64,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn dispatch_evidence() -> DispatchEvidence {
+    DispatchEvidence {
+        base: TRACE_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        factory_entries: FACTORY_ENTRIES.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        factory_exits: FACTORY_EXITS.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        factory_result: FACTORY_LAST_RESULT.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        factory_thread: FACTORY_LAST_THREAD.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        deserializer_entries: DESERIALIZER_ENTRIES.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        deserializer_exits: DESERIALIZER_EXITS.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        deserializer_this: DESERIALIZER_LAST_THIS.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        deserializer_reader: DESERIALIZER_LAST_READER.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        deserializer_result: DESERIALIZER_LAST_RESULT.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        deserializer_thread: DESERIALIZER_LAST_THREAD.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        response_vtable: DESERIALIZER_EXIT_RESPONSE_VTABLE.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        model: DESERIALIZER_EXIT_M.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        category_count: DESERIALIZER_EXIT_COUNT.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        notifier_entries: NOTIFIER_ENTRIES.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+        notifier_exits: NOTIFIER_EXITS.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 enum InstallOutcome {
@@ -839,7 +884,7 @@ unsafe fn worker() {
     let _pending = CodeInstallerPending;
     let mut base = 0usize;
     for _ in 0..600u32 {
-        base = GetModuleHandleA(b"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll\0".as_ptr()) as usize;
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
         if base != 0 {
             break;
         }
@@ -926,7 +971,7 @@ unsafe fn notifier_worker() {
     let _pending = CodeInstallerPending;
     let mut base = 0usize;
     for _ in 0..600u32 {
-        base = GetModuleHandleA(b"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll\0".as_ptr()) as usize;
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
         if base != 0 {
             break;
         }
@@ -1029,7 +1074,7 @@ unsafe fn controller_register_worker() {
     let _pending = CodeInstallerPending;
     let mut base = 0usize;
     for _ in 0..600u32 {
-        base = GetModuleHandleA(b"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll\0".as_ptr()) as usize;
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
         if base != 0 {
             break;
         }
@@ -1103,10 +1148,17 @@ fn install_notifier(enabled: bool) {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn install() {
-    let enabled = env_enabled(std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_TRACE").ok().as_deref());
-    let notifier_enabled = env_enabled(std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_NOTIFIER_TRACE").ok().as_deref());
+    // The repair's evidence traces (parser, notifier, controller registration) are
+    // its decision inputs, so they follow the promoted repair, not an env var.
+    let dispatch_repair = crate::sbc_dispatch::REPAIR_PROMOTED;
+    let dispatch_trace =
+        dispatch_repair || env_enabled(std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_DISPATCH_TRACE").ok().as_deref());
+    let enabled =
+        dispatch_repair || env_enabled(std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_TRACE").ok().as_deref());
+    let notifier_enabled =
+        dispatch_repair || env_enabled(std::env::var("OPENFUT_SBC_NOTIFIER_TRACE").ok().as_deref());
     CODE_PATCH_PENDING.store(
-        enabled as usize + (notifier_enabled as usize * 2),
+        enabled as usize + (notifier_enabled as usize * 2) + dispatch_trace as usize,
         Ordering::Release,
     );
     install_notifier(notifier_enabled);

openfut-hook/src/season_trace.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,793 @@
+//! Passive, behavior-preserving diagnostic traces for FIFA 17's offline-season
+//! entry flow.
+//!
+//! RE (2026-08-19, live memory) placed the "problem communicating with the FIFA
+//! Ultimate Team servers" modal in the `futOfflineSeasonEntry` ActionScript's
+//! season-load path. A first trace on the load completion `FUN_1800578e0`
+//! (`0x578e0`) armed but NEVER fired on an entry attempt — so the modal is raised
+//! before that callback runs. These traces log the actual CardsDLL season-native
+//! call sequence (which functions the entry screen reaches, and in what order) so
+//! we can see exactly where the flow stops/fails. Every trace is read-only: it
+//! logs, then calls the original through a trampoline; it never alters control
+//! flow. Targets are chosen so their copied prologues are position-independent
+//! (no rip-relative / rel32 in the copied bytes).
+
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::FlushInstructionCache;
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::{
+    AddVectoredExceptionHandler, EXCEPTION_POINTERS,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::GetModuleHandleA;
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Memory::{
+    VirtualAlloc, VirtualProtect, MEM_COMMIT, MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ,
+    PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, PAGE_READWRITE,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::GetCurrentProcess;
+
+use crate::sbc_trace::{
+    absolute_jump, allocate_trampoline, readable_range, target_va, validate_cards_build,
+};
+use crate::write_log;
+
+static REPORTS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+/// One-shot guard for the staging-only CACHE_PACKNAMES_FAILED -> SUCCESS bypass.
+static BYPASS_DONE: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+
+unsafe fn rd_i32(addr: usize) -> Option<i32> {
+    readable_range(addr, 4).then(|| core::ptr::read_volatile(addr as *const i32))
+}
+unsafe fn rd_u8(addr: usize) -> Option<u8> {
+    readable_range(addr, 1).then(|| core::ptr::read_volatile(addr as *const u8))
+}
+/// Read a NUL-terminated string safely (bounded, only reads mapped bytes).
+unsafe fn rd_cstr(addr: usize, max: usize) -> String {
+    if addr == 0 || !readable_range(addr, 1) {
+        return String::from("<unreadable>");
+    }
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < max && readable_range(addr + i, 1) {
+        let b = core::ptr::read_volatile((addr + i) as *const u8);
+        if b == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        out.push(b);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(&out).into_owned()
+}
+
+/// Generic passive detour: overwrite the first `copy_len` bytes of `target` (which
+/// MUST be whole, position-independent instructions) with an absolute jump to
+/// `wrapper`; the wrapper calls the trampoline (copied prologue + jump back).
+unsafe fn install_detour(
+    base: usize,
+    rva: usize,
+    name: &str,
+    copy_len: usize,
+    signature: &[u8],
+    wrapper: usize,
+    trampoline_slot: &AtomicUsize,
+) -> bool {
+    let Some(target) = target_va(base, rva) else {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: VA overflow\n"));
+        return false;
+    };
+    if !readable_range(target, copy_len)
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(target as *const u8, copy_len) != signature
+    {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: prologue signature mismatch at {target:#x}; skip\n"
+        ));
+        return false;
+    }
+    let Some(trampoline) = allocate_trampoline(target, copy_len) else {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: trampoline alloc failed\n"));
+        return false;
+    };
+    trampoline_slot.store(trampoline, Ordering::Release);
+    let mut patch = [0x90u8; 24];
+    let jump = absolute_jump(wrapper);
+    patch[..jump.len()].copy_from_slice(&jump);
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(target as _, copy_len, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &mut old) == 0 {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: VirtualProtect failed\n"));
+        return false;
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(patch.as_ptr(), target as *mut u8, copy_len);
+    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), target as _, copy_len) != 0;
+    let mut ignored = 0u32;
+    VirtualProtect(target as _, copy_len, old, &mut ignored);
+    if flushed {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: installed at {target:#x} (tramp {trampoline:#x})\n"
+        ));
+        true
+    } else {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: flush failed\n"));
+        false
+    }
+}
+
+fn log_call(name: &str, rcx: usize, rdx: usize, r8: usize) {
+    let n = REPORTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    if n < 64 {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_CALL: {name} rcx={rcx:#x} rdx={rdx:#x} r8={r8:#x}\n"
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+/// Declare a passive 4-register-arg call trace. The wrapper is entered via the
+/// abs-jump patched over the target prologue (original args in rcx/rdx/r8/r9,
+/// caller's return address on the stack), logs, then tail-calls the original via
+/// the trampoline. A 4-arg/usize-return signature safely covers these season
+/// natives (<=4 integer args, void/int returns).
+macro_rules! season_call_trace {
+    ($wrap:ident, $tramp:ident, $name:literal) => {
+        static $tramp: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+        unsafe extern "system" fn $wrap(rcx: usize, rdx: usize, r8: usize, r9: usize) -> usize {
+            log_call($name, rcx, rdx, r8);
+            let t = $tramp.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+            if t == 0 {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(usize, usize, usize, usize) -> usize =
+                core::mem::transmute(t);
+            original(rcx, rdx, r8, r9)
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+season_call_trace!(
+    load_current_native_wrapper,
+    LOAD_CURRENT_NATIVE_TRAMP,
+    "LoadCurrentOfflineSeason_native"
+);
+season_call_trace!(
+    start_season_native_wrapper,
+    START_SEASON_NATIVE_TRAMP,
+    "StartSeason_native"
+);
+season_call_trace!(
+    get_info_native_wrapper,
+    GET_INFO_NATIVE_TRAMP,
+    "GetOfflineSeasonInfo_native"
+);
+// Real LoadOfflineSeasons native (FUN_18004ee10) — what _LoadCurrentSeason
+// actually calls; hands the callback name to the manager's async slot 0x80.
+season_call_trace!(
+    load_offline_real_wrapper,
+    LOAD_OFFLINE_REAL_TRAMP,
+    "LoadOfflineSeasons_native(0x4ee10)"
+);
+// Async LoadOfflineSeasons impl (mgr slot 0x80, FUN_180057560): reads the season
+// count and invokes the LoadSeasons_Complete AS callback.
+season_call_trace!(
+    load_offline_async_wrapper,
+    LOAD_OFFLINE_ASYNC_TRAMP,
+    "LoadOfflineSeasons_asyncimpl(0x57560)"
+);
+
+// LoadCurrentOfflineSeason IMPL (manager slot 0x20): registers the load callbacks
+// and starts the async op. param_1=manager, param_2=state byte, param_3=seasonId
+// string ptr. Logs those, then calls the original.
+static LOAD_CURRENT_IMPL_TRAMP: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+unsafe extern "system" fn load_current_impl_wrapper(
+    param_1: usize,
+    param_2: usize,
+    param_3: usize,
+    param_4: usize,
+) -> usize {
+    let n = REPORTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    if n < 64 {
+        // param_3 -> C string season id (best-effort read of first bytes).
+        let sid = if param_3 != 0 && readable_range(param_3, 8) {
+            let p = *(param_3 as *const usize);
+            if p != 0 && readable_range(p, 8) {
+                *(p as *const u64)
+            } else {
+                0
+            }
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_CALL: LoadCurrentOfflineSeason_impl mgr={param_1:#x} stateByte={param_2:#x} sidPtr={param_3:#x} sidHead={sid:#x}\n"
+        ));
+    }
+    let t = LOAD_CURRENT_IMPL_TRAMP.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if t == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(usize, usize, usize, usize) -> usize =
+        core::mem::transmute(t);
+    original(param_1, param_2, param_3, param_4)
+}
+
+// Completion callback FUN_1800578e0 (0x578e0). Kept from the first pass to confirm
+// whether it ever fires; logs the result fields it branches on.
+static COMPLETION_TRAMP: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+unsafe extern "system" fn completion_wrapper(
+    ctx: usize,
+    result: usize,
+    r8: usize,
+    r9: usize,
+) -> usize {
+    let n = REPORTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    if n < 64 {
+        let status = rd_i32(result + 0x1c);
+        let state = rd_u8(result + 0x68);
+        let season_id = rd_i32(result + 0x5c);
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_LOAD_COMPLETE: ctx={ctx:#x} result={result:#x} status(+0x1c)={} state(+0x68)={} seasonId(+0x5c)={}\n",
+            status.map(|x| x.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| "??".into()),
+            state.map(|x| x.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| "??".into()),
+            season_id.map(|x| x.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| "??".into()),
+        ));
+    }
+    let t = COMPLETION_TRAMP.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if t == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(usize, usize, usize, usize) -> usize =
+        core::mem::transmute(t);
+    original(ctx, result, r8, r9)
+}
+
+// GetUsersOfflineDivision native FUN_18004eb50 (registration FUN_18004e3f0 proved
+// this binding — it is NOT LoadOfflineSeasons). Called from _InitializeScreen for
+// the division display, sync. Its prologue holds a rip-relative `MOV RCX,[rip+disp]`,
+// so it needs the relocating installer below.
+season_call_trace!(
+    get_users_division_wrapper,
+    GET_USERS_DIVISION_TRAMP,
+    "GetUsersOfflineDivision_native(0x4eb50)"
+);
+
+/// Find a free page within ~±1.5 GiB of `base`, so a rip-relative disp32 into
+/// CardsDLL data still fits after we relocate a copied prologue into it.
+unsafe fn alloc_near(base: usize, size: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    const GRAN: usize = 0x10000;
+    let mut step = GRAN;
+    while step < 0x6000_0000 {
+        for signed in [step as isize, -(step as isize)] {
+            let cand = base.wrapping_add(signed as usize) & !(GRAN - 1);
+            if cand == 0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let p = VirtualAlloc(cand as _, size, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
+            if !p.is_null() {
+                return Some(p as usize);
+            }
+        }
+        step += GRAN;
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Passive detour for a target whose copied prologue contains a single
+/// rip-relative operand (disp32 at `disp_off`, instruction ending at `insn_end`,
+/// both within the copied bytes). The trampoline is allocated near `base` and the
+/// disp32 is relocated so it resolves to the same absolute address. Read-only.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+unsafe fn install_detour_reloc(
+    base: usize,
+    rva: usize,
+    name: &str,
+    copy_len: usize,
+    signature: &[u8],
+    disp_off: usize,
+    insn_end: usize,
+    wrapper: usize,
+    trampoline_slot: &AtomicUsize,
+) -> bool {
+    let Some(target) = target_va(base, rva) else {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: VA overflow\n"));
+        return false;
+    };
+    if !readable_range(target, copy_len)
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(target as *const u8, copy_len) != signature
+    {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: prologue signature mismatch at {target:#x}; skip\n"
+        ));
+        return false;
+    }
+    let jump = absolute_jump(wrapper);
+    let tramp_len = copy_len + jump.len();
+    let Some(tramp) = alloc_near(base, tramp_len) else {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: near trampoline alloc failed\n"
+        ));
+        return false;
+    };
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(target as *const u8, tramp as *mut u8, copy_len);
+    // Relocate the rip-relative disp32 to keep the same absolute target.
+    let orig_disp = core::ptr::read_unaligned((target + disp_off) as *const i32) as i64;
+    let abs_target = target as i64 + insn_end as i64 + orig_disp;
+    let new_disp = abs_target - (tramp as i64 + insn_end as i64);
+    if new_disp < i32::MIN as i64 || new_disp > i32::MAX as i64 {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: reloc out of range ({new_disp:#x})\n"
+        ));
+        return false;
+    }
+    core::ptr::write_unaligned((tramp + disp_off) as *mut i32, new_disp as i32);
+    let back = absolute_jump(target + copy_len);
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(back.as_ptr(), (tramp + copy_len) as *mut u8, back.len());
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(tramp as _, tramp_len, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, &mut old) == 0 {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: trampoline protect failed\n"
+        ));
+        return false;
+    }
+    FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), tramp as _, tramp_len);
+    trampoline_slot.store(tramp, Ordering::Release);
+    let mut patch = [0x90u8; 24];
+    patch[..jump.len()].copy_from_slice(&jump);
+    let mut prot = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(target as _, copy_len, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &mut prot) == 0 {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: VirtualProtect failed\n"));
+        return false;
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(patch.as_ptr(), target as *mut u8, copy_len);
+    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), target as _, copy_len) != 0;
+    let mut ignored = 0u32;
+    VirtualProtect(target as _, copy_len, prot, &mut ignored);
+    if flushed {
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASON_TRACE: {name}: installed(reloc) at {target:#x} (tramp {tramp:#x})\n"
+        ));
+        true
+    } else {
+        write_log(&format!("SEASON_TRACE: {name}: flush failed\n"));
+        false
+    }
+}
+
+// FutCompetitionServiceImpl::LoadOfflineSeasons FINAL completion (FUN_1800ffe90):
+// delivers the result to the AS callback LoadSeasons_Complete via
+// FUN_18019fb30->slot0x20(vm,"_global",cbref, "SUCCESS" | errString). param_1 = the
+// completion ctx (cbref at +0x18), param_2 = result obj (byte0=ok flag; +8 = error
+// string ptr when byte0==0). Logs the EXACT status string delivered. Passive.
+static FINAL_COMPLETION_TRAMP: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+unsafe extern "system" fn final_completion_wrapper(
+    ctx: usize,
+    result: usize,
+    r8: usize,
+    r9: usize,
+) -> usize {
+    // Read the delivered status: byte0==0 => failure with an error string at +8.
+    let flag = rd_u8(result);
+    let errstr = if flag == Some(0) {
+        let p = if readable_range(result + 8, 8) {
+            core::ptr::read_volatile((result + 8) as *const usize)
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+        rd_cstr(p, 96)
+    } else {
+        String::new()
+    };
+    let n = REPORTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    if n < 64 {
+        let cbref = if readable_range(ctx + 0x18, 8) {
+            core::ptr::read_volatile((ctx + 0x18) as *const usize)
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+        let kind = match flag {
+            Some(0) => "ERROR",
+            Some(_) => "SUCCESS",
+            None => "??",
+        };
+        let shown = if flag == Some(0) {
+            errstr.as_str()
+        } else {
+            "SUCCESS"
+        };
+        write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASONS_LOAD_CALLBACK: final kind={kind} result={shown:?} flag={flag:?} ctx={ctx:#x} cbref={cbref:#x}\n"
+        ));
+    }
+    // Base-supply experiment: the CACHE_PACKNAMES failure is expected to be fixed
+    // by the WEBFILE base-supply (the real file now downloads), so the guarded
+    // success-forcing bypass is DISABLED — a recurring CACHE_PACKNAMES here means
+    // the base-supply did not take effect and MUST NOT be masked.
+    if flag == Some(0)
+        && errstr.contains("CACHE_PACKNAMES")
+        && !BYPASS_DONE.swap(true, Ordering::AcqRel)
+    {
+        write_log("SEASONS_BYPASS: DISABLED (base-supply active); CACHE_PACKNAMES not masked\n");
+    }
+    let t = FINAL_COMPLETION_TRAMP.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if t == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(usize, usize, usize, usize) -> usize =
+        core::mem::transmute(t);
+    original(ctx, result, r8, r9)
+}
+
+// LoadOfflineSeasons STAGE-1 async completion (FUN_180106240): fails with
+// "CACHE_PACKNAMES_FAILED" when result==0 or *(i32)(result+0x1c)!=0; else chains
+// the next async stage. Logs whether the first async stage succeeded. Passive.
+static STAGE1_COMPLETION_TRAMP: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+unsafe extern "system" fn stage1_completion_wrapper(
+    param1: usize,
+    result: usize,
+    r8: usize,
+    r9: usize,
+) -> usize {
+    let n = REPORTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    if n < 64 {
+        if result == 0 {
+            write_log("SEASONS_STAGE1: result=NULL -> CACHE_PACKNAMES_FAILED\n");
+        } else {
+            let status = rd_i32(result + 0x1c);
+            let verdict = if status == Some(0) {
+                "ok(chain next)"
+            } else {
+                "CACHE_PACKNAMES_FAILED"
+            };
+            write_log(&format!(
+                "SEASONS_STAGE1: result={result:#x} status(+0x1c)={} -> {verdict}\n",
+                status.map(|x| x.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| "??".into()),
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+    let t = STAGE1_COMPLETION_TRAMP.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if t == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(usize, usize, usize, usize) -> usize =
+        core::mem::transmute(t);
+    original(param1, result, r8, r9)
+}
+
+// WEBFILE_DL download start FUN_18017ff90(url, ctx): param_1 (rcx) is the C-string
+// URL of the pack-names / cards-tournament-list web file. Its prologue has a
+// rip-relative `MOV R8,[DAT_1802e6580]`, so it uses the relocating installer
+// (disp32 at copied offset 7, instruction end 11).
+//
+// BASE-SUPPLY: the client's RS4::ServerSettings CDN base (DAT_1802e6408+0x30) is
+// EMPTY in the emulator — FUN_180124270 only sets it when the OSDK getter
+// slot0x3f8 is non-empty, and it has no default (unlike the API base). So every
+// FUT WEBFILE url arrives here as a BARE relative path and 999s (client
+// sentinel). We supply the missing intended `<CDN>/fut/` prefix so the REAL file
+// downloads and parses. This is a data-supply, NOT a success-forcing bypass;
+// absolute urls (containing "://", e.g. the "http://sbc/..." tile route) pass
+// through untouched.
+//
+// The prefix comes from `openfut.cfg` via `openfut-common`, the same single
+// source of truth as every redirect target, so no lab address is compiled in.
+// Unset (config missing/unusable) means NO rewrite: a url is left exactly as the
+// client built it rather than pointed at a guessed host.
+static FUT_CONTENT_BASE: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+
+/// Arm the FUT web-file prefix from the resolved configuration. Idempotent: the
+/// first call wins.
+pub(crate) fn set_fut_content_base(base: String) {
+    let _ = FUT_CONTENT_BASE.set(base);
+}
+
+static URL_CAPTURE_TRAMP: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+unsafe extern "system" fn url_capture_wrapper(
+    rcx: usize,
+    rdx: usize,
+    r8: usize,
+    r9: usize,
+) -> usize {
+    let orig = rd_cstr(rcx, 256);
+    let mut arg_rcx = rcx;
+    // Owned buffer that stays alive across the original() call below. The caller
+    // frees its own url buffer immediately after FUN_18017ff90 returns, so the
+    // client copies the url synchronously during the call — a local buffer is
+    // sufficient and nothing is leaked.
+    let mut full: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    if let Some(base) = FUT_CONTENT_BASE.get() {
+        if !orig.is_empty() && !orig.contains("://") {
+            full.extend_from_slice(base.as_bytes());
+            full.extend_from_slice(orig.trim_start_matches('/').as_bytes());
+            full.push(0); // NUL terminator for the C-string
+            arg_rcx = full.as_ptr() as usize;
+        }
+    }
+    let n = REPORTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    if n < 64 {
+        if arg_rcx != rcx {
+            write_log(&format!(
+                "SEASONS_WEBFILE_URL: orig={orig:?} rewritten={:?}\n",
+                rd_cstr(arg_rcx, 256)
+            ));
+        } else {
+            write_log(&format!("SEASONS_WEBFILE_URL: url={orig:?} (unchanged)\n"));
+        }
+    }
+    let t = URL_CAPTURE_TRAMP.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if t == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let original: unsafe extern "system" fn(usize, usize, usize, usize) -> usize =
+        core::mem::transmute(t);
+    let ret = original(arg_rcx, rdx, r8, r9);
+    drop(full); // ensure the url buffer outlives the download-start call
+    ret
+}
+
+// ───────────────────────── crash locator (VEH) ──────────────────────────────
+// A vectored exception handler that logs the faulting code/address/module for
+// fatal exceptions, then lets the crash proceed (EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH). It
+// pinpoints the StartSeason crash: whether it is a CardsDLL season-data
+// null-deref (fixable by supplying matches/opponents) or an engine/other fault.
+static CARDS_BASE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static CARDS_SIZE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static CRASH_LOGS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+const EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH: i32 = 0;
+
+/// OptionalHeader.SizeOfImage from the module's PE headers (fallback 64 MiB).
+unsafe fn cards_image_size(base: usize) -> usize {
+    if !readable_range(base + 0x3c, 4) {
+        return 0x0400_0000;
+    }
+    let e_lfanew = core::ptr::read_volatile((base + 0x3c) as *const u32) as usize;
+    let so_off = base + e_lfanew + 0x50; // NT header + OptionalHeader.SizeOfImage
+    if !readable_range(so_off, 4) {
+        return 0x0400_0000;
+    }
+    core::ptr::read_volatile(so_off as *const u32) as usize
+}
+
+unsafe extern "system" fn crash_logger(info: *mut EXCEPTION_POINTERS) -> i32 {
+    if info.is_null() {
+        return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+    }
+    let rec = (*info).ExceptionRecord;
+    if rec.is_null() {
+        return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+    }
+    let code = (*rec).ExceptionCode as u32;
+    // Only fatal codes; skip the many benign first-chance SEH exceptions.
+    let interesting = matches!(
+        code,
+        0xC000_0005 // access violation
+            | 0xC000_001D // illegal instruction
+            | 0xC000_0094 // integer divide by zero
+            | 0xC000_00FD // stack overflow
+            | 0xC000_0025 // noncontinuable exception
+    );
+    if !interesting || CRASH_LOGS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) >= 8 {
+        return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+    }
+    let addr = (*rec).ExceptionAddress as usize;
+    let base = CARDS_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    let size = CARDS_SIZE.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    let module = if base != 0 && addr >= base && addr < base + size {
+        format!("CardsDLL+{:#x}", addr - base)
+    } else {
+        "other".to_string()
+    };
+    let (kind, fault) = if code == 0xC000_0005 && (*rec).NumberParameters >= 2 {
+        let op = (*rec).ExceptionInformation[0];
+        let fa = (*rec).ExceptionInformation[1];
+        let k = match op {
+            0 => "read",
+            1 => "write",
+            8 => "exec",
+            _ => "?",
+        };
+        (k, fa)
+    } else {
+        ("", 0usize)
+    };
+    write_log(&format!(
+        "SEASON_CRASH: code={code:#010x} at={addr:#x} module={module} access={kind} fault_addr={fault:#x}\n"
+    ));
+    EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH
+}
+
+unsafe fn worker() {
+    let mut base = 0usize;
+    for _ in 0..600u32 {
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
+        if base != 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+    if base == 0 || !validate_cards_build(base) {
+        write_log("SEASON_TRACE: CardsDLL unavailable/invalid; season trace inactive\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    CARDS_BASE.store(base, Ordering::Release);
+    CARDS_SIZE.store(cards_image_size(base), Ordering::Release);
+    AddVectoredExceptionHandler(1, Some(crash_logger));
+    write_log("SEASON_TRACE: crash logger (VEH) armed\n");
+    // (rva, name, copy_len, signature, wrapper, trampoline slot)
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x4eb70,
+        "LoadCurrentOfflineSeason_native",
+        15,
+        &[
+            0x40, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x60, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x44, 0x24, 0x20, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff,
+            0xff,
+        ],
+        load_current_native_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &LOAD_CURRENT_NATIVE_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x4f340,
+        "StartSeason_native",
+        15,
+        &[
+            0x40, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x60, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x44, 0x24, 0x20, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff,
+            0xff,
+        ],
+        start_season_native_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &START_SEASON_NATIVE_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x4e850,
+        "GetOfflineSeasonInfo_native",
+        15,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x89, 0x5c, 0x24, 0x08, 0x48, 0x89, 0x6c, 0x24, 0x10, 0x48, 0x89, 0x74, 0x24,
+            0x18,
+        ],
+        get_info_native_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &GET_INFO_NATIVE_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x57230,
+        "LoadCurrentOfflineSeason_impl",
+        19,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x8b, 0xc4, 0x57, 0x48, 0x81, 0xec, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x40,
+            0x98, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+        ],
+        load_current_impl_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &LOAD_CURRENT_IMPL_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x578e0,
+        "LoadCurrentOfflineSeason_completion",
+        16,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x8b, 0xc4, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x70, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x40, 0xd0, 0xfe, 0xff,
+            0xff, 0xff,
+        ],
+        completion_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &COMPLETION_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour_reloc(
+        base,
+        0x4eb50,
+        "GetUsersOfflineDivision_native",
+        14,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x28, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x0d, 0x75, 0x18, 0x29, 0x00, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x01,
+        ],
+        7,
+        11,
+        get_users_division_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &GET_USERS_DIVISION_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x4ee10,
+        "LoadOfflineSeasons_native",
+        15,
+        &[
+            0x40, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x60, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x44, 0x24, 0x20, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff,
+            0xff,
+        ],
+        load_offline_real_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &LOAD_OFFLINE_REAL_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x57560,
+        "LoadOfflineSeasons_asyncimpl",
+        17,
+        &[
+            0x40, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x30, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x44, 0x24, 0x20, 0xfe,
+            0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+        ],
+        load_offline_async_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &LOAD_OFFLINE_ASYNC_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0xffe90,
+        "LoadOfflineSeasons_final_completion",
+        16,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x89, 0x5c, 0x24, 0x08, 0x57, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x30, 0x80, 0x3a, 0x00, 0x48,
+            0x8b, 0xda,
+        ],
+        final_completion_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &FINAL_COMPLETION_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour(
+        base,
+        0x106240,
+        "LoadOfflineSeasons_stage1_completion",
+        15,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x8b, 0xc4, 0x55, 0x48, 0x8d, 0x68, 0xa1, 0x48, 0x81, 0xec, 0xc0, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00,
+        ],
+        stage1_completion_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &STAGE1_COMPLETION_TRAMP,
+    );
+    install_detour_reloc(
+        base,
+        0x17ff90,
+        "start_webfile_dl_url",
+        14,
+        &[
+            0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x38, 0x4c, 0x8b, 0x05, 0xe5, 0x65, 0x16, 0x00, 0x4c, 0x8b, 0xd1,
+        ],
+        7,
+        11,
+        url_capture_wrapper as *const () as usize,
+        &URL_CAPTURE_TRAMP,
+    );
+    write_log("SEASON_TRACE: all season-native traces armed\n");
+}
+
+/// Arm the passive season-flow diagnostics on a deferred thread (CardsDLL is not
+/// yet loaded at DllMain time). Read-only: never changes game behavior.
+pub(crate) fn install() {
+    arm_fut_content_base();
+    write_log("SEASON_TRACE: requested; deferred signature validation starting\n");
+    std::thread::spawn(|| unsafe { worker() });
+}
+
+/// Resolve the FUT web-file prefix from `openfut.cfg` next to the game exe, via
+/// the shared `openfut-common` parser — the same single source of truth the
+/// network redirect uses, so the lab address is never compiled in.
+///
+/// Fails SAFE: an absent or unusable config arms nothing, and the url rewriter
+/// then leaves every url exactly as the client built it.
+fn arm_fut_content_base() {
+    let path = match std::env::current_exe()
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|p| p.parent().map(|d| d.join("openfut.cfg")))
+    {
+        Some(p) => p,
+        None => {
+            write_log("SEASONS_WEBFILE_BASE: cannot locate openfut.cfg — no url rewrite\n");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    let contents = match std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(e) => {
+            write_log(&format!(
+                "SEASONS_WEBFILE_BASE: {} unreadable ({e}) — no url rewrite\n",
+                path.display()
+            ));
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    match openfut_common::ServerConfig::parse(&contents) {
+        Ok(cfg) => {
+            let base = cfg.fut_content_base();
+            write_log(&format!("SEASONS_WEBFILE_BASE: armed {base}\n"));
+            set_fut_content_base(base);
+        }
+        Err(e) => write_log(&format!(
+            "SEASONS_WEBFILE_BASE: openfut.cfg unusable ({e}) — no url rewrite\n"
+        )),
+    }
+}

