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kronic 37b211a7f8 Netcode: fix interpolated-tick cues + add a terminal RPC reaper (audit M1/M4/M12)
M1 — two systems timed INTERPOLATED ghosts against the PREDICTED tick,
the exact hazard CLAUDE.md documents and the one that is invisible on
loopback:
- EnemyDangerTelegraphSystem timed the red danger cone off nt.ServerTick,
  so over a real connection the dodge tell finished ~RTT/2 + interp
  buffer EARLY. The cue lied.
- PlayerAnimationDriveSystem fed the same predicted tick to RemoteDriveJob
  ([WithDisabled(GhostOwnerIsLocal)] — i.e. interpolated teammates), so a
  teammate's swing animation desynced from their damage.
Both now use the ZoneTelegraphSystem idiom. The LOCAL drive job keeps
ServerTick: the owning player really is predicted.

M12 — the RPC leak I reproduced live during the audit. Every receiver in
this project gates on RequireForUpdate over a scene-baked singleton; in a
scene without it the receiver never runs and the request entity is never
destroyed. Netcode's WarnAboutStaleRpcSystem Consume()s but never
destroys, and is compiled out of player builds — so these accumulated
silently, and worst in a shipped build.
New StaleRpcReaperSystem (server, OrderLast, no RequireForUpdate) destroys
any unconsumed request that outlived its receiving frame. Consumed
requests are left to their owner. Verified live: a planted unconsumed
request is gone within a few frames. Three regression tests pin both
halves of the contract.

Also: HealthApplyDamageSystem and ProjectileDamageSystem now filter
.WithAll<Simulate>(). They are ServerSimulation-only so it was not a bug,
but the audit's "all predicted systems filter Simulate" reassurance was
false until now — the rule is unconditional again.

The five undisposed Allocator.Temp ECBs the audit flagged all lived in
systems the purge deleted; none remain.

298/298 green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-07 13:17:47 -07:00
kronic 62e48a3b0b LANTERN purge: delete the superseded base/expedition shell (audit H1/H3/M5)
The 2026-08-06 audit found the shipping scene was still the abandoned
co-op-Hades game with LANTERN combat bolted on, and that a third of the
codebase was live code for a direction abandoned on 2026-07-13. Operator
chose deletion over freezing: "everything is saved in source control if
needed. I want the project to be clean."

DELETED (~140 source files, Scripts 335->231, Tests 77->43):
- Enemy variants + boss (H3). ChargerAuthoring / SpitterAuthoring /
  SwarmerAuthoring were attached to ZERO prefabs, so LungeState /
  SpitterState / SwarmerTag were never baked: ~272 lines of Bursted AI
  passes, BossAISystem (261 lines) and the whole MixBands escalation
  curve could not match a single chunk at runtime, while 734 lines of
  green tests certified them. Both shipping enemy prefabs were already
  byte-identical in stats.
- Run/room lifecycle: RunDirector FSM, RunInfo/RunMap/RoomPlan/RoomTag,
  route select, portal interact, ready-check, room field/teardown.
- Meta shop, prep loadout, boons (incl. KillRewardSystem and
  DashTrailDamageSystem, which existed only to serve boon flags).
- Build palette + structures, shared storage, inventory/equipment
  (already recorded PAUSED in CLAUDE.md).
- The HUD panels driving all of the above (HudSystem 1168 -> 610).

KEPT deliberately: BaseGridMath + BaseAnchor (8 systems use PlotCenter
for spawn rings, respawn and dynamic light), the resource ledger +
StorageMath, the save system, region/relevancy. Three of these were in
the delete set until I checked their consumers — worth remembering that
the file-level manifest was wrong about them.

Also folds in audit finding M5: PlayerClass was a second, server-only
copy of the byte FrameId already replicates. It existed for the meta
shop; with that gone, FrameId is the single frame identity.

Harvest is now single-sink (ledger). HarvestMath keeps its shape so
LANTERN's carried-vs-banked cargo split lands in one place, not two.

