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merge: integrate main (D.2b paperdoll/inventory UI line) into the physics/collision branch

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Brings the 134 D.2b UI commits onto the physics/collision development line so
main can fast-forward. Today's #149 (BSP-less static collision) + #150 (open
doors fully passable) + the full collision/streaming/dense-town-FPS arc meet
the paperdoll/inventory work.

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@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ accepted-divergence entries (#96, #49, #50).
| IA-9 | One unified camera matrix for terrain — retail's separate `LScape::update_viewpoint` landscape viewpoint does not exist | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/TerrainModernRenderer.cs:266` | Phase W T4.2: with one matrix everywhere, viewpoint-desync bugs are unrepresentable — the unification IS the correctness argument | Anything retail derives from the landcell-relative viewpoint (float precision at extreme coords, viewpoint-keyed state) has no analogue; a future port expecting it silently reads the camera | `LScape::update_viewpoint`; `LScape::draw` 0x00506330 |
| IA-10 | Transparent groups sorted back-to-front per GROUP by first-instance position (no within-group sort) vs retail per-poly BSP-order draw | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Wb/WbDrawDispatcher.cs:1364` (comparer :1662) | One MDI call per pass requires group-granularity ordering; per-poly sorting is incompatible with instanced multi-draw; works when group instances are spatially coherent | Spatially spread or interleaved transparent groups composite in the wrong order — popping / wrong see-through layering as the camera moves | retail per-poly BSP-order transparent draw (D3DPolyRender / PView::DrawCells) |
| IA-11 | Tier-1 cross-frame batch-classification cache for static entities (retail re-walks part arrays every frame) | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Wb/EntityClassificationCache.cs:12` | Issue #53 perf tier; invariants documented (keys = EntityId + OWNING-landblock hint post-**#119** fix `2163308`; invalidation at despawn/LB-unload; mutation audit 2026-05-10) | Key collision or missed invalidation serves one entity another's batches — session-sticky wrong meshes (the #119 broken-stairs/water-barrel symptom) | retail per-frame part-array classification (no cache) |
| IA-12 | UI toolkit mirrors retail behavior from research docs, not a byte-port — keystone.dll is outside decomp coverage; observed constants embedded (drag 3 px, tooltip 1000 ms) | `src/AcDream.App/UI/README.md:3` | keystone.dll has no PDB/decomp; semantics reconstructed from the six `docs/research/retail-ui/` deep-dives, keeping retail's event-type constants so panel switch-cases transplant cleanly | Edge-case input semantics the research under-specified (drag threshold, tooltip timing, focus hand-off, capture corners) differ silently with no oracle to diff against | keystone.dll Device DAT_00837ff4; docs/research/retail-ui/04-input-events.md |
| IA-12 | UI toolkit mirrors retail behavior from research docs, not a byte-port — keystone.dll is outside decomp coverage; observed constants embedded (drag 3 px, tooltip 1000 ms) | `src/AcDream.App/UI/README.md:3` (window mgr: `UiRoot.cs` RegisterWindow/Show/Hide/Toggle/BringToFront — F12 inventory toggle IS retail-faithful) | keystone.dll has no PDB/decomp; semantics reconstructed from the six `docs/research/retail-ui/` deep-dives, keeping retail's event-type constants so panel switch-cases transplant cleanly | Edge-case input semantics the research under-specified (drag threshold, tooltip timing, focus hand-off, capture corners) differ silently with no oracle to diff against | keystone.dll Device DAT_00837ff4; docs/research/retail-ui/04-input-events.md |
| IA-13 | GameEventType registry deliberately omits event types retail ignores; unknown events fall through unhandled | `src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/GameEventType.cs:11` | Retail also ignores them — dropping matches retail by construction | If the "retail ignores X" judgment is wrong for any opcode (or a server mod uses one), the event is silently dropped with no diagnostic pointing at the omission | retail GameEvent dispatch (ignored-event set) |
| IA-14 | Rendering + dat-handling base is WorldBuilder's tested port, not a fresh retail-decomp port (Phase N.4/O design stance) | `docs/architecture/worldbuilder-inventory.md` (code at `src/AcDream.{Core,App}/Rendering/Wb/`) | WB visually verified on the AC world, MIT, same stack; known WB↔retail deltas resolved case-by-case — terrain split kept retail `FSplitNESW` (**#51**, pinned by `SplitFormulaDivergenceTest`), scenery drift accepted (AP-31) | A WB-upstream divergence not yet caught ships silently as "our" behavior; guard = the inventory doc's 🟢/🔴 split + per-formula divergence tests | retail decomp per algorithm; `tests/.../SplitFormulaDivergenceTest.cs` |