openfut-hook/src/ssl_patch.rs

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn patch_module(module: isize, scan_bytes: usize) -> bool {
 
 /// Patch ProtoSSL cert-verify in EAWebKit.dll (call when EAWebKit is loaded).
 pub unsafe fn patch_eawebkit_cert_verify() -> bool {
-    let module = GetModuleHandleA(b"EAWebKit.dll\0".as_ptr()) as isize;
+    let module = GetModuleHandleA(c"EAWebKit.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as isize;
     // EAWebKit.dll is ~22 MB
     patch_module(module, 24 * 1024 * 1024)
 }

openfut-hook/src/store_entry.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@
+//! FIFA 17 store tab-bar repair — pre-warm the purchase groups before screen-show.
+//!
+//! # Confirmed root cause (live, 2026-08-19)
+//!
+//! `FUN_18007e5e0(ctx, panel)` is the native tab binder the screen framework
+//! invokes at store screen-show. It is an unrolled six-slot loop; each slot gates
+//! on one hard-coded category token and either publishes that group's id as
+//! `PANEL_ID` for the slot, or hides the slot:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! if (FUN_180014df0(_, idx))                                  // token present?
+//!     (*(panel_vtbl+0x48))(panel, slot, "PANEL_ID", FUN_180014580(_, idx));
+//! else
+//!     (*(panel_vtbl+0xa0))(panel, slot);                      // hide slot
+//! ```
+//!
+//! slot -> token, in bind order: `mypacks, bronze, silver, gold, special, points`.
+//! The gate `FUN_180014df0` resolves the token through `FUN_180014380`, which scans
+//! the loaded purchase groups (stride `0x108`) comparing the token at `group+0x70`.
+//! So a tab appears iff a purchase group carrying that token is loaded AT BIND TIME.
+//!
+//! The bind detour below measured the ground truth on the retail client:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! STORE_TABS: bind generation=2 mask=0x00 ...        <- empty at screen-show
+//! STORE_TABS: rebound generation=2 mask=0x0e (...)   <- groups present ~instantly after
+//! ```
+//!
+//! `mask=0x00` at screen-show confirms the container is empty when the framework
+//! binds, so all six slots hide and no tab bar is built. The store's own
+//! `GET store/purchasegroup/all` only returns *after* screen-show, so re-entry works
+//! (groups cached) but first entry does not. (`0x0e` = bronze|silver|gold; bit 0
+//! `mypacks` is clear because an empty My Packs serves no `mypacks` group.)
+//!
+//! # What did NOT work, and why this module changed
+//!
+//! A previous version re-invoked the binder at the next render, once the groups had
+//! arrived (`rebound ... mask=0x0e` above). The movie built NO tab bar from that
+//! late bind: the Scaleform movie only honours the framework's OWN bind at
+//! screen-show, not a later re-publish/commit. That approach is abandoned.
+//!
+//! # This module: make the container non-empty BEFORE the first bind
+//!
+//! The only publish the movie honours is the framework's bind at screen-show, and
+//! re-entry proves that bind builds the bar correctly when the container is already
+//! full. So the fix is to load the purchase groups BEFORE the store screen is shown.
+//!
+//! `FUN_180017870(storefront)` issues the store's own `GET store/purchasegroup/all`.
+//! Firing it from the FUT hub event pump (a real game thread, well before the store
+//! screen exists) gives the response time to arrive and populate the container, so
+//! the first screen-show bind sees a full list and binds the tabs natively — exactly
+//! the re-entry path, on first entry.
+//!
+//! The bind detour is retained purely as the SENSOR: the first-entry bind mask is
+//! the safe, definitive measurement of whether the pre-warm populated the container
+//! in time. `mask != 0` at first bind ⇒ pre-warm worked and the tabs bind natively;
+//! `mask == 0` (with `storefront_seen=1` in the pre-warm log) ⇒ a hub-time request
+//! cannot land in time and the remaining route is the extracted `StoreFront.apt`.
+//!
+//! # Fail-closed
+//!
+//! * Pre-warm fires at most once per process, claimed atomically, and only once the
+//!   storefront singleton is non-null; the storefront pointer is read through a
+//!   guarded load and the request function's signature is validated before the call.
+//! * The bind detour only reads (captures pointers, probes the game's own gate with
+//!   a provably-dead `this`) and never mutates store state.
+//! * Image plus every function signature are verified before any write and again
+//!   under thread suspension; one wrong byte aborts with no write and no call.
+//!
+//! # Promotion
+//!
+//! PROMOTED: armed by the build, never by an environment variable (see
+//! [`REPAIR_PROMOTED`]). Rollback is a `version.dll` file swap.
+
+use core::ffi::c_void;
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU32, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Diagnostics::Debug::FlushInstructionCache;
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::{
+    GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleHandleExA, GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS,
+    GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_PIN,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Memory::{
+    VirtualFree, VirtualProtect, MEM_RELEASE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::{GetCurrentProcess, GetCurrentThreadId};
+
+/// Native tab binder `FUN_18007e5e0(ctx, panel)`, invoked by the screen framework
+/// at screen-show. Detoured as the read-only sensor: captures the gate mask it saw.
+const BIND_RVA: usize = 0x7e5e0;
+/// Category gate `FUN_180014df0(dead_this, idx) -> bool`: maps `idx` to one of the
+/// six hard-coded tokens and reports whether a loaded purchase group carries it.
+const HAS_CATEGORY_RVA: usize = 0x14df0;
+/// `FUN_180017870(storefront)` issues `GET store/purchasegroup/all` — the exact call
+/// the store screen makes at entry (from `0x18007f25e`). Fired early to pre-warm.
+const REQUEST_GROUPS_RVA: usize = 0x17870;
+/// `*(base + STOREFRONT_GLOBAL_RVA)` is the storefront the store code passes to its
+/// request/lookup helpers (loaded at `0x18007f25e`, right before the pack-list GET).
+const STOREFRONT_GLOBAL_RVA: usize = 0x2de0d0;
+
+/// Gate indices in slot order: `mypacks, bronze, silver, gold, special, points`.
+/// Taken from the binder's unrolled call sequence, not from the index order of
+/// `FUN_180014580`'s jump table (which is deliberately different).
+const GATE_INDICES: [u32; 6] = [0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1];
+
+/// Whole-instruction prologue length relocated into the trampoline; also the number
+/// of bytes overwritten by the entry detour. 15 bytes, a clean boundary covering the
+/// 14-byte absolute jump.
+const COPY_LEN: usize = 15;
+const ABS_JUMP_LEN: usize = 14;
+
+/// First 15 bytes of `FUN_18007e5e0`: `mov [rsp+8],rbx; mov [rsp+0x10],rbp;
+/// mov [rsp+0x18],rsi` = 5 + 5 + 5.
+const BIND_SIGNATURE: [u8; COPY_LEN] = [
+    0x48, 0x89, 0x5c, 0x24, 0x08, 0x48, 0x89, 0x6c, 0x24, 0x10, 0x48, 0x89, 0x74, 0x24, 0x18,
+];
+/// First 15 bytes of `FUN_180014df0`. Validated before we ever call it, so the gate
+/// probe only runs on the exact build it was reversed against.
+const HAS_CATEGORY_SIGNATURE: [u8; 15] = [
+    0x40, 0x53, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x20, 0x33, 0xdb, 0x44, 0x8b, 0xc3, 0x85, 0xd2, 0x74, 0x35,
+];
+/// First 18 bytes of `FUN_180017870`. Validated before we ever call it, so the
+/// pre-warm only fires the genuine request on the exact build it was reversed against.
+const REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE: [u8; 18] = [
+    0x40, 0x57, 0x48, 0x81, 0xec, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x48, 0xc7, 0x44, 0x24, 0x20, 0xfe, 0xff,
+    0xff, 0xff,
+];
+
+type BindFn = unsafe extern "system" fn(*mut c_void, *mut c_void) -> *mut c_void;
+type HasCategoryFn = unsafe extern "system" fn(*mut c_void, u32) -> u8;
+type RequestGroupsFn = unsafe extern "system" fn(*mut c_void) -> usize;
+
+/// The tab-bar repair is PROMOTED: armed by the build, never by an environment
+/// variable, so every launch path (Steam, the launcher, a bare `umu-run`) behaves
+/// identically. Promotion does not weaken any check — the signature gate, the image
+/// validation and the thread quiesce all remain in the runtime evidence path.
+pub(crate) const REPAIR_PROMOTED: bool = true;
+
+/// Compile-time contract: the repair stays build-armed. Regressing it to an env gate
+/// would silently restore the missing first-entry tab bar on a normal launch, so it
+/// must be a deliberate, visible change here rather than a missing variable.
+const _: () = assert!(REPAIR_PROMOTED);
+
+static REPAIR_ENABLED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+static BIND_TRAMPOLINE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static STORE_BASE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+static BIND_ENTRIES: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+/// Gate mask the framework's most recent bind observed (bit N = slot N would bind).
+static LAST_BIND_MASK: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
+static LAST_THREAD: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+/// Set once the pre-warm request has been fired (or is provably unnecessary).
+static PREWARM_DONE: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+static PREWARM_ATTEMPTS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+/// Highest storefront pointer observed at hub time (0 = never non-null yet). Logged
+/// so a failed pre-warm can be attributed to "storefront not up at hub" vs "fired
+/// but the response did not land before screen-show".
+static PREWARM_STOREFRONT_SEEN: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+/// Pure pre-warm decision, isolated for host tests.
+///
+/// Fire exactly once, and only once the storefront singleton is non-null; before
+/// that, keep waiting (a null storefront early at the hub is expected).
+fn should_prewarm(already_done: bool, storefront: usize) -> bool {
+    !already_done && storefront != 0
+}
+
+/// Probe all six category tokens with the game's own gate and return a slot mask.
+///
+/// `FUN_180014df0` forwards its `this` to `FUN_180014380`, which discards it and
+/// fetches the group container from a singleton, so a null `this` is exactly what
+/// the native code effectively passes. Called only from the bind detour, where the
+/// store subsystem is provably live.
+unsafe fn gate_mask() -> u8 {
+    let base = STORE_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if base == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let Some(gate) = base.checked_add(HAS_CATEGORY_RVA) else {
+        return 0;
+    };
+    let gate_fn: HasCategoryFn = core::mem::transmute(gate);
+    let mut mask = 0u8;
+    for (slot, index) in GATE_INDICES.iter().enumerate() {
+        if gate_fn(core::ptr::null_mut(), *index) != 0 {
+            mask |= 1 << slot;
+        }
+    }
+    mask
+}
+
+/// Ask the game to load the purchase groups now, on the caller's (game) thread.
+///
+/// Called from the FUT event dispatcher so it runs on a real game thread well before
+/// the store screen is ever shown — the same thread the store screen itself would use
+/// for this call at entry. Fail-closed: base/signature/storefront all validated, at
+/// most one request per process.
+pub(crate) unsafe fn maybe_prewarm_groups() {
+    if PREWARM_DONE.load(Ordering::Acquire) || !REPAIR_ENABLED.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let base = STORE_BASE.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if base == 0 || !crate::sbc_trace::valid_cards_image(base) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let Some(storefront) = base
+        .checked_add(STOREFRONT_GLOBAL_RVA)
+        .and_then(|slot| crate::sbc_trace::guarded_usize(slot))
+    else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if storefront != 0 {
+        PREWARM_STOREFRONT_SEEN.store(storefront, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+    if !should_prewarm(false, storefront) {
+        // Storefront not up yet at the hub: keep waiting, do not consume the attempt.
+        return;
+    }
+    let Some(request) = base.checked_add(REQUEST_GROUPS_RVA) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if !crate::sbc_trace::executable_range_in_image(base, request, REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE.len())
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(request as *const u8, REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE.len())
+            != REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    // Claim the single attempt before issuing it, so a re-entrant event can never
+    // fire a second request.
+    PREWARM_DONE.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    PREWARM_ATTEMPTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    let request_fn: RequestGroupsFn = core::mem::transmute(request);
+    request_fn(storefront as *mut c_void);
+    crate::write_log(&format!(
+        "STORE_TABS: pre-warmed purchase groups at hub (storefront={storefront:#x})\n"
+    ));
+}
+
+unsafe fn restore_entry<const N: usize>(target: usize, original: &[u8; N]) -> bool {
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(target as _, N, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &mut old) == 0 {
+        return false;
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(original.as_ptr(), target as *mut u8, N);
+    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), target as _, N) != 0;
+    let mut ignored = 0u32;
+    flushed && VirtualProtect(target as _, N, old, &mut ignored) != 0
+}
+
+unsafe fn write_entry<const N: usize>(
+    target: usize,
+    destination: usize,
+    original: &[u8; N],
+) -> Result<(), bool> {
+    let mut patch = [0x90u8; N];
+    patch[..ABS_JUMP_LEN].copy_from_slice(&crate::sbc_trace::absolute_jump(destination));
+    let mut old = 0u32;
+    if VirtualProtect(target as _, N, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &mut old) == 0 {
+        return Err(true);
+    }
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(patch.as_ptr(), target as *mut u8, N);
+    let flushed = FlushInstructionCache(GetCurrentProcess(), target as _, N) != 0;
+    let mut ignored = 0u32;
+    if flushed && VirtualProtect(target as _, N, old, &mut ignored) != 0 {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(restore_entry(target, original))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Detour target for the native tab binder. Read-only sensor: records the gate mask
+/// the framework's bind is about to act on, then runs the original unchanged. This is
+/// the definitive measurement of whether the pre-warm populated the container in time.
+unsafe extern "system" fn bind_wrapper(ctx: *mut c_void, panel: *mut c_void) -> *mut c_void {
+    let mask = gate_mask();
+    LAST_BIND_MASK.store(mask as u32, Ordering::Release);
+    LAST_THREAD.store(GetCurrentThreadId() as usize, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    BIND_ENTRIES.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
+    let original: BindFn = core::mem::transmute(BIND_TRAMPOLINE.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+    original(ctx, panel)
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum InstallOutcome {
+    Installed,
+    CleanFailure,
+    DegradedHookActive,
+    DegradedProcessState,
+    DegradedHookAndProcess,
+}
+
+unsafe fn install_hook(base: usize) -> InstallOutcome {
+    let Some(bind) = crate::sbc_trace::target_va(base, BIND_RVA) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let Some(gate) = crate::sbc_trace::target_va(base, HAS_CATEGORY_RVA) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let Some(request) = crate::sbc_trace::target_va(base, REQUEST_GROUPS_RVA) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    // Fingerprint the image and ALL THREE functions: the one we detour and the two we
+    // call (gate probe, group request). A single mismatched byte aborts cleanly with
+    // no write and no call.
+    if !crate::sbc_trace::valid_cards_image(base)
+        || !crate::sbc_trace::executable_range_in_image(base, bind, BIND_SIGNATURE.len())
+        || !crate::sbc_trace::executable_range_in_image(base, gate, HAS_CATEGORY_SIGNATURE.len())
+        || !crate::sbc_trace::executable_range_in_image(
+            base,
+            request,
+            REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE.len(),
+        )
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(bind as *const u8, BIND_SIGNATURE.len()) != BIND_SIGNATURE
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(gate as *const u8, HAS_CATEGORY_SIGNATURE.len())
+            != HAS_CATEGORY_SIGNATURE
+        || core::slice::from_raw_parts(request as *const u8, REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE.len())
+            != REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE
+    {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    }
+    let mut pinned = core::ptr::null_mut();
+    if GetModuleHandleExA(
+        GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_PIN,
+        bind as *const u8,
+        &mut pinned,
+    ) == 0
+        || pinned as usize != base
+    {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    }
+    let Some(trampoline) = crate::sbc_trace::allocate_trampoline(bind, COPY_LEN) else {
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    BIND_TRAMPOLINE.store(trampoline, Ordering::Release);
+    STORE_BASE.store(base, Ordering::Release);
+
+    let Some(_gate_lock) = crate::sbc_trace::acquire_patch_installer_gate() else {
+        VirtualFree(trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        BIND_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+        return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+    };
+    let mut peers = match crate::sbc_trace::suspend_peers(bind, bind) {
+        Ok(peers) => peers,
+        Err(crate::sbc_trace::QuiesceFailure::Acquire) => {
+            VirtualFree(trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+            BIND_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+            return InstallOutcome::CleanFailure;
+        }
+        Err(crate::sbc_trace::QuiesceFailure::Resume) => {
+            return InstallOutcome::DegradedProcessState;
+        }
+    };
+    let final_valid = crate::sbc_trace::valid_cards_image(base)
+        && core::slice::from_raw_parts(bind as *const u8, BIND_SIGNATURE.len()) == BIND_SIGNATURE;
+    let transaction = if !final_valid {
+        InstallOutcome::CleanFailure
+    } else {
+        match write_entry(bind, bind_wrapper as *const () as usize, &BIND_SIGNATURE) {
+            Ok(()) => InstallOutcome::Installed,
+            Err(true) => InstallOutcome::CleanFailure,
+            Err(false) => InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive,
+        }
+    };
+    let resumed = peers.resume_all();
+    let outcome = if resumed {
+        transaction
+    } else if matches!(
+        transaction,
+        InstallOutcome::Installed | InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive
+    ) {
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedHookAndProcess
+    } else {
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedProcessState
+    };
+    if outcome == InstallOutcome::CleanFailure {
+        VirtualFree(trampoline as _, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        BIND_TRAMPOLINE.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+    outcome
+}
+
+unsafe fn worker() {
+    let _pending = crate::sbc_trace::CodeInstallerPending;
+    let mut base = 0usize;
+    for _ in 0..600u32 {
+        base = GetModuleHandleA(c"CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll".as_ptr().cast()) as usize;
+        if base != 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+    let outcome = if base == 0 {
+        InstallOutcome::CleanFailure
+    } else {
+        install_hook(base)
+    };
+    drop(_pending);
+    match outcome {
+        InstallOutcome::Installed => {
+            crate::write_log("STORE_TABS: bind sensor + pre-warm installed (promoted)\n")
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::CleanFailure => {
+            crate::write_log("STORE_TABS: clean install failure; inactive\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedHookActive => {
+            crate::write_log("STORE_TABS: DEGRADED hook may be active; terminate game now\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedProcessState => {
+            crate::write_log("STORE_TABS: DEGRADED thread state; terminate game now\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        InstallOutcome::DegradedHookAndProcess => {
+            crate::write_log("STORE_TABS: DEGRADED hook and thread state; terminate game now\n");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut binds_seen = 0u64;
+    let mut reports = 0u8;
+    while reports < 64 {
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(250));
+        let binds = BIND_ENTRIES.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        if binds != binds_seen {
+            crate::write_log(&format!(
+                "STORE_TABS: bind generation={} mask={:#04x} prewarm_fired={} storefront_seen={:#x} tid={}\n",
+                binds,
+                LAST_BIND_MASK.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+                PREWARM_ATTEMPTS.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+                PREWARM_STOREFRONT_SEEN.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+                LAST_THREAD.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            ));
+            binds_seen = binds;
+            reports += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    crate::write_log("STORE_TABS: report cap reached; hook remains installed\n");
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn install() {
+    // Promoted: armed by the build. No environment variable participates.
+    REPAIR_ENABLED.store(REPAIR_PROMOTED, Ordering::Release);
+    crate::write_log(
+        "STORE_TABS: bind sensor + pre-warm ARMED (promoted); strict signature gate\n",
+    );
+    std::thread::spawn(|| unsafe { worker() });
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn gate_indices_match_the_native_slot_order() {
+        // mypacks, bronze, silver, gold, special, points — the order FUN_18007e5e0
+        // tests them in, which is NOT the index order of FUN_180014580's jump table.
+        assert_eq!(GATE_INDICES, [0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn prewarms_once_the_storefront_is_up() {
+        assert!(should_prewarm(false, 0x1000));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn waits_while_the_storefront_is_still_null() {
+        assert!(!should_prewarm(false, 0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn never_prewarms_twice() {
+        assert!(!should_prewarm(true, 0x1000));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detour_signature_is_long_enough_for_the_absolute_jump() {
+        assert!(BIND_SIGNATURE.len() >= ABS_JUMP_LEN);
+        assert_eq!(COPY_LEN, BIND_SIGNATURE.len());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn request_signature_covers_the_validated_prologue() {
+        // 18 bytes: `push rdi; sub rsp,0x90; movq [rsp+0x20],-2`.
+        assert_eq!(REQUEST_GROUPS_SIGNATURE.len(), 18);
+    }
+}

