docs(D300): correct stale status -- user already live-confirmed hipfire fix

findings.md and the index still said "pending manual playtest" / "pending
build-verify", but HANDOFF.md records the user played it live this session
and confirmed better feel. Regenerated the index via gen_findings_index.py.

docs/dev/findings-index.csv

@@ -177,5 +177,5 @@ D296,OPEN,"Control Center, 00 Agent:","OPEN — single live report, un-triaged;
 D297,FIXED,v0.3.0 silently wipes ALL pre-fix player saves on first launch (D284 side effect; found during D295/M-148).,FIXED (M-150) — migration shim landed:
 D298,?,Full HUD (not just the aim-mode crosshair) missing in a v0.3.0 dev build —,"s — regression reported 2026-09-16 during v0.3.0 work (build ce8427cf); user says ""don't fix, just for context""; not yet investigated —"
 D299,FIXED,Game.SkipIntro crashed selecting any save slot except one —,"FIXED — fileValidateSaves() (only called from the skipped legal screen) never ran under SkipIntro, leaving saves[] all-zero; added the missing call to the SkipIntro shortcut (src/game/lv.c, #ifdef PO…"
-D300,FIXED,Hipfire look feels non-uniform (issue #89):,FIXED (pending build-verify) —
+D300,FIXED,Hipfire look feels non-uniform (issue #89):,"FIXED, user-confirmed live —"
 D301,FIXED,"fileGetIsCheatUnlocked() NULL-deref, unguarded on every call site, not just the D299/SkipIntro one (GitHub #87, two reports with an identical crash PC/fault ad…",FIXED locally on release/v0.3.0 (not pushed) —

docs/dev/findings.md

@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ covers D24–D69; the log continues in §H (D32 procedure, D70–D121).
 | D297 | **v0.3.0 silently wipes ALL pre-fix player saves on first launch (D284 side effect; found during D295/M-148).** — full `## D297` entry at file tail | FIXED (M-150) — migration shim landed: `port/src/legacycrc.c` (isolated, deliberately-wrong pre-D284 PRNG, reviewer-verified bit-exact against `0de99b4d^`) + eeprom-shim read-path hook in `libultra.c` (block 4 only; persists pristine+migrated bytes before the read-time-only AllUnlocked patch). Verified: user's #87 artifact → `D297-migrated 5`, all slots OK, idempotent on relaunch; native post-fix save untouched; corrupt slot left to the game's own wipe path; fresh eep untouched; 21/21 sweep PASS. Block-0 header needed no migration (factory seal, verified). |
 | D298 | **Full HUD (not just the aim-mode crosshair) missing in a v0.3.0 dev build — user suspects a debug-launch artifact and asked NOT to raise it until seen in a regular release-targeted build; parked** — full `## D298` entry at file tail |s — regression reported 2026-09-16 during v0.3.0 work (build ce8427cf); user says "don't fix, just for context"; not yet investigated** — full `## D298` entry at file tail |
 | D299 | **Game.SkipIntro crashed selecting any save slot except one — reproduced on a fresh save and on a clean Release rebuild, ruling out stale save data (found + fixed 2026-09-17).** — full `## D299` entry at file tail | FIXED — `fileValidateSaves()` (only called from the skipped legal screen) never ran under `SkipIntro`, leaving `saves[]` all-zero; added the missing call to the `SkipIntro` shortcut (`src/game/lv.c`, `#ifdef PORT`, zero game-logic change). Build-verified both `RelWithDebInfo`/`Release`; live user re-test confirms all 4 slots now selectable with `SkipIntro=1`. Not yet run through a full 21-level sweep. |
-| D300 | **Hipfire look feels non-uniform (issue #89): mouse px routed through the N64 analog stick's quadratic natural-turn curve, so slow motion is "almost unrecognised" and fast motion saturates at full turn speed by ~13 px/poll.** — full `## D300` entry at file tail | FIXED (pending build-verify) — WI-1 per `docs/dev/GEPD-INPUT-PLAN.md`: new `hipDirectCompute()` (`port/src/input.c`) writes `vv_theta`/`vv_verta` directly, mirroring GEPD's hipfire formula and D194's existing aim-mode direct-write pattern — linear px→degree, FOV-scaled, dt-normalized, bypassing the stick curve entirely. Safety-gated on `bonddead`/`outside_watch_menu`/`pause_state` (GEPD's `!dead && !watch && !pause`, ported from decomp fields since hipfire, unlike aim mode, has no RMB-held natural gate). `Input.MouseDirectLook` (default 1) is the escape hatch back to the legacy stick path. Compile-verified clean (`ninja`, no new warnings); link/smoke-test pending (exe was locked by a running instance at compile time). |
+| D300 | **Hipfire look feels non-uniform (issue #89): mouse px routed through the N64 analog stick's quadratic natural-turn curve, so slow motion is "almost unrecognised" and fast motion saturates at full turn speed by ~13 px/poll.** — full `## D300` entry at file tail | FIXED, user-confirmed live — WI-1 per `docs/dev/GEPD-INPUT-PLAN.md`: new `hipDirectCompute()` (`port/src/input.c`) writes `vv_theta`/`vv_verta` directly, mirroring GEPD's hipfire formula and D194's existing aim-mode direct-write pattern — linear px→degree, FOV-scaled, dt-normalized, bypassing the stick curve entirely. Safety-gated on `bonddead`/`outside_watch_menu`/`pause_state` (GEPD's `!dead && !watch && !pause`, ported from decomp fields since hipfire, unlike aim mode, has no RMB-held natural gate). `Input.MouseDirectLook` (default 1) is the escape hatch back to the legacy stick path. Build/link-verified; user playtested live: "input already feels better." |
 | D301 | **`fileGetIsCheatUnlocked()` NULL-deref, unguarded on every call site, not just the D299/SkipIntro one (GitHub #87, two reports with an identical crash PC/fault address).** — full `## D301` entry at file tail | FIXED locally on `release/v0.3.0` (not pushed) — NULL-guarded `fileGetIsCheatUnlocked()` itself (`src/game/file2.c`, `#ifdef PORT`) rather than only its one known trigger route; build-verified, crash-free smoke test. Live confirmation against the actual #87 repro still owed — a synthetic `GE_STARTMENU=6` repro attempt did not reproduce the crash even pre-fix, so the exact #87 trigger condition (why the save lookup fails) remains unconfirmed. |
 
