The roster board and the back office get real rooms

plate:corkboard, plate:backoffice and a TRELLIS'd COIN-U-SORT 400 — the two
screens seen every night were pure rectangles. Drawn versions stay as fallbacks.
RosterScene gets its own tiny preload because it is scene[0] and runs before the
prewarm it starts. Heading moved off the board: real art put it on the light.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

LANEHANDOVER.md

@@ -2496,3 +2496,34 @@ had already split `barServeBreach` out of `barServe` so the RSA question can
 actually fire. I only had to supply the missing words and the variety rule.
 `tests/incidentReport.test.ts` now guards the whole class: every loaded kind
 must have a bespoke prompt, not the generic line.
+
+## SESSION — FABLE-SOLO-29 · 2026-08-09
+
+**Branch:** main (solo, Fable) · **Gate:** lint ✓ build ✓ test ✓ (842 tests)
+
+### The two between-shift screens stop being rectangles
+The roster board and the back office are seen EVERY night and were both drawn
+entirely from coloured primitives. Added to `tools/gen/assets.py` in the
+existing idiom (new `BETWEEN` group):
+- `plate:corkboard` — a lit cork noticeboard, flat route, keep_bg, no quantise
+- `plate:backoffice` — a cramped panelled office, one bulb, empty desk
+- `sorter` — MESH route (rake 58), the COIN-U-SORT itself. `quantise=False`
+  deliberately: it is a ~130px UI hero, not a 16px floor prop, and 16 colours
+  turns a grey machine to porridge.
+
+Both scenes keep their drawn version as the fallback — a missing plate has
+always meant placeholders, never a broken screen. The sorter image goes INSIDE
+the existing container so every shake and bob still works untouched.
+
+### RosterScene needs its own preload, uniquely
+It is scene[0]: it runs before anything has loaded, so it cannot rely on the
+manifest prewarm it goes on to START. `preload()` pulls the corkboard and only
+the corkboard; the other ~130 sprites still warm in the background behind the
+board.
+
+### A legibility regression the plate caused, and the fix
+Dropping real art behind the roster put the heading directly on the plate's
+fluorescent tube — light type on the brightest thing in the image. The board
+moved down to y=194 (258 tall) and the heading moved off it onto the dark wall
+at y=16/38. Worth remembering: adding a background can break foreground text
+that was fine over a flat colour.

docs/ASSETS.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ furniture (bar, booths, stools) could come straight from its fit pipeline.
   (794 MB, 26,910 files) — prior AI-gen pools; sweep for club/street/neon/night
   material before generating fresh.
 - m4pro SPACEY `MRP PHOTOSHOP FILES` (4.4 GB PSDs) — design-language source
-  (posters/flyers could become in-game wall dressing). m4pro is HANDS-OFF; access
+  (posters/flyers could become in-game wall dressing). m4pro is reachable (HANDS-OFF label retired 2026-08-06 — never true); access
   via the SMB mount on m3ultra if needed.
 