295/295 EditMode green, zero compile errors. Subscene re-bake and Play
validation follow in the next commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-07 12:59:39 -07:00
kronic f3aec94c48 HUD: ability bar defaults hidden until a local player exists
Fixes the empty-bar leak into ArtStaging / menu / pre-connect: AbilityBarSystem.OnUpdate
early-returns when there is no valid NetworkTime, so the 'hide when no local player' line never
ran. Root now DisplayStyle.None at build, flips to Flex only when the local player is found —
also kills any pre-connect flash in gameplay.
2026-07-22 18:26:24 -07:00
kronic 040463ad07 HUD: ability/cooldown bar (sockets 1-4 + dash); socket-0 charge strip removed
AbilityBarSystem (own UIDocument, sortingOrder 49, the B5 sibling pattern): per-slot Spark
initials/name from the AbilityDatabase blob, archetype tint, drain overlay + seconds countdown +
ready flash; dash rides DashCooldown vs TuningConfig.DashCooldownTicks (Defaults() fallback).
HudSystem's single-socket blue charge strip removed (it tracked socket 0 only).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 13:28:08 -07:00
kronic 2aebc37115 G6+G4: Cone damage-at-contact + zone fill telegraph (ZoneEffect GhostFields) + co-op saturation budget
Cone/SpecialSlam damage lands at its visual contact via ConeContactPending (knob 32, 0=legacy;
early-flush + resolve re-validate; death + BOTH class-swap paths drop armed pendings — fixes the
shipped melee death-strand in the same stroke). Zones: [GhostField] Caster/Radius/NextTick +
ZoneTelegraphSystem (Geyser latch contract on InterpolationTick; rim = true radius; arm grows,
persistent phase drains). Cone cues latch to contact (FireStartRaw, C14); TuningConfig.Defaults()
fallback at client cue sites (release-build timing fix). G4: SaturationMath ally-FX degrade
(living-enemy census, solo-exempt; enemy telegraphs structurally exempt) + CombatStressDebug +
overlay saturation rows. Reviews wf_98bf1268 (13 confirmed folded) / wf_9757d214 (5 confirmed fixed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 13:27:50 -07:00
kronic 0ff11fe2a9 Enemy hit-reacts: React/Stagger anim tiers off Health-drop edges (the Rukhanka-safe flinch)
SwordCombat React (1.4x, 0.3s pulse) + Stagger (1.2x, 0.55s) as Any-State
states on AC_EnemyTopDown via EnemyRigTools.WireEnemyHitReacts; driven by
EnemyAnimationDriveSystem's cache (now Pos/Hp/ReactUntil/Heavy) off
replicated Health drops. Windup-honesty gate: light reacts require
!IsAttacking (a sub-poise hit never visually cancels a live windup);
the heavy tier tracks the server's B2 poise break (stagger threshold 50
= finisher staggers, light flinches at the locked tuning). Knobs:
HitReactSeconds (0=off) / HitStaggerSeconds / HitReactStaggerDamage.
Replaces the review-cut positional vibrate (Rukhanka inverse-fold no-op).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 00:28:11 -07:00
kronic ce0faafb72 HEAVY FEEL LOCKED: the A/B winner folded into defaults, clips retimed to zero contact drift
recover 36 / dmg 36 (DPS 60 held) / contact 20 (20/12/25 per step) /
grace 28 / buffer 10 / move-commit 0.25; arc 0.8, finisher hold 7,
connect kick 1.1. Clip state speeds retimed 1.0/0.85/0.88 so the VISUAL
blade contact matches the damage tick exactly (audit: zero drift; probe:
gaps 36/36/54, contacts +20/+12/+25 measured). Step-3 contact sits 1
tick under CastFacingTicks 26 (documented coupling). baseline profile =
the locked defaults; heavy-committed kept as the record.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 00:13:49 -07:00
kronic 7b65912f30 Melee feel overhaul: SwordCombat anims at heavy cadence, salvage axe, damage-at-contact + buffer + dash law (guidelines forks 1-6)
07-18/19/20 arc: LightCombo01/HeavyCombo01 clips onto Swing1-3/Slam at
~natural speed (26-tick window, 30-tick recover, DPS-held damage retune),
Menacing01 combat idle (InCombat), SM_Wep_Axe_Large_01 rigid-skinned to
Hand_R at x1.25, LANTERN FX retone + blade-smear ribbon. Forks 1-6 per
Combat_Attack_Feel_Guidelines (design review wf_000bc247): cleave resolves
at the CONTACT tick (MeleeCleavePending schedule-and-consume, knob 31,
0=legacy; connect cues moved to contact), MeleeRange 2.2 + reach-only
finisher mult 1.25 (knob 30), BufferedAttackTick GhostField input buffer
(knob 29, unlock-edge validity), dash refused pre-contact (lookup-based).
Tests: MeleeComboTests pin legacy knobs; +3 fork tests (414 green); live
server proof: HP drop exactly at swing+16 under tick batching.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-20 21:03:18 -07:00
kronic 7571091394 LANTERN feel pass (DR-052 + gap list): SoD facing, underwater feel, Bathynaut kit, walk/run gait, suit lamp + new Synty anim packs
- SoD facing: PlayerFacing = body-yaw only (move-facing / cast-turn / idle-hold); every fire
  direction re-sourced to FacingMath.ResolveAim (pre-code review blocking catch); TickWindowMath
  shared windows with Movement-skip; reticle/FX coupled to the damage direction; cursor-dash kept.
- Underwater feel: sharpness 15->6, turn 720->360, MoveSpeed 6->4.2; TuningKnob 26-28
  (0 = no-override sentinels, dev-protocol bump on DebugTuningReport); stride footsteps + silt +
  cadence floor; bubbles; underwater ambience bed + distant groans; camera drag + dev scroll zoom.
- Bathynaut kit in-engine: dome/tank/shoulder-lamp + bare head grafted (GraftSmr rigid rebase,
  RecalculateTangents); EmissiveGloamSkinned shader (Rukhanka deformation); shoulder lamp CASTS
  (warm steady spot on body yaw).
- Gait: two-ring walk/run FreeformDirectional tree (walk @0.35, run @1.0) + blended-natural
  StrideScale; additive Posture(Bank) + Lead(chest-lead) layers; idle = AnimationIdles Base;
  banking driven from facing turn rate; flat terrain (Env_SeabedKit seabed squashed - CC is planar).
- New packs: Synty AnimationIdles + AnimationSwordCombat (combat pass queued) + SyntyPropBoneTool;
  four authored clips (sway/trudge/banks/lean) + Anim_Player_Underwater.blend + suit-kit FBX.
- Validation: 411/411 EditMode green; Play smokes (server==client facing, Aim-true projectile,
  bank/stride live-sampled, lamp beam verified); pre-code + post-impl adversarial reviews applied.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-16 13:56:02 -07:00
kronic c58439d33a LANTERN realignment P3: one look everywhere + scene surgery
- PostFX_Lantern.asset: the ONE shared grade (ACES, bloom 0.6 cool-tinted for the
  HDR gloam, vignette 0.28, faint teal filter) applied to Game, DevSandbox, and
  ArtStaging; PostFX_DarkSciFi / PostFX_Daylight / Sky_DaytimeProcedural deleted.
- Env_SeabedKit.prefab: ArtStaging's environment (seabed, flora, rocks, marine
  snow, caustics, warm pool, gloam fill, key light, StagingAmbiance animator)
  prefab-ized and placed in Game + DevSandbox; ArtStaging connected to it.
- Scene surgery: old DevSandbox.unity deleted; Gym.unity RENAMED DevSandbox.unity
  (GUID preserved -> GymSub wiring + the F1/F2 dev scripts that gate on the
  'DevSandbox' name come back to life). SyntyWorld root deleted from DevSandbox;
  BaseBiome/ExpeditionBiome/Slot1 deleted from Game.
- RenderSettings unified: no skybox, Exp2 teal fog {0.02,0.10,0.12} @ 0.035, flat
  near-black ambient {0.03,0.055,0.08}; camera clearFlags -> solid deep-water.
- ScenePolicy.IsGameplayScene() replaces the six scene.name=="Game" string gates
  (Game + DevSandbox share the dynamic look; menu/ArtStaging untouched).
- WorldAtmosphereSystem rewritten as water-column murk (LANTERN defaults; biome
  variants re-meant to kelp/trench/gloam-bloom; Ground_Arid tint block deleted).

390 green; Play-verified in Game: murk values live, warm-vs-cold reads, no errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 16:12:00 -07:00
kronic 4a8220ad3e LANTERN purge B6: delete the legacy single-ability path (sockets are THE ability model)
AbilityRef, AbilityCooldown, EffectiveAbilityStats, DefaultAbility deleted.
GoInGameServerSystem seeds the per-frame 4-socket Spark loadout UNCONDITIONALLY
(was gym-only); ClassSelectReceiveSystem + DebugOp.SetClass swap FrameId +
re-seed sockets + zero SocketCooldown; ClassSwapUtil.Apply drops newAbilityId;
EquipSystem weapons become stat-sticks (GrantedAbilityId removed from the item
blob/authoring); StatRecomputeSystem folds CharacterStatsRef + sockets only;
HUD cooldown bar reads socket 0 of SocketCooldown/EffectiveSocketStats; class
HUD readers are FrameId-only (ClassForAbility/AbilityFor deleted);
DebugModifierInjectionSystem drops CycleAbility.

390 tests green; Play-verified: a non-gym spawn gets frame=2 with Sparks
[7,8,6,9] and no console errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 15:47:12 -07:00
kronic b34945c2d2 LANTERN purge B3+B5: delete the cycle/core/win-lose spine + onboarding; save epoch v7
Deletes CyclePhaseSystem, GoalReachedSystem, CoreDamage/CoreRestore, ThreatDirector,
CoreIntegrity/GoalProgress/RunPhase/RunOutcome/ThreatState components,
CoreVisualFeedbackSystem, and the whole Client/Onboarding slice (+6 test files).

