Docs: align CLAUDE.md + vault to scene-split / Automation / Saves / UITK

CLAUDE.md: rewrite Bootstrap&worlds (scene split + on-demand frontend), add M7 Automation + disk-persistence + UITK HUD bullets, new build-gotchas, note new folders fit existing asmdefs. Vault: Milestones (M6 + polish pass -> Done; HUD + cleanup rows), Backlog (ConnectionUI done + cleanup notes), Home/Systems_Index dates. Add the 3 prior session logs + DR-019/020/021 + the 2026-06-06 cleanup log + screenshots.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Docs/Vault/06_Roadmap/Milestones.md

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 | **M5.5 — Game feel & identity** | Bridge "tech-demo → game": the **Husk** enemy (server AI, interpolated ghost), player death/respawn, combat juice (damage numbers/VFX/SFX/camera shake), a core HUD, and a sci-fi look pass — under the new fiction ([[Identity]], sci-fi frontier colony) | ✅ Done 2026-06-02 — runtime-validated on 6.4.7: Husks spawn(6)+replicate+chase+strike; death→respawn loop; HUD (health/cooldown/threat/downed); emissive dark-sci-fi look. EditMode **74/74**. ctx7-verified APIs. **Deepened same day:** auto-target on Husks, replicated respawn-invulnerability, and a `WaveSystem` threat director (escalating waves of 3 Husk variants — Grunt/Swarmer/Brute) replacing the flat sustain — runtime-validated (wave 1→2 escalation 4→6, distinct maxHP 30/15/80). [[DR-009_GameFeel_Identity_FirstBlood]], [[2026-06-02_GameFeel_Identity]], [[2026-06-02_GameFeel_Deepening]] |
 | **— 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 |
+| **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. | ✅ Done 2026-06-03 (forced-timer rhythm later superseded by M8's player-driven pacing) — **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]]. | ✅ Done 2026-06-04 — [[2026-06-04_Polish_Backlog_Pass]] |
 | **M8 — Persistent base & player-driven pacing** | Replace the forced-timer cycle with a persistent **Calm** base (no countdown) + **player-initiated** expeditions + **event-triggered** sieges (composite **ThreatDirector**, post-expedition retaliation); **dev-tools-over-RPC** (spawn/force-siege/grant/teleport/god-mode) + a dedicated **Game** scene + **DevSandbox**. | ✅ Done 2026-06-04 — runtime-validated on 6.4.7 (server+client, focused editor): boots into **Calm** (no timer); a returning player arms a retaliation siege (Gate→ThreatDirector→CyclePhase→Wave), the atomic WaveState seed spawns the **exact** configured size, **server==client** (phase + husk ghosts replicated); dev overlay drives the real server RPCs (unconditional wire type → handshake intact); god-mode baked present+disabled; `Game.unity` boots the calm base with the new "AT BASE — deploy when ready" HUD. EditMode **137/137**. Supersedes the M6 forced-timer rhythm. — [[DR-017_Persistent_Base_Player_Driven_Pacing]], [[2026-06-04_M8_Persistent_Base_Player_Driven_Pacing]] |
-| **M7 — Automation** | Self-running tick-based production chains (deterministic offline catch-up) | ⬜ |
+| **— 2026-06-05 Game infrastructure —** | The surrounding shell to build + test the game: a **UI Toolkit main menu** (Single / Host / Join+IP / Continue / Settings / Quit) on the **Netcode frontend pattern** (on-demand world creation, subscene-streams-into-them, clean teardown); **Graphics + Audio settings** that drive the engine (persisted JSON); a **saves foundation** + minimal slice (born-correct goal/ledger load, autosave on Siege→Calm + quit); a one-click **build** menu + scene order. | ✅ Done 2026-06-05 — runtime-validated (focused editor): menu renders → Single → worlds created → subscene streams → connect→spawn→playable → teardown→menu → Continue **born-correct** (charge/ledger restored, no flicker); settings apply live; EditMode **152/152**. Editor instant-play + MPPM loop unchanged (toggle to test the menu); builds boot the menu. — [[DR-019_Frontend_Menu_Settings_Saves_Build]], [[2026-06-05_Game_Infrastructure_Menu_Settings_Saves]] |
+| **M7 — Automation** | Self-running tick-based production chains (deterministic offline catch-up) | ✅ Done 2026-06-05 — **full Harvester → Conveyor → Fabricator chain, server-only + deterministic, auto-gathering EXISTING resources (default 2 Ore → 1 Aether) into the global ledger so setup compounds; persistence folded in (SaveData v2).** Runtime-validated on 6.4.7 (real netcode worlds): catalog bakes the 3 machine ghost prefabs; a placed live chain runs end-to-end (Ore cost withdrawn; Harvester→Conveyor→Fabricator→ledger), **server Aether == client Aether** (replicated); quit autosaved v2 (3 structures + epoch-independent REMAINING-tick cooldowns), Continue restored all 3 charge-free at the exact cells with born-correct ledger and the chain **resumed producing**. Deterministic conveyor (snapshot→stable-sort→at-most-one-claim→stall, shuffle-invariant); single gated catch-up path (`CyclesDue` lower-bound 0, input-limited, period-0-guarded); one-shot `BaseRestoreSystem`; `RuntimePlacedTag` single-source-of-truth. EditMode **190/190**. Resolves "production replication = **server-only**". — [[DR-020_M7_Automation_Production_Chains]], [[2026-06-05_M7_Automation]] |
+| **— 2026-06-05 HUD rework (UITK + build palette) —** | Convert the in-game HUD to UI Toolkit (consistent with the menu / pause / settings) + a full build-palette HUD: click-to-place with a green/red ground-ghost, conveyor rotate, fire-suppress; combat juice re-skinned to the Aether palette. | ✅ Done 2026-06-05 — runtime-validated (real netcode session): UITK HUD renders all panels; palette shows 6 buildables + costs; selection highlights + a live ground ghost; placement via the build RPC works. EditMode **190→194**. — [[DR-021_HUD_UITK_BuildPalette]], [[2026-06-05_HUD_Rework_UITK_BuildPalette]] |
+| **— 2026-06-06 Cleanup & alignment —** | Repo hygiene before more dev: delete dead assets (`_Recovery/`, stray `Resources.meta`), remove the legacy IMGUI `ConnectionUI` (scenes + script + stale comments), DRY the UITK `Round`/`Border` helpers + small HUD/build refactors, and align `CLAUDE.md` + the vault to the scene split / Automation / Saves / UITK surfaces. | ✅ Done 2026-06-06 — EditMode green, console clean; grouped commits. — [[2026-06-06_Cleanup_Alignment]] |
 
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