§36.4 held -> ruled -> RESOLVED: Fable ruled 'classic keeps its people', D fixed
it in rigs.js alone (2fd4c1c: base-17 restored, the five DJ bodies append behind
djs=dance riding the shell's existing !CLASSIC signal; classic's 129-citizen
census byte-identical to a b339402^ shadow tree). F's full-suite re-gate on the
true final tree (run 3): SUMMARY 7 passed / 0 failed / 0 warn / 0 skipped, QA
GREEN, MATRIX GREEN 10 towns x 7 gates, flags harness 0 fails / 0 WARNS — the
smoke_djdance warn flipped to '?classic=1: zero DJ-body fetches'; default keeps
all 22 bodies, the organic gig-crowd proof, and the DJ figure-scale statures
exactly. Honest record: re-gate runs 1-2 died to a box-level fork famine
(~10,600 leaked m3panel pmset|tail orphans, fixed at source) — starvation
artifacts, not gates; noted in §36.5.
The five-holds law end-to-end in one round: held by F, ruled by Fable, fixed by
the owning lane, re-proven by the gate that held it. Nothing improvised.
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b339402 appended the 5 trellis'd DJ bodies to PED_NAMES.normal unconditionally, so
?classic=1 fetched them and its seeded crowd pool widened 17->22 (F's held §36.4 warn).
Ruled option (b): the five gate OUT of classic, mirroring the sit/look/dance !CLASSIC
clip gates. classic is the v2 town INCLUDING ITS PEOPLE; the DJs walk every other boot.
MECHANISM (rigs.js only — zero shell edits): PED_NAMES.normal restored to the covenanted
base 17 (exact pre-July-20 list); the five move to PED_NAMES.djs; loadPedFleet gains
djs = dance (default tracks the existing dance flag, which the shell already passes as
!CLASSIC). Roster = djs ? [...normal, ...djs] : normal — the five APPEND, so no base
slot renumbers: default boot's 22-list is byte-identical to the pre-ruling list and
classic's 17-list is byte-identical to pre-b339402. pickRig maps through pool.length,
so 17 restores the exact pre-July-20 crowd mapping, not merely the width.
MEASURED (fresh contexts, port-isolated no-store servers, seed 20261990):
- ?classic=1: ZERO of the 5 DJ GLBs fetched (21 ped-GLB fetches = 17+2 bodies +
walk+idle) · pool 17 normal / 19 all · 129-citizen census all base-17 u comical,
zero DJ · 0 console errors.
- default: all 5 fetched · pool 22/24 · 37 DJ-bodied street peds · F's organic gig
proof preserved (pinned seed's venue crowd includes dj_phrtt_01 + woman_dj_02) ·
0 console errors.
- IDENTITY vs pre-July-20: classic booted on a shadow tree with b339402^ rigs.js —
full 129-citizen (id, pedRoll, pedIndex, pedName) census BYTE-IDENTICAL to the
gated tree's classic boot. Same crowd, ped for ped, as before July 20.
Known side effect (noted §36): citizens_test.html passes no opts -> its dev harness
shows 17+2; not a covenanted surface, {djs:true} restores it if wanted.
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README: the v7.0 section (the loop dig->guide->want->travel->list->paper, the
delta-law machinery, the classic covenant) + the morning-paper manual row.
V7_THE_GAME.md: the five charter risks get their retired-or-carried verdicts,
v4-style, written by F under the single-lane-close ruling: economy RETIRED-
structural (the named bot verifier carried to the live tier) · schema drift
RETIRED (three optional widenings, zero migrations) · re-emit identity CARRIED
(never fired; owned-item stability check unbuilt — the next re-emit round owns
it) · scope gravity RETIRED (the stage gates held) · v6 collision RETIRED (the
2 a.m. commits were the one contact, swept R36w1 + gated R36w2).
LANE_F_NOTES §36 + F-progress: the close record — both playtests, E's three
flags closed by measurement, the DJ-roster hold, the full gate numbers
(7 passed / 0 failed / 0 warn / 0 skipped · flags 0 fails / 1 warn (deliberate)
· selfcheck 156,352/156,352 · figure-scale 29 figs incl. the 5 DJ bodies ·
MATRIX GREEN 10 towns x 7 gates · R32-35 smokes re-green on the final tree).