Keepers reworked: RunDirectorSystem (UpdateBefore attr + launch guard + goal/threat
bank removed; sole SaveRequest raiser now), CycleDirectorSpawnSystem (ledger/meta
host only), WaveSystem UNGATED (waves run wherever a WaveDirector is baked),
EnemyAISystem core-fallback stripped, AmbientAudioSystem reworked (bed + run cues;
no CycleState gate), MusicSystem RunInfo-only, HudSystem big trim (goal meter, core
bar, siege banner, terminal banner, outcome flash, onboarding hook all gone),
MetaShop/ClassPrep/AimReticle siege gates dropped, DebugOverlay/ops re-meant
(SpawnWave=force next wave, EndSiege=quiet arena; SetCalm/AdvanceGoal/SetHeat
retired, bytes reserved), TuningConfig Core knobs retired (ids 20-23 reserved),
StorageMath.DrainFraction deleted, HowToPlay copy rewritten.

Save epoch v7 (fresh epoch, operator-approved): SaveData drops goal/core/outcome +
conveyor/machine-IO fields; MinLoadableVersion=7; PendingSave/PendingStructure
trimmed; RollTerminalCampaignForward deleted; SaveStructureScan signature slimmed.

390 tests green; Play world-creation clean (player + waves live, no exceptions).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 15:27:12 -07:00
kronic 835dace213 LANTERN purge B2: delete EB-2 turret defense
TurretFireSystem, TurretAuthoring, Turret.prefab, Turret component, turret cap,
B hotkey, HUD Charge chip + out-of-ammo cue, catalog entry, Tuning consts, tests
(-7, 452 green). StructureType.Turret byte + ResourceId.Charge stay reserved.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 14:40:12 -07:00
kronic a0f6d4a5c4 LANTERN purge B1: delete the automation chain (Harvester/Conveyor/Fabricator)
Deletes the M7 production systems, automation components/math, authoring, 3
machine prefabs, and 6 test files (-43 tests, 459 green). Trims the automation
paths out of BaseRestoreSystem/SaveStructureScan/BuildPlaceSystem/BuildSendSystem/
HudSystem/HudTheme/StructureCatalogAuthoring/Tuning. RuntimePlacedTag (save
marker, a keeper) re-homed into StructureComponents.cs. StructureType byte codes
stay reserved.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 14:32:11 -07:00
kronic 342a39a540 LANTERN P1 step 5 + §8: two-frame identity via FrameId + per-frame gym loadouts
FrameId (replicated frame/class signal) now WRITTEN server-side at spawn for all
players; the two class-HUD readers (ClassPrepPortal, MetaShop) read FrameId (with
an AbilityRef fallback for pre-FrameId players) instead of ClassForAbility. The
gym seeds a PER-FRAME default Spark loadout via ClassTraits.FrameLoadout —
Harpooner (Ranger slot): reel/mobility/skillshots; Bathynaut (Warrior slot):
pull-in/dash/zone-control. FrameId uses ecb.AddComponent (baked on the real
player; absent on the minimal MetaSeeding test prefab). 497 EditMode green.

Deferred to a focused pass (risky wholesale refactor, "still works" via the
transition): full removal of legacy AbilityRef/AbilityCooldown/EffectiveAbility
Stats (woven through equip/class/meta/StatRecompute + tests) and the CharacterId
Bathynaut/Harpooner rename.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-15 08:45:45 -07:00
kronic 9ca27e626a Client: StagingAmbiance — steady beacon, gloam flicker (readability cadence)
Beacon left unmodulated (steady=true light); cold flora gutter on Perlin flicker
(flicker=false light) so the warm/cold read survives with hue removed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 21:42:32 -07:00
kronic 3103214e76 Client: StagingAmbiance dev component (ArtStaging Play-mode juice)
Light-only ambiance animator (caustics spin, beacon flicker, bioluminescent
pulse); self-wires by name; no material writes so nothing persists on Play exit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 21:31:59 -07:00
kronic 21f609c6c4 LANTERN P1 step 2.5: client feel layer migrated to the socket kit
Per Phase1_Combat_Gym_Build_Spec §8 (the "KEEP as-is" feel layer was really a migration):
- PlayerAnimationDriveSystem: both jobs (Local/Remote) now read SocketCooldown +
  DynamicBuffer<AbilitySocket>/<EffectiveSocketStats> instead of the single AbilityCooldown/
  AbilityRef/EffectiveAbilityStats; shared SocketFireAndCone helper (any-socket-firing model:
  IsFiring if any socketed Spark's per-socket cooldown window is mid-fire; IsCone if any such
  is Cone).
- CombatFeedbackSystem: the muzzle-flash + cone-cue blocks unified into one per-socket
  fire-edge loop over SocketCooldown (per-socket uint cache); non-Cone -> muzzle flash,
  Cone -> the aimed slash-arc cue. Dropped the now-dead single-cooldown latches.
L1 clean; L2 494/494 (no regression).

Deferred to the AbilityRef-removal cleanup (surfaced, NOT silent): the FrameId server-writer +
the 2 class-HUD re-points (ClassPrepPortalHudSystem/MetaShopHudSystem) + HudSystem's ability
bar. Rationale: AbilityRef is still baked + set (EquipSystem/ClassSwapUtil), so ClassForAbility
remains a valid class signal through the transition; FrameId is baked ready. No feel regression.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-14 11:13:05 -07:00
kronic 6dcd8a243d World: critters + weather beats — AmbientLifeSystem (Phase 1.5b bundle 4)
Client-only, procedural, zero netcode — a sibling of AmbientMotionSystem,
biome-keyed + camera-following. Three cosmetic beats: fleeing critters (ground
bugs + a few birds that dart out of the flee radius = the scatter beat,
biome-tinted, recycled at the ring edge), drifting cloud-shadow discs, and
Blight-room-only double-blink directional lightning flash + delayed thunder
(dedicated flash light -> no RenderSettings fight with WorldAtmosphereSystem).
Reuses the FeedbackFx disc/scorch primitives + procedural SFX. Live knobs in
AmbientLifeConfig. 474/474 EditMode; live-verified at base (flee confirmed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-12 14:41:35 -07:00
kronic 4febf3dfe2 Hazard: Blight geyser — permanent periodic both-sides AoE (Phase 1.5b bundle 3)
Review-first netcode slice (design review wf_900e9965-8f0 -> 11 folded;
post-impl wf_5c8299f8-299 clean). A PERMANENT periodic telegraphed AoE in
Blight-biome rooms only; one new [GhostField] uint NextEruptTick.

