feat(characters): add modular woodland traveler kit

chore(godot): finalize sky import and project settings
feat(environment): add painterly skies and living meadows
2026-09-05 22:54:54 +02:00 · 2026-09-05 20:40:33 +02:00 · 2026-09-05 20:27:09 +02:00 · 2026-09-05 19:30:46 +02:00 · 2026-09-05 18:56:44 +02:00 · 2026-08-31 00:09:36 +02:00
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@@ -3,11 +3,58 @@
 This repository is a Godot 4.7 simulation prototype. Treat it as a living
 systems project, not a content dump. The expected working style is:

+## Start here and sources of truth
+
+Begin with `docs/README.md`, then follow it to `docs/DEVELOPER_INDEX.md`. The
+developer index is the shortest current map from a feature request to its code,
+focused contract, tests, and known incomplete work.
+
+When sources disagree, use this order:
+
+1. Current code and focused tests establish implemented behavior; they do not
+   silently supersede an architectural decision.
+2. Applicable Accepted records in `docs/decisions/` define durable architecture
+   within their stated scope until another Accepted record explicitly
+   supersedes them. Treat conflicting code as drift to fix or document.
+   `docs/ARCHITECTURE_OVERVIEW.md` is the current ownership/dependency map.
+3. `docs/DEVELOPER_INDEX.md` and the focused architecture/schema guides define
+   the current documented contract.
+4. `docs/LEARNING_ROADMAP.md` defines sequencing, not runtime truth.
+
+Fix the smallest authoritative document after changing behavior. Do not create
+a second implementation in prose or copy the same status table into many docs.
+
+## Codebase discovery with codebase-memory
+
+This repository is indexed as
+`Users-rijadzuzo-dev-private-gamedev-the-steward` in codebase-memory. Treat the
+name as a lookup hint, not proof that the graph is current.
+
+- At session start, after a pull, and after changing branches, call
+  `list_projects` and `index_status`. Confirm the indexed root, branch, and HEAD
+  match the checkout; re-index after a large or external update.
+- Use Verify/Tier 2 evidence by default: `search_graph` to find exact symbols,
+  `trace_path` in the material direction, and `get_code_snippet` for source.
+  Use `get_architecture` only for orientation, not as a substitute for exact
+  code.
+- Check `has_more`/cursors and paginate relevant results. After candidate files
+  are known, call `check_index_coverage` once with every evidence path.
+- A clean coverage result is best-effort, not proof of completeness. Read exact
+  source for partial, skipped, excluded, stale, pending, or unknown ranges.
+- Use `rg` for string literals, resource paths, scene/config files, generated
+  data, and graph coverage gaps. Do not make negative or exhaustive claims from
+  a provisional graph search.
+- Before a refactor, use `detect_changes` or inbound traces to inspect the blast
+  radius. Re-run focused searches after edits rather than relying on this file
+  as a frozen graph dump.
+
 ## Default development loop

 1. Read the relevant roadmap/docs before changing code.
-   - Start with `docs/README.md`.
-   - Use `docs/LEARNING_ROADMAP.md` for the current next item.
+   - Start with `docs/README.md` and `docs/DEVELOPER_INDEX.md`.
+   - Use `docs/DEVELOPER_INDEX.md` for current status and open gaps.
+   - Use `docs/LEARNING_ROADMAP.md` for milestone sequencing and exit tests;
+     reconcile any candidate slice with current code and focused tests.
   - Use focused plans such as `docs/RESOURCE_NODE_MIGRATION.md` only within
     their stated scope.
 2. Inspect the current code and tests before assuming roadmap status is still
@@ -37,7 +84,7 @@ Use the project quality gate for the current platform:
 powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\tools\quality.ps1
 ```

-For changed-file quick checks:
+To narrow formatter/linter scope to changed GDScript files:

 ```bash
 ./tools/quality.sh --changed
@@ -47,18 +94,69 @@ For changed-file quick checks:
 powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\tools\quality.ps1 -Changed
 ```

+`--changed` narrows only the `gdformat` and `gdlint` file set. It still runs the
+Godot import/parser check, every headless scenario, the compatibility-renderer
+scenario, and GUT. Use it only while iterating; run the full current-platform
+gate before every commit.
+
 The quality scripts isolate Godot's user profile under `logs/quality/godot_profile`
 so headless Godot 4.7 can run without crashing when platform user-data paths
 are unavailable. Do not remove that behavior.

 Useful extra checks:

-```powershell
+```bash
 git diff --check
 ```

-If touching `main.tscn` or runtime wiring, also do a direct Godot 4.7 headless
-boot when practical.
+If changing `project.godot`, `main.tscn`, autoload/plugin configuration, scene
+UIDs or node paths, or startup/runtime scene wiring, also run the configured
+main scene with the same Godot 4.7 binary used by the gate:
+
+```bash
+"$GODOT_BIN" --headless --path "$PWD" --quit-after 3
+```
+
+```powershell
+& $env:GODOT_BIN --headless --path (Get-Location).Path --quit-after 3
+```
+
+Set `GODOT_BIN` when the gate auto-detected a binary instead. Inspect output as
+well as exit status, and accept only diagnostics matching the quality gate's
+exact allowlist. Read failures from `logs/quality/latest/`; do not weaken an
+allowlist or skip a failing scenario merely to make the gate green.
+
+## Current codebase map
+
+Keep this map concise; `docs/DEVELOPER_INDEX.md` owns the detailed feature
+matrix and extension workflow.
+
+- `project.godot` starts `main.tscn`. The main scene wires the authored Jajce
+  world, player, `ActiveWorldAdapter`, `SimulationManager`,
+  `SaveSlotController`, `WorldViewManager`, and UI surfaces.
+- `simulation/SimulationManager.gd` is the scene-tree facade and deterministic
+  tick boundary. It advances regional authority before committing the local
+  tick, then coordinates focused systems rather than duplicating their rules.
+- `simulation/actions/`, `simulation/commands/`, and `simulation/economy/` own
+  selection/execution, target resolution, shared player/NPC command contracts,
+  and exact inventory or storage transactions.
+- `simulation/events/`, `simulation/knowledge/`, `simulation/relationships/`,
+  `simulation/opportunities/`, `simulation/situations/`,
+  `simulation/dialogue/`, and `simulation/quests/` turn completed mutations
+  into causal facts and derived player-facing projections.
+- `simulation/state/` owns versioned primitive records;
+  `simulation/definitions/` owns immutable definitions and stable IDs;
+  `simulation/regional/` owns scheduled distant work and caravan authority;
+  `simulation/persistence/` owns combined manifests and safe slot replacement.
+- `world/active_world_adapter.gd` and `world/targets/` own contextual loaded-
+  world discovery, descriptors, capabilities, and transient handles. Resource,
+  storage, activity, and animal nodes are providers bound to simulation state.
+- `world/world_view_manager.gd`, `world/presentation/`, `world/jajce/`,
+  `world/ui/`, and `player/` own input, geometry, navigation, and visible
+  feedback. They submit commands or report facts; they do not author saves.
+- `tests/` contains deterministic headless scenarios and GUT tests;
+  `simulation/benchmark/` and `docs/benchmarks/` contain reproducible workload
+  evidence; `tools/` contains the cross-platform quality gate.

 ## Architecture direction

@@ -73,12 +171,29 @@ Preserve the simulation/presentation boundary.
  `ActionTargetResolver`.
 - Visual movement belongs to `WorldViewManager`/`NpcVisual`; decision and task
  execution belong to the simulation systems.
+- Player and NPC callers use the same commands and capabilities. Revalidate the
+  actor, target, context, range, revision, cost, and permission at execution;
+  mutate atomically before recording facts or deriving projections.
+- Target handles, generation tokens, spatial/population indexes, presentation
+  cues, and reason traces are disposable derived state. Persist stable
+  contextual IDs and primitives, then prove rebuilding derived state preserves
+  decisions and checksums.
+- A local tick may advance only after the regional facade succeeds. Regional
+  work must remain deterministic, bounded, fail-closed, and rollback-safe.
+- When regional authority exists, save and restore must use the combined
+  manifest and remain all-or-nothing. Preserve schema validation, size bounds,
+  restore rollback, temporary-file validation, and the atomic
+  temporary/backup/final replacement path; a failed restore emits no success
+  notification.

 When adding a system, first prove the contract with one real gameplay use case.
 Do not extract generic frameworks before multiple real consumers justify them.

