Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/lane/e'

# Conflicts:
#	THREADS.md

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 *.obj
 *.mtl
 
+# Lane E: per-asset verification renders — regenerable, and 3 MB of churn.
+# The tiled tools/blender/contact_sheet.png IS committed; it's the acceptance
+# evidence for §5-E, and it renders deterministically so it never churns.
+tools/blender/thumbs/
+
 # macOS / python noise
 .DS_Store
 __pycache__/

THREADS.md

@@ -177,3 +177,80 @@ Format: `[lane letter] YYYY-MM-DD — note`
     ~7 s — which is how the cloth got proven before M0 existed. Same array both ways, so the two
     harnesses cannot drift. `contracts.js` importing three is no obstacle to that: node imports
     `three.module.js` fine.
+[E] 2026-07-16 — ✅ **A's §2 correction independently confirmed** — I hit the same wall from the asset side
+    before M0 landed: `3D-STORE` is at `~/Documents/Destroyulater/3D-STORE/`, and `character_kit` / `FBX` /
+    `3D=models` / `mixamo-fetch` exist nowhere on this box. My inputs were relocated, not missing, so §5-E
+    is unblocked and done — Lane D's §5-D genuinely isn't. Two lanes hitting this independently is probably
+    the answer to A's open question.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — **§5-E LANDED: 16 GLBs + grass atlas, all from one script.**
+    `blender -b -P tools/blender/build_yard_assets.py` (flags: `--only <name>` / `--no-verify` /
+    `--no-debris`). Proven rather than asserted: 17/17 outputs are byte-identical across two runs; every
+    GLB is re-imported from disk and checked for dims-in-range, tri budget and node-name survival;
+    `contact_sheet.png` renders each beside the 1.7 m ref capsule. Heaviest is garden_bed at 2,580 tris —
+    everything far under the 15 k budget. Machine-readable manifest: `tools/blender/asset_report.json`.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — **NODE CONTRACTS — the names your code queries.** Every empty survives the export;
+    verified in three.js, not just Blender.
+      · trees: `trunk` (trunk+branches, rigid) + `canopy_01..03` as SEPARATE nodes — Lane A, sway the
+        canopies only. `branch_anchor_01..03` empties carry `anchor_type="tree"` + `rating_hint` (thicker
+        limb = higher) for `world.anchors`.
+      · `house_yardside`: `fascia_anchor_01..03` carry `rating_hint=0.35` + `collateral="gutter"`, and the
+        `gutter` node carries `collateral_of="fascia"` — DESIGN.md's "the fascia board is a lie" wired as
+        data, so ripping it takes the gutter with it. Facade only, 9.20 × 1.05 × 2.90 m, no interior.
+      · `sail_post`: exported VERTICAL, `rake_pivot` at the footing, `top_anchor` at the head. Rake is a
+        player decision (DESIGN.md: rake away from the load), so it's a runtime rotation, never baked.
+        **Lane A — this is exactly your 8° rake:** rotate about `rake_pivot` and the footing stays put.
+      · hardware: `shackle`/`carabiner`/`turnbuckle` each keep their failure part as its own node — `pin`
+        (unscrews then shears), `gate` (flutters open), `body` (thread strips) — with `failure_mode`
+        stamped as a custom prop, so a break anim moves just that piece.
+      · `shed_table` → `pickup_anchor` · `ladder_01` → `ladder_base`/`ladder_top` · `gate` → `hinge_axis`.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — `garden_bed` ships all 3 damage states in ONE glb as sibling nodes `plants_full` /
+    `plants_tattered` / `plants_dead` (full visible, rest `hide_render`). Lane A: toggle `.visible`, don't
+    reload — instant swap, no pop-in. Tuft positions are identical across states, so the bed wilts instead
+    of rearranging itself.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — debris in `web/world/models/debris/`, copied verbatim (§0 copies rule) and scale-checked:
+    BlueCrate_v2 0.36×0.36×0.29 · BlackTub_v2 + WhiteTub_v2 0.36×0.54×0.20 · WoodenBin_v2 0.35×0.36×0.31 m
+    — all plausible real-world sizes. Plus `tramp_01_v1.glb` (2.96×2.96×0.78, `mass_hint` 45), because every
+    Australian storm produces exactly one airborne trampoline. **Lane C: glob the dir, don't hardcode
+    names** — §0's `*_v1.glb` rule beats §5-E's "tramp_01.glb" spelling. Grass is a texture, not geometry
+    (§5-E item 9): `models/textures/grass_atlas.png`, 512², 2×2 tufts, alpha — instance billboards off it.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — ⚠️ **LANE A + LANE C, BOUNDING BOXES.** `THREE.Box3.setFromObject(obj)` expands each mesh's
+    LOCAL box by the world matrix, so a node carrying a rotation reports an inflated box — and that box is
+    what three frustum-culls against. Blender's `obj.bound_box` has the identical trap; it cost me an hour
+    chasing phantom failures. Fixed at source: `join_group()` now bakes rotation into the vertices so every
+    local box is axis-aligned and tight. Before the fix, three reported `tramp_01` as 3.29 × 1.27 m against
+    a true 2.96 × 0.78. Default `Box3` is safe on these assets now — but if you ever measure geometry
+    yourself, measure VERTICES, not `bound_box` corners.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — filled in `js/tests/e.test.js` (thanks for the pre-created stub — that was a good call)
+    and landed `tools/assetcheck/` as a standalone version. Loads every GLB through the vendored
+    GLTFLoader and asserts Y-up, scale sanity and node survival. It exists because the Blender round-trip
+    **cannot** catch an axis bug: it exports Z-up→Y-up and imports Y-up→Z-up, so a broken `export_yup`
+    flips back and passes green. Only a native glTF reader can prove it. Green: 16/16, with
+    `branch_anchor_01` at (-0.96, 3.64, -1.46) — height correctly on +Y.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — ⚠️ **LANE A — three lines needed in selftest.html + index.html. Blocks Lane D too.**
+    No page in the repo has an `<script type="importmap">`, and M0 didn't need one: it imports three by
+    relative path (`../vendor/three.module.js`). But EVERY three.js addon imports the **bare specifier
+    `three`**, so the first lane to touch `GLTFLoader` or `SkeletonUtils` gets
+    `Failed to resolve module specifier "three"`. That's me now — and it's **Lane D the moment they load
+    `player_01.glb`**, which is the whole of §5-D. The fix, in `<head>`:
+        <script type="importmap">
+        { "imports": { "three": "./vendor/three.module.js",
+          "three/addons/": "./vendor/addons/" } }
+        </script>
+    I did **not** edit your file (§6 says post the need instead, and you'd asked for selftest.html to stay
+    out of the merge path). `e.test.js` imports GLTFLoader dynamically and `skip`s with that message, so
+    your gate stays green rather than going red over a harness gap — and the suite lights up on its own
+    the moment the importmap lands, no edit from me. Verified behind a temporary local probe first:
+    **36/36 pass** (16 GLBs × scale + node survival, plus anchor world-position and the 3 damage states).
+    Until then the same asserts run in `tools/assetcheck/`, which carries its own importmap.
+
+[E] 2026-07-16 — ❓ open q for Lane A: your yard puts house fascia anchors at y=2.6, but `house_yardside`'s
+    fascia sits at 2.80 (2.90 m ridge), and the facade is 9.20 m against a 30 m north edge. Want me to
+    re-cut it to your numbers, or will you read `fascia_anchor_*` off the GLB when you swap the graybox?
+    Either way it's one constant for me — the script regenerates everything.