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interior_scale_check.py grows the DJ-body leg (E flag a): the 5 trellis bodies
(b339402) spawned BY NAME through the real browse path — bind skeletons measure
0.984-0.989 UNITS vs the legacy roster's ~173 (cm convention), rigs.js:163
span-normalise absorbs it: statures 1.64/1.71/1.81/1.87/1.89 m, all [1.4,2.0],
feet planted, rig-kind verified. The old sample's (i*7)%19 could never reach
fleet indices 17-21 — the subject is now provably exercised.
flags_check.py grows STRICT smoke_djdance (E flag b: gate on binds + NaN, never
node counts): 4 Rokoko clips bind 64/65 tracks (sole unbound mixamorigReference
— E's census reproduced at runtime); gig dancers clip-driven (identity by
duration, mixer advancing, position.y FLAT); ?classic ZERO dance-clip fetches
(positive control: default fetched 4); ?noassets procedural sway ALIVE (amp
0.067 m vs clip-driven 0.00 — the inverse pair proves the branch).
ONE WARN, deliberate (the held finding, machine-recorded): ?classic fetches the
5 DJ body GLBs — unconditional PED_NAMES.normal members (D's file), which also
widened classic's crowd pool 17->22 ungated. Held for Fable per the five-holds
law; F did not improvise in D's file during the close.
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046668e + b339402 provenance'd: 4 dance clips are ROKOKO free mocap (263 pack,
Mixamo-skeleton export — the brief's Mixamo guess corrected by measurement; new
licence-table zone) and there are FIVE trellis DJ bodies, not three. All 9
sha1-identical to their 90sDJsim originals; chain recorded to source FBXs.
Structural: clips mesh-free 68n/198t/52-joint skin+IBM, 0 NaN, bind 65/66 (only
mixamorigReference unbound); bodies 3998-4000 tris, 1024 webp, no Draco, ped law
PASS. FLAG -> F w2: bodies' bind-pose ~0.99 units vs roster ~175 (cm) — the
figure-scale gate's expected number; rigs.js:163 absorbs it at spawn. No file
touched, nothing fixed in place.
Depot: published per R22 standing authorization via tailnet ingress,
_published.json 44->53, all 9 fetched back from the public depot byte-identical.
validate_manifest 0/0, publish --verify 53/53 live.
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The v7.0 charter's money shot, driven through the REAL loop on the pinned seed: arrive hunting
(the splash mission) → the strip → the shop (rumor overhead) → THE GEM (THE VERANDAHS 'Tinny',
asking $19 against ★ RARE guide $60+ — with onboarding beat ③ visible below, walking its talk)
→ the crate → dawn day 2: '⚖ SOLD Tinny — hammer $89, $78 after fees'. Bought $19, hammered
$89: the loop, told in six frames. docs/shots/v7_tour/ + sequence README. What remains for the
v7.0 tag is deliberately NOT mine: docs freeze + John's playtest (hands before tags).
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qa.sh --strict --matrix: 7 passed · 0 failed · 0 warn · 0 skipped, MATRIX 10 towns green. New
STRICT smoke_first_five: the fresh game hunts a roster artist and the splash names hunt + cash
· the beats walked the REAL paths (② at the crate, ③ on the buy, the send-off on the ⚖) · a
returning save gets no tutorial · a second fresh browser hunts the SAME artist (seeded, not
random) · ?game=0 shows nothing · 0 console errors. THE CROSS-ROUND CATCH: the seeded want
moved a fresh-boot invariant (wants 1, not 0) and the R33 gate went red on the FULL run while
green solo — amended to a baseline snapshot, lesson filed in §35 (a feature that moves a boot
invariant must sweep every gate that assumed it; full runs exist for exactly this). Money shot:
docs/shots/v7_beta/first_five_splash.png. Remaining for v7.0: the tour + docs freeze + THE TAG
— which waits for John's hands (the alpha precedent).
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A FRESH game (day 1 · empty crate · empty auction house) seeds ONE artist want off
rng(citySeed,'firstwant',0) × the parody roster (dig.js ARTISTS exported) — the splash names
the mission before the first step ('You're hunting HILLS HOIST — $191 in your pocket'), and
the keeper rumors point at the same hunt from shop one. Three toast-beats ride EXISTING events
(zero new systems): ① find a record shop (on the go-click) → ② riffle · mind the guide · BUY
(first digOpen) → ③ sell at a counter or ⚖ LIST and sleep (first find, via wallet.onChange) →
the send-off on the first sale-or-listing (the listener removes itself). A returning save gets
its town back, not a tutorial (fresh-detection = state, no save flag — the delta law stays
clean); ?game=0 / ?classic=1 never reach the block. #pc-toast body-mounted (the #pc-game rule):
beats fire INSIDE shops, and a SLEEP taken at a counter now shows its morning paper.