 ### 4. Generation pipeline (MODELBEAST)

docs/ASSETS.md.bak-20260806

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# NOT TONIGHT — Fleet Asset Notes
+
+*What already exists on John's network that this game can reuse, borrow from, or
+generate with. Sourced from the fleet-wide `ASSET_INVENTORY_2026-07-18.md` and
+`GAME_ASSET_AUDIT_2026-07-18.md` (both on ultra `~/Documents/`). Compiled
+2026-07-19.*
+
+**Context for lanes:** v0.1–0.3 use PROCEDURAL placeholder art (coloured-pixel
+paper-doll, synthesized audio) — nothing below is needed before the v0.4 art pass.
+This doc exists so the art pass starts from the library, not from scratch. Nothing
+here changes the `renderDoll` / layer contracts.
+
+## Directly relevant (v0.4 art pass)
+
+### 1. 90sDJsim paper-doll wardrobe — the big one
+`ultra:~/Documents/90sDJsim/web/world/media/doll/` — **441 authored clothing
+sprites** across tops/bottoms/shoes/hats/bags, brand-flavoured (coogi, dr_martens,
+nike_air_max, moschino, quiksilver, kmart, disruptor_ii…), dynamically loaded by
+`os.listdir` slot convention.
+- **Reuse the taxonomy**: their slot/brand/type naming should inform
+  `data/outfits.ts` vocabulary (we already have shoes/legs/top/outer/hair/accessory
+  — cross-check their catalog for types we missed, e.g. bucket hats, bumbags).
+- **Reuse the art via pixelation**: 90s wardrobe reads perfectly as 2026 Valley
+  fashion-in-quotes. A downscale/quantize pass (sprite → 32×48 palette-locked
+  pixel layer) could convert the catalog into real doll layers. Prototype on 10
+  sprites before committing — pixelated photo-sprites can look mushy; may need a
+  cleanup pass or MODELBEAST-assisted redraw per sprite.
+
+### 2. RIGROOM — the character × animation factory (surveyed 2026-07-19)
+**This supersedes the old "animation references" note. The fleet has a full
+character/animation pipeline, live and organised:**
+- **RIGROOM library** (`ultra:~/meshgod-backups/library`, 2.4 GB): **607
+  animation FBX** in themed packs + 59 character files. Web UI live at
+  `http://100.91.239.7:8010/rigroom` (characters × animations pairing, three.js
+  preview, instant Mixamo-ready FBX download). CLI:
+  `MESHGOD/scripts/rigroom.py classify|sort|scan`.
+- Clips that read like THIS game's shot list: `Searching_Pockets` (pat-down),
+  `Standing_Arguing` + a full boxing/knockout pack (floor fights),
+  `Shaking_Head_No` (the deny), `Inspecting`/`Looking_Around` (ID check),
+  `Leaning_Idle02_Smoking` (smoking area), dozens of idles/sits, dance packs,
+  `Brutal To Happy Walking`, zombie stagger (maggot walk), 12 DJ motions.
+  Raw source: `m3ultra:~/Documents/Rokoko_Free_Mocap_FBX_263` (606 FBX).
+- **Modular character kit** (`m3ultra:~/Documents/character_kit_modular`,
+  canonical `ultra:~/Documents/character_kit/modular/`): GODVERSE socket
+  standard — head/hands/feet/torso swap on one shared 65-bone `mixamorig:`
+  skeleton, 40 embedded actions, every library clip retargets for free.
+- **repose** (`m3ultra:~/Documents/repose`): photo → T-pose views (SD1.5 +
+  ControlNet, all-local) → MeshGod multi-view → autorig. A face becomes a
+  rigged character without leaving the tailnet.
+- **For NOT TONIGHT (v0.4 art pass), the pre-render path is now fully paved:**
+  modular kit character + RIGROOM clip → Blender orthographic top-down/front →
+  pixelate → sprite sheets behind the existing `renderDoll` poses. The outfit
+  variety could even come from kit part swaps. Same pipeline, one venue's
+  worth of NPC animation for free. Decide at v0.4; contracts don't move.
+- Also present, unsurveyed depth: `MOCAPGOD` (empty queue — service scaffold),
+  `mixamo_upload` staging, `MOTIONLIB` (2,703 FBX, ultra) still the deep pool.
+
+### 2b. procity (m3ultra) — the 90s-Aussie town sim
+Walkable procedural shopping town (three.js, no build step), built by lanes
+like ours. Pipeline: 186 GLB/FBX with fit/normalize/decimate tooling
+(`procity_fit_*` props: arcade cabinet, clothes racks, shelving), 21 peds.
+The **prop pipeline conventions** (batch manifests, decimation results JSON)
+are the pattern to copy if NOT TONIGHT ever goes 3D-prop-assisted; the venue
+furniture (bar, booths, stools) could come straight from its fit pipeline.
+
+### 3. Venue / street reference art
+- `ultra:~/Documents/90sDJsim/web/world/media/` named scene/venue art — 100 wired
+  widescreen club/venue images. Mood reference for our neon-dark interiors.
+- `gdrive:ASSETS FROM AI` (2.47 GB, 3,239 files) + `gdrive:IMAGE-DATABASE`
+  (794 MB, 26,910 files) — prior AI-gen pools; sweep for club/street/neon/night
+  material before generating fresh.
+- m4pro SPACEY `MRP PHOTOSHOP FILES` (4.4 GB PSDs) — design-language source
+  (posters/flyers could become in-game wall dressing). m4pro is HANDS-OFF; access
+  via the SMB mount on m3ultra if needed.
+
+### 4. Generation pipeline (MODELBEAST)
+m3ultra central queue :8777 (see fleet skill). For NOT TONIGHT this is an
+**image generator, not a mesh generator** — we need no GLBs. Useful for: patron
+face/outfit reference sheets to hand-pixel from, venue backdrop concepts, Dazza's
+contact photo, joke ID photos. The thriftgod `gen_assets.py` + 640px `sips`
+convention (m3ultra `~/Documents/thriftgod/`) is a proven prompt→asset-dir pattern
+worth cloning for an `art_src/` pipeline here.
+
+## Explicitly NOT for this game
+
+- **All 3D mesh libraries** (`3D=models`, `3D-STORE`, FBX, femalemeshed,
+  NPCFACTORY, MODELBEAST GLB output) — no 3D in this game; only via the Option-B
+  prerender path above, never at runtime.
+- **Audio archives** (bandcamp ~1 TB, YT-AUDIO, MONSTER MIXES). The design is
+  locked to a fully synthesized WebAudio techno engine (design §5 / LANE_JUICE) —
+  the low-pass location trick needs a synth we control, and shipping archive audio
+  is a licensing minefield. John's own MONSTER MIXES are legally his — park the
+  idea of a licensed-mix easter egg (jukebox in the kebab shop?) as a someday-note.
+- **dealgod image pool** (2.4M product photos) + `recordgod_disc_images` — product
+  photography, wrong domain. (One cursed exception: pat-down contraband items
+  could be pixelated from real dealgod product shots. Someday-note.)
+- **thriftgod 2D dressing** — authored 640px painterly JPGs, wrong style; its
+  *pipeline* is the reusable part (see §4).
+
+## Ground rules for the eventual art pass
+
+**Licensing: none needed.** This is a private tailnet sandbox game, never public —
+John's call (2026-07-19). Anything on the fleet or gdrive is fair game, including
+the audio archives and MONSTER MIXES. (If that ever changes and the game goes
+public, this section is the checklist to revisit first.)
+
+1. Everything funnels through the existing contracts (`renderDoll` poses, outfit
+   slots) — art swaps in behind interfaces, callers never change.
+2. One palette, one pixel density (32×48 queue dolls at 640×360) decided ONCE
+   before any batch conversion; retrofitting mixed densities is the classic trap.
+3. Log each imported batch (source → transform → dest) in this file — not for
+   licensing, just so we can regenerate/retrace later.
+4. Check the MeshGod gallery + MODELBEAST `data/` (m3ultra) before generating
+   anything — the inventory's rule "catalog before regenerating" applies here too.
+5. The synthesized techno engine stays the core soundtrack (the location-filter
+   trick needs a synth we control), but real archive audio is now allowed as
+   layers/easter eggs — e.g. MONSTER MIXES on a kebab-shop jukebox, real crowd
+   ambience beds under the synth.