| IA-15 | D.2b retail UI is our own UiHost/UiElement retained-mode tree drawing dat-sprite window frames, not a byte-port of keystone.dll's LayoutDesc binary tree. Both the vitals window (`LayoutDesc 0x2100006C`) and the chat window (`LayoutDesc 0x21000006`) are rendered by the LayoutDesc importer; `UiNineSlicePanel`/`RetailChromeSprites` now back only plugin panels | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/LayoutImporter.cs` (vitals + chat) + `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/ChatWindowController.cs` | keystone.dll has no PDB/decomp so a byte-port is impossible by definition; we mirror retail's ElementDesc field model + controls.ini tokens, and the chrome sprites ARE the real dat RenderSurfaces (Step-0 prove-out 2026-06-14 confirmed 0x06004CC2 center + 0x060074BF..C6 bevel). The 8-piece edge/corner→position mapping is DATA-DRIVEN from the dat: the `LayoutImporter` reads `LayoutDesc 0x2100006C`/`0x21000006` and resolves chrome element positions + sprite ids directly from parsed dat fields; vitals locked by the conformance fixture `tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/fixtures/vitals_2100006C.json` | Remaining residual risk: anchor resolution at non-800×600 and the controls.ini cascade still lack an oracle — layout scaling at non-reference resolution and stylesheet token inheritance differ silently | `LayoutDesc 0x2100006C`/`0x21000006` (SHIPPED); `docs/research/2026-06-15-layoutdesc-format.md`; controls.ini tokens; keystone.dll layout eval (no PDB) |
| IA-17 | Toolbar window FRAME is toolkit-supplied (per-window UiNineSlicePanel 8-piece bevel, drawn over content via UiElement.OnDrawAfterChildren) rather than the window-manager-owned chrome retail paints uniformly around every window | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (toolbar mount) + `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiNineSlicePanel.cs` | LayoutDesc 0x21000016 has NO baked frame; retail's toolbar frame is window-manager chrome (keystone.dll). We draw the same reusable 8-piece bevel chat/vitals use; border drawn over content so the toolbar's 2px-wide row-2 right cap (W=8) can't poke through. Same pattern as the chat window. | Until a central window manager owns chrome uniformly, per-window wraps can drift (size/offset/z-order) from each other and from retail; the border-over-content rule is the toolkit's, not the WM's | gmToolbarUI WM chrome (keystone.dll, no PDB); no bevel ids in LayoutDesc 0x21000016 (toolbar dump) |
| IA-17 | Toolbar window FRAME is toolkit-supplied (per-window UiNineSlicePanel 8-piece bevel, drawn over content via UiElement.OnDrawAfterChildren) rather than the window-manager-owned chrome retail paints uniformly around every window. It also supports a toolkit-defined collapse-to-one-row (bottom-edge resize snapping between a row-1-only and a two-row height, row-2 visibility tied to the stop) — retail's real collapse is keystone.dll (no decomp) and the dat stacks both rows always. | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (toolbar mount) + `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiNineSlicePanel.cs` + `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiCollapsibleFrame.cs`; spec: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-20-d2b-toolbar-collapse-design.md` | LayoutDesc 0x21000016 has NO baked frame; retail's toolbar frame is window-manager chrome (keystone.dll). We draw the same reusable 8-piece bevel chat/vitals use; border drawn over content so the toolbar's 2px-wide row-2 right cap (W=8) can't poke through. Same pattern as the chat window. | Until a central window manager owns chrome uniformly, per-window wraps can drift (size/offset/z-order) from each other and from retail; the border-over-content rule is the toolkit's, not the WM's | gmToolbarUI WM chrome (keystone.dll, no PDB); no bevel ids in LayoutDesc 0x21000016 (toolbar dump) |
| IA-18 | Effect overlay tile (enum 0x10000005) is a `ReplaceColor` SURFACE SOURCE — pure-white pixels in the composited drag icon are replaced PER-PIXEL with the same (x,y) pixel of the effect tile (the SURFACE overload `SurfaceWindow::ReplaceColor` 0x004415b0), preserving the tile's texture/gradient; the tile itself is NOT blitted as an additional layer. This IS faithful retail behavior. **Anti-regression: do NOT re-implement this as a blit layer NOR as a flat-color replace (it is a per-pixel surface copy).** | `src/AcDream.App/UI/IconComposer.cs` (`ReplaceWhiteFromSurface`) | Faithful port of `IconData::RenderIcons` @407614 → the SURFACE overload `ReplaceColor` 0x004415b0 (`dst[x,y]=src[x,y]` where `dst==white`); confirmed via clean Ghidra decompile + named decomp + visual (the Energy Crystal's blue is a gradient, 2026-06-17). | A blit-layer or flat-color re-implementation would show the wrong effect look (no gradient) — the visual-verification regression that retired the mean-color approximation | `IconData::RenderIcons` acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:407524; `ReplaceColor` SURFACE overload 0x004415b0:71656; `docs/research/2026-06-17-stateful-icon-RESOLVED.md` |
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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ accepted-divergence entries (#96, #49, #50).
