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kronic c3b53cef28 Combat feel pass: enemy hit-flash, melee connect cue, kill pop, gamepad rumble, footsteps, damage-number tiering
Implements the "what's missing" feel backlog from the combat overhaul investigation (wf_c6c87dc5-9c3). All
client-only, observe-only (PresentationSystemGroup), no sim/netcode change, rollback-safe; new FeelConfig knobs
default-stamped on play-enter.

- ENEMY HIT-FLASH (#1 missing): on the enemy Health-decrease edge, a bright body-scaled particle puff in the
  previously-unused FeelConfig.HitFlashColor (via a new EmitColored helper using per-emit startColor) -- the staple
  "I connected" read. (A true material body-flash needs an AnimatedLitShader emission property + Entities Graphics
  MaterialProperty; the puff is the asset-free version.)
- MELEE CONNECT-vs-WHIFF: on the local swing, a client-side MeleeConeMath.InCone overlap over the cached enemy
  snapshot -> immediate connect read (brightens the slash arc, hit-spark at the nearest enemy, a meaty low "thunk"
  SFX, extra FOV punch) before the authoritative server spark arrives. Whiffs stay dim.
- KILL POP: a colored flash burst + rumble on enemy death (on top of the existing burst/shake/FOV).
- GAMEPAD RUMBLE: new RumbleUtil (auto-stopping pulse, gamepad-only, stops on focus-loss, reset on play-enter)
  pulsed on local hit-taken / hit-dealt / kill, gated on AimPresentation.Scheme==Gamepad.
- FOOTSTEPS: edge-detect local locomotion from the position delta -> soft step SFX at a cadence while moving.
- DAMAGE-NUMBER TIERING: SpawnNumber scales font + life by hit magnitude (vs HitStopRefDamage) so heavy hits read.

390/390 EditMode, clean compile + Play (no exceptions; per-frame footstep/rumble-tick paths verified). On-screen
feel is the operator's eyes. Deferred (focused follow-ups): true material body hit-flash (ShaderGraph), co-op
remote-swing rendering, near-impact telegraph beep (clip reserved).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-26 00:09:07 -07:00
kronic ca38c2b16d Melee clarity: the swing-arc now SWEEPS across + ramps per combo step (reads as a directional escalating cleave)
Operator: "the melee ability needs visual clarity, on what it does." The cleave is instant (kept — operator chose
instant + VFX), and the arc already matched the exact cone range/half-angle — but it popped whole then faded
(read as a flash) and all 3 combo steps looked byte-identical.

Client-only, observe-only (PresentationSystemGroup), no sim/netcode change, rollback-safe by construction:
- SWEEP: BuildSlashMesh takes a reveal fraction + sweep sign; UpdateSlash rebuilds the crescent each frame so the
  blade wipes across the arc over the first ~60% of life, then holds + fades. Leading edge is brightest. Sweep
  direction alternates per combo step -> reads as alternating strikes.
- PER-STEP RAMP: TriggerSlash takes step + comboLen; tint/brightness/life ramp per link so the chain visibly
  builds to the warm-HDR finisher (steps were indistinguishable before). Facing is already snapped at the swing
  edge.

Compiles clean, no runtime exceptions (per-frame 33-vert rebuild is negligible). The on-screen feel is the
operator's eyes. Deferred to a feel follow-up (they share the enemy-cache / damage-edge code path): connect-vs-
whiff flash, co-op remote-swing rendering, and enemy hit-flash. Investigation: wf_c6c87dc5-9c3 (melee lane).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 23:13:17 -07:00
kronic 09183cc139 Turrets: 40 Ore + per-base cap of 6 + fit-one-cell textured model (fix cheap/spam/massive/untextured)
Operator: turrets were "super duper cheap", spammable "unlimited", "spaced weirdly", "massive and not textured".
All four were real and independently rooted (placement grid was actually fine).

- Cost: TurretCostOre 10 -> 40 (authoring default + the serialized Gameplay subscene value, which overrides the
  code default). A node yields 30 Ore, so a turret is now ~1.3 nodes instead of 1/3 of one.
- Cap: new Tuning.TurretCap=6, enforced server-authoritatively in BuildPlaceSystem (count live Base turrets while
  building the occupancy set; reject placement at the cap, same-tick-safe). Was unlimited.
- Model: the 1.6x Synty ballista (~5m on a 1m cell, clipping neighbours) scaled to 0.8 to fit one cell; the C5
  BoxCollider shrunk to match (0.8x1.2x0.8, center y 0.6); all 6 sub-renderers swapped off the flat untextured
  teal Mat_StructureOwned_Cyan to the Synty atlas PolygonFantasyKingdom_Mat_01_A (textured). Play-verified
  TurretCost=40 Ore / cap=6 baked; no exceptions.

Also fixes 3 EditMode tests that pinned the old dash knobs (the prior tuning commit changed iframe 12->14 /
cooldown 45->36 but I committed it without re-running tests): DashSystemTests now derives the expected dash speed
from TuningConfig.Defaults() (robust to future tuning) + asserts now+14/+36; TuningConfigTests pins the new
defaults. 390/390 EditMode green.

Investigation: wf_c6c87dc5-9c3 (turret lane). Operator fork: 40 Ore + cap 6 (stricter).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 23:07:57 -07:00
kronic 1b704ca0b9 Combat tuning: lift sluggish chasers toward kiteable band + snappier dash (research-backed)
Deep-research-backed ratios (GDKeys, gamedeveloper.com twin-stick study, Hades/RoR, critpoints i-frames):
enemies should sit ~0.5-0.85x of player move speed (kiteable but pressing), telegraphs >= ~250ms.