 ## Emergent-world doctrine

+These agent-facing guardrails summarize ADR 0001 and ADR 0002. The Accepted
+records remain authoritative within their stated scopes.
+
 The game world is the source of narrative truth. Dialogue, tasks, quests, and
 visible happenings must arise from ordinary simulation state and events rather
 than maintaining parallel scripted copies.
@@ -134,14 +249,16 @@ behaviour, not as a one-off object. Add a new type through data/definitions
 plus a small behaviour or visual hook, reusing the root for movement,
 presentation, serialization, and lifecycle:

- resources: `ResourceNode` + `ResourceStateRecord` (amount, yield, regrowth);
- creatures: `CreatureVisual` shared movement root (navigate to the
-  authoritative simulation position, report position, death), with per-type
-  visuals built from definitions;
- enemies: `EnemyDefinition` + `SimulationEnemies` registry driving combatant
-  spawns and hostile visuals;
- animals: `AnimalNode` + `AnimalStateRecord` following the same
-  follow-the-authoritative-position contract.
+- resources: immutable resource definitions plus authoritative
+  `ResourceStateRecord`; `ResourceNode` is the loaded provider and visual
+  binding;
+- creatures: `CreatureVisual` is the shared navigation/death presentation root;
+- enemies: `EnemyDefinition`/`SimulationEnemies` provide typed content,
+  `CombatantFactory` and `ConflictSystem` own authoritative instances and
+  lifecycle, and `HostileCombatant` presents them;
+- animals: `AnimalDefinition`, `AnimalStateRecord`, `AnimalFactory`, and
+  `AnimalCareSystem` own content and lifecycle; `AnimalNode` is the loaded
+  interaction/navigation binding.

 A new berry, tree, bear, bandit, boar, or goat should be mostly a definition
 plus a bounded hook — never a new movement/combat/save system.
@@ -159,6 +276,19 @@ Resource additions should preserve:
 Storage uses `StorageNode`. Rest, study, and patrol use `ActivitySite`. Do not
 turn these back into generic marker zones.

+## Vendored dependencies and Godot asset hygiene
+
+- Treat `addons/dialogue_manager`, `addons/gut`, and `addons/terrain_3d` as
+  pinned vendor code. Do not reformat, refactor, or update them unless the task
+  explicitly owns that dependency.
+- Preserve the complete cross-platform Terrain3D payload checked by the quality
+  gate. Do not replace a missing platform binary with a local-only artifact.
+- Preserve `.uid` files, `class_name` locations, resource UIDs, and scene paths
+  when moving Godot scripts or scenes. Use `git mv` for intentional moves and
+  prove them with import plus headless startup.
+- Never commit `.godot/`, `.venv/`, `logs/quality/`, or generated local editor
+  state. Do not hand-edit imported cache files to hide an error.
+
 ## Testing expectations

 Add or update headless scenarios when a change affects:
@@ -169,19 +299,34 @@ Add or update headless scenarios when a change affects:
 - navigation/reachability assumptions;
 - player/NPC parity;
 - deterministic continuation;
+- regional job ordering, rollback, or local/regional tick coordination;
+- combined-manifest save/restore, migration, or atomic slot behavior;
+- event causality, knowledge, situation, dialogue, or quest projections;
 - UI/debug state that represents real simulation facts.

 Keep tests deterministic. Prefer fixed seeds and stable IDs.
+Any persistent-state change requires an explicit schema/migration decision,
+exact validation, checksum and tamper coverage, rollback coverage, and a
+deterministic continuation test.

 ## Documentation expectations

 Update docs when the implemented behavior changes the roadmap, architecture, or
 current contract. Keep updates local:

+- `docs/DEVELOPER_INDEX.md` for the current feature map, extension routes, and
+  deliberately incomplete work;
+- `docs/ARCHITECTURE_OVERVIEW.md` for ownership and dependency boundaries;
+- `docs/PROJECT_CONTEXT.md` only when product intent or active constraints
+  change; dated implementation passages are historical context;
 - `docs/LEARNING_ROADMAP.md` for next-item sequencing and milestone status;
 - `docs/RESOURCE_NODE_MIGRATION.md` for resource-target migration status;
 - `docs/SIMULATION_STATE_SCHEMA.md` for serialized state changes;
 - `docs/SIMULATION_DEFINITIONS.md` for action/profession/ID contracts;
+- `docs/ACTION_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE.md`, `docs/ECONOMIC_EVENTS.md`, and
+  `docs/REGIONAL_SIMULATION.md` for their focused runtime contracts;
+- `docs/FEATURE_*.md` only when the corresponding implementation/extension
+  guide changes;
 - `docs/BUILD_IN_PUBLIC_PLAN.md` for Jajce/demo/readability slices;
 - `docs/decisions/` only for durable architectural decisions.

@@ -190,16 +335,31 @@ trust code/tests first, then update docs.

 ## Git expectations

-Preserve user changes. Check `git status --short` before editing and before
-committing. Do not use destructive cleanup commands unless explicitly asked.
+Preserve user changes. Check `git status --short --branch` before editing and
+before committing, inspect the branch/upstream and recent history, and stage
+only the files owned by the current slice. Do not use destructive cleanup
+commands unless explicitly asked.

-Use conventional commits, for example:
+Every repository commit must use Conventional Commits with an imperative,
+specific summary: `<type>(optional-scope): summary`. Common types are `feat`,
+`fix`, `docs`, `test`, `refactor`, `perf`, `build`, `ci`, `chore`, and `merge`.
+Examples:

 - `feat: validate expanded resource discovery`
 - `fix: stabilize godot 4.7 headless validation`
 - `docs: capture agent workflow`

-Commit only after validation relevant to the change has passed.
+Before committing, review `git diff`, run `git diff --check` and the full
+current-platform quality gate, then review `git diff --cached`. Validation is
+explicit; do not assume a local hook ran it. One coherent vertical slice may
+include its implementation, deterministic tests, required `.uid`/resource
+files, and smallest necessary documentation update. Split unrelated fixes,
+never stage pre-existing user work, and never use `--no-verify` to bypass a
+repository gate.
+
+Do not amend, rebase, drop, or fold user-owned commits unless explicitly asked.
+Do not push implicitly. After committing, report the commit hash and the real
+ahead/behind or remote-sync state.