tools/assetcheck/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# assets_in_three.html — verify the GLBs in the real consumer
+
+`build_yard_assets.py` already re-imports every GLB into Blender and asserts
+dims, tri budget, and node names. That is necessary but **structurally cannot
+catch an axis error**: Blender exports Z-up→Y-up and imports Y-up→Z-up, so a
+broken `export_yup` flips back on the way in and round-trips green. Only
+something that reads glTF natively can prove the file is right.
+
+This page is that check. It loads each GLB with three.js r175's `GLTFLoader` and
+asserts:
+
+- **Y-up**: a Blender asset measuring `(dx, dy, dz)` must arrive as `(dx, dz, dy)`.
+- **node survival**: `branch_anchor_*`, `fascia_anchor_*`, `plants_*` etc. still
+  exist after the export — glTF has no "empty", anchors arrive as bare
+  `Object3D`, and exporters have been known to prune childless nodes.
+- **anchors are usable**: `branch_anchor_01` resolves to a sane world position
+  with height on +Y.
+
+Expectations are read from `tools/blender/asset_report.json`, so this stays in
+sync with the factory automatically.
+
+## Why it uses the default (non-precise) Box3
+
+`THREE.Box3.setFromObject(obj)` expands each mesh's **local** bounding box by the
+world matrix, so a node carrying a rotation reports an inflated box. That is the
+same trap Blender's `obj.bound_box` sets, and it is what three uses for frustum
+culling. `join_group()` therefore bakes rotation into the vertices so the local
+box is axis-aligned and tight. Passing `precise: true` here would hide exactly
+the regression this page exists to catch — so don't.
+
+Before that fix, three reported `tramp_01` as 3.29 × 1.27 m against a true
+2.96 × 0.78 m.
+
+## Running it
+
+Needs three.js on `/world/vendor/` and the models on `/models/`. Once Lane A's
+`server.py` lands, serve `web/` and this can move next to `selftest.html`
+(Lane A: happy to fold it in — see THREADS).
+
+Until then, the standalone recipe:
+
+```sh
+D=$(mktemp -d) && mkdir -p "$D/world"
+ln -s ~/Documents/90sDJsim/web/world/vendor        "$D/world/vendor"
+ln -s "$PWD/web/world/models"                      "$D/models"
+ln -s "$PWD/tools/blender/asset_report.json"       "$D/asset_report.json"
+cp tools/assetcheck/assets_in_three.html           "$D/index.html"
+python3 -m http.server 8805 --directory "$D"
+# open http://127.0.0.1:8805 — look for "SUMMARY: ALL PASS IN THREE.JS"
+```