- Enemy move speed (on the RIGGED prefabs the directors actually spawn - verified the live ZoneEnemy/Wave
  rosters at runtime: Grunt=EnemyWerewolf, Charger=EnemyChargerMuscle, Spitter=EnemySpitter, Swarmer=
  EnemySwarmerUndead): Grunt 3.0->4.2 (0.70x base), Charger walk 2.6->3.0, Spitter 2.8->3.0. The 0.43-0.50x
  cluster was trivially out-walked by the 6.9 Ranger; lifted to credible pressure while still kiteable.
  Swarmer kept at 6.5 (intentional surround/rush). Telegraph windups unchanged (already research-aligned).
- Dash (live TuningConfig defaults): IFrameWindowTicks 12->14 (0.20->0.23s, covers a reacted telegraph),
  DashCooldownTicks 45->36 (0.75->0.60s, horde-kiter cadence). Dash distance/arc unchanged.

Play-verified the baked rosters: Grunt 4.2 / Charger 3 / Spitter 3 / Swarmer 6.5; dash 14/36. 390/390 EditMode.
All are live-tunable (dash) or one re-bake (enemy speeds). Investigation: wf_c6c87dc5-9c3 (tuning lane).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 22:55:42 -07:00
kronic 3c1b5c44cd Fix: dying on an expedition soft-bricked the player — respawn now resets RegionTag to Base
PlayerRespawnSystem teleported a recovered player to base coords but never reset its server-only RegionTag
(every other region-mover flips RegionTag + Position together). So dying ON an expedition left you at base
still tagged Expedition: GhostRelevancy hid all base ghosts from you, base enemies ignored you, and the
expedition field/zone-director kept counting you as "still out there" (waves never stopped). No self-recovery.

- PlayerRespawnSystem: add RefRW<RegionTag> to the recovery query + set Region=Base alongside the reposition.
- Harden: drop the hard RequireForUpdate<PlayerSpawner> (a transiently-missing spawner could strand dead
  players downed forever) -> TryGetSingleton with a BaseAnchor fallback, early-return only if both are absent.
- PlayerRespawnSystemTests: add RegionTag to the harness + a regression (expedition death -> respawn at base
  with RegionTag reset to Base). 390/390 EditMode.

Investigation: combat-overhaul workflow wf_c6c87dc5-9c3 (death lane). Base-death case was already correct.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 22:44:33 -07:00
kronic bd8458853b DR-042 Phase C (legibility, part 2): walls block enemies (C5) — restore the fortress fantasy
Player-built structures now physically block enemies (husks walked straight through walls before). Dedicated
"Structure" physics layer (slot 9) so the player passes its own walls while enemies are stopped:

- New WorldCollisionConfig.StructureMask, baked from the "Structure" layer in WorldCollisionAuthoring (mirrors
  EnvironmentMask). EnemyAISystem ORs it into the movement sweep filter (CollidesWith = envMask | structMask) —
  no new system, same 1-2 SphereCasts per enemy.
- Wall/Turret/Pylon prefabs get a cell-sized BoxCollider on the Structure layer (Wall's existing one relayered).
- Physics matrix: Default x Structure unchecked, so the kinematic player CC (Default) passes its own walls while
  the enemy's explicit cast still hits them. Despawn frees collision for free (collider dies with the entity).

Play-verified baked filters: StructMask=512; structure colliders BelongsTo=512, CollidesWith=0xFFFFFFFE
(includes Environment for the enemy cast, EXCLUDES bit 0 so the player passes). 389/389 EditMode, no exceptions.
Server-only/static colliders -> deterministic, no client divergence. SaveData stays v5.

Phase C complete (C5-C7). A visual fun-gate (husk stops at wall, player walks through) is the operator's eyes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 21:26:56 -07:00
kronic 419debad74 DR-042 Phase C (legibility, part 1): expedition objective HUD, Aether button, cold-start seed, Biomass sink, palette declutter
Scoping/design-gated (wf_7c5a555e-136). Fixes "the base reads as inert after Phase A":

- C7b objective readout: new replicated ExpeditionObjective{[GhostField] byte State, short Remaining} on the
  untagged CycleDirector ghost (cross-region safe). Sole writer ZoneEnemyDirectorSystem, written ABOVE its
  early-returns (snapshot-above-early-return) so the HUD never freezes stale. Play-verified it replicates
  server->client.
- C7a gate prompt + C7b HUD readout: HudSystem shows "GO TO THE EXPEDITION GATE" / "EXPEDITION IN PROGRESS - N
  remaining" / "CLEARED - return to claim", below the siege/overrun overrides.
- C6a Aether upgrade button: un-gated BuildSendSystem.UpgradeAbility (was #if UNITY_EDITOR); HudSystem adds a
  MenuUi.Button with live affordability tint (the only Aether sink was U-key only).
- C6c cold-start seed: CycleDirectorSpawnSystem seeds Tuning.StartingOre (50) into the ledger on a NEW game only
  (born-correct, pre-Playback), killing the silent turret-before-fabricator deadlock. Play-verified seededOre=50.
- C6b Biomass sink: Wall cost Ore->Biomass (the dead currency now has a home). Play-verified WallCostRes=Biomass.
- C6d palette declutter: hide dead Pylon/Harvester/Conveyor from the build palette + trimmed their dev hotkeys
  (catalog/prefabs stay baked, code-intact per DR-020).

389/389 EditMode + clean netcode Play smoke (ghost re-hash OK, no exceptions). SaveData stays v5.
C5 (walls block enemies) is the remaining Phase C item, sequenced separately.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 21:18:17 -07:00
kronic ed65770cc9 DR-042 Phase A: expedition-driven win — move win-driver off base-siege survival, kill the AFK path
Design-review-gated (wf_ebef4e81-dba, GREEN-WITH-CHANGES). The win-driver moves
from "survive N base sieges" to "clear N expeditions". The review overturned the
literal plan: credit on RETURN, not at the clear edge (clear-edge crediting arms
the undefended final base siege -> uncontestable terminal Loss).