 ## Product taste

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+
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+
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+# Woodland character kit
+
+Original Blender geometry inspired by the supplied cat-traveler reference:
+broad cheeks, relaxed almond eyes, whiskers, layered clothing, rolled cuffs,
+boots, a scarf, and a travel pack with a bedroll. The reference image is not
+embedded in the assets. Player and NPC visuals use this kit in the main game.
+
+## Try and configure
+
+Run `tools/CharacterWorkshop.tscn` in Godot 4.7 (F6), or:
+
+```bash
+/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --path "$PWD" tools/CharacterWorkshop.tscn
+```
+
+Choose one of six presets, change the parts and proportions, drag the model to
+turn it, scroll over the model to zoom, and enable the walking preview. **Save
+profile** writes a `CharacterAppearanceProfile` `.tres` to the chosen file.
+Assign that resource to `PlayerVisual.appearance` or `NpcVisual.appearance` in
+the Inspector. The player defaults to `profiles/reference_cat.tres`. NPCs with
+no authored override derive their appearance from their stable simulation ID.
+The workshop is a separate authoring scene; it does not modify a game save.
+
+| Control | Available values |
+| --- | --- |
+| Head and tail | Cat, fox, rabbit, badger, otter |
+| Ears | Species default, or any of six ear pairs including lop ears |
+| Height | 0.80–1.15 times the base height |
+| Body fullness | 0–1 Blender `Stout` shape key |
+| Head size / leg length / ear length | 0.88–1.12 / 0.85–1.15 / 0.65–1.20 |
+| Clothing | Open vest, long coat, work tunic with apron |
+| Arms | Relaxed or holding pack straps |
+| Accessories | Scarf, spectacles, beret, brimmed hat, satchel, travel pack |
+| Palette | Fur, muzzle, outfit, shirt, scarf, trousers, leather |
+
+The workshop exposes the four main palette colors. All seven channels are
+editable on the profile resource. Profession tint remains a separate, subtle
+overlay driven by the actual NPC profession.
+
+## Blender source and rebuilding
+
+Open `art/characters/woodland_character_kit.blend`. The visible collection is an
+assembled traveler; the hidden library meshes contain the editable building
+blocks. Unhide a library object to edit it. Torso and wearable meshes have
+`Basis` and `Stout` shape keys. Preview objects are copies of library objects.
+
+```bash
+/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender --background \
+  --python tools/art/build_character_kit.py
+/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --headless --editor --path "$PWD" --import
+```
+
+The reproducible Blender 5.1 generator rebuilds the source, GLB, and triangle
+manifest. Regenerating replaces manual edits to those generated files. Commit
+changes to the generator when they should survive a rebuild. Godot only imports
+the portable GLB; `.gdignore` excludes the Blender authoring directory.
+
+## Mesh and animation contract
+
+`woodland_parts.glb` contains 31 named parts, each with one opaque surface. The
+reference cat uses 10 surfaces and 20,070 base triangles before Godot's generated
+LODs. The GLB is approximately 4.6 MiB. `mesh_budget.json` records each part's
+triangle count, origin and shape-key support. Accessories are optional; only
+selected meshes enter the live scene.
+
+- `AnimalAppearance` caches the imported mesh library once. Characters share
+  `ArrayMesh` resources and have their own shader material and blend-shape
+  weights. No per-frame mesh rebuilding or CPU deformation is performed.
+- Godot Y is up, +Z is forward. The existing body, head, arm, leg and tail node
+  paths remain animation sockets. Ear/glasses attachments follow the head;
+  scarf and bag attachments follow the torso. `Hair` is the optional hat socket.
+- Fullness deforms the torso and worn gear together. Shoulder/hip spacing follows
+  it. Leg length raises the upper body while keeping the soles on the ground.
+  Gait uses configured rest heights; the hiker pose has restrained arm swing.
+- Animation remains the existing rigid-part procedural gait. The kit does not
+  add a skeletal animation library, facial rig, cloth simulation, or physics
+  bodies. Changes to these appearance controls are cosmetic: collision,
+  navigation, interaction reach, authoritative positions, and saves retain
+  their existing contracts. Very unusual mixed parts may need art adjustment.
+- `UV2.x` stores a discrete palette role (0 fixed vertex paint, 1 fur, 2 muzzle,
+  3 outfit, 4 linen, 5 scarf, 6 trousers, 7 leather, 8 fur markings, 9 outfit seams).
+  Preserve both UV layers and vertex colors on export. Do not regenerate UV2
+  lightmap coordinates. `character_cel.gdshader` supplies soft cel bands with
+  no texture sampling, transparency, outline pass, or screen-space effect.
+
+## Verification and review
+
+`tests/character_appearance_test.gd` checks the real imported geometry, palette
+roles, independent morph weights, shared meshes, attachment reuse, all six
+presets, extreme proportions, stable IDs/RNG isolation, gait rest heights, and
+NPC cue clearance. Existing lifecycle scenarios cover profession, inventory,
+death, and save/load behavior. Run the full repository quality gate before a
+commit.
+
+```bash
+./tools/quality.sh
+/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --path "$PWD" \
+  --rendering-driver metal --script tools/capture_character_kit.gd
+/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --path "$PWD" \
+  --rendering-method gl_compatibility --script tools/capture_character_kit.gd
+/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --path "$PWD" \
+  --rendering-driver metal --script tools/capture_character_kit.gd -- --world
+```
+
+The `docs/baselines/character_*.png` images are actual Godot renders. They show
+the traveler, rear pack detail, preset lineup, workshop and main-world placement.
+These local Apple M1 Max checks do not establish a frame-time budget for a
+large crowd or a weaker GPU.
+
+The workshop uses filmic tonemapping with a separately calibrated Compatibility
+exposure to preserve cream-fabric highlights. This only stages the authoring
+preview; the main world retains its existing day/night environment. Metal and
+Compatibility images are separate visual reviews, not a pixel-parity claim.
+The full Godot 4.7 gate passes 61 scenario runs (including 111 character checks)
+and 182 GUT tests / 2,279 assertions. The native workshop controls and profile
+export were also exercised directly.
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+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://world/presentation/CharacterAppearanceProfile.gd" id="1"]
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+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://world/presentation/CharacterAppearanceProfile.gd" id="1"]
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+[resource]
+script = ExtResource("1")
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+height = 0.84
+body_fullness = 0.18
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+spectacles = true
+fur_color = Color(0.76, 0.72, 0.64, 1)
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+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://world/presentation/CharacterAppearanceProfile.gd" id="1"]
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+# Jajce meadow flowers
+
+Original mesh assets built for The Steward. Four small clumps give authored
+meadow drifts a cream, rose, butter-yellow and lavender palette. Each contains
+three stems, folded leaves and opaque petal geometry with painted vertex colors.
+There are no external textures, dependencies, collision shapes or gameplay IDs.
+
+Editable sources live in `art/meadow/`, outside Godot's import tree. Rebuild with
+Blender 5.1 or later:
+
+```sh
+Blender --background --python tools/art/build_meadow_flowers.py
+```
+
+`mesh_budget.json` records exported triangle/surface/file-size counts. Runtime
+`PainterlyMeadow` uses one MultiMesh per species and its own soft-lit wind shader;
+the GLB material preserves the original palette when opened in other tools.
+
+Godot 4.7 Compatibility requires explicit white MultiMesh instance colors when
+the custom instance buffer is enabled. `PainterlyMeadow` supplies that neutral
+color so both Compatibility and Forward+ preserve the painted GLB palette.
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+    "triangles": 180,
+    "surfaces": 1,
+    "flower_stems": 3,
+    "bytes": 19896
+  },
+  "pink_cosmos": {
+    "triangles": 171,
+    "surfaces": 1,
+    "flower_stems": 3,
+    "bytes": 18888
+  },
+  "yellow_buttercup": {
+    "triangles": 153,
+    "surfaces": 1,
+    "flower_stems": 3,
+    "bytes": 16840
+  },
+  "lavender_spire": {
+    "triangles": 360,
+    "surfaces": 1,
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+# Painterly valley assets
+
+Original broadleaf and evergreen meshes created in Blender for The Steward.
+Scalloped crowns, painted vertex variation, crooked forks and root flares replace
+the primitive tree silhouettes. Editable sources are in `art/painterly/`;
+`.gdignore` keeps Blender outside Godot's runtime import dependencies. The two
+portable GLBs use opaque geometry without textures or alpha cards.
+
+## Rebuild and mesh budget
+
+From the project root, using Blender 5.1 and Godot 4.7:
+
+```sh
+"$BLENDER_BIN" --background --python tools/art/build_painterly_trees.py
+"$GODOT_BIN" --headless --editor --path "$PWD" --import
+```
+
+Use the isolated Godot profile configured by `tools/quality.sh` for headless
+validation. Runtime consumes the GLBs directly; no mesh-extraction step is
+needed. Preserve their `.import` files when updating exports.
+
+| Geometry | Triangles | Surfaces |
+| --- | ---: | ---: |
+| Shared broadleaf crown | 1,236 | 1 |
+| Joined broadleaf trunk, forks and roots | 406 | 1 |
+| Complete broadleaf: four crowns plus trunk | 5,350 | 5 |
+| Complete conifer: boughs plus trunk | 1,580 | 2 |
+
+`tree_mesh_budget.json` records these export counts. The broadleaf GLB is
+45,676 bytes; the conifer GLB is 40,836 bytes and stands 3.10 m before placement
+scaling. A separate temporary rebuild with Blender 5.1.2 produced byte-identical
+copies of both GLBs and the budget JSON. This establishes generator
+reproducibility with that Blender version, not identical `.blend` serialization
+across versions.
+
+`StylizedTree` shares imported meshes and isolates crown tint/wind materials.
+Its four direct `Canopy*` children retain the existing thinning and stump
+presentation contract. `PainterlyConifer` shares imported bough/trunk meshes.
+Both use the same world-direction breeze and explicit painted bark colors;
+neither adds simulation state, collision or per-frame GDScript work.
+
+## Painted sky provenance
+
+`painted_sky.png` is an original 1774 × 887 image generated with the built-in
+ImageGen tool, rather than a CLI generator. The prompt asks for a painted
+cumulus panorama with warm ivory cloud tops, cool turquoise cloud shadows and
+a clear blue summer atmosphere. Film references informed the color and mood;
+no external film image was copied into the texture. The exact generation
+prompt is recorded in [sky_prompt.md](sky_prompt.md).
+
+`storybook_sky.gdshader` maps the panorama's horizon at 69% of its height onto
+the upper hemisphere, repeats the painted band twice around the azimuth to
+retain cloud proportions, blends its seam/edge into haze, and follows the existing
+day/night palette. The image supplies the sky backdrop only; it does not paint
+terrain or create volumetric clouds.
+
+Final renderer QA and the complete project quality gate belong to the
+integrated environment review. See the [presentation guide](../../docs/FEATURE_PRESENTATION_PERFORMANCE.md)
+for current verification evidence and remaining hardware limits.
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+# Painted sky provenance
+
+Created for this project with the built-in imagegen tool on 2026-09-05.
+Original output: 1774 × 887 PNG, copied without pixel editing to
+`assets/painterly/painted_sky.png`. The sky shader samples the upper portion
+and blends its horizon into the simulation-driven day/night palette.
+No film frame or downloaded artwork is used as a runtime texture.
+
+## Generation prompt
+
+Use case: stylized-concept. Asset type: original 360-degree panoramic sky
+texture for a Godot game, 2:1 equirectangular landscape, ideally 3072x1536.
+Create ONLY SKY, absolutely no ground, hills, buildings, ocean, objects, text
+or sun disk. Art direction: exquisitely hand-painted Japanese animation
+background, Studio Ghibli inspired summer pastoral fantasy, gouache brush
+texture, saturated clear turquoise-blue atmosphere, towering luminous cumulus
+clouds with creamy warm sunlit edges, intricate scalloped billowing forms,
+pale cyan and slate blue softly painted shadow volumes. Composition is a full
+spherical sky environment texture: upper half of image shows the upward
+hemisphere, zenith at top is mostly deep clean blue, large beautiful cumulus
+towers occupy the upper middle band between y=15% and y=44%, and the horizon
+at exactly image vertical halfway is uniform pale atmospheric aqua. Lower
+half is entirely an unobtrusive smooth pale aqua color gradient, with NO
+landscape. Cloud coverage about 40% of upper hemisphere, generous varied blue
+gaps, asymmetrical naturally spaced cloud masses. Left and right edges must
+wrap seamlessly in color and shape, keep thin strips at far left/right clear
+sky to avoid seam. No photographic cloud noise, no 3D render or vector
+outlines, no flat cartoon circles. Painterly refined layered brushwork like a
+cinematic animated film background, not a flat gradient. Use only original
+cloud shapes; no copied film imagery.
+
+The returned image does not exactly meet the requested resolution or horizon
+position. The runtime shader uses its actual dimensions and remaps the painted
+horizon at 69% image height. Blender mesh assets are deterministic rebuilds;
+this generated image is a pinned art asset, not a deterministic generator output.
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "Canopy": {
+    "triangles": 1236,
+    "surfaces": 1,
+    "vertices": 712
+  },
+  "Trunk": {
+    "triangles": 406,
+    "surfaces": 1,
+    "vertices": 221
+  },
+  "runtime_tree": {
+    "triangles": 5350,
+    "surfaces": 5,
+    "shared_meshes": 2
+  },
+  "glb_bytes": 45676,
+  "conifer": {
+    "triangles": 1580,
+    "surfaces": 2,
+    "height_m": 3.1,
+    "glb_bytes": 40836
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Woodland storybook art
+
+Original Blender models for The Steward's warm, painted animation direction.
+The runtime cast is a fox traveler, rabbit gardener, bespectacled badger and
+otter in oversized coats, scarves, boots and satchels. These are original
+characters, not models of existing film characters.
+
+`art/storybook/` contains the editable Blender 5.1 sources. Its `.gdignore`
+keeps Blender out of Godot's runtime import dependency chain. This directory
+contains portable GLBs and the extracted grass mesh consumed by Terrain3D.
+
+## Rebuild
+
+From the project root, with Blender and Godot 4.7 installed:
+
+```sh
+"$BLENDER_BIN" --background --python tools/art/build_storybook_assets.py
+"$GODOT_BIN" --headless --editor --path "$PWD" --import
+"$GODOT_BIN" --headless --path "$PWD" --script tools/import_storybook_grass.gd
+```
+
+On macOS the binaries used for this pass were
+`/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender` and
+`/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot`. Headless CI should use the
+isolated profile configured by `tools/quality.sh`.
+
+## Mesh and material contract
+
+- The seven-blade meadow tuft has **35 triangles**, one surface, rooted Y=0,
+  and UV.y=0 at each root / 1 at each tip. Wind and actor bending run on the
+  GPU. The material is opaque and double-sided, with no alpha cards, texture
+  lookups, per-blade nodes, shadow casting, or outline pass.
+- Terrain3D owns the existing nine camera-local emitter cells: 10,404 tuft
+  slots on High, 5,184 on Balanced, hidden and stopped on Low. Terrain masks
+  and distance fading further reduce visible grass. Four scene-derived path
+  clearings collapse blades around the walking strips. Changing density does
+  not alter the terrain, navigation, resource state or collision.
+- Each animal has eight mesh surfaces, **7,884–10,050 triangles** total, and
+  vertex colors. `mesh_budget.json` is emitted by the Blender generator.
+  Vertex alpha is a clothing tint mask; the cel shader never writes ALPHA.
+- `AnimalAppearance` derives NPC species from stable ID modulo four; the
+  player is a fox. It shares imported meshes, creates an isolated material
+  per actor and tints clothing from the existing profession definition.
+  `Body`, `Head`, `Hair`, four limbs and `Tail` preserve the visual controllers'
+  animation slots. Shoulder/hip pivots support the existing velocity-driven
+  gait. Ears, face details, boots and scarves are joined into those surfaces.
+- Inventory sacks, carried logs, profession tools, task glyphs, trust reactions,
+  death and player sword cues remain controlled by their existing state paths.
+  Animal species here is appearance only: no animal simulation classification,
+  RNG calls, saved fields, migration or gameplay mechanics are introduced.
+
+## Review captures
+
+```sh
+"$GODOT_BIN" --path "$PWD" --script tools/capture_storybook.gd -- --cast
+"$GODOT_BIN" --path "$PWD" --script tools/capture_storybook.gd
+```
+
+These require a real renderer. The first writes `storybook_cast.png`; the
+second captures the running main scene at a controlled daytime presentation,
+then writes gameplay/valley PNGs and a small profile sample to `docs/baselines/`.
+It pauses simulation only in the capture process and does not save anything.
+The gameplay camera defaults remain unchanged. The matched environment camera
+can also be captured with `tools/capture_jajce_lookdev.gd -- --hide-debug-labels
+--output=res://docs/baselines/storybook_after.png`.
+
+Profile samples are local wall-frame latency at a static camera with six NPC
+visuals, including vsync. They are not isolated GPU timings or weak-PC proof.
+
+The full macOS quality gate passed on Godot 4.7, including all scenarios,
+Compatibility profile checks and 180 GUT tests / 2,258 assertions. Native
+Metal captures were visually reviewed. The character shader also rendered on
+Compatibility, whose color/tonemapping differs substantially from Metal; the
+approved color reference is `storybook_cast.png` (Metal).
+
+Native Metal shutdown reports one `ParticlesShaderRD` / material Shader RID
+retained at exit. The identical diagnostic was reproduced by importing and
+running untouched commit `6aae41d` in a separate temporary directory. The
+existing headless gate allowlist was not changed. Import/startup diagnostics
+and the baseline comparison are in ignored `logs/quality/storybook-*.log`.
+
+Shader interfaces follow the official [Godot 4.7 spatial shader contract](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.7/tutorials/shaders/shader_reference/spatial_shader.html).
+The exporter uses Blender's [glTF export API](https://docs.blender.org/api/main/bpy.ops.export_scene.html).
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+
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+
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+materials/extract_path=""
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+[remap]
+
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+
+[deps]
+
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+{
+  "fox": {
+    "triangles": 7884,
+    "surfaces": 8,
+    "bytes": 271636
+  },
+  "rabbit": {
+    "triangles": 9060,
+    "surfaces": 8,
+    "bytes": 314636
+  },
+  "badger": {
+    "triangles": 10050,
+    "surfaces": 8,
+    "bytes": 345484
+  },
+  "otter": {
+    "triangles": 9088,
+    "surfaces": 8,
+    "bytes": 314108
+  },
+  "meadow_grass": {
+    "triangles": 35,
+    "surfaces": 1,
+    "bytes": 3648
+  }
+}
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 The long-term direction is one regional simulation containing settlements,
 routes, caravans, named people, aggregate cohorts, and polities. The current
 repository has the regional records, deterministic scheduler, one exact
-caravan transfer service, chunked persistence, and a 20-caravan structural
-benchmark. It does not yet run that regional service as the production
-`SimulationManager` facade or provide a complete market, settlement-growth, or
-kingdom gameplay loop. That distinction is important when extending the game.
+caravan transfer service, a production facade for one inbound Jajce route, a
+combined local/regional save manifest, chunked persistence, and a 20-caravan
+structural benchmark. It does not yet provide a complete market,
+settlement-growth, or kingdom gameplay loop. That distinction is important
+when extending the game.