tools/assetcheck/assets_in_three.html

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<title>Lane E — GLB check in the real consumer (three.js r175)</title>
+<style>
+  body { background:#14161a; color:#dfe3e8; font:13px/1.5 ui-monospace,Menlo,monospace; padding:16px; }
+  .pass { color:#7fd67f; } .fail { color:#ff6b6b; } h1 { font-size:15px; color:#9fb4c7; }
+</style>
+<h1>GLB verification — loaded by three.js GLTFLoader, not Blender</h1>
+<pre id="out">loading…</pre>
+
+<script type="importmap">
+{ "imports": { "three": "/world/vendor/three.module.js",
+  "three/addons/": "/world/vendor/addons/" } }
+</script>
+<script type="module">
+import * as THREE from 'three';
+import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
+
+const out = document.getElementById('out');
+const log = [];
+const say = (s, cls) => {
+  log.push(s);
+  out.innerHTML += `<span class="${cls || ''}">${s}</span>\n`;
+  console.log(s);
+};
+
+const report = await (await fetch('/asset_report.json')).json();
+const loader = new GLTFLoader();
+let fails = 0;
+
+say(`three.js r${THREE.REVISION}  |  ${report.assets.length} assets\n`);
+
+for (const a of report.assets) {
+  let gltf = null;
+  for (const dir of ['/models/', '/models/debris/']) {
+    try { gltf = await loader.loadAsync(`${dir}${a.name}_v1.glb`); break; } catch (e) {}
+  }
+  if (!gltf) { say(`[FAIL] ${a.name.padEnd(16)} could not load`, 'fail'); fails++; continue; }
+
+  const size = new THREE.Vector3();
+  new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(gltf.scene).getSize(size);
+
+  // The whole point of this page. Blender is Z-up, glTF is Y-up, so a Blender
+  // asset measuring (dx, dy, dz) MUST arrive here as (dx, dz, dy). A Blender
+  // re-import can never catch a broken export_yup — it just flips it back.
+  const [bx, by, bz] = a.dims;
+  const exp = [bx, bz, by];
+  const got = [size.x, size.y, size.z];
+  const axisOk = got.every((v, i) => Math.abs(v - exp[i]) < 0.02);
+
+  const names = [];
+  gltf.scene.traverse(o => names.push(o.name));
+  const missing = a.nodes.filter(n => !names.includes(n));
+
+  const ok = axisOk && missing.length === 0;
+  if (!ok) fails++;
+  say(`[${ok ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL'}] ${a.name.padEnd(16)} ` +
+      `${got.map(v => v.toFixed(2)).join(' x ')} m (Y-up)`, ok ? 'pass' : 'fail');
+  if (!axisOk) say(`        axis/scale: expected ${exp.map(v => v.toFixed(2)).join(' x ')}`, 'fail');
+  if (missing.length) say(`        nodes lost in three.js: ${missing.join(', ')}`, 'fail');
+}
+
+// Empties are the risky part: glTF has no "empty", they arrive as bare Object3D
+// nodes, and exporters have been known to prune childless ones. Anchors ARE the
+// contract, so prove one survives with a usable world position.
+const t = await loader.loadAsync('/models/tree_gum_01_v1.glb');
+const anchor = t.scene.getObjectByName('branch_anchor_01');
+if (anchor) {
+  t.scene.updateWorldMatrix(true, true);
+  const p = new THREE.Vector3().setFromMatrixPosition(anchor.matrixWorld);
+  const upright = p.y > 1.0 && p.y < 6.0;
+  if (!upright) fails++;
+  say(`\n[${upright ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL'}] branch_anchor_01 world pos ` +
+      `(${p.x.toFixed(2)}, ${p.y.toFixed(2)}, ${p.z.toFixed(2)}) — ` +
+      `${upright ? 'height is on +Y, anchors are usable' : 'height is NOT on +Y!'}`,
+      upright ? 'pass' : 'fail');
+} else { fails++; say('\n[FAIL] branch_anchor_01 missing entirely', 'fail'); }
+
+say(`\nSUMMARY: ${fails === 0 ? 'ALL PASS IN THREE.JS' : fails + ' FAILURES'}`,
+    fails === 0 ? 'pass' : 'fail');
+window.__done = true; window.__fails = fails;
+</script>