- ExpeditionGateSystem: now the sole production writer of GoalProgress.Charge —
  a clamped +1 per cleared expedition folded into the existing once-per-epoch
  reward block, reusing the LastRewardedEpoch latch (Ore + Charge share fate) +
  a SaveRequest checkpoint. No new latch, no new GhostField, no ordering change.
- CyclePhaseSystem: deleted the survived-siege +1 (the AFK win path). Victory
  latch unchanged; GoalReached still arms the final base siege at cap.
- CycleDirectorAuthoring + CycleDirector.prefab: ScheduleEnabled baked OFF
  (retaliation-only). A serialized prefab bool ignores the C# field initializer,
  so the value is flipped in the prefab, not just the code default.
- Tests: re-pointed CyclePhaseSystemTests + EndgameWinLoseTests survived-siege
  assertions; extended ExpeditionGateRewardTests (+1, no-double-credit, clamp).
  389/389 EditMode green; clean netcode Play smoke (no sort-cycle, Schedule=0).

SaveData stays v5. Docs: DR-042 build record + forks resolved, CLAUDE.md
base-loop line, Backlog (A done).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 20:49:27 -07:00
kronic 03f778085b Docs: loop re-shape to expedition-driven (DR-042) + consolidate; fix enemy health-bar fill
- DR-042 (new): canonical loop re-shape — win-driver moves from base-siege
  survival to expedition clears; blind scheduled siege retired; base siege
  becomes retaliation consequence. Build order A (coherence) -> B (retaliation)
  -> C (legibility) -> D (Slice 4 persistent meta).
- Backlog/Path_to_Fun/Home reconciled to the expedition-driven direction;
  Slice 3 + Combat Depth marked built.
- DR-036 (END-2) flagged superseded-in-part; DR-034 (END-1) repurposed (Core
  is a consequence, not the win-gate); DR-037 forward-pointer to DR-042.
- CombatFeedbackSystem: fix enemy health bar (sprite-less Filled Image ignored
  fillAmount -> size via anchorMax.x).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 20:07:33 -07:00
kronic e32dadbc66 Slice Combat Depth (MC-3 + wiring + review fixes): Spitter aim-line + player-hit punch, rigged enemies, in-band gate (DR-041)
Completes the Combat Depth slice on top of the MC-2 server spine (56cf60cce):

MC-3 impact juice (client, observe-only):
- 7 FeelConfig fields + ResetDefaults; magnitude-scaled player-dealt-hit camera
  PunchFov on the enemy-Health-decrease edge (camera-only hit-stop, never timeScale).
- Spitter Kind==2 aim-LANE telegraph (BuildLaneMesh) — reads baked SpitterState
  client-side, falls back to a fixed length. True freeze + material flash deferred.

Content / wiring:
- SpitterProjectilePrefabAuthoring (the SpitterProjectilePrefab singleton).
- Both directors rebuilt to a 4-entry KIND-INDEXED roster [Grunt,Charger,Spitter,
  Swarmer] + mix/MaxAlive config + the SpitterProjectileConfig singleton in the subscene.
- Real rigged models: EnemySpitter (re-skinned Kaiju, ranged poker) + EnemySwarmerUndead
  (Undead-Werewolf, fast/low-HP); grunt/charger keep Werewolf/ChargerMuscle. EnemySpit =
  ownerless interpolated ghost (no Health, no collider).

Post-impl adversarial review fixes (wf_febdcfdb-665):
- [MED] in-band fire gate: the Spitter committed its telegraph from ANY range (fired while
  advancing from far). Now commits only when sInBand || sCornered (gives CorneredRange a
  real read site) — a Spitter out-of-band holds fire and repositions.
- [LOW] EnemyProjectileDamageSystem early-returns on !ServerTick.IsValid (sibling parity).
- [LOW] EnemyAuthoring bake-time guard: errors if a prefab composes both Charger+Spitter
  (would match zero AI passes -> never move).
- [LOW] tests: Spitter brain fires from Expedition (kills the Base==0 region false-green);
  a direct partition-exclusion test replaces the order-masked claim; added out-of-band +
  cornered negative tests.

388/388 EditMode green + two Play smokes (clean boot, fire, swept-hit, region, server==
client; rigged Kaiju spitter bakes + fires with zero console errors). Accepted as-is
(documented in DR-041): global spit soft-cap, co-op punch attribution.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-24 21:08:59 -07:00
kronic 56cf60cce3 Slice Combat Depth (MC-2): enemy-variety server spine — Spitter, Swarmer, 4-type mix (DR-041)
Adds the server-authoritative mechanics for three new enemy archetypes on top of
the Grunt/Charger base, plus the weighted wave-composition that introduces them:

- Spitter: a ranged Husk variant (SpitterState) that holds a preferred range-band
  (advance/retreat/hold via EnemyAIMath.BandVelocity) and fires a telegraphed,
  dodgeable EnemyProjectile. New server EnemyProjectileMoveSystem (integrate +
  store LastStep) + EnemyProjectileDamageSystem (region-filtered swept hit-test
  rebuilt from LastStep — DR-018 anti-tunnelling; players use HitRadius, structures
  a const radius; at-most-once destroy). Concurrent-spit soft cap, soft-fail retry.
- Swarmer: marker tag + deterministic cluster spawn (1 slot = 1 pack;
  EnemyAIMath.ClusterOffset), MaxAlive counts ENTITIES so a pack defers if it
  won't fit.
- 4-type weighted mix: MixBands -> ZoneEnemyMath.WaveSlots/KindForSlot/
  PackSizeForSlot drives both the expedition director and (fork-4a) the base siege,
  with a mandatory MaxAlive cap. Legacy WaveSize/IsChargerSlot kept + parity-tested.
- Discriminator stays component-presence (no enum in Bursted systems): query-
  partition guards keep each enemy moved by exactly one EnemyAISystem pass
  (sole-Position-writer). EnemyTelegraph.IsCharger -> Kind byte for the client cue.