- Geyser component + GeyserEruptSystem (server): inverted invalid-tick guard
  (a baked-0 tick must NEVER erupt -> lazy-stamps born-correct instead of the
  party-wiping per-tick barrage), inline both-sides gather (SourceNetworkId=-1),
  reschedule = now + period (never +=), never destroyed.
- GeyserTelegraphSystem (client): absolute-tick growing warning disc +
  erupt burst on the >0->=<0 crossing, latched per NextEruptTick + arm-guard
  (never edge-detects the replicated field -> no phantom on 0->stamp /
  relevancy re-entry). Reuses ScorchDecalSystem + DynamicLightSystem.
- Seeded in RoomFieldSystem (Blight-gated on plan.Biome, born-correct staggered
  stamp from live ServerTick), GeyserFieldSpawner + authoring wired into the
  Gameplay subscene. Geyser.prefab duplicated from ResourceNode (no collider).
- BuildDisc promoted to FeedbackFx (shared with the barrel fuse ring).
- 474/474 EditMode incl. the unstamped-storm regression; live no-storm end-to-end.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-12 13:53:48 -07:00
kronic 649f656833 Decals: explosion scorch pool + cover damage-cracks + room-arena scars (Phase 1.5b bundle 2)
All procedural, client-only, observe-only in PresentationSystemGroup, zero
netcode surface (read existing replicated state). Shared FeedbackFx decal
primitives (scorch blob + crack star meshes + transparent decal material).
ScorchDecalSystem: static RequestScorch queue -> pooled fading discs
(mirrors DynamicLightSystem), wired from the barrel boom, reusable by the
geyser. CoverDamageSystem: crack accretion keyed on BlightClutter.Remaining
(Variant 4) + proximity-gated shatter-scorch. RoomDressingSystem: persistent
arena scars on a distinct hash sub-stream, torn down with dressing. Knobs in
DecalConfig. Cover cracks use decals (not URPMaterialPropertyBaseColor) because
the Synty prop shader is not Hybrid-Per-Instance.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-12 12:58:33 -07:00
kronic 9670465e25 World: flora feel fix — kill double-animation (root sway off, shader wind is the idle motion) + thin flowers
Operator: base flora too dense + "the waving/shader doesn't look great".
Diagnosis: EVERY Synty flora prop (both biomes) uses the Synty/Foliage
VERTEX-wind shader — the transform root-tilt sway has been double-animating
all flora since 1.5, and ground-flush carpet props (Flowers_Flat,
Grass_*_Plane) visibly lift their edges when tilted.

- AmbientMotionConfig.SwayEnabled -> false (code default + the serialized
  scene value): idle motion = the authored per-vertex shader wind (tips bend,
  bases planted). Knob kept for A/B; walk-through RUSTLE stays as the
  reactive layer the shader can't provide.
- AmbientMotionSystem: flat carpet props excluded from the flora cache
  entirely — no tilt even from rustle.
- Flower density thinned deterministically: Flowers_Flat keep 40%,
  Wildflowers/Sunflowers keep 50%, center (r<13) thinned harder (x0.6) —
  17/38 drifts off; play/build area reads clear, flowers become ring accents.

Console clean; sway/rustle knobs remain live-tunable in the scene.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 23:12:34 -07:00
kronic 2fc5ae9a10 World: ground bundle — macro-blend ground materials, per-room dressing scatter, biome ground tint, base flora + worn paths
Phase 1.5b ground bundle (operator: "the ground is very plain"):
- Ground materials rebuilt: Grass/Sand base maps at real tiling (22x/26x, was a
  2x smear across 90-130u) + Synty normal maps + a generated 0.5-centered macro
  noise detail texture (LINEAR import — sRGB detail mul2x darkens 2.3x) with
  baked rim vignette. Meadow ground moved OFF the shared Synty asset onto
  project-owned Mat_Ground_Meadow.
- WorldAtmosphereSystem: per-room-biome ground tint on the expedition quads via
  MaterialPropertyBlock (Meadow green / Cavern blue / Blight purple; Arid sand
  default), lerped alongside the existing fog/ambient palettes.
- RoomDressingSystem + RoomDressingConfig (new, client-only observe-only):
  26 biome-flavoured cosmetic props per room, scattered inside the room's ACTUAL
  shape (same RoomLayoutMath authority as the server, distinct 0xD2E55 hash
  stream), deterministic from the replicated run seed, torn down with the room,
  colliders stripped. 47 curated prefab refs wired in Game.unity (build-safe).
- Base: 357 curated flora props re-enabled (bushes/wildflowers/grass clumps;
  buildings/pond/FX stay parked) + generated worn-dirt paths storage->warpgate
  and storage->base gate.

Live-verified: dressing 26/26 inside x[981,1023] z[-11,12] y=0, 11 varieties,
0 colliders; teardown on run end; Meadow tint converged to exact target; 470
EditMode green; console clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 22:47:44 -07:00
kronic eb7f572168 Fix: barrel fuse shows its blast radius + burns ~1.5s (was 0.6s)
Operator feel report: the explosion radius was unreadable and the fuse
too short to react to. Two changes:

- Tuning.BarrelFuseTicks 36 -> 90 (~1.5s): long enough to READ the
  danger and walk out, and better for baiting enemies onto a lit
  barrel.
- WorldFeedbackSystem draws a pulsing ground DISC at exactly
  Tuning.BarrelExplodeRadius under every lit fuse (keyed on the same
  replicated Remaining=0-on-a-live-barrel cue as the boom split; one
  shared pulsing material; removed via the existing prune path).

Verified live: disc appeared 0.07s after the pop (first fuse
snapshot), persisted to the boom at 1.54s, scale read exactly 3.25 =
the true detonation radius; 470/470 EditMode; console clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 17:13:13 -07:00
kronic cd607ae156 Hazard: exploding barrels — fused explosive clutter, friendly-fire bait
Phase 1.5 environmental hazard v1 (design-review wf_2cb10454-fdf: 13
findings confirmed + folded; Build Spec in the vault). ~25% of room
clutter seeds as EXPLOSIVE (Variant 3 on the existing replicated byte
- zero new GhostFields/prefabs/RPCs).

The FUSE is the review's fold - one mechanism closes both HIGHs:
- Pop sites (projectile sweep + isServer-gated melee harvest) do NOT
  destroy an explosive: they zero the replicated Remaining + add a
  server-only BarrelFuse (~36 ticks). The client sees Remaining=0 on a
  still-alive barrel across snapshots -> unambiguous fuse cue, and
  booms at despawn ONLY when cached Remaining<=0 - a teardown despawn
  carries Remaining>0, so portal-advance teardowns can never fire
  false booms (HIGH #1).
- HazardExplosionSystem (server, plain group, presence-gated on
  BarrelFuse, never lifecycle-gated) detonates at ExplodeTick: radius
  damage to LIVING enemies AND players (boss-slam player filter
  verbatim; friendly fire = the bait mechanic), SourceTick stamped at
  detonation = the authoring moment (HIGH #2: the authored-tick
  contract dash i-frames negate against), SourceNetworkId=-1 (the
  environment convention - a player id would consume Charger
  whiff-punish windows). Fuse rides the RoomTag'd barrel -> teardown
  cleans lit barrels free.
- Lit barrels are unhittable at both snapshot sites (no double-pop).
- Client: WorldFeedback caches Variant -> boom-vs-puff split (big
  burst + light flash + boom SFX vs the old puff); DynamicLightSystem
  gives Variant-3 barrels a red danger glow that STROBES once fused.

