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## Summary Phase #2 of the `.swb` step-cache size-reduction roadmap (after #2465, v5 uniform elision). Stores the 16 base directional Z arrays as masked residuals against each cell's own SourceZ and omits any array that matches its prediction. Lossless, byte-identical reconstruction. Trammel: 231.9 MB → 124.7 MB (−46%). ## Details - Predictor: `predict = mask bit ? SourceZ : 0` (matches the baker's 0 on unwalkable directions); residual `Z − predict` via unchecked two's-complement (byte-exact for all inputs); reconstruct `Z = predict + residual`. - A `u16 ZArrayMask` flags which of the 16 base arrays differ from prediction; matching arrays are omitted and synthesized from mask + SourceZ at read. - Serializer-layer only: StepChunk, the cache, the algorithm, and the baker are unchanged. - Format v6; v5 files rejected and re-baked once. ## Tests 21 v6 unit tests; full pathfinding suite green; Release build clean. |
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