qa.sh --strict --matrix: 7 passed · 0 failed · 0 warn · 0 skipped, MATRIX 10 towns green. New
STRICT smoke_godbay: consigned through the real crate DOM · ONE-HAMMER determinism (a frozen
pre-sleep export slept twice lands byte-identical — the seeded gavel, measured not trusted) ·
honest bounded resolution (net $19 ≤ 2×$24×0.88) · the wake toast carried the morning paper ·
the ride to melbourne hammered a listing on arrival · ?game=0 has no crate to list from · 0
console errors. Money shots in docs/shots/v7_beta/ (the dawn paper + the ⚖ crate). The full
v7 loop now closes end to end: dig the gem → keeper cash now or the gavel tomorrow → the
wantlist points at another town → the ride costs a day and hammers your listings on arrival.
Remaining for the v7.0 tag: THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES (onboarding), the tour, docs freeze — and
John's hands on the whole thing.
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hud.js: every crate find row gains ⚖ (mail-in consignment — very 1996); AT AUCTION section
(non-empty only) shows what hammers tomorrow; the rebuild watcher now folds listings in.
index.html: the wake toast and the travel-arrival toast carry the drained auction news —
'🌅 day 2 · ⚖ SOLD "Cane Toad Blues" — hammer $22, $19 after fees' is the come-back-tomorrow
hook paying off at dawn.
godbayHammer(entry, townKey): THE ONE-HAMMER LAW — seeded by ITEM IDENTITY
(godbay:<townKey>:<sku|slotId>:<dayFound>:<pricePaid>), NEVER by resolution day: a passed-in
item re-lists to the same result forever, so there is no retry farm anywhere in the economy
(the keeper's offer is a formula, the auction is one hammer per item per life). Fixed 4-draw
stream. Rolls: 15% passed in (comes home free) · hammer uniform across the item's band
(grail's open top = 2×low; unbanded alpha finds auction around pricePaid — honest, never
invented) · 12% bidding war ×1.5–2.0 · 12% commission, net floor $1. EV ≈ 0.8× band midpoint
— UNDER the asking-price EV of in-band stock: random flipping bleeds, only FINDS profit
(charter law #2 at the auction house); the keeper's half-of-low stays the instant floor, the
gavel the bounded ceiling (2×high×0.88). Band table imported from C's bible.js and PRNG from
core/prng.js — one authority each, no mirrors.
listings: optional on procity-save/1 (entry shape + listDay ≥ 1, the pulls/wants back-compat
law). listFind (identity — the entry LEAVES the crate, it cannot also sell at a counter) ·
resolveAuctions() runs in adopt() AND sleep(), so sleep, travel, and day-moving imports all
hammer what they pass · takeAuctionNews() drains the transient morning paper (NOT saved — the
ledger is cash/collection; the paper is a toast).
qa.sh --strict --matrix on the final tree: 7 passed · 0 failed · 0 warn · 0 skipped, MATRIX 10
towns green. New STRICT smoke_wantlist_travel: ☆→★ through the real card (the save carried
{THE VERANDAHS — 'Servo at Midnight'}) · a keeper muttered the hunted artist within 2 shops
('saw one in Castlemaine just last week') · buying the wanted sleeve cleared the hunt · the
synthetic→melbourne ride cost EXACTLY one day with $179 and the find riding along · the
same-town reboot was free (the control discriminates) · the ride home charged again (day 3) ·
?game=0 built zero want DOM and muttered nothing · 0 console errors. Matrix note: town_matrix
shares one browser across towns so travel drifts the day as it walks — safe because
determinism double-boots the SAME town (free by the same-town rule); reasoned before landing.
Money shots: docs/shots/v7_beta/rumor_and_wantlist.png (the keeper's mutter over the toy
shop's 70s wallpaper + THE WANTLIST open in the crate) + want_card.png. README manual row.
v7.0-beta systems are now ALL BUILT — what remains of v7: Esc-in-person (John's hands), then
the v7.0 close (GodBay offline auctions, THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES, the tour, the tag).
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hud.js: THE WANTLIST section in the crate (non-empty only — no header over nothing): hunted
rows, ✕ stops hunting, refresh watches wants length so an open panel follows adds/clears.