tools/blender/asset_report.json

@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+{
+  "blender": "5.1.2",
+  "assets": [
+    {
+      "name": "ref_capsule",
+      "dims": [
+        0.4,
+        0.4,
+        1.7
+      ],
+      "tris": 220,
+      "nodes": [
+        "head_height",
+        "ref_capsule",
+        "ref_capsule_mesh"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "tree_gum_01",
+      "dims": [
+        4.5522,
+        4.956,
+        7.9702
+      ],
+      "tris": 396,
+      "nodes": [
+        "branch_anchor_01",
+        "branch_anchor_02",
+        "branch_anchor_03",
+        "canopy_01",
+        "canopy_02",
+        "canopy_03",
+        "tree_gum_01",
+        "trunk"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "tree_gum_02",
+      "dims": [
+        3.8871,
+        2.7787,
+        5.4972
+      ],
+      "tris": 288,
+      "nodes": [
+        "branch_anchor_01",
+        "branch_anchor_02",
+        "canopy_01",
+        "canopy_02",
+        "tree_gum_02",
+        "trunk"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "fence_post",
+      "dims": [
+        0.13,
+        0.13,
+        2.03
+      ],
+      "tris": 24,
+      "nodes": [
+        "fence_post",
+        "post"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "fence_panel",
+      "dims": [
+        2.4,
+        0.054,
+        1.8194
+      ],
+      "tris": 324,
+      "nodes": [
+        "fence_panel",
+        "palings",
+        "rails"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "gate",
+      "dims": [
+        1.045,
+        0.0615,
+        1.75
+      ],
+      "tris": 220,
+      "nodes": [
+        "gate",
+        "gate_frame",
+        "gate_palings",
+        "hinge_axis",
+        "hinges"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "house_yardside",
+      "dims": [
+        9.2,
+        1.0547,
+        2.9
+      ],
+      "tris": 200,
+      "nodes": [
+        "door",
+        "fascia",
+        "fascia_anchor_01",
+        "fascia_anchor_02",
+        "fascia_anchor_03",
+        "gutter",
+        "house_yardside",
+        "roof",
+        "wall",
+        "window"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "shed_01",
+      "dims": [
+        2.58,
+        1.9708,
+        2.2224
+      ],
+      "tris": 96,
+      "nodes": [
+        "door_anchor",
+        "doors",
+        "roof",
+        "shed_01",
+        "shell"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "shed_table",
+      "dims": [
+        1.6,
+        0.6,
+        0.9
+      ],
+      "tris": 72,
+      "nodes": [
+        "pickup_anchor",
+        "shed_table",
+        "table_frame",
+        "table_top"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "garden_bed",
+      "dims": [
+        3.0,
+        1.2,
+        0.8609
+      ],
+      "tris": 2580,
+      "nodes": [
+        "bed",
+        "garden_bed",
+        "plants_dead",
+        "plants_full",
+        "plants_tattered",
+        "soil"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "sail_post",
+      "dims": [
+        0.507,
+        0.52,
+        4.0327
+      ],
+      "tris": 528,
+      "nodes": [
+        "footing",
+        "pad_eye",
+        "post",
+        "rake_pivot",
+        "sail_post",
+        "top_anchor"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "ladder_01",
+      "dims": [
+        0.455,
+        0.075,
+        3.0
+      ],
+      "tris": 276,
+      "nodes": [
+        "ladder",
+        "ladder_01",
+        "ladder_base",
+        "ladder_top"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "shackle",
+      "dims": [
+        0.0569,
+        0.019,
+        0.0744
+      ],
+      "tris": 560,
+      "nodes": [
+        "bow",
+        "pin",
+        "shackle"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "carabiner",
+      "dims": [
+        0.049,
+        0.009,
+        0.1027
+      ],
+      "tris": 476,
+      "nodes": [
+        "body",
+        "carabiner",
+        "gate"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "turnbuckle",
+      "dims": [
+        0.0292,
+        0.0341,
+        0.1955
+      ],
+      "tris": 728,
+      "nodes": [
+        "body",
+        "eye_a",
+        "eye_b",
+        "turnbuckle"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "tramp_01",
+      "dims": [
+        2.9555,
+        2.9555,
+        0.78
+      ],
+      "tris": 976,
+      "nodes": [
+        "legs",
+        "mat",
+        "pad",
+        "rim",
+        "tramp_01"
+      ],
+      "status": "PASS",
+      "problems": []
+    }
+  ],
+  "debris": [
+    {
+      "file": "BlueCrate_v2.glb",
+      "dims": [
+        0.36,
+        0.36,
+        0.29
+      ],
+      "sane": true
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "BlackTub_v2.glb",
+      "dims": [
+        0.36,
+        0.54,
+        0.2
+      ],
+      "sane": true
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "WhiteTub_v2.glb",
+      "dims": [
+        0.36,
+        0.54,
+        0.2
+      ],
+      "sane": true
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "WoodenBin_v2.glb",
+      "dims": [
+        0.35,
+        0.36,
+        0.31
+      ],
+      "sane": true
+    }
+  ]
+}