 ## Start here

@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ kingdom gameplay loop. That distinction is important when extending the game.
 | Add caravans, routes, scheduled work, or regional saves | [Regional simulation and persistence](FEATURE_REGIONAL_SIMULATION_AND_PERSISTENCE.md) | `simulation/regional/`, `simulation/state/*StateRecord.gd` |
 | Add an enemy or animal using an existing behavior | [Entity families](FEATURE_ENTITIES_COMBAT_ANIMALS.md) | `CombatantFactory.gd`, `AnimalFactory.gd`, shared visual roots |
 | Change rendering or support weaker PCs | [Presentation and performance](FEATURE_PRESENTATION_PERFORMANCE.md) | `world/jajce/jajce_world.gd`, `world/presentation/` |
+| Author humanoid animal characters or combine clothing and body shapes | [Modular character kit](../assets/characters/README.md) | `tools/CharacterWorkshop.tscn`, `CharacterAppearanceProfile.gd`, `tools/art/build_character_kit.py` |
 | Change a saved field or migration | [Save schema and migrations](FEATURE_SAVE_SCHEMA_AND_MIGRATIONS.md) | `SimulationStateRecord.gd`, nested state records, `SaveSlotStore.gd` |
 | Add a regression, benchmark, or run the gate | [Testing and benchmarks](FEATURE_TESTING_AND_BENCHMARKS.md) | `tests/`, `tools/`, `docs/benchmarks/` |

@@ -53,9 +55,9 @@ kingdom gameplay loop. That distinction is important when extending the game.
 | Situations/quests | Definition-driven bounded situations, derived progress, journal metadata, commitments and idempotent outcomes | The initial Jajce slice is bounded; it is not a universal objective scripting language |
 | Dialogue | Deterministic semantic `ConversationService`, authored intent/template resources, Dialogue Manager v3 presenter | Dialogue Manager renders planned turns; it is not an authority or save format |
 | Entities | Shared definition → instance/state → presentation contracts for resources, animals, enemies, items, storage | New behavior profiles and genuinely new mechanics still need typed code and tests |
-| Regional kernel | Primitive records, due-job heap, keyed random, analytical updates, caravan proof, chunk/file store | Regional service and 20-caravan trade are currently integration fixtures, not the live Jajce loop |
+| Regional kernel | Primitive records, due-job heap, keyed random, analytical updates, caravan service, production facade, chunk/file store | One authored inbound route is live; the 20-caravan economy remains a structural fixture, not the Jajce market |
 | Presentation | Active-world adapters, context registries, relevance cap of 40, navigation budget of 2/frame, High/Balanced/Low profiles | Hardware frame-time/VRAM evidence is still pending; structural benchmarks are not rendered claims |
-| Persistence | Local save schema v16 with migrations and scope preflight; regional chunk generations with recovery | No save menu/profile system; regional chunk store is not yet the local `SaveSlotStore` backend |
+| Persistence | Combined manifest v1 containing unchanged local schema v16 plus the canonical regional facade; regional chunk generations with recovery | No save menu/profile system; regional chunk/history generations are not yet the `SaveSlotStore` backend |

 ## The authority pipeline

@@ -106,9 +108,10 @@ relationship, or reward that the event claims happened.
 - `simulation/events/`, `knowledge/`, `relationships/`, `situations/`, and
  `dialogue/` — causal history and emergent narrative layers.
 - `simulation/state/` — versioned primitive records and validation.
- `simulation/persistence/` — local quicksave safety.
- `simulation/regional/` — regional records, scheduler, caravan proof, chunk
-  codec, and file generations.
+- `simulation/persistence/` — combined quicksave manifest and atomic slot
+  replacement, plus regional chunk codecs and generations.
+- `simulation/regional/` — production facade, regional records, scheduler,
+  caravan transaction, retention planning, and scale contracts.

