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@@ -304,6 +304,13 @@ screen paint over the shared Eng plane, pinning it on the highest screen). Pixel
 `BT_PRESET_TEST=<frame>`, `BT_CTRLMAP_LOG`.
 
 ## pilotList (Comm KILLS/DEATHS) row semantics + the −1 [T1/T2]
+**BUG (Gitea #43, 2026-07-24, rig-reproduced): in LIVE MP only the LOCAL row renders — remote
+players never get a row.** The "2-player MP = 2 rows" below is decomp row SEMANTICS [T1], not a
+verified MP observation (the audit's live evidence was solo-only). Suspect:
+`BuildPilotArray`'s count loop (mechmppr.cpp:1133) sizes the roster via the binary's RAW
+`entry+0x29 & 0x40` spectator-flag read on our compiled objects (databinding trap; the fill
+loop's same check was already TODO-removed) → pilotCount latches 1 (build-once latch),
+`GetPilot(1)` bounds-rejects the remote. Fix + MP re-verify pending — see the issue.
 One ROW PER PILOT in the mission (2-player MP = 2 rows — not duplicate displays). KILLS =
 `killCount` (the victim's ScoreMessageHandler credits the shooter cross-player, works for both
 rows); DEATHS = `Player::deathCount`: engine-inits to **−2** (PLAYER.cpp:759), the LOCAL