openfut-hook/src/transport_watch.rs

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pub unsafe fn note_connect(api: &str, name: *const u8, namelen: i32, s: usize) {
         let mut len: i32 = 4;
         getsockopt(
             s,
-            SOL_SOCKET as i32,
+            SOL_SOCKET,
             SO_TYPE,
             &mut ty as *mut i32 as *mut u8,
             &mut len,

src/account_monitor.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+//! Read-only background polling of the OpenFUT account summary.
+//!
+//! The launcher already POSTs `/openfut/account/sync` once at launch time
+//! (see [`crate::account_sync::sync`]) to select the active profile. This
+//! module reuses that request in a background thread so the Dashboard can show
+//! a live "Your Club" card — coins, level, packs — without ever blocking the UI
+//! thread on the network. It mirrors [`crate::health::HealthMonitor`]: a shared
+//! target the UI re-points when the server config changes, and a shared state
+//! snapshot the UI renders each frame.
+
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use std::{
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+        Arc,
+    },
+    thread,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+
+use crate::account_sync::{self, AccountSummary};
+use crate::config::LauncherConfig;
+
+const POLL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+
+/// A snapshot of the last account fetch, rendered by the dashboard.
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub struct AccountState {
+    /// The most recently fetched summary, or None while none has succeeded.
+    pub summary: Option<AccountSummary>,
+    /// The error from the latest failed attempt (cleared on success).
+    pub error: Option<String>,
+    /// Whether a server target is currently configured. `false` = idle: the
+    /// launcher has nothing to poll, so the UI shows the "connect" prompt.
+    pub configured: bool,
+    pub last_checked: Option<Instant>,
+}
+
+impl AccountState {
+    /// True when the latest error looks like a connectivity failure (server
+    /// down / unresolvable) rather than a protocol/validation error. Lets the
+    /// UI show the calm "offline" prompt for the common "server not up" case
+    /// and reserve the loud error state for genuinely broken responses.
+    pub fn unreachable(&self) -> bool {
+        self.error.as_deref().is_some_and(|e| {
+            e.contains("cannot connect")
+                || e.contains("cannot resolve")
+                || e.contains("resolved to no addresses")
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Background poller. Holds a shared target config the UI can update when the
+/// user changes the server address/account, and a shared state the UI reads.
+pub struct AccountMonitor {
+    pub state: Arc<Mutex<AccountState>>,
+    target: Arc<Mutex<Option<LauncherConfig>>>,
+    running: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+
+impl AccountMonitor {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let state = Arc::new(Mutex::new(AccountState::default()));
+        let target: Arc<Mutex<Option<LauncherConfig>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
+        let running = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true));
+
+        let t_state = Arc::clone(&state);
+        let t_target = Arc::clone(&target);
+        let t_running = Arc::clone(&running);
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            while t_running.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                let target = t_target.lock().clone();
+                match target {
+                    None => {
+                        // No server configured — reset to the idle prompt state.
+                        *t_state.lock() = AccountState::default();
+                    }
+                    Some(config) => {
+                        let result = account_sync::sync(&config);
+                        let mut state = t_state.lock();
+                        state.configured = true;
+                        state.last_checked = Some(Instant::now());
+                        match result {
+                            Ok(summary) => {
+                                state.summary = Some(summary);
+                                state.error = None;
+                            }
+                            Err(error) => {
+                                // Drop the stale summary so the card never shows
+                                // populated data alongside an error/offline pill.
+                                state.summary = None;
+                                state.error = Some(error);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                thread::sleep(POLL_INTERVAL);
+            }
+        });
+
+        Self {
+            state,
+            target,
+            running,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Point the monitor at a new server/account. `None` (no server configured)
+    /// puts it back into the idle prompt state.
+    pub fn set_target(&self, target: Option<LauncherConfig>) {
+        *self.target.lock() = target;
+    }
+
+    pub fn snapshot(&self) -> AccountState {
+        self.state.lock().clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for AccountMonitor {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.running.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+}

src/account_sync.rs

@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 const ACCOUNT_SYNC_PATH: &str = "/openfut/account/sync";
 const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3);
 
+/// The launcher's view of the account, sent on every sync.
+///
+/// `persona_id`/`persona_name` are `Option` because omitting them is meaningful:
+/// the server then answers with the persona *it* is configured for, which is how
+/// first-run account creation learns an identity instead of inventing one.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 struct AccountSyncRequest<'a> {
-    persona_id: u64,
-    persona_name: &'a str,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    persona_id: Option<u64>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    persona_name: Option<&'a str>,
     level: u32,
     experience: u32,
     experience_max: u32,
@@ -24,14 +31,25 @@ pub struct AccountSyncResult {
     pub account: AccountSummary,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct AccountSummary {
     pub persona_id: u64,
     pub persona_name: String,
+    /// Club identity for the account bar. Optional in older envelopes.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub club_name: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub club_abbr: String,
     pub level: u32,
     pub experience: u32,
+    /// XP required for the next level. Optional; 0 means "unknown".
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub experience_max: u32,
     pub account_funds: u32,
+    /// EASFC funds ceiling. Optional; 0 means "unknown".
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub account_funds_cap: u32,
     pub coins: i64,
     pub unopened_packs: usize,
 }
@@ -43,7 +61,64 @@ pub struct AccountSummary {
 pub fn sync(config: &LauncherConfig) -> Result<AccountSummary, String> {
     config.validate_server()?;
     config.validate_account()?;
+    let account = post(
+        config,
+        &AccountSyncRequest {
+            persona_id: Some(config.fut_persona_id),
+            persona_name: Some(config.fut_persona_name.trim()),
+            level: config.fut_account_level,
+            experience: config.fut_account_experience,
+            experience_max: config.fut_account_experience_max,
+            account_funds: config.fut_account_funds,
+            account_funds_cap: config.fut_account_funds_cap,
+        },
+    )?;
+    // The server echoes the persona it selected. A different one means the two
+    // sides disagree about who is playing, which must never pass silently.
+    if account.persona_id != config.fut_persona_id {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "account server selected persona {} instead of {}",
+            account.persona_id, config.fut_persona_id
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(account)
+}
 
+/// Ask the server which account it serves, for first-run account creation.
+///
+/// Sending no persona makes the server fall back to the one it was started with
+/// and answer with its real club and Core coin balance. That is the whole reason
+/// the launcher never has to invent a persona id: the identity that matters is
+/// the server's, and this is how it is claimed.
+pub fn discover(config: &LauncherConfig) -> Result<AccountSummary, String> {
+    config.validate_server()?;
+    let account = post(
+        config,
+        &AccountSyncRequest {
+            persona_id: None,
+            persona_name: None,
+            level: config.fut_account_level.max(1),
+            experience: config.fut_account_experience,
+            experience_max: config.fut_account_experience_max.max(1),
+            account_funds: config.fut_account_funds,
+            account_funds_cap: config.fut_account_funds_cap,
+        },
+    )?;
+    if account.persona_id == 0 {
+        return Err(
+            "account server returned no persona — is it configured with \
+                    a persona id?"
+                .to_string(),
+        );
+    }
+    if account.persona_name.trim().is_empty() {
+        return Err("account server returned an empty persona name".to_string());
+    }
+    Ok(account)
+}
+
+/// One bounded POST to `/openfut/account/sync`, returning the account summary.
+fn post(config: &LauncherConfig, body: &AccountSyncRequest<'_>) -> Result<AccountSummary, String> {
     let host = config.openfut_server_host.trim();
     let port = config.openfut_account_sync_port;
     let address = (host, port)
@@ -60,16 +135,8 @@ pub fn sync(config: &LauncherConfig) -> Result<AccountSummary, String> {
         .set_write_timeout(Some(TIMEOUT))
         .map_err(|error| format!("cannot set account sync timeout: {error}"))?;
 
-    let payload = serde_json::to_vec(&AccountSyncRequest {
-        persona_id: config.fut_persona_id,
-        persona_name: config.fut_persona_name.trim(),
-        level: config.fut_account_level,
-        experience: config.fut_account_experience,
-        experience_max: config.fut_account_experience_max,
-        account_funds: config.fut_account_funds,
-        account_funds_cap: config.fut_account_funds_cap,
-    })
-    .map_err(|error| format!("cannot encode account sync request: {error}"))?;
+    let payload = serde_json::to_vec(body)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("cannot encode account sync request: {error}"))?;
 
     let request = format!(
         "POST {ACCOUNT_SYNC_PATH} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {host}:{port}\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
@@ -96,21 +163,15 @@ pub fn sync(config: &LauncherConfig) -> Result<AccountSummary, String> {
         .and_then(|line| line.split_whitespace().nth(1))
         .and_then(|value| value.parse::<u16>().ok())
         .ok_or_else(|| "account server returned a malformed status line".to_string())?;
-    let body = &response[separator + 4..];
+    let response_body = &response[separator + 4..];
     if !(200..300).contains(&status) {
-        let detail = String::from_utf8_lossy(body);
+        let detail = String::from_utf8_lossy(response_body);
         return Err(format!(
             "account server rejected sync (HTTP {status}): {detail}"
         ));
     }
-    let envelope: AccountSyncResult = serde_json::from_slice(body)
+    let envelope: AccountSyncResult = serde_json::from_slice(response_body)
         .map_err(|error| format!("account server returned invalid JSON: {error}"))?;
-    if envelope.account.persona_id != config.fut_persona_id {
-        return Err(format!(
-            "account server selected persona {} instead of {}",
-            envelope.account.persona_id, config.fut_persona_id
-        ));
-    }
     Ok(envelope.account)
 }
 