public/props/manifest.json

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
     "pillar",
     "plant",
     "planter",
+    "plate_backoffice",
+    "plate_corkboard",
     "plywoodBar",
     "pokie",
     "poolTable",
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@
     "sinkRow",
     "skylineCard",
     "smokeMachine",
+    "sorter",
     "speaker",
     "stackF1",
     "staffBartender",

src/scenes/shared/HaulDeskScene.ts

@@ -66,11 +66,16 @@ export class HaulDeskScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     const t = tallyHaul(this.args.haul, this.args.pocketedBaggie);
     this.lines = t.lines;
 
-    this.add.rectangle(W / 2, H / 2, W, H, 0x14110c);
+    // The room. The drawn version stays as the fallback: a missing plate has
-    // the desk: a slab of laminate under a single tired bulb
+    // always meant placeholders rather than a broken screen.
-    this.add.ellipse(W / 2, 96, 460, 220, 0x2a2318, 0.55);
+    if (this.textures.exists('gen:prop:plate_backoffice')) {
-    this.add.rectangle(W / 2, 250, W, 220, 0x3a2f1e);
+      this.add.image(0, 0, 'gen:prop:plate_backoffice').setOrigin(0, 0).setDisplaySize(W, H);
-    this.add.rectangle(W / 2, 142, W, 3, 0x241c12);
+    } else {
+      this.add.rectangle(W / 2, H / 2, W, H, 0x14110c);
+      this.add.ellipse(W / 2, 96, 460, 220, 0x2a2318, 0.55);
+      this.add.rectangle(W / 2, 250, W, 220, 0x3a2f1e);
+      this.add.rectangle(W / 2, 142, W, 3, 0x241c12);
+    }
 
     this.add
       .text(W / 2, 20, HAUL_UI.title, { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '15px', color: '#f0e4d0' })
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ export class HaulDeskScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       .text(W / 2, 60, '', { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '9px', color: '#e8dcc4', align: 'center', wordWrap: { width: 420 } })
       .setOrigin(0.5, 0);
     this.quipText = this.add
-      .text(W / 2, 300, '', { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '8px', color: '#a09070', align: 'center', wordWrap: { width: 460 } })
+      .text(W / 2, 300, '', { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '8px', color: '#c0ac84', align: 'center', wordWrap: { width: 460 } })
       .setOrigin(0.5, 0);
     this.tallyText = this.add
       .text(W - 18, 250, '$0', { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '26px', color: '#f0d060' })
@@ -131,16 +136,22 @@ export class HaulDeskScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     const y = 210;
     const c = this.add.container(x, y);
     this.sorter = c;
-    c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, 0, 150, 92, 0x5a5348).setStrokeStyle(2, 0x3a352c));
+    // The machine goes INSIDE the container so every shake and bob below still
-    c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, -38, 116, 20, 0x241f18));           // hopper mouth
+    // works whether it is real art or the drawn fallback.
-    c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, -46, 132, 8, 0x6a6355));
+    if (this.textures.exists('gen:prop:sorter')) {
-    for (let i = -2; i <= 2; i++) {
+      c.add(this.add.image(0, 0, 'gen:prop:sorter').setDisplaySize(132, 100));
-      c.add(this.add.rectangle(i * 26, 22, 18, 26, 0x2a251c));      // coin channels
+    } else {
+      c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, 0, 150, 92, 0x5a5348).setStrokeStyle(2, 0x3a352c));
+      c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, -38, 116, 20, 0x241f18));         // hopper mouth
+      c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, -46, 132, 8, 0x6a6355));
+      for (let i = -2; i <= 2; i++) {
+        c.add(this.add.rectangle(i * 26, 22, 18, 26, 0x2a251c));    // coin channels
+      }
+      c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, 50, 150, 10, 0x46403a));          // the tray
     }
-    c.add(this.add.rectangle(0, 50, 150, 10, 0x46403a));            // the tray
     c.add(
       this.add
-        .text(0, -8, HAUL_UI.machineName, { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '7px', color: '#9a9080' })
+        .text(0, 62, HAUL_UI.machineName, { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '7px', color: '#8a8070' })
         .setOrigin(0.5),
     );
   }