 ### Loaded world and presentation

@@ -161,12 +164,11 @@ are used when an existing save is loaded.

 The following are deliberately **not** claimed as complete:

- wire `RegionalCaravanService` into the production regional facade and local
-  save manifest;
+- integrate event retention/rollups/chunked history into one atomic,
+  lazily loaded long-horizon save;
 - run 20 real caravan trades across five settlement economies with atomic
  cargo/stock ledgers;
 - replace local unloaded travel freezes with authoritative route-time work;
- integrate event retention/rollups/chunked history into one long-horizon save;
 - add settlement projects, cohort promotion/demotion, offices, diplomacy,
  armies, campaigns, and aggregate conflict;
 - add visual relevance streaming to the live world view rather than only the
@@ -38,19 +38,92 @@ spawn is a next integration.
 `JajceWorld` owns reversible High, Balanced, and Low presentation profiles with
 instance-local mutable environment/grass resources and viewport-scale ownership.

-| Profile | 3D scale | Shadow distance | Volumetric/glow | Grass |
+| Profile | 3D scale / MSAA | Shadow distance | Volumetric/glow | Grass |
 | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
-| High | authored | authored (currently 180 m) | authored when renderer supports it | authored density/interactors |
-| Balanced (default) | 0.85 cap | 120 m cap | authored ordinary lookdev; unsupported volumetric disabled | reduced spacing/interactors/update rate |
-| Low | 0.70 cap | 80 m, orthogonal | volumetric/glow/adjustment disabled; ordinary fog retained | hidden/stopped, emitters off, shader interactors zero |
+| High | authored / authored 4× | authored (currently 180 m) | authored when renderer supports it | authored density/interactors |
+| Balanced (default) | 0.85 cap / 2× cap | 120 m cap | authored ordinary lookdev; unsupported volumetric disabled | reduced spacing/interactors/update rate |
+| Low | 0.70 cap / off | 80 m, orthogonal | volumetric/glow/adjustment disabled; ordinary fog retained | hidden/stopped, emitters off, shader interactors zero |

 UI remains at native resolution. High/Low switches restore captured authored
 values; viewport scale restoration is guarded by the current quality owner so a
 second world cannot clobber the active owner. Compatibility/mobile feature
 selection never forces unsupported volumetric fog on.

+## Grass trails and bush contact
+
+`GrassInteractionController` samples the existing `grass_interactors` group:
+player, NPCs, hostile creatures and animals. The player keeps one slot; other
+visible actors are ranked by camera distance within the loaded actor container.
+High updates at 0.08 seconds with eight actors; Balanced uses 0.12 seconds and
+four. Low stops updates and immediately releases both grass and bushes.
+
+`FoliageTrailMap` maintains a disposable 128×128 RGBA float texture covering a
+64 m square around the camera. Swept footprints part grass to either side and
+lower its tips; the field recovers over eight seconds after contact. Sparse
+history is clipped to the moving window. The 256 KiB texture is reused with
+[`ImageTexture.update`](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_imagetexture.html#class-imagetexture-method-update),
+at most 3.125 MiB/s of texture data at the High update rate. The vertex shader
+adds one field lookup per grass vertex; there are no blade collision bodies,
+per-blade scripts, render targets or added grass draw calls.
+
+`StylizedBerryPatch` shares the field and contact positions between its leaf
+and berry MultiMeshes. Both bend in world space around the planted bush root,
+including under rotated/scaled parents, and spring back faster than grass.
+The five village berry placeholders now use this same amount-aware presentation
+as the existing riverbank bush. Contact does not change berries, resource
+amounts, navigation, targets or collision geometry.
+
+The controller clears history after `SimulationManager.state_restored`, on
+quality changes and on world disposal. Missing/recreated actors, teleports over
+3 m between samples and update gaps over 0.5 seconds start a new footprint rather
+than a connecting trail. Actor foot height gates deformation so bridge traffic
+does not flatten grass below. Trails are visual only and never enter saves.
+The exported actor, primary actor, foliage and simulation paths can be rebound
+when placing the controller in another loaded scene container.
+
+`tests/foliage_interaction_test.gd` checks sweep direction, recovery, teleport
+rejection, camera movement, world isolation, restore/quality reset, the primary
+actor slot and shared leaf/fruit bindings. Run `tools/capture_foliage.gd` with
+the native renderer for before/contact/trail/recovery images and controller
+timing in `docs/baselines/foliage_*`. That capture freezes simulation and wind, and moves
+the player presentation through the actual meadow, checking the state checksum
+is unchanged. CPU update timing is not a GPU or weak-PC frame-rate guarantee.
+Native Metal and Compatibility both render the effect; existing particle-shader
+shutdown warnings (and four Compatibility texture leaks) also reproduce in the
+untouched pre-art baseline. The headless quality gate retains its exact allowlist.
+
 ## Runtime hot paths already bounded

+The woodland storybook art pass adds portable Blender animal meshes and an
+opaque 35-triangle, seven-blade grass tuft. The existing camera-local grass
+field and quality controls own its instance budget; four loaded path strips
+provide disposable grass-clearance data after material isolation. Animal
+appearance is derived from stable NPC IDs, shares mesh resources, and retains
+profession tint, velocity-driven motion, inventory cues and death through the
+existing presentation controllers. No saved state or navigation changes.
+
+Characters and buildings use soft cel bands; tree crowns retain the shared
+breeze with painted color patches. A painted cloud panorama, cooler
+ambient fill and warm sunlight follow the simulation day/night clock. The
+cloud shader adds no volumetric pass, outline pass or screen-space postprocess.
+See [the asset contract and rebuild commands](../assets/storybook/README.md).
+
+The current humanoid cast uses the [modular woodland character kit](../assets/characters/README.md):
+31 Blender parts, five animal heads, six authored examples and independently
+configurable proportions, outfits and accessories. `CharacterAppearanceProfile`
+resources are cosmetic. Meshes are shared; `Stout` morph weights and palette
+materials are per actor. The reference traveler has 20,070 base triangles across
+10 opaque surfaces; Godot imports LODs. The standalone
+`tools/CharacterWorkshop.tscn` previews and saves profiles. Existing motion,
+profession/inventory/death cues, and shader grass interaction remain owned by
+their existing controllers. The appearance scenario verifies imported parts,
+independent shape weights, stable identity, extreme proportions and cue clearance.
+
+`docs/baselines/storybook_*.png` records the native Metal review. The accompanying
+`storybook_render_metrics.json` records a bounded local 1600×900 static-camera
+sample on Apple M1 Max with six NPCs and High/Balanced/Low settings. Wall-frame
+latency includes vsync and does not close the weak-PC evidence gap below.
+
 - Player interaction and villager inspection probes are throttled/event-driven;
  they no longer rebuild all candidate data every rendered frame.
 - `LoadedResourceSpatialIndex` bounds finite-resource discovery.
@@ -99,3 +172,85 @@ ledger, not brittle cross-machine CI thresholds.