Verified: 470/470 EditMode (4 new: fused pop instead of destroy +
unhittable, both-sides damage w/ -1 source + authored tick, dead-player
+ radius filters, unelapsed-fuse inert); live smoke - seeded 3/8
explosive, real-sweep pop, CLIENT observed the fuse cue on the live
ghost, pinned bait enemy took exactly 26 (30->4), walk-out escape
confirmed; console clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-10 19:41:47 -07:00
kronic a335ca3f21 Feel: attack distinctness — per-kind telegraph colours, windup voices, spit light
Every enemy kind now has a unique read on the existing replicated
state (client-only, zero netcode):

- Telegraph COLOURS per EnemyTelegraph.Kind: grunt orange, charger
  crimson (boss shares it - shapes already differ: cone/wedge/ring),
  spitter toxic-green lane, swarmer yellow. Shapes were already
  per-kind; they all rendered the same HDR red.
- Windup VOICES at the onset edge (the existing _prevWindup edge +
  strike-beep distance gate): grunt low thud, charger rising roar,
  spitter wet hiss, swarmer chitter - kinds read by EAR before the
  telegraph ramps.
- Projectile light colour by ownership in DynamicLightSystem: owned
  shots stay player-cyan, un-owned (Spitter spit) glows toxic green
  (EnemyProjectileColor knob).

Verified live: 12 s combat histogram shows zones rendering with
EnemyDanger_K0 (grunt) + EnemyDanger_K1 (charger) materials keyed to
real windups (screenshot); 466/466 EditMode; console clean. Remaining
distinctness depth (per-kind anim clips, creature locomotion) rides
the parallel Blender workstream.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-09 23:17:43 -07:00
kronic 90d4bed381 Feel: ambient motion layer + art look locked (clean dark-Synty, pixel OFF)
Art look LOCKED by the operator from the artlook_* side-by-sides:
clean dark-Synty; PixelOutline._MasterEnabled=0 shipped (feature stays
dev-toggleable via F3; other fullscreen effects remain backlog).

New AmbientMotionSystem (client-only PresentationSystemGroup, the
"world alive" anti-static beat, zero netcode):
- per-biome DRIFT particles from one world-space emitter following the
  camera (meadow motes / arid wind-blown dust / cavern motes / blight
  spores; palette keys on camera-X region + replicated room biome,
  mirroring WorldAtmosphereSystem's switch)
- idle SWAY on the ACTIVE cosmetic flora prop roots near the camera
  (LOD children follow the root; probed: none static-batched)
- walk-through RUSTLE: flora brushed by the local player
  (GhostOwnerIsLocal idiom) gets a decaying energy shake
Rotations write around a cached base (lossless when toggled off);
knobs in AmbientMotionConfig (scene object, code defaults when absent).

Verified live: drift palettes exact in both regions (meadow
0.62/0.85/0.60 -> arid 0.85/0.68/0.45 on region cross), flora beside
the player rocked (0,0)->(-4.0,+5.0) deg within the rustle+sway
envelope, 466/466 EditMode, console clean. Discovery for follow-up:
the BASE biome's flora props are authored INACTIVE (84 bushes etc.) -
the base has no sway targets until some are re-enabled.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-09 21:01:14 -07:00
kronic 414f9ff62a Feel: Phase 1.5 lighting/atmosphere pass — dark ambient + dynamic lights
Dark-ambient, dynamic-light-first look (RoR2/Death Scourges reference),
built filter-agnostic so the pixel style composes on top:

- New DynamicLightSystem (client-only, PresentationSystemGroup): pooled
  point lights follow projectile ghosts; pulsing portal light during
  RoomExplore (same ExpeditionPortalPos authority as the beacon); soft
  resource-node glow that fades with harvest-shrink; short impact
  FLASHES fed by CombatFeedbackSystem's burst funnel (EmitColored +
  SpawnVfx -> RequestFlash). Knobs in DynamicLightConfig (scene object,
  code defaults when absent).
- Atmosphere darkened: WorldAtmosphereConfig/System palettes moved to
  the dark set (base cool dusk, arid burnt dusk, per-room biome consts
  darkened); scene fog switched Linear -> ExponentialSquared (the
  system's per-region DENSITY writes were dead in Linear mode);
  trilight ambient lowered; directional 1.9 -> 1.05 slightly warm.
- 6 landmark mood lights (warpgate cyan, artefact violet x2, survey
  camp warm x2, cabin warm); URP additional-lights-per-object 4 -> 8
  (was starving the existing Aether lights).
- Art-look gate material: Assets/Screenshots/artlook_{base,room}_
  pixel{ON,OFF}.png over the lit scene.

Verified: lights live in Play (20 static at base incl. new landmarks;
pooled dynamics active in-room: node glows + impact flashes), fog/
ambient values confirmed live, 466/466 EditMode, console clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-09 20:37:50 -07:00
kronic e27a495530 Hygiene B6b: convert leaky-world tests + HudSystem cosmetics
- 10 EditMode files: every bare trailing world.Dispose() now inside using(world){} (single-world) or a [TearDown]+List<World> (the multi-world reject-matrix tests in BoonApplyTests/RouteSelectSystemTests) — an assertion failure can no longer leak the World and mask the true first failure. No test logic changed.
- HudSystem: collapse the blank-line run before the class close; trim the extracted route-map clause from the READY-panel comment.

466/466 EditMode tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-08 21:06:33 -07:00
kronic 6379f5d897 Hygiene B5: split HudSystem + CombatFeedbackSystem god-objects
Extract 7 sibling PresentationSystemGroup systems (client-only, observe-only), faithfully relocating methods+fields so behavior is preserved by construction:
- HudSystem (2129->1588L): BoonModalHudSystem, RouteMapHudSystem, MetaShopHudSystem, ClassPrepPortalHudSystem — each owns its own runtime UIDocument (MenuUi.LoadPanelSettings + own sortingOrder + EnsureEventSystem), the proven EnemyMarkerSystem/OnboardingSystem pattern; no shared root, no new static bridge.
- CombatFeedbackSystem (1300->914L): RoomPortalBeaconSystem, EnemyHealthBarSystem, EnemyDangerTelegraphSystem — each owns its FX-root + mats (via FeedbackFx), self-queries enemies + self-detects its edge (health-bar LastHp; danger _prevWindup), prunes its caches each frame.