src/scenes/shared/RosterScene.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ export class RosterScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.carried = data ?? {};
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The board's own plate, and only that. RosterScene is scene[0] — it runs
+   * before anything has loaded, so unlike every other screen it cannot rely on
+   * the manifest prewarm it goes on to start. One small image is worth the
+   * wait; the rest of the art is warmed in the background by prewarmProps().
+   */
+  preload(): void {
+    this.load.image('gen:prop:plate_corkboard', 'props/plate_corkboard.png');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Warm the prop textures while the player reads the board.
    *
@@ -89,15 +99,19 @@ export class RosterScene extends Phaser.Scene {
 
     // the back office: unpainted, honest
     this.add.rectangle(W / 2, H / 2, W, H, 0x14100c);
-    this.add.rectangle(W / 2, H / 2 - 8, 560, 280, 0x3a2a18).setStrokeStyle(3, 0x241a10);
+    if (this.textures.exists('gen:prop:plate_corkboard')) {
+      this.add.image(W / 2, 194, 'gen:prop:plate_corkboard').setDisplaySize(560, 258);
+    } else {
+      this.add.rectangle(W / 2, 194, 560, 258, 0x3a2a18).setStrokeStyle(3, 0x241a10);
+    }
 
     this.add
-      .text(W / 2, 42, `${venue.name} — ${NIGHT_NAMES[nightIndex] ?? ''}`, {
+      .text(W / 2, 16, `${venue.name} — ${NIGHT_NAMES[nightIndex] ?? ''}`, {
         fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '16px', color: '#f0e4d0',
       })
       .setOrigin(0.5);
     this.add
-      .text(W / 2, 62, 'THE ROSTER · take a shift', {
+      .text(W / 2, 38, 'THE ROSTER · take a shift', {
         fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '8px', color: '#a89878',
       })
       .setOrigin(0.5);

tools/gen/assets.py

@@ -346,9 +346,33 @@ DOORSCENE = [
     ],
 ]
 
+
+# ---- Between-shift screens ---------------------------------------------------
+# The roster board and the back office are the two screens the player sees EVERY
+# night that were still drawn entirely from coloured rectangles. Both are plates
+# (keep_bg, no quantise): they fill their frame and are meant to be opaque.
+BETWEEN = [
+    F("plate:corkboard", (560, 280), 4600,
+      "a battered cork noticeboard filling the whole frame, pinholes and old staples, "
+      "warm fluorescent light from above, a strip of timber frame at the edge, "
+      "NOTHING pinned to it, no paper, no notes, empty board",
+      gen=(1536, 768), quantise=False, keep_bg=True),
+    F("plate:backoffice", (640, 360), 4601,
+      "a cramped nightclub back office at night seen straight on, cheap laminate desk "
+      "surface across the lower half, dark panelled wall above, a wall calendar, "
+      "a taped-up roster, one tired ceiling bulb, NOTHING on the desk, empty desk",
+      gen=(1536, 864), quantise=False, keep_bg=True),
+    # The sorter is a UI hero at ~150px, not a 16px floor prop, so it keeps its
+    # full palette — quantised to 16 colours a grey machine turns to porridge.
+    Asset("sorter", "mesh", (128, 96),
+          "a battered desktop mechanical coin sorting machine, metal hopper on top, "
+          "five coin channels down the front, output tray at the base, worn enamel, "
+          f"{MESH_TAIL}", 4602, rake=58, quantise=False),
+]
+
 ALL: list[Asset] = [
     *ROYAL, *ELEVATE, *ROOM, *TEXTURES, *WALLS, *STAFF, *FILLER, *STREETS,
-    *DOORSCENE,
+    *DOORSCENE, *BETWEEN,
 ]
 
 BY_KIND = {a.kind: a for a in ALL}