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## 3. Documented approximation (AP) — 45 rows
## 3. Documented approximation (AP) — 68 rows
| # | Divergence | Where (file:line) | Why it is safe / justified | Risk if assumption breaks | Retail oracle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
@ -147,15 +147,34 @@ accepted-divergence entries (#96, #49, #50).
| AP-42 | `UiMenu` item model is flat (label + opaque payload, single-level popup); retail `UIElement_Menu::MakePopup @0x46d310` supports hierarchical nested submenus via recursive popup chain | `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiMenu.cs` | The chat talk-focus menu is single-level (14 rows, 2 columns, no submenu); hierarchy is latent and unreachable through the chat window — no behavioral difference in the current usage | A future menu with nested submenus would render flat (only the top-level items drawn, no drill-down) | `UIElement_Menu::MakePopup` @0x46d310 |
| AP-45 | `PublicUpdatePropertyInt (0x02CE)` sequence byte parsed-past but not honored; last update wins (no freshness check against sequence number) | `src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/PublicUpdatePropertyInt.cs` | Loopback ACE rarely reorders; latest-wins matches `PrivateUpdateVital`/`UpdatePosition`'s existing non-sequence behavior. Sequence tracking added when needed alongside TS-26. | A reordered 0x02CE on a real network could apply a stale UiEffects value — item icon temporarily shows the wrong effect state, corrected on next update | `PublicUpdatePropertyInt` sequence byte (ACE GameMessagePublicUpdatePropertyInt) |
| AP-46 | Health-meter gate approximation: retail shows the health meter for `IsPlayer() || pet_owner || ClientCombatSystem::ObjectIsAttackable()` (full PK/faction logic); acdream's `GameWindow.IsHealthBarTarget` uses the server PWD bits `BF_ATTACKABLE (0x10)` OR `BF_PLAYER (0x8)` | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (`IsHealthBarTarget`) → `SelectedObjectController` | The PWD `BF_ATTACKABLE`/`BF_PLAYER` bits distinguish monsters + players (bar) from friendly/vendor NPCs (name-only) for the M1.5 dev loop; the pet case and the full ObjectIsAttackable PK/faction refinement (free-PK, PK-vs-PK, PKLite) are not ported | A PK/faction edge (e.g. a hostile-flagged player whose `BF_ATTACKABLE` is unset, or a pet) could show/hide the bar where retail differs — no impact on the non-PK PvE dev loop | `ClientCombatSystem::ObjectIsAttackable` acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:375385; `BF_ATTACKABLE` acclient.h:6437 |
| AP-44 | Server-spawned weenie fixtures (lanterns, braziers, glowing items carrying `Setup.Lights`) register their lights at their SPAWN-frame world position via `RegisterOwnedLight` in `OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked` (mirroring the dat-static path in `ApplyLoadedTerrainLocked`); the light does NOT follow the object if it later moves. Torn down on despawn/respawn by the now-unconditional `UnregisterOwner` in `RemoveLiveEntityByServerGuid`. | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (`OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked` weenie-light block; `RemoveLiveEntityByServerGuid`) | Closes the prior gap where ONLY dat-baked statics registered lights, so server-placed lanterns cast nothing; the overwhelming majority of light-bearing weenies (wall lanterns, braziers, candelabra) are stationary, so spawn-frame placement matches retail; retail's `add_dynamic_light` re-places the light from the object frame each frame | A moving light-bearing weenie (e.g. a torch-carrying NPC) leaves its light at the spawn position instead of following — rare; the faithful fix is to re-place on `OnLivePositionUpdated` | retail object-borne lights `insert_light` 0x0054d1b0 / `add_dynamic_light` 0x0054d420 (per-frame object frame) |
| AP-47 | acdream keeps the 128 nearest-to-CAMERA point lights live (`MaxGlobalLights=128`, `BuildPointLightSnapshot`) and selects per cell CAMERA-INDEPENDENTLY (by the cell's own bounds), so a building interior stays lit at any distance within a town; retail keeps only the 40 nearest-to-PLAYER static lights (`Render::max_static_lights=0x28`, distance-sorted replace-farthest `insert_light`) and re-bakes a cell when its live light set changes, so distant interiors are baked dark and "light up" only as the player approaches and their torches enter the live 40. INTENTIONAL — acdream's always-lit interiors are the preferred behavior (no 1999-era light-budget pop-in); user-confirmed 2026-06-20. | `src/AcDream.Core/Lighting/LightManager.cs` (`MaxGlobalLights=128`, `BuildPointLightSnapshot`, `SelectForObject`) | The retail pop-in is a fixed-function light-budget artifact, not an intended aesthetic; revert to retail by clamping the global set to 40 + distance-to-player sort if ever desired | Distant town interiors are lit in acdream where retail's are dark until approached — a deliberate, user-preferred divergence | `Render::max_static_lights` 0x28; `insert_light` 0x0054d1b0 (distance-sorted, replace-farthest); bake re-trigger `SetStaticLightingVertexColors` cache `burnedInStaticLights != num_static_lights` |