Verified: compiles clean (0 errors), 466/466 EditMode tests pass, Play world-creation clean (no ComponentSystemSorter cycle, no OnCreate exception, 0 console errors). NOTE: the final VISUAL smoke (panels appear at the right lifecycle; enemy health bars / danger telegraphs / portal beacon render; buttons live) needs a FOCUSED Play pass — the play-mode transition throttles while Unity is unfocused, so I could not drive live frames headlessly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-08 14:00:55 -07:00
kronic 55e98a9275 Hygiene B4b: extract CameraResolver (dedup triplicated ResolveCamera)
The byte-identical ResolveCamera() (Camera.main -> PrototypeCameraRig fallback) in PlayerInputGatherSystem, BuildSendSystem, and AimReticleSystem now call one CameraResolver.Resolve(); camera-resolution policy lives in one place. Behaviour-identical; compiles clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-08 13:07:40 -07:00
kronic 52eda31360 Hygiene B4a: extract shared FeedbackFx (dedup 4 procedural-FX copies)
New FeedbackFx static (MakeClip/MakeParticleMaterial/MakeBurst/PlayClip/EmitTinted/EmitAt); the 3 *FeedbackSystem copies + AmbientAudio.MakeSting now route through it via 'using static'. MakeBurst takes the FX-root + the per-use gravity/radius/sizeTail that were the only diffs between copies; MakeClip folds in noise + decay. Behaviour-identical by construction (every particle/clip param preserved exactly).

459/459 EditMode tests pass; compiles clean. VFX are presentation-only (no EditMode coverage) -> wants a Play-mode smoke to eyeball hit/death/harvest/structure bursts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-08 12:59:05 -07:00
kronic 7460ab9d1c Docs: hygiene sweep — stale/misattributed doc-comments + CLAUDE.md example
- Repoint CLAUDE.md testing example from the deleted HeartbeatSystemTests to HealthApplyDamageSystemTests.
- Stale deleted-system refs: ResourceFieldSpawner/ClutterFieldSpawner(+Authoring) now cite RoomFieldSystem (was ExpeditionFieldSystem); BuildPlaceRequest drops the deleted RegionTransitRequest from its 'mirrors' list.
- Stale package version: 'Netcode 1.13.2' -> 'Netcode 1.x' in ProjectileClassificationSystem + BuildPlaceRequest.
- WorldCollisionComponents: remove the duplicated EnvironmentMask summary line; FeelConfig: fix the mangled 'is hitmap)' sentence.

Comment/doc only; compiles clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 23:54:44 -07:00
kronic ba303e5fd0 Hygiene B3: single-sourcing & magic-number consolidation
- StructureCatalogAuthoring: WallCostOre -> WallCostBiomass (it bakes a Biomass cost; [FormerlySerializedAs] preserves the scene value).
- Harvester/Fabricator authoring: resource-id byte defaults reference ResourceId.Ore/.Charge instead of magic 2/4.
- RegionMath.RegionBoundaryX (= ExpeditionOffsetX*0.5) single-sources the region-flip X used by HudSystem + OnboardingSystem (was 500f in 3 places).
- CharacterComponent.DefaultGroundedSharpness single-sources the CC sharpness 15f (GetDefault, DashSystem, PlayerDeathStateSystem, PlayerCharacterAuthoring).
- InventorySlot [InternalBufferCapacity] references Tuning.InventoryMaxSlots.
- ConnectionMode enum -> byte-const class (project convention; removes the latent enum-in-Burst trap); field + one Seed() param become byte.
- Tuning.ChargerWindupTicks single-sources the Charger telegraph windup (EnemyBaker + TuningConfig.Defaults; was a bare 30 that could drift).
- (TicksPerSecond deliberately NOT added: no seconds->ticks conversion site exists; the tick-count fields are per-authoring designer tunables, so a const would be unreferenced.)

451/451 EditMode tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 23:29:43 -07:00
kronic 589e712db3 Hygiene B2: dead-code removal
Delete (unreferenced in any scene, per operator decision):
- TrainingDummy* chain (authoring/spawner/system/components/prefab) + UpgradePickup* chain (authoring/spawner/systems/components/prefab); remove TrainingDummyTag from the 3 live combat queries (AbilityFire/Melee/HealthApplyDamage now key on EnemyTag) and repoint HealthApplyDamageSystemTests to EnemyTag.
- Dead RPC RegionTransitSystem + RegionTransitRequest (no sender, ungated) + its test.
- Heartbeat + HeartbeatSystem (no WorldSystemFilter, ran no-op every tick) + its test.
- BuildSendSystem dead conveyor/pylon dev hooks (s_ConveyorDir, [/] rotation, Place{Pylon,Harvester,Conveyor} statics).
- Deprecated CyclePhase alias consts (Expedition/Defend/Build/*Ticks); repoint WaveSystemTests to Siege/Calm.
- Unread FeelConfig fields (HitFlashDurationMs, RumbleHeavy) + dangling HudUi doc-comments + stale crefs.

451/451 EditMode tests pass. CLAUDE.md HeartbeatSystemTests example ref to be repointed in B7.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 23:16:53 -07:00
kronic 8baf98622f Phase 1.5 stabilize: restore swallowed [RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod] - harvest feedback slice was silently dead
The 07-07 knob edit to WorldFeelConfig replaced the attribute line above
ResetDefaults(), so Enabled/ChipBurstCount/Node* all stayed C# defaults and
NodeFeedbackSystem + WorldFeedbackSystem chips/SFX/micro-punch never ran.
Live-verified: root PTM 0.783 -> child LTW 1.723 (= 2.2 x 0.783), 455/455.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 21:38:09 -07:00
kronic cc2e7ad95e Polishes 2026-07-07 20:51:18 -07:00
kronic eeaf8a4247 Pronounced combat animation: 3-swing sword combo, per-class specials, sword in hand
BLENDER (5 new/re-authored clips, all full-body, mirrored-left-arm axes
FIXED - Synty L shoulders mirror X/twist vs R, verified by axis probes):
- A_Swing_R2L / A_Swing_L2R (0.47s): horizontal slash + backhand with real
  anticipation (torso wound 25 deg), 2-frame strikes, follow-through past
  the target.
- A_Swing_Finisher (0.60s): overhead crash with a crouch drop into impact.
- A_Special_Slam (0.53s): two-handed ground slam - the Warrior cone finally
  LOOKS like a cone attack.
- A_Fire_OneHand re-authored punchier (cock -> full-extension thrust with
  torso commit -> recoil kick).
Export lesson: Blender 4.4 slotted actions - reassigning animation_data.
action does NOT bind the slot; force animation_data.action_slot before
export/render or you bake a stale pose.

CONTROLLER: MeleeSwing (one clip for everything) replaced by Swing1/2/3
keyed on new ComboStep int param (replicated MeleeCombo.Step); Fire gated
!IsCone (Ranger shot), new SpecialSlam state on IsFiring+IsCone (Warrior).

DRIVE SYSTEM: writes ComboStep from the replicated combo step and IsCone
from the replicated AbilityRef -> AbilityDatabase blob archetype (works for
remote teammates too).

SWORD: SM_Wep_Sword_01 (SciFiSpace - same pack/atlas as the soldier) as a
mesh-sub-asset child of Hand_R, grip rot (90,0,0) tuned live against the
running entity. Required RigDefinitionAuthoring boneEntityStrippingMode
Automatic -> None so the hand bone entity exists + is posed (stripped bones
never animate attachments). Play-verified: the energy blade rides the fist.