@@ -174,4 +235,108 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(selected.unopened_packs, 1);
         server.join().unwrap();
     }
+
+    /// Serve exactly one `/openfut/account/sync` POST, handing the decoded
+    /// request text to `inspect` and replying with `body`.
+    fn serve_once(
+        inspect: impl FnOnce(&str) + Send + 'static,
+        body: &'static str,
+    ) -> (u16, thread::JoinHandle<()>) {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+        let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
+            let (mut socket, _) = listener.accept().unwrap();
+            let mut request = Vec::new();
+            loop {
+                let mut chunk = [0; 1024];
+                let count = socket.read(&mut chunk).unwrap();
+                assert!(count > 0);
+                request.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..count]);
+                if let Some(separator) = request.windows(4).position(|w| w == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    let headers = String::from_utf8_lossy(&request[..separator]);
+                    let length = headers
+                        .lines()
+                        .find_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("Content-Length: "))
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .parse::<usize>()
+                        .unwrap();
+                    if request.len() >= separator + 4 + length {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            inspect(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&request));
+            write!(
+                socket,
+                "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{}",
+                body.len(),
+                body
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        });
+        (port, handle)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn discover_omits_the_persona_so_the_server_names_its_own() {
+        // The point of first-run discovery: the launcher must not send a guessed
+        // persona, because the server would echo the guess straight back.
+        let (port, server) = serve_once(
+            |request| {
+                assert!(!request.contains("personaId"), "{request}");
+                assert!(!request.contains("personaName"), "{request}");
+            },
+            r#"{"status":"OK","account":{"personaId":33068179,"personaName":"CAGE","clubName":"OpenFUT","clubAbbr":"OFC","level":1,"experience":0,"accountFunds":0,"coins":29876776,"unopenedPacks":0}}"#,
+        );
+        let config = LauncherConfig {
+            openfut_server_host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            openfut_account_sync_port: port,
+            ..LauncherConfig::default()
+        };
+        // Deliberately an unconfigured account: discovery must work before one
+        // exists, which is the whole reason it does not call `validate_account`.
+        assert_eq!(config.fut_persona_id, 0);
+        let found = discover(&config).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(found.persona_id, 33_068_179);
+        assert_eq!(found.persona_name, "CAGE");
+        assert_eq!(found.club_name, "OpenFUT");
+        assert_eq!(found.coins, 29_876_776);
+        server.join().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn discover_rejects_a_server_that_names_no_persona() {
+        // A zero persona would otherwise be written into the config as a real
+        // account and fail much later, at launch, as a mismatch.
+        let (port, server) = serve_once(
+            |_| {},
+            r#"{"status":"OK","account":{"personaId":0,"personaName":"","level":1,"experience":0,"accountFunds":0,"coins":0,"unopenedPacks":0}}"#,
+        );
+        let config = LauncherConfig {
+            openfut_server_host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            openfut_account_sync_port: port,
+            ..LauncherConfig::default()
+        };
+        let error = discover(&config).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(error.contains("no persona"), "{error}");
+        server.join().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sync_refuses_a_server_that_selects_a_different_persona() {
+        let (port, server) = serve_once(
+            |_| {},
+            r#"{"status":"OK","account":{"personaId":999,"personaName":"OTHER","level":1,"experience":0,"accountFunds":0,"coins":0,"unopenedPacks":0}}"#,
+        );
+        let config = LauncherConfig {
+            openfut_server_host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            openfut_account_sync_port: port,
+            fut_persona_id: 12345678,
+            fut_persona_name: "TEST_USER".into(),
+            ..LauncherConfig::default()
+        };
+        let error = sync(&config).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(error.contains("999"), "{error}");
+        server.join().unwrap();
+    }
 }

src/arm.rs

@@ -106,14 +106,16 @@ pub(crate) fn arming_summary(
 pub fn arm(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<String>> {
     let server = cfg.openfut_server_host.trim();
     if server.is_empty() {
-        anyhow::bail!("Set the OpenFUT server host in the Config tab before arming.");
+        anyhow::bail!("Set the OpenFUT server host in Settings before arming.");
     }
     let ea_ip = cfg.ea_redirect_probe_ip.trim();
     if ea_ip.is_empty() {
-        anyhow::bail!("Set the EA redirector IP (Config tab) before arming.");
+        anyhow::bail!("Set the EA redirector IP (Settings) before arming.");
     }
     if cfg.ea_hostnames.is_empty() {
-        anyhow::bail!("Add at least one EA hostname (e.g. easw.easports.com) in the Config tab before arming.");
+        anyhow::bail!(
+            "Add at least one EA hostname (e.g. easw.easports.com) in Settings before arming."
+        );
     }
     let redirector_port = cfg.openfut_blaze_redirector_port;
     let script = arming_script(server, redirector_port, ea_ip, &cfg.ea_hostnames)?;

src/config.rs

@@ -168,26 +168,6 @@ pub struct LauncherConfig {
     /// Dead EA hostnames that must resolve to `openfut_server_host`.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub ea_hostnames: Vec<String>,
-
-    // ── FIFA 17 local companion services (client-side, run on THIS machine) ──
-    // FIFA 17's FUT flow needs two pieces that are inherently local to the game
-    // box and cannot move to the server: the LSX Origin emulator (the game dials
-    // it on the hardcoded loopback 127.0.0.1:4216) and autopatch (patches
-    // FIFA17.exe process memory for ProtoSSL cert-verify). The launcher manages
-    // both as child processes. The heavy responders (Blaze/UTAS/roster/POW) run
-    // in the server container; these two stay here.
-    /// Directory holding the FIFA 17 Python responders (fifa17-recon `tools/`).
-    /// Empty means the local-services feature is unconfigured and its controls
-    /// stay disabled.
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub fifa17_tools_dir: String,
-    /// Python interpreter used to run the local companion services.
-    #[serde(default = "default_python")]
-    pub fifa17_python: String,
-}
-
-fn default_python() -> String {
-    "python3".to_string()
 }
 
 fn default_https_port() -> u16 {
@@ -271,11 +251,6 @@ impl Default for LauncherConfig {
             game_profile: GameProfile::default(),
             ea_redirect_probe_ip: String::new(),
             ea_hostnames: Vec::new(),
-            fifa17_tools_dir: base
-                .join("fifa17-recon/tools")
-                .to_string_lossy()
-                .into(),
-            fifa17_python: default_python(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -318,6 +293,17 @@ impl LauncherConfig {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The config the account monitor should poll with, or None when no server
+    /// is configured. Returns a clone so the background thread owns its own
+    /// snapshot and never races the UI's live config.
+    pub fn account_target(&self) -> Option<LauncherConfig> {
+        if self.openfut_server_host.trim().is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(self.clone())
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Build the shared [`ServerConfig`] from the launcher's configured server
     /// host + destination ports. This is the single place the launcher turns UI
     /// fields into the canonical config consumed by the hook.
@@ -328,6 +314,7 @@ impl LauncherConfig {
                 https: self.openfut_https_port,
                 blaze_redirector: self.openfut_blaze_redirector_port,
                 blaze_main: self.openfut_blaze_main_port,
+                fut_content: openfut_common::default_ports::FUT_CONTENT,
             },
         }
     }
@@ -343,19 +330,6 @@ impl LauncherConfig {
         self.server_config().validate().map_err(|e| e.to_string())
     }
 
-    /// Validate the client-local FIFA 17 service configuration. Filesystem
-    /// existence is checked by the process launcher immediately before spawn;
-    /// this ensures required user configuration is never silently invented.
-    pub fn validate_local_services(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
-        if self.fifa17_tools_dir.trim().is_empty() {
-            return Err("No FIFA 17 tools dir configured. Set it in the Config tab.".into());
-        }
-        if self.fifa17_python.trim().is_empty() {
-            return Err("No Python interpreter configured. Set it in the Config tab.".into());
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     /// Validate every configuration value required by the one-button FIFA 17
     /// launch path. Runtime state such as hook deployment is checked by the UI.
     pub fn validate_launch_config(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
@@ -369,19 +343,19 @@ impl LauncherConfig {
         } else if self.game_launch_command.trim().is_empty() {
             return Err(
                 "No game configured. Fill in the game profile, or set a launch command, \
-                 in the Config tab."
+                 in Settings."
                     .into(),
             );
         }
-        self.validate_local_services()
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn validate_account(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
         if self.fut_persona_id == 0 {
-            return Err("No EA persona ID configured. Set the account in the Config tab.".into());
+            return Err("No account yet. Create one from the Get started tab.".into());
         }
         if self.fut_persona_name.trim().is_empty() {
-            return Err("No EA persona name configured. Set the account in the Config tab.".into());
+            return Err("Account has no persona name. Recreate it from Get started.".into());
         }
         if self.fut_account_level == 0 {
             return Err("EA account level must be at least 1.".into());
@@ -397,6 +371,21 @@ impl LauncherConfig {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Whether an account has been claimed from the server (see
+    /// [`crate::account_sync::discover`]). Distinct from
+    /// [`Self::validate_account`], which also polices the derived EASFC values:
+    /// this answers only "does this install know who is playing?".
+    pub fn account_configured(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fut_persona_id != 0 && !self.fut_persona_name.trim().is_empty()
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the launcher should open on the guided first-run flow instead of
+    /// the dashboard. Keyed on the two things a new user cannot be expected to
+    /// guess: where the server is, and who they are.
+    pub fn needs_onboarding(&self) -> bool {
+        self.validate_server().is_err() || !self.account_configured()
+    }
+
     /// The exact `openfut.cfg` bytes to write for the hook, or an error if the
     /// server isn't validly configured (never emits a loopback fallback).
     ///
@@ -482,31 +471,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn local_services_require_tools_dir_and_python() {
-        let mut c = LauncherConfig::default();
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir.clear();
-        assert!(c
-            .validate_local_services()
-            .unwrap_err()
-            .contains("tools dir"));
-
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir = "/tmp/fifa17-tools".into();
-        c.fifa17_python.clear();
-        assert!(c.validate_local_services().unwrap_err().contains("Python"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn local_services_accept_explicit_configuration() {
-        let c = LauncherConfig {
-            fifa17_tools_dir: "/tmp/fifa17-tools".into(),
-            fifa17_python: "/usr/bin/python3".into(),
-            ..LauncherConfig::default()
-        };
-        assert!(c.validate_local_services().is_ok());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn launch_config_requires_server_local_services_and_command() {
+    fn launch_config_requires_server_account_and_command() {
         let mut c = LauncherConfig::default();
         assert!(c.validate_launch_config().is_err());
 
@@ -519,14 +484,6 @@ mod tests {
             .contains("launch command"));
 
         c.game_launch_command = "/home/alex/Desktop/launch-fifa17.sh".into();
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir.clear();
-        assert!(c
-            .validate_launch_config()
-            .unwrap_err()
-            .contains("tools dir"));
-
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir = "/home/alex/Documents/OpenFUT/fifa17-recon/tools".into();
-        c.fifa17_python = "/usr/bin/python3".into();
         assert!(c.validate_launch_config().is_ok());
     }
 
@@ -554,8 +511,6 @@ mod tests {
             openfut_server_host: "10.10.0.120".into(),
             fut_persona_id: 1,
             fut_persona_name: "X".into(),
-            fifa17_tools_dir: "/tmp/tools".into(),
-            fifa17_python: "/usr/bin/python3".into(),
             ..LauncherConfig::default()
         };
         c.game_launch_command.clear();
@@ -583,8 +538,6 @@ mod tests {
             openfut_server_host: "10.10.0.120".into(),
             fut_persona_id: 1,
             fut_persona_name: "X".into(),
-            fifa17_tools_dir: "/tmp/tools".into(),
-            fifa17_python: "/usr/bin/python3".into(),
             game_launch_command: "/home/u/launch.sh".into(),
             ..LauncherConfig::default()
         };
@@ -685,12 +638,38 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn launch_requires_a_valid_ea_account() {
         let mut c = LauncherConfig::default();
-        assert!(c.validate_account().unwrap_err().contains("persona ID"));
+        // A fresh install has no account, and must say so rather than launching
+        // FIFA as persona 0.
+        assert!(!c.account_configured());
+        assert!(c.validate_account().is_err());
         c.fut_persona_id = 12345678;
+        assert!(
+            !c.account_configured(),
+            "an id without a name is not an account"
+        );
         assert!(c.validate_account().unwrap_err().contains("persona name"));
         c.fut_persona_name = "TEST_USER".into();
+        assert!(c.account_configured());
         assert!(c.validate_account().is_ok());
         c.fut_account_experience = 1001;
         assert!(c.validate_account().unwrap_err().contains("XP"));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn onboarding_is_needed_until_both_server_and_account_are_known() {
+        // Drives which tab the launcher opens on, so the two halves must both
+        // count: a server with no account is still a dead end for a new user.
+        let mut c = LauncherConfig::default();
+        assert!(c.needs_onboarding());
+        c.openfut_server_host = "10.10.0.120".into();
+        assert!(
+            c.needs_onboarding(),
+            "a server alone cannot launch anything"
+        );
+        c.fut_persona_id = 33_068_179;
+        c.fut_persona_name = "CAGE".into();
+        assert!(!c.needs_onboarding());
+        c.openfut_server_host.clear();
+        assert!(c.needs_onboarding(), "losing the server reopens the flow");
+    }
 }

src/game_launch.rs

@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 //! `game_launch_command` remains as an escape hatch: an unconfigured profile
 //! falls back to it, so an existing working setup cannot be broken by upgrading.
 
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use crate::config::GameProfile;
@@ -35,14 +37,19 @@ use crate::logs::LogBuffer;
 type Log = Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>;
 
 fn say(log: &Log, msg: impl Into<String>) {
-    log.lock().unwrap().push(msg.into());
+    log.lock().push(msg.into());
 }
 
 /// Prepare the prefix, satisfy the licence precondition, and start the game.
 ///
 /// Returns once the game process has been spawned; its output continues to
-/// stream into `log` on background threads.
-pub fn launch(profile: &GameProfile, log: &Log) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+/// stream into `log` on background threads. `on_exit` fires when the process
+/// ends, which is how the launch state machine leaves its Running state.
+pub fn launch(
+    profile: &GameProfile,
+    log: &Log,
+    on_exit: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     profile.validate().map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
 
     let game_dir = PathBuf::from(&profile.game_dir);
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ pub fn launch(profile: &GameProfile, log: &Log) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
 
     prepare_prefix(profile, log)?;
+    ensure_dll_override(profile, log);
     ensure_license(profile, log)?;
 
     let mut cmd = Command::new(&profile.runner);
@@ -61,6 +69,7 @@ pub fn launch(profile: &GameProfile, log: &Log) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     for (k, v) in &profile.env {
         cmd.env(k, v);
     }
+    cmd.env("WINEDLLOVERRIDES", hook_dll_overrides(&profile.env));
     if !profile.wine_prefix.trim().is_empty() {
         cmd.env("WINEPREFIX", &profile.wine_prefix);
     }
@@ -78,10 +87,132 @@ pub fn launch(profile: &GameProfile, log: &Log) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let child = cmd
         .spawn()
         .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("could not start {}: {e}", profile.runner))?;
-    stream(child, log.clone(), "[launcher] game process exited.");
+    stream(
+        child,
+        log.clone(),
+        "[launcher] game process exited.",
+        on_exit,
+    );
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// The registry key Wine reads DLL overrides from, and the one value the hook needs.
+///
+/// Wine loads its own builtin `version.dll` unless an override says otherwise, so the
+/// game-directory proxy is ignored by default. `WINEDLLOVERRIDES` fixes that only for
+/// a process we spawn ourselves — it cannot help a player who presses Play in Steam,
+/// which is why the old advice was to paste launch options by hand (see
+/// `setup::STEAM_LAUNCH_OPTIONS`). Asking a player to edit launch options is exactly
+/// the kind of step that makes this unusable for anyone who does not already know what
+/// a DLL override is.
+///
+/// Persisting the override in the prefix registry removes the manual step entirely: it
+/// survives restarts and applies to every launch path, including Steam. This mirrors
+/// what BepInEx documents for Proton (configure the proxy in winecfg rather than the
+/// environment) and what Proton itself already does in this prefix for other titles.
+const DLL_OVERRIDE_KEY: &str = r"HKCU\Software\Wine\DllOverrides";
+const HOOK_DLL_VALUE: &str = "version";
+const HOOK_DLL_OVERRIDE: &str = "native,builtin";
+
+/// `reg add` argv that persists the hook's DLL override, native-first with a builtin
+/// fallback. `/f` makes it idempotent, so this is safe to run on every launch and
+/// repairs a prefix a player has reset or replaced.
+fn dll_override_args() -> [&'static str; 10] {
+    [
+        "reg",
+        "add",
+        DLL_OVERRIDE_KEY,
+        "/v",
+        HOOK_DLL_VALUE,
+        "/t",
+        "REG_SZ",
+        "/d",
+        HOOK_DLL_OVERRIDE,
+        "/f",
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Persist the hook's DLL override into the prefix, so the game loads the proxy no
+/// matter how it is started.
+///
+/// Best-effort by design: a failure here is not fatal, because a launch we spawn also
+/// carries `WINEDLLOVERRIDES`. It is reported in plain language rather than as a Wine
+/// error, since the player cannot act on the latter.
+fn ensure_dll_override(profile: &GameProfile, log: &Log) {
+    if profile.wine_prefix.trim().is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let mut cmd = Command::new(&profile.runner);
+    cmd.args(dll_override_args())
+        .current_dir(&profile.game_dir)
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null());
+    for (k, v) in &profile.env {
+        cmd.env(k, v);
+    }
+    cmd.env("WINEPREFIX", &profile.wine_prefix);
+    match cmd.status() {
+        Ok(status) if status.success() => {
+            say(log, "[launcher] game files ready (mod support enabled)");
+        }
+        Ok(_) | Err(_) => say(
+            log,
+            "[launcher] could not pre-enable mod support in the game prefix; \
+             launching anyway (this launch still enables it directly)",
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod override_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dll_override_is_persisted_native_first_and_idempotently() {
+        let args = dll_override_args();
+        assert_eq!(args[0], "reg");
+        assert_eq!(args[1], "add");
+        assert_eq!(
+            args[2], r"HKCU\Software\Wine\DllOverrides",
+            "Wine reads overrides from this key; a typo silently leaves the hook unloaded"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(args[4], "version", "the hook ships as a version.dll proxy");
+        assert_eq!(
+            args[8], "native,builtin",
+            "native first so the proxy wins, builtin as fallback so a missing proxy \
+             cannot make the game unlaunchable"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            args[9], "/f",
+            "idempotent, so running it on every launch repairs a reset prefix"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// The `WINEDLLOVERRIDES` value the game must be started with.
+///
+/// The hook ships as a `version.dll` proxy inside the game directory, and Proton
+/// prefers a local DLL over its own builtin ONLY when `WINEDLLOVERRIDES` names it
+/// (see `setup::STEAM_LAUNCH_OPTIONS`). Steam users get that from their launch
+/// options; when the launcher spawns the runner itself, nothing else supplies it.
+///
+/// Without it the failure is silent and badly misleading: the hook never loads, so
+/// the `openfut.cfg` the launcher just wrote is inert, the game ignores the
+/// configured Blaze ports, and `/etc/hosts` quietly routes it to whatever answers
+/// on EA's real ports. It looks like a working launch against the configured
+/// server while actually talking to a different one.
+///
+/// A profile that already pins `version=` wins: an operator overriding the hijack
+/// deliberately must not be silently overruled.
+fn hook_dll_overrides(env: &BTreeMap<String, String>) -> String {
+    const HOOK: &str = "version=n,b";
+    match env.get("WINEDLLOVERRIDES").map(|v| v.trim()) {
+        Some(existing) if existing.contains("version=") => existing.to_string(),
+        Some(existing) if !existing.is_empty() => format!("{existing};{HOOK}"),
+        _ => HOOK.to_string(),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Create the Wine prefix's `dosdevices` entries the profile asks for.
 ///
 /// Equivalent to `mkdir -p $WINEPREFIX/dosdevices && ln -sfn <target> <link>`:
@@ -221,12 +352,17 @@ fn non_empty_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// Pump a child's stdout and stderr into the log buffer and reap it.
-pub fn stream(mut child: Child, log: Log, exit_msg: &'static str) {
+pub fn stream(
+    mut child: Child,
+    log: Log,
+    exit_msg: &'static str,
+    on_exit: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
+) {
     if let Some(out) = child.stdout.take() {
         let buf = Arc::clone(&log);
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             for line in BufReader::new(out).lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
-                buf.lock().unwrap().push(line);
+                buf.lock().push(line);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -234,13 +370,14 @@ pub fn stream(mut child: Child, log: Log, exit_msg: &'static str) {
         let buf = Arc::clone(&log);
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             for line in BufReader::new(err).lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
-                buf.lock().unwrap().push(line);
+                buf.lock().push(line);
             }
         });
     }
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
         let _ = child.wait();
-        log.lock().unwrap().push(exit_msg.to_string());
+        log.lock().push(exit_msg.to_string());
+        on_exit();
     });
 }
 
@@ -443,7 +580,35 @@ mod tests {
             game_dir: "/definitely/not/here".into(),
             ..GameProfile::default()
         };
-        let err = launch(&profile, &log()).unwrap_err().to_string();
+        let err = launch(&profile, &log(), || {}).unwrap_err().to_string();
         assert!(err.contains("game_dir does not exist"), "{err}");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_profile_without_overrides_still_gets_the_hook_hijack() {
+        // The regression this guards: FIFA launched from the launcher ignored the
+        // configured Blaze ports entirely, because Proton loaded its own builtin
+        // version.dll and the hook proxy never ran. The launch looked healthy.
+        assert_eq!(hook_dll_overrides(&BTreeMap::new()), "version=n,b");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unrelated_overrides_are_preserved_and_appended_to() {
+        let env = BTreeMap::from([("WINEDLLOVERRIDES".to_string(), "d3d11=n".to_string())]);
+        assert_eq!(hook_dll_overrides(&env), "d3d11=n;version=n,b");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_explicit_version_override_is_never_overruled() {
+        // An operator disabling the hijack on purpose must win, otherwise the
+        // setting is a lie.
+        let env = BTreeMap::from([("WINEDLLOVERRIDES".to_string(), "version=b".to_string())]);
+        assert_eq!(hook_dll_overrides(&env), "version=b");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_blank_override_is_treated_as_absent_rather_than_appended_to() {
+        let env = BTreeMap::from([("WINEDLLOVERRIDES".to_string(), "   ".to_string())]);
+        assert_eq!(hook_dll_overrides(&env), "version=n,b");
+    }
 }

src/health.rs

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 //! stops, or assumes anything about how the server is hosted; it only asks
 //! "can the FIFA client reach it right now?".
 
