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Docs/Vault/06_Roadmap/Backlog.md

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 Unordered pool of candidate work. Promote to a [[Milestones|milestone]] when committed.
 
+> **2026-06-04 Polish & backlog-clear pass** ([[2026-06-04_Polish_Backlog_Pass]], [[DR-016_Stage_G_Combat_Gameplay]]) — delivered + validated (EditMode 86→127): hygiene/reconcile; **+system tests for every M6 server system**; centralized `Tuning.cs` consts; replicated **wave number** on the HUD; procedural **ambient + combat juice** (camera punch / FOV hit-stop, kill-shot fanfare, respawn shimmer, reticle lock-on tether); **ghost-prop reskin** (Storage/Turret/Node distinct materials) + **SSAO/ACES post verified**; **timed/removable modifiers**, **enemy knockback**, **Husk attack telegraph**; and the **aim-drift fix** (movement-based camera look-ahead). Remaining from the selected Stage-G slice: ranged **Spitter**, **multi-prefab abilities**, + small fold-ins (storage proximity-gate, pickup auto-grant, standalone-debug RPC). Then Stages H (controls/UI) + I (multi-client harness + operator live runs).
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 - [x] Upgrade Unity 6.4 → 6.6 — done (now `6000.6.0a6`). Entities/Collections/Graphics → 6.5.0; **Netcode → 6.6.0 and Physics → 6.5.0 also renumbered into the editor line** (not independent 1.x as [[DR-001_Netcode_Test_Harness]] assumed). See [[2026-05-30_M1_Player_Slice]].
 - [x] Define the core gameplay loop and the first predicted player ghost — delivered as M1 ([[2026-05-30_M1_Player_Slice]]).
-- [ ] **Re-validate the M1 play-tick on a stable Unity 6.x** — live runtime blocked on the 6.6 alpha ([[DR-002_Unity66_Alpha_Netcode_Transport]]); optionally reproduce with the `networked-cube` sample to file a bug.
+- [x] **Re-validate the M1 play-tick on a stable Unity 6.x** — moot/subsumed 2026-06-04: M1–M6 are all runtime-validated on the stable **6.4.7** line (the 6.6 alpha netcode bug never affected 6.4.7). The original "blocked on 6.6 alpha" framing ([[DR-002_Unity66_Alpha_Netcode_Transport]]) no longer applies.
 - [ ] Replace template `SampleScene` with a dedicated bootstrap scene + gameplay subscene.
-- [ ] Optional template cleanup: remove `com.unity.visualscripting`, `Assets/TutorialInfo/`, `Assets/Readme.asset` (delete each asset **with** its `.meta`).
+- [x] Optional template cleanup: remove `com.unity.visualscripting`, `Assets/TutorialInfo/`, `Assets/Readme.asset` — **done 2026-06-03** (pre-M6 cleanup; see the "2026-06-03 Visual & Controls Polish" section below + [[2026-06-03_Pre_M6_Cleanup]]). Duplicate of the now-checked item there.
 - [x] Decide **relay provider** before M4 — resolved: **Direct IP/LAN now, Unity Relay later** ([[DR-005_M4_Connection_Model_Direct_IP]], [[2026-06-01_M4_LAN_CoOp_And_Classification_Fix]]).
 - [x] Decide home-base **grid 2D vs 3D** before M6 — resolved 2026-06-02: **planar single-level `int2` grid**, CellSize 1.0, 32×32 plot (full 3D/stacked deferred). Locked in `BaseGridMath` — [[DR-008_M5_HomeBase_BaseLayer_Storage]].
 - [ ] Decide **production replication** (predicted vs server-only) before M7 (automation).
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 - [x] **M2 follow-up — player death/respawn** — done in **M5.5**: derived `Dead` enableable gate (from replicated Health) + server `PlayerRespawnSystem` (full HP + reposition to base after a delay). [[DR-009_GameFeel_Identity_FirstBlood]]
 - [ ] M2 polish — projectile/dummy visuals (primitive meshes/materials currently); optional predicted client-side auto-target if the soft server reconcile feels off.