New authoring (Spitter/Swarmer/EnemyProjectile) + expanded director authorings with
tunable mix/cluster defaults. 13 new EditMode tests (mix composition + legacy parity,
band/cluster math, projectile move + cross-region + swept anti-tunnelling regressions);
full suite green before commit.

Dormant until the prefab/subscene wiring lands (next): the new systems guard on
TryGetSingleton/RequireForUpdate, so with no prefabs wired the new types stay inert.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-24 20:06:56 -07:00
kronic 3109b86d71 Slice 3: Expedition Combat Spine — epoch-seeded zone waves (DR-040)
Reactivate the dormant Expedition region as a procedural combat venue.
v1 loop: walk the gate -> fight an epoch-seeded enemy wave in the
expedition -> clear -> return -> flat Ore reward (once per epoch) ->
escalated retaliation base siege.

- New sim types: ZoneEnemyTag, ZoneEnemyDirector (+ ZoneEnemyPrefab
  buffer), ZoneEnemyState, ZoneEnemyMath (grunt->charger composition
  by epoch). ZoneEnemyDirectorSystem (server, Burst): drip-spawns the
  wave at a deterministic ring under a MaxAlive cap while a player is
  out and the base is Calm; marks ClearedThisEpoch on a real clear.
  [UpdateAfter(ExpeditionFieldSystem)] only (avoids a sort cycle).
- BLOCKER 1: EnemyAISystem region-filters target selection (player +
  structure snapshots gain parallel region lists; no base structures /
  no Core fallback for expedition husks).
- BLOCKER 3: WaveSystem, ThreatDirectorSystem timeout cull, and
  CyclePhaseSystem DefendCleared + Core-breach cull all count/cull
  RegionTag{Base} husks only (the breach cull was caught region-blind
  by the post-impl review: a base breach wiped the live expedition
  wave and spuriously paid the reward).
- BLOCKER 4: reward de-duped via CycleRuntime.LastRewardedEpoch +
  ClearedThisEpoch; ExpeditionGateSystem deposits RewardOre once/epoch.
- ExpeditionFieldSystem teardown also culls zone enemies + region-
  guards the clutter loop. Subscene wired with the director + roster.

368/368 EditMode green + clean netcode Play smoke. Docs: DR-040 ->
built, session log, CLAUDE.md cross-region tag-reaudit rule.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-21 22:58:26 -07:00
kronic a74b761363 Dev tool: switch player class (Warrior/Ranger) at runtime for testing
Editor-only class swap via the existing scalar dev-RPC family (new DebugOp.SetClass): F1/F2 keybind (ClassSwitchHotkeySystem), DebugOverlay '- Class -' buttons, and DebugCommandSendSystem.SetWarrior/SetRanger/SetClass statics. Server (DebugCommandReceiveSystem) swaps class in place on the spawned player: strips+re-seeds the ClassTraits StatModifier seeds, swaps the AbilityRef Fire slot, resets the ability cooldown, and heals a LIVING player to the new max (dead players skip the heal so respawn isn't raced). Server-authoritative + prediction-correct (same buffer-mutation path as GrantUpgrade); wire type unchanged so the RpcCollection hash is unaffected.

ClassTraits gains a shared Seeds core (spawn + swap can't drift), ClassSeedCount, IsClassSeed, a DynamicBuffer AppendSeeds overload, and Reapply. +3 EditMode tests (exact-count round-trip, value-equality fold, boundary/foreign-mod preservation); 351/351 green; Warrior<->Ranger round-trip Play-validated (server+client agree).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 21:23:33 -07:00
kronic 431a7e2ed9 Slice 2: menu class picker (Warrior / Ranger)
MainMenuController gains a 2-class picker that sets WorldLauncher.SelectedClass;
WorldLauncher seeds a ClassSelection singleton into the client world at session start,
which GoInGameClientSystem carries on the spawn RPC. Default Warrior. Completes the
Slice 2 loop: pick a class in the menu -> spawn with its kit. Editor-default boot stays
Warrior (the menu path drives the choice). 348/348.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 00:39:38 -07:00
kronic 0a3a39e3d2 Slice 2 (WIP): WarriorCone ability + class tests; Warrior path validated
Authored the WarriorCone AbilityDefinition (archetype Cone, dmg 22, range 2.2, ~130deg
arc, 22-tick cd) and added it to the gameplay subscene's AbilityDatabase (re-baked).
ClassTraitsTests cover the class->ability mapping + the asymmetric seed folds. 348/348.
Play-validated the Warrior end-to-end, server==client: AbilityRef=WarriorCone, 4 seeds,
eff MaxHP 130 / MoveSpd 5.1 / cone dmg 22 / coneRad 1.13; conns=1 (re-bake handshake
intact); zero runtime errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 00:36:21 -07:00
kronic a7fdd6f71d Slice 2 (WIP): class carrier (GoInGameRequest.ClassId) + Warrior cone archetype
The per-player class travels on GoInGameRequest.ClassId (client reads a ClassSelection
singleton); GoInGameServerSystem seeds the class at spawn via ClassTraits (AbilityRef +
permanent trait StatModifiers on a reserved ClassSourceId; CharacterStatsRef stays Default
so the DRG-asymmetry deltas ride the replicated OwnerSendType.All buffer). AbilityFireSystem
gains the aim-directed Cone archetype: cooldown predicted both worlds, server-only cone
damage to living enemies (same-tick, SourceTick-stamped, like the melee cleave). 345/345.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 00:30:20 -07:00
kronic d9d67c4e78 Slice 2 (WIP): class data layer + melee-augment routing
Foundation for Two Classes (DR-037). New ids (CharacterId.Warrior/Ranger,
AbilityId.WarriorCone, StatTarget.MeleeDamage/MeleeRange); CharacterStatsRef.Id ->
[GhostField] so the owning client folds the right class stats; MeleeComboSystem
folds per-player MeleeDamage/MeleeRange off the replicated StatModifier buffer
(HasBuffer-guarded -> identity without class seeds, so behavior-preserving).
345/345 EditMode. Slice 2 design review + locked forks logged in the session note.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 00:23:56 -07:00
kronic f3eccec524 Slice 1: combat readability + HUD declutter (DR-038)
Four playtest do-now wins:
- Enemy health bars: pooled world-space Canvas, on-damage-sticky + fade,
  always-on <25% HP (CombatFeedbackSystem; no new replication).
- Telegraph fix: new baked client-safe EnemyTelegraph sizes the danger-cone ramp
  per enemy (0->1 ending at impact, fixes the Charger plateau); windup 18->22;
  a windup scale-pulse.
- Build-mode toggle: BuildPaletteState.PaletteOpen hides the palette by default,
  Tab / gamepad-Y toggles, with a discovery chip (HudSystem/BuildSendSystem).
- Charger committed-lunge tell: [GhostEnabledBit] IsLunging derived once/tick from
  LungeState (the Dead idiom); the danger cone persists through the lunge.