456/456 EditMode.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 21:18:07 -07:00
kronic b7db292987 Blender-authored clips: real death fall, fire thrust, dash lean, hit-react (Phase 1 anim triage)
Four clips authored programmatically in Blender on the PolygonSyntyCharacter
skeleton (full-body keys per pose, numeric world-space verification of the
fall: hips 0.88->0.14m) and exported per-action FBX (Key All Bones, Force
Start/End Keying, FBX Units Scale). Imported as HUMANOID - the project's
pipeline is Human rigs (CharactersAvatar isHuman=true; CLAUDE.md's 'Generic'
note was stale), so muscle-space retargeting plays these on the player AND
every monster rig with zero bone-path matching. CopyFromOther failed on the
Blender-added 'Armature' node (hierarchy mismatch) -> CreateFromThisModel;
root motion fully baked into pose (the CC owns the transform).

- A_Death_FallBack (0.90s = exactly the 54-tick corpse window): recoil ->
  fall -> flat on the back -> settle. Wired as the Death state on BOTH
  controllers, replacing the crouch-idle placeholder.
- A_Fire_OneHand (0.4s): new IsFiring param + Fire state on the player
  controller; PlayerAnimationDriveSystem routes FireActive to it (melee owns
  IsAttacking again).
- A_Dash_Lean (0.33s): new IsDashing param + Dash state; driven from the
  local player's predicted DashState window (not replicated -> remotes skip).
- A_HitReact (0.27s): imported + avatar'd, wiring deferred (needs a
  replicated hit-tick source; body flash covers the read today).

456/456 EditMode; Play-validated: forced IsDead renders the soldier flat on
the ground in-game (Blender->FBX->Humanoid->Rukhanka chain proven), Fire
state enters and plays; console clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 20:44:21 -07:00
kronic ea108e48e4 Phase 1 B1/B2/B4-B7: separation, poise, boss lunge, party HP scale, run-failed banner, fire anim
B1 SEPARATION: pairwise soft-collision pass INSIDE EnemyAISystem (sole
enemy-Position writer preserved; O(n^2) fine at MaxAlive<=14). Knocked/
lunging enemies keep committed motion but still push neighbours; the boss is
never pushed; enemies yield a small personal radius around players (below
melee range per review B1-1); displacement goes through the swept move so
nothing shoves through walls. SeparationMaxSpeed = live knob.

B2 POISE: the windup-cancel lived in the knockback CONTINUE branches (grunt/
charger/spitter). Threshold on the EXISTING KnockbackState.Speed channel:
light melee (6) nudges without interrupting; the finisher (10.8) and cone
(8) stagger as before. StaggerKnockbackSpeed = live knob (default 7).

B4 BOSS LUNGE: a telegraphed gap-closer on its own cooldown when the target
sits outside slam reach (repositioning - the slam stays the damage beat).
BossState.PendingAttack (server-only byte) disambiguates the shared windup
elapse (review-confirmed: naive reuse would SLAM on a lunge elapse);
LungeState.UntilTick spans windup+travel so the existing IsLunging ghost bit
replicates the tell, and the client draws a travel wedge instead of the slam
ring while it is set.

B5 PARTY HP SCALE: boss Health x(1 + 0.75/extra LIVING expedition player) at
spawn (not RunParticipant - dead-respawned members park at base). Max is a
GhostField so the bar stays truthful.

B6 RUN-FAILED BANNER: silent wipes used to land players home with zero
explanation. Client detects the (in-run)->Staging edge with a launch-cached
Charge (NEVER Returning - a 1-tick transient that precedes the bank by a
tick) and shows EXPEDITION FAILED for 6 s.

B7 FIRE ANIM: the class ability finally moves the body - a stateless window
from replicated AbilityCooldown.NextFireTick minus derived CooldownTicks
(works for predicted local + interpolated remotes, no cached edges).

456/456 EditMode; live Play smoke: launch -> 5 kills credit the room clear
through the corpse window -> boon window opens -> corpses expire clean, no
exceptions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 18:50:49 -07:00
kronic 3836e9c842 Phase 1 B3: enemies die with a corpse window instead of popping out of existence
Server: HealthApplyDamageSystem marks EnemyTag Dying{UntilTick} (TickUtil.
NonZero, ~54 ticks) on the lethal 0-crossing instead of instant destroy,
zeroes every live cue (replicated AttackWindup, LungeState + IsLunging bit,
KnockbackState), destroys on expiry; plain-world tests keep instant destroy
(no NetworkTime) so the suite's assertions stay meaningful.

Every consumer now ignores corpses (all confirmed entity-count/unfiltered by
the design review): EnemyAISystem all 4 passes, BossAISystem brain + summon
cap, RoomEnemyDirector room-clear + MaxAlive fit, WaveSystem cap + cleared,
CyclePhaseSystem breach wipe + DefendCleared, ThreatDirector timeout cull,
TurretFire targeting, CoreDamage drain, ProjectileDamage snapshot (corpses
are not shields), AbilityFire auto-aim candidates, debug cull + telemetry.
Wipe passes skip Dying to avoid cross-ECB double-destroys.

Client: EnemyAnimationDriveSystem finally drives the controller's IsDead
param (Health.Current<=0 is the replicated death read; corpse locomotion
zeroed); CombatFeedbackSystem moves the kill CRUNCH to the 0-crossing (the
prune-edge timing would land it ~1 s late) - the prune keeps a small
dissolve puff for corpses and the legacy full read for alive-vanish culls.

456/456 EditMode.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 18:34:12 -07:00
kronic a482a9c4ed Phase 1 A/C/D: void room fixed, authored portal + spawn FX, verbs finally taught
SLICE A - rooms become places: ExpeditionBiome duplicated to sub-slot 1
(X+1500) - ground, 205 decor children, rim cliffs, ambience; collider ring +
3 landmark colliders duplicated in the subscene; NEW in-room cover at BOTH
slots (4 collidable rocks each: Environment-layer box colliders in the
subscene + matching Synty rock meshes in Game.unity, placed clear of the
landing point, portal spot, spawn ring and boss spawn). Half of all rooms
previously played on a literal void.

SLICE C - owned FX wired: VFXConfig gains Portal + EnemySpawn slots
(FX_Portal_Round_01 / FX_Dust_Big_01 from PolygonParticleFX); the portal
beacon prefers the authored effect (procedural pillar stays as fallback);
enemies get a spawn-emerge cue on the ghost add-edge (primed-scan guard
skips the connect flood).

SLICE D (teaching) - the two undiscoverable verbs are now taught: dash on
the Move step, class ability + attack on the Rooms step (scheme-aware
glyphs); How-to-Play Controls adds Class ability + Dash rows and fixes the
wrong RT glyph; Loop step 1 mentions class pick + prep; the stale '50
starting Ore' now interpolates Tuning.StartingOre.