| AP-48 | On a landblock (re)load, acdream re-projects its retained server-object spawns (`GameWindow._lastSpawnByGuid` — our `weenie_object_table` for world objects, carrying position + Setup + appearance) into the render world via `LandblockEntityRehydrator`. The dungeon collapse (#133/#135) and Near→Far demote drop a landblock's RENDER entities for FPS but keep the parsed spawns; ACE will NOT re-broadcast objects whose guid is still in its per-player `KnownObjects` set (never cleared on a normal teleport — ACE relies on the client retaining its table + doing its own visibility cull). Re-projecting from our own table is the retail "client keeps its weenie_object_table and re-renders from it" model. DIVERGENCE: acdream has NO retail 25 s / 384 m visibility cull — the retained spawn table is pruned ONLY by an explicit server `DeleteObject` (0xF747) or a spawn de-dup, never by distance/time. (#138) | `src/AcDream.App/Streaming/LandblockEntityRehydrator.cs` + `GameWindow.RehydrateServerEntitiesForLandblock` + `StreamingController` (`onLandblockLoaded`, Loaded + Promoted) | Re-projection from our own table is retail-faithful AND the only reliable path (ACE won't re-send a known object); fixes the #138 "doors/NPCs/portals gone after a dungeon exit" symptom independent of any server re-broadcast | An object the server silently stopped tracking WITHOUT a `DeleteObject` (e.g. a creature that wandered out of PVS) is re-hydrated at its last-known position on reload, where retail's 25 s cull would have dropped it — a stale ghost until a real `DeleteObject` or the next session. Close it by porting holtburger's 25 s/384 m `ACE_DESTRUCTION_TIMEOUT` self-cull | ACE `ObjectMaint.KnownObjects` never cleared on teleport (`Physics/Common/ObjectMaint.cs`, `WorldObjects/Player_Tracking.cs`); holtburger client 25 s cull `liveness.rs` `ACE_DESTRUCTION_TIMEOUT_SECS`; retail client weenie_object_table re-render |
| AP-49 | `TeleportAnimSequencer.ComputeFadeAlpha` uses a smoothstep curve for all fade states; retail's `gmSmartBoxUI::UseTime` drives fade alpha through a 1024-entry `GetAnimLevel` lookup table whose contents are unrecovered | `src/AcDream.Core/World/TeleportAnimSequencer.cs` (`ComputeFadeAlpha`) | `GetAnimLevel` table address and contents not yet extracted via cdb; smoothstep is a perceptually-reasonable S-curve that closely approximates a typical gamma-corrected fade; the visual difference is imperceptible under normal teleport conditions | Fade timing differs subtly from retail — ramp-in or ramp-out may be slightly too fast/slow at the black-fade edges; retire by reading the `GetAnimLevel` table via cdb and replacing smoothstep with a direct 1024-entry lookup (spec §8) | `gmSmartBoxUI::UseTime` 0x004d6e30; `GetAnimLevel` 1024-entry table (address unrecovered — spec §8 cdb trace) |
| AP-50 | **`CEnvCell::find_env_collisions` omits the `CObjCell::check_entry_restrictions` gate** — retail's `CEnvCell::find_env_collisions` (pc:309576) calls `CObjCell::check_entry_restrictions` (pc:309576) FIRST and returns `COLLIDED` when an access-locked cell's `restriction_obj` entity rejects the mover (`CanMoveInto` fails AND `CanBypassMoveRestrictions` is false). acdream's `FindEnvCollisions` (`src/AcDream.Core/Physics/TransitionTypes.cs:2088`) goes straight to BSP collision. | `src/AcDream.Core/Physics/TransitionTypes.cs:2088` | **No access-restriction cell data exists in acdream.** `CellPhysics` (`src/AcDream.Core/Physics/PhysicsDataCache.cs:540`) has no `restriction_obj` field; `DatReaderWriter` does not model per-cell access locks; no weenie-object-table exists on the client for the gate's `CanMoveInto` / `CanBypassMoveRestrictions` dispatch. The gap is **inert** in all dev content (ACE starter area has no access-locked env cells). | If access-locked dungeon cells are ever modeled (dat + wire), the player will walk through the restriction barrier without being blocked — wrong PK/housing gating. | `CObjCell::check_entry_restrictions` pc:309576; `CEnvCell::find_env_collisions` pc:309573–309597 |
| AP-47 | Cursor drag ghost reuses the full composited `m_pIcon` (incl. type-default underlay) instead of retail's dedicated `m_pDragIcon` (base + custom-overlay, NO type-default underlay). Opacity now matches retail (full). | `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRoot.cs` (`DrawDragGhost`/`GhostAlpha`) → `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiItemSlot.cs` (`GetDragGhost`) | Cosmetic only — the dragged item is still unambiguously identifiable; building the second underlay-less composite is deferred polish; the ghost is item-agnostic in UiRoot via `GetDragGhost()` | The ghost carries the opaque type-default underlay backing rather than retail's underlay-less copy — a subtle look difference while dragging, no functional effect. | `IconData::RenderIcons` acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:407594-407625 (m_pDragIcon path); deep-dive §3.2/§5.5 |
| AP-48 | Inventory burden reads the player's wire `EncumbranceVal` (PropertyInt 5) when present — delivered by B-Wire (login PD-bundle `UpsertProperties` + live `PrivateUpdatePropertyInt 0x02CD`); `ClientObjectTable.SumCarriedBurden` remains only as a defensive fallback for when the server omits it. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`RefreshBurden`); `src/AcDream.Core.Net/ObjectTableWiring.cs` (player-int route) | B-Wire ports the retail read (`CACQualities::InqLoad` reads the server value); the client sum is now fallback-only, kept defensively. CONFIRM the server actually sends EncumbranceVal at the B-Wire visual gate, then DELETE this row. | If the server omits EncumbranceVal, the bar falls back to the client sum (the original drift) until the first 0x02CD — confirm at the gate. | `CACQualities::InqLoad` 0x0058f130; ACE PropertyInt.EncumbranceVal=5 |