345/345 EditMode (+3 IsLunging derive tests); Play-validated: ghost-hash change
did not break the handshake, bake correct (telegraph on all enemies, IsLunging
baked-disabled on the Charger, replicated to client), no runtime errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-17 12:48:08 -07:00
kronic 365d73e82f SL-4: leftover owned-cyan tint + Gameplay prop reposition
Uncommitted residue from the SL-4 visual-cohesion pass, swept up while
cleaning the worktree (unrelated to the 6.5 upgrade):
- Mat_StructureOwned_Cyan: _Color nudged to match _BaseColor (0.11,0.22,0.26)
- Gameplay.unity: a prop transform moved (0,1,8) -> (5.1,2.46,20.7)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-17 00:34:56 -07:00
kronic dc7a86fca4 Upgrade: Unity 6.4.7 -> 6.5.0 (DOTS stack onto unified 6.5)
Editor 6000.4.7f1 -> 6000.5.0f1. DOTS packages leave their independent
1.x/2.x lines for unified 6.5.0 versioning: netcode 1.13.2 -> 6.5.0,
physics 1.4.6 -> 6.5.0, transport 2.7.2 -> 6.5.0, entities/collections/
graphics 6.4.0 -> 6.5.0, mathematics 1.3.3 -> 1.4.0 (burst stays 1.8.29).
URP/ShaderGraph/VFX 17.4 -> 17.5, ugui 2.0 -> 2.5, test-framework 1.6 -> 1.7.
charactercontroller 1.4.2 + local rukhanka 2.9.0 unchanged (resolve on 6.5
via SemVer floor). Includes the URP global-settings + VFX/MPPM/package-manager
ProjectSettings migrations 6.5 wrote on first open.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-17 00:34:33 -07:00
kronic 5de30bd9c7 SL-4: structure cyan-emissive pass (owned faction colour)
Owned structures (Turret/Wall/Fabricator/Pylon) now read cyan-owned via a dedicated Mat_StructureOwned_Cyan (dark desaturated-cyan body + a subtle cyan self-illum below the bloom gate) - replacing the shared PolygonFantasyKingdom atlas + M_Turret so there's no atlas bleed. Tuned dimmer than the Core so the Engine Core stays the single luminance peak. Completes the faction palette: dark ground / cyan owned (Core bright, structures muted) / amber Ore / orange Husks. Edit-mode-instantiated + screenshot-verified. Follow-up (deferred): the research's dark-when-unpowered dynamic (emissive only on active/powered structures) needs a small presentation system reading structure state.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 17:59:06 -07:00
kronic b10605a8c4 SL-4: fix over-dark arena - rebalance lighting for clarity
The first pass crushed readability ('can't see anything'): dark ground x low ambient x dim sun x +12 contrast (clipped everything below midtone to black) x vignette x dark fog. Rebalanced toward legibility while keeping the dark-frontier mood: ColorAdjustments contrast 12->4 (the main fix), post-exposure 0.55->0.85, saturation 0->4; sun 0.9->1.5 cool-white; ambient intensity 0.62->1.0 with lifted cool ambient colors; vignette 0.32->0.20; ground material lifted ~18%->~28% value; fog pushed out (start 18->26, end 42->60); Core beacon range 9->13. Ground, player silhouette, Ore ring and shadows now all read; Core stays the bright cyan peak.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 17:47:40 -07:00
kronic fc27b9ff76 SL-1/SL-4: dark-frontier visual cohesion pass (camera, grade, bullseye)
Research-grounded transform of the base arena from a bright meadow into a dark 'Aether Siege Outpost' reading as a concentric bullseye (Core -> Ore ring -> dark perimeter). Camera (Game.unity): pitch 45->58, FOV 55->44, dist 13->17, lead 1->0.5, follow 8->6, targetH 1.3 (telephoto so Core + arena read together, near-iso enemy spacing). Lighting: sun dimmed+cooled 1.6->0.9, ambient 1.0->0.62 dark-cool, fog Linear 18->42 dark; WorldAtmosphere base darkened. Post-FX (PostFX_Daylight): ACES kept, bloom gated (thr 1.0->1.2 + clamp 10), exposure/contrast up, saturation +6->0, added ShadowsMidtonesHighlights cool-shadow/warm-highlight split, vignette 0.15->0.32. Ground re-tinted dark teal-grey; ~390 meadow-cheer objects cut. Core staged as hero (crystal 14m->4.6m cyan glow + cyan beacon light). Ore ring pulled into the arena (23.5-27m -> 6-11.5m, count 10->12) and recoloured AMBER (new Mat_OreNode_Amber, emissive, no atlas bleed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 14:07:53 -07:00
kronic e94b2948c7 SL-5: retry/quit actions on the END-2 win/loss banner
The terminal banner gains PLAY AGAIN + QUIT TO MENU buttons so a finished run has a clear action (no Esc-hunting). PLAY AGAIN restarts a fresh Single run via WorldLauncher.StartSession (the proven menu lifecycle, no save load); QUIT TO MENU reuses TeardownToMenu (autosave + menu); both self-guard on WorldLauncher.Busy. The button row picks (Position) under the Ignore banner root, matching the build-palette idiom. AimReticleSystem (the sole Cursor.visible writer) keeps the cursor visible while RunOutcome != InProgress so the buttons are clickable regardless of aim state. 342/342 EditMode green. Co-op retry-together stays a cut slice-limit (a client's Play Again starts a solo run). See DR-036.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 13:20:22 -07:00
kronic 04ad707e3b SL-5: distinct final-siege telegraph on the HUD
The client derives the climactic final siege from the replicated Charge>=Target and marks it distinctly: 'FINAL SIEGE INCOMING - Ns' during the cap-reached arming window (vs the generic 'INCURSION'), 'HOLD THE ENGINE - FINAL SIEGE' + intense red during the wave, and a last-stand location line. Pure client presentation (no sim/replication change); 342/342 EditMode green. Serves the END-2 fun-gate (the Engine telegraphs the climax + prompts deliberate prep).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 13:13:29 -07:00
kronic aac1813a93 Tests: END-2 win/lose + final-siege arming + SaveData v5 (342/342 EditMode)
EndgameWinLoseTests: arms-once+enter, Charge clamp, Victory/Loss edges, the END-1 soft-loss regression (normal overrun stays soft), restored-Victory-no-rearm, SiegeTimeout-not-culling-final, the full ThreatDirector->CyclePhase->GoalReached pipeline (arm-not-stomped-by-scheduler), and FinalSiegeMultiplier override + sub-1 floor. SavePersistenceTests: RunOutcome v5 round-trip + pre-v5 default-to-InProgress. TuningConfigTests: FinalSiegeMultiplier default pin. See DR-036.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 12:38:36 -07:00
kronic 4f0b4e8087 END-2: final siege + latching win/lose (SL-3)
At GoalProgress.Charge>=Target a new server-only GoalReachedSystem arms a larger final siege (x live FinalSiegeMultiplier) and flips RunPhase=FinalDefense; CyclePhaseSystem latches a REPLICATED RunOutcome (Victory on clear / Loss on Core breach) and halts the director. RunOutcome is a [GhostField] byte on the global CycleDirector ghost (the client banner observes it); RunPhase stays server-only. ThreatDirector/CoreRestore/CoreDamage halt once decided; SiegeTimeout is off during the final siege. SaveData v5 persists the outcome so a won/lost run loads finished. GoalProgress.Target 10->4. Completes Path A's spine. See DR-036.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 12:38:21 -07:00
kronic 49cdec3a1e more 2026-06-12 22:21:12 -07:00
kronic 037ff66490 Tests: END-1 Core drain/regen/lose-edge + persistence v4 (330/330 EditMode)
CoreSystemsTests (new): a breaching Husk drains + is consumed; idles at 0;
regen fires once per interval in Calm only; no regen mid-Siege; caps at Max.
CyclePhaseSystemTests: the soft-loss overrun edge ends the siege, drains the
ledger, despawns husks, withholds the goal charge, and resolves once.
StorageMathTests: DrainFraction floors per row, drops zeroed rows, clamps.
SavePersistenceTests: CoreCurrent round-trips at v4; a pre-END-1 save with no
CoreCurrent defaults to 0 (-> born full); the v3->v4 version pin updated.
TuningConfig golden pin extended with the 3 Core defaults.