 See [the benchmark ledger](benchmarks/README.md), [regional contract](REGIONAL_SIMULATION.md),
 and [the build-in-public visual plan](BUILD_IN_PUBLIC_PLAN.md).
+
+## Painterly environment pass — September 2026
+
+The reference study highlighted flat cloud bands, primitive tree silhouettes,
+sparse ground cover, opaque green water, and a sun arc offset from daytime
+brightness. The current pass addresses those through shared presentation assets:
+
+- The WorldEnvironment uses cool blue ambient fill, warm sunlight, restrained
+  glow and ordinary aerial fog. The solar arc now peaks at noon and the warm
+  transitions overlap dawn/dusk. An original painted cloud panorama supplies
+  layered cumulus shapes; a static sky shader remaps the artwork, blends its
+  seam/horizon, and tints it from the simulation clock. It adds no TIME-driven
+  cubemap updates or volumetric cloud pass. Generation provenance and the exact
+  prompt are in [the asset guide](../assets/painterly/README.md).
+- Original Blender broadleaf crowns/trunks and layered conifers replace the
+  primitive foliage. Seventeen decorative edge trees form a woodland backdrop.
+  The four village tree placeholders now use `HarvestableTreePresentation`,
+  retaining their existing IDs, amounts, interaction points and resource count.
+  Full/low/depleted state and restored crowns still derive from real amounts.
+- `PainterlyMeadow` creates at most 1,680 decorative flower clumps in four
+  MultiMesh batches, with cream daisies, pink cosmos, buttercups and lavender.
+  Local seeded drifts follow terrain and exclude houses, paths, work sites and
+  resource approach points. High/Balanced/Low expose at most 1,680/1,092/536
+  clumps, with shorter distance fading in cheaper profiles. Flowers share the
+  prevailing breeze; the existing grass and berry contact field remains intact.
+  Explicit white instance colors preserve the painted GLB palette when custom
+  instance data is enabled in Compatibility; native review caught and verified
+  that renderer-specific regression.
+  Flowers have no collision, harvesting, actor-contact deformation or saved
+  state. See [mesh sources and budgets](../assets/meadow/README.md).
+- The blue/turquoise river follows actual centerline terrain heights, keeps
+  level cross-sections, and clips dry edges at the shoreline. The pool and its
+  outlet meet without overlapping coplanar transparent sheets. Broken foam,
+  subtle flowing strokes and painted reflection patches replace the hard ring
+  and featureless surface. These reflections are stylized procedural patches
+  plus ordinary sky specular response, not exact reflected scene geometry,
+  screen-space reflections, refraction or depth sampling. Water obeys scene
+  lighting at night and adds no per-frame scripts.
+- MSAA follows the existing viewport ownership rules: High preserves authored
+  4×, Balanced caps at 2×, and Low disables it. Closing an inactive world cannot
+  overwrite the active world's antialiasing or an external viewport override.
+
+The editable Blender sources live under `art/painterly/` and `art/meadow/`,
+protected by `.gdignore`; runtime consumes portable GLBs. The broadleaf is
+5,350 triangles / five surfaces and the conifer is 1,580 / two. All flower
+clumps together are capped at 362,880 triangles / four surfaces before
+quality and distance reduction. No scene collision, navigation bake, terrain
+heightmap, simulation rule or save schema was changed.
+
+`tools/capture_painterly_environment.gd -- --label=after` captures the running
+main scene with paused simulation, fixed daytime presentation and hidden HUD,
+including the normal gameplay camera, valley, lower village view and night.
+The valley/near-village `painterly_before_*` and `painterly_after_*`
+images are matched cameras; `after_gameplay` fixes the normal rig at its default
+yaw/zoom with mouse input disabled, and `after_vista` is an additional review angle.
+The tool also records static-camera profile samples in
+`painterly_after_metrics.json`; wall-frame latency includes vsync and is not
+isolated GPU time or weak-PC proof. Runtime camera defaults are unchanged.
+
+Remaining visual work is primarily authored terrain/shoreline detail and the
+blockout-like building/fortress forms. This pass improves atmosphere and
+foliage without treating those assets as finished film-quality environments.
+
+Validation for this pass: the full macOS Godot 4.7 gate passed, including all
+headless scenarios, the Compatibility quality scenario, and 182 GUT tests /
+2,279 assertions. Main-scene headless startup passed the gate's existing exact
+diagnostic allowlist. Native Metal daytime/gameplay/valley/night images were
+reviewed at 1600×900, with a separate native Compatibility capture confirming
+colored petals after the instance-buffer fix. The presentation-quality scenario
+also passed with native Compatibility, including white instance-color readback
+(the headless dummy renderer cannot provide that readback).
+The static M1 Max sample reports approximately 16.7 ms
+median wall-frame time in all three profiles; see its JSON for p95, draw calls
+and primitives. This includes vsync and does not establish GPU headroom.
+
+Native renderer shutdown still reports the particle shader/material RID
+retention previously documented in the storybook/foliage pass; the headless
+allowlist was not expanded. Compatibility has different color/tonemapping and
+its existing particle/texture shutdown diagnostics. Metal is the color
+reference for the saved art-review images.
+The native multi-world quality scenario additionally logged a transient macOS
+OpenGL cubemap-unloadable diagnostic; the final main-scene captures did not.
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@

 The regional package is the scale foundation for one authority spanning
 settlements, routes, caravans, named people, aggregate cohorts, and polities.
-It is intentionally additive: the current Jajce `SimulationManager` remains
-the playable local facade while the regional contracts prove deterministic
-unloaded work and conservation in isolation.
+The production `SimulationManager` now owns a bounded regional facade for one
+inbound Jajce route, while the broader regional contracts continue to prove
+deterministic unloaded work and conservation before wider integration.

 ## Regional record model

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ no partial mutation. `to_dictionary()`, `from_dictionary()`, and `checksum()`
 provide deterministic save/restore. The test runs always-loaded, never-loaded,
 and load/unload presentation modes through the same authoritative service.

+`RegionalSimulationFacade` is the first production consumer. It owns one
+authored Travnik-to-Jajce route, advances before each committed local tick, and
+exposes one bounded delivery command. The cargo is a separate catalogued
+`regional_trade_goods` item with no local storage tag, so this proof does not
+shadow or duplicate the pantry and woodpile economy.
+
 ## Chunked persistence

 `RegionalChunkedPersistence` captures the service into a manifest plus fixed
@@ -89,11 +95,20 @@ primitive-tree bounds.

 ## Current integration boundary

-The regional package is not yet the production authority for `main.tscn`:
+`main.tscn` now advances the regional facade and `SaveSlotStore` writes a
+combined `SimulationSaveManifest` containing the unchanged local v16 record
+and canonical regional envelope. Both checksums plus world, seed, location,
+and tick alignment are validated before either authority is restored. Raw
+local v16 slots remain compatible and create an idle regional facade;
+explicit non-Jajce adapter scopes keep writing local v16 until they have a
+matching regional facade. Those scopes cannot dispatch a Jajce delivery, and
+local-only saving fails closed if regional state is no longer reconstructibly
+idle.

- Jajce local saves still use `SaveSlotStore` and `SimulationStateRecord` v16;
- `RegionalCaravanService` is a complete isolated transfer proof, not the live
-  economy's 20-trade scheduler;
+The remaining boundary is intentionally narrow:
+
+- the facade has one callable inbound route, not the live economy's 20-trade
+  market scheduler;
 - event retention/rollups and regional chunk files are not yet one integrated
  long-horizon save transaction;
 - loaded/unloaded local NPC travel still has the old active-visual boundary;
@@ -101,8 +116,8 @@ The regional package is not yet the production authority for `main.tscn`:
  aggregate conflict remain planned.

 Do not create one `SimulationManager` per settlement or caravan. The next
-production step is an explicit regional facade that delegates to these records
-and services, while the active adapter presents only a bounded relevant context.
+production step is to publish retained raw events, daily rollups, and chunked
+regional history as one atomic, lazily loaded transaction behind the facade.

 ## Scale evidence

@@ -64,11 +64,22 @@ catch corruption.

 ## Local file safety

-`SaveSlotStore` validates the complete JSON before replacement, restricts slot
-names and size, preserves a previous file, and can recover a backup after an
-interrupted replacement. `F5`/`F9` use the current quicksave path in `main.tscn`.
-The player transform and presentation-only scene state are intentionally not
-saved.
+`SimulationSaveManifest` v1 combines the unchanged local v16 record and the
+canonical `RegionalSimulationFacade` envelope. It stores an independent
+checksum for each authority and cross-validates world, seed, active location,
+and processed tick. A rejected manifest cannot partially replace local or
+regional state.
+
+`SaveSlotStore` validates the complete manifest before replacement, restricts
+slot names and size, preserves a previous file, and can recover a backup after
+an interrupted replacement. It also accepts existing raw local v16 files and
+bootstraps an idle regional facade at the restored seed and tick. Explicit
+non-Jajce adapter scopes continue writing raw local v16 records until a
+matching regional facade is implemented. This fallback is permitted only while
+the regional facade equals its deterministic idle bootstrap; a local-only save
+fails closed rather than discarding live regional state. `F5`/`F9` use the
+current quicksave path in `main.tscn`. The player transform and presentation-only
+scene state are intentionally not saved.

 ## Regional persistence boundary

@@ -79,9 +90,10 @@ per-file checksums. The file store uses immutable generations, a current
 pointer, recovery scanning, and conservative pruning. Partial active-location
 loads are metadata-only and cannot silently resurrect a removed location.

-This regional codec is not yet the backend for local `SaveSlotStore`. Integrate
-it only after the production regional facade, event retention, and lazy context
-loading have one atomic manifest contract.
+This regional chunk codec is not yet the backend for `SaveSlotStore`. The
+production facade and combined quicksave manifest are complete; retained raw
+events, rollups, chunk generations, and lazy context loading still need one
+atomic long-horizon publication contract.