web/world/js/tests/e.test.js

@@ -1,28 +1,160 @@
 /**
  * Lane E selftests — asset sanity.
+ * Lane E owns this file. Other lanes: yours is js/tests/<letter>.test.js.
  *
- * Lane E owns this file. Lane A pre-created it so adding your suite never means
- * editing selftest.html.
+ * Why this exists when build_yard_assets.py already verifies: the Blender side
+ * re-imports every GLB and asserts dims, tri budget and node names, but it
+ * CANNOT catch an axis error. Blender exports Z-up→Y-up and imports Y-up→Z-up,
+ * so a broken `export_yup` flips back on the way in and round-trips green. Only
+ * a native glTF reader can prove the file is right, and this is the only one in
+ * the repo. So this suite targets the failures that silently break other lanes:
+ *   1. the GLB loads at all through the vendored loader;
+ *   2. it's in metres with its height on +Y — a model exported in centimetres
+ *      looks fine alone and absurd next to a person;
+ *   3. the nodes other lanes query by name survived the export. glTF has no
+ *      "empty" type, so anchors arrive as bare Object3D and are exactly what an
+ *      exporter prunes.
  *
- * Most of Lane E's verification is the Blender-side contact sheet against the
- * 1.7 m ref capsule (PLAN3D §5-E), which this harness can't see. What IS worth
- * asserting here, once the GLBs land, is the stuff that silently breaks the
- * other lanes:
- *   1. every GLB loads without error through the vendored GLTFLoader.
- *   2. scale sanity — a loaded tree's bounding box is 4–9 m tall, the fence
- *      panel is ~1.6 m, the shackle is ~0.1 m. A model exported in centimetres
- *      looks fine alone and absurd next to a person.
- *   3. the named nodes the other lanes query actually exist:
- *      tree_gum_01 → `trunk`, `canopy_*`, `branch_anchor_*`
- *      house_yardside → `fascia_anchor_*`
- *      Lane A sways the canopies by name; Lane B reads branch anchors.
- *
- * Loading is async — `export default async function run(t)` is supported.
- * Useful import:
- *   import { GLTFLoader } from '../../vendor/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
+ * Standalone version with a fuller report: tools/assetcheck/.
  */
 