See DR-034.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-12 21:51:52 -07:00
kronic 60e1e21dd3 END-1: the base can be lost - a losable Engine Core with integrity
Adds CoreIntegrity{[GhostField] Current,Max,OverrunTick} on the GLOBAL
CycleDirector ghost (no new ghost/relevancy). CoreDamageSystem (server,
after EnemyAISystem): a Husk within ~3u of PlotCenter drains + is consumed;
CoreRestoreSystem regenerates only in Calm. The SOFT-loss edge lives inside
CyclePhaseSystem (sole Phase writer): Current<=0 in Siege flips to Calm with
NO goal reward, StorageMath.DrainFraction drains the shared ledger, all Husks
despawn, and OverrunTick is stamped (a transient HUD-flash pulse, not a
latching outcome - the Victory latch is END-2's). EnemyAISystem treats the
Core as a FALLBACK target so an undefended base is overrun instead of idling.
SaveData -> v4 persists CoreCurrent (0 -> born full, the EB-1 HP sentinel);
3 live TuningConfig knobs + a red HUD Core bar. Soft-loss + targeting +
breach-resolution forks operator-locked.

See DR-034.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-12 21:51:43 -07:00
kronic 44da26cdf6 Tests: EB-2 Charge spend + ledger-fed Fabricator (318/318 EditMode)
- TurretFireSystem: seed a Charge pool for existing tests; add soft-fail-when-dry,
  consume-one-Charge-per-shot, two-turrets-share-a-finite-pool.
- FabricatorProductionSystem: ledger-fed withdraw/deposit, two machines split via the
  live in-loop read, and a catch-up affordability-clamp regression pin.

See DR-033.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-12 19:14:58 -07:00
kronic 2da29783fd EB-2: felt spend - turrets burn a shared Charge pool, ledger-fed Fabricator mints it from Ore
Mined Ore now has an ongoing sink: a ledger-fed Fabricator converts Ore->Charge
(1 Ore -> 3 Charge / 30t) and turrets spend Charge per shot, soft-failing (no
shot, no cooldown burn) when the shared pool runs dry.

- ResourceId.Charge=4 rides the existing [GhostField] StorageEntry ledger (no new wire).
- TurretFireSystem: single ledger resolve + atomic spend / soft-fail / partial-refund.
- Fabricator.InputFromLedger (byte, server-only) feeds input from the shared ledger,
  read live in-loop so two machines split a finite pool; both modes deposit to ledger.
- HudSystem: violet Charge chip + global quiet-turret cue when siege && Charge==0.
- StorageMath.TotalOf backs the affordability read; catalog re-enables the Fabricator (4 entries).