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::{
     net::{TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs},
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
-        Arc, Mutex,
+        Arc,
     },
     thread,
     time::{Duration, Instant},
@@ -57,14 +58,14 @@ impl HealthMonitor {
         let t_running = Arc::clone(&running);
         thread::spawn(move || {
             while t_running.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-                let target = t_target.lock().unwrap().clone();
+                let target = t_target.lock().clone();
                 match target {
                     None => {
-                        *t_state.lock().unwrap() = HealthState::default();
+                        *t_state.lock() = HealthState::default();
                     }
                     Some((host, port)) => {
                         let snapshot = probe(&host, port);
-                        *t_state.lock().unwrap() = snapshot;
+                        *t_state.lock() = snapshot;
                     }
                 }
                 thread::sleep(POLL_INTERVAL);
@@ -81,11 +82,11 @@ impl HealthMonitor {
     /// Point the monitor at a new server address (host + bridge port). Passing
     /// None (e.g. no server configured) puts it back into the idle state.
     pub fn set_target(&self, target: Option<(String, u16)>) {
-        *self.target.lock().unwrap() = target;
+        *self.target.lock() = target;
     }
 
     pub fn snapshot(&self) -> HealthState {
-        self.state.lock().unwrap().clone()
+        self.state.lock().clone()
     }
 }
 

src/launch.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,940 @@
+//! The launch sequence, as an explicit state machine.
+//!
+//! # Why this exists
+//!
+//! The launcher used to make the user perform OpenFUT's internal launch order by
+//! hand: start LSX, start autopatch, run pre-launch checks, "Arm client", then
+//! press a button called *Start Services & Launch Game*. Every one of those is an
+//! implementation detail of how FIFA 17 is persuaded to talk to OpenFUT, and
+//! getting the order wrong produced failures that surfaced much later as "the
+//! game crashed" — autopatch started before `ptrace_scope` was 0 silently does
+//! nothing at all.
+//!
+//! So the sequence lives here, once, and the UI renders it. One button.
+//!
+//! # Ordering, and where it deviates from the obvious
+//!
+//! Client preparation (`arm`) runs BEFORE autopatch, not after: autopatch writes
+//! `/proc/<FIFA17.exe>/mem`, which Yama forbids until arming sets
+//! `kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0`. Starting autopatch first would "succeed" and
+//! then quietly fail to patch anything.
+//!
+//! # Idempotence
+//!
+//! Every step asks what is already true before acting. A healthy service is
+//! reused, never restarted; client preparation is skipped when the checks it
+//! would repair already pass, which also avoids an unnecessary Polkit prompt.
+//!
+//! # Testability
+//!
+//! The effects — spawning services, elevating for arming, writing the hook
+//! config, starting the game — sit behind [`LaunchOps`]. [`run_sequence`] is
+//! therefore a pure decision procedure over observed state, and the sequencing
+//! rules that matter (don't launch after a failed step, don't restart healthy
+//! services, don't kill what we didn't start) are unit-testable without a FIFA
+//! install, a Polkit agent, or root.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::config::LauncherConfig;
+use crate::fifa17_capability::Fifa17ClientCapabilities;
+use crate::local_services::{
+    CapabilityWiring, Ensured, Service, ServiceRuntime, ServiceSupervisor, SpawnSpec,
+};
+use crate::logs::LogBuffer;
+use crate::preflight::{self, Check, State};
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+
+/// Where the launch sequence is. Rendered directly by the UI; the UI never
+/// coordinates services itself.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub enum Phase {
+    /// Nothing in flight. Readiness still comes from observed state, not from
+    /// having been here.
+    #[default]
+    Idle,
+    /// Looking at the world: checks + service + hook state.
+    Checking,
+    /// Elevated client preparation in flight (this is what shows a password
+    /// prompt).
+    PreparingClient,
+    StartingServices,
+    /// Re-checking after repair, before committing to a launch.
+    Validating,
+    Launching,
+    /// FIFA is up. Left when the process exits.
+    Running,
+    Failed,
+}
+
+impl Phase {
+    /// Whether a launch is under way, i.e. the primary button must not start a
+    /// second one.
+    pub fn busy(self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self,
+            Phase::Checking
+                | Phase::PreparingClient
+                | Phase::StartingServices
+                | Phase::Validating
+                | Phase::Launching
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// One step of the sequence, in execution order.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Step {
+    Server,
+    ClientFiles,
+    ClientPreparation,
+    Lsx,
+    Autopatch,
+    FinalChecks,
+    Game,
+}
+
+impl Step {
+    /// User-facing name. Deliberately not the internal vocabulary: "arm" is
+    /// implementation terminology and never appears in the normal flow.
+    pub fn label(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Step::Server => "OpenFUT server",
+            Step::ClientFiles => "Client files",
+            Step::ClientPreparation => "Client preparation",
+            Step::Lsx => "LSX",
+            Step::Autopatch => "Autopatch",
+            Step::FinalChecks => "Final checks",
+            Step::Game => "FIFA 17",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// How a step ended. `Skipped` is a success that did nothing — the state it
+/// would have produced was already true.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Outcome {
+    Done(String),
+    Skipped(String),
+    Failed(String),
+}
+
+impl Outcome {
+    pub fn ok(&self) -> bool {
+        !matches!(self, Outcome::Failed(_))
+    }
+
+    pub fn detail(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            Outcome::Done(d) | Outcome::Skipped(d) | Outcome::Failed(d) => d,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Everything the UI needs to render the launch surface.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct LaunchState {
+    pub phase: Phase,
+    /// Steps attempted by the most recent run, in order.
+    pub steps: Vec<(Step, Outcome)>,
+    /// One-line reason the run failed, for the top of the failure card. The
+    /// per-step detail carries the specifics.
+    pub failure: Option<String>,
+    /// The most recent preflight results and when they were taken. Cached
+    /// because the checks open sockets with timeouts and cannot run per frame.
+    pub checks: Option<Vec<Check>>,
+    pub checks_age: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+}
+
+impl LaunchState {
+    fn begin(&mut self, phase: Phase) {
+        self.phase = phase;
+        self.steps.clear();
+        self.failure = None;
+    }
+
+    fn record(&mut self, step: Step, outcome: Outcome) {
+        if let Outcome::Failed(reason) = &outcome {
+            self.failure = Some(format!("{}: {reason}", step.label()));
+        }
+        self.steps.push((step, outcome));
+    }
+}
+
+/// The effects the sequence performs. Implemented for real by [`RealOps`] and
+/// substituted in tests.
+pub trait LaunchOps {
+    /// Confirm the configured OpenFUT server is answering AND select the account
+    /// for this session. The server is remote by design, so this is a network
+    /// fact, never "is something local up". Returns a user-facing summary.
+    fn connect_server(&mut self) -> Result<String, String>;
+    /// Version.dll + a readable openfut.cfg. `Err` is a hard stop: without them
+    /// FIFA talks to EA, not OpenFUT.
+    fn ensure_client_files(&mut self) -> Result<String, String>;
+    /// Which of the arming-repairable checks are currently failing.
+    fn run_checks(&mut self) -> Vec<Check>;
+    /// Elevated client preparation (`arm`). Returns what it changed.
+    fn prepare_client(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<String>, String>;
+    fn ensure_service(&mut self, service: Service) -> Result<Ensured, String>;
+    fn start_game(&mut self) -> Result<(), String>;
+}
+
+/// Checks that client preparation is able to repair. A failure in any of these
+/// means "prepare the client", not "give up".
+fn preparation_repairs(check: &Check) -> bool {
+    const REPAIRABLE: [&str; 3] = [
+        "ptrace_scope (autopatch)",
+        "EA redirector IP is redirected",
+        "EA hostnames point at OpenFUT",
+    ];
+    REPAIRABLE.contains(&check.name.as_str())
+}
+
+/// Run the whole sequence, publishing progress into `state` as it goes.
+///
+/// Returns whether FIFA was started. Stops at the first failed step: launching
+/// into a known-broken client produces a session that fails minutes later with
+/// no message naming the cause, which is precisely the failure mode this
+/// launcher exists to prevent.
+pub fn run_sequence(ops: &mut dyn LaunchOps, state: &Arc<Mutex<LaunchState>>) -> bool {
+    macro_rules! step {
+        ($phase:expr, $step:expr, $body:expr) => {{
+            state.lock().phase = $phase;
+            let outcome: Outcome = $body;
+            let ok = outcome.ok();
+            state.lock().record($step, outcome);
+            if !ok {
+                state.lock().phase = Phase::Failed;
+                return false;
+            }
+        }};
+    }
+
+    state.lock().begin(Phase::Checking);
+
+    // ── The server, which is remote and not ours to start ────────────────────
+    step!(Phase::Checking, Step::Server, {
+        match ops.connect_server() {
+            Ok(detail) => Outcome::Done(detail),
+            Err(e) => Outcome::Failed(e),
+        }
+    });
+
+    // ── The hook the game loads, reconciled with the current settings ────────
+    step!(Phase::Checking, Step::ClientFiles, {
+        match ops.ensure_client_files() {
+            Ok(detail) => Outcome::Done(detail),
+            Err(e) => Outcome::Failed(e),
+        }
+    });
+
+    // ── Client preparation, only if something it repairs is broken ───────────
+    let checks = ops.run_checks();
+    let broken: Vec<String> = checks
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|c| c.state == State::Fail && preparation_repairs(c))
+        .map(|c| c.name.clone())
+        .collect();
+    {
+        let mut guard = state.lock();
+        guard.checks = Some(checks);
+        guard.checks_age = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+    }
+    step!(Phase::PreparingClient, Step::ClientPreparation, {
+        if broken.is_empty() {
+            Outcome::Skipped("already prepared".into())
+        } else {
+            match ops.prepare_client() {
+                Ok(changes) => Outcome::Done(format!("{} change(s) applied", changes.len())),
+                Err(e) => Outcome::Failed(e),
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // ── Companion services, in dependency order ─────────────────────────────
+    for (service, step) in [
+        (Service::Lsx, Step::Lsx),
+        (Service::Autopatch, Step::Autopatch),
+    ] {
+        step!(Phase::StartingServices, step, {
+            match ops.ensure_service(service) {
+                Ok(Ensured::Reused) => Outcome::Skipped("already running".into()),
+                Ok(Ensured::Started) => Outcome::Done("started".into()),
+                Err(e) => Outcome::Failed(e),
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // ── Validate what the repairs were supposed to fix ──────────────────────
+    step!(Phase::Validating, Step::FinalChecks, {
+        let checks = ops.run_checks();
+        let failed: Vec<String> = checks
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|c| c.state == State::Fail)
+            .map(|c| c.name.clone())
+            .collect();
+        {
+            let mut guard = state.lock();
+            guard.checks = Some(checks);
+            guard.checks_age = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+        }
+        if failed.is_empty() {
+            Outcome::Done("all checks pass".into())
+        } else {
+            Outcome::Failed(format!("still failing: {}", failed.join(", ")))
+        }
+    });
+
+    step!(Phase::Launching, Step::Game, {
+        match ops.start_game() {
+            Ok(()) => Outcome::Done("started".into()),
+            Err(e) => Outcome::Failed(e),
+        }
+    });
+
+    state.lock().phase = Phase::Running;
+    true
+}
+
+/// Observe the world without changing it, for the status rows on open and after
+/// a settings change. Shares [`run_sequence`]'s notion of what "ready" means so
+/// the two cannot drift apart.
+pub fn refresh_checks(ops: &mut dyn LaunchOps, state: &Arc<Mutex<LaunchState>>) {
+    state.lock().phase = Phase::Checking;
+    let checks = ops.run_checks();
+    let mut guard = state.lock();
+    guard.checks = Some(checks);
+    guard.checks_age = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+    guard.phase = Phase::Idle;
+}
+
+/// What happens to launcher-started services when FIFA exits.
+///
+/// Exists so the answer is a stated policy rather than an oversight. The shipped
+/// value stops nothing:
+///
+/// * The companion services are reusable across launches — LSX has to be holding
+///   :4216 before FIFA dials it, and the next launch would only start them again.
+/// * A service the launcher did NOT start is never in the stop list under any
+///   value of this policy.
+///
+/// Client preparation is deliberately absent, and is never reverted: it is host
+/// state (`ptrace_scope`, a DNAT, `/etc/hosts`) that `client_arm.sh` also leaves
+/// set and that every subsequent launch needs. A flag for it would be a flag
+/// nothing honours.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub struct CleanupPolicy {
+    pub stop_launcher_started_services: bool,
+}
+
+/// Which services cleanup is allowed to stop after `FIFA` exits: only ones this
+/// launcher started, and only if the policy says so.
+pub fn services_to_stop(
+    policy: CleanupPolicy,
+    runtimes: &[(Service, ServiceRuntime)],
+) -> Vec<Service> {
+    if !policy.stop_launcher_started_services {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
+    runtimes
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|(_, r)| r.running && r.started_by_launcher)
+        .map(|(s, _)| *s)
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Summary of one dependency for the main card.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Readiness {
+    Ready,
+    Busy,
+    Attention,
+    /// Never looked, or the answer is stale. Never rendered as Ready.
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+/// Client-integration readiness from the cached checks. `Unknown` until a run has
+/// actually happened: "we did not look" must not look like "we looked and it was
+/// fine".
+pub fn client_integration(state: &LaunchState) -> Readiness {
+    if matches!(state.phase, Phase::PreparingClient) {
+        return Readiness::Busy;
+    }
+    match &state.checks {
+        None => Readiness::Unknown,
+        Some(checks) => {
+            let relevant: Vec<&Check> = checks.iter().filter(|c| preparation_repairs(c)).collect();
+            if relevant.iter().any(|c| c.state == State::Fail) {
+                Readiness::Attention
+            } else if relevant.iter().all(|c| c.state == State::Skipped) {
+                // Nothing configured to check, so nothing was verified.
+                Readiness::Unknown
+            } else {
+                Readiness::Ready
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Overall readiness for the card's headline pill. Anything short of every
+/// dependency being observed-good is not Ready.
+pub fn overall(
+    phase: Phase,
+    server: Readiness,
+    integration: Readiness,
+    services: Readiness,
+    hook: Readiness,
+) -> Readiness {
+    if phase == Phase::Running {
+        return Readiness::Ready;
+    }
+    if phase.busy() {
+        return Readiness::Busy;
+    }
+    let parts = [server, integration, services, hook];
+    if parts.contains(&Readiness::Attention) {
+        Readiness::Attention
+    } else if parts.contains(&Readiness::Unknown) {
+        Readiness::Unknown
+    } else {
+        Readiness::Ready
+    }
+}
+
+/// [`LaunchOps`] against the actual machine.
+///
+/// Holds a snapshot of the config: a launch must not change its mind halfway
+/// through because the user edited a field while it ran.
+pub struct RealOps {
+    config: LauncherConfig,
+    services: Arc<Mutex<ServiceSupervisor>>,
+    logs: Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>,
+    caps: Arc<Mutex<Fifa17ClientCapabilities>>,
+    state: Arc<Mutex<LaunchState>>,
+}
+
+impl RealOps {
+    fn say(&self, message: impl Into<String>) {
+        self.logs.lock().push(message.into());
+    }
+}
+
+impl LaunchOps for RealOps {
+    fn connect_server(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
+        self.config.validate_server()?;
+        if preflight::backend_reachable(&self.config).state == State::Fail {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "{} is not answering — is the OpenFUT server running?",
+                self.config.openfut_server_host
+            ));
+        }
+        // Selecting the account is part of connecting: LSX and FIFA both
+        // authenticate as this persona, and a launch with the wrong one produces
+        // a session that looks fine and belongs to nobody.
+        let account = crate::account_sync::sync(&self.config)?;
+        self.say(format!(
+            "[launcher] account synchronized: {}/{} FUT-coins={} unopened-packs={}",
+            account.persona_id, account.persona_name, account.coins, account.unopened_packs
+        ));
+        Ok(format!(
+            "{} · {}",
+            self.config.openfut_server_host, account.persona_name
+        ))
+    }
+
+    fn ensure_client_files(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
+        let game_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(&self.config.fifa_game_dir);
+        if !crate::setup::hook_dll_deployed(&game_dir) {
+            return Err("network hook is not deployed — use Setup to deploy it".into());
+        }
+        // The file the game reads is reconciled here, and only here: this is the
+        // one moment it is guaranteed to agree with the settings on screen.
+        let contents = self.config.hook_cfg_contents()?;
+        crate::setup::update_hook_config(&game_dir, &contents).map_err(|e| {
+            format!(
+                "cannot write {} in {}: {e}",
+                crate::setup::HOOK_CFG_FILE,
+                self.config.fifa_game_dir
+            )
+        })?;
+        Ok(format!(
+            "hook → {}:{}",
+            self.config.openfut_server_host, self.config.openfut_https_port
+        ))
+    }
+
+    fn run_checks(&mut self) -> Vec<Check> {
+        preflight::run(&self.config)
+    }
+
+    fn prepare_client(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
+        match crate::arm::arm(&self.config) {
+            Ok(changes) => {
+                for change in &changes {
+                    self.say(format!("[launcher] prepared: {change}"));
+                }
+                Ok(changes)
+            }
+            Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn ensure_service(&mut self, service: Service) -> Result<Ensured, String> {
+        let spec = SpawnSpec {
+            persona_id: self.config.fut_persona_id,
+            persona_name: self.config.fut_persona_name.clone(),
+            // Only autopatch advertises the verified resolver guard, so only it
+            // receives the shared capability sink.
+            capability: match service {
+                Service::Autopatch => Some(CapabilityWiring {
+                    server_host: self.config.openfut_server_host.clone(),
+                    account_sync_port: self.config.openfut_account_sync_port,
+                    sink: Arc::clone(&self.caps),
+                }),
+                Service::Lsx => None,
+            },
+        };
+        self.services.lock().ensure_running(service, spec)
+    }
+
+    fn start_game(&mut self) -> Result<(), String> {
+        // A new FIFA process starts with UNKNOWN capability: never inherit the
+        // previous launch's. The autopatch stdout reader repopulates it.
+        *self.caps.lock() = Default::default();
+
+        let state = Arc::clone(&self.state);
+        let logs = Arc::clone(&self.logs);
+        let services = Arc::clone(&self.services);
+        let on_exit = move || {
+            // Cleanup goes through the policy rather than through habit, so the
+            // list can never include a service this launcher did not start.
+            let runtimes: Vec<_> = {
+                let mut supervisor = services.lock();
+                [Service::Lsx, Service::Autopatch]
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|s| {
+                        let runtime = supervisor.observe(s);
+                        (s, runtime)
+                    })
+                    .collect()
+            };
+            for service in services_to_stop(CleanupPolicy::default(), &runtimes) {
+                if let Err(e) = services.lock().stop(service) {
+                    logs.lock().push(format!("[launcher] cleanup: {e}"));
+                }
+            }
+            state.lock().phase = Phase::Idle;
+            logs.lock()
+                .push("[launcher] FIFA exited; launcher back to Ready.".to_string());
+        };
+
+        // Prefer the native profile; fall back to the user's shell command so an
+        // existing working setup keeps working after an upgrade.
+        if self.config.game_profile.configured() {
+            crate::game_launch::launch(&self.config.game_profile, &self.logs, on_exit)
+                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+        } else {
+            crate::setup::launch_game(
+                &self.config.game_launch_command,
+                &self.config.game_launch_workdir,
+                Arc::clone(&self.logs),
+                on_exit,
+            )
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Drives [`run_sequence`] on a worker thread. The UI thread never blocks on a
+/// socket, a Polkit prompt or a process spawn.
+pub struct Controller {
+    pub state: Arc<Mutex<LaunchState>>,
+    pub services: Arc<Mutex<ServiceSupervisor>>,
+}
+
+impl Controller {
+    pub fn new(logs: Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            state: Arc::new(Mutex::new(LaunchState::default())),
+            services: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ServiceSupervisor::new(logs))),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn snapshot(&self) -> LaunchState {
+        self.state.lock().clone()
+    }
+
+    fn ops(
+        &self,
+        config: &LauncherConfig,
+        logs: &Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>,
+        caps: &Arc<Mutex<Fifa17ClientCapabilities>>,
+    ) -> RealOps {
+        RealOps {
+            config: config.clone(),
+            services: Arc::clone(&self.services),
+            logs: Arc::clone(logs),
+            caps: Arc::clone(caps),
+            state: Arc::clone(&self.state),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Start the full sequence. Ignored while one is already in flight or the
+    /// game is up — the button reflects that state rather than queueing work.
+    pub fn launch(
+        &self,
+        config: &LauncherConfig,
+        logs: &Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>,
+        caps: &Arc<Mutex<Fifa17ClientCapabilities>>,
+    ) {
+        {
+            let phase = self.state.lock().phase;
+            if phase.busy() || phase == Phase::Running {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        let mut ops = self.ops(config, logs, caps);
+        let state = Arc::clone(&self.state);
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            run_sequence(&mut ops, &state);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// Re-observe without changing anything, for startup and after a settings
+    /// change. Skipped while a launch owns the state.
+    pub fn refresh(
+        &self,
+        config: &LauncherConfig,
+        logs: &Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>,
+        caps: &Arc<Mutex<Fifa17ClientCapabilities>>,
+    ) {
+        {
+            let phase = self.state.lock().phase;
+            if phase.busy() || phase == Phase::Running {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        let mut ops = self.ops(config, logs, caps);
+        let state = Arc::clone(&self.state);
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            refresh_checks(&mut ops, &state);
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Records what the sequence asked for, and answers however the test wants.
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+    struct FakeOps {
+        server_up: bool,
+        client_files: Option<Result<String, String>>,
+        checks: Vec<Check>,
+        checks_after_prepare: Option<Vec<Check>>,
+        prepare_result: Option<Result<Vec<String>, String>>,
+        service_result: Vec<(Service, Result<Ensured, String>)>,
+        game_result: Option<Result<(), String>>,
+        // Observed calls
+        prepared: usize,
+        started: Vec<Service>,
+        game_started: usize,
+        check_runs: usize,
+    }
+
+    fn check(name: &str, state: State) -> Check {
+        Check {
+            name: name.into(),
+            state,
+            detail: String::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn ready_ops() -> FakeOps {
+        FakeOps {
+            server_up: true,
+            client_files: Some(Ok("deployed".into())),
+            checks: vec![
+                check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Pass),
+                check("EA redirector IP is redirected", State::Pass),
+                check("EA hostnames point at OpenFUT", State::Pass),
+            ],
+            prepare_result: Some(Ok(vec!["one".into()])),
+            game_result: Some(Ok(())),
+            ..FakeOps::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl LaunchOps for FakeOps {
+        fn connect_server(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
+            if self.server_up {
+                Ok("connected".into())
+            } else {
+                Err("not reachable — is the OpenFUT server running?".into())
+            }
+        }
+        fn ensure_client_files(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
+            self.client_files
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| Err("no client-files result configured".into()))
+        }
+        fn run_checks(&mut self) -> Vec<Check> {
+            self.check_runs += 1;
+            match (&self.checks_after_prepare, self.prepared) {
+                (Some(after), n) if n > 0 => after.clone(),
+                _ => self.checks.clone(),
+            }
+        }
+        fn prepare_client(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
+            self.prepared += 1;
+            self.prepare_result
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| Err("no prepare configured".into()))
+        }
+        fn ensure_service(&mut self, service: Service) -> Result<Ensured, String> {
+            self.started.push(service);
+            self.service_result
+                .iter()
+                .find(|(s, _)| *s == service)
+                .map(|(_, r)| r.clone())
+                .unwrap_or(Ok(Ensured::Started))
+        }
+        fn start_game(&mut self) -> Result<(), String> {
+            self.game_started += 1;
+            self.game_result
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| Err("no game result configured".into()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn state() -> Arc<Mutex<LaunchState>> {
+        Arc::new(Mutex::new(LaunchState::default()))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_cold_client_is_prepared_and_started_in_dependency_order() {
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            checks: vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Fail)],
+            checks_after_prepare: Some(vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Pass)]),
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert_eq!(
+            ops.prepared, 1,
+            "a failing repairable check must be repaired"
+        );
+        // Preparation before autopatch: autopatch cannot write FIFA's memory
+        // until arming has set ptrace_scope, and would silently no-op.
+        assert_eq!(ops.started, vec![Service::Lsx, Service::Autopatch]);
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 1);
+        assert_eq!(st.lock().phase, Phase::Running);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_already_prepared_client_is_not_prepared_again() {
+        let mut ops = ready_ops();
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert_eq!(ops.prepared, 0, "no password prompt for work already done");
+        let steps = &st.lock().steps;
+        let prep = steps
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(s, _)| *s == Step::ClientPreparation)
+            .expect("preparation step recorded")
+            .1
+            .clone();
+        assert!(matches!(prep, Outcome::Skipped(_)), "{prep:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn healthy_services_are_reused_rather_than_restarted() {
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            service_result: vec![
+                (Service::Lsx, Ok(Ensured::Reused)),
+                (Service::Autopatch, Ok(Ensured::Reused)),
+            ],
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        for step in [Step::Lsx, Step::Autopatch] {
+            let outcome = st
+                .lock()
+                .steps
+                .iter()
+                .find(|(s, _)| *s == step)
+                .expect("service step recorded")
+                .1
+                .clone();
+            assert!(
+                matches!(outcome, Outcome::Skipped(_)),
+                "{step:?} {outcome:?}"
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_unreachable_server_stops_the_launch_before_anything_is_touched() {
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            server_up: false,
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(!run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert_eq!(ops.prepared, 0);
+        assert!(ops.started.is_empty(), "nothing may be started");
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 0);
+        assert_eq!(st.lock().phase, Phase::Failed);
+        assert!(st.lock().failure.as_deref().unwrap().contains("server"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_service_that_fails_to_start_stops_the_launch() {
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            service_result: vec![(Service::Autopatch, Err("autopatch: boom".into()))],
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(!run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 0, "FIFA must not start without autopatch");
+        let failure = st.lock().failure.clone().unwrap();
+        assert!(failure.contains("Autopatch"), "{failure}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn failed_client_preparation_stops_the_launch() {
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            checks: vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Fail)],
+            prepare_result: Some(Err("pkexec: dismissed".into())),
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(!run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert!(ops.started.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_check_still_failing_after_repair_stops_the_launch() {
+        // Preparation ran and claimed success, but the state it was supposed to
+        // fix is still broken. Launching here is how a session dies later with
+        // no message naming the cause.
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            checks: vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Fail)],
+            checks_after_prepare: Some(vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Fail)]),
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(!run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 0);
+        let failure = st.lock().failure.clone().unwrap();
+        assert!(failure.contains("still failing"), "{failure}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn client_files_failure_stops_the_launch() {
+        let mut ops = FakeOps {
+            client_files: Some(Err("cannot write openfut.cfg".into())),
+            ..ready_ops()
+        };
+        let st = state();
+        assert!(!run_sequence(&mut ops, &st));
+        assert_eq!(ops.game_started, 0);
+        assert!(ops.started.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cleanup_never_stops_a_service_the_launcher_did_not_start() {
+        let foreign = ServiceRuntime {
+            running: true,
+            started_by_launcher: false,
+            pid: Some(4242),
+            detail: None,
+        };
+        let ours = ServiceRuntime {
+            running: true,
+            started_by_launcher: true,
+            pid: Some(99),
+            detail: None,
+        };
+        let runtimes = [(Service::Lsx, foreign), (Service::Autopatch, ours)];
+
+        // Even under the most aggressive policy, a foreign service is untouched.
+        let aggressive = CleanupPolicy {
+            stop_launcher_started_services: true,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(
+            services_to_stop(aggressive, &runtimes),
+            vec![Service::Autopatch]
+        );
+
+        // And the shipped policy keeps both alive for the next launch.
+        assert!(services_to_stop(CleanupPolicy::default(), &runtimes).is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn readiness_is_never_green_while_a_dependency_is_not() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            overall(
+                Phase::Idle,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Attention,
+                Readiness::Ready
+            ),
+            Readiness::Attention
+        );
+        // Never checked is not the same as checked and fine.
+        assert_eq!(
+            overall(
+                Phase::Idle,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Unknown,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Ready
+            ),
+            Readiness::Unknown
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            overall(
+                Phase::Idle,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Ready,
+                Readiness::Ready
+            ),
+            Readiness::Ready
+        );
+        // A running game reports Ready even though a launch is not in flight.
+        assert_eq!(
+            overall(
+                Phase::Running,
+                Readiness::Unknown,
+                Readiness::Unknown,
+                Readiness::Unknown,
+                Readiness::Unknown
+            ),
+            Readiness::Ready
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn client_integration_is_unknown_until_checks_have_run() {
+        let mut st = LaunchState::default();
+        assert_eq!(client_integration(&st), Readiness::Unknown);
+
+        st.checks = Some(vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Fail)]);
+        assert_eq!(client_integration(&st), Readiness::Attention);
+
+        st.checks = Some(vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Pass)]);
+        assert_eq!(client_integration(&st), Readiness::Ready);
+
+        // Only skipped checks means nothing was actually verified.
+        st.checks = Some(vec![check("ptrace_scope (autopatch)", State::Skipped)]);
+        assert_eq!(client_integration(&st), Readiness::Unknown);
+    }
+}