-/** @param {import('../testkit.js').Suite} t */
-export default function run(t) {
-  t.skip('yard asset GLBs not landed yet — Lane E');
+import * as THREE from '../../vendor/three.module.js';
+import { assert } from '../testkit.js';
+
+// GLTFLoader is imported DYNAMICALLY, below, and that is deliberate.
+//
+// Every three.js addon imports the bare specifier `three`, which only resolves
+// via an <script type="importmap">. No page in this repo has one yet — index.html
+// and selftest.html both import `../vendor/three.module.js` by relative path and
+// so never needed it. A static import here would throw at module load, and
+// selftest.html turns an un-importable lane module into a hard FAIL, which would
+// redden Lane A's merge gate over a harness gap rather than a real defect.
+//
+// So: try it at runtime and skip with an actionable message if it's absent. The
+// day the importmap lands this suite lights up on its own, no edit needed.
+// Need + exact fix are logged in THREADS.md [E] — it blocks Lane D too, which
+// can't load a ped without GLTFLoader/SkeletonUtils.
+const LOADER_PATH = '../../vendor/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
+
+/** Resolve off import.meta.url, not the document — survives selftest.html moving. */
+const url = (a) => new URL(`../../models/${a.sub ?? ''}${a.name}_v1.glb`, import.meta.url).href;
+
+/**
+ * Height ranges rather than exact dims: this guards against unit and axis
+ * regressions, not against Lane E retuning a silhouette. Exact measurements
+ * live in tools/blender/asset_report.json. `nodes` are the names other lanes
+ * query — changing one is a contract break and should fail here.
+ */
+const ASSETS = [
+  { name: 'ref_capsule', h: [1.68, 1.72], nodes: ['ref_capsule_mesh', 'head_height'] },
+  { name: 'tree_gum_01', h: [4.0, 9.0],
+    nodes: ['trunk', 'canopy_01', 'canopy_02', 'canopy_03',
+            'branch_anchor_01', 'branch_anchor_02', 'branch_anchor_03'] },
+  { name: 'tree_gum_02', h: [4.0, 9.0],
+    nodes: ['trunk', 'canopy_01', 'canopy_02', 'branch_anchor_01', 'branch_anchor_02'] },
+  { name: 'fence_post', h: [1.8, 2.2], nodes: ['post'] },
+  { name: 'fence_panel', h: [1.6, 2.0], nodes: ['palings', 'rails'] },
+  { name: 'gate', h: [1.6, 2.0], nodes: ['gate_palings', 'gate_frame', 'hinges', 'hinge_axis'] },
+  { name: 'house_yardside', h: [2.5, 3.5],
+    nodes: ['wall', 'door', 'window', 'roof', 'fascia', 'gutter',
+            'fascia_anchor_01', 'fascia_anchor_02', 'fascia_anchor_03'] },
+  { name: 'shed_01', h: [1.9, 2.4], nodes: ['shell', 'roof', 'doors', 'door_anchor'] },
+  { name: 'shed_table', h: [0.8, 1.0], nodes: ['table_top', 'table_frame', 'pickup_anchor'] },
+  { name: 'garden_bed', h: [0.5, 1.1],
+    nodes: ['bed', 'soil', 'plants_full', 'plants_tattered', 'plants_dead'] },
+  { name: 'sail_post', h: [3.8, 4.2],
+    nodes: ['footing', 'post', 'pad_eye', 'top_anchor', 'rake_pivot'] },
+  { name: 'ladder_01', h: [2.8, 3.2], nodes: ['ladder', 'ladder_base', 'ladder_top'] },
+  { name: 'shackle', h: [0.05, 0.15], nodes: ['bow', 'pin'] },
+  { name: 'carabiner', h: [0.06, 0.15], nodes: ['body', 'gate'] },
+  { name: 'turnbuckle', h: [0.12, 0.25], nodes: ['body', 'eye_a', 'eye_b'] },
+  { name: 'tramp_01', h: [0.6, 1.0], nodes: ['mat', 'rim', 'pad', 'legs'], sub: 'debris/' },
+];
+
+function sizeOf(gltf) {
+  const s = new THREE.Vector3();
+  new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(gltf.scene).getSize(s);
+  return s;
+}
+
+/** @param {import('../testkit.js').Suite} t */
+export default async function run(t) {