See DR-033.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-12 19:14:52 -07:00
kronic 66edbdec69 Tests: EB-1 structure damage/death, fortress targeting, persistence v3
10 new EditMode tests (312 total, all green): HealthApplyDamage destroys a Destructible at 0 + a wounded structure survives clamped; PickWeightedNearest x5 (player-only, structure-preferred-by-weight, player-in-the-way wins, raze undefended base, no targets); persistence (StructureSave.HP round-trip + writes v3, v2 in the load floor, SaveApply.ToPending maps the wounded HP - the staging-copy bug the pre-code review caught); + the StructureAggroWeight default pin. See DR-032.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 23:53:50 -07:00
kronic 73cfe2943d EB-1: machines can die - structures get HP, Husks raze them, wounded base persists
Structures (Turret/Wall/Pylon) reuse the combat spine: authoring bakes Health(GhostField)+DamageEvent buffer+a Destructible tag (no HitRadius -> no friendly projectile fire; no EffectiveCharacterStats -> clamp-to-0). HealthApplyDamageSystem destroys a Destructible at 0 (occupancy auto-frees). EnemyAISystem fortress-targets the weighted-nearest of players+structures via the shared EnemyAIMath.PickWeightedNearest (StructureAggroWeight TuningConfig knob, <1 prefers structures, squared factor; snapshot above the early-return so an undefended base is razed). Persistence v3: per-structure HP threaded through 5 sites (SaveData/PendingStructure/scan-guarded/BaseRestore same-ECB born-correct/WorldLauncher via SaveApply.ToPending); SaveService floor-gate [2,3] loads old saves. Loss feedback: proximity-gated StructureFeedbackSystem; CombatFeedbackSystem suppressed for structures. Pre-code review caught the DamageEvent-buffer crash blocker + 8 majors; post-code review clean. See DR-032.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 23:53:34 -07:00
kronic 11ff043d6a Assets: real Synty models for ore/turret/structures; base-field + schedule wiring
Replace every placeholder-cube ghost prefab with nested Synty (PolygonFantasyKingdom) models: ResourceNode->crystal, Turret->ballista, Wall->spike palisade, Pylon->crystal beacon, Storage->chest, UpgradePickup->gem, BlightClutter->rock chunk (nest as a Model child, strip colliders, reset the [GhostField] root Scale, atlas for bare FBXs). Gameplay subscene: place the BaseFieldSpawner, trim Harvester/Fabricator/Conveyor from the build palette. CycleDirector prefab bakes the schedule siege config. See DR-031.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 15:00:18 -07:00
kronic 096c62862f Tests: base mining field, expedition teardown, schedule siege, melee harvest
8 new EditMode tests (302 total, all green): BaseFieldSpawnSystem (target count + Base/Ore + cadence + top-up), ExpeditionFieldSystem teardown preserves the base field, ThreatDirector schedule arming, and melee harvest routing (base->ledger, expedition->personal inventory) which guards the cross-region leak the post-impl review caught. See DR-031.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 15:00:03 -07:00
kronic e1ed08a803 Economy: base-local mining loop (mine at base, any attack harvests, scheduled sieges)
Consolidate the divorced combat + economy halves into one base-local loop. BaseFieldSpawnSystem tops up RegionTag{Base} Ore nodes around the plot; harvest routes Base->shared ledger and Expedition/untagged->personal inventory for BOTH the projectile (ResourceHarvestSystem) and melee (MeleeComboSystem server-only block, writes Remaining back for VFX). Activate the reserved Schedule source in ThreatDirectorSystem so base sieges arm WITHOUT an expedition trip (the loop-closer: previously zero waves ever attacked a base-only player). Region-filter the ExpeditionFieldSystem teardown so it no longer wipes the permanent base field. HudSystem shows phase-aware loop copy. See DR-031.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 14:59:51 -07:00
kronic 500eebeff8 Camera: smooth the walk look-ahead + pull default zoom in (feel)
The movement look-ahead added its 2.5u lead raw onto the framed point and smoothed only the final camera position, so the lead target snapped with the instantaneous input -- start/stop panned the view and reversing direction swung it ~5u (the jarring walk-shift).

