From 3e36a0c16aba2cd54c47e194eea07ec6aed3a5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: monsterrobotparty <jingkohn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:19:09 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=96=B1=20fix:=20orbit=20drag=20was=20dead?=
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 js/main.js | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 74b46ee..57ddae9 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ const focus = {
   fromId: CONFIG.camera.startFocus,
   t: 1,           // flight progress 0..1
   camFrom: 0, camTo: 0,
+  fromOffset: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 }, // captured origin of the current flight
 };
 
 // bodyWorld[id] = absolute view-world position, plain float64 {x,y,z}.
@@ -223,7 +224,9 @@ function moonLocalOffset(b) {
 function effectiveE(id) {
   const b = BODIES[id];
   const baseE = id === 'sun' ? scale.getSunE() : scale.getPlanetE();
-  if (id !== focus.id || focus.t < 1) return baseE;
+  if (id !== focus.id) return baseE;
+  // Ramp E→1 with camera distance continuously — including DURING the fly-to — so
+  // the body doesn't pop when the flight finishes (camDist lerps camFrom→camTo).
   const exaggR = scale.drawRadius(b.radiusKm, baseE);
   const camDist = camera.position.length();
   const f = lib.clamp(camDist / (exaggR * 8), 0, 1);
@@ -246,6 +249,10 @@ function bodyTrail(id) {
 function setFocus(id, animate = true) {
   if (!BODIES[id]) return;
   focus.fromId = focus.id;
+  // Snapshot the CURRENT (possibly mid-lerp) offset as the flight's origin, so
+  // re-focusing during a flight starts from where the view actually is — not from
+  // the previous destination body.
+  focus.fromOffset = { x: focusOffset.x, y: focusOffset.y, z: focusOffset.z };
   focus.id = id;
   focus.t = animate ? 0 : 1;
   focus.camFrom = camera.position.length();
@@ -322,7 +329,8 @@ let dragMoved = false, downPos = null;
 renderer.domElement.addEventListener('pointerdown', (e) => { downPos = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }; dragMoved = false; });
 renderer.domElement.addEventListener('pointermove', (e) => { if (downPos && Math.hypot(e.clientX - downPos.x, e.clientY - downPos.y) > 5) dragMoved = true; });
 renderer.domElement.addEventListener('pointerup', (e) => {
-  if (dragMoved) return; // was an orbit drag, not a click
+  const started = downPos; downPos = null; // consume this gesture
+  if (!started || dragMoved) return;       // needs a canvas press that didn't drag
   ndc.set((e.clientX / innerWidth) * 2 - 1, -(e.clientY / innerHeight) * 2 + 1);
   raycaster.setFromCamera(ndc, camera);
   raycaster.params.Points = { threshold: 0.5 };
@@ -409,11 +417,13 @@ function animate(now) {
   // positions (truth → view), one central pass
   computeBodyWorld();
 
-  // focus flight: lerp offset between old & new focus (both live), ease cam dist
+  // focus flight: lerp offset from the captured start (fromOffset) to the live
+  // target body, ease cam dist. Starting from the snapshot (not bodyWorld[fromId])
+  // means re-focusing mid-flight doesn't jump to the previous destination.
   if (focus.t < 1) {
     focus.t = lib.clamp(focus.t + dtWall / CONFIG.camera.flightMs, 0, 1);
     const e = lib.smoothstep(focus.t);
-    const a = bodyWorld[focus.fromId], b = bodyWorld[focus.id];
+    const a = focus.fromOffset, b = bodyWorld[focus.id];
     focusOffset.x = lib.lerp(a.x, b.x, e); focusOffset.y = lib.lerp(a.y, b.y, e); focusOffset.z = lib.lerp(a.z, b.z, e);
     camera.position.setLength(lib.lerp(focus.camFrom, focus.camTo, e));
     if (focus.t >= 1) controls.enabled = true;