| AP-49 | Carry-capacity augmentation (PropertyInt `0xE6`) read from the player's wire property bundle when present (B-Wire PD `UpsertProperties`); defaults to 0 (correct for un-augmented characters) when absent. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`RefreshBurden`) caller of `BurdenMath.EncumbranceCapacity` | B-Wire delivers the player's full PropertyInt table (incl. `0xE6` when the server sets it) via `UpsertProperties`; aug=0 is the correct no-aug default. CONFIRM the server sends `0xE6` for an augmented char at the gate, then DELETE. | An augmented character whose server omits `0xE6` reads slightly low capacity (bar fills higher than retail); un-augmented chars are exact. | `EncumbranceSystem::EncumbranceCapacity` decomp 256393 (0x004fcc00); retail `0xE6` PropertyInt augmentation |
| AP-50 | Burden meter orientation/direction set programmatically (`Vertical=true`, `FillFromBottom=true`) rather than reading retail's `m_eDirection` property from the LayoutDesc element (property id `0x6f`). | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs`; `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiMeter.cs` (`Vertical`/`FillFromBottom`) | The `m_eDirection` property is not yet read by `ElementReader`; bottom-up fill is visually confirmed against retail's burden bar art. Retire when `0x6f` is wired through `ElementReader`→`DatWidgetFactory`. | Wrong fill direction (top-down instead of bottom-up, or horizontal) if a future meter whose art requires a different direction is forced through the same code path. | `UIElement_Meter::DrawChildren` @0x46fbd0; property `0x6f` (`m_eDirection`) in the LayoutDesc |
| AP-51 | Main-pack `m_topContainer` cell (element `0x100001C9`) draws the constant backpack icon via a hardcoded base-icon literal `0x0600127E` + `ItemType.Container` (composited over the Container type-underlay), rather than resolving it at runtime the way retail does. Sprite VISUALLY CONFIRMED (2026-06-22 live gate). | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`Populate`, main-pack cell) | Retail's `IconData::RenderIcons` IsThePlayer branch draws a CONSTANT backpack with `m_itemType = TYPE_CONTAINER` (the original AP-51 "equipped-pack weenie icon" premise was wrong). The exact runtime resolution is unconfirmed: a research dat-dump misreported `GetDIDByEnum(0x10000004,7)` as the green tile `0x060011F4` (which rendered green-no-pack at the gate); the real backpack `0x0600127E` was identified by dat export + user confirmation. We pin the visually-verified literal (cf. AP-55). Retire when the runtime resolve is reproduced + confirmed. | If the pinned sprite diverges from what retail resolves at runtime, the main-pack icon goes stale. | `IconData::RenderIcons` IsThePlayer branch 0x0058d1ee (decomp 407546-407549); sprite `0x0600127E` dat-exported + visually confirmed |
| AP-52 | Side-bag column slot count defaults to 7 (the dat column height) when the player's `ContainersCapacity` is absent/0. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`Populate`) | `ContainersCapacity` is not reliably on the player ClientObject yet; 7 is the standard side-pack cap + the dat column (`0x100001CA`, 36×252) holds exactly 7. | An 8th-pack (Shadow of the Seventh Mule aug) character shows one too few side-bag slots — cosmetic. | retail gmBackpackUI side-pack column; ACE `ContainersCapacity` |
| AP-53 | Contents grid slot count defaults to 102 (main pack) or 24 (side bag) when the open container's `ItemsCapacity` is absent/0. Container-switching is now wired (D.2b): clicking a side bag sends `Use 0x0036` and the grid repopulates from `ViewContents 0x0196`. This row covers only the capacity *default* when the server omits `ItemsCapacity`. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`Populate`) | `ItemsCapacity` is not reliably on every ClientObject yet; 102/24 are the retail standard capacities. Retire when `ItemsCapacity` is confirmed delivered for all containers. | A non-102/24 pack shows the wrong empty-slot count — cosmetic only. | retail main-pack capacity 102; side-pack 24; ACE `ItemsCapacity`; `ViewContents 0x0196` |
| AP-54 | Inventory window vertical resize is a toolkit approximation: bottom-edge drag, expand-only (Min = dat default 372 px, Max = 560 px constant), contents grid/sub-window/scrollbar/backdrop stretched via overridden `Left\|Top\|Bottom` anchors. | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (inventory frame setup) | retail's gmInventoryUI resize lives in keystone.dll (no decomp); the anchor-stretch + 372..560 range matches the observed retail behavior for the dev loop. | The expand range / which elements reflow could differ from retail (e.g. retail may allow shrink-below-default); shrink is intentionally disabled for now. | retail gmInventoryUI resize (keystone.dll, no decomp); `UiNineSlicePanel` resize |