THE FIX: R32's game surface BUILT only in street update() frames — a door entered fast after
boot had no crate/bar inside at all, and the interior tickGame() refreshed a UI that never
existed. Every gate idles on the street long enough to build, so green gates missed it; the
R33 money-shot script entered faster and exposed it. tickGame() now builds-or-refreshes in
ANY mode (shots are a detector, not decoration — filed in LANE_F_NOTES §33).
index.html: game.traveled at boot → '🚌 <town> — the ride cost a day. Day N' toast (save.js
already charged the fare and re-keyed the week before the shell read game.day).
save.js: optional wants:[{artist?|title?|sku?}] on procity-save/1 (validated exact-and-loud,
≥1 string field per entry, cap 40, absent-when-empty — the same back-compat law as pulls).
recordWant (case-insensitive dedupe) / findWant (a want covers an item when every field the
WANT names matches) / removeWant (identity). TRAVEL in adopt(): the adopted save's town !==
this boot's townKey (town OR seed — a new seed is a new town) ⇒ day += 1, traveled = true,
prunePulls — load AND import both pay the fare; same-town adoption is FREE, so reloads and
export→import round trips keep the save-determinism gate's byte equality untouched. The 23
towns are a map you spend days crossing now, not a dropdown.
interior_mode.js: onWant/isWanted seams into dig.open; buying a matching item clears its want
('✓ off the wantlist'). THE RUMOR (charter #6 — the keeper finally gossips): seeded
xmur3('rumor:citySeed:shopId:day') → ~45% of shop entries mutter a hunted want + a real
cached town in the banner. Runtime-only stream, freshly keyed — A's rotation boundary holds;
no game / empty wantlist ⇒ the line never exists. Full persona lines stay D's for the v6
clip epoch; the banner is the keeper's voice until then.
The wantlist grows from the card, not a search box the 90s didn't have: you pulled it, it's
dear, you'll hunt one cheaper. ☆ WANT IT → ★ ON THE WANTLIST (a stamp once wanted, not a
button). Construction-gated on opts.onWant/isWanted — ?game=0 / classic cards carry ZERO
wantlist DOM, the classic-pure pattern.
qa.sh --strict --matrix on the final tree: 7 passed · 0 failed · 0 warn · 0 skipped, MATRIX 10
towns green. New STRICT gate smoke_bible: band law over EVERY bin off the digOffers surface
(80 offers/5 bins), the buy-everything ledger runs on THE GEM'S BIN so the finder-margin leg is
non-vacuous (bin1: 2 gems, grail asking $19 vs keeper $30; ledger closes to the cent — Σask
$333 → Σoffer $135, gems alone +$21, every non-gem strictly negative), scarcity measured
(emptied bin 0/16 on re-open AND across a full reload; 16 pulls in the save) with the ?game=0
negative control re-opening 16/16 (the detector discriminates). sell_routing amended from the
alpha inequality (credited < paid) to the exact formula (credited == min(basis−1, basis//2),
basis = bandLow-or-pricePaid) — the fence moved from the receipt to the band, which is what
charter law #2 always said; it passed on a banded standard item (+$4 on basis $8). _at_bin
grows an idx param (back-compatible). Money shots in docs/shots/v7_beta/ (the guide card + the
crate at the counter). LANE_F_NOTES §32 (incl. the JING5 fresh-checkout trap: gitignored
web/assets/models synced from m3ultra — also un-warned the validator's 15 cross-pack checks).
README manual: the guide/gem/scarcity rows. Remaining beta charter queued in the round doc:
wantlist + rumors · travel costs a day · Esc-in-person · then GodBay.
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hud.js: #pc-game rides document.body (position:fixed, z 30) instead of the mode-hidden street
root — day/cash/CRATE/SLEEP are YOURS inside a shop too (the playtest's 'crate at the counter').
C toggles the crate ANYWHERE; the surface yields to the dig/sell cards and the map (they own
the screen). tickGame() exported so the interior/map frame branches keep it live (buys update
the count while you shop); dispose removes the body-mounted wrap.
index.html: the frozen spawn (-96,9,east) was tuned for the synthetic fixture — on real towns
it faced dirt (§31.6-1). Non-classic boots now spawn ON the main-street footpath door-line
(block kind 'mainstreet', both generators; every-door fallback) at the door nearest the shop
cluster's heart, facing the LONGER run of shopfronts down the strip's dominant axis. Pure plan
math, zero draws — no stream moves; ?classic=1 keeps the frozen pose forever.
lighting.js: dawnSky opt (shell passes high-cirrus, null under classic) — the DAWN segment
swaps the dome off the golden-SUNSET default that read dusk-orange (§31.6-3), and swaps back.