 ## How to change state safely

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ For a new system, add tests for:

 ## Current evidence and gaps

-The current full suite passes 154/154 tests with 2,047 assertions. Baseline 03
+The current full suite passes 180/180 tests with 2,258 assertions. Baseline 03
 measures 600 full-fidelity data-only NPC/combatant records at about 90.6 ticks/s
 on the reviewed development host. The regional baseline proves the target
 record counts and scheduler parity. Neither measures a complete regional
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # The Steward — Learning and Reusable-Systems Roadmap

-> **Current implementation checkpoint (2026-08-13):** The roadmap below is a
+> **Current implementation checkpoint (2026-08-23):** The roadmap below is a
 > chronological learning record. The current code has completed the authored
 > content/catalog, shared target/command, event/social, situation/dialogue,
 > entity-family, context-scoping, and first regional record/caravan/chunk
-> slices. For a source-based status matrix and the remaining integration work,
+> slices, including one production facade and combined save manifest. For a
+> source-based status matrix and the remaining integration work,
 > start with [`DEVELOPER_INDEX.md`](DEVELOPER_INDEX.md). Do not infer current
 > behavior from an older milestone paragraph when the index or code disagrees.

@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ becomes knowledge, generated semantic dialogue, a journal projection, and an
 event-backed social commitment whose ordinary deposit outcome survives
 save/load. Definition packs now cover reusable items, resources, storage,
 enemies, and animals. Regional records, deterministic scheduled work, bounded
-presentation relevance, and the first authoritative caravan transfer form the
-next world-slice foundation. See
+presentation relevance, and the first authoritative caravan transfer now feed
+one production facade and combined local/regional save boundary. See
 [ADR 0001](decisions/0001-simulation-authority-boundary.md),
 [ADR 0002](decisions/0002-emergent-world-content-and-narrative.md), and the
 [regional simulation contract](REGIONAL_SIMULATION.md).
@@ -1107,6 +1108,12 @@ resolution, and personal request accept/decline.

 Recently completed:

+- `Regional Jajce Facade 13`: `SimulationManager` now advances one authored
+  Travnik-to-Jajce caravan route through the regional service, and an atomic
+  combined manifest preserves both local v16 and regional authority. Separate
+  regional trade goods prevent duplicate pantry/woodpile ownership; tamper,
+  legacy-slot, rollback, conservation, and deterministic continuation
+  regressions define the boundary before broader markets or chunked history.
 - `Jajce Villager Field Note 12`: a separate player-facing note selects the
  nearest loaded living villager and shows live name, action, task state, exact
  target, carried inventory, and a currently matching decision reason. It
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Regional simulation contract

-> **Implementation status (2026-08-13):** The record, scheduler, caravan,
+> **Implementation status (2026-08-23):** The record, scheduler, caravan,
 > chunk, file-generation, relevance, and navigation-budget contracts are
-> implemented and tested. They are still an additive regional package; the
-> playable Jajce `SimulationManager` and `SaveSlotStore` remain the local
-> production authority until the integrations listed at the end land.
+> implemented and tested. `SimulationManager` now owns a production regional
+> facade for one inbound Jajce route, and `SaveSlotStore` persists local and
+> regional authority in one checked manifest. The scale economy and chunked
+> long-horizon history remain separate integrations.

 The regional layer extends the Jajce simulation without multiplying scene-tree
 managers. One authority owns every loaded and unloaded location, settlement,
@@ -38,12 +39,10 @@ validated transactionally before a replacement state is published. Canonical
 serialization sorts record families and IDs, making checksums independent of
 construction order.

-The current local `SimulationStateRecord` remains the v16 Jajce save boundary.
-Regional state is deliberately carried in its own versioned service envelope
-until one playable route consumes it; this avoids placing speculative regional
-fields in every local save. The merge into the production save manifest must
-retain this canonical regional payload rather than copying its fields into
-scene nodes.
+The current local `SimulationStateRecord` remains the unchanged v16 Jajce
+record. `SimulationSaveManifest` v1 combines that record with the canonical
+`RegionalSimulationFacade` envelope and checksums both authorities. Regional
+fields are not copied into local records or scene nodes.

 ## Deterministic work

@@ -92,6 +91,30 @@ never-loaded, and load/unload executions must preserve cargo, headcount, facts,
 arrival tick, queue state, and checksum. Nearby visuals may interpolate route
 progress; they do not report elapsed travel completion.

+## Production facade and combined save
+
+`RegionalSimulationFacade` is now owned by the production `SimulationManager`.
+It bootstraps an authored Travnik-to-Jajce route and advances the same
+`RegionalCaravanService` before each committed local tick. Its bounded public
+command can depart one exact delivery; arrival remains scheduled simulation
+work and does not depend on a loaded caravan visual.
+
+The route transports `regional_trade_goods`, a catalogued item with no local
+storage tag. Jajce starts with no regional stock and Travnik starts with four
+units, so the facade cannot duplicate the playable pantry's food or the
+woodpile's wood. Local and regional event-ID spaces remain deliberately
+separate until an explicit cross-domain history contract exists.
+
+`SimulationSaveManifest` stores exactly the local v16 record, its checksum, the
+regional facade envelope, its checksum, and the manifest schema/version. It
+rejects checksum tampering and mismatched world, seed, active location, or
+tick. Combined restore is transactional across both authorities. Existing raw
+local v16 quicksaves remain loadable and bootstrap an idle regional route at
+the restored seed and tick. Explicit non-Jajce adapter scopes continue to use
+their local v16 boundary until a matching regional facade exists. That fallback
+is allowed only while the regional facade equals its deterministic idle
+bootstrap; Jajce delivery commands are rejected outside the combined scope.
+
 ## Event retention and daily rollups

 `WorldEventRetentionPlanner` is a pure, deterministic query over a complete
@@ -157,14 +180,12 @@ active-world and hardware captures.
 Build in this order, keeping each step behind conservation and continuation
 tests:

-1. make the Jajce route proof callable from the production regional facade and
-   save manifest;
-2. integrate the retention/rollup and chunk codecs as one atomic,
+1. integrate the retention/rollup and chunk codecs as one atomic,
   lazily loaded history transaction;
-3. schedule 20 ordinary caravan trades across five settlement economies;
-4. promote/demote presentation and population fidelity while pinning named and
+2. schedule 20 ordinary caravan trades across five settlement economies;
+3. promote/demote presentation and population fidelity while pinning named and
   causally referenced people;
-5. add data-defined settlement projects, tier promotion, offices, diplomacy,
+4. add data-defined settlement projects, tier promotion, offices, diplomacy,
   armies, campaigns, and aggregate conflict.

 Context-owned world-target registries and the first shared player/NPC activity
@@ -451,12 +451,20 @@ replayed after restore.

 ## Local quicksave boundary

-`SaveSlotStore` writes the existing versioned local JSON record to
-`user://saves/quicksave.json`. It validates the serialized record before
-replacement, limits file size, restricts slot names, preserves the previous
-file during replacement, and can recover that backup if replacement is
-interrupted. Loading parses and validates the complete record before mutating
-the simulation.
+`SaveSlotStore` writes `SimulationSaveManifest` v1 to
+`user://saves/quicksave.json`. The manifest contains the unchanged local v16
+record and canonical regional facade envelope, with an independent checksum
+for each. Restore also requires world, seed, active location, and tick to agree
+across both authorities, and rolls both back if local restoration fails.
+
+The store validates the complete serialized manifest before replacement,
+limits file size, restricts slot names, preserves the previous file during
+replacement, and can recover that backup if replacement is interrupted. Raw
+local v16 quicksaves remain loadable; they bootstrap an idle regional facade
+at the restored seed and tick. Explicit non-Jajce adapter scopes continue
+writing local v16 records until a matching regional facade exists. Local-only
+saving is allowed only while regional state equals its deterministic idle
+bootstrap; otherwise it fails closed rather than discarding authority.

 In `main.tscn`, F5 saves and F9 loads this slot. Restoration rebuilds active NPC
 visuals from authoritative state.
@@ -476,8 +484,8 @@ This phase does not yet provide:
 - persistence of a currently open dialogue UI/turn. Semantic conversation
  history and commitment authority persist, while a balloon is regenerated
  after restore;
- production integration of the regional chunked save manifest, lazy location
-  loading, or aggregate population promotion/persistence;
+- production integration of regional retained/rolled-up chunk history, lazy
+  location loading, or aggregate population promotion/persistence;
 - persistence for the player transform or presentation-only scene state.