 - [ ] **M3 follow-up — UI/icon/description pipeline** for abilities (managed lookup keyed by `AbilityId`, off the blob). Deferred from M3 ([[2026-05-31_M3_Data_Driven_Abilities]]).
-- [ ] **M3 follow-up — timed / removable modifiers** (expiry on `NetworkTick`, `ClearByType` via `StatModifier.SourceId`). M3 modifiers are permanent-once-granted.
+- [x] **M3 follow-up — timed / removable modifiers** — done 2026-06-04 ([[DR-016_Stage_G_Combat_Gameplay]]): a SEPARATE server-only `TimedModifier{SourceId,UntilTick}` buffer (keeps the replicated `StatModifier` layout byte-identical → no re-bake) + `TimedModifierExpirySystem` (expiry on `NetworkTick`) + `TimedModifierUtil.RemoveBySourceId` (clear-by-type). +4 EditMode tests.
 - [ ] **M3 follow-up — multi-prefab abilities** (a per-ability *different* projectile ghost) needs `ProjectileClassificationSystem` generalized beyond the single shared prefab.
 - [ ] **M3 follow-up — standalone-server debug modifier path** via `IRpcCommand` (current `DebugModifierInjectionSystem` is in-editor single-process only).
 - [x] **M3 follow-up — rate-limited turning** — done 2026-06-03 (pre-M6 cleanup): `PlayerAimSystem` now rotates `PlayerFacing` toward the aim target at `EffectiveCharacterStats.TurnRateRadiansPerSec` (authored 720°/s) instead of snapping; deterministic in the predicted loop (fixed-step `dt`, replays on rollback). [[2026-06-03_Pre_M6_Cleanup]].
 - [ ] **M3 polish — pickup visuals** (primitive sphere/default material currently); pickup auto-grant feel (continuous overlap).
-- [ ] **M5 follow-up — base/expedition subscene split + streaming (Option C)**: the persistent-space split the locked world design ultimately needs (`SceneSystem.LoadSceneAsync`/`UnloadScene`, per-world load on the listen-server, enter-expedition/return-to-base transition). Deferred to its own world-architecture milestone — M6/M7 only need the anchor + grid, now done ([[DR-008_M5_HomeBase_BaseLayer_Storage]]). The physics-in-prediction + base-layer slices of M5 are done ([[DR-006_M5_Physics_In_Prediction]], [[DR-008_M5_HomeBase_BaseLayer_Storage]]).
+- [ ] **M5 follow-up — base/expedition subscene split + streaming (Option C)** — **superseded 2026-06-03 by [[DR-013_M6_Aether_Cycle_Region_Split]]** (coordinate-region + per-connection `GhostRelevancy` delivered the split without `SceneSystem` streaming). Kept only as a note for a future larger-world milestone where true async streaming is wanted; do NOT build streaming now. Original framing: the persistent-space split the locked world design ultimately needs (`SceneSystem.LoadSceneAsync`/`UnloadScene`, per-world load on the listen-server, enter-expedition/return-to-base transition). Deferred to its own world-architecture milestone — M6/M7 only need the anchor + grid, now done ([[DR-008_M5_HomeBase_BaseLayer_Storage]]). The physics-in-prediction + base-layer slices of M5 are done ([[DR-006_M5_Physics_In_Prediction]], [[DR-008_M5_HomeBase_BaseLayer_Storage]]).
 - [ ] **M5 follow-up — shared-storage disk persistence** (host-only): runtime structures don't exist until M6, so nothing to save yet; add a thin per-record serialization slice (replayed through M6's placement path) after M6. `BaseAnchor`/`StorageEntry` are already flat/serialization-friendly.
 - [ ] **M5 follow-up — storage interaction polish**: proximity gate the deposit/withdraw (the container carries `HitRadius`); real item/UI model beyond the fixed test item; multi-writer ordering beyond first-come server apply.
 - [ ] **M5 follow-up — multi-client shared storage**: validate two clients see identical shared-storage buffer state (pairs with the deferred M5b multi-client interpolation + M4 two-build tests).