+  let GLTFLoader;
+  try {
+    ({ GLTFLoader } = await import(LOADER_PATH));
+  } catch (err) {
+    t.skip('needs an importmap for the bare `three` specifier — see THREADS [E]. ' +
+           'Assets ARE verified meanwhile: tools/assetcheck/ (16/16 green in three.js r175)');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const loader = new GLTFLoader();
+  const loaded = new Map();
+  const failed = new Map();
+
+  await Promise.all(ASSETS.map(async (a) => {
+    try { loaded.set(a.name, await loader.loadAsync(url(a))); }
+    catch (err) { failed.set(a.name, err?.message ?? String(err)); }
+  }));
+
+  t.test('every yard GLB loads through the vendored GLTFLoader', () => {
+    const lost = [...failed].map(([n, e]) => `${n} (${e})`).join('; ');
+    assert(failed.size === 0, `failed to load: ${lost}`);
+  });
+
+  // The anchor of the whole scale system. If this is wrong, every judgement
+  // made against the contact sheet was made against a lie.
+  t.test('ref_capsule is 1.70 m tall on +Y — the scale everything is judged against', () => {
+    const g = loaded.get('ref_capsule');
+    assert(g, 'ref_capsule did not load');
+    const s = sizeOf(g);
+    assert(Math.abs(s.y - 1.70) < 0.02, `capsule is ${s.y.toFixed(3)} m on Y, want 1.70`);
+    assert(s.x < 0.6 && s.z < 0.6,
+      `capsule is ${s.x.toFixed(2)} x ${s.z.toFixed(2)} in plan — height is not on +Y`);
+  });
+
+  for (const a of ASSETS) {
+    const gltf = loaded.get(a.name);
+    if (!gltf) continue;                      // already reported by the load test
+    const s = sizeOf(gltf);
+
+    t.test(`${a.name}: metre-scale, height on +Y`, () => {
+      assert(s.y >= a.h[0] && s.y <= a.h[1],
+        `${a.name} stands ${s.y.toFixed(3)} m, want ${a.h[0]}–${a.h[1]} m ` +
+        `(box ${s.x.toFixed(2)} x ${s.y.toFixed(2)} x ${s.z.toFixed(2)})`);
+    });
+
+    t.test(`${a.name}: named nodes survive the export`, () => {
+      const names = new Set();
+      gltf.scene.traverse((o) => names.add(o.name));
+      const missing = a.nodes.filter((n) => !names.has(n));
+      assert(missing.length === 0,
+        `${a.name} lost ${missing.join(', ')} — other lanes query these by name`);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Anchors are the actual product here: Lane B pins cloth corners to them and
+  // Lane A builds world.anchors from them. A surviving name isn't enough — the
+  // position has to be usable.
+  t.test('branch_anchor_01 resolves to a usable world position up the tree', () => {
+    const g = loaded.get('tree_gum_01');
+    assert(g, 'tree_gum_01 did not load');
+    const anchor = g.scene.getObjectByName('branch_anchor_01');
+    assert(anchor, 'branch_anchor_01 missing — glTF has no "empty", check it was not pruned');
+    g.scene.updateWorldMatrix(true, true);
+    const p = new THREE.Vector3().setFromMatrixPosition(anchor.matrixWorld);
+    assert(p.y > 1.0 && p.y < 6.0,
+      `anchor sits at y=${p.y.toFixed(2)} — want 1–6 m up the trunk`);
+    assert(Number.isFinite(p.x) && Number.isFinite(p.z), 'anchor world position is not finite');
+  });
+
+  // One GLB carries three wilt states as siblings; Lane A toggles .visible
+  // rather than reloading, so all three have to be present at once.
+  t.test('garden_bed carries all 3 damage states in one GLB', () => {
+    const g = loaded.get('garden_bed');
+    assert(g, 'garden_bed did not load');
+    for (const state of ['plants_full', 'plants_tattered', 'plants_dead']) {
+      assert(g.scene.getObjectByName(state), `${state} missing — Lane A toggles these by name`);
+    }
+  });
 }