 Those features should build on this boundary rather than inventing parallel
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+	"active_trail_texels": 145,
+	"controller_update_p50_ms": 0.307,
+	"controller_update_p95_ms": 0.338,
+	"draw_calls": 582.0,
+	"note": "CPU timing includes scanning, field painting and material uploads; not isolated GPU frame time.",
+	"profile": "High",
+	"renderer": "metal",
+	"resolution": "1600x900",
+	"simulation_checksum_unchanged": true,
+	"trail_texture_bytes": 262144,
+	"workload": "Actual Jajce meadow; 8 nearest actors, player presentation follows an 11 m sweep"
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+	"device": "Apple M1 Max (Apple7)",
+	"renderer": "metal",
+	"resolution": "1600x900",
+	"samples": [
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 825.0,
+			"meadow": {
+				"flower_clump_count": 1680,
+				"multimesh_batch_count": 4,
+				"visible_flower_clump_count": 1680
+			},
+			"msaa_enum": 2,
+			"primitives": 1070038.0,
+			"profile": "high",
+			"render_scale": 1.0,
+			"wall_frame_p50_ms": 16.649,
+			"wall_frame_p95_ms": 17.327
+		},
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 710.0,
+			"meadow": {
+				"flower_clump_count": 1680,
+				"multimesh_batch_count": 4,
+				"visible_flower_clump_count": 1092
+			},
+			"msaa_enum": 1,
+			"primitives": 810830.0,
+			"profile": "balanced",
+			"render_scale": 0.850000023841858,
+			"wall_frame_p50_ms": 16.672,
+			"wall_frame_p95_ms": 17.06
+		},
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 657.0,
+			"meadow": {
+				"flower_clump_count": 1680,
+				"multimesh_batch_count": 4,
+				"visible_flower_clump_count": 536
+			},
+			"msaa_enum": 0,
+			"primitives": 645010.0,
+			"profile": "low",
+			"render_scale": 0.699999988079071,
+			"wall_frame_p50_ms": 16.676,
+			"wall_frame_p95_ms": 17.069
+		}
+	],
+	"workload": "Paused main scene, static valley camera; wall time includes vsync"
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+	"device": "Apple M1 Max",
+	"renderer": "opengl3",
+	"resolution": "1600x900",
+	"samples": [
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 1304.0,
+			"meadow": {
+				"flower_clump_count": 1680,
+				"multimesh_batch_count": 4,
+				"visible_flower_clump_count": 1680
+			},
+			"msaa_enum": 2,
+			"primitives": 1070038.0,
+			"profile": "high",
+			"render_scale": 1.0,
+			"wall_frame_p50_ms": 22.166,
+			"wall_frame_p95_ms": 23.467
+		},
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 1166.0,
+			"meadow": {
+				"flower_clump_count": 1680,
+				"multimesh_batch_count": 4,
+				"visible_flower_clump_count": 1092
+			},
+			"msaa_enum": 1,
+			"primitives": 810758.0,
+			"profile": "balanced",
+			"render_scale": 0.850000023841858,
+			"wall_frame_p50_ms": 17.903,
+			"wall_frame_p95_ms": 26.363
+		},
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 1084.0,
+			"meadow": {
+				"flower_clump_count": 1680,
+				"multimesh_batch_count": 4,
+				"visible_flower_clump_count": 536
+			},
+			"msaa_enum": 0,
+			"primitives": 645010.0,
+			"profile": "low",
+			"render_scale": 0.699999988079071,
+			"wall_frame_p50_ms": 13.533,
+			"wall_frame_p95_ms": 16.623
+		}
+	],
+	"workload": "Paused main scene, static valley camera; wall time includes vsync"
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+	"renderer": "metal",
+	"resolution": "1600x900",
+	"samples": [
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 702.0,
+			"frame_wall_p50_ms": 16.646,
+			"frame_wall_p95_ms": 16.903,
+			"objects": 1114.0,
+			"primitives": 684656.0,
+			"profile": "high"
+		},
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 613.0,
+			"frame_wall_p50_ms": 16.665,
+			"frame_wall_p95_ms": 16.93,
+			"objects": 1031.0,
+			"primitives": 486192.0,
+			"profile": "balanced"
+		},
+		{
+			"active_npcs": 6,
+			"draw_calls": 592.0,
+			"frame_wall_p50_ms": 16.659,
+			"frame_wall_p95_ms": 16.989,
+			"objects": 999.0,
+			"primitives": 377596.0,
+			"profile": "low"
+		}
+	],
+	"workload": "Paused static valley; wall-frame latency includes vsync, not isolated GPU time"
+}
@@ -1,72 +1,7 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=17 format=3]
+[gd_scene load_steps=6 format=3]

 [ext_resource type="Script" path="res://player/player_visual.gd" id="1_visual"]

-[sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_tunic"]
-albedo_color = Color(0.18, 0.46, 0.48, 1)
-roughness = 0.84
-
-[sub_resource type="CylinderMesh" id="Mesh_body"]
-material = SubResource("Material_tunic")
-top_radius = 0.28
-bottom_radius = 0.42
-height = 0.9
-
-[sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_skin"]
-albedo_color = Color(0.84, 0.61, 0.39, 1)
-roughness = 0.88
-
-[sub_resource type="SphereMesh" id="Mesh_head"]
-material = SubResource("Material_skin")
-radius = 0.29
-height = 0.56
-
-[sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_hair"]
-albedo_color = Color(0.2, 0.105, 0.05, 1)
-roughness = 0.92
-
-[sub_resource type="CylinderMesh" id="Mesh_hair"]
-material = SubResource("Material_hair")
-top_radius = 0.24
-bottom_radius = 0.29
-height = 0.18
-
-[sub_resource type="CylinderMesh" id="Mesh_arm"]
-material = SubResource("Material_tunic")
-top_radius = 0.095
-bottom_radius = 0.11
-height = 0.58
-
-[sub_resource type="SphereMesh" id="Mesh_hand"]
-material = SubResource("Material_skin")
-radius = 0.12
-height = 0.22
-
-[sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_pants"]
-albedo_color = Color(0.15, 0.21, 0.24, 1)
-roughness = 0.9
-
-[sub_resource type="CapsuleMesh" id="Mesh_leg"]
-material = SubResource("Material_pants")
-radius = 0.115
-height = 0.62
-
-[sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_boot"]
-albedo_color = Color(0.13, 0.075, 0.04, 1)
-roughness = 0.95
-
-[sub_resource type="BoxMesh" id="Mesh_foot"]
-material = SubResource("Material_boot")
-size = Vector3(0.23, 0.15, 0.36)
-
-[sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_accent"]
-albedo_color = Color(0.86, 0.4, 0.18, 1)
-roughness = 0.82
-
-[sub_resource type="BoxMesh" id="Mesh_scarf"]
-material = SubResource("Material_accent")
-size = Vector3(0.48, 0.1, 0.38)
-
 [sub_resource type="StandardMaterial3D" id="Material_sword"]
 albedo_color = Color(0.72, 0.74, 0.78, 1)
 roughness = 0.32
@@ -85,67 +20,29 @@ top_radius = 0.045
 bottom_radius = 0.045
 height = 0.16

-[sub_resource type="SphereMesh" id="Mesh_satchel"]
-material = SubResource("Material_accent")
-radius = 0.22
-height = 0.34
-
 [node name="PlayerVisual" type="Node3D"]
 script = ExtResource("1_visual")

 [node name="Body" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
 position = Vector3(0, 1.05, 0)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_body")
-
-[node name="Scarf" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
-position = Vector3(0, 1.42, 0.02)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_scarf")

 [node name="Head" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
 position = Vector3(0, 1.68, 0)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_head")

 [node name="Hair" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
 position = Vector3(0, 1.9, -0.015)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_hair")

 [node name="ArmLeft" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
-position = Vector3(-0.39, 1.08, 0)
-rotation = Vector3(0, 0, -0.139626)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_arm")
-
-[node name="Hand" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="ArmLeft"]
-position = Vector3(0, -0.35, 0)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_hand")
+position = Vector3(-0.39, 1.3, 0)

 [node name="ArmRight" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
-position = Vector3(0.39, 1.08, 0)
-rotation = Vector3(0, 0, 0.139626)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_arm")
-
-[node name="Hand" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="ArmRight"]
-position = Vector3(0, -0.35, 0)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_hand")
+position = Vector3(0.39, 1.3, 0)

 [node name="LegLeft" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
-position = Vector3(-0.18, 0.43, 0)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_leg")
-
-[node name="Foot" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="LegLeft"]
-position = Vector3(0, -0.28, 0.09)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_foot")
+position = Vector3(-0.18, 0.61, 0)

 [node name="LegRight" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
-position = Vector3(0.18, 0.43, 0)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_leg")
-
-[node name="Foot" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="LegRight"]
-position = Vector3(0, -0.28, 0.09)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_foot")
-
-[node name="Satchel" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
-position = Vector3(-0.43, 0.87, -0.04)
-mesh = SubResource("Mesh_satchel")
+position = Vector3(0.18, 0.61, 0)

 [node name="Sword" type="Node3D" parent="."]
 position = Vector3(0.52, 1.22, 0.12)
@@ -158,3 +55,6 @@ mesh = SubResource("Mesh_blade")
 [node name="Grip" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="Sword"]
 position = Vector3(0, -0.05, 0)
 mesh = SubResource("Mesh_grip")
+
+[node name="Tail" type="MeshInstance3D" parent="."]
+position = Vector3(0, 0.8, -0.22)
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Rijad Zuzo	4ff8858b19	feat(characters): add modular woodland traveler kit	2026-09-05 22:54:54 +02:00
Rijad Zuzo	70ee6feddf	chore(godot): finalize sky import and project settings	2026-09-05 20:40:33 +02:00
Rijad Zuzo	ec16e2f2ca	feat(environment): add painterly skies and living meadows	2026-09-05 20:27:09 +02:00
Rijad Zuzo	7899d36f03	feat(foliage): add recovering grass trails and bush contact	2026-09-05 19:30:46 +02:00
Rijad Zuzo	da3bed67a0	feat(art): add storybook meadow and woodland villagers	2026-09-05 18:56:44 +02:00
Rijad Zuzo	6aae41d36f	docs: add graph-backed agent guide	2026-08-31 00:09:36 +02:00
Rijad Zuzo	52307f1306	feat: integrate regional caravan persistence	2026-08-23 17:20:41 +02:00