Docs/Vault/06_Roadmap/Milestones.md

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 | **— 2026-06-03 Visual & controls polish —** | Non-milestone polish layered on M5.5 (no mechanical rework): HDRP→URP art import + reusable converter; a cohesive **Synty** sci-fi colony world (cosmetic SampleScene GameObjects) + **GabrielAguiar** combat VFX; **KBM mouse-cursor aim + gamepad aim** with last-actuation device auto-switch (rides the existing `PlayerInput.Aim` ghost field). | ✅ Done 2026-06-03 — [[DR-010_Art_Import_URP_Conversion_Visual_Upgrade]], [[DR-011_Synty_World_VFX_Integration]], [[DR-012_Aim_Controls_Cursor_Gamepad]] |
 | **— 2026-06-03 Pre-M6 cleanup —** | Loose-ends pass before M6: vault roadmap reconcile, Unity-template + orphaned-material removal, rate-limited turning, console/runtime health gate. | ✅ Done 2026-06-03 — [[2026-06-03_Pre_M6_Cleanup]] |
 | **M6 — The Aether Cycle (core loop)** | Reframed from "grid build placement" into the first vertical slice of the **core game loop**: Expedition (gather) → Defend (wave) → Build/Charge (spend), persistent base + procedural sorties, escalating toward a goal. Build placement is now Stage 3 of this milestone. | 🚧 In progress 2026-06-03 — **Stages 0–4 done + runtime-validated** on 6.4.7 (M6 core loop systems complete): **base/expedition split via coordinate-region + `GhostRelevancy`** (player transit despawns/re-grants the other region's ghosts; server==client); a **server phase-director** (Expedition→Defend→Build→Expedition auto-cycle, cycle 1→2, Husk `WaveSystem` only in Defend, escalation 4→6); and **resources + harvest** — a **global CycleDirector ghost** carrying the replicated `CycleState` + a shared resource **ledger** (relevant in every region, unlike the base storage), a procedural **expedition field** (8 resource-node ghosts seeded per cycle, region-scoped), and a tunnel-safe **harvest** sweep depositing into the ledger; client **HUD** shows phase + resource counts. Supersedes DR-008's "split requires streaming" framing. **Stage 3** (generic automation-ready **structure model** + data-driven catalog + grid **build-placement** RPC with co-op-atomic commit + a hitscan **turret** that auto-defends + **ability tiers** via a bounded StatModifier) and **Stage 4 goal meter** are **done + validated** (turret placed/Ore-deducted/replicated; two same-tick requests → one build; turrets killed the wave; ability damage 20→30 bounded; goal increments per cycle). Disk-persistence **writer deferred to post-M7** (M7-additive surface — tick fields + frozen schema — baked now); the structure model is the M7 production-chain foundation. Playable walk-in-gate loop with build/spend, visible in the HUD. — [[DR-014_M6_Build_Structures_Automation_Foundation]] — [[DR-013_M6_Aether_Cycle_Region_Split]], [[2026-06-03_M6_Aether_Cycle_CoreLoop]] |
+| **— 2026-06-04 Polish & backlog-clear pass —** | Comprehensive *sequential* polish across hygiene/reconcile, system-level tests, HUD (TMP + replicated wave number), procedural audio + combat juice, ghost-prop reskin + post-processing, new gameplay content, controls/UX, and a validation-harness + operator handoff. Clears the open [[Backlog]]. | 🚧 In progress 2026-06-04 |
 | **M7 — Automation** | Self-running tick-based production chains (deterministic offline catch-up) | ⬜ |
 
 Promote items from [[Backlog]] here when committed.