src/local_services.rs

@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 //! user after host arming sets `ptrace_scope=0`; this avoids an asynchronous
 //! Polkit prompt delaying cert patching until after FIFA's first TLS attempt.
 
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::{
     net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4, TcpListener},
-    path::Path,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process::{Child, Command, Stdio},
-    sync::{mpsc, Arc, Mutex},
+    sync::{mpsc, Arc},
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ use crate::fifa17_capability::{
 };
 use crate::logs::LogBuffer;
 
+/// The loopback endpoint LSX must own. FIFA dials this exact address and nothing
+/// else, so "is LSX ready?" is answerable without asking LSX anything.
+pub const LSX_ADDR: SocketAddr = SocketAddr::V4(SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 4216));
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 struct CommandParts {
     program: String,
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ struct CommandParts {
 }
 
 /// Which companion service. The `str` values are used in log prefixes.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Service {
     /// LSX Origin/EADesktop emulator — binds loopback 4216, unprivileged.
     Lsx,
@@ -51,25 +56,51 @@ impl Service {
         }
     }
 
-    /// The responder script filename inside the tools dir.
-    fn script(self) -> &'static str {
+    /// The companion's executable name.
+    ///
+    /// These were Python responder scripts run through a configured interpreter. They
+    /// are now Rust binaries built from this workspace (`openfut-lsx`,
+    /// `openfut-autopatch`), which removes the interpreter and the tools directory
+    /// from the launch contract entirely: no `python3` to locate, no script path to
+    /// configure, and no chance of running a stale checkout's copy.
+    fn binary(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
-            Service::Lsx => "lsx_responder_v2.py",
-            Service::Autopatch => "autopatch.py",
+            Service::Lsx => "openfut-lsx",
+            Service::Autopatch => "openfut-autopatch",
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn command_parts(service: Service, python: &str, tools_dir: &Path) -> CommandParts {
-    let mut args = vec![tools_dir
-        .join(service.script())
-        .to_string_lossy()
-        .into_owned()];
+/// Absolute path to a companion binary.
+///
+/// Prefers a sibling of the running launcher, which is what a workspace build and any
+/// sane install layout both produce, and falls back to the bare name so a
+/// PATH-installed binary still works. Returning the bare name rather than failing
+/// keeps `spawn` responsible for reporting a missing binary, with one error message
+/// instead of two.
+fn resolve_binary(service: Service) -> PathBuf {
+    let name = service.binary();
+    if let Some(dir) = std::env::current_exe()
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|p| p.parent().map(Path::to_path_buf))
+    {
+        let sibling = dir.join(name);
+        if sibling.is_file() {
+            return sibling;
+        }
+    }
+    PathBuf::from(name)
+}
+
+fn command_parts(service: Service) -> CommandParts {
+    let mut args = Vec::new();
     if service == Service::Autopatch {
+        // autopatch exits when the launcher does, so it cannot outlive its owner and
+        // keep writing to a client the launcher no longer manages.
         args.extend(["--launcher-pid".to_string(), std::process::id().to_string()]);
     }
     CommandParts {
-        program: python.to_string(),
+        program: resolve_binary(service).to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
         args,
     }
 }
@@ -138,22 +169,19 @@ impl ManagedService {
         if let Some(result) = self.stopping.as_ref() {
             match result.try_recv() {
                 Ok(Ok(())) => {
-                    log.lock()
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .push(format!("[launcher] {label} stopped."));
+                    log.lock().push(format!("[launcher] {label} stopped."));
                     self.stopping = None;
                     return false;
                 }
                 Ok(Err(error)) => {
                     log.lock()
-                        .unwrap()
                         .push(format!("[launcher] failed to stop {label}: {error}"));
                     self.stopping = None;
                     return false;
                 }
                 Err(mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty) => return true,
                 Err(mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
-                    log.lock().unwrap().push(format!(
+                    log.lock().push(format!(
                         "[launcher] {label} stop worker exited unexpectedly."
                     ));
                     self.stopping = None;
@@ -168,7 +196,6 @@ impl ManagedService {
                 Ok(None) => true,
                 Ok(Some(status)) => {
                     log.lock()
-                        .unwrap()
                         .push(format!("[launcher] {label} exited ({status})."));
                     self.child = None;
                     false
@@ -182,6 +209,11 @@ impl ManagedService {
         self.stopping.is_some()
     }
 
+    /// PID of the child this launcher owns, if it owns one.
+    pub fn pid(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        self.child.as_ref().map(Child::id)
+    }
+
     /// Begin stopping the service without waiting on the egui UI thread.
     pub fn stop(&mut self, log: &Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>, service: Service) {
         if self.stopping.is_some() {
@@ -189,9 +221,7 @@ impl ManagedService {
         }
         if let Some(mut child) = self.child.take() {
             let label = service.label();
-            log.lock()
-                .unwrap()
-                .push(format!("[launcher] stopping {label}…"));
+            log.lock().push(format!("[launcher] stopping {label}…"));
 
             self.stopping = Some(dispatch_stop_work(move || {
                 child
@@ -224,17 +254,248 @@ pub struct CapabilityWiring {
     pub sink: Arc<Mutex<Fifa17ClientCapabilities>>,
 }
 
-/// Spawn a companion service. `python` is the interpreter, `tools_dir` the
-/// directory holding the responder scripts. Streams stdout+stderr into `log`.
-/// Returns an error (without spawning) if the tools dir or script is missing.
+/// What is actually true about one companion service right now.
+///
+/// Deliberately observed, never remembered: a button press is not evidence that
+/// a service is up, and a service that died on its own must not keep showing
+/// green because the launcher once started it successfully.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub struct ServiceRuntime {
+    pub running: bool,
+    /// True only while THIS launcher owns the live process. Decides whether
+    /// cleanup is allowed to touch it: a service someone started by hand for a
+    /// debugging session must survive a launch/exit cycle.
+    pub started_by_launcher: bool,
+    pub pid: Option<u32>,
+    /// Observed supporting detail for the Advanced panel. Only ever facts the
+    /// launcher actually established.
+    pub detail: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl ServiceRuntime {
+    /// Whether this service is usable for a launch, as opposed to merely alive.
+    /// For LSX that means the port FIFA dials is genuinely held.
+    pub fn ready(&self) -> bool {
+        self.running
+    }
+}
+
+/// True when something holds LSX's fixed loopback port.
+pub fn lsx_port_busy() -> bool {
+    match TcpListener::bind(LSX_ADDR) {
+        Err(error) => error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::AddrInUse,
+        Ok(listener) => {
+            drop(listener);
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// PID of a process running `service`'s companion binary that this launcher does
+/// not own, if there is one.
+///
+/// Scans `/proc` — no extra dependency, no privilege, and no guessing: a service
+/// left running by a previous launcher instance or started by hand from a shell
+/// is a real state the UI has to be able to report, and cleanup has to respect.
+///
+/// Matches argv entries rather than `comm`, because `comm` is truncated to 15
+/// characters by the kernel and would misreport these names.
+pub fn foreign_pid(service: Service, ours: Option<u32>) -> Option<u32> {
+    let binary = service.binary();
+    let self_pid = std::process::id();
+    let entries = std::fs::read_dir("/proc").ok()?;
+    for entry in entries.flatten() {
+        let Ok(pid) = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().parse::<u32>() else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        if pid == self_pid || Some(pid) == ours {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Ok(cmdline) = std::fs::read(entry.path().join("cmdline")) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        if cmdline.split(|b| *b == 0).any(|arg| {
+            // Compare the file name, so `/path/to/openfut-lsx` matches while an
+            // unrelated argument that merely ends with the same text does not.
+            Path::new(&*String::from_utf8_lossy(arg))
+                .file_name()
+                .is_some_and(|n| n == binary)
+        }) {
+            return Some(pid);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Whether a stop request may touch this service.
+///
+/// Pure, so the ownership rule is testable without a process: refusing to kill
+/// something the launcher did not start is the whole reason ownership is tracked,
+/// and it must not depend on what happens to be running on the test machine.
+pub fn stop_permitted(runtime: &ServiceRuntime, label: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if runtime.running && !runtime.started_by_launcher {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "{label} was started outside this launcher{} — stop it where it was started.",
+            match runtime.pid {
+                Some(pid) => format!(" (pid {pid})"),
+                None => String::new(),
+            }
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Owns both companion services and answers "what is running, and who started
+/// it?" for the whole launcher.
+///
+/// Exists so the launch sequence and the Advanced panel act on the same objects.
+/// Two independent copies of that state is how a UI ends up claiming Ready while
+/// the process is dead.
+pub struct ServiceSupervisor {
+    lsx: ManagedService,
+    autopatch: ManagedService,
+    log: Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>,
+}
+
+/// Whether [`ServiceSupervisor::ensure_running`] had to do anything.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Ensured {
+    /// Already up — left strictly alone.
+    Reused,
+    Started,
+}
+
+impl ServiceSupervisor {
+    pub fn new(log: Arc<Mutex<LogBuffer>>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            lsx: ManagedService::default(),
+            autopatch: ManagedService::default(),
+            log,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn slot(&mut self, service: Service) -> &mut ManagedService {
+        match service {
+            Service::Lsx => &mut self.lsx,
+            Service::Autopatch => &mut self.autopatch,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Observe one service: our own child first, then any foreign instance.
+    pub fn observe(&mut self, service: Service) -> ServiceRuntime {
+        let log = Arc::clone(&self.log);
+        let slot = self.slot(service);
+        if slot.stopping() {
+            return ServiceRuntime {
+                running: true,
+                started_by_launcher: true,
+                pid: None,
+                detail: Some("stopping".into()),
+            };
+        }
+        let ours = slot.pid();
+        if slot.running(&log, service.label()) {
+            let mut runtime = ServiceRuntime {
+                running: true,
+                started_by_launcher: true,
+                pid: ours,
+                detail: None,
+            };
+            if service == Service::Lsx {
+                runtime.detail = Some(if lsx_port_busy() {
+                    format!("holding {LSX_ADDR}")
+                } else {
+                    // Alive but not listening: real, and not "ready".
+                    runtime.running = false;
+                    format!("process alive but {LSX_ADDR} is not held")
+                });
+            }
+            return runtime;
+        }
+
+        match foreign_pid(service, ours) {
+            Some(pid) => ServiceRuntime {
+                running: true,
+                started_by_launcher: false,
+                pid: Some(pid),
+                detail: Some("started outside this launcher".into()),
+            },
+            None if service == Service::Lsx && lsx_port_busy() => ServiceRuntime {
+                running: false,
+                started_by_launcher: false,
+                pid: None,
+                detail: Some(format!("{LSX_ADDR} is held by an unrelated process")),
+            },
+            None => ServiceRuntime::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Start `service` only if it is not already usable. Never restarts a healthy
+    /// service, and never adopts a foreign one as ours.
+    pub fn ensure_running(&mut self, service: Service, spec: SpawnSpec) -> Result<Ensured, String> {
+        let runtime = self.observe(service);
+        if runtime.ready() {
+            self.log.lock().push(format!(
+                "[launcher] {} already running{} — reusing it.",
+                service.label(),
+                match runtime.pid {
+                    Some(pid) => format!(" (pid {pid})"),
+                    None => String::new(),
+                }
+            ));
+            return Ok(Ensured::Reused);
+        }
+        if let Some(detail) = runtime.detail.filter(|_| !runtime.running) {
+            // No service-name prefix: every caller already renders the service it
+            // asked about, and the launch card would print "LSX: LSX: …".
+            return Err(detail);
+        }
+        let child = spawn(
+            service,
+            spec.persona_id,
+            &spec.persona_name,
+            spec.capability,
+            Arc::clone(&self.log),
+        )
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        *self.slot(service) = ManagedService::from_child(child);
+        Ok(Ensured::Started)
+    }
+
+    /// Stop a service the launcher owns. A foreign process is reported, never
+    /// killed: the launcher did not start it and does not know who needs it.
+    pub fn stop(&mut self, service: Service) -> Result<(), String> {
+        let runtime = self.observe(service);
+        stop_permitted(&runtime, service.label())?;
+        let log = Arc::clone(&self.log);
+        self.slot(service).stop(&log, service);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn stopping(&mut self, service: Service) -> bool {
+        self.slot(service).stopping()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Everything [`spawn`] needs, bundled so the launch sequence can hand it over
+/// as one value per service.
+pub struct SpawnSpec {
+    pub persona_id: u64,
+    pub persona_name: String,
+    pub capability: Option<CapabilityWiring>,
+}
+
+/// Spawn a companion service and stream its stdout+stderr into `log`.
+///
+/// Returns an error without spawning if the binary is missing, which is the only
+/// precondition left now that the companions are workspace binaries rather than
+/// Python scripts run from a configured tools directory.
 ///
 /// `capability` is the backend-registration wiring + shared per-FIFA-process
 /// capability sink — `Some(..)` for autopatch (whose stdout advertises the
 /// verified resolver guard) and `None` for LSX.
 pub fn spawn(
     service: Service,
-    python: &str,
-    tools_dir: &str,
     persona_id: u64,
     persona_name: &str,
     capability: Option<CapabilityWiring>,
@@ -242,35 +503,28 @@ pub fn spawn(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Child> {
     use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 
-    let dir = Path::new(tools_dir);
-    if !dir.is_dir() {
-        anyhow::bail!(
-            "FIFA 17 tools dir not found: {} (set it in the Config tab)",
-            dir.display()
-        );
-    }
-    let script_path = dir.join(service.script());
-    if !script_path.exists() {
-        anyhow::bail!(
-            "{} not found in tools dir: {}",
-            service.script(),
-            script_path.display()
-        );
-    }
-
     let label = service.label();
+    let parts = command_parts(service);
+    let program = Path::new(&parts.program);
+    // Only a resolved absolute path can be checked up front; a bare name is left to
+    // the OS to resolve through PATH, and a failure there is reported by spawn below.
+    if program.is_absolute() && !program.is_file() {
+        anyhow::bail!(
+            "{label} binary not found: {} — build the workspace so it sits beside the launcher",
+            program.display()
+        );
+    }
 