| AP-55 | The toolbar's item slots keep the hardcoded `UiItemSlot.EmptySprite = 0x060074CF` rather than resolving their cell template via attribute `0x1000000e`. Correct in outcome (the toolbar's `0x1000000e` resolves to a generic prototype whose empty media is `0x060074CF`) but not dat-resolved. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiItemSlot.cs` (`EmptySprite` default); `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/ToolbarController.cs` | The inventory lists now port the retail resolver (`ItemListCellTemplate`); the toolbar was left on its hardcoded default to avoid regressing frozen, working art. Retire when the toolbar is routed through `ItemListCellTemplate`. | If a future toolbar layout's `0x1000000e` points at a non-generic prototype, the toolbar would show stale art. | `UIElement_ItemList::InternalCreateItem` 0x004e3570; catalog `0x21000037` |
| AP-57 | The open-container triangle (`0x06005D9C`) + selected-item square (`0x06004D21`) are drawn as **procedural `UiItemSlot` overlays** keyed by controller state (`_openContainer`/`_selectedItem`), reproducing the retail keying (`item.itemID == openContainerId / selectedItemId` per `UpdateOpenContainerIndicator 0x004e3070` / `ItemList_SetSelectedItem 0x004e2fe0`) but not via the dat prototype's `m_elem_Icon_OpenContainer`/`m_elem_Icon_Selected` state elements + `SetOpenContainerState`/`SetSelectedState` calls. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiItemSlot.cs`; `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` | The procedural overlay produces the correct visual result; the 36×36 container prototype (`0x1000033F`) lacks the square child, so the procedural overlay is the only way to show the square on a selected bag — the dat-state path retail uses would require the prototype to be richer than it is. | A cell that should show an indicator via a dat-state path retail uses but we don't would be missed; outcome currently matches retail for the open/selected indicator cases. | `UIElement_ItemList::UpdateOpenContainerIndicator` 0x004e3070; `ItemList_SetSelectedItem` 0x004e2fe0; `SetOpenContainerState` 0x004e1200; `SetSelectedState` 0x004e1240 |
| AP-58 | Inventory item **selection is panel-local + visual-only** — clicking a grid item moves the green square but does not wire to the selected-object bar (`SelectedObjectController`) or to global 3D-world selection. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`SelectItem`) | The selected-object bar + 3D-world selection wiring is deferred to the selection follow-up; the panel-local square is the correct first step. | Selecting an inventory item doesn't populate the selected-object strip as retail does — functional gap deferred. | `gmInventoryUI`/`gmBackpackUI` item-select → `ClientUISystem::SetSelectedObject`; `SelectedObjectController` |
| AP-59 | The per-cell container **capacity bar** (retail `UIElement_UIItem::UpdateCapacityDisplay 0x004e16e0`, element `0x10000347`) is drawn as a **procedural `UiItemSlot` overlay** (track `0x06004D22` full + fill `0x06004D23` clipped bottom-up to `GetContents(guid).Count / ItemsCapacity`), not via a real dat `UIElement_Meter` child. **Right-anchored flush** (the dat rect X=26 in a 36px cell sat ~5px off the edge — flush per the visual gate) and **bottom-up fill assumed** (the dat `m_eDirection` 0x6f isn't read, cf. AP-50). A CLOSED side bag reads empty until opened (its contents aren't indexed until `ViewContents`) — faithful to retail's known-children count, divergent if retail pre-loads. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/UiItemSlot.cs` (`CapacityFill` draw); `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`SetCapacityBar`) | UiItemSlot is a behavioral leaf that paints overlays procedurally (cf. AP-57); the meter sprites + fill formula are the faithful port. Right-anchor + bottom-up were visual-gate calls. Further visual polish is deferred — ISSUES #146. | Fill direction / exact bar rect could differ from retail's `m_eDirection` + dat X; closed-bag bars read empty if retail pre-loads container counts. | `UIElement_UIItem::UpdateCapacityDisplay` 0x004e16e0; element `0x10000347` (back `0x06004D22` / front `0x06004D23`); `GetNumContainedItems` |
| AP-60 | Inventory drag **`OnDragLift` is a no-op** + the source cell is **not dimmed**: retail dims the lifted item's source cell (`RecvNotice_ItemListBeginDrag`); acdream leaves the item in place during the drag + the floating ghost. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` | Cosmetic only — the dragged item is still unambiguously identifiable; dimming the source requires tracking the source cell reference across drag events, deferred to a polish pass. | A drag in progress doesn't visually mark its origin — cosmetic only, no functional effect. | `RecvNotice_ItemListBeginDrag` acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt |
| AP-61 | Drop on a **CLOSED side bag is advisory-accept**: the client can't know a closed bag's item count (contents aren't indexed until opened), so `OnDragOver` shows green + relies on the server's `InventoryServerSaveFailed` reject + the rollback; retail knows the count when loaded. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/InventoryController.cs` (`IsContainerFull`) | A drop into a closed-but-full bag shows green then snaps back (a flicker) instead of pre-showing red. Faithful only when the bag has been opened (then `GetContents` is populated). The server's `0x00A0` + optimistic rollback is the authoritative safety net. | A drop into a closed-but-full bag shows green → brief flicker → snap-back instead of retail's pre-emptive red circle. | `UIElement_ItemList::InqDropIconInfo 0x004e26f0` |
