Polishes

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Persistence/SaveData.cs

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace ProjectM.Simulation
     [Serializable]
     public class SaveData
     {
-        public const int CurrentVersion = 6; // v6: permanent META (per-class upgrade tiers + run counters); v5 added RunOutcomeoreCurrent
+        public const int CurrentVersion = 6; // v6: permanent META (per-class upgrade tiers + run counters); v5 added RunOutcome; v4 added CoreCurrent
 
         /// <summary>Oldest save schema the loader accepts (additive); a v2 save loads with structures at full HP.</summary>
         public const int MinLoadableVersion = 2;

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Persistence/SaveService.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace ProjectM.Simulation
                 // field 0-defaults and the restore guard maps 0 -> baked Max); v0/v1 garbage is still rejected.
                 if (data == null || data.Version < SaveData.MinLoadableVersion || data.Version > SaveData.CurrentVersion) return null;
                 data.Ledger ??= Array.Empty<LedgerRow>();
-                data.MetaUpgrades ??= Array.Empty<MetaUpgradeSave>(); // v6: null on any v<=5 file();
+                data.MetaUpgrades ??= Array.Empty<MetaUpgradeSave>(); // v6: null on any v<=5 file
                 return data;
             }
             catch (Exception e)
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ namespace ProjectM.Simulation
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A TERMINAL save (Victory/Loss latched) Continues as a FRESH CAMPAIGN that keeps the base + permanent
+        /// meta: the outcome latch, goal meter, and core integrity reset to 0 (the spawn restore guards re-map
+        /// 0 -> InProgress / empty meter / baked-full Core), while meta tiers, run counters, the ledger, and
+        /// placed structures survive untouched. Without this, Continue/PLAY AGAIN after a win re-latches the dead
+        /// outcome banner on the first replicated snapshot. Pure + idempotent; no-op for in-progress saves.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void RollTerminalCampaignForward(SaveData data)
+        {
+            if (data == null || data.RunOutcome == 0) return;
+            data.RunOutcome = 0;
+            data.GoalCharge = 0;
+            data.CoreCurrent = 0;
+        }
+
+
         public static void Save(SaveData data)
         {
             if (data == null) return;

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Tuning.cs

@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ namespace ProjectM.Simulation
         /// at spawn on the baked value, legible at a glance).</summary>
         public const float BossScaleMultiplier = 1.6f;
 
+        /// <summary>Room-landing grace before the FIRST enemy slot spawns (~1.7 s @ 60): the party just teleported
+        /// in and needs a beat to orient — without it the wave engages while the camera is still settling (demo
+        /// polish; an idle player died in ~2 s of landing). Subsequent slots keep the normal drip cadence.</summary>
+        public const uint RoomEntryGraceTicks = 100;
+
         // ---- Inventory (per-player bag; InventoryMath / ResourceHarvestSystem / InventoryDepositSystem) ----
 
         /// <summary>Max stacks a player can carry; InventoryMath rejects deposits past this and the harvest remainder spills to the global ledger.</summary>

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/World/RunParticipant.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using Unity.Entities;
+
+namespace ProjectM.Simulation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// SERVER-ONLY roster tag for the players conscripted into the CURRENT run — stamped on every connected
+    /// player at the launch edge (Launching → room 0), removed on the Returning edge. Room advances teleport
+    /// ONLY participants: a dead-respawned member (back at base) is re-conscripted on the next advance (the
+    /// operator-locked default), while a mid-run late JOINER — who never readied — stays safely at base until
+    /// the next Staging (spec §2.2 closed-party rule; post-impl review, confirmed medium). NOT a [GhostField];
+    /// disconnect cleanup is free (the tag dies with the player ghost's LinkedEntityGroup despawn).
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct RunParticipant : IComponentData
+    {
+    }
+}

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/World/RunParticipant.cs.meta

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
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