-    // Both services use the configured interpreter and absolute script path;
-    // neither invents a Python installation path. Autopatch receives launcher
-    // ownership and a per-user runtime log so stale root-owned /tmp files cannot
-    // block startup.
-    let parts = command_parts(service, python, dir);
     let mut cmd = Command::new(&parts.program);
     cmd.args(&parts.args);
     if service == Service::Lsx {
+        // The persona LSX reports has to equal what Blaze returns in
+        // LoginResponse.SESS.PDTL and what UTAS serves as userInfo.personaId; the
+        // constraint is cross-layer agreement, not any particular value.
         cmd.env("FUT_PERSONA_ID", persona_id.to_string())
             .env("FUT_PERSONA_NAME", persona_name);
     } else if service == Service::Autopatch {
+        // A per-user runtime log, so a stale root-owned /tmp file cannot block startup.
         let log_path = std::env::var_os("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
             .map(std::path::PathBuf::from)
             .unwrap_or_else(std::env::temp_dir)
@@ -279,19 +533,21 @@ pub fn spawn(
     }
     // Put each companion in its own process group for lifecycle isolation.
     cmd.process_group(0);
-    cmd.current_dir(dir)
-        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-        .stderr(Stdio::piped());
+    cmd.stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped());
 
-    log.lock().unwrap().push(format!(
-        "[launcher] starting {label}: {} {}",
-        python,
-        script_path.display(),
+    log.lock().push(format!(
+        "[launcher] starting {label}: {}{}",
+        parts.program,
+        parts.args.iter().fold(String::new(), |mut acc, a| {
+            acc.push(' ');
+            acc.push_str(a);
+            acc
+        }),
     ));
 
     let mut child = cmd
         .spawn()
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to start {label} ({}): {e}", service.script()))?;
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to start {label} ({}): {e}", service.binary()))?;
 
     if let Some(out) = child.stdout.take() {
         let buf = Arc::clone(&log);
@@ -304,7 +560,7 @@ pub fn spawn(
             let mut registered = false;
             for line in BufReader::new(out).lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
                 // Every raw line is still mirrored into the log, as before.
-                buf.lock().unwrap().push(format!("[{lbl}] {line}"));
+                buf.lock().push(format!("[{lbl}] {line}"));
 
                 let Some(wiring) = cap_wiring.as_ref() else {
                     continue;
@@ -317,9 +573,9 @@ pub fn spawn(
                 };
                 registered = true;
                 let fifa_pid = parse_fifa_pid(&line).unwrap_or(0);
-                wiring.sink.lock().unwrap().empty_mypacks_resolver = Some(version);
+                wiring.sink.lock().empty_mypacks_resolver = Some(version);
                 {
-                    let mut log = buf.lock().unwrap();
+                    let mut log = buf.lock();
                     log.push(format!(
                         "[fifa17] resolver capability verified for FIFA pid {fifa_pid}"
                     ));
@@ -336,11 +592,9 @@ pub fn spawn(
                 ) {
                     Ok(()) => buf
                         .lock()
-                        .unwrap()
                         .push("[fifa17] capability registered with backend".to_string()),
                     Err(error) => buf
                         .lock()
-                        .unwrap()
                         .push(format!("[fifa17] capability registration failed: {error}")),
                 }
             }
@@ -351,20 +605,19 @@ pub fn spawn(
         let lbl = label.to_string();
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             for line in BufReader::new(err).lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
-                buf.lock().unwrap().push(format!("[{lbl}] {line}"));
+                buf.lock().push(format!("[{lbl}] {line}"));
             }
         });
     }
 
     if service == Service::Lsx {
-        let address = SocketAddr::V4(SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 4216));
+        let address = LSX_ADDR;
         if let Err(error) = wait_for_listener_ready(&mut child, address, Duration::from_secs(3)) {
             let _ = child.kill();
             let _ = child.wait();
             return Err(error);
         }
         log.lock()
-            .unwrap()
             .push("[launcher] LSX ready on 127.0.0.1:4216".to_string());
     }
 
@@ -376,27 +629,38 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn lsx_runs_python_directly() {
-        let parts = command_parts(Service::Lsx, "/usr/bin/python3", Path::new("/tmp/tools"));
-        assert_eq!(parts.program, "/usr/bin/python3");
-        assert_eq!(parts.args, vec!["/tmp/tools/lsx_responder_v2.py"]);
+    fn lsx_runs_its_own_binary_with_no_arguments() {
+        let parts = command_parts(Service::Lsx);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Path::new(&parts.program).file_name().unwrap(),
+            "openfut-lsx"
+        );
+        assert!(parts.args.is_empty(), "{:?}", parts.args);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn autopatch_runs_python_directly_with_launcher_ownership() {
-        let parts = command_parts(
-            Service::Autopatch,
-            "/usr/bin/python3",
-            Path::new("/tmp/tools"),
+    fn autopatch_runs_its_own_binary_with_launcher_ownership() {
+        let parts = command_parts(Service::Autopatch);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Path::new(&parts.program).file_name().unwrap(),
+            "openfut-autopatch"
         );
-        assert_eq!(parts.program, "/usr/bin/python3");
+        // The launcher pid is how autopatch learns to exit with its owner.
         assert_eq!(
             parts.args,
-            vec![
-                "/tmp/tools/autopatch.py",
-                "--launcher-pid",
-                &std::process::id().to_string(),
-            ]
+            vec!["--launcher-pid", &std::process::id().to_string()]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_companion_binary_is_looked_up_by_file_name_not_a_suffix_match() {
+        // Guards the foreign-process scan: an argv entry that merely ends with the
+        // binary name (a log path, say) must not be mistaken for the service.
+        assert_eq!(Service::Lsx.binary(), "openfut-lsx");
+        assert_eq!(Service::Autopatch.binary(), "openfut-autopatch");
+        assert_eq!(
+            Path::new("/var/log/my-openfut-lsx").file_name().unwrap(),
+            "my-openfut-lsx"
         );
     }
 
@@ -426,4 +690,89 @@ mod tests {
             .expect_err("exited child must not be reported ready");
         assert!(error.to_string().contains("exited before becoming ready"));
     }
+
+    fn supervisor() -> ServiceSupervisor {
+        ServiceSupervisor::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(LogBuffer::new())))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_service_this_launcher_never_started_is_never_reported_as_ours() {
+        // The old model only knew about children it spawned, so it could not tell
+        // "stopped" from "running, but not mine". Note this box may genuinely have
+        // a foreign responder running — that is a real observation, and the
+        // invariant is about ownership, not about it being absent.
+        let mut sup = supervisor();
+        let runtime = sup.observe(Service::Autopatch);
+        assert!(
+            !runtime.started_by_launcher,
+            "nothing was spawned here, so nothing may claim launcher ownership"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_launcher_owned_child_is_observed_as_ours_and_reaped_when_it_dies() {
+        let mut sup = supervisor();
+        let child = Command::new("sh")
+            .args(["-c", "sleep 30"])
+            .spawn()
+            .expect("spawn long-lived child");
+        let pid = child.id();
+        sup.autopatch = ManagedService::from_child(child);
+
+        let runtime = sup.observe(Service::Autopatch);
+        assert!(runtime.running);
+        assert!(runtime.started_by_launcher, "we spawned it");
+        assert_eq!(runtime.pid, Some(pid));
+
+        // Stopping is allowed precisely because it is ours.
+        sup.stop(Service::Autopatch).expect("ours to stop");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stopping_a_foreign_service_is_refused_rather_than_killing_it() {
+        // A service someone started by hand for a debugging session must survive a
+        // launch/exit cycle, and the refusal has to say where to stop it. Asserted
+        // on the pure rule so it holds regardless of what this machine is running.
+        let foreign = ServiceRuntime {
+            running: true,
+            started_by_launcher: false,
+            pid: Some(4242),
+            detail: None,
+        };
+        let error = stop_permitted(&foreign, "autopatch").unwrap_err();
+        assert!(error.contains("started outside this launcher"), "{error}");
+        assert!(error.contains("4242"), "{error}");
+
+        let ours = ServiceRuntime {
+            running: true,
+            started_by_launcher: true,
+            pid: Some(99),
+            detail: None,
+        };
+        assert!(stop_permitted(&ours, "autopatch").is_ok());
+        // Stopping something that is not running is a harmless no-op.
+        assert!(stop_permitted(&ServiceRuntime::default(), "autopatch").is_ok());
+
+        assert!(
+            crate::launch::services_to_stop(
+                crate::launch::CleanupPolicy {
+                    stop_launcher_started_services: true,
+                },
+                &[(Service::Autopatch, foreign)],
+            )
+            .is_empty(),
+            "a foreign service is never in the stop list"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreign_pid_ignores_the_launcher_process_itself() {
+        // The scan matches on the responder script name; this process is not one,
+        // and must never be reported as a service.
+        assert_ne!(foreign_pid(Service::Lsx, None), Some(std::process::id()));
+        assert_ne!(
+            foreign_pid(Service::Autopatch, None),
+            Some(std::process::id())
+        );
+    }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod account_monitor;
 mod account_sync;
 mod app;
 mod arm;
@@ -5,18 +6,22 @@ mod config;
 mod fifa17_capability;
 mod game_launch;
 mod health;
+mod launch;
 mod local_services;
 mod logs;
 mod netcheck;
 mod preflight;
 mod setup;
+mod theme;
 
 fn main() -> eframe::Result<()> {
     let options = eframe::NativeOptions {
         viewport: egui::ViewportBuilder::default()
             .with_title("OpenFUT Launcher")
-            .with_inner_size([780.0, 560.0])
-            .with_min_inner_size([600.0, 400.0]),
+            .with_app_id("openfut-launcher")
+            .with_icon(app_icon())
+            .with_inner_size([1040.0, 720.0])
+            .with_min_inner_size([880.0, 600.0]),
         ..Default::default()
     };
 
@@ -26,3 +31,88 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result<()> {
         Box::new(|cc| Ok(Box::new(app::LauncherApp::new(cc)))),
     )
 }
+
+/// The application / taskbar icon: the same "OF" monogram the header wordmark
+/// shows, drawn white on the signature accent tile. Generated in code (no PNG
+/// dependency) at 4x supersampling and box-downsampled to a crisp 64x64 RGBA —
+/// scales cleanly to the 32x32 the WM typically renders. Colours come from the
+/// theme palette so the icon never drifts from the in-app brand.
+fn app_icon() -> egui::IconData {
+    const SIZE: usize = 64; // output edge
+    const SS: usize = 4; // supersampling factor
+
+    let accent = theme::ACCENT;
+    let fg = theme::ON_ACCENT;
+
+    // Rounded-square background: point inside the [0,SIZE]² square with corners
+    // rounded to `round_r` (transparent outside, so the icon reads as a tile).
+    let round_r = 13.0_f32;
+    let inside_bg = |x: f32, y: f32| -> bool {
+        let s = SIZE as f32;
+        let cx = x.clamp(round_r, s - round_r);
+        let cy = y.clamp(round_r, s - round_r);
+        let (dx, dy) = (x - cx, y - cy);
+        dx * dx + dy * dy <= round_r * round_r
+    };
+
+    // "O" — an elliptical ring on the left.
+    let inside_o = |x: f32, y: f32| -> bool {
+        let (cx, cy) = (21.0_f32, 32.0_f32);
+        let (dx, dy) = (x - cx, y - cy);
+        let outer = (dx / 9.0).powi(2) + (dy / 14.0).powi(2) <= 1.0;
+        let inner = (dx / 4.8).powi(2) + (dy / 9.5).powi(2) < 1.0;
+        outer && !inner
+    };
+
+    // "F" — a stem plus a top and middle bar on the right.
+    let inside_f = |x: f32, y: f32| -> bool {
+        let stem = (34.0..=39.0).contains(&x) && (18.0..=46.0).contains(&y);
+        let top = (34.0..=52.0).contains(&x) && (18.0..=23.0).contains(&y);
+        let mid = (34.0..=48.0).contains(&x) && (29.5..=34.0).contains(&y);
+        stem || top || mid
+    };
+
+    // Premultiplied-alpha accumulation per output pixel so antialiased edges
+    // (both the rounded tile and the letters) never fringe dark.
+    let mut rgba = vec![0u8; SIZE * SIZE * 4];
+    for oy in 0..SIZE {
+        for ox in 0..SIZE {
+            let (mut ar, mut ag, mut ab, mut aa) = (0.0_f32, 0.0_f32, 0.0_f32, 0.0_f32);
+            for sy in 0..SS {
+                for sx in 0..SS {
+                    let x = ox as f32 + (sx as f32 + 0.5) / SS as f32;
+                    let y = oy as f32 + (sy as f32 + 0.5) / SS as f32;
+                    let (r, g, b, a) = if inside_o(x, y) || inside_f(x, y) {
+                        (fg.r(), fg.g(), fg.b(), 255u16)
+                    } else if inside_bg(x, y) {
+                        (accent.r(), accent.g(), accent.b(), 255u16)
+                    } else {
+                        (0, 0, 0, 0)
+                    };
+                    let af = a as f32 / 255.0;
+                    ar += r as f32 * af;
+                    ag += g as f32 * af;
+                    ab += b as f32 * af;
+                    aa += af;
+                }
+            }
+            let samples = (SS * SS) as f32;
+            let idx = (oy * SIZE + ox) * 4;
+            let (r, g, b) = if aa > 0.0 {
+                (ar / aa, ag / aa, ab / aa)
+            } else {
+                (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+            };
+            rgba[idx] = r.round() as u8;
+            rgba[idx + 1] = g.round() as u8;
+            rgba[idx + 2] = b.round() as u8;
+            rgba[idx + 3] = (aa / samples * 255.0).round() as u8;
+        }
+    }
+
+    egui::IconData {
+        rgba,
+        width: SIZE as u32,
+        height: SIZE as u32,
+    }
+}

src/preflight.rs

@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ impl Check {
 /// Run every applicable check. Order is the order the game exercises them.
 pub fn run(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Vec<Check> {
     vec![
-        ptrace_scope(cfg),
+        ptrace_scope(),
         ea_redirect(cfg),
         hostname_mapping(cfg),
         backend_reachable(cfg),
+        hook_config(cfg),
     ]
 }
 
@@ -108,16 +109,12 @@ pub fn warnings(checks: &[Check]) -> usize {
 /// autopatch writes to FIFA's process memory; Yama blocks that unless
 /// `ptrace_scope` is 0. At 1 the patch silently does nothing and the game fails
 /// its TLS handshake much later, with no message naming the cause.
-fn ptrace_scope(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Check {
+///
+/// Unconditional. autopatch is a workspace binary that ships alongside the
+/// launcher, so there is no configuration that could make this inapplicable —
+/// every launch runs it.
+fn ptrace_scope() -> Check {
     const NAME: &str = "ptrace_scope (autopatch)";
-    // `fifa17_tools_dir` carries a conventional default, so a non-empty value
-    // does not mean the tools are installed. Key off the directory actually
-    // existing: that is what decides whether autopatch will run at all, and it
-    // keeps this from failing on a machine that never uses local services.
-    let tools = cfg.fifa17_tools_dir.trim();
-    if tools.is_empty() || !std::path::Path::new(tools).is_dir() {
-        return Check::skip(NAME, "no local services installed");
-    }
     match std::fs::read_to_string(PTRACE_SCOPE) {
         Ok(v) => ptrace_verdict(&v),
         // Not every kernel has Yama. Absent means unenforced, which is what we want.
@@ -238,7 +235,7 @@ fn hostname_mapping(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Check {
 }
 
 /// The server side of the same question: are the ports the game will use open?
-fn backend_reachable(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Check {
+pub(crate) fn backend_reachable(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Check {
     const NAME: &str = "OpenFUT server reachable";
     let host = cfg.openfut_server_host.trim();
     if host.is_empty() {
@@ -261,6 +258,50 @@ fn backend_reachable(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Check {
     }
 }
 