456/456 EditMode.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 12:45:25 -07:00
kronic 7c1fee097e Phase 0 stabilize: lifecycle-aware banner, RoomExplore location line, grounded crate + beacon, tamed beacon HDR
- The center-top phase banner read the CyclePhase label ("AT BASE") inside
  expedition rooms - now shows ON EXPEDITION whenever a run is past Staging.
- The location-line switch had no RoomExplore case, so "choose your boon"
  stuck through the whole loot window - added the portal-steer line.
- Storage crate floated 1u: GridOrigin.y=1 is the CC capsule-CENTER plane;
  CellToWorld returns it, and the crate's mesh pivot is at its base (Turret/
  Wall pivots are centered, which is why structures look grounded). The
  container now sits on the terrain; same grounding for the portal beacon,
  whose pos.y was the capsule plane too.
- Beacon HDR 2.6/3.4 bloomed into a white egg that swallowed the prompt -
  tamed to 1.2/1.55 + slimmed the pillar.

456/456 EditMode before and after; Play smoke: crate at y=0, banner correct
at Staging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 12:26:19 -07:00
kronic 274cf3b791 Portal made visible: cyan beacon pillar + always-on RoomExplore steer prompt (DR-046 follow-up)
The room-exit portal was invisible in the first playtest - players loitered
out the 30s ExploreGrace timeout. Adds RegionMath.ExpeditionPortalPos as the
single client-derivable portal-position authority (HUD prompt + beacon can't
drift), a pooled breathing HDR pillar in CombatFeedbackSystem shown only
during RoomExplore, and an in-range/out-of-range two-stage prompt.

Also repairs the comment-swallowed _portalMat initialization (NRE in
OnStartRunning killed ALL combat feedback each session and auto-paused the
editor via Error Pause). 456/456 EditMode.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 12:20:04 -07:00
kronic 304ee8c2a7 Base<->Expedition ties: portal rooms, class-at-base, prep spend + Health.Max, C3/C4/Spitter (DR-046)
Portal-gated rooms: new RunLifecycle.RoomExplore loot window; room+nodes
persist past the last kill; PortalInteractRequest -> server-only PortalCommand
advances (client derives the portal pos). RunDirectorSystem moves teardown off
the InRoom edge, relocates the boss-branch/route-gate into the RoomExplore exit,
and advances an empty expedition immediately (incl. a boss clear).

Class-at-base via a shared ClassSwapUtil (meta-band strip + per-class
MetaTierState replay, so the base RPC and the dev SetClass can't drift);
ClassSelectRequest Staging-gated. Per-run PREP buffs (PrepPurchaseRequest,
PrepCatalog): once-per-run == the row's prep StatModifier band is present,
TotalOf-before-Withdraw atomic, stripped on Returning beside the boon band.

Health.Max promoted to [GhostField] (the one ghost-hash re-bake) so the boss +
floating enemy HP bars read it directly. Feel: melee cone connect-thunk (C3),
hit-stop throttle so a horde wipe can't stutter (C4), Spitter cornered-hold.

456/456 EditMode; two adversarial reviews (pre-code 13-confirmed folded;
post-impl clean bar the RoomExplore boss-clear dead-time, fixed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:37:24 -07:00
kronic 43d7cca2f8 Combat feel: correct boss bar, player hit-flash, dash-to-move, finisher hit-stop
Boss bar reconstructs the true max client-side (Health.Max unreplicated) via
Kind==Charger + expedition-pos filter; boss slam telegraph = a full ground ring
at BossSlamRadius; IsAttacking OR's IsLunging. Player body flash on hurt (distinct
red, jitter-safe threshold). Dash toward movement input when moving else facing.
Warrior cone: muzzle-cue suppressed (cone arc is its cue). Minimal finisher-only
hit-stop (PrototypeCameraRig.Hold, behind FeelConfig flag; never Time.timeScale).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-05 20:21:32 -07:00
kronic c6b7890212 Polishes 2026-07-04 16:57:40 -07:00
kronic 16e396841e Run Re-Do 2026-07-02 20:41:43 -07:00
Luis Gonzalez 29e90a5008 First-run onboarding: contextual coach-marks + How-to-Play card + dev replay toggle
Teaches the deep, interlocking loop — especially the inverted win condition
(you win by CLEARING EXPEDITIONS, not by surviving base sieges; DR-042/DR-043).

- OnboardingSystem: client-only observe-only PresentationSystemGroup overlay
  (own UIDocument @ sortingOrder 60), soft-gated 10-beat coach-mark sequence
  with a world-space ▶ pointer; never mutates sim / never destroys a ghost.
- OnboardingStepMath: pure, unit-tested step machine (snapshot + IsSatisfied +
  scheme-aware prompts + pointer kinds + persisted-mask helpers).
- HowToPlayPanel: tabbed reference card (Controls / The Loop / Build / Threats /
  Win-Lose), reachable from the main menu and the pause overlay.
- Per-client client-local state in GameSettings (TutorialHints + OnboardingMask
  bitmask, additive) — a Join client keeps its own; a host save-wipe never
  re-teaches. Settings toggle + menu "Replay Tutorial".
- Dev "Force Each Launch" toggle (GameSettings.ForceOnboardingEachLaunch):
  SettingsService.Boot wipes the mask + forces hints on in-memory every launch
  so the tutorial always replays fresh.
- HudSystem suppresses its own location hint while onboarding is active
  (single prompt voice), via OnboardingState + [UpdateAfter(OnboardingSystem)].

Validated green: 20/20 EditMode; Play smoke confirmed overlay render, clean
U+25B6 pointer glyph, no system sort-cycle, and the force-wipe end-to-end.

Docs: DR-043 + session log; reusable lesson archived in the build-gotchas note.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-29 14:18:22 -07:00
kronic 8f96b520d6 Deferred feel items: true enemy body hit-flash, co-op remote swing arcs, near-impact strike beep
Clears the three follow-ups deferred by the combat-overhaul pass (c3b53cef2) + the
DR-041 "needs its own ShaderGraph slice" note. All client-only, observe-only presentation
(PresentationSystemGroup; no sim mutation, no [GhostField], no server work).

- Item 1: EnemyHitFlashSystem flashes the ACTUAL enemy body by driving the stock
  Entities-Graphics URPMaterialPropertyBaseColor override on the Rukhanka render-entity
  LEG children (root has no MaterialMeshInfo) -- NO ShaderGraph edit, no new component type.
  Lerp white->BodyFlashColor on a Health-decrease edge, decay back to white. Verified on
  screen (the AnimatedLitShader honors the per-instance _BaseColor override).
- Item 2: per-remote-player slash-arc pool in CombatFeedbackSystem, edge-detected from the
  replicated MeleeCombo on interpolated teammates (.WithDisabled<GhostOwnerIsLocal>());
  BuildSlashMesh -> BuildSlashInto(mesh,...) refactor; local player keeps _slashMr.
- Item 3: once-per-windup near-impact strike beep folded into the danger-cone loop, gated
  to a resolved local player.
- 9 new FeelConfig knobs (+ ResetDefaults).

390/390 EditMode, clean compile, zero Play exceptions. 3-lens adversarial review
(wf_8a998c6c-af9) -- no critical/major; fixed 4 minors: spurious beep at base origin before
the local player resolves, frozen tint if BodyFlashEnabled toggles off mid-flash, render-child
capture with no recovery, OnDestroy GO symmetry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-27 10:51:58 -07:00