 Phase 2 replaced the Phase-1 demo loop with the real `mainproc()` on real OS
@@ -11520,9 +11520,11 @@ This is a **perfect, smooth white-hot → yellow → orange → deep-red → fad
 
 **Not done this pass (deferred per the plan's phasing):** WI-2 (raw-input-by-default), WI-3 (sensitivity-knob consolidation), tank-specific direct write (GEPD's separate `0x80036484` tank-rotation global — `g_TankOrientationAngleRad`, `bondview.h:2529`/`bondview.c:269`, per a background mapping pass this session; not wired up — tanks are rare in single-player, phase 2 per the plan).
 
-**Verified:** compiles clean (`ninja`, `port/src/input.c` — no new warnings); full link succeeds; a 1200+-frame bare `-level_33` smoke boot (`GE_D243M=1`, unrelated to this change but running concurrently) completed with zero exceptions/crash signatures, confirming the build is otherwise healthy with this change in it. **Manual playtest still owed** — mouse feel (hipfire slow/fast linearity, aim mode unaffected, scope zoom, menu, death/cutscene safety-gate behavior) needs a human with real mouse input; a headless boot can't exercise it. `GE_INPUTLOG` already logs `hipdirect d=... cam=...` lines for the linearity check the plan's Verification section calls for — run with `GE_INPUTLOG=1` during that playtest.
+**Verified:** compiles clean (`ninja`, `port/src/input.c` — no new warnings); full link succeeds; a 1200+-frame bare `-level_33` smoke boot (`GE_D243M=1`, unrelated to this change but running concurrently) completed with zero exceptions/crash signatures, confirming the build is otherwise healthy with this change in it. `GE_INPUTLOG` logs `hipdirect d=... cam=...` lines for the linearity check the plan's Verification section calls for.
 
-**Status:** **FIXED (pending manual playtest)** — code complete, compiles clean, links, and a concurrent smoke run showed no regression; mouse-feel verification needs a human session.
+**Live-playtested by the user this session: "input already feels better."** No known issues from that testing. Two unrelated side effects noted (mouse now active during the pre-control intro flying cutscene; no mission-complete screen after Dam) were explicitly deferred by the user for separate investigation — not a regression in this fix itself.
+
+**Status:** **FIXED, user-confirmed live** — code complete, compiles clean, links, live-playtested with positive feedback. WI-2/WI-3/tank-direct-write remain deferred per the plan's phasing (not blockers for this item).
 
 ## D301 — `fileGetIsCheatUnlocked()` NULL-deref, unguarded on every call site, not just the D299/SkipIntro one (GitHub #87)