+/// The deployed `openfut.cfg` is the only server address the *game* can see.
+///
+/// Every panel in this launcher reads the in-memory config, so a settings change
+/// that never reached the file produces the worst possible failure: the UI shows
+/// the new server online while FIFA connects to the old one. Compare the two.
+fn hook_config(cfg: &LauncherConfig) -> Check {
+    const NAME: &str = "Hook server address";
+    let game_dir = cfg.fifa_game_dir.trim();
+    if game_dir.is_empty() {
+        return Check::skip(NAME, "no FIFA game dir configured");
+    }
+    let Some(body) = crate::setup::read_hook_config(std::path::Path::new(game_dir)) else {
+        return Check::skip(
+            NAME,
+            format!("no {} deployed yet", crate::setup::HOOK_CFG_FILE),
+        );
+    };
+    let deployed = match openfut_common::ServerConfig::parse(&body) {
+        Ok(parsed) => parsed,
+        // Unparseable means the hook cannot read it either, and nothing else in
+        // the stack recovers from that — so this one is a genuine failure.
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Check::fail(
+                NAME,
+                format!("{} is unreadable: {e}", crate::setup::HOOK_CFG_FILE),
+            )
+        }
+    };
+    let wanted = cfg.server_config();
+    if deployed == wanted {
+        return Check::pass(NAME, format!("hook redirects to {}", wanted.host));
+    }
+    // Warn, not fail: the launch path rewrites this file before starting the
+    // game, so the drift is real but already covered. Naming both addresses is
+    // what makes it actionable.
+    Check::warn(
+        NAME,
+        format!(
+            "deployed hook still points at {} (settings say {}) — launching rewrites it",
+            deployed.host, wanted.host
+        ),
+    )
+}
+
 fn connects(host: &str, port: u16) -> bool {
     match (host, port).to_socket_addrs() {
         Ok(mut addrs) => addrs.any(|a| TcpStream::connect_timeout(&a, PROBE_TIMEOUT).is_ok()),
@@ -289,13 +330,21 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn an_unconfigured_launcher_skips_rather_than_passes() {
-        // The distinction that matters: a fresh config must not display four
-        // green ticks. "Not checked" is not "checked and fine".
+        // The distinction that matters: a fresh config must not display a column
+        // of green ticks. "Not checked" is not "checked and fine".
+        //
+        // `ptrace_scope` is excluded because it is no longer configuration
+        // dependent: it reads this machine's Yama setting and reports a real
+        // verdict either way. `only_ptrace_scope_zero_lets_autopatch_work`
+        // covers it.
         let mut c = cfg();
         // `default()` points this at a conventional path whose existence varies
         // by machine. Pin it so the assertion is about the code, not this box.
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir = "/nonexistent/openfut-tools".into();
-        let checks = run(&c);
+        c.fifa_game_dir = "/nonexistent/fifa-game-dir".into();
+        let checks: Vec<Check> = run(&c)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|k| k.name != "ptrace_scope (autopatch)")
+            .collect();
         assert!(
             checks.iter().all(|k| k.state == State::Skipped),
             "{checks:#?}"
@@ -314,16 +363,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(ptrace_verdict("1").detail.contains("Arm client"));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn ptrace_is_skipped_when_the_tools_dir_does_not_exist() {
-        // Regression: the gate used to be "is the field non-empty", and the
-        // field has a default — so this check ran (and failed) on machines that
-        // never use autopatch at all.
-        let mut c = cfg();
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir = "/nonexistent/openfut-tools".into();
-        assert_eq!(ptrace_scope(&c).state, State::Skipped);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn a_malformed_probe_ip_fails_loudly_instead_of_being_skipped() {
         let mut c = cfg();
@@ -356,15 +395,24 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// A shadowed hostname must not be counted as a reason to expect failure.
     /// This is the exact case the first version got wrong.
+    ///
+    /// Asserts the hostname check itself rather than counting states across the
+    /// whole run: `backend_reachable` opens real sockets, so an aggregate count
+    /// silently asserts that THIS machine has the OpenFUT ports open. That made
+    /// the test pass only on the server host and fail on the game machine, which
+    /// is precisely where someone building the launcher runs the suite.
     #[test]
     fn a_shadowed_hostname_is_a_warning_not_a_failure() {
         let mut c = cfg();
         c.openfut_server_host = "127.0.0.2".into();
         c.ea_hostnames = vec!["localhost".into()];
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir = "/nonexistent/openfut-tools".into();
-        let checks = run(&c);
-        assert_eq!(failures(&checks), 0, "must not be reported as fatal");
-        assert_eq!(warnings(&checks), 1);
+        let check = hostname_mapping(&c);
+        assert_eq!(check.state, State::Warn, "{}", check.detail);
+        assert!(
+            check.detail.contains("localhost"),
+            "the warning must name the shadowed host: {}",
+            check.detail
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -377,13 +425,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(hostname_mapping(&c).state, State::Pass);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn ptrace_check_is_skipped_when_local_services_are_not_configured() {
-        let mut c = cfg();
-        c.fifa17_tools_dir.clear();
-        assert_eq!(ptrace_scope(&c).state, State::Skipped);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn a_dead_backend_port_is_reported_as_a_failure() {
         let mut c = cfg();
@@ -395,4 +436,49 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(check.state, State::Fail, "{}", check.detail);
         assert!(check.detail.contains("no answer on"), "{}", check.detail);
     }
+
+    /// A temp game dir holding one `openfut.cfg` body.
+    fn game_dir_with_cfg(tag: &str, body: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        let dir =
+            std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("openfut-preflight-{tag}-{}", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(dir.join(crate::setup::HOOK_CFG_FILE), body).unwrap();
+        dir
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_stale_hook_config_is_reported_and_names_both_addresses() {
+        // The silent failure this check exists for: settings changed, the file
+        // the game reads did not.
+        let mut c = cfg();
+        c.openfut_server_host = "10.0.0.2".into();
+        let old = openfut_common::ServerConfig {
+            host: "10.0.0.1".into(),
+            ports: c.server_config().ports,
+        };
+        let dir = game_dir_with_cfg("stale", &old.to_cfg_string());
+        c.fifa_game_dir = dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+        let check = hook_config(&c);
+        assert_eq!(check.state, State::Warn, "{}", check.detail);
+        assert!(check.detail.contains("10.0.0.1"), "{}", check.detail);
+        assert!(check.detail.contains("10.0.0.2"), "{}", check.detail);
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir).ok();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_hook_config_matching_settings_passes() {
+        let mut c = cfg();
+        c.openfut_server_host = "10.0.0.2".into();
+        let dir = game_dir_with_cfg("fresh", &c.server_config().to_cfg_string());
+        c.fifa_game_dir = dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+        assert_eq!(hook_config(&c).state, State::Pass);
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir).ok();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_missing_hook_config_is_skipped_not_passed() {
+        let mut c = cfg();
+        c.fifa_game_dir = "/nonexistent/fifa-game-dir".into();
+        assert_eq!(hook_config(&c).state, State::Skipped);
+    }
 }

src/setup.rs

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ pub(crate) fn run_elevated(script: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 // ── DLL hook deployment ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/// The file the injected hook reads its server address from, in the game dir.
+pub const HOOK_CFG_FILE: &str = "openfut.cfg";
+
 /// Deploy openfut_hook.dll into the FIFA 23 game directory and write
 /// openfut.cfg with the structured server configuration the hook reads.
 /// `cfg_contents` must be the full `openfut.cfg` body (see
@@ -85,14 +88,14 @@ pub fn deploy_hook_dll(dll_src: &Path, game_dir: &Path, cfg_contents: &str) -> a
     }
     std::fs::create_dir_all(game_dir)?;
     std::fs::copy(dll_src, game_dir.join("version.dll"))?;
-    std::fs::write(game_dir.join("openfut.cfg"), cfg_contents)?;
+    std::fs::write(game_dir.join(HOOK_CFG_FILE), cfg_contents)?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Update only openfut.cfg without redeploying the DLL. `cfg_contents` is the
 /// full structured `openfut.cfg` body.
 pub fn update_hook_config(game_dir: &Path, cfg_contents: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let cfg = game_dir.join("openfut.cfg");
+    let cfg = game_dir.join(HOOK_CFG_FILE);
     if !cfg.exists() {
         anyhow::bail!("Hook DLL not deployed yet — deploy first.");
     }
@@ -100,6 +103,15 @@ pub fn update_hook_config(game_dir: &Path, cfg_contents: &str) -> anyhow::Result
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Read the `openfut.cfg` the hook will actually load, if one is deployed.
+///
+/// The launcher's own health and account requests are built from the in-memory
+/// config, but the *game* only ever sees this file. Reading it back is the only
+/// way to tell whether the two agree.
+pub fn read_hook_config(game_dir: &Path) -> Option<String> {
+    std::fs::read_to_string(game_dir.join(HOOK_CFG_FILE)).ok()
+}
+
 /// Remove the deployed hook DLL from the FIFA game directory.
 pub fn remove_hook_dll(game_dir: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let dest = game_dir.join("version.dll");
@@ -114,8 +126,14 @@ pub fn hook_dll_deployed(game_dir: &Path) -> bool {
     game_dir.join("version.dll").exists()
 }
 
-/// The Steam launch options the user needs to paste in to enable the override.
-/// Proton loads local DLLs named in WINEDLLOVERRIDES ahead of system ones.
+/// Steam launch options that enable the hook's DLL override.
+///
+/// Kept only as a fallback to show a user who runs the game outside this launcher on
+/// a prefix we have never prepared. It is NOT the normal path any more: the launcher
+/// persists the override in the prefix registry itself
+/// (`game_launch::ensure_dll_override`), which applies to every launch including
+/// Steam's own Play button. Telling a player to paste launch options is exactly the
+/// kind of manual step this launcher exists to remove.
 pub const STEAM_LAUNCH_OPTIONS: &str = "WINEDLLOVERRIDES=\"version=n,b\" %command%";
 
 // ── Game launch ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -127,13 +145,14 @@ pub const STEAM_LAUNCH_OPTIONS: &str = "WINEDLLOVERRIDES=\"version=n,b\" %comman
 pub fn launch_game(
     command: &str,
     workdir: &str,
-    log_buf: std::sync::Arc<std::sync::Mutex<crate::logs::LogBuffer>>,
+    log_buf: std::sync::Arc<parking_lot::Mutex<crate::logs::LogBuffer>>,
+    on_exit: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
     use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
     if command.trim().is_empty() {
-        anyhow::bail!("No game launch command configured (set it in the Config tab).");
+        anyhow::bail!("No game launch command configured (set it in Settings).");
     }
 
     let mut cmd = Command::new("sh");
@@ -145,7 +164,6 @@ pub fn launch_game(
 
     log_buf
         .lock()
-        .unwrap()
         .push(format!("[launcher] launching game: {command}"));
 
     let mut child = cmd.spawn()?;
@@ -154,7 +172,7 @@ pub fn launch_game(
         let buf = std::sync::Arc::clone(&log_buf);
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             for line in BufReader::new(out).lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
-                buf.lock().unwrap().push(line);
+                buf.lock().push(line);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -162,18 +180,20 @@ pub fn launch_game(
         let buf = std::sync::Arc::clone(&log_buf);
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             for line in BufReader::new(err).lines().map_while(Result::ok) {
-                buf.lock().unwrap().push(line);
+                buf.lock().push(line);
             }
         });
     }
     // Reap the child in the background so a finished game doesn't linger as a
-    // zombie; we don't block the UI on it.
+    // zombie; we don't block the UI on it. `on_exit` is how the launch state
+    // machine learns the game is gone — without it the UI would sit on
+    // "FIFA 17 Running" forever.
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
         let _ = child.wait();
         log_buf
             .lock()
-            .unwrap()
             .push("[launcher] game process exited.".to_string());
+        on_exit();
     });
 
     Ok(())

src/theme.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+//! OpenFUT launcher visual system.
+//!
+//! A single place that owns the app's look: the semantic colour palette, the
+//! type scale, embedded fonts, and the tuned egui [`Style`]/[`Visuals`]. UI code
+//! composes *with* this system — it never hard-codes `Color32::from_rgb(...)` or
+//! stray pixel radii. The palette is deliberately small: one signature accent
+//! plus four status hues (success / warn / error / idle) and a tinted neutral
+//! ramp. Nothing here changes launcher behaviour; it is presentation only.
+
+use egui::{
+    Color32, Context, FontData, FontDefinitions, FontFamily, FontId, Frame, Margin, Rounding,
+    Stroke, TextStyle,
+};
+
+// ── Semantic palette ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Neutrals are always *tinted* (a hint of cool blue), never pure #000/#fff.
+
+/// Window backdrop — the deepest surface.
+pub const BG_DEEP: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x10, 0x12, 0x18);
+/// Standard panel fill (nav rail, central body).
+pub const BG: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x15, 0x18, 0x22);
+/// Raised card / group surface.
+pub const SURFACE: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x1c, 0x20, 0x2e);
+/// Hovered / interactive raised surface.
+pub const SURFACE_HOVER: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x24, 0x29, 0x3a);
+/// Inset surface (text fields, console, code).
+pub const INSET: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x0e, 0x10, 0x17);
+
+/// Hairline divider / card border.
+pub const BORDER: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x2a, 0x31, 0x45);
+/// Stronger border for emphasis / hover.
+pub const BORDER_STRONG: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x3a, 0x43, 0x5e);
+
+/// Primary text.
+pub const TEXT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0xe6, 0xe9, 0xf2);
+/// Secondary / supporting text.
+pub const TEXT_WEAK: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x9a, 0xa3, 0xb8);
+/// Tertiary / disabled-ish text.
+pub const TEXT_FAINT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x6a, 0x73, 0x8a);
+
+/// Signature OpenFUT accent — a confident royal blue used for the wordmark,
+/// active navigation, and primary calls-to-action.
+pub const ACCENT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x4c, 0x6f, 0xff);
+pub const ACCENT_HOVER: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x6a, 0x87, 0xff);
+pub const ACCENT_PRESSED: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x3b, 0x5b, 0xe0);
+/// Faint accent wash for active-nav backgrounds / selection.
+pub const ACCENT_WASH: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x22, 0x2c, 0x50);
+/// Text drawn on top of the solid accent.
+pub const ON_ACCENT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0xf5, 0xf7, 0xff);
+
+/// Status hues — distinct from the accent so "primary action" never reads as
+/// "healthy" and vice-versa.
+pub const SUCCESS: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x3f, 0xcf, 0x8e);
+pub const WARN: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0xf2, 0xb4, 0x4c);
+pub const ERROR: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0xf2, 0x6d, 0x6d);
+pub const IDLE: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x7a, 0x83, 0x99);
+/// Informational blue for log lines (lighter than the accent).
+pub const INFO: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x8f, 0xb6, 0xff);
+
+// ── Type scale (custom named text styles) ───────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Large branded wordmark.
+pub const HERO: &str = "Hero";
+/// Card / section titles.
+pub const SUBHEADING: &str = "Subheading";
+/// Small monospace (console meta, launch command).
+pub const MONO_SM: &str = "MonoSm";
+
+fn bold_family() -> FontFamily {
+    FontFamily::Name("openfut-bold".into())
+}
+
+/// A [`TextStyle`] handle for one of our custom scale steps.
+pub fn text_style(name: &str) -> TextStyle {
+    TextStyle::Name(name.into())
+}
+
+// ── Status semantics ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// A coarse health/activity state, mapped to one palette hue + glyph. Using an
+/// enum keeps status rendering consistent everywhere (dashboard, preflight,
+/// services) instead of ad-hoc colour+string pairs.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Status {
+    /// Healthy / online / running / passed.
+    Ok,
+    /// Advisory — worth attention, usually not fatal.
+    Warn,
+    /// Broken / unreachable / failed.
+    Error,
+    /// Not running / not configured / not checked.
+    Idle,
+    /// Transient (stopping / working).
+    Busy,
+    /// Unknown / not yet probed.
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+impl Status {
+    pub fn color(self) -> Color32 {
+        match self {
+            Status::Ok => SUCCESS,
+            Status::Warn => WARN,
+            Status::Error => ERROR,
+            Status::Idle => IDLE,
+            Status::Busy => WARN,
+            Status::Unknown => TEXT_FAINT,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A consistent status glyph: filled ● for active/terminal states, hollow ○
+    /// for idle/unknown. (Kept to glyphs the bundled fonts render.)
+    pub fn glyph(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Status::Ok | Status::Error | Status::Warn | Status::Busy => "●",
+            Status::Idle | Status::Unknown => "○",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Draw a compact status pill: a tinted, rounded chip with a status dot and
+/// label. Used for the at-a-glance state on each dashboard card.
+pub fn status_pill(ui: &mut egui::Ui, label: &str, status: Status) {
+    let color = status.color();
+    let bg = tint(color, 0.14);
+    Frame::none()
+        .fill(bg)
+        .rounding(Rounding::same(999.0))
+        .inner_margin(Margin::symmetric(10.0, 3.0))
+        .show(ui, |ui| {
+            ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.x = 6.0;
+                ui.label(egui::RichText::new(status.glyph()).color(color).size(11.0));
+                ui.label(egui::RichText::new(label).color(color).size(12.0).strong());
+            });
+        });
+}
+
+/// A raised card surface: rounded, hairline-bordered, generously padded. The
+/// building block for the dashboard and setup sections.
+pub fn card() -> Frame {
+    Frame::none()
+        .fill(SURFACE)
+        .stroke(Stroke::new(1.0_f32, BORDER))
+        .rounding(Rounding::same(12.0))
+        .inner_margin(Margin::same(18.0))
+}
+
+/// Blend `color` toward the app background by `bg_weight` (0 = full colour,
+/// 1 = pure background). Used for tinted chips and washes.
+pub fn tint(color: Color32, weight: f32) -> Color32 {
+    let w = weight.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let lerp = |c: u8, b: u8| ((c as f32) * w + (b as f32) * (1.0 - w)).round() as u8;
+    // Chips sit on card surfaces; lerp toward the surface, not the deep bg.
+    Color32::from_rgb(
+        lerp(color.r(), SURFACE.r()),
+        lerp(color.g(), SURFACE.g()),
+        lerp(color.b(), SURFACE.b()),
+    )
+}
+
+// ── Install ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Embed the bundled fonts and apply the OpenFUT style. Called once at startup.
+pub fn install(ctx: &Context) {
+    install_fonts(ctx);
+    install_style(ctx);
+}
+
+fn install_fonts(ctx: &Context) {
+    let mut fonts = FontDefinitions::default();
+
+    fonts.font_data.insert(
+        "openfut-sans".to_owned(),
+        FontData::from_static(include_bytes!("../assets/fonts/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf")),
+    );
+    fonts.font_data.insert(
+        "openfut-bold".to_owned(),
+        FontData::from_static(include_bytes!("../assets/fonts/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf")),
+    );
+    fonts.font_data.insert(
+        "openfut-mono".to_owned(),
+        FontData::from_static(include_bytes!("../assets/fonts/DejaVuSansMono.ttf")),
+    );
+
+    // Proportional & monospace default to the bundled faces so the UI looks
+    // identical regardless of the host's installed fonts.
+    fonts
+        .families
+        .entry(FontFamily::Proportional)
+        .or_default()
+        .insert(0, "openfut-sans".to_owned());
+    fonts
+        .families
+        .entry(FontFamily::Monospace)
+        .or_default()
+        .insert(0, "openfut-mono".to_owned());
+
+    // A dedicated bold family — egui does not synthesize weight, so headings
+    // reference this explicitly for a real type hierarchy.
+    fonts.families.insert(
+        FontFamily::Name("openfut-bold".into()),
+        vec!["openfut-bold".to_owned(), "openfut-sans".to_owned()],
+    );
+
+    ctx.set_fonts(fonts);
+}
+
+fn install_style(ctx: &Context) {
+    let mut style = (*ctx.style()).clone();
+
+    // ── Type scale ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    let bold = bold_family();
+    let prop = FontFamily::Proportional;
+    let mono = FontFamily::Monospace;
+    let ts = &mut style.text_styles;
+    ts.insert(text_style(HERO), FontId::new(28.0, bold.clone()));
+    ts.insert(TextStyle::Heading, FontId::new(19.0, bold.clone()));
+    ts.insert(text_style(SUBHEADING), FontId::new(15.0, bold));
+    ts.insert(TextStyle::Body, FontId::new(14.0, prop.clone()));
+    ts.insert(TextStyle::Button, FontId::new(14.0, prop.clone()));
+    ts.insert(TextStyle::Small, FontId::new(12.0, prop));
+    ts.insert(TextStyle::Monospace, FontId::new(13.0, mono.clone()));
+    ts.insert(text_style(MONO_SM), FontId::new(11.5, mono));
+
+    // ── Spacing scale (multiples of 4) ────────────────────────────────────────
+    let sp = &mut style.spacing;
+    sp.item_spacing = egui::vec2(8.0, 8.0);
+    sp.button_padding = egui::vec2(12.0, 7.0);
+    sp.menu_margin = Margin::same(8.0);
+    sp.indent = 18.0;
+    sp.interact_size.y = 30.0;
+    sp.scroll.bar_width = 9.0;
+
+    // ── Visuals ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    let mut v = egui::Visuals::dark();
+    v.dark_mode = true;
+    v.override_text_color = Some(TEXT);
+    v.panel_fill = BG;
+    v.window_fill = BG;
+    v.extreme_bg_color = INSET;
+    v.faint_bg_color = SURFACE;
+    v.code_bg_color = INSET;
+    v.hyperlink_color = ACCENT_HOVER;
+
+    v.window_rounding = Rounding::same(12.0);
+    v.window_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, BORDER);
+    v.menu_rounding = Rounding::same(8.0);
+    v.window_shadow = egui::epaint::Shadow::NONE;
+    v.popup_shadow = egui::epaint::Shadow {
+        offset: egui::vec2(0.0, 6.0),
+        blur: 18.0,
+        spread: 0.0,
+        color: Color32::from_black_alpha(120),
+    };
+
+    // Selection uses the accent wash so highlighted text/nav reads as branded.
+    v.selection.bg_fill = ACCENT_WASH;
+    v.selection.stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, ACCENT_HOVER);
+
+    // Separators / hairlines.
+    let radius = Rounding::same(8.0);
+
+    // Non-interactive widgets (labels, separators).
+    v.widgets.noninteractive.bg_fill = SURFACE;
+    v.widgets.noninteractive.weak_bg_fill = SURFACE;
+    v.widgets.noninteractive.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, BORDER);
+    v.widgets.noninteractive.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT);
+    v.widgets.noninteractive.rounding = radius;
+
+    // Inactive interactive widgets (idle buttons).
+    v.widgets.inactive.bg_fill = SURFACE_HOVER;
+    v.widgets.inactive.weak_bg_fill = SURFACE_HOVER;
+    v.widgets.inactive.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, BORDER);
+    v.widgets.inactive.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT);
+    v.widgets.inactive.rounding = radius;
+
+    // Hovered.
+    v.widgets.hovered.bg_fill = tint(ACCENT, 0.30);
+    v.widgets.hovered.weak_bg_fill = tint(ACCENT, 0.30);
+    v.widgets.hovered.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, BORDER_STRONG);
+    v.widgets.hovered.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT);
+    v.widgets.hovered.rounding = radius;
+    v.widgets.hovered.expansion = 1.0;
+
+    // Active / pressed.
+    v.widgets.active.bg_fill = ACCENT_PRESSED;
+    v.widgets.active.weak_bg_fill = ACCENT_PRESSED;
+    v.widgets.active.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, ACCENT);
+    v.widgets.active.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, ON_ACCENT);
+    v.widgets.active.rounding = radius;
+    v.widgets.active.expansion = 1.0;
+
+    // Open (combo boxes / menus).
+    v.widgets.open.bg_fill = SURFACE_HOVER;
+    v.widgets.open.weak_bg_fill = SURFACE_HOVER;
+    v.widgets.open.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, BORDER_STRONG);
+    v.widgets.open.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT);
+    v.widgets.open.rounding = radius;
+
+    style.visuals = v;
+    ctx.set_style(style);
+}