Fix with the genre-standard separate view-position technique: ease a dedicated _leadOffset toward the desired lead via a new gentle LeadSharpness knob, independent of FollowSharpness. Cut the lead magnitude 2.5->1.0 (AimLeadDistance, 0 = fully centred like Diablo/PoE) and pull the default zoom 16->13 (~19% closer). Code defaults + the live Game.unity Main Camera values both updated. See 2026-06-11_Camera_Feel_LookAhead_Zoom.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 12:13:33 -07:00
kronic 1224fd97f8 Fix: attack animation sank the model into the floor (Rukhanka partial-clip collapse)
An attack clip that keys ONLY the Root bone makes Rukhanka collapse every un-keyed bone (Hips/Spine/legs) to identity for the duration of the state -> the body folds halfway into the floor (player MeleeSwing + enemy Attack; writeDefaultValues does NOT prevent it -- confirmed since even a pure yaw, which is height-preserving, still sank). Fix: build the attack clips FROM the full idle pose (every bone keyed) + a Root YAW twist on top, so nothing is un-keyed. Applied to both runtime clips (PlayerMeleeSwing/EnemyAttackWindup) and both editor recipes (PlayerRigTools/EnemyRigTools) so rebuilds stay correct. Operator-verified in Play.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 00:35:39 -07:00
kronic 12a18cc41c Chore: remove + gitignore Assets/_Recovery (Unity auto-recovery scenes)
These are editor crash-recovery scene dumps (not project content) that had been accidentally committed. Removed from the repo + disk and added to .gitignore so future recovery dumps stay out of git.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 23:59:13 -07:00
kronic 913fc45538 Combat: enemy attack telegraph - ground danger cones (MC-4 clarity)
CombatFeedbackSystem.UpdateEnemyDanger paints a red ground danger cone at each enemy while its AttackWindup counts down -- oriented along the enemy facing, sized to EnemyStats.AttackRange, brightening + scaling as the strike nears (intensity = 1 - ticksRemaining/22) so the player reads WHERE + WHEN to dodge. Client-only observe-only; one pooled mesh per winding-up enemy, pruned each frame. Play-verified (14-enemy wave, 8 telegraphs at once, zero errors).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 23:42:45 -07:00
kronic 1b07a6b07f Fix: attack animation collapsed the model into the floor (partial Root clip + WDV)
The procedural attack clips key only the Root bone, but the Attack/MeleeSwing states had writeDefaultValues=true -> a partial (Root-only) clip resets every un-keyed bone (Hips/Spine/legs) to Rukhanka defaults (~identity), collapsing the body into the floor (player + enemy). Root carries the mesh-positioning offset (localPos -0.90, identity rot) while Hips/Spine carry the authored orientation. Fix: writeDefaultValues=false on the attack states (leave un-keyed bones in pose, only lean the Root). Patched both controllers + both recipes (PlayerRigTools/EnemyRigTools) so a rebuild can't regress. Rule: partial bone-subset overlay clips => writeDefaultValues=false.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 23:42:44 -07:00
kronic 0948d49886 Combat: ability archetype byte (MC-6 dispatch spike)
byte Archetype on AbilityDefBlob (AbilityArchetype enum: Projectile/Hitscan/Cone/Aoe), authored on AbilityDefinition + baked in AbilityDatabaseAuthoring, read at dispatch in AbilityFireSystem -- NOT folded through EffectiveAbilityStats/StatRecomputeSystem (static identity, not a tunable stat; MC-4 review BURST-1). All current abilities are Projectile (0) -> zero behaviour change; the dispatch read-point is the de-risk spike for MC-6 hitscan/cone/aoe.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 17:45:33 -07:00
kronic 352bf3322d Combat: melee swing animation + live range slash-arc VFX (MC-4 polish)
Rukhanka swing animation: PlayerRigTools builds a procedural Root-bone PlayerMeleeSwing.anim and adds an IsAttacking param + MeleeSwing state to AC_PlayerTopDown (mirroring the enemy attack recipe -- no authored Synty Generic melee clip exists). PlayerAnimationDriveSystem pulses IsAttacking from the replicated MeleeCombo swing window (local + remote, NetworkTick wrap-safe, re-triggers per chained hit). CombatFeedbackSystem flashes a procedural cone slash-arc mesh matching the LIVE cleave range + half-angle on each swing (finisher wider/warmer) -- the arc IS the range telegraph. Addresses 'range isn't clear + no animation'.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 17:45:33 -07:00
kronic d77649fe16 Tests: MC-4 combo + cone-math EditMode coverage
23 plain-Entities tests: cone predicate (range/bearing/coincident/planar), combo advance/chain-window/lockout/reset/idempotency, movement-commit + SwingStartTick rollback lower-bound, dash precedence (active window + same-tick tie + recovery tail), server cleave (cone select, finisher scaling, knockback, dead-exclusion, client-no-damage), comboLen=2 finisher, two-player co-op cleave, death-clears. 294/294 green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 17:23:10 -07:00
kronic 3409c53148 Combat: MC-4 combo-chain melee as the primary verb (DR-030)
Melee combo (left-click / pad-West) becomes the player's primary verb; the ranged projectile is demoted to right-click / pad-left-trigger. Predicted, owner-replicated combo Step (path-dependent -> [GhostField] anchor + absolute-write idempotency, NOT derived like the dash), server-only cleave mirroring ProjectileDamageSystem (SourceTick-stamped DamageEvent + KnockbackState), dash-cancellable movement-commit, 9 live TuningConfig knobs, and swing juice scaling with the combo step. The MC-6 archetype byte is deferred (the melee is its own verb). See DR-030.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-10 17:22:57 -07:00
kronic 08f16b689f Tuning Knobs 2026-06-10 15:22:30 -07:00
kronic da522efe7a Vault Re-Alignment 2026-06-09 23:26:20 -07:00
kronic 516aacee18 Tests: equipment EditMode coverage (DR-027)
ItemDatabaseBlobTests (inline-mod round-trip on the 2nd item — the nested-BlobArray regression guard); EquipSystemTests (equip sets ability+mod+moves item; unequip reverses + restores DefaultAbility; equip-over swaps; full-bag swap rejected with no loss; non-equippable/absent/unresolvable no-op; strip leaves foreign SourceIds untouched). 236/236 EditMode pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-08 11:09:39 -07:00
kronic 43f355c06b Equipment: weapon-granted abilities + gear mods (DR-027 Phase 1)
Equipment slots reusing the AbilityRef/StatModifier machinery: EquipmentSlot [GhostField] buffer (index=slot), server-only event-driven EquipSystem (RPC). Weapon -> AbilityRef.Id swaps the attack (prefab + base stats, prediction-correct); gear -> StatModifiers tagged a reserved per-slot EquipSourceId, stripped target-agnostically via RemoveBySourceId. Item mods are INLINE on ItemDefBlob (a nested BlobArray reads empty under the by-value TryGetItem copy). Atomic equip-over swap (no item loss); DefaultAbility restores the unarmed ability on weapon-unequip. Client keys + build-safe hooks; HUD equipment panel + click-to-equip. 4 catalog weapon/gear items wired + re-baked.

Play-validated host+client: weapon equip swaps AbilityRef on both worlds, gear folds into EffectiveCharacterStats, unequip reverses + restores DefaultAbility, all replicated to the owner. See DR-027.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-08 11:09:25 -07:00