re(achievements): earned state comes from XAM, and my bit numbering was wrong

Two findings, one of them a correction to the previous commit.

FOUND: GamePart_Debriefing enumerates XACHIEVEMENT_DETAILS from XAM
(0x8218F888). The records are 36 bytes -- confirmed by the arithmetic, not by
eye: the count is a byte count divided by 36 through the 0x38E38E39 multiply-high
magic plus srawi 3. Field +0 is used as a shift amount, field +32 is tested for
0x00020000, and the buffer sits behind a handle that is waited on (0x824AA330
with -1) then closed (0x824AA3E0). That is the XDK struct exactly, with
XACHIEVEMENT_DETAILS_ACHIEVED == 0x20000, via the
XamUserCreateAchievementEnumerator / XEnumerate pattern.

So the title does NOT persist earned achievements itself -- it asks the console.
The lever for achievement-gated content is the emulator's PROFILE data, not the
savegame. Independently, the singleton the challenge gate reads is not the object
holding the save block: re-scanning all 202 accessor call sites WITH function-
boundary stops touches only +80/+1956/+1960/+1964 and none of the known save
offsets (+304/+316/+320/+336/+380/+440). The earlier scan that seemed to find
them had register tracking bleeding into the next function -- a false positive I
am recording rather than quietly dropping.

CORRECTED: the previous commit claimed "bit n <-> achievement n+1" and treated
the Debriefing award pass and the challenge gate as the same bit space, both as
confirmed. Neither holds up:

- the only place the image is observed turning an achievement into a bit does
  1 << dwId with 1-based ids, so bit = the id and bit 0 is unused;
- the "list index is the bit index" step assumed 0x82448338's out-parameter is
  the loop ordinal. It is the child entry's first word out of a 12-byte array,
  and whether that is an ordinal, an id or a name hash is not pinned;
- the Debriefing's masks are its own fields (+208/+736/+740). Nothing observed
  copies them into the singleton's +80, and no writer of that bitmask has been
  found at all.

The requirement-type/id agreement still stands, but it confirms the LIST ORDER,
not the bit numbering. Consequence: if the join holds, TimeAttack's REQUIREMENT
16 is achievement 16 (Night Ravens Patch), not 17 (Solar System Defense Award).
Both read plausibly as a first-challenge gate, which is exactly why it needs
evidence and not the better story.

Also noted: +1960 is a third bitfield on the same singleton, and a what-changed
pass at 0x8219F3A4 diffs it and reports each newly set bit as bit + 64 -- so
there is a wider flag-id space whose bases are not yet worked out.
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@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ Promote to a prose `structures/…md` file when a format needs behavioural notes
| Function | Conf. | Reimpl. | Summary |
|----------|-------|---------|---------|
| Achievement award + content gating | ✅/ | [achievements](structures/achievements.md) | The title keeps its **own earned-achievement bitmask** and gates content on it. The XEX's `XACH` resource (`.pe` `0x8FBCBC`, 36-byte records) defines **24 achievements summing to 1000G** — the retail total, which self-checks the stride. `GamePart_Debriefing`'s `sub_8218F9A8` walks the on-disc `ACHIEVEMENTS_REQUIREMENTS` list (`tables.pak` #16, entries `ACHIEVEMENT01…24`) and sets **bit = list index** when the requirement evaluates true, so bit `n` ↔ achievement `n+1`. The list's requirement *types* (`ShootDownAircrafts` 1000/10000, `ShootDownShips` 100, `ShootDownWeight` MegaTons, `GetAllWeapons`, `GetAllAchievements`) line up with ids 1924 exactly as `XACH` names them — two independent sources agreeing on the order. `GetAllAchievements`/`GetAllWeapons` are requirement **types**, not debug cheats. ❔ **where the mask persists** (save vs Xbox profile) is open; the obvious "save serializer writes `+1956`" lead is **refuted** (those stores are a different singleton's string pointers) |
| Achievement evaluation + content gating | ✅/🟡 | [achievements](structures/achievements.md) | The XEX's `XACH` resource (`.pe` `0x8FBCBC`, 36-byte records) defines **24 achievements summing to 1000G** — the retail total, which self-checks the stride and field offsets. `GamePart_Debriefing` (`0x8218CF38``0x82191B18`) does two things: it walks the on-disc `ACHIEVEMENTS_REQUIREMENTS` list (`tables.pak` #16, entries `ACHIEVEMENT01…24`, in achievement-id order — its `ShootDownAircrafts`/`ShootDownShips`/`ShootDownWeight`/`GetAllWeapons`/`GetAllAchievements` types line up with ids 1924 exactly as `XACH` names them), evaluating each and setting a bit; **and it enumerates `XACHIEVEMENT_DETAILS` from XAM** — 36-byte records confirmed by the `0x38E38E39`+`srawi 3` divide-by-36, `dwId` at `+0`, `dwFlags & 0x00020000` (`…_ACHIEVED`) at `+32`, behind a waited-then-closed async handle. **So earned state comes from the console profile, not the 545-byte save** — and the masks it builds are `1 << dwId`, i.e. **bit = the 1-based id**. 🟡 the join to the challenge gate's word at singleton `+80` is *not* proven (the Debriefing's masks are its own `+208`/`+736`/`+740`, and no writer of `+80`'s bitmask has been found). `GetAllAchievements`/`GetAllWeapons` are requirement **types**, not debug cheats |
| Stage-config section switch (`0x82184df0`, `0x82185ed0`) | ✅ | [challenge-mission-gate](challenge-mission-gate.md) | The stage loader picks its config section from a **mission-kind field at `object+144`**: `3``EXTRA`, `5`/`6``CHALLENGE`, anything else → `FILE`; two further sites treat `{3,5,6}` as one class. Constructed as `0` (`sub_821783D8`) and only ever *cleared* inside the class, so the kind comes from the launching GamePart, **not** from the stage number — which is a mechanism (🟡, unproven) for why patching the save's stage field to a challenge stage kills the load. Same note carries the **GamePart id table** (`0x820A1630`, 29 ids, `GP_CHALLENGE` = 26, cross-checked against the image's own `RegisterToFactory<26, …>` text) and the disc's **three stage families**`S01``S16` story, `S18``S23` tutorial, `S24``S29` challenge, plus `Test`, matching `weapon.tbl`'s 16 + 6 + 6 key set exactly. `GP_CHALLENGE.pak` holds **0 IDXD objects** — it is the menu screen; challenge missions reuse `GP_MAIN_GAME_E.pak`'s stage records |