| AP-62 | **MissileAmmo slot mask LIKELY** — `0x100001E0 → MissileAmmo 0x800000` is inferred; the decomp immediate at `GetLocationInfoFromElementID` 173676 is corrupted to a string pointer, so the mapping was not directly confirmed from the named-retail source. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs` (`SlotMap`) | Dropping ammo onto that slot wields to the wrong location if the mapping is wrong. Gate-verify via dat dump + cdb. | Ammo wields to the wrong equip location — functional gap if wrong. | `GetLocationInfoFromElementID` decomp 173676; `acclient.h:3193` INVENTORY_LOC |
| AP-63 | **Dual-wield-into-shield-slot special not implemented** — retail `OnItemListDragOver` (decomp 174302) lets a melee-capable item also drop on the Shield slot; acdream's `wieldMask = ValidLocations & slotMask` rejects it. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs` (`HandleDropRelease`) | A dual-wielder cannot off-hand a melee weapon via the doll. | Dual-wield via drag-onto-shield-slot is blocked — functional gap for dual-wield characters. | `gmPaperDollUI::OnItemListDragOver` decomp 174302 |
| AP-64 | **Wield-reject rollback assumes `InventoryServerSaveFailed 0x00A0`** — an optimistic wield rolls back only if ACE emits `0x00A0` for a `GetAndWieldItem` rejection; otherwise corrected by the next authoritative message. Gate-verify via WireMCP. | `src/AcDream.Core.Net/GameEventWiring.cs` (0x00A0 handler) | If ACE uses a different reject opcode for wield, the optimistic state is left dangling until the next full update. | Rejected wield briefly shows the item as equipped in the doll — cosmetic flicker or stuck state if `0x00A0` is not the rejection path. | `InventoryServerSaveFailed 0x00A0`; WireMCP gate-verify |
| AP-65 | **PickupEvent (0xF74A) no longer evicts the weenie from `ClientObjectTable`** — only `DeleteObject (0xF747)` evicts, matching the retail `object_table`-vs-`weenie_object_table` split. An item another player picks up near you (only ever gets `PickupEvent`, never `DeleteObject`) lingers as a data-only entry (`ContainerId 0`, not in any view) until teleport/relog `Clear()`. | `src/AcDream.Core.Net/ObjectTableWiring.cs` (EntityDeleted handler); `src/AcDream.Core.Net/WorldSession.cs` (PickupEvent branch) | The weenie entry for nearby pickups is a harmless data ghost — no UI shows it (no container, not wielded). Retail evicts it from `weenie_object_table` when the object fully leaves interest range via `DeleteObject`; acdream defers to teleport/relog clear. | Slight memory growth in long sessions if many world items are picked up by other players near you; item data ghosts cannot cause functional issues because no UI queries `ContainerId 0`. | `CACObjectMaint::DeleteObject` / `SmartBox::HandleDeleteObject`; ACE `Player_Inventory.cs TryDequipObjectWithNetworking` |
| AP-66 | **Empty equip slots show a generic frame (Slice 1) instead of the retail doll-backed transparent look** — retail's slot-view leaves empty armor slots transparent with the live 3-D doll body behind them; Slice 1 has no doll yet, so empty slots render a visible frame (`0x06004D20`, the inventory grid's empty square) so every position is seen + usable. The "figure" in the paperdoll is the doll, NOT a per-slot silhouette. | `src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs` (`emptySlotSprite`); `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (PaperdollController.Bind) | Retired in Slice 2 when the doll `UiViewport` (`0x100001D5`) renders behind the slots and the empty slots flip to transparent (`EmptySprite=0`). | Empty equip slots look like plain framed squares instead of revealing the character body — cosmetic, pending Slice 2's doll viewport. | `gmPaperDollUI` init `SetVisible(0)` per slot; user retail screenshots (slot-view) |
| AP-67 | Server-spawned weenie fixtures (lanterns, braziers, glowing items carrying `Setup.Lights`) register their lights at their SPAWN-frame world position via `RegisterOwnedLight` in `OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked` (mirroring the dat-static path in `ApplyLoadedTerrainLocked`); the light does NOT follow the object if it later moves. Torn down on despawn/respawn by the now-unconditional `UnregisterOwner` in `RemoveLiveEntityByServerGuid`. | `src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs` (`OnLiveEntitySpawnedLocked` weenie-light block; `RemoveLiveEntityByServerGuid`) | Closes the prior gap where ONLY dat-baked statics registered lights, so server-placed lanterns cast nothing; the overwhelming majority of light-bearing weenies (wall lanterns, braziers, candelabra) are stationary, so spawn-frame placement matches retail; retail's `add_dynamic_light` re-places the light from the object frame each frame | A moving light-bearing weenie (e.g. a torch-carrying NPC) leaves its light at the spawn position instead of following — rare; the faithful fix is to re-place on `OnLivePositionUpdated` | retail object-borne lights `insert_light` 0x0054d1b0 / `add_dynamic_light` 0x0054d420 (per-frame object frame) |