setSky() is now an explicit override: weather's rain/overcast dome always wins over base+dawn.
save.js: optional pulls: string[] on the SAME schema (validated exact-and-loud when present;
absent on every alpha save — old savers drop it silently, never reject; payload omits it when
empty so the alpha byte shape survives). recordPull/pullsFor seams; pruned on sleep/import —
day-tagged keys from other days are unreachable by construction (the consumer embeds the
current day), untagged keys are real-sourced and KEPT (sold means gone, tier-2 spirit at
tier 1). Cap 600 FIFO (delta law: saves stay tiny). Collection entries gain optional band
(recordFind stamps dig + shelf buys) — C's §9.1 sell basis reads it.
interior_mode.js: pull keys ${shopId}|${binKey}${pullTag}#${slot} — pullTag @d<game.day> for
rotating crates INCLUDING day 1 (the SEED stays untagged per the day-1 convention; the ledger
doesn't — a day-1 pull must not survive into day 2's identical-looking untagged key space),
'' for real-sourced (their pulls never expire). The seed input to binSeed is UNTOUCHED — A's
rotation boundary holds. Selling an item does NOT restock the bin (pulls are independent of the
collection — the leak the §30.6 filing predicted). digOffers getter = the honest-gate surface
(index/ask/band/sku) so the bible gate asserts identity, not looks.
bible.js: band ranges MIRRORED from E's pipeline thresholds (record 8/25/60 · book 5/15/40 ·
toy 6/20/50) — derived in JS off the price_band labels the packs already carry, NO pack re-emit
(charter risk #3 never opens). guideText renders a RANGE ('guide $8–24' / '$60+'), never a
verdict — the card never says gem; spotting asking-under-guide is the player's skill.
dig.js: parody sleeves roll seeded bands (25/45/22/8) + a 10% gem on collector/grail only,
asking strictly under the keeper's own bandLow offer (collector $2–9 vs $12 · grail $5–20 vs
$30) — margin by construction; fixed 9-draw stream per item; rare ≡ grail (matches real packs).
Real offers carry band off price_band — and real asking always sits INSIDE its band (the band
derives FROM the price), so with the §9.1 basis swap every real round trip stays strictly
negative: the no-pump gate holds untouched, structurally. open({gone}) omits pulled slots AFTER
the draw (R27 pick-then-omit, zero collateral; o.i survives filtering — identity preserved).
currentOffers() honest surface for F's gate. sell.js: the §9.1 basis swap EXECUTED exactly as
pre-ratified — sellOffer(sellBasis(entry)) = min(bandLow−1, max(1, floor(bandLow·0.5))) when
banded; alpha-era entries (no band) keep the pricePaid basis and sell exactly as before. The
sell card carries the guide line too.
loadPedFleet gains dance:!CLASSIC (mirrors the sit/look gate) → fleet.danceClips
= 4 mesh-free mixamorig club dances (party/medium/drink/sway). _make picks one
per dancer off a fresh gigdance seeded stream (zero impact on existing draws /
the same-seed-same-crowd covenant), spawnRig plays it, and update() drops the
fake bounce for real-clip dancers (procedural sway stays as the classic/noassets
fallback). ?classic fetches nothing, byte-identical.
Verified: default boot fetches all 4 dance GLBs (gated load runs), both modules
parse + export clean, page boots. Same clips + _canon/_rotOnly/spawnRig proven
animating in 90sDJsim (its crowd/rigs.js is this file ported).
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Same 5 Mixamo-rigged DJ characters as 90sDJsim, converted FBX->skinned GLB +
decimated to 4k tris (<=5k ped law) via MESHGOD scripts/fbx_to_ped.py — mixamorig:
skeleton + skin preserved. Added to PED_NAMES (rigs.js). Shares the proven bind:
identical _canon/_rotOnly + the same GLBs verified animating in 90sDJsim.
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R28's gate had no subject and SKIPPED with its reason printed (look.glb was published, verified,
sha1-proven off the depot — and nothing bound it). D bound it in wave 0. The gate is now
permanent, and flags_check is GREEN:
✓ default boot: look.glb BOUND — 6.5s, 64 tracks
✓ the glance REACHES THE GAME — peak 46 of 396 peds glancing · 0 console errors
✓ ?classic=1: look.glb NEVER FETCHED — the zero-fetch-delta covenant holds
✓ ?classic=1: glance inert at the source — 0 of 269 peds, AND the rng stream still draws
That last line is the design, and it is D's cleverness: THE DETERMINISM IS IN THE DRAW, NOT THE
OUTCOME. D takes from a dedicated glanceRng stream always — so the seeded sequence is identical
whether or not a clip exists — and only flips the flag when fleet.lookClip is real. Under
?classic the roll still happens, the flag never sets, nothing is fetched, the covenant stays
byte-identical. A behaviour added without touching a hash.
