* All 19 structures now breathe: procedural pulse-glow animation generated from
each sprite's own lit pixels (tools/animate_sprites.py), 6 frames at 130ms.
WithSpriteBody PlayRepeating()s multi-frame idles, so no trait changes needed.
* Big explosions leave scorch smudges on the ground (SmudgeLayer + LeaveSmudge
on bass_ring, both superweapon impacts, and building deaths).
* Buildings shake the screen when they die (ScreenShaker + ShakeOnDeath).
* The main menu is alive again: shellmap split into two lua-driven sides that
skirmish forever. No Bot: players, so no order-manager stall.
* Stream buffs owed by telemetry: bufferbot HP 3500->5000 (survives a second
seven-inch), drmwalker 750, scraper capacity 18.
Verified: arena smoketest PASS with all changes, shellmap lua confirmed live.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Strike force + The Selector against a Stream transcoder outpost; 6-minute
countdown shown via SetMissionText, master lacquer is cut (killed) if the timer
beats you. Adds the lacquer prop (deliberately untargetable) and ScriptTriggers
on all actor templates, without which Trigger.OnKilled throws at map load.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds tools/check_assets.py — check-yaml does NOT resolve sprite file paths, so a
missing PNG only crashes at map load. This catches it statically.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Wax seeps fix the economy flatline the arena telemetry exposed: both bots hit
cash=0/stored=0 from tick 6250 with no way to recover.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixes a critical bug: undeployed MCV vans now count for short-game survival —
previously every match ended at tick 1 (all players 'defeated', local player
'won'). The bot-vs-bot shellmap claim from earlier rounds was invalid for the
same reason: shellmaps stall with Bot: players and matches insta-ended. The
arena map + tools/balance_report.py is the real, verified harness.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