| AP-68 | acdream keeps the 128 nearest-to-CAMERA point lights live (`MaxGlobalLights=128`, `BuildPointLightSnapshot`) and selects per cell CAMERA-INDEPENDENTLY (by the cell's own bounds), so a building interior stays lit at any distance within a town; retail keeps only the 40 nearest-to-PLAYER static lights (`Render::max_static_lights=0x28`, distance-sorted replace-farthest `insert_light`) and re-bakes a cell when its live light set changes, so distant interiors are baked dark and "light up" only as the player approaches and their torches enter the live 40. INTENTIONAL — acdream's always-lit interiors are the preferred behavior (no 1999-era light-budget pop-in); user-confirmed 2026-06-20. | `src/AcDream.Core/Lighting/LightManager.cs` (`MaxGlobalLights=128`, `BuildPointLightSnapshot`, `SelectForObject`) | The retail pop-in is a fixed-function light-budget artifact, not an intended aesthetic; revert to retail by clamping the global set to 40 + distance-to-player sort if ever desired | Distant town interiors are lit in acdream where retail's are dark until approached — a deliberate, user-preferred divergence | `Render::max_static_lights` 0x28; `insert_light` 0x0054d1b0 (distance-sorted, replace-farthest); bake re-trigger `SetStaticLightingVertexColors` cache `burnedInStaticLights != num_static_lights` |
| AP-69 | On a landblock (re)load, acdream re-projects its retained server-object spawns (`GameWindow._lastSpawnByGuid` — our `weenie_object_table` for world objects, carrying position + Setup + appearance) into the render world via `LandblockEntityRehydrator`. The dungeon collapse (#133/#135) and Near→Far demote drop a landblock's RENDER entities for FPS but keep the parsed spawns; ACE will NOT re-broadcast objects whose guid is still in its per-player `KnownObjects` set (never cleared on a normal teleport — ACE relies on the client retaining its table + doing its own visibility cull). Re-projecting from our own table is the retail "client keeps its weenie_object_table and re-renders from it" model. DIVERGENCE: acdream has NO retail 25 s / 384 m visibility cull — the retained spawn table is pruned ONLY by an explicit server `DeleteObject` (0xF747) or a spawn de-dup, never by distance/time. (#138) | `src/AcDream.App/Streaming/LandblockEntityRehydrator.cs` + `GameWindow.RehydrateServerEntitiesForLandblock` + `StreamingController` (`onLandblockLoaded`, Loaded + Promoted) | Re-projection from our own table is retail-faithful AND the only reliable path (ACE won't re-send a known object); fixes the #138 "doors/NPCs/portals gone after a dungeon exit" symptom independent of any server re-broadcast | An object the server silently stopped tracking WITHOUT a `DeleteObject` (e.g. a creature that wandered out of PVS) is re-hydrated at its last-known position on reload, where retail's 25 s cull would have dropped it — a stale ghost until a real `DeleteObject` or the next session. Close it by porting holtburger's 25 s/384 m `ACE_DESTRUCTION_TIMEOUT` self-cull | ACE `ObjectMaint.KnownObjects` never cleared on teleport (`Physics/Common/ObjectMaint.cs`, `WorldObjects/Player_Tracking.cs`); holtburger client 25 s cull `liveness.rs` `ACE_DESTRUCTION_TIMEOUT_SECS`; retail client weenie_object_table re-render |
| AP-70 | `TeleportAnimSequencer.ComputeFadeAlpha` uses a smoothstep curve for all fade states; retail's `gmSmartBoxUI::UseTime` drives fade alpha through a 1024-entry `GetAnimLevel` lookup table whose contents are unrecovered | `src/AcDream.Core/World/TeleportAnimSequencer.cs` (`ComputeFadeAlpha`) | `GetAnimLevel` table address and contents not yet extracted via cdb; smoothstep is a perceptually-reasonable S-curve that closely approximates a typical gamma-corrected fade; the visual difference is imperceptible under normal teleport conditions | Fade timing differs subtly from retail — ramp-in or ramp-out may be slightly too fast/slow at the black-fade edges; retire by reading the `GetAnimLevel` table via cdb and replacing smoothstep with a direct 1024-entry lookup (spec §8) | `gmSmartBoxUI::UseTime` 0x004d6e30; `GetAnimLevel` 1024-entry table (address unrecovered — spec §8 cdb trace) |
| AP-71 | **`CEnvCell::find_env_collisions` omits the `CObjCell::check_entry_restrictions` gate** — retail's `CEnvCell::find_env_collisions` (pc:309576) calls `CObjCell::check_entry_restrictions` (pc:309576) FIRST and returns `COLLIDED` when an access-locked cell's `restriction_obj` entity rejects the mover (`CanMoveInto` fails AND `CanBypassMoveRestrictions` is false). acdream's `FindEnvCollisions` (`src/AcDream.Core/Physics/TransitionTypes.cs:2088`) goes straight to BSP collision. | `src/AcDream.Core/Physics/TransitionTypes.cs:2088` | **No access-restriction cell data exists in acdream.** `CellPhysics` (`src/AcDream.Core/Physics/PhysicsDataCache.cs:540`) has no `restriction_obj` field; `DatReaderWriter` does not model per-cell access locks; no weenie-object-table exists on the client for the gate's `CanMoveInto` / `CanBypassMoveRestrictions` dispatch. The gap is **inert** in all dev content (ACE starter area has no access-locked env cells). | If access-locked dungeon cells are ever modeled (dat + wire), the player will walk through the restriction barrier without being blocked — wrong PK/housing gating. | `CObjCell::check_entry_restrictions` pc:309576; `CEnvCell::find_env_collisions` pc:309573–309597 |
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## 4. Temporary stopgap (TS) — 31 rows
## 4. Temporary stopgap (TS) — 32 rows
| # | Divergence | Where (file:line) | Why it is safe / justified | Risk if assumption breaks | Retail oracle |
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