The gate asserts the clip's ABSENCE under classic, not merely "0 glancing" — because "0
glancing" alone passes on a fleet that failed to load at all. Present-on-default + absent-under-
classic is the pair a broken fleet cannot satisfy.
F'S OWN GATE CRASHED THE SUITE FIRST: the subject check used pg.goto() on a .glb, which starts a
download, aborts the navigation, and took flags_check down before one assertion ran. A gate that
DIES looking for its subject is worse than one that skips — it reports nothing at all and takes
the suite with it. Now it reads the disk. The vacuous-gate law has a sibling: a gate must survive
its own subject being absent.
No tag — wave 0 rides Spike 2's close, gated on John's footage.
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The spike reaches the game. E's look.glb (mesh-free, 65 joints, 6.5s 'Look') is bound
through the fleet gate; street peds now glance around during window-shop stops. `lean`
is absent and never existed (E's R28 measurement). Goldens untouched — clips sit outside
every plan hash; the synthetic anchor stays R27's amended 0x5f76e76.
WIRED: loadPedFleet(base, {sit, look}) -> fleet.lookClip, the exact twin of the R16 sit
gate; the shell passes look:!CLASSIC so ?classic fetches NOTHING (a raw fetch would have
breached the zero-fetch-delta covenant — E flagged it, the gate is the answer).
makeActor gains lookA, played only on setLooking(true) — crossfaded (0.3s), not snapped
like sit, since idle->idle-variant reads naturally and there's no replant for a fade to
fight. sim.js gains a dedicated `glance` rng stream, rolled ALWAYS (deterministic) but
only flipped when a clip exists => classic inert at the source. Mutually exclusive with
bench-sit (sit rolls first at 35%, glance takes 40% of the rest). RigPool threads
lookClip; release snaps the glance off so no rig is pooled mid-look.
THE FINDING — my own prediction was wrong, and the measurement caught it. I wrote that a
STANDING clip needs no foot replant ("no hip descent to recover — that trap was sit's
alone"). Measured over the full loop: idle keeps the lowest bone within 4cm of the ground
(-0.04..0.00); look.glb ranges -0.009..+0.205 — the ped HOVERS up to 20.5cm, drifting
through the loop. Same trap, different coat: _rotOnly drops the Hips POSITION track for
rig-height independence, so the clip's authored weight-shift dip can't move the hips and
comes out as the FEET RISING. Sit's one-time replant can't fix it — the float varies per
frame.
FIX: plantFeet() — the per-frame twin of sit's replant. Reset to bind plant -> measure
posed feet -> drop inner by float/scale. ABSOLUTE (reset->measure->correct), never
incremental, so it cannot drift. Reproduces the authored motion exactly: the hips dip
relative to the ground instead of the feet leaving it. Scale-aware like sit's. Foot bones
cached once; cost paid only by glancing peds, on frames their mixer ran (both mixer sites
— the drummer's post-mix lean taught that coupling rule).
PROOFS: foot float 0.205m -> 0.000m (pinned); head yaw sweep span 1.735 (-0.85..+0.89) so
the glance still animates; ?classic — no look fetch, no Look action on any rig, glance
never flips (0); identity signature unchanged, no glance term; sit AND glance never
simultaneous (0); 0 NaN; goldens 0x5f76e76 untouched. A glancing ped is NOT tagged
seated/posed — standing pose at standing stature, so F's no-giants gate needs no arm.
D->F: the pose gate HAS ITS SUBJECT — un-SKIP it. Fresh ?localdepot=1 boot shows a ped
glancing on the footpath, head sweeping, feet planted.
Spike 2 readiness: plantFeet() is the general machinery the brief asked for ("data, not
new code") — riffle and wall-lean should land as clip + roll; the lean's wall-contact
placement is the only genuinely new part.
FLAGGED (A's file, A rests): selfcheck.js:301 still says "the synthetic golden above stays
0x3fa36874" while line 267 pins the amended 0x5f76e76. A stale comment, not a rule — but
the same species as the epoch's five holds